[An Nahar] Pak Taliban fighters attacked a paramilitary fort in northwestern Pakistain on Friday, killing one soldier and kidnapping 15 others, police said. The brazen attack was followed by a statement to media in which the cut-throats said they would kill the kidnapped troops.Armed with only assault rifles, at least 35 cut-throats targeted the Frontier Corps fort in Tank district before dawn, said local police chief Ejad Abid. The cut-throats burned down buildings and captured a significant amount of weapons, he said.
One soldier was killed and two were maimed in the fighting, said Abid. Another 15 are still missing and believed to have been kidnapped, he said.
Pak Taliban front man Ehsanullah Ehsan grabbed credit for the attack in a phone call to The News Agency that Dare Not be Named and said it was carried out to avenge the death of a local Taliban capo. He claimed 30 soldiers were kidnapped.
But another Taliban capo who said he carried out the attack, Asmatullah Shaheen, told the AP that he had 15 soldiers in his custody.
Ehsan said the Taliban have no intention of bargaining for the soldiers' release and intend to kill them.
"We are going to cut these soldiers into pieces one by one, and we will send these pieces to their commanders," said Ehsan.
Tank is located near the border with South Wazoo, an important sanctuary for the Pak Taliban. The Pak military staged a large offensive there in 2009, but the cut-throats continue to operate in the area.