Militant Video Shows Kidnapped Afghan Envoy

ISLAMABAD -- A previously unknown militant group has released a video apparently showing an Afghan envoy kidnapped in Pakistan a year and a half ago.

Abdul Khaliq Farahi was kidnapped in Peshawar in September 2008 before he was due to take up his post as ambassador to Pakistan.

In the video, broadcast on local Pakistani TV, Farahi says he has been held captive for 18 months and appeals to Afghan authorities and the international community to save his life.

He does not say what his captors are demanding but says they have accused him of working with the "U.S.-sponsored government of Afghanistan," which he says is punishable by death.

Video Shows Kidnapped Afghan Envoy