Militants abduct 16 laborers working on a mining project in restive northwestern Pakistan
Militants ambushed a vehicle in restive northwestern Pakistan and abducted 16 laborers working on a mining project, police and two security officials said. The insurgents also burned the vehicle that had been carrying the workers on a narrow road in Lakki Marwat district in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province bordering Afghanistan, police officer Mohammad Ijaz said. The…