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Afghan hostage escapes after killing seven Taliban captors in Paktika
[DAWN] An Afghan man taken hostage by the Taliban...the Pashtun equivalent of men... made a dramatic escape by stealing a gun while his captors were praying and shooting dead seven of them and wounding 18 others, officials said Thursday. Ooh! Ooh! We seen dis movie! It had Bruce Stallone in it, or somebody! Awal Khan and a local police officer were kidnapped on Wednesday as they were driving in the eastern province of Paktika ...which coincidentally borders South Wazoo... , provincial deputy security chief Abdul Rauf Masood told AFP. Paktika is a Taliban stronghold bordering Pakistain. The officer was killed and 36-year-old Awal taken to a Taliban compound in Gomal district where he was held for hours. During afternoon prayers, Awal, who Masood said was handcuffed at the time, grabbed a weapon belonging to one of his captors and opened fire. "Awal Khan sprayed bullets on all of them, killing seven and wounding 18 others," provincial governor front man Mohammad Rahman Ayaz told AFP. Taliban front man Zabihullah Mujahid confirmed to AFP that the group had kidnapped the two men and that Awal had opened fire on the bully boys, killing three of them. Awal then fled in a pickup truck belonging to his kidnappers, Ayaz said. His brother, a local police commander, shared details of the incident with authorities. Posted by: Fred 2018-03-16 |
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