[DAWN] Political administration of Khyber Agency
... the place to go if you've got an Indiana Jones hat and whip. Chock full of high adventure and treacherous Pathans. You should really train up to it, though...
has directed the dwellers of Pak-Afghan border areas to migrate to safe places with immediate effect, said officials.
The directions were issued to the people living in Sheenphokh and Samsay areas of Khyber Agency.
"Exodus is underway as the security forces have already launched operation in the area," officials told DawnNews.
Earlier on Friday night, the army had reportedly targeted a training camp of Jamaat-ul-Ahrar -- the banned terror outfit which grabbed credit for the Feb 13 suicide kaboom in Lahore and the Feb 15 suicide kaboom on the headquarters of the  Mohmand Agency
... 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 Peshawar, Charsadda, and Mardan. Mohmands are also scattered throughout Pakistan in urban areas including Karachi, Lahore, and Quetta. In Afghanistan they are mainly found in Nangarhar and Kunar...
's political administration.
The camp was located near the Pak-Afghan border in areas adjacent to Mohmand and Khyber Agency, and was reportedly overseen by Jamaat-ul-Ahrar's deputy commander, Adil Bacha.
Militant casualties were reported in the action but there was no confirmation of the actual number.
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