Militants kill two female teachers

KHAR (AFP/APP) Two women school teachers were killed Wednesday when armed militants ambushed their car in Bajaur tribal region bordering Afghanistan, local officials said.
The women were travelling from the school they taught at in Khar - the main town in the northwestern tribal district of Bajaur - when insurgents bearing automatic weapons sprayed the vehicle with bullets.
Two women teachers were killed and two men were injured in the firing by militants, administration official Adalat Khan told AFP. Tribal police confirmed the incident.
The Agency administration sealed the entire area of the incident and started search for the culprits. The driver of the vehicle has been arrested and is being interrogated.
According to eyewitnesses unknown people forced the two female teachers out of the vehicle and shot them dead.
Insurgents who oppose the education of girls have bombed and destroyed hundreds of northwestern schools in recent years.
Militants have recently stepped up activity in Bajaur, one of seven semi-autonomous tribal districts straddling the Afghan border.
Officials warned that the Taliban and their allies were increasing attacks in areas such as Bajaur to divert attention away from South Waziristan, the Taliban bastion where the military is conducting a major ground offensive.