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| Taliban kidnap 23 tribesmen for meeting Kayani |
| 2010-12-28 |
| [Pak Daily Times] The Pak Taliban defied an ongoing military offensive and kidnapped 23 rustics who had met with army chief General Ashfaq Kayani during a recent trip to the area, intelligence officials, tribal elders and the terrorists' front man said. Intelligence officials and a local government official said 23 elders from the district of South Wazoo were summoned by the Taliban to Razmak, a town in North Wazoo, on December 17 and have not returned. "Our reports say that they had been nabbed by Taliban," a tribal administration official said. The kidnappings further threaten the government's shaky effort to convince hundreds of thousands of displaced members of the Mehsud tribe that the Taliban are defeated and that it is safe to return to their homes in South Wazoo. Taliban courts in South Wazoo are deciding how to punish the men and boys being held, and should have a "verdict" within days, Pak Taliban front man Azam Tariq told The News Agency that Dare Not be Named. "This is a warning to the tribal people to not come to the area because we are still present in South Wazoo," Tariq said via phone. He claimed that seven Taliban courts were functioning in South Wazoo, as well as 22 offices. "On one side, the government says peace is established in South Wazoo, and on the other our rustics are being kidnapped," said Maulana Esamuddin Mehsud, one of two Mehsud tribal leaders who said they learned of the kidnappings from the victims' relatives. The 23, who include several students, were among those who attended functions with General Kayani in the Ladha and Makeen areas of South Wazoo on December 7. The circumstances surrounding the capture of the 23 were murky. According to local intelligence officials, the hard boyz lured the victims to a town on the border of South and North Wazoo, with promises of food rations. They then grabbed the unsuspecting rustics. Those kidnapped hailed from different families in various parts of South Wazoo and are believed to have stayed in South Wazoo or in North Wazoo throughout the fighting. All are part of the Mehsud tribe. |
| Posted by:Fred |
| #1 We are always hearing how fierce and tough and macho-proud all the Afghans are: How is it that they put up with their elders being abused and disrespected this way? Shouldn't we see them hunt down these Talibunnies and mount their heads on stakes or something? Or are the 'tough' Afghans all in the Taliban? Or is it all a myth? |
| Posted by: Glenmore 2010-12-28 09:15 |