Taliban kill 5 civilians in eastern Afghan province

Taliban militants after kidnapping five civilians in Kunar province, shot them dead and handed their bodies to villagers on Wednesday, provincial police spokesman, Shir Wali Samim said. "Taliban rebels abducted five members of local development council in Watapur district couple of days ago and shot them dead last night," Samim told Xinhua. The local development council is a government-back body working with local administration on reconstruction field in rural areas. He also said that the militants handed over the bodies including a tribal leader Malik Arsala to the villagers Wednesday morning. Taliban militants fighting the government and target any individual serving the administration have yet to make comment.