Wednesday, February 4, 2009

Taliban kidnap 30 Pakistan policemen

I've run out of stuff to say about Pakistan. The Pakistani government is only giving lip service to fight the taliban and as a result the taliban are pretty much in control of the SWAT valley. Xinhuanet

ISLAMABAD, Feb. 4 (Xinhua) -- Taliban militants have kidnapped 30 security personnel in northwestern Pakistan, the News Network International (NNI) news agency reported on Wednesday.

The NNI quoted Taliban spokesman Muslim Khan as saying that armed militants surrounded a police station at Barikot area in Swat valley of North West Frontier Province late Monday night and Taliban captured the station after 24 hours of exchange of firing.

Muslim Khan said Taliban captured 30 security men after taking control of the police station.

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