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Taliban missiles fired from Afghanistan kill three in Pak
[Pak Daily Times] The Taliban fired missiles from within Afghanistan on Eid, that killed a woman and two children and injured eight others in the Pak village of Shalozan, sources told Daily Times.According to the sources, the Taliban fired a series of missiles on the village from three kilometres away. The majority of missiles hit trees in the area, but two to three different missiles fell on houses in the village, killing a woman and two children and injuring eight others, some of them critically. The tribal elders of Kurram Agency, home of an intricately interconnected web of poverty, ignorance, and religious fanaticism condemned the attack. Also, in Parachinar, tribal elders belonging to the Turi and Bangash tribes protested after Eid against what they said was "state terrorism" and "step-mother treatment". Earlier the Eid congressional prayers were held in the central Eidgah of Parachinar, where more than fifty thousand people participated. Ulema and tribal eldersm addressing the Eid prayers and later on during the protest demonstration, said that Parachinar was under continuous siege for the last four years. Posted by: Fred 2010-11-20 |
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