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Sunday May 11, 01:02 AM
Islamabad, May 11: Nine tribesmen from Pakistan’s restive South Waziristan were among 13 Taliban militants killed in a clash with Nato-led forces in Afghanistan.
The bodies of the Pakistani Taliban militants were brought back to Wana, the main town of South Waziristan, for burial on Sunday, local Taliban sources told journalists.
The dead Taliban belonged to the Wazir tribe and were members of a group led by Pakistani Taliban Mullah Nazir, who operates in the South Waziristan tribal region. Among the dead were Maulana Muhammad Iqbal, deputy chief of Mullah Nazir’s group, and Khan Mohammed Wazir, another key Taliban commander.
Three of the dead Taliban were aged between 15 and 20 years, local tribesmen said. The bodies were repatriated to Wana from Afghanistan’s eastern Paktika province early Sunday, the Taliban sources said.
The skirmish in Paktika left 13 Taliban militants and eight Nato and Afghan troops, including a colonel, dead. Witnesses said the bodies of the Pakistani Taliban were badly burnt, making it difficult to identify them.
Sources said Maulana Iqbal had led a group of around 30 militants to Afghanistan late last month to join the Taliban there. The Pakistani Taliban launched an attack on coalition forces in Paktika and were killed in air raids by coalition fighter planes.
Besides the nine men from South Waziristan, two militants from Punjab province and one from Hyderabad in Sindh province were also killed.
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