Freed hostages walk to helicopter

Freed hostages walk to helicopter

KARAMYK, Kyrgyzstan - A group of freed Japanese and Kyrgyz hostages, including Toshiaki Ariie (far R), walk to a military helicopter in Karamyk in southern Kyrgyzstan to fly to the Kyrgyz capital Bishkek via Batken. Four Japanese and one Kyrgyz national, who were abducted by Muslim guerrillas in August in southern Kyrgyzstan, were released late Sunday.

4 freed Japanese hostages head for Kyrgyz capital

4 freed Japanese hostages head for Kyrgyz capital

KARAMYK, Kyrgyzstan - A Kyrgyz military helicopter carrying four Japanese hostages, released late Sunday night by Islamic rebels, prepares to leave Karamyk in southern Kyrgyzstan on Oct. 25 to Batken en route to the Kyrgyz capital of Bishkek.

4 Japanese, 1 Kyrgyz hostage released

4 Japanese, 1 Kyrgyz hostage released

KARAMYK, Kyrgyzstan - Japanese mining engineers Toshiaki Ariie (L) and Nobuhisa Nakajima (R), who had been abducted by Islamic rebels, arrived in Karamyk in southern Kyrgyzstan on Oct. 25, along with two other Japanese and a Kyrgyz hostage shortly after the two men were released. Ariie, 58, and Nakajima, 49, were abducted in the Batken district in southern Kyrgyzstan on Aug. 23 together with two other Japanese mining engineers and three Kyrgyz. Two of the three Kyrgyz were freed earlier.

Kyrgyz checks conducted over kidnapping of Japanese

Kyrgyz checks conducted over kidnapping of Japanese

OSH, Kyrgyzstan - Checks are conducted Aug. 31 in Osh in southern Kyrgyzstan on a major road leading to the Batken district where four Japanese mining engineers and three Kyrgyz citizens were kidnapped Aug. 23.

Photos of 4 freed Japanese in Central Asia

Photos of 4 freed Japanese in Central Asia

TOKYO, Japan - These are photos taken Monday of the four Japanese mining engineers who were freed Oct. 24 after being held hostage for two months by Islamic rebels in Central Asia. Hirotaro Fujii (L top), Haruo Harada (R top), Toshiaki Ariie (L bottom) and Nobuhisa Nakajima. The four were abducted on Aug. 23 in the Batken district of southern Kyrgyzstan.

Freed hostages walk to helicopter

Freed hostages walk to helicopter

KARAMYK, Kyrgyzstan - A group of freed Japanese and Kyrgyz hostages, including Toshiaki Ariie (far R), walk to a military helicopter in Karamyk in southern Kyrgyzstan to fly to the Kyrgyz capital Bishkek via Batken. Four Japanese and one Kyrgyz national, who were abducted by Muslim guerrillas in August in southern Kyrgyzstan, were released late Sunday.

4 Japanese, 1 Kyrgyz hostage released

4 Japanese, 1 Kyrgyz hostage released

KARAMYK, Kyrgyzstan - Japanese mining engineers Toshiaki Ariie (L) and Nobuhisa Nakajima (R), who had been abducted by Islamic rebels, arrived in Karamyk in southern Kyrgyzstan on Oct. 25, along with two other Japanese and a Kyrgyz hostage shortly after the two men were released. Ariie, 58, and Nakajima, 49, were abducted in the Batken district in southern Kyrgyzstan on Aug. 23 together with two other Japanese mining engineers and three Kyrgyz. Two of the three Kyrgyz were freed earlier.

Kyrgyz checks conducted over kidnapping of Japanese

Kyrgyz checks conducted over kidnapping of Japanese

OSH, Kyrgyzstan - Checks are conducted Aug. 31 in Osh in southern Kyrgyzstan on a major road leading to the Batken district where four Japanese mining engineers and three Kyrgyz citizens were kidnapped Aug. 23.