PESHAWAR, Pakistan (AP) -
A police official says more than a dozen militants opened fire on the
house of an anti-Taliban mayor in northwestern Pakistan. Security guards
repelled the attack, killing three assailants.Nabi Shah says some of
the militants disguised themselves by wearing burqas, the
all-encompassing garment traditionally worn by Muslim women. The
militants who were not killed managed to escape.
Mayor Mohammad Fahim Khan says Sunday’s attack was one of several
made on his life. Khan has organized a militia to fight the Taliban in
his town of Bazid Khel, some 10 miles (15 kilometers) south of the main
northwestern city of Peshawar.
Another anti-Taliban mayor was killed earlier this month in a bomb
attack outside Peshawar.
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