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| Taliban kill pro-government cleric in Waziristan |
| 2006-05-02 |
| Pro-Taleban militants have shot dead a cleric they suspected of informing for Pakistani security forces fighting Al Qaeda guerrillas and their Taleban allies in the Waziristan tribal region, officials said yesterday. The body was found in a market area near Mir Ali town, 25km east of Miranshah, the main town of the restive North Waziristan region bordering Afghanistan. Intelligence and government officials said Maulana Janaat Mir, aged 80, was kidnapped by militants last week. “Maulana (Mir) was also head of his tribe and his name was on a militants’ hit list circulated to people of the area five months ago,” an intelligence official, who requested anonymity, said. He said the list contained the names of 28 tribesmen suspected of being informers or spies for either the Pakistan government or American forces hunting Al Qaeda remnants across the border in Afghanistan. At least four suspected informers have been beheaded in North and South Waziristan in recent weeks. |
| Posted by:Dan Darling |