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| Fighters 'snatch Pakistan troops' | Fighters 'snatch Pakistan troops' |
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| Scores of Pakistani soldiers have gone missing near the Afghanistan border, amid claims from pro-Taleban militants that they have kidnapped the troops. | 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. | 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. | 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. |