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PESHAWAR, Pakistan Taliban militants used a butcher's knife to chop off the hand of a man convicted of theft in a self-appointed court in Pakistan's northwest, residents and officials said Wednesday.
Dozens of people reportedly gathered to watch the punishment meted out in the district of Orakzai, part of Pakistan's semi-autonomous tribal belt on the Afghan border that Washington has branded the global headquarters of Al-Qaeda.
Abdul Khaliq, 31, had his right hand sliced off at the wrist on Monday after a Taliban court found him guilty of stealing from a shop on December 23, residents said.
Taliban used the public address system of a mosque to invite residents to watch. Khaliq was brought out blindfolded to an intersection, his right hand placed on a wooden block and then chopped off, an intelligence official said.
Residents said he was taken to a local dispensary to have his wound bandaged.
The incident took place in Mamozai town, which lies outside government control, a local administration official in the neighbouring town of Hangu told AFP on condition of anonymity.
Another intelligence official said the Taliban stepped in following a formal complaint from a shopkeeper.
Khaliq, who is a father of two, has since left the village, residents said.
The United States wants Pakistan to do more to eradicate Al-Qaeda and Taliban who have carved out sanctuaries in its semi-autonomous northwest tribal belt and who are fanning the war in neighbouring Afghanistan.
AFP: Taliban chop off Pakistan thief's hand: officials
Dozens of people reportedly gathered to watch the punishment meted out in the district of Orakzai, part of Pakistan's semi-autonomous tribal belt on the Afghan border that Washington has branded the global headquarters of Al-Qaeda.
Abdul Khaliq, 31, had his right hand sliced off at the wrist on Monday after a Taliban court found him guilty of stealing from a shop on December 23, residents said.
Taliban used the public address system of a mosque to invite residents to watch. Khaliq was brought out blindfolded to an intersection, his right hand placed on a wooden block and then chopped off, an intelligence official said.
Residents said he was taken to a local dispensary to have his wound bandaged.
The incident took place in Mamozai town, which lies outside government control, a local administration official in the neighbouring town of Hangu told AFP on condition of anonymity.
Another intelligence official said the Taliban stepped in following a formal complaint from a shopkeeper.
Khaliq, who is a father of two, has since left the village, residents said.
The United States wants Pakistan to do more to eradicate Al-Qaeda and Taliban who have carved out sanctuaries in its semi-autonomous northwest tribal belt and who are fanning the war in neighbouring Afghanistan.
AFP: Taliban chop off Pakistan thief's hand: officials
