Taliban militants shot dead an Afghan refugee accusing him of spying for the US-led military in Afghanistan and kidnapped a policeman in a tribal area, officials said Sunday. The bullet-riddled body of Afghan Qasim Jan was found on Sunday in a drain in restive Bajaur tribal district, a tribal administration official told AFP.
A note purportedly from Taliban rebels found with the body said that he was killed for being an "American spy." Militants have killed several tribesmen and Afghan refugees after accusing them of spying on their activities for the US forces operating across the border in Afghanistan.
Separately, militants kidnapped a tribal police official but there were no further details available about the incident, the official said.
A spokesman for Tehreek-e-Taliban (Taliban movement) Pakistan, Maulvi Omar, asked the government to immediately stop military operations in tribal areas and resume peace talks. "The government must stop military operations and start dialogue," Omar told AFP via telephone.
"If the government starts any military operation in Bajaur, Mohmand or any other tribal district, then we will give a befitting reply," he warned.