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Taliban dump 15 naked bodies of Pak security men
The insurgents kidnapped the officers on December 23 during an attack on a Pakistani security base in the border region.
Islamabad: The Taliban on Wednesday dumped 15 naked
bodies of Pakistani paramilitary frontier constabulary
personnel kidnapped two weeks ago in a north western town,
signalling that some militant factions may have spurned peace
talks with the government.
"The naked bodies were found in a field near the mountains," senior police and army officers were quoted as saying by the TV channels. The Tehreek-i-Taliban Pakistan claimed responsibility for the brutal murders and a spokesman Ehsanullah Ehsan told the Pashto-language Khyber Television channel that the bodies of the slain Frontier Constabulary personnel had been dumped at Spin Tul, an area near North Waziristan Agency.
Heavily armed Taliban fighters had kidnapped 15 security personnel when they launched a pre-dawn attack on the Frontier Constabulary`s Mullazai Fort in Tank district, located near South Waziristan Agency, on December 23.
The Taliban had subsequently demanded the release of some militants in exchange for the paramilitary personnel.
The Taliban apparently killed the security personnel in retaliation for an operation by security forces against militants in Khyber Agency a few days ago.
Taliban spokesman Ehsan warned that the militant would carry out more "revenge attacks" in the coming days.
He said Taliban would also take revenge for an operation by security forces in Zhob district of Balochistan province that killed several militants on Wednesday.
Reporters in the tribal belt said the Taliban were angry at the arrest of several female relatives of militants after the operation in Tirah valley of Khyber Agency.
The attacks come even as media reports said that Taliban militants in Afghanistan and Pakistan had formed a new grouping and pledged to stop targeting Pakistani security forces.
They had also formed a shura to oversee adherence to this. The deal, reports said had been worked out at the intervention of Taliban`s elusive supreme commander Mullah Omar.
But in a dramatic turn around the TTP said it will continue carrying out suicide attacks and target Pakistani security forces despite joining other militant groups in a pledge not to kill innocent people or to resort to kidnappings for ransom.
Officials said a wanted Taliban commander, Kamran Khalid, was among 12 militants killed in the operation in Khyber Agency on Sunday.
The kidnapped Frontier Constabulary personnel were killed just days after five Taliban factions agreed to form a council to remove differences and to punish those who kidnap people from ransom.
The incident occurred against the backdrop of reported talks between the security establishment and Taliban militants. Tehrik-e-Taliban Pakistan deputy chief Maulvi Faqir Muhammad has claimed that talks are going on with the government but spokesman Ehsan denied the claim.
PTI
"The naked bodies were found in a field near the mountains," senior police and army officers were quoted as saying by the TV channels. The Tehreek-i-Taliban Pakistan claimed responsibility for the brutal murders and a spokesman Ehsanullah Ehsan told the Pashto-language Khyber Television channel that the bodies of the slain Frontier Constabulary personnel had been dumped at Spin Tul, an area near North Waziristan Agency.
Heavily armed Taliban fighters had kidnapped 15 security personnel when they launched a pre-dawn attack on the Frontier Constabulary`s Mullazai Fort in Tank district, located near South Waziristan Agency, on December 23.
The Taliban had subsequently demanded the release of some militants in exchange for the paramilitary personnel.
The Taliban apparently killed the security personnel in retaliation for an operation by security forces against militants in Khyber Agency a few days ago.
Taliban spokesman Ehsan warned that the militant would carry out more "revenge attacks" in the coming days.
He said Taliban would also take revenge for an operation by security forces in Zhob district of Balochistan province that killed several militants on Wednesday.
Reporters in the tribal belt said the Taliban were angry at the arrest of several female relatives of militants after the operation in Tirah valley of Khyber Agency.
The attacks come even as media reports said that Taliban militants in Afghanistan and Pakistan had formed a new grouping and pledged to stop targeting Pakistani security forces.
They had also formed a shura to oversee adherence to this. The deal, reports said had been worked out at the intervention of Taliban`s elusive supreme commander Mullah Omar.
But in a dramatic turn around the TTP said it will continue carrying out suicide attacks and target Pakistani security forces despite joining other militant groups in a pledge not to kill innocent people or to resort to kidnappings for ransom.
Officials said a wanted Taliban commander, Kamran Khalid, was among 12 militants killed in the operation in Khyber Agency on Sunday.
The kidnapped Frontier Constabulary personnel were killed just days after five Taliban factions agreed to form a council to remove differences and to punish those who kidnap people from ransom.
The incident occurred against the backdrop of reported talks between the security establishment and Taliban militants. Tehrik-e-Taliban Pakistan deputy chief Maulvi Faqir Muhammad has claimed that talks are going on with the government but spokesman Ehsan denied the claim.
PTI