Pro-Taliban fighters in Pakistan's North West Frontier Province have abducted 30 security forces personnel after surrounding a police station.
A Taliban spokesman said that the capture of the men from the post in Swat on Tuesday was a response to the earlier arrest of six fighters.
"Taliban attacked a police station in Kabal area of Swat and kidnapped 11 police and 19 Frontier Corps troops on Tuesday morning," a security official told the AFP news agency on condition of anonymity.
Pakistani security forces have launched an operation to find the men and the road leading into Mingora, the main city in the region, has reportedly been closed.
The seizure of the 30 security personnel followed the killing of three Pakistani army intelligence officers as they returned to Mingora on Monday.
Armed men opened fire on their vehicle leaving them dead at the scene.
Government officials confirmed the death of the three men, but refused to say which security agency they belonged to.
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Pakistan Tribune is reporting that the fighters burnt a girl’s school in Chamtlay and a polio center in Mingora as well.
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