US and Afghan troops dump 4 bodies into Pakistan

US and Afghan troops dump 4 bodies into Pakistan

Daily Times Monitor

LAHORE: US and Afghan forces on Sunday threw four bodies into Pakistani territory, claiming the deceased were Pakistani nationals, Geo news channel reported.

However, Pakistani security forces refused to pick the bodies up, saying the deceased were not Pakistanis, it added.

Witnesses also said the hands and feet of the deceased had marks of cigarette burns, handcuffs and shackles, the channel added.

North Waziristan Agency’s political agent and Inter-Services Public Relations (ISPR) officials said they did not know who the victims were, and it would take several hours to confirm the identities of the deceased, the channel said. In a separate incident in Afghanistan, US and Afghan soldiers battled suspected militants near the border with Pakistan, and four fighters and one Afghan soldier were killed, the US military said on Sunday, agencies reported.