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India-Pakistan
75 terrorists killed in 34-day Kurram operation
2013-06-30
[Pak Daily Times] At least 75 snuffies have been killed in a 34-day operation that was launched in Kurram Agency
...home of an intricately interconnected web of poverty, ignorance, and religious fanaticism, where the laws of cause and effect are assumed to be suspended, conveniently located adjacent to Tora Bora...
on May 11. Briefing news hounds from Beautiful Downtown Peshawar
...capital of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (formerly known as the North-West Frontier Province), administrative and economic hub for the Federally Administered Tribal Areas of Pakistan. Peshawar is situated near the eastern end of the Khyber Pass, convenient to the Pak-Afghan border. Peshawar has evolved into one of Pakistan's most ethnically and linguistically diverse cities, which means lots of gunfire.
, Col Wasim Zafar Bhatti said that security forces had cleared the Para Chamkani area and established the government's writ by flushing out forces of Evil from their bastion in the wake of a successful operation in the restive areas of the agency. He said that 21 soldiers had also died in the line of duty, while 86 were maimed in the operation launched against snuffies who penetrated the Para Chamkani area from Khyber Agency on May 6. The forces were deployed on May 8 in the restive areas, while the operation formally started on May 11. He said the operation was conducted in 28 small and big villages falling in Para Chamkani area, and the forces successfully accomplished the task assigned to them. He said that more than 15,000 people of around 1,700 families were dislocated due to the operation, who were accommodated in the New Durrani Camp in Sadda tehsil of Kurram Agency. Col Wasim said that around 1,300 families, consisting of 10,500 individuals, had been repatriated to their native areas after clearance, while 400 remaining families would be repatriated before the start of Ramazan. He said that the families had been provided three-month ration and free transport by the FATA Disaster Management Authority.
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