... Named for the Mohmand clan of the Sarban Pahstuns, a truculent, quarrelsome lot. In Pakistain, the Mohmands infest their eponymous Agency, metastasizing as far as the plains of Beautiful Downtown Peshawar, Charsadda, and Mardan. Mohmands are also scattered throughout Pakistan in urban areas including Bloody Karachi, Lahore, and Quetta. In Afghanistan they are mainly found in Nangarhar and Kunar...
Agency on Friday.
Officials said that the security forces continued their operation against gunnies and fighter planes targeted hideouts in Wali Dad Meena, Metai and Shonkrai areas of Baizai tehsil. Independent sources did not confirm the report.
In Bara area of Khyber Agency
, suspected gunnies slit the throat of a telephone lineman while a couple was murdered for alleged illicit relations in two separate incidents.Sources said that unidentified gunnies kidnapped telephone lineman Gul Zamin and later slit his throat in front of some children playing cricket in Bara-Sheikhan area.
The reason behind the gruesome killing of the lineman could not be ascertained. Nobody has so far claimed the credit for the said incident.
In Meel Waat area of Akakhel, suspected Death Eater killed a woman and her alleged paramour on charges of illicit relations.
Reports from Tirah said that three women had been killed and two children sustained injuries when a mortar shell fired by a Death Eater group hit their house.