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| NATO supply trucks hijacked by Taliban retrieved |
| 2008-11-11 |
| Pakistani security forces on Monday retrieved 15 trucks that had been hijacked by the Taliban earlier in the day en route to Afghanistan to deliver goods to US-led coalition forces, AFP quoted an official as saying. Sources said that 13 of the trucks contained wheat and two were carrying military vehicles. The trucks were seized at four places along a road leading to the Afghan border. "About 60 masked gunmen popped up on the road and took away the trucks. Not a single shot was fired," Reuters quoted another official as saying. A military offensive followed the hijacking, with two gunship helicopters targetting Godar, Saurkamar and Varmado Mela areas of Jamrud. AFP reported that at least two Taliban fighters were killed in the operation. "We have successfully recovered all the trucks ... two militants were killed and five wounded in the operation," the agency quoted official Rahat Khan as saying. But doctors told Daily Times that those killed in the operation were civilians -- including a 12-year-old boy. They said that six civilians had also been injured, and most of them were children. Meanwhile, Khyber Agency Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) chief Mustafa Kamal has warned that the group would attack the Peshawar airport if the military operation is not stopped. He said his group would not 'forgive' the assistant political agents of Khyber Agency and Jamrud for ordering 'the killings of innocent people'. |
| Posted by:Fred |
| #1 those killed in the operation were civilians Maybe so - civilians can hijack trucks. Since the trucks were recovered it is reasonable to expect the people they were recovered from were the hijackers. |
| Posted by: Glenmore 2008-11-11 07:50 |