| Submit your comments on this article |
| India-Pakistan |
| Peace body member gunned down in Swat |
| 2010-05-23 |
| MINGORA: Unidentified gunmen shot dead a member of a local lashkar in Swat, sources said on Saturday. According to the sources, the assailants opened indiscriminate fire on Ahmad Jan in Gatshoor area of Matta tehsil, killing him on the spot. The culprits fled the scene after the attack. Following the incident, security forces imposed a curfew in the area from Vinai to Piyochar and launched a search operation to apprehend the criminals. However, no arrest had been made when this report was filed. Meanwhile, the local peace jirga decided to confiscate the properties of the Taliban who failed to surrender within the now expired deadline. Sources said that the decision was made at a meeting of the jirga held on Saturday, which also decided that houses of the absconding Taliban would be demolished. |
| Posted by:Steve White |