Militants kill 'US spies' in Pakistan: official
MIRANSHAH, Pakistan (AFP) — Pro-Taliban militants in a Pakistani tribal district shot dead two tribesmen after accusing them of spying for US forces in neighbouring Afghanistan, an official said Monday.
A note left on the bodies in the border village of Lowara Mandi in North Waziristan tribal district, a known hub of Al-Qaeda and Taliban militants, indicated that the two men were spying for US forces, the official said.
"All those spying for the US will suffer the same fate," it said.
Militants have killed several tribesmen in recent months in the tribal region, accusing them of spying for the US-led coalition forces across the border.
US and Afghan officials have repeatedly claimed the rugged tribal region is used by militants to launch cross-border attacks on international coalition troops deployed in Afghanistan.
Pakistan has been fighting hundreds of Taliban and Al-Qaeda militants who fled over the border from Afghanistan after the US-led invasion in late 2001 that followed the September 11 attacks on the United States.
