Afghanistan pardons militant kidnapper believed to have snatched British aid worker Linda Norgrove

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Abdul Basir was said to be behind the group that took Norgrove, who was killed in a rescue attempt

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A militant commander said to be behind the kidnap of a British aid worker who was later killed in a rescue attempt has surrendered and been pardoned under an amnesty.

Miss Norgrove spent two weeks in captivity in eastern Afghanistan after she and three local staff were taken from a car while working for the American aid contractor DAI. Police and government officials in Kunar told The Daily Telegraph that the militant said to have been behind the kidnap had now surrendered.

The deal included amnesty, said a senior official with the justice ministry. Such deals are commonplace as the government tries to split commanders away from the insurgency, but they have been unable to reduce violence in the country. Many other insurgents also surrendered under a general amnesty, officials said.

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