KHAR: Terrorists assassinated an anti-Taliban tribal elder and dumped his beheaded body by the roadside in Bajaur Agency, officials said on Saturday. According to a local official, Gul Muhammad, 42, an elder of the Salarzai tribe, had been actively participating in raising a village militia to battle the Taliban in the region. “The body of Gul Muhammad was found this morning in Mamund village,” Faramosh Khan, the official, said. “A note found on the beheaded body said that anyone who would join the militia against the Taliban would be killed in the same manner,” he said.
A local security official confirmed the incident, saying that Taliban militants wanted to scare the local population away from supporting army operations.