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| Lakki Marwat singers face Taliban wrath |
| 2007-04-13 |
| Taliban extremists shaved the heads and moustaches of a troupe of singers, then clashed with a marriage party and took six hostages, officials and witnesses said on Thursday, AFP reported. The Islamists intercepted the musicians overnight in the Doda area of Shah Hasan Khel, 20 kilometres from Lakki Marwat, where the group was due to perform at three weddings, local police said. After beating the troupe and smashing up their instruments, the militants then shaved the performersÂ’ heads and moustaches, a witness said. Early on Thursday the angry hosts of one wedding went after the Taliban and a clash erupted in which two local residents were wounded, police said. The militants then took some six people hostage. Online reported that the Taliban tortured a UC nazim Abdul Khalil Ishaq and also shaved his moustache. Ishaq later convened a jirga in Darkhaiz and Jang Khel, which decided to form a lashkar (tribal force). Online said that the lashkar attacked the Taliban in Shah Hassan Khel and clashes were continuing in the area. The local administration has summoned the Frontier Constabulary and police to control the situation. |
| Posted by:Fred |
| #4 And #3 demonstrates, boys and girls, why trailing wife did not become a computer programmer as originally planned. |
| Posted by: trailing wife 2007-04-13 17:28 |
| #3 AFP missed the rest of the story, as related by (a href=http://gatewaypundit.blogspot.com/2007/04/pakistani-villagers-attack-taliban.html>Gateway Pundit (Hattip Instapundit): Villagers decided to take revenge by raising a Lashkar against the Taliban, the sources said. Light and heavy weapons were used and the Taliban also fired rockets during the clash which lasted for several hours. The Taliban took 12 villagers hostage. Five of them were later freed while the others were in the custody of the Taliban till late evening, according to the administrator of a seminary, Hafiz Amanullah Khan. And a good time was had by all. No doubt the Taliban will decide to take their judgemental attitude elsewhere next time. |
| Posted by: trailing wife 2007-04-13 17:21 |
| #2 Wait aminute! the taliwackers demand beards, but the shave mustaches???? Why, were they showing through the burquas???? |
| Posted by: USN, Ret. 2007-04-13 13:47 |
| #1 That figures. The Taliban shows up at a wedding and, for once, nobody's got any firepower? |
| Posted by: tu3031 2007-04-13 11:17 |