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| 11 men taken in NATO cross-border raid return home |
| 2007-02-10 |
| A group of men seized from a remote Pakistani village during an alleged raid by NATO and Afghan army forces returned to their homes on Friday, an official said. Pakistan officials, citing local residents, said the 11 men were taken on Wednesday morning when troops crossed from Afghanistan into the border village of Qamar Din. The soldiers reportedly shot and killed one villager during the operation. On Friday, Maulvi Mohammed Sharif, nazim of the Zhob district which lies 210 kilometres from Quetta and where Qamar Din is located, said the men had returned home after being freed. “We know that they were kidnapped by NATO and Afghan soldiers,” he said. Sharif offered no details to back up his account. A NATO spokeswoman in the Afghan capital, Kabul, said on Thursday that the multinational force was aware of a “number of incidents” and was investigating. NATO had earlier denied that its troops were involved. |
| Posted by:Fred |