Security Developments In Pakistan, Aug 9

Following are security developments in Pakistan at 0815 GMT on Sunday.

QUETTA - Baluch militants killed four policemen they had taken hostage and dumped their bodies at the foot of a mountain in southwestern Baluchistan province, police said on Sunday. They threatened to kill more than a dozen policemen they are still holding if their demand that their comrades in police custody be released is not met. Separatists have for decades waged a low-level revolt, eyeing greater provincial autonomy and a bigger share in the income from its natural resources.

PESHAWAR - At least 10 Taliban militants and four tribesmen were killed in fighting in the ethnic Pashtun Mohmand tribal region near the Afghan border after militants shot dead a pro-government tribal elder, military officials and residents said on Sunday.

MIRANSHAH - A roadside bomb blast on Sunday hit a vehicle carrying Pakistani soldiers in the North Waziristan tribal region, a known sanctuary for al Qaeda and Taliban militants, killing two soldiers and wounding two, a government official said.