Authorities on Friday arrested 22 tribesmen in South Waziristan region in a "collective responsibility" punishment a day after eight government officials were kidnapped, officials said. Eight officials of the Fata Development Authority (FDA), the a government organisation for the Federally Administered Tribal Areas, were kidnapped in South Waziristan on Thursday.
"We have arrested 22 tribesmen to put pressure for the release of the eight FDA officials as the kidnapping took place in their area and it is their collective responsibility to help authorities in the recovery," Masood Khan, a political officer, told Reuters on Friday.
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