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| Pakistan forces kill 40 militants in Khyber raids |
| 2009-09-01 |
| Government forces destroyed four militant bases and killed 40 insurgents Tuesday in a new offensive near Pakistan's famed Khyber Pass, the main route for supplies to U.S. and NATO troops in Afghanistan, authorities said. The offensive follows a suicide blast in the region last week that killed 19 police officers at a key border crossing. Tariq Hayat, the top administrator in Khyber, told reporters 40 militants were killed and 43 arrested. The four destroyed bases belonged to the militant group Lashkar-e-Islam, he said. The death toll could not be independently verified. Paraded captives does constitute verification for the second part. Elsewhere in the northwest, the army claimed 105 Pakistani Taliban fighters had surrendered in the Swat Valley. Eight were close aides to Swat Taliban chief Maulana Fazlullah, said Brig. Salman Akbar, the army commander of Kabal town in the valley. Saves their bodies from being discovered weeks later after "townsfolk" get through with them. The army launched an offensive in Swat in April that the government says was a success, although no insurgent leaders were killed or captured and pockets of resistance remain. On Sunday, a suicide bombing at a police station killed 17 cadets training. The army says it has killed 45 militants in Swat since that attack.cap |
| Posted by:ed |
| #2 although no insurgent leaders were killed or captured because they bravely ran away. |
| Posted by: gorb 2009-09-01 21:58 |
| #1 "Swat Taliban chief Maulana Fazlullah, " sounds like he is the next target |
| Posted by: liberal hawk 2009-09-01 17:48 |