LAKKI MARWAT, Aug 8: Taliban militants snatched rifles from personnel of the Khasadar force in the tribal belt of the Frontier Region Lakki Marwat on Tuesday night, sources said.

They said that more than a dozen militants came to the Kotikhawa check post in the Shadikhel locality of the Frontier Region in three double-cabin pickups and snatched rifles from personnel of the Khasadar force.

The assailants also told the Khasadars to quit the government job, they said.

“Anyone among you if seen at the check post in future will be killed,” sources quoted Taliban militants as having told the personnel.

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