Bid foiled to kidnap 3 UN officials
Bureau Report

PESHAWAR—Three kidnapped UN officials were safely recovered within hours after being abducted Monday as the Khasadar force overpowered the fleeing miscreants after a shootout that left one Khasadar killed and four others injured in Landi Kotal area of Khyber Agency.
The kidnappers in their bid to shift the abductors to some unknown destination in the agency had also seized Tehsildar Lankdi Kotal Javedullah Mehsud. According to the Political Administration, the armed and masked miscreants kidnapped three officials of World Food Programme (WFP) from Neki Khel area of Landi Kotal tehsil while they were on their way to Torkhum in a vehicle. After receiving the information, the administration put the Khasadar force on high alert. Responding quickly, the Khasadars chased the kidnappers and after an exchange of fire near Ziaray Kandow area the miscreants changed their route.