KUWAITI PRISONER IN AFGHANISTAN RETURNS HOME SOON -- JARALLAH KUWAIT, JAN 11 (KUNA) -- KUWAIT'S FOREIGN UNDERSECRETARY KHALED AL-JARALLAH SAID FRIDAY TEENAGE KUWAITI PRISONER, MOHAMMAD AL-ENEZI, WOULD RETURN HOME SOON FROM AFGHANISTAN.
"PRISONER AL-ENEZI IS IN A GOOD HEALTH CONDITION ... WE HAVE REACHED THE FINAL STAGES OF OUR MEASURES TO BRING HIM BACK," AL-JARALLAH TOLD REPORTERS WHILE RECEIVING U.S. ASSISTANT SECRETARY OF STATE WILLIAM BURNS AT THE AIRPORT.
AL-ENEZI, WHO LEFT FOR AFGHANISTAN WITH HIS FATHER WAS FOUND INJURED IN THE WAR-TORN COUNTRY. HIS FATHER DIED IN THE AMERICAN STRIKES AGAINST AL-QAEDA POSITIONS.
ON THE FATE OF KUWAITI PRISONERS IN AFGHANISTAN, AL-JARALLAH SAID "CONTACTS WERE ONGOING WITH OUR EMBASSY IN PAKISTAN AND THE (INTERNATIONAL COMMITTEE OF) RED CROSS ... WE ARE TRYING BY ALL MEANS TO REACH THEM AND SECURE THEIR RETURN TO KUWAIT." (END) MSH.BS KUNA 112250 Jan 02NNNN