Militants behead alleged US spy in Bajaur
Pro-Taliban militants in the tribal belt beheaded an Afghan national allegedly spying for the US-led forces in Afghanistan, officials said on Friday.
The head and body of the man were stuffed in a sack and dumped by a road side near Khar, the main town in Bajaur district, security official Mahmoor Khan a French news agency. We found the beheaded body of an Afghan man today, Khan said. We also found a note with the body saying Whoever spies for the Americans will meet the same fate. Authorities named the man as Sarwar Khan, 45, a livestock trader originally from Afghanistans eastern Kunar province, who was living with his family in Bajaur. The body had been handed over to his relatives, they said.
Posted by: Fred 2007-06-23 |