Militants take villagers hostage in Pakistan

KHAR, Pakistan — Dozens of militants coming from Afghanistan took scores of villagers hostage in Pakistan's northwest on Thursday, sparking fighting with the army that killed at least 14 people, Pakistani officials said. The incident is the latest chapter in a broader infiltration trend that has seen Islamabad railing against Afghan and NATO forces for not doing enough to stop the cross-border attacks, which it says have killed dozens of members of its security forces. There has been little sympathy from the U.S. and Afghan governments however, which have long complained Pakistan allows sanctuary to militants fighting in Afghanistan, warning Islamabad that instability in the war-torn...