MINGORA, Jan 2: Continuing violence in Swat Valley on Friday claimed the lives of eight people, including two FC soldiers and a ‘dancing girl’.

Throat-slit bodies of the Frontier Corps soldiers were found in Odigram in the outskirts of Mingora. Abdul Hameed and Rehmat Gul had been kidnapped the previous day ago in the same area.

A chit found near their bodies warned “personnel of law-enforcement agencies will face the same fate”.

A ‘dancing girl’, Shabana, was dragged out of her home in the Bar area and sprayed with bullets in the Green Chowk.

Swat was once famous for its dancing girls, but after the rise of militancy, these women abandoned their ‘profession’ and were forced to live their lives in poverty.

After militants gained ground in the area, Ms Shabana appeared in some video plays to earn money but could not evade militants’ wrath despite abandoning her occupation.

Meanwhile, two people were killed by security forces in Shakardara for violating curfew. Bodies of the dead, Amir Hamdullah and Mohammad Kareem, could not be buried because of curfew restrictions.

A local leader of Awami National Party, Gul Deedar, was killed by militants in Utroar, Kalam Valley. Another man, Shaukat Khan, was killed at Gogdara and a doctor, Khan Sherin, was shot dead while he was on his way home from his clinic in Amankot in the evening.

Security forces claimed advancing in the north of Mingora and said they had set up a check-post at Madyan, a former tourist spot around 56 kilometres from here.

Curfew was imposed in the area prior to their advance, which was covered by artillery shelling, towards Kalam.

A jirga of tribal elders in Kalam negotiated with militants, persuading them to pull out of the area.

Curfew in some areas, including Shakardara, Khwazakhela and Fizza Gut, entered the 10th day on Friday.

The closure of most routes in northern parts of the valley has led to a shortage of foodstuffs, forcing people to move to other areas.