Wednesday, July 30, 2008

Taliban kidnap 30, kill 10 in Pakistan
PESHAWAR: Pakistani Taliban militants kidnapped 30 security forces from a police station in the northwestern Swat Valley on Tuesday, a day after killing ten intelligence men, officials said.The troops and policemen were abducted after Islamist rebels stormed a checkpost in Swat, a former tourist region where a two-month-old peace deal between militants and the government is under threat."Taliban attacked a police station in Kabal area of Swat and kidnapped 11 police and 19 Frontier Corps troops on Tuesday morning," a security official said while talking to an international news agency on condition of anonymity.

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