Footage appearing to show the execution-style killing of 16 policemen in the tribal north-west of Pakistan has been released by the Taliban.
The video shows policemen lined up on a hillside with their hands tied behind their backs in front of gunmen who berate them and then open fire on them.The incident is said to date from June when militants crossed the Afghan border and captured police.
Pakistan's army spokesman told the BBC the video appears to be authentic.
A note released alongside the video said that the policemen were captured during a cross-border raid from Afghanistan in June in Pakistan's volatile Dir district.
The bodies were discovered by locals once the militants had left. A policeman filmed that discovery on his mobilie phone.
The army believes the attack was carried out by Pakistani Taliban fighters from Swat, who fled across the border into Afghanistan during the army's offensive there two years ago.
They have since regrouped and have been coming across the border to carry out attacks on isolated checkposts like the one in Dir manned by the men who were killed.
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