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Terrorists resurface in Peshawar suburbs
[Pak Daily Times]  Terrorists have once again started their activities in Sheikhan area, a suburb of the provincial capital, and imposed a ban on shaving beards.Locals told Daily Times on Saturday that all barbers in the area had closed down their shops after gunnies kidnapped a barber from the Sheikhan village, situated near Bara area of Khyber Agency. "Terrorists kidnapped barber Ali Asghar two weeks ago. They released him only three days ago, with a warning that he would be killed if he restarted shaving beards in his shop," said Muhammad Nasir, another barber in the area. He said that all barbers in the area had now stopped shaving beards, as gunnies had threatened them with dire consequences for violating the ban. Before the military operations in Bara and its adjoining areas, gunnies had imposed similar restrictions on barbers, as well as fines on women, who left their houses without any male member. After the successful military operations in Bara, the gunnies disappeared and life returned to normal. However, There's usually a howeverin there someplace, isn't there? the gunnies have now once again started challenging the writ of the government in the area after taking advantage of the lax security situation resulting from floods. Posted by: Fred 2010-09-05 |
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