Large groups of Pakistani soldiers captured

Afghanistan News.Net
Thursday 30th August, 2007

Scores of Pakistani soldiers have gone missing near the Afghanistan border and are believed to be in the hands of the Taliban.

The Pakistan government says more than one hundred army personnel are unaccounted for in the South Waziristan region.

Pro-Taliban militants say they have captured three hundred men.

The Muslim militant group said it had taken the troops because the government was not honouring a recent peace deal.

There has been rising violence in the region in recent months, since peace deals between the government and rebels have collapsed.

Two days ago, eighteen Pakistani soldiers were freed by militants following a deal brokered by tribal chiefs.

Violence has soared in the region since troops were sent in to Islamabad's Red Mosque to flush out Islamists in July.

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