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| Pakistan militants kill at least 20 kidnapped troops |
| 2012-12-29 |
| Militants in Pakistan have killed at least 20 of the paramilitaries they seized from checkpoints near Peshawar, officials say. Two men are said to have escaped. One is reportedly in a critical condition. The troops, from the tribal police force, are reported to have been shot by their captors, who are thought to be from the Pakistani Taliban. The men were seized following attacks on three checkpoints south of Peshawar, close to the border with Afghanistan. About 200 armed militants had overrun two of the positions on Thursday, seizing the troops, taking weapons and setting fire to the buildings. Two tribal police officers were killed in the attacks. The Pakistani military launched an operation to recover the men and convened a meeting of local tribal elders. A local government official, Naveed Akbar, said the bodies had been recovered about 4km (3 miles) from where the troops had been abducted. It is the third attack on targets around Peshawar this month. Suicide bombers launched a raid on the city's airport two weeks ago, killing four people. Last Saturday a senior politician of the Awami National Party was killed in an attack on a political rally. Seven others died in the blast. |
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