Pakistan - Militants Kill 10 Soldiers - NYTimes.com Islamist militants killed 10 paramilitary soldiers they had been holding hostage since last month, government officials said Monday. It was the second time the insurgents have killed security force captives near the Afghan border in a week. The bodies of the Frontier Corps soldiers were found in the Orakzai region near the Afghan border, an official said. The soldiers had been seized on Dec. 24 in a raid on a security base in Orakzai. Last week, the Pakistani Taliban killed 15 members of the Frontier Constabulary, a police paramilitary unit, in revenge for an army operation that had killed a top Pakistani Taliban commander.