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| Militants suffer heavy casualties in Swat |
| 2009-06-13 |
| [Iran Press TV Latest] Pakistan says it has inflicted more casualties on the militants holed up in northwestern Swat in the face of fresh terrorist attacks aimed at halting military operations in the valley. A military statement issued on Friday said 39 terrorists had been killed in various areas of Malakand in the past 24 hours. It added that 10 soldiers had also been killed in the fierce fighting and another 24 had been injured. Government troops said they had found a mass grave of terrorists in an area at Shalho Sar in volatile Peochar valley. The military gave no details saying the unhygienic condition would not allow its forces to examine the site. The bodies are believed to belong to the casualties from intense fighting at the Taliban strongholds of Chuprial and Kabal in Swat valley, the military said. Nearly 1,429 militants and some 126 soldiers have been killed since Islamabad began military operations against the insurgents in Malakand's areas of Lower Dir, Buner and Swat on April 26, April 28 and May 5 respectively. Pakistan has since been the scene of intensified violence and bombing with Taliban-linked terrorists threatening more attacks in major cities if the military does not halt operations in the northwest. On Friday, two back-to-back blasts targeted mosques in the eastern city of Lahore and the northwestern garrison town of Nowshera, killing six people including outspoken anti-Taliban cleric Sarfraz Naeemi. More than 1,960 people have fallen victim to pro-Taliban insurgency in Pakistan since July 2007. |
| Posted by:Fred |
| #1 Mass grave of militants, huh? Sounds encouraging. |
| Posted by: Richard of Oregon 2009-06-13 11:59 |