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Cross-border shelling injures girl in Bajaur
[Dawn] A girl was injured seriously when a mortar shell, fired from across the border, hit a house in Sarkai Kandao area of 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...on Saturday night. "The mortar shell fired from Afghanistan landed at the village and hit the house of Gulab Khan, partially damaging it and injuring a girl," officials said. The injured girl was taken to agency headquarters hospital for treatment. Officials said that snuffies living in Kunar province ... which is right down the road from Chitral. Kunar is Haqqani country..... of Afghanistan were responsible for the attack. Volunteers of Mamond Peace Committee took positions in the mountainous area close to Pak-Afghan border soon after the incident. It is pertinent to mention here that snuffies living in Kunar have increased attacks on the border areas of Bajaur tribal region during the last two months. "Mamond rustics have made extraordinary arrangements for encountering cross-border attacks. For this purpose they have established dozens of new posts and deployed hundreds of volunteers in the border areas of the region," Noor Mohammad, a senior member of Mamond Peace Committee, told Dawn. Meanwhile, ...back at the palazzo, Count Guido had escaped from his bonds and overwhelmed this guard using the bludgeon the faithful Filomena had smuggled to him in the loaf of bread... political administration on Sunday destroyed the houses of four rustics in Kitkoot village for their alleged links with snuffies living in Afghanistan. The residents of the area said that administration with the help of Bajaur Levies destroyed the houses of four rustics, who were blamed for helping snuffies in an attack on the village two weeks ago. "A committee, formed for probing the matter, held the said persons responsible for supporting snuffies in the attack on the village," Tahir Khan, a member of the local peace committee, told Dawn. Official sources said that the four rustics provided shelter to snuffies in their houses. They said that action against the rustics was taken after the decision of the inquiry committee, comprising members of local peace body. Meanwhile, ...back at the palazzo, Count Guido had escaped from his bonds and overwhelmed this guard using the bludgeon the faithful Filomena had smuggled to him in the loaf of bread... security forces and volunteers of local peace committee recovered huge quantity of arms and ammunition during a search operation in Kitkoot. Posted by: Fred 2012-07-31 |
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