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| Nine houses demolished in Mohmand Agency |
| 2009-07-29 |
| GHALLANAI: In a joint action, the political administration and security forces demolished nine houses and arrested as many tribal elders for their failure to hand over wanted persons to the authorities in Gandhab, Halimzai subdivision in the troubled Mohmand Agency on Tuesday. Official sources said the security forces cordoned off Sultankhel, Charagan, Shanikhel and Nasapa areas and took positions on the nearby hilltops early morning before taking the action. They dynamited and torched the houses of nine close relatives of the wanted persons. The administration later arrested the nine tribal elders who had furnished surety bonds on behalf of the suspected persons and sent them to jail in Ghallanai.Meanwhile, the bodies of two security forces personnel, Yaseen and Faqir Hussain, who had been killed by militants some two months ago, were exhumed and sent to their villages. Exchange blown up in Shangla: A watchman sustained injuries when unidentified militants blew up a digital telephone exchange in the wee hours of Tuesday in Aloch area of Shangla district.Sources said five-room facility was destroyed disrupting communication link all over Puran tehsil. Man injured in mine blast: One person sustained serious injuries when hit by a landmine in Warsak area of Lower Kurram on Tuesday. Sources said the injured person was shifted to Peshawar in a precarious condition. In the meantime, the bomb disposal squad defused three mines in the Kochi area planted by unknown persons in the agriculture field, sources added |
| Posted by:john frum |