Taliban stages public execution of man who killed 2 brothers

THE Pakistani Taliban staged a public execution in front of hundreds of tribesmen in the country’s north-west after an Islamic court convicted the man of killing two brothers, intelligence officials and a local resident said yesterday.

The execution illustrated the level of militant control in North Waziristan, a tribal area along the Afghan border that the US has long pushed Pakistan to target. Many Islamist militants use North Waziristan as a base to launch attacks against NATO troops in Afghanistan.

The man who was executed was caught by the Taliban minutes after he killed the brothers two weeks ago in Miran Shah, the main town in North Waziristan, said intelligence officials.