4 people including an army officer were kidnapped in northwest Pakistan

Associated Press

DERA ISMAIL KHAN, Pakistan (AP) — Officials say suspected militants have kidnapped four people, including an army officer who was sitting in a mosque in a former stronghold of the Pakistani Taliban to receive mourners after attending his father’s funeral. No one claimed responsibility for Wednesday’s kidnapping of Lt. Col. Khalid Khan, his two brothers and one of his nephews in Dera Ismail Khan. Local authorities said a video of Khan showing him in the custody of the Pakistani Taliban was sent to his family. The Pakistani Taliban have a strong presence in the restive northwest. Though the group often targets security forces in the northwest, such kidnappings are rare.