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Jets kill 17 militants in Orakzai
 [Dawn] Seventeen hard boyz were killed and 13 injured on Friday after jetfighters pounded their hideouts in several parts of Upper Orakzai tehsil.According to local political administration and security forces, jetfighters targeted turban positions in Akhun Kot, Bilrass and Chappar areas of Manozai at around 12:00 noon. They claimed that 17 turbans, including two key commanders, were killed and 13 maimed, while five of their hideouts were destroyed in the bombings. However, a woman is only as old as she admits... local front man for Tehrik-e-Taliban Hafeez Saeed denied killings and said not a single fighter of his group was killed in the attacks. He told news hounds from Also in the day, local political administration incarcerated four elders of Bulandkhel tribe in Ismailzai and sent them to jail under the Collective Territorial Responsibility Act. Ali Annan Qamar, an official of the administration, said the incarcerated men were Malak Rafiullah, Malak Muhabat Ali Khan, Malka Inayatullah Jan and Malak Roshan Khan. -- Posted by: Fred 2012-03-04 |
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