Officials: Militants abduct 30 youngsters

ISLAMABAD, Pakistan, Sept. 2 (UPI) -- Thirty youngsters from 10 to 20 years old have been captured by Afghan militants in Pakistan's tribal region, authorities say.

The youths had accidentally crossed the Bajaur Agency border with Afghanistan, Geo News reported.

Islam Zeb, a senior administrator in Bajaur Agency, told CNN Friday the youths had been on an outing and were walking to a picnic area along a river to mark the end of the Muslim holy month of Ramadan.

Elders were meeting to discuss how to recover the youths, Zeb said.

Zeb said members of the Tehrik-e-Taliban Pakistan had told relatives they were holding the youths.

Geo News said the captors have moved the youths to an undisclosed location.