What a relief. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Nepali abducted in Iraq is safe: Officials (Hostage crisis update) Foreign Ministry officials have said that Yunus Kabari, a Nepalese youth from Devpur VDC-5 in the southeastern district of Dhanusha, who was taken hostage by an insurgent group in Iraq four days ago, is safe and is in contact with the company he was working for. The reaction from the foreign ministry officials has come following media reports that the Iraqi insurgents yesterday released Kabari. Talking to Nepalnews, spokesperson of the Foreign Ministry, Durga Bhattarai said, ?For the time being we can only say that Kabari is at a safe place and is in contact with the company he was working for. Hopefully he will be released. But we have yet to confirm about his release.? However, reports said that the insurgents released Kabadi yesterday without any precondition. State Minister for Foreign Affairs, Dr Prakash Sharan Mahat yesterday left for the United Arab Emirates to negotiate the safe release of Kabari. Kabari was working in Saudi Arabia as a security guard with a company and had recently moved to Iraq where he was abducted by an Iraqi insurgent group. nepalnews.com amt Nov 05 04