The driver of a truck carrying a United States consignment was killed and his brother injured when unidentified men opened fire on the truck in Tedi Bazzar area of Jamrud on Saturday.The truck was loaded with a US consignment bound for the US Bagram airbase when it was targeted by unidentified men on the Pak-Afghan Highway, sources said. The driver, Bacha Zada, died and his brother Lal Agha, was critically injured in the firing. The gunmen reportedly stole Rs 20,000 from the truck, the sources added.
Meanwhile, four passengers of a van were abducted from the Pak-Afghan Highway in Wali Khel on Saturday. The passengers, whose names could not be ascertained, were on their way to Peshawar from Torkham when a double cabin pickup intercepted their vehicle. The unidentified men forcibly took the four passengers with them, sources said. Witnesses said that the kidnappers had taken them to Tehrah valley via Ali Masjid.