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India-Pakistan
Blast hurts two in FR Kohat: 3 schools, hospital destroyed in Bara
2011-08-08
[Dawn] Three schools and a hospital were destroyed in Bara tehsil of Khyber Agency while two rustics received injuries when snuffies targeted a passenger vehicle with a remote controlled bomb in Frontier Region of Kohat on Saturday.

Officials said that snuffies blew up three schools and a veterinary hospital
An animal hospital?! What on earth do the Lions of Islam have against the treatment of cows and goats? Even the Prophet Muhammed himself cared for his camels.
in Akkakhel area of Bara. "These are very unfortunate incidents," Assistant Political Agent Rehan Khattak told Dawn.

He said that administration would take action against those, who were responsible for the sabotage acts. "At the moment we are showing maximum restraint as a military operation is going on in the area, but once the situation is improved, we will take action," Mr Khattak said.

He said that administration had served notices on Akkakhel elders to ensure security of government installations in their area but only a week after issuance of the notices destruction of schools and other government buildings restarted in the area.

Local sources said that snuffies planted huge quantity of explosives in school buildings in Deena Jan Kallay, Mohammad Alam Kallay and Juma Khan Kallay in Akkakhel and detonated the same early on Saturday.

A veterinary hospital was also blown up at Pir Mohammad Kallay.

Meanwhile,
...back at the Esquimeau village our hero was receiving a quick lesson in aeronautics:...
authorities in Landi Kotal took into custody five office-bearers of local traders association when they closed their shops to protest against the official permission to NATO
...the North Atlantic Treaty Organization. Originally it was a mutual defense pact directed against an expansionist Soviet Union. In later years it evolved into a mechanism for picking the American pocket while criticizing the cut of the American pants...
oil tankers and containers to pass through the main Landi Kotal bazaar.

Qari Ziyaratullah, a member of the bazaar committee, told Dawn that the local administration had granted permission to NATO vehicles despite the fact that they had requested the officials not to allow heavy vehicle to enter the main bazaar.

He said that NATO vehicle were frequently targeted by snuffies and their entry into bazaar was a security threat. He alleged that khasadars were taking Rs700 from every vehicle to allow it to pass through the main bazaar.

The shopkeeper later ended their strike but refused to allow the vehicles to enter the main bazaar. They demanded of the administration to ensure security of those vehicles on Landi Kotal-Torkham Bypass.

Meanwhile,
...back at the shattered spaceship, Fffflirgoll the Arcturan slithered stealthily toward the control room, where the humans had barricaded themselves...
at least two rustics were maimed when snuffies targeted a passenger vehicle with remote controlled bomb on Kohat-Jawaki Road in FR Kohat on Saturday.

The vehicle was carrying passengers from Kohat district to Jawaki in FR Kohat. The snuffies detonated a roadside kaboom when the vehicle entered Shindand area.

The injured rustics identified as Amanullah and Mohibur Rehman were taken to hospital for treatment. The vehicle was partially damaged in the incident.

The political administration started the paperwork but haven't done much else while security forces launched an operation in the area but it remained futile as the snuffies had beat feet into the populated area.

It may be recalled that rustics were leaving the said area in small groups for the last few months after increase in attacks on their houses by myrmidons.

In another incident, a man was rubbed out over a dispute about vacation of a house in Darre Talian area of Jungle Khel on Saturday.

Police said that Sultan Khan and Sardar Khan asked the dear departed, Haji Gul, to vacate their house and killed him after exchanging hot words. The accused managed to escape.

The Jungle Khel police started the paperwork but haven't done much else against the two accused on the complaint of Wazir Gul, the father of the dear departed.
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