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| Peshawar-Bara Road reopened after 10 days | ||
| 2008-03-16 | ||
| The Peshawar-Bara Road was reopened on Saturday after remaining closed for more than ten days, locals and police sources told Daily Times. The road was opened after tribal militia Lashkar-e-Islam (LI) on Friday released Zar Kamal, one of the ten people it had kidnapped. A local elder, Haji Ataullah, told Daily Times that the Khalil Mohmand tribe had reopened the road after the LI released its last captive.
The LI men destroyed four houses in the area, set the shrine on fire, and killed around 12 villagers. Several other villagers were injured in the attack. Some prisoners were released on March 7 after a jirga held negotiations with Mengal BaghÂ’s tribal militia. However, since some of the people were still in the custody of the tribal militia, tribesmen refused to open the road until the militia had released all the prisoners. The tribesmen had blocked Peshawar-Bara Road and blown up Battatal Bridge near Bara Qadeem check-post on March 6. The police have lodged a case against Mengal Bagh and his 500 militiamen for attacking and killing the villagers. However, so far they have not made any arrests.
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| Posted by:Fred |