| Suspected Taliban militants kidnapped about 15 khasadars from the Parang Sam, Begyari and Hawldari checkposts in Khyber AgencyÂ’s Jamrud tehsil on Sunday, officials said on Monday. They said the Taliban also attacked the Hawldari checkpost near Soor Kamar with rockets, damaging it badly. Separately, gunmen shot dead eight members from a Shia tribe in the Kurram Agency, the latest attack in a wave of sectarian violence in the region, officials and residents told AFP on Monday. Political Agent Azam Khan told the APP news agency however that the eight men were slaughtered by militants. |