Two Czechs kidnapped in Pakistan in 2013 freed

E-Paper | March 05, 2026

PRAGUE: The Czech government says two Czech tourists who were abducted by gunmen two years ago as they were travelling on a bus through Balochistan have been released.

Government spokesman Martin Ayer says the two women arrived in the Czech Republic Saturday morning.

Ayer says a Turkish humanitarian organisation helped negotiate their release. He didn't immediately give further details.

The women — Hana Humpalova and Antonie Chrastecka — were on the road from Iran to Quetta, the capital of Balochistan province, when they were seized in March 2013.

The kidnappers first released a video of two girls saying that that Dr. Afia, the Pakistani national imprisoned in the US on charges of alleged ties to Al Qaeda, should be set free.

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Harmony

Mar 28, 2015 02:20pm

Nice to see they got released...how they must have suffered for 2 yeas!!!

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Riazullah Baig

Mar 28, 2015 03:17pm

A Turkish humanitarian organization helped in sorting out the problem, but where is Pakistan??

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Azmeen

Mar 28, 2015 04:07pm

Can a Turkish humanitarian group operate in Pakistan without mediation of local people/authority?

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Kabeer

Mar 28, 2015 04:13pm

Please set your record straight Dr. Afia is a US national

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Hakim

Mar 28, 2015 04:35pm

Hope they did not have to suffer a lot during the 2 years. At least a good news from Pak. Wish both of them and their families all the best. We should protect tourists coming to Pakistan. The number has already decreased drastically. There are a lot of countries who gain huge capital influx only due to tourism. We need to provide security to tourists and invite people to come to see the history and nature of Pakistan. (a lot of wishes ...sigh)

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S. A. M.

Mar 28, 2015 04:39pm

whoever did it heartening to know women are safe at home. I'm sure that had a great ordeal but that's over.

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Mar 28, 2015 04:46pm

Funny, Turkish humanitarian for release in Pakistan? In this part of the world, nothing can be done without Pakistan's assistance! World please admire Pakistan's efforts where due.

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aamir

Mar 28, 2015 05:48pm

pakistan situation is improving day by day... thx to Gen Raheel Sharif for bold decisions against all type of terrorists. Long Live Pakistan.. Soon pakistan will be free from all type of terrorism and than tourists from all countries will see real beauty of pakistan.

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adnan

Mar 28, 2015 06:55pm

@Kabeer please set another record straight.. she was no friend of Pakistan! that is just the propaganda deployed on this issue.

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adnan

Mar 28, 2015 06:57pm

what were these so innocent women doing traveling here from Iran? we have lots of Czech tourists coming to Pak yearly? :-) glad somebody got money for their release. of course turkey will intervene - it is second largest NATO contributor. always they play both sides.. where is turkish offensive now with OIC?

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Rashid Sultan

Mar 28, 2015 07:02pm

If the US can fly in commandos to kill OBL in Abbotabad then anything else is possible let alone Turkish humanitarian group operating within our borders

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Muzaffar Ali

Mar 28, 2015 07:30pm

@aamir Get rid of this delusional thinking....as long as there is injustice, terrorism will flourish. The problems facing the society must be addressed first. Compassion and Justice precedes everything else as a solution!

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kulwant singh

Mar 28, 2015 07:38pm

@aamir My good wishes for Pak people and Pak Army and hope the peace to prevail in the region.

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pakistani

Mar 28, 2015 08:04pm

@AH Indian bas

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sami

Mar 28, 2015 08:16pm

@Riazullah Baig Riaz, I think you missed the word "humanitarian" in there, which is an oxymoron when read together with Pakistan.

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sami

Mar 28, 2015 08:19pm

@AH "Nothing can be done without Pakistan's assistance"? Are you serious man? In fact the reality is exactly the opposite. Most things going on in Pakistan are totally out of the control of Pakistan.

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Babaji ka Thullu

Mar 28, 2015 08:19pm

Nobody is safe. Noone will come to Pakistan.

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sami

Mar 28, 2015 08:19pm

@aamir Ameen!

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AKK

Mar 28, 2015 09:19pm

Why would anyone think of visiting Pakistan. A country of millions Terrorists and a handful peace loving educated people

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Raja Farhat Abbas

Mar 28, 2015 10:09pm

@AKK You uneducated generalising fool.!

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Riazullah Baig

Mar 28, 2015 10:28pm

@AKK You have not seen the real big Pakistan yet mate. In retrospect, these terrorists are a negligible minority of the peace loving Pakistanis. And in most cases, some disillusioned or foreign funded elements ploy such irritating tactics to malign the real Pakistan.

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Justwsf

Mar 28, 2015 10:56pm

Pakistan busy to "help" saudis...

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Justwsf

Mar 28, 2015 10:56pm

@Azmeen busy in help of saudi arabia

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JET LEE

Mar 28, 2015 11:07pm

Most unsafe country of the world after Iraq and Syria.

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Harmony

Mar 28, 2015 11:58pm

@JET LEE - Have you checked the most unsafe country for a women tourist? Be honest to yourself before pointing figures.

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dildilpakistan

Mar 29, 2015 01:58am

Couple years ago Pakistan humanitarian organization helped freed Indians from Somali pirates.

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Saad Khan

Mar 29, 2015 02:16am

Great to see they were set free. But may I ask what exactly they were doing in Pakistan? Clearly no one goes to a warzone for sight seeing.

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Ari

Mar 29, 2015 06:10am

What they travelling through this sewer in the first place.

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CYRUS

Mar 29, 2015 06:20am

@Azmeen Why not? They once owned the Muslim world.

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Faysal

Mar 29, 2015 06:07pm

What kind of Czech tourist they were coming from Iran to Pakistan and they are Check, Strange isn't it??

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