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Pakistan troops kill 20 militants
[Geo News] Pak troops killed 20 beturbanned goons in a pre-dawn gunbattle in the tribal district of  Mohmand... Named for the Mohmand clan of the Sarban Pahstuns, a truculent, quarrelsome lot for the most part. In Pakistain, the Mohmands infest their eponymous Agency, metastasizing as far as the plains of Beautiful Downtown Peshawar, Charsadda, and Mardan. Mohmands are also scattered throughout Pakistan in urban areas including Bloody Karachi, Lahore, and Quetta. In Afghanistan they are mainly found in Nangarhar and Kunar... near the Afghan border, local officials said Sunday. The gun fight erupted after more than 40 beturbanned goons armed with rockets and assault rifles stormed a security post in Baizai town, where security forces have been trying flush out bad turbans, local official Maqsood Hussain said. The paramilitary post, located in a sensitive area facing the eastern Afghan province of Kunar, had recently been reinforced by soldiers following intelligence reports that beturbanned goons were planning an assault, he added. "Troops launched a counter-attack and killed at least 20 beturbanned goons and maimed another 25 rebels," Hussain said. Posted by: Fred 2011-02-21 |
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