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Taliban occupy rest house in Orakzai
Following the announcement of imposing sharia law in Orakzai Agency, the Taliban on Tuesday occupied the Political Rest House in the agency, locals and political administration sources said. A political administration official told Daily Times that the Taliban captured the rest house late on Monday. He said the political authorities had already vacated the premises due to the growing Taliban presence in the area, adding the Taliban had little difficulty in overpowering two Khasadars deployed to guard the rest house. Taliban sources said they would use the building as their office. Bannu: An official of the Bannu Bomb Disposal Squad was killed when he tried to defuse a bomb in Cantonment police station precincts of Bannu district, police said on Tuesday. Police official Gul Khan told Daily Times that the bomb was planted in a bazaar close to Peepal Road in Bannu Cantt and exploded as the official, Rehmatullah Marwat, tried to diffuse it. Meanwhile, unidentified men on Tuesday torched Government Girls' High School in Fatehpur area of Swat district. Posted by: Fred 2009-01-07 |
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