Suspected US agent silenced

DERA ISMAIL KHAN - Officials said pro-Taleban militants beheaded a cab driver on suspicion of being an informer for the United States, the fourth such killing in Pakistan's restive Waziristan region this month.

The body was found by the roadside in Shavai Kainari, 25km south of Wana, the main town of South Waziristan that borders Afghanistan in an area where US-led forces are hunting al Qaeda militants and their allies.

An intelligence official said the driver was kidnapped by the Muslim militants last week.

- REUTERS