- **Taleban fighters in Pakistan’s northern district of Swat have paraded 48 paramilitary troops they captured in fighting this week. **
- The soldiers said they surrendered when their positions on a hilltop were surrounded by armed militant
- They say that more than 100 troops abandoned their positions on Thursday night.
- All the troops were shabbily dressed, wearing clothes given to them by the militants Most said they dumped their uniforms somewhere in the fields or gave them to the militants.
- **“I surrendered because I realised that I was only fighting fellow Muslims,” said Shafiullah, a soldier from Dargai area. **
The soldiers, who make up the often poorly trained ranks of the Frontier Corps, were visibly under stress.
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