KHAR, Pakistan (AP) — Local officials say militants attacked anti-Taliban militiamen in Pakistan’s volatile tribal area near the Afghan border, killing one and wounding another.
Official Jawed Khan says Monday’s attack took place as the militiamen manned a security post in the Bazai section of Mohmand tribal area.
Khan says authorities also found the bullet-riddled body of another anti-Taliban militiaman in a nearby area Monday, two days after he was kidnapped.
The Pakistani government has encouraged anti-Taliban militias to help it battle a raging insurgency that has killed more than 600 people in the last three months. Militant attacks against the militia members are common.