Topic: Militants Behead Afghan Teacher

Washington Times
March 1, 2007
Pg. 15


DERA ISMAIL KHAN -- Islamist suspects captured and beheaded an Afghan teacher whom they accused of being a spy for the United States, an official said yesterday.
The man's body was found early Tuesday in a large sack dumped by a road near Jandola, a town in the South Waziristan tribal district, the local security official said. He asked not to be identified because of the sensitive nature of his job.
The area is a stronghold for pro-Taliban militants suspected of harboring al Qaeda remnants in remote tribal regions along a porous, poorly defined section of border between Pakistan and Afghanistan.