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Tehrik-e-Taliban
Pakistan spokesman Ehsanullah Ehsan on Thursday told the
Pashto-language Khyber Television channel that the bodies of the slain
Frontier Constabulary personnel had been dumped at Spin Tul, an area
near North Waziristan Agency. Ehsan's claim could not be independently
confirmed.
Heavily
armed Taliban fighters had kidnapped 15 security personnel when they
launched a pre-dawn attack on the Frontier Constabulary's Mullazai Fort
in Tank district, located near South Waziristan Agency, on 23rd December.
The Taliban had subsequently demanded the release of some militants in exchange for the paramilitary personnel.
Correspondents
in the tribal belt said they had received calls from the Taliban
spokesman early this morning regarding the killing of the security
personnel.
The
Taliban apparently killed the security personnel in retaliation for an
operation by security forces against militants in Khyber Agency a few
days ago.
Taliban spokesman Ehsan warned that the militant would carry out more "revenge attacks" in the coming days.
He
said Taliban would also take revenge for an operation by security
forces in Zhob district of Balochistan province that killed several
militants on Wednesday.
Reporters
in the tribal belt said the Taliban were angry at the arrest of several
female relatives of militants after the operation in Tirah valley of
Khyber Agency.
Officials
said a wanted Taliban commander, Kamran Khalid, was among 12 militants
killed in the operation in Khyber Agency on Sunday.
The
kidnapped Frontier Constabulary personnel were killed just days after
five Taliban factions agreed to form a council to remove differences and
to punish those who kidnap people from ransom.
The incident occurred against the backdrop of reported talks between the security establishment and Taliban militants.
Tehrik-e-Taliban
Pakistan deputy chief Maulvi Faqir Muhammad has claimed that talks are
going on with the government but spokesman Ehsan denied the claim.
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