30 Police Kidnapped by Taliban in Pakistan

So how are those peace treaties working out?AP

PESHAWAR, Pakistan (AP) — Suspected Islamic militants abducted about 30 police and paramilitary troops in northwestern Pakistan on Tuesday, a day after three intelligence agents were killed there in an ambush, officials said.

Security was deteriorating in the Swat Valley despite a peace deal reached in May between the provincial government and pro-Taliban militants.

Insurgents overpowered the security forces who were manning a security post in Swat's Deolai area, police official Ismail Khan said.

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The army said that 27 troops and police were missing. Most were feared kidnapped, though it appeared that a few of them had managed to flee and hide, spokesman Maj. Gen. Athar Abbas said.

A militant spokesman, Bakht Ali Khan, claimed responsibility and accused the government of not sticking to the peace accord.

"The government is not honoring the peace agreement with Taliban and the government will be responsible for any consequences," he said. "We will take revenge for any action against us."