Re: Taliban leave Orakzai after elders’ warning
Good.
But I hope that the Taliban don’t kill these elders like they kill other elders who cooperate with the government.
The Associated Press: Militants kill Pakistani tribal elder
KHAR, Pakistan (AP) — Suspected Islamic militants shot dead a pro-government tribal chief and wounded three other people in an attack early Monday near Pakistan’s border with Afghanistan, an official said.
Assailants opened fire on Malik Shahjehan Khan as he passed by in a car on the outskirts of Khar, the main town of Bajur tribal area, said Mohammed Habib Khan, a local security official. Shahjehan Khan died at the scene.
Another tribal chief who was in the same car with Shahjehan Khan, their driver and a passer-by were wounded in the shooting, the official said.
The security official said the slain tribal chief had opposed the presence of foreign Islamic militants in Bajur tribal area and had survived several previous attacks on him.
Taliban- and al-Qaida-linked militants operate in Bajur.
Scores of tribesmen have been killed in Pakistan’s tribal regions near Afghanistan in recent years after being accused of spying for the U.S. or collaborating with the Pakistani government.