Pakistani Militants Decapitate (Islamic) Cleric
The Guardian (UK) ^ | 8-30-2006 | Bashirullah Khan
guardian.co.uk
Wednesday August 30, 2006 6:46 PM
Associated Press Writer
MIRAN SHAH, Pakistan (AP) - Militants decapitated an Islamic cleric and an Afghan refugee accused of spying for U.S. and Afghan authorities in northwestern Pakistan, an intelligence official said Wednesday.
The men's beheaded bodies were found early Wednesday in two villages near Miran Shah, the main town in the North Waziristan tribal region bordering Afghanistan, the official said on condition of anonymity because of the secretive nature of his work.
Notes written in the local Pashtu language were left on the bodies accusing the men of being spies for the U.S. and Afghanistan, he said.
The cleric was an Afghan identified as 45-year-old Noor Wali. His body and severed head were dumped next to each other on a roadside in Khati Khel, a village near Miran Shah, the official said.
The body of the Afghan refugee, identified as Hak Nawaz, was found in Darpakhel village, on Miran Shah's western outskirts. Militants had cut off his head and placed it on his chest, leaving a note saying ``this is a gift for Karzai,'' referring to Afghanistan's President Hamid Karzai, according to the official.
In neighboring South Waziristan, the 15-year-old brother of local BBC reporter Dilawar Wazir was kidnapped on Tuesday after leaving home for school and shot to death. Taimor Khan's body was dumped in the same area, a correspondent for the broadcaster and a security official said. |
