Militants hold 30 Pak children hostage in Af

September 02, 2011 14:19

Thirty Pakistani children, who had gone for picnic to celebrate Eid and had mistakenly crossed into Afghanistan's eastern Kunar province, have been taken
hostage by militants, officials said.

The children were from Pakistan's Bajaur tribal region, TV channels quoted an official as saying. It was not clear which group has held them hostage but Pakistan army said that deputy chief of Tehrik-e-Taliban Pakistan Maulvi Faqir, who belonged to Bajajur, is now operating from Kunar.

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