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India-Pakistan
Tribal elder, soldier killed in Bajaur
2006-07-12
KHAR: Suspected Islamic militants shot and killed a pro-government tribal elder and an off-duty soldier in Bajaur Agency, an official said on Tuesday. The attack on the home of Fateh Khan occurred on Monday night in Babara, a village in Bajaur, local government official Abdul Qayyum said. The assailants fired assault rifles at Khan's home from a nearby hill, killing him and the soldier, who was visiting Khan as a guest, Qayyum said.

A relative of Khan was wounded in the shooting and has been taken to a hospital in Peshawar. No one claimed responsibility but Qayyum blamed Islamic militants for the attack in the village, about 35 kilometres west of Khar, Bajaur's main town. "This is the work of enemies of the country," Qayyum said, referring to local and foreign militants suspected of links with Al Qaeda and the Taliban.
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