There are reports (February 23) in Indian media that two Sikhs were killed
by Pakistan based Taliban militants in Khyber and Orakzi areas near
Peshawar. These Sikhs were part of a group of many Sikhs who had been
kidnapped by the Taliban over a month ago. The Taliban had demanded Rs 30 million as ransom for the release of this group and killed two of them after the expiry of the deadline for the payment of the ransom, Jizya. Two
persons, Gurvinder Singh and Gurjit Singh amongst others are still believed
to be in the custody of the militants.