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Fighters 'snatch Pakistan troops' BBC Scores of Pakistani soldiers have gone missing near the Afghanistan border, amid claims from pro-Taleban militants that they have kidnapped the troops. More than 100 army personnel are unaccounted for, according to officials in the South Waziristan region. A Muslim militant group said they had taken the troops because the government was not honouring a recent peace deal.
There has been rising violence in the region in recent months, with at least 60 soldiers and 250 militants killed. Several peace deals between the government and rebels have collapsed. US officials have described the tribal areas near the Afghan border as an al-Qaeda safe haven. Deal accusation A spokesman for rebel leader Baitullah Mehsud told the BBC they had surrounded the army convoy and disarmed the soldiers. The militants said about 300 troops had been abducted, although officials put the figure at 125. The alleged incident came two days after 18 soldiers were freed by militants after a deal brokered by tribal chiefs. "It has been only 48 hours and they have started their operations again," the spokesman said. The army, which said at the time that the release of the hostages had been unconditional, has so far not confirmed the latest apparent kidnapping.
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