PARACHINAR: Bodies of three Pakistanis killed in Afghanistan on Tuesday were handed over to Pakistani authorities at the Borki border checkpost on Wednesday morning.
According to sources, Mohammad Hussain, Mumtaz Ali and Tajir Hussain were going from Kabul to Parachinar with their Afghan driver when their vehicle was stopped in Mirzaka near Gardez, the capital of Afghanistan's Paktia province, by unidentified gunmen. The four men were sprayed with bullets and their bodies were thrown on the highway.
The three Pakistanis, hailing from Kurram and belonging to the Turi tribe, had come from Dubai and landed in Kabul instead of Peshawar because of the closure of main highway to Parachinar.
The main road linking Kurram region to the rest of the country has been closed since November 2007 because of clashes between rival groups. The people of the besieged area have to travel from Peshawar via Kabul and Jalalabad to reach their hometowns.
The murder of the three men sparked tension in their area and a protest procession was taken out in Parachinar, the regional headquarters. Tribal elders have called upon the government to open the road and provide security to passengers.
Seven Turi tribesmen have been killed inside Afghanistan during the past one week.
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