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| Six bodies found, 34 FC personnel still missing |
| 2010-06-19 |
| Bodies of 6 Frontier Corps (FC) personnel were retrieved from Mohmand Agency on Friday by a tribal jirga, as search for the remaining 34 missing paramilitary soldiers continues. Over 65 soldiers went missing after their post in Shonkarai area of Mohmand tribal region was attacked on Monday by more than 200 Afghan Taliban. On Friday, the six bodies were recovered after the tribal elders visited and held talks with the Taliban militants based in Mohmand Agency, a tribal elder told Daily Times by phone from Ghalanai, headquarters of Mohmand. "They (Taliban commanders) were reluctant at first. However, after some arguments, they allowed us to take the bodies of 6 soldiers," the tribal elder said. The bodies have now been sent to their respective areas for burial, military sources said. "We are making efforts to find the remaining 34 soldiers," the sources said. However, it is not yet clear whether the militants are holding these soldiers as hostages. Meanwhile, the 14 soldiers who were handed over to the Pakistan Consulate in Jalalabad on Thursday by Afghan officials have returned to Peshawar where they are being debriefed. |
| Posted by:Fred |