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Taliban positions targeted in Bajaur
Security forces targeted Taliban positions in Mamoond tehsil of Bajaur Agency using mortars and artillery guns, but no casualties were reported. Official sources said the troops pounded Taliban hideouts in various areas of the tehsil, adding the latest operation forced a majority of the residents to move to safer areas. Unidentified men fired three rockets on the headquarters of Bajaur Scouts in Khar late on Sunday. No casualty was reported, officials said. Meanwhile, Taliban spokesman Maulvi Omar claimed that no Taliban was killed or injured in the jet aircraft attack on their hideouts in Mamoond on Sunday. Talking to journalists over telephone, Omar said those killed and injured were civilians.Posted by: Fred 2008-12-23 |
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