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| LI kidnaps Khasadar men |
| 2008-09-05 |
| Lashkar-e-Islam (LI) allegedly kidnapped three Khasadar (tribal police) personnel, including a naib subedar and two civilians from the Ziarai checkpost in Khyber on Wednesday night. According to reports, armed LI militants stormed the checkpost and kidnapped Naib Subedar Nisar Khan and two others. The kidnappers also stole two cars and set fire to another car and part of the checkpost. A Khasadar official said the five could have been kidnapped to force the government to release 10 LI members arrested several days ago at Jamrud. LI has not confirmed the claim. So far, the administration has not taken any action to recover either the Khasadars or the civilians. Meanwhile a jirga being held to negotiate the release of Khuga Khel Shinwari jirga members is still in progress. The political administration began a crackdown on the Khuga Khel Shinwari tribe to force them to surrender Jamiat Ulama-e-Islam Khyber Agency leader Mufti Ijaz Shinwari and the local leader of the Tanzeem-e-Ittehad Ulema. The Khasadar Force subedar major told Daily Times that the political administration had arrested more than 24 people from the Khuga Khel Shinwari tribe. They said more than 60 shops had been sealed and around 20 vehicles had been seized so far in the crackdown. |
| Posted by:Fred |