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Pakistani 'Levi' border force personnel and Afghan border police guards at a check points at Ghaki pass, bordering Afghanistan's Kunar province, in Pakistan on September 2, 2011.
Friday, Sep. 02, 2011

Open quoteThese boys inadvertently crossed into Afghanistan while picnicking on the second day of Eid and were kidnapped by militants.Close quote

  • SYED NASIM,
  • Pakistani senior local administration official after 30 Pakistani boys were kidnapped by Taliban militants. The kidnappers' demands were unknown and elders from the boys' villages were trying to negotiate their return
Photo: Hanifullah Khan / EPA | Source: Telegraph