Pakistan demands return of Aafia's children

WASHINGTON: Pakistan has asked the United States for the immediate return of the children of Aafia Siddiqui, a Pakistani neuroscientist, if they are in American custody.

The demand was conveyed by the Pakistan Embassy in Washington to the U.S. State Department on Tuesday, according to official sources.

The whereabouts of Ms. Siddiqui's three children have been a mystery since her reported capture in Afghanistan on July 17. The U.S.-educated woman, who is charged with attempting to kill U.S. interrogators, disappeared with the children for about five years before being arrested in Ghazi.

Media reports say that the children are in U.S. custody.