Four killed over spying for US in NWA

Four killed over spying for US in NWA

By Saleem Mehsud

MIRANSHAH, March 21: Taliban have killed four persons on charges of spying for US. Their bullet riddled bodies were recovered from Dattakheil and Mirali areas of North Waziristan Agency (NWA) on Monday.

“Among the killed three were local tribesmen and one was Afghan national,” official sources said.

Local sources told INP that dead body of an Afghan national, riddled with bullets was found on road-side in tehsil Mirali with a note attached. “Everyone who will practice spying for US will meet the same fate,” the note read and also sends a message of Taliban to the locals to refrain from such activities.

Three other dead bodies riddled with bullets were found in Manzar Kheil area of tehsil Datta Kheil along the road-side along with similar note.

“All the three killed by Taliban were local tribesmen who were kidnapped some days earlier by special group of Taliban identified as ‘Khurrassan group’ which was specifically formed to deal the spies,” sources who refused to be identified told INP while identity of those killed was not yet ascertained.

Normally whenever Taliban kill anyone either local or foreigner, first they kidnap the suspect and after interrogation they throw the dead body on road-sides in thickly populated areas in order to send scary messages to the locals to abstain from anti-Taliban activities otherwise they will one day be killed in the same way.

The sources further told INP that dead bodies of spies can’t be removed from the spot before the scheduled time so that they were seen by the locals and government officials and send a loud message of Taliban’s might in the area.

Local sources said that several innocent tribesmen fell prey to the label of spies who tried to oppose the activities of Taliban. Such people were kidnapped and killed by Taliban in the tribal areas bordering Afghanistan to settle their tribal jealousy and personal differences in the name spying against Taliban. On the other hand Taliban claim that every killing was done after thorough interrogation and once it was proved that they indulged in spying or anti Taliban activities.