71 security officials taken hostage by Taliban in NWFP.Byline: ANI Peshawar, Apr.29 (ANI): The Taliban has taken hostage at least 71 security personnel in the Pir Baba Pir Baba is a Pir Baba, a mountain village in Swat, located in the Buner District of the North-West Frontier Province of Pakistan. Pir Baba is known for saint "Hazrat Pir Baba". area of Buner district Buner (Urdu: بونیر) is a district of the North West Frontier Province of Pakistan. History Until the the year 2000 it was a part of Malakand Division - until this district was abolished. in the North West Frontier Province (NWFP NWFP North-West Frontier Province (northwest Pakistan) NWFP Northwest Forest Plan NWFP Non-Wood Forest Product ). According to The News, the station house officer (SHO) of the Pir Baba police station along with his cops and 50 Frontier Constabulary (FC) personnel have been held captive by the armed gunmen. Sources added that the extremists called the SHO with his troops to the Pir Baba mosque for talks, and were later made hostage with heavily armed gunmen not allowing any of the security personnel out of the mosque premises. (ANI) Copyright 2009 Asian News International The Asian News International (ANI) agency provides multimedia news to China and 50 bureaus in India. It covers virtually all of South Asia since its foundation and presently claims, on its official website, to be the leading South Asia-wide news agency. (ANI) - All Rights Reserved. Provided by Syndigate.info an Albawaba.com company |
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