Surrender monkeys, chapter 55

How do armed and ,presumably, trained soldiers just surrender to "militants"?

North Waziristan militants capture 28 soldiers



By Our Correspondent


MIRAMSHAH, Oct 6: Local Taliban militants have kidnapped another 28 paramilitary soldiers in the troubled North Waziristan tribal region.

Official sources told Dawn on Saturday that over 20 soldiers of the Frontier Corps (FC) had gone missing in Spin Wam, adjacent to Hangu district, on Thursday and their whereabouts were still not known.

However, a spokesman for militant Ahmadullah Ahmadi said by telephone from somewhere in the region that their men had seized 28 security personnel in the Spin Wam area.

The sources said that the militants had attacked a checkpoint in the area with rockets and missiles, forcing the personnel to lay down their weapons. They said the militants had captured the 28 soldiers manning the checkpoint and took away their weapons.