In a statement sent to media outlets late last night, the Mohmand Agency Taliban chief Umar Khalid Khurasani said that they killed the Frontier Corps (FC) soldiers yesterday to avenge what he said was the custodial killing of Taliban fighter in various areas of Pakistan.
The soldiers were kidnapped in 2010 from Shongari checkpost in Mohmand Agency.
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"The killing of FC personnel is the revenge for the blood of our associates," it said.
"We want to make it clear to the government that we know very well how to avenge the killings of our members," the statement said, warning "if the government did not change its trend, our reaction will be more severe in future".
The group also uploaded a video in which the statement was read out and stressed that will soon release another video showing the killing. The claim of the Taliban's Mohmand chapter could not be independently confirmed.
The security officials here are yet to confirm or deny the killings. It is reported that the Mohmand faction was against peace talks.
The video emerged hours after local media reports said the TTP was ready for a ceasefire which they said would be announced within 24 hours.
The Pakistan government and the Taliban are engaged in peace talks in a bid to end the decade-long insurgency that has gripped the country.
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