PESHAWAR: Security forces got freed Prof Ajmal Khan, Vice Chancellor of the Islamia University, four years after his abduction by the Taliban militants, Dawn.com reported on Thursday night.

A statement issued by the Inter-Services Public Rela­tions said that security forces and intelligence agencies had been trying to locate Prof Ajmal since Sept 8, 2010, when he was kidnapped from Peshawar while going to the university.

“Civil society and relatives appreciated the untiring efforts of Pakistan Army for the safe recovery of Mr Ajmal Khan,” said the statement.

Prof Ajmal was in the Taliban’s captivity since he was kidnapped along with his driver at gunpoint from Professors’ Colony in the University of Peshawar.

The driver was released two years later.

The outlawed Tehreek-i-Taliban Pakistan had demanded the release of four militant prisoners in exchange for the professor’s release.

However, the government had refused to meet the TTP’s condition.

Prof Ajmal is a relative of Awami National Party chief Asfandyar Wali Khan and is a staunch supporter of war against militancy.

Published in Dawn, August 29th, 2014