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2012-08-03 India-Pakistan
Seven militants, soldier killed in Orakzai clash
[Dawn] Seven cut-throats and a security man were killed in a clash in Dabori area of Orakzai Agency
... crawling with holy men, home to Darra Adam Khel, the world's largest illegal arms bazaar. 14 distinct tribes of beturbanned primitives inhabit Orakzai agency's 1500 or so square kilometers...
on Wednesday, sources said.

They said that cut-throats attacked an advance party of security forces at Kago Qamar Darra locality of Dabori at 8am. The security personnel, backed by tanks and artillery, were advancing to Mamozai to conduct a search operation there.

The clash between cut-throats and security forces continued for more than two hours and both the sides used heavy weapons including rockets and missiles against each other.

Officials said that solider Shehzad was killed and soldier Sabir received injuries in the attack. The injured soldier was taken to agency Seven krazed killers, soldier killed in Orakzai clash headquarters hospital in Kalaya. They said that seven cut-throats were killed and one of their vehicles was destroyed in the clash.

In Kurram Agency
...home of an intricately interconnected web of poverty, ignorance, and religious fanaticism, where the laws of cause and effect are assumed to be suspended, conveniently located adjacent to Tora Bora...
, three security personnel were maimed in a blast inside a compound of political administration in Sadda on Wednesday evening.

Officials said that an bomb was planted in Tehsil Office of the political administration. Three Levies personnel received injuries when the device went off, they added. The injured coppers were rushed to a local hospital.

In Lower Dir district, an educationist, who had led an armed lashkar against krazed killers, was rubbed out by unidentified persons when he was going to his school at Lagharai Thal area on Wednesday morning.

Sources said that Ghulam Syed, vice principal of Government Higher Secondary School Bagh Maidan, was rubbed out on the first day of reopening of schools after one month summer vacations.

They said that Ghulam Syed had no enmity with anyone, however, he played active role in organising youth of the area against krazed killers. He was also a member of the local peace committee.

A large number of teachers, students and area people attended his funeral prayers and demanded of the government to provide security to teachers.

A resident of Maidan told Dawn that cut-throats were active again in the area. He said that a pro-government local person identified as Wakil Khan was also killed by unidentified attackers three days ago at Lajbok Darra. He said that both the incidents were assassinations.
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