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| Five militants killed in Bajaur operation |
| 2008-08-19 |
| Security forces continued military offensive against the Taliban fighters in the restive Bajaur Agency, killing five more suspected militants and destroying house of Tehrik-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) deputy leader Maulana Faqir Mohammad in Chopatra village on Monday. Also, families of the five slain Army soldiers, who died in an ambush on August 8 in Loisam by the militants, reportedly reached the paramilitary Bajaur Scouts headquarters in Khar to request the authorities to expedite efforts for recovering their bodies lying in the maize fields in Loisam area. Military gunship helicopters continued targeting suspected hideouts of the militants in their strongholds of Salarzai and Mamond subdivisions. Military sources said two suspected militants were killed when gunship helicopters fired upon them at Mandal village of the Salarzai Tehsil. Both the militants were reportedly armed with AK-47 assault rifles and had attacked the military Cobra helicopter with rocket propelled grenades (RPG) but missed the target.The sources said the militants, after the attack on the helicopter, were fleeing towards a house, which they were using as hideout. They also reported that militants in some of the areas occupied houses vacated by the frightened tribesmen in many parts of the troubled region.Similarly, the "panic-creating" gunship helicopters that are usually flying over the militant-dominated areas of Salarzai and Mamond subdivisions and in Loisam, targetted a number of suspected hideouts but there were no details about the casualties inflicted on the Taliban fighters. |
| Posted by:Fred |