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Akbar Bugti rejects govt claims of militant casualies
 Tribal chief Nawab Akbar Bugti rejected the government's claims of having killed 31 militants in a recent operation in Dera Bugti, saying that his private militia had instead inflicted severe damage on security forces. Talking to the BBC by telephone, Bugti said that his militia had killed 30-35 army commandos, shot down two helicopters and damaged three others in the last three days. He said that three fighter planes had bombed his hideout. "Then, troops were dropped by around 19 helicopter gunships around my residence. They kept firing at us till evening," the BBC quoted him as saying.Bugti rejected the government's claims of that it had killed 31 militants, saying none of his men had been killed or injured. He said that the security forces had imposed a curfew in Sui for the last three days and no one had been allowed to leave the city. Posted by: Fred 2006-07-07 |
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