By IANS
Islamabad : Pro-Taliban militants active in Pakistan’s North-West Frontier Province Friday released 11 security personnel, two days after capturing them, Geo news agency reported quoting the police.
Police chief of Bannu, one of the 24 districts of NWFP, Hamza Masud confirmed that the Frontier Corps personnel, who were released unconditionally, had arrived in the town.
The soldiers were kidnapped Wednesday when the tribal rebels raided a checkpost at the Barren Bridge, Masud said.
More than 200 soldiers were taken hostage by pro-Taliban elements in the federally administered district of South Waziristan on Aug 30 and are still in captivity. A panel of tribal elders has been negotiating with the militants for the release of the soldiers.
Only days ago, 19 soldiers were reported missing after an attack by tribal militants in the district.
The NWFP and the adjacent tribal areas have seen a sharp rise in terror attacks on the police and security forces after government troops stormed the Lal Masjid in Islamabad to flush out militant elements holed up in the mosque last month.