Former Pakistani spy found dead in militant bastion
A former Pakistani intelligence officer turned campaigner for Islamist causes was found dead in northwest Pakistan on Friday, apparently killed by militants who kidnapped him, security officials said.
Khalid Khawaja was kidnapped in March with another former colleague from the country's main Inter-Services Intelligence (ISI) agency and a journalist.
Militants later said they had kidnapped the three, whom they accused of spying. They demanded the release of Afghan Taliban commanders detained in Pakistan in exchange for them. Khawaja was found dead beside a road near the town of Mir Ali, in North Waziristan, a Taliban and al Qaeda stronghold near the Afghan border. (Reuters)
