Security forces battling pockets of resistance in a mountainous Taliban stronghold killed at least seven militants Sunday and injured several more, officials said, as militants kidnapped and killed a prominent pro-government activist in another tribal area where the government claims to have near-total control. A group of about 60 militants stormed the house of Jahangir Khan late Saturday night in the town of Khar and abducted him, said Adalat Khan, an official in the town, the largest in the Bajur tribal region. «The bullet-riddled body of Jahangir Khan was found a kilometer (half-mile) away from the main town, with his legs and hands tied with a rope,» he said. Khan had apparently been dragged before being shot, he was quoted as saying by The Associated Press.
