By Mark Memmott
Pakistani police say a group of 400 students, staff members and relatives have been abducted in northwest Pakistan, the Associated Press reports.
The mass abduction happened today as the victims were leaving a school, police tell AP. The area where the incident reportedly occurred, north Waziristan, is a Taliban stronghold.
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