FACTBOX-Security developments in Pakistan, Dec 28

Sun Dec 28, 2008 5:48am GMT
 
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(Reuters) - Following are security developments in Pakistan at 5:30 a.m. British time on Sunday:

MIRANSHAH - Suspected Taliban militants executed three men on suspicion of spying for Pakistani forces and U.S. forces in Afghanistan in the North Waziristan region on the Afghan border, intelligence officials and residents said on Sunday.

Bodies of two of the victims were strung up from a bridge near the town of Mir Ali while the bullet-riddled body of the third man was found near the region's main town, Miranshah.

SWAT - About 34 militants and two soldiers were killed in clashes in the Swat Valley in North West Frontier Province on Saturday, military officials said. There was no independent verification of the casualty estimate.

(Compiled by Zeeshan Haider; Editing by Robert Birsel)

 

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