Militants loyal to pro-Taliban cleric Maulana Fazlullah paraded on Friday 48 men said to be paramilitary troops who surrendered during a week of fierce clashes.
| These were the guys the Mighty Pak Army™ said hadn't surrendered and in fact had wiped out 70 TNSM hard boyz. |
Masked followers of Fazlullah brandished assault rifles, rocket launchers and Swati swords as they displayed the men to the media in Swat.
| Let's point out here that these aren't the Talibs belonging to Haqqani or even Hek's Hizbies. These are the dolts who jumped into pickup trucks at the call of Sufi Mohammad when the Talibs were being tossed out of Kabul, rushing to the aid of the turbans. They were mowed down in droves and those who weren't were held for ransom. Sufi Mo was jugged, as much to keep the bereaved locals from tearing him limb from limb as any other reason. Attention spans in that part of the world being short, TNSM is resurgent. Rather than pick on the Haqqani-led hard boyz the Afghans don't always manage to slaughter on the first try, the Mighty Pak Army™ decided to start their cleanup of the area with the yokels of the TNSM. They are now in the process of having their butts handed to them, though they'll never admit that they're a poorly trained, incompetently led force. Senior officers will no doubt get more medals out of this fiasco, some even getting sprockets and sashes. |
Military and government spokesmen had earlier denied that any troops were captured.
They were not immediately available to comment on FridayÂ’s display.
Freed richer: “They (militants) told us that we would not be harmed if we surrender.
| "That was all it took. Boy, I sure didn't join the army to be harmed!" |
If not, then the entire population from the village below will climb up the hill and may kill you,” a soldier told reporters.
| "Really. They do that all the time, y'know." |
The men were given cab fare Rs 500 each and freed later on Friday, reported AFP.
| "Ummm... We back from durance vile, sir!... Say! Is that a new sprocket?" |
The kidnapped officials told BBC that they do not want to fight with their Muslim brothers who are fighting for the implementation of Sharia, reported Online.
| Their Moose limb brothers don't seem to feel any compunction about fighting with them, but I guess that's logic, which never has been my strong point. |
Police evacuate: Officials vacated the Khawazakhela police station and shifted to the Madian police station, while the Taliban set fire to the Charbagh police station, Saleem Athar added. The police also vacated the Matta police station and shifted to another location. Meanwhile, local Taliban have captured three vehicles of the Malakand Area Development Project from the Chukrial and Biha areas in Matta tehsil of Swat.
| This is what serious historians describe as a "fiasco." |
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