 The bodies of 25 militants killed in a fierce battle with NATO-led troops in Afghanistan were repatriated on Friday to their tribal villages in Pakistan, where Taliban activists urged mass attendance at their funerals, residents said. NATO on Thursday reported killing or wounding 130 suspected Taliban who had crossed from Pakistan to mount attacks in eastern Afghanistan. | Several residents said the dead men were Pakistanis. About 25 other militants wounded in the fighting were being treated at private clinics in Miran Shah and another 25 were being treated elsewhere in the region. |
The Pakistan Army also said it attacked militant supply trucks on its side of the border in North Waziristan. On Friday, the bodies of 25 guerrillas killed in the fighting were brought to Miran Shah. Funerals were to be held in different villages in the region later in the day, according to local intelligence officials and residents. “Taliban asked everyone to attend the funerals of these martyrs,” a local resident who refused to be named because he feared reprisals, told The Associated Press. Several residents said the dead men were Pakistanis. About 25 other militants wounded in the fighting were being treated at private clinics in Miran Shah and another 25 were being treated elsewhere in the region, the residents said. |
