Mohmand... Named for the Mohmand clan of the Sarban Pahstuns, a truculent, quarrelsome lot. In Pakistain, the Mohmands infest their eponymous Agency, metastasizing as far as the plains of Beautiful Downtown Peshawar, Charsadda, and Mardan. Mohmands are also scattered throughout Pakistan in urban areas including Bloody Karachi, Lahore, and Quetta. In Afghanistan they are mainly found in Nangarhar and Kunar...
tribal region on Sunday when troops, backed by military planes, helicopters and artillery, pushed in to take control of the jihad boy stronghold of Soran Darra along the Afghan border.
According to ISPR, many Orcs and similar vermin were maimed. However,
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independent sources did not confirm the claim.
Sources said that both sides used heavy weapons in the fierce clash in Wali Dad top, Mettai and Soran Darra.
According to officials, eight injured soldiers were taken to the Combined Military Hospital (CMH) in Peshawar.
Militants' hideouts were pounded by jet bombers, helicopter gunships and artillery and security forces regained control of the area after overcoming the resistance put up by jihad boys, the officials said.
Frontier Corps Inspector General Maj-Gen Nader Zeb also visited the area.
Mohmand is the third tribal area to come under cross-border jihad boy attack in recent months. The earlier attacks took place in Upper Dir and Bajaur.
Agencies add: A statement issued by the military said the army, paramilitary troops and the air force had launched a joint operation to evict hard boyz from Wali Dad.
"Ground operation was preceded by precise strikes by Pakistain Air Force aircraft on terrorists' bunkers and positions," it said.
"After an intensive fight, troops were able to secure Wali Dad top and surrounding areas of the mountain and managed to kill 25 terrorists, while the remaining decamped across the border."Troops are consolidating their positions in the area and a search
operation for remnants (of jihad boys) is in progress."
Local officials earlier said three FC personnel were killed and at least 13 injured when dozens of Taliban stormed a security post near the Afghan border.
The pre-dawn attack took place in Baizai village facing the Afghan province of Kunar, local administration chief Maqsood Hussain told AFP.
"The jihad boys, believed to be more than 50 and armed with light and heavy weapons, launched an attack on the Wali Dad Kor post, triggering a shootout that lasted about an hour," he said.
Four Orcs and similar vermin were killed and several injured.