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| Air strikes kill 11 militants in Orakzai | |
| 2010-03-28 | |
| [Dawn] Pakistani air strikes Saturday killed at least 11 militants in a new offensive against foreign fighters in the restive northwest tribal belt bordering Afghanistan, officials said. A paramilitary spokesman told AFP the 11 militants were killed in attacks on three places in Orakzai district and a local tribal administration official confirmed the death toll. It was not immediately clear if there were any foreign militants among the dead, but Pakistan said Friday that 32 militants and five soldiers were killed in the heaviest battle against Arab, Afghan and Uzbek fighters. Troops on Wednesday expanded their campaign against Taliban militants believed to have fled a major offensive in South Waziristan last year by launching an assault to eradicate them from neighbouring Orakzai. In a separate incident, militants early Saturday blew up a boys middle school in Alingarh village of Mohmand tribal district, where troops are also hunting Taliban rebels, local administration chief Amjad Ali Khan said. "The school was destroyed in the bombing, but there were no casualties," Khan told AFP. Militants blew up another boys primary school early Saturday in Khyber, a lawless tribal district bordering Afghanistan, local administration chief Shafeerullah Wazir told AFP, but there were no casualties.
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| Posted by:Fred |
| #4 Why are they blowing up boys schools? Because they ran out of girls' schools? |
| Posted by: Deacon Blues 2010-03-28 13:38 |
| #3 Why are they blowing up boys schools? To deny use of the school buildings for billeting of troops |
| Posted by: john frum 2010-03-28 09:55 |
| #2 Agreed, Mike R. Usually they blow up girls' schools. Perhaps there aren't any in Orakzai district anymore -- the Taliban have been busy there, preparing the ground so to speak. |
| Posted by: trailing wife 2010-03-28 00:36 |
| #1 Why are they blowing up boys schools? Students trying to get out of exams? |
| Posted by: Mike Ramsey 2010-03-28 00:29 |