 The arrest coincided with U.S. Vice President Dick Cheney's visit to Afghanistan and Pakistan in late February 2007, but the timing has been reported to be a coincidence rather than a reaction to Cheney's visit.Obaidullah was freed in November 2007 in exchange for the release of more than 200 Pakistani soldiers captured by the Taliban.He was rearrested in February 2008 and died on March 5, 2010, of a heart disease inside a prison in Karachi, Pakistan.