Khasadar man gunned down in Khyber

Published September 13, 2014
The image shows a Pakistan Army soldier and two members of the Khasadar force in a tribal area. — File photo
The image shows a Pakistan Army soldier and two members of the Khasadar force in a tribal area. — File photo

PESHAWAR: Unknown gunmen early on Saturday killed a Khasadar force man along with his wife in Bara Tehsil of the northwestern tribal region of Khyber.

Official sources said the tribal policeman was going out of his house in Shalobar Qambarabad area of Khyber Agency when the assault left him and his wife dead on the spot.

The reason behind the attack could not be ascertained neither could a definitive link to militant activity be established.

The bodies have been shifted to a local hospital.

Khyber is one of Pakistan’s seven semi-autonomous regions governed by tribal laws and lies near the Afghan border. The Taliban and other Al Qaeda-linked groups, who stage attacks in both Pakistan and Afghanistan, are known to have strongholds in the zone.

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