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Bajaur sealed as protests continue
 KHAR: Hundreds of troops completely sealed off Bajaur Agency and part of Mohmand Agency on Wednesday as protests against air strikes on a local madrassa on Monday continued for a third day here. No-one is allowed into Bajaur. We are searching vehicles at all entry routes for suspected people and most notably journalists, a security official told Daily Times. Markets and schools in Khar also remained closed for a third day.Protestors in Mohammad Ghot attacked a grid station and an under-construction security check-post and burnt down tents of tribal police at makeshift roadside posts, eyewitnesses said. Around 4,000 protestors participated in a demonstration in the same area led by Jamaat-e-Islami leaders, while there were also demonstrations in Khar, where speakers called for President Gen Pervez Muhsarrafs resignation. Posted by: Fred 2006-11-02 |
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