Suspected militants killed two Afghan nationals they accused of being US spies in North Waziristan on Tuesday. It was the second such incident in the North Waziristan region since Friday. An administration official told Daily Times that the two bodies were kept in the Town Hall for identification, but were later buried at Sheikh Adam cemetery when nobody came to claim them. “The men were shot in the legs and head and their hands had been tied behind their back,” witnesses told Daily Times, adding that the bodies were found near Mubarak Shahi village, 15 kilometres east of Miranshah.
No group has claimed responsibility for the killings, but pro-Taliban militants are usually blamed for such attacks. Zulfiqar Mehsud, a spokesman for Taliban commander Baitullah Mehsud, told Daily Times that his group was always “cautious about people who are spying for the US”. “The US can do no harm to us without ground intelligence. This is why we don’t spare any person found guilty of spying for the US,” he said. |