Source: AFP

Pro-Taliban militants in a lawless Pakistani tribal district killed an Afghan after accusing him of spying for the US forces in neighbouring Afghanistan, an official said Saturday.

The body of Akhtar Nawaz, 40, was dumped in the main bazaar of a border town in North Waziristan district, a known hub of Al-Qaeda and Taliban militants, the official said.

A note left on the body said the man was spying for US forces, he added. “This is the fate of a slave of America,” it read.

Militants have killed several tribesmen in recent months in the tribal region, accusing them of spying for the US-led coalition forces across the border.

Militants beheaded a soldier on May 14 in North Waziristan, accusing him of spying for US forces across the border in Afghanistan.

The United States and Afghan officials have repeatedly claimed the rugged tribal region is used by militants to launch cross-border attacks on international coalition troops deployed in Afghanistan.

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