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14 Taliban houses set on fire in Bajaur Agency
KHAR/GHALANAI: Security forces and a local tribal lashkar (militia) torched 14 houses of the Taliban in the Mamoond tehsil of Bajaur Agency on Tuesday. Political administration officials told Daily Times that nine Taliban also surrendered to the political authorities in the Mamoond tehsil. Explosives material and mortar shells were recovered in a large quantity from the Taliban houses. Separately, security forces in a raid in Barokhel area of Halimzai tehsil on Tuesday arrested three suspects and demolished the house of a wanted terrorist in Safi tehsil. An administration official said the arrested suspects were identified as Jehanzeb, Roohullah and Samiullah. Also on Tuesday, members of a peace jirga and tribal elders destroyed the house of a wanted terrorist, Jamshed, in the Mulla Mandi area. Posted by: Steve White 2010-03-10 |
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