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10 militants arrested in Mardan operation
[Dawn] Police and security forces tossed in the slammerYez got nuttin' on me, coppers! Nuttin'! 10 forces of Evil in a joint search operation in different areas of the district on Tuesday, sources said. The operation was conducted in Sawaldher, Chora, Jabbar, Dubai Adda, Guli Bagh, Umarabad, Shakar Tangai, Bashkhali and Surpul areas from 4am to 5:30pm. They said that a daylong curfew was imposed in those areas. Officials claimed that several hideouts of forces of Evil were also destroyed in the operation. The roads leading to these areas were closed to traffic and residents of the localities were strictly instructed to stay indoors. Sources said that more than 70 suspects were tossed in the slammer Yez got nuttin' on me, coppers! Nuttin'! during the house-to-house search operation but later all of them except 10 forces of Evil were released after interrogation. It is pertinent to mention here that these areas were already declared sensitive by the law enforcement agencies. Few weeks ago, six coppers including the SHO of Rustam cop shoppe were maimed when their van was targeted with a remote controlled bomb. In Nowshera, unidentified forces of Evil blew up a primary school for girls in the small hours of Tuesday. Officials said that two bombs were planted at the building of Government Community Girls Primary School in Afrido Kallay, Risalpur that went off around 3:30am. Officials of Bomb Disposal Squad said that three to four kilograms of explosives were used in the blasts that destroyed two classrooms, veranda, room of watchman, boundary wall and store of the school. Risalpur police tossed in the slammer Yez got nuttin' on me, coppers! Nuttin'! the watchman of the school identified as Mir Baz Khan for investigation and lodged an FIR against unidentified jihad boys. In Bajaur Agency, aka Turban Central  ...Smallest of the agencies in FATA. The Agency administration is located in Khar. Bajaur is inhabited almost exclusively by Tarkani Pashtuns, which are divided into multiple bickering subtribes. Its 52 km border border with Afghanistan's Kunar Province makes it of strategic importance to Pakistain's strategic depth..., security forces destroyed houses of four alleged forces of Evil and recovered arms and ammunition during a search operation in Chamarkand tehsil on Tuesday. Sources said that an operation was launched in the border areas of Chamarkand. "The action in these areas was launched with the help of local rustics and houses of four forces of Evil were destroyed," said an official. Sources said that the jihad boys, whose houses were destroyed, were involved in killing of pro-government tribal elders. Security forces also recovered weapons and explosives from the houses during the operation. Posted by: Fred 2012-05-24 |
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