Thread: Group of 400 abducted in NW Pakistan - Police

Group of 400 abducted in NW Pakistan: Police

MIRAN SHAH, Pakistan: Suspected militants armed with rockets, grenades and

automatic weapons abducted some 400 students, staff and relatives
driving away from
a boy's school in a troubled tribal region in northwest Pakistan on Monday, police and a witness said.

The brazen abduction came amid rising militant violence in Pakistan's tribal belt actions the military says are aimed at distracting it from its offensive against the Taliban in the nearby Swat Valley.

Details were still emerging on Monday about the nature of the attack. No group immediately claimed responsibility.

Police official Meer Sardar said the abduction occurred about 20 miles (30 kilometers) from Razmak Cadet College in North Waziristan tribal area. The people were leaving the school area after they were warned to get out in a phone call from a man they believed to be a political official, Sardar said, citing accounts from a group of 17 who managed to get away.

Around 30 buses, cars and other vehicles were carrying the students, staff and others when they were stopped along the road by a large group of alleged militants in their own vehicles.

The details were confirmed by a staff member at the school who was among those who escaped. He requested anonymity out of fear of Taliban reprisal but said the school's principal was among those abducted. His vehicle happened to be behind a truck on the road, and it was less visible, so the driver slipped away.

The staffer said the assailants carried rockets, Kalashnikovs, hand grenades and other weapons.

It was unclear how many students were involved, though they made up the majority of the group. Cadet colleges in Pakistan are usually run by retired military officers and educate teenagers. They also typically provide room and board.

North Waziristan is a major Taliban stronghold bordering Afghanistan.

This is the worst news from pakistan till date. I pity those people and my bigger worry is that they don't end being converted into more terrorists.

I bet US will be happy to provide more aid to pak .

I can just say that the world is going mad.

400 students ??

OMG

I think Pak will give up the anti-terrorist operations now

its a part of the society which is freak. and which thinks that the world is just theirs and not for anyone else..

these freak guys are making the path of end for their own selves..

i thinh the end of taliban is near, its just like a candle lighting brightly before the complete phewwww....

@shadow

but not necessarily, I mean this has been going on ever since, albeit at a small scale. And i guess this must be one of those few times, when government has actually acknowledged it.

It is good that Taliban do such things. It will create more hatred for them amongst Pak nationals.

Originally Posted by meetdilip

It is good that Taliban do such things. It will create more hatred for them amongst Pak nationals.

It will also keep the paki society divided. So long as Pakis are divided...its good for India.