Taliban release video purportedly showing heads of 17 Pakistani soldiers captured and beheaded

DERA ISMAIL KHAN, Pakistan — The Taliban have released a video they say shows the heads of 17 Pakistani soldiers captured in a cross-border raid from Afghanistan this week and beheaded.

The Pakistani military previously said 13 troops were killed in Sunday night’s raid in the country’s northwest Upper Dir region, and seven of them were beheaded. Four others were missing. The military did not immediately respond to request for comment on the video.The Pakistani Taliban said in the video that they killed 18 soldiers, but 17 heads were displayed on a bloody white sheet on the ground outside.

Several militants whose faces were covered were standing around the heads, holding weapons they said were captured from the soldiers.

The Associated Press obtained the video by email Wednesday from Pakistani Taliban spokesman Ahsanullah Ahsan.

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