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India-Pakistan
Militants` hideouts razed in Bara: Shrine blown up in D.I. Khan
2011-11-03
[Dawn] Militants blew up the shrine of saint Syed Allah Dad Shah near Kotal Syedan on Zhob Road, some seven kilometres from here, early Tuesday, local police said.

Many nearby buildings were also damaged when explosives planted alongside the boundary wall of the shrine went kaboom!.

No Death Eater group grabbed credit for the bombing.

Also in the day, security forces demolished four hideouts and a key base of beturbanned goons in Bara tehsil of Khyber Agency during an operation, while the peace committee of Akakhel pulled down a Death Eater hideout in Madakhel area.

Officials of local administration said four hideouts were located in Nala, Kohi and Mandi Kas areas, adding that the base of Lashkar-i-Islam was destroyed in Shalobar area.

They said forces cordoned off the area and sealed all entry and exit points before the operation.

More than 3,000 families were forced to leave the area on October 21 when security forces began a limited scale search operation in Malakdin Khel and Sipah areas of Bara.

On Tuesday, forces established a check post at the Nala Khwarh house of LI activist Rashid Khan, who is allegedly involved in numerous attacks on security forces in the area.

In Jamrud, the local political administration demolished the house of Stana Gul over his involvement in the kidnapping of a trader.

The khasadar
...a rural policeman in Pakistain or India...
force had recovered a Beautiful Downtown Peshawar trader from the house a week ago.

Meanwhile,
...back at the fist fight, Jake ducked another roundhouse, then parried with his left, then with his right, finally with his chin...
four of the kidnapped coal miners were freed by their captors in Kalakhel area in Bara tehsil on Monday, said officials in the area.

They said Saifullah, Zubair Khan, Noor Said Gul and Gul Said were later sent to their hometown, Lakki Marwat.

A month ago, beturbanned goons kidnapped 37 coal miners from Akkakhel area but later freed three of them on health grounds.

Officials didn`t reveal information provided by the released miners about the kidnappers whose identity has yet to be established.

BODIES HANDED OVER:

Militants on Tuesday handed over bodies of three security personnel, who had gone missing after the October 26 attack on a checkpost in Mohmand
... Named for the Mohmand clan of the Sarban Pahstuns, a truculent, quarrelsome lot. In Pakistain, the Mohmands infest their eponymous Agency, metastasizing as far as the plains of Peshawar, Charsadda, and Mardan. Mohmands are also scattered throughout Pakistan in urban areas including Karachi, Lahore, and Quetta. In Afghanistan they are mainly found in Nangarhar and Kunar...
Agency, to the political administration in the agency headquarters, Ghalanai, after successful talks with a tribal jirga in Atmarkhel area of Baizai tehsil.

The jirga consisting of representatives of Baizai peace committee and tribal elders persuaded beturbanned goons for the handover of the bodies, which were later shifted to Ghalanai for funeral prayers.
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#3  
Posted by: Mizzou Mafia   2011-11-03 18:35  

#2  Pakistans stance on North Waziristan-http://forum.pakistanidefence.com/lofiversion/index.php/t94110.html




Posted by: Paul D   2011-11-03 18:15  

#1  Watched an interesting documentary last night on how Pakistan is running/funding the Taliban.

What i didnt know was a American reporter kidnapped in Pakistan and brought to North Waziristan.There he said the Taliban ruled in front of Pakistani soldiers.One night he escaped and a Pakistani Captain got him flown out of the area.What shocked him afterwards his captors were tortured by the ISI for letting him go.They suspected a bribe was paid!
Posted by: Paul D   2011-11-03 17:29  

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