Friday, February 10, 2012
- Australia beat Sri Lanka by 5 runs, remain unbeaten in tri-series
- Blasts, firing near PTIs rally leave 7 injured in Swabi
- Imran says will shoot down drones if comes to power
- 25 killed, 175 injured in Syria blasts
- Aqib Javed resigns as bowling coach
- NATO supplies from Pakistani airspace never stopped: Pentagon
- 11 militants killed, 19 injured in Orakzai operation
- Mansoor Ijaz to record statement via videolink on Feb 22
- LHC adjourns hearing of petition against TCP
- Jamaat Ali Shah rejects treason charges
Anti-Taliban elder beheaded
KHAR (AFP) - Militants assassinated an anti-Taliban tribal elder and dumped his beheaded body by the roadside in Bajaur Agency, officials said Saturday.
Gul Muhammad, 42, an elder of the Salarzai tribe, had been active in raising a village militia to battle Taliban militants in Bajaur, an official said. The body of Gul was found this morning in Mamund village, Faramosh Khan, a local administration official in Khar, the main town in Bajaur, told AFP. A note found on the beheaded body said that anyone joining the militia against the Taliban would be killed in the same manner, Khan said.
A local security official confirmed the incident, saying Taliban militants want to scare the local population away from supporting Army operations.
Gul Muhammad, 42, an elder of the Salarzai tribe, had been active in raising a village militia to battle Taliban militants in Bajaur, an official said. The body of Gul was found this morning in Mamund village, Faramosh Khan, a local administration official in Khar, the main town in Bajaur, told AFP. A note found on the beheaded body said that anyone joining the militia against the Taliban would be killed in the same manner, Khan said.
A local security official confirmed the incident, saying Taliban militants want to scare the local population away from supporting Army operations.
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