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Militants kill govt. official in Pakistan

By KUNA,

Islamabad : Local Taliban militants Thursday killed a government official and a suspected informant for the US intelligence in Pakistani tribal belt bordering Afghanistan.

A local senior government official was killed when militants attacked his vehicle in Dosli area of North Waziristan tribal agency, security officials told KUNA.

They said militants sprayed bullets at his vehicle, killing the official and his driver on the spot.

Also, militants killed a tribesman suspected of serving the US intelligence. Officials said the bullet-riddled body of a local tribesman was found near Miramshah, the main town of the agency, Thursday afternoon.

They said militants had killed him on the charges of spying on them for US forces, fighting Taliban militants in the neighboring Afghanistan.