MINGORA, Dec 16 Taliban buried the body of their staunch opponent Pir Samiullah at an undisclosed location in Swat and freed seven more hostages on Tuesday.

Taliban spokesman Muslim Khan told journalists by phone from undisclosed place that the body of Pir Samiullah, which they had exhumed a couple of days ago, was buried in Swat.

He said seven more of his detained supporters were set free on Tuesday while the fate of the remaining 44 hostages would be decided in the meeting of Taliban Shura in accordance with Sharia.

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