LANDI KOTAL, Dec 25: Unidentified persons killed a rebel commander of a militant outfit in Bara tehsil of Khyber Agency on Saturday, sources said.

They said that Khan Mohammad, a renegade commander of Lashkar-i-Islam, was abducted on Wednesday and later his bullet ridden body was found from Nala area. They said that Khan Mohammad had shifted his family to Jhagra in Peshawar after the start of military operation last year in September. Sources added that he had developed differences with Lashkar-i-Islam chief Mangal Bagh and distanced himself from the banned outfit.

Meanwhile, an Afghan businessman Abdul Hadi was abducted from Spin Qabar area of the tribal region. — Correspondent

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