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| Taliban kill MPA's relative in Shangla |
| 2009-07-30 |
| [The News (Pak) Top Stories] An anti-Taliban elder and cousin of an MPA was killed and his son was injured when suspected militants stormed their house in Shangla district on Wednesday. The militants attacked the house of Haji Khalil, cousin of MPA Fazlullah and relative of PML-Q NWFP chapter President Amir Muqam, who had supported the military operation against the militants. Haji Khalil died on the spot while his son Adil and two other relatives sustained injuries. One of the wounded was identified as Afzal. The injured were flown in a military helicopter to the Combined Military Hospital (CMH), Khwazakhela, Swat. According to local police, attacking militants were resisted by Haji Khalil Khan and his relatives as a result of which two attackers were also killed. There were also reports of an attack on the house of former federal minister Amir Muqam in Choga Makhozai village. The extent of damage to his house could not be ascertained. Haji Khalil Khan was laid to rest at his ancestral graveyard in Choga Makhozai. The funeral was attended by officials of the administration besides a large number of dwellers of the area. Fazlullah is an independent MPA, whose father and former MPA Pir Mohammad Khan, had lost his life in a suicide attack on Amir Muqam's residence in Peshawar. The sources said the militants had set up a camp at the boundary of Shangla-Buner, where they had entered through Chagharzai and Charbagh and continued their activities. Eyewitnesses said the militants were regularly patrolling the Puran-Buner Road and there was a visible increase in their numbers. It was reported that the militants also set up check-posts at Shaheed Sar, Sar Qalla and Hindwano Kandao areas on Puran-Buner Road, where they were checking vehicles. Meanwhile, unidentified militants opened fire on a security forces convoy near Martong area in Shangla district, but that caused no casualties. APP adds from Islamabad: As many as four terrorists were killed, 21 others apprehended while one militant surrendered before security forces during a clearance and search operation in different parts of the Malakand Division. According to ISPR's updates issued on Wednesday, two personnel of security forces were also injured in search operations. The ISPR said security forces conducted a search operation at Tal near Shah Dherai, during which two terrorists were apprehended and 10 terrorist hideouts were destroyed in area around Dhardial and Unra Sar. Security forces conducted a search operation at Amankot, Ahingro Derai, Minar Qambar and Landikas near Mingora and killed four terrorists and apprehended three suspects. Nine suspects were apprehended by security forces at Sangota near Mingora. A terrorist voluntarily surrendered himself to security forces at Sakhra near Matta. A local Jirga also handed over a suspected terrorist to security forces at Bahrain. During a routine search, security forces apprehended six suspects and demolished eight houses of terrorists in Dheri village near Dewana Baba, Buner. |
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