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Taliban behead soldier to avenge Bajaur strike

* TTP also warns tribal elders of similar action if they co-operated with authorities

KHAR: Authorities found the beheaded body of a paramilitary soldier in the Bajaur Agency on Friday, close to where a United States missile strike left at least 20 people dead.

A note left on the body of soldier Aftab Gul in the Pusht Bazaar Salarzai area read that the beheading was retaliation for the US bombing of Damadola. The note, signed by the Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan, also warned tribal elders that they could face similar action if they co-operated with authorities.

The body has been sent to Gul’s hometown of Mansehra, local sources told Daily Times.

Also on Friday, around 100 students belonging to various madrassas held a demonstration in Multan, and burned effigies of US President George W Bush and President Pervez Musharraf. Hundreds of people also rallied across the NWFP and Peshawar after the Friday prayers to protest the missile attack, witnesses and police told AFP. staff report

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