Militants kill Afghan ‘US spy’ in tribal area: official

Taliban militants shot dead an Afghan refugee in North Waziristan, accusing him of spying for US forces operating in neighbouring Afghanistan, officials said on Tuesday. A note left on the body of 40-year-old Abdullah Jan said he “met his fate because he was spying for the Americans,” said an official in Miranshah, the main town in North Waziristan tribal district.”The man was shot from close range and his body was found near a paramilitary camp five kilometres (around three miles) west of Miranshah,” the official said. Residents said Taliban militants had kidnapped the man last week from Miranshah bazaar. Militants have killed several tribesmen in recent months, accusing them of spying for the US-led coalition forces across the border.