DERA ISMAIL KHAN, April 26: Pro-Taliban militants beheaded a cab driver on suspicion of being an informer for the United States, the fourth such killing in the Waziristan region this month, officials said on Wednesday.

The body was found late on Tuesday by the roadside in Shavai Kainari, 25km south of Wana in Waziristan that borders Afghanistan in an area where US-led forces are hunting Al Qaeda militants and their allies.

An intelligence official in Wana, requesting anonymity, said the 40-year-old driver was kidnapped by militants last week.

“He was killed on suspicion that he was acting as a US informer,” the official said.

Two weeks ago, a headless body was found in North Waziristan with a note attached saying the victim was an American spy.—Reuters