Incident Summary:

07/09/2010: On Friday, in South Waziristan, Federally Administered Tribal Areas, Pakistan, armed gunmen intercepted and kidnapped three Frontier Works Organization (FWO) members that were travelling to Wana and took them to an unknown location. Assistant Political Agent Abdul Ghafoor quickly contacted Ahmadzai tribesmen to recover the kidnapped officials by 1700 or action would be taken against them under the collective responsibility clause of the Frontier Crimes Regulation (FCR). Elders of the Ahmadzai tribe contacted the kidnappers and secured the safe release of the officials unconditionally. On 07/11/2010 the officials were released. The victims were identified as Sher Wali, Ashiq and Muhammad Nazeer. No casualties were reported and no group claimed responsibility.

GTD ID:
201007090006

When:
2010-07-09

Country:
Pakistan

Region:
South Asia

Province/administrative
region/u.s. state:

Federally Administered Tribal Areas

City:
South Waziristan district

Location Details:
The incident occurred on a road in South Waziristan, Federally Administered Tribal Areas, Pakistan.

Attack Information
Type of Attack (more) Hostage Taking (Kidnapping)
Successful Attack? (more) Yes
Target Information (more)
Target Type: Military
Name of Entity Frontier Works Organization
Specific Description Workers from the Frontier Works Organization
Nationality of Target Pakistan
Additional Information
Hostages Yes
Number of Hostages 3
US Hostages 0
Days of Kidnapping 2
Outcome Hostage(s) released by perpetrators
Ransom No
Property Damage No
Weapon Information
Type Sub-type
Firearms Unknown Gun Type
Weapon Details
Unknown firearms were used in the attack.
Additional Information
Suicide Attack?No
Part of Multiple Incident?No
Criterion 1 (more) Yes
Criterion 2 (more) Yes
Criterion 3 (more) Yes
Doubt Terrorism Proper (more) No
Perpetrator Group Information
Group Name Claimed Responsibility
Unknown No
Perpetrator Statistics
Number of Perpetrators Unknown
Number of Captured Perpetrators 0
Casualty Information
Total Number of Casualties 0 Fatalities / 0 Injured
Total Number of Fatalities 0
Number of U.S. Fatalities 0
Number of Perpetrator Fatalities 0
Total Number of Injured 0
Number of U.S. Injured 0
Number of Perpetrators Injured 0
Sources
Irfan Burk, “Pakistan: Tribesmen Recover Three Kidnapped Frontier Works Organization Officials,” World News Connection, News, July 10, 2010.
Right Vision News, “Three Abducted Officials Recovered,” LexisNexis Academic, Hindustan Times, July 11, 2010.