Insurgents on Tuesday released 59 paramilitary troops and police officers abducted over the week from Pakistan's restive tribal region bordering Afghanistan, officials said. Hundreds of heavily armed men from the Toori tribe seized 45 paramilitary soldiers from the Frontier Corps (FC) on Monday after intercepting their convoy moving from Parachinar, the main town in tribal district of Kurram Agency, to the Afghan border. "The abduction took place due to a misunderstanding. The Toori people suspected that some of the persons wearing FC uniform belonged to their rival Mangal tribe," Azam Khan, the top district administrator, told Deutsche Presse-Agentur (DPA). The captured troops were released early Tuesday after the authorities cleared up the misunderstanding.
