Pakistan

FATA abductions: Armed men kidnap 110 persons

It must be noted that Taliban had forbidden from holding a drugs fair.

News Desk April 13, 2014

tribune

Armed men kidnapped 110 men from border areas of Orakzai and Khyber agencies in Fata. TV reports quoting government sources said Taliban kidnapped the people, forty of which have been released. However, 70 of the abducted men are still in the custody of Taliban. All of the men were kidnapped from Haider Kandao Drugs Fair, they added. It must be noted that Taliban had forbidden from holding a drugs fair.

Published in The Express Tribune, April 13^th, 2014.

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