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| Ten suspected militants arrested in Bajaur |
| 2010-01-28 |
| [Dawn] At least ten suspected militants have been arrested during a search and clearance operation in Bajaur Agency. Meanwhile the local Taliban have accepted the responsibility for killing of Khwezai peace committee member Malik Sher Afzal who was shot dead in Bakshi Pull area of Peshawar. Taliban spokesman in Mohmand Agency Irkamullan Mohmand says the tribal elder has been shot dead for siding with the government and forming legions against the Taliban in Mohmand Agency. Official sources say that security forces destroyed and set ablaze houses of four suspected militants in Nawagai after an IED blast in the area. Earlier in the day the security forces targeted militants hideouts in Mamond Tehsil of the agency killing at least two militants. In the adjoining troubled Mohmand Agency a five-year-old child was killed as security forces opened fire on a passenger van in Spinki Tangi in Khwezai Tehsil. The mother of the child and his minor brother were also injured in the incident. |
| Posted by:Fred |