Et tegn på radikaliseringen av Taliban er at de benytter samme metoder som jihadistene i Irak: halshugginger som legges ut på nettet. Nekrofil-sadistiske snuff-movies som faktisk oppnådde stor popularitet. Det viste antall nedlastinger.

Den som led den forferdelige skjebnen var den polske ingeniøren Piotr Stanczak. Han ble ofret i jihadistenes barbariske rituale. Der halshugging er den riktige måten å dø på for en vantro. Dette skjedde på den pakistanske siden av grensen.

The video, released on Sunday, included a statement by the Taleban saying that other foreign nationals in their custody would be executed soon if the Pakistani government did not release some 60 detainees held by the military. The insurgents are holding at least four foreigners, including a Chinese engineer, plus Afghan and Iranian diplomats.

Shahidullah Baig, a Pakistan Interior Ministry spokesman, said the government had heard about the video and was investigating.

A Taleban spokesman told Pakistani newspapers that Mr Stanczak’s body would be handed over after the detainees had been freed. The spokesman, who identified himself as Mohammed, said the Taleban had rejected an offer of 100 million rupees, (£1 million), for the release of Mr Stanczak.

De militantes overtakelse av grenseområdene og Swat-dalen betyr økt forekomst av kidnapping for penger. Rundt 200 forretningsdrivende er bortført og byttet mot store pengesummer den senere tid.

Taleban release video of Pole being beheaded as warning to foreigners
Blindfolded engineer Piotr Stanczak shown urging his government not to send troops. Minutes later he was murdered