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Hangu police station standoff ends
 Local Taliban in Hangu district ended the siege of a police station after successful talks with the administration on Wednesday, Geo News reported. The Taliban besieged the Doaba Police Station following the arrest of seven colleagues, according to Staff Report. They were demanding the release of their colleagues. There were 35 policemen in the besieged police station. The seven Taliban had been arrested after an encounter with police, Hangu Senior Police Superintendent Muhammad Idrees Khan said. District officials alleged that the Taliban had also abducted 15 officials, including security personnel, from various areas of Doaba tehsil. Army spokesman Maj Gen Athar Abbas told AFP that the army had sent one battalion to the area to deal with the situation.Posted by: Fred 2008-07-10 |
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