Families of the slain miners and local political leaders stand next to their coffins in Dara Adamkhel on Friday. — Photo by author
The remains of 16 coal miners abducted by unidentified assailants in the former Khyber Agency nearly a decade ago were recovered from a mass grave in the area on Friday, an official said.
On Sept 9, 2011, as they were working their routine night shift in a coal mine of the Kala Khel area in Khyber Agency, 32 workers were forcibly taken away by armed men. Of these, 16 miners managed to escape over the next months, while the other 16 remained missing.
The 32 miners belonged to the Shangla district of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa.