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5 security men hurt in Bajaur, Dir blasts
[DAWN] Three coppers were maimed in a roadside blast in Salarazai tehsil 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 Tuesday evening, officials said. They said that paramilitary troops were on a routine patrol in the mountainous area of Mulla Said when their vehicle was hit by a remote-controlled bomb planted by suspected Lion of Islams. The officials said that three security personnel received injuries in the blast. The injured coppers were taken to agency headquarters hospital where their condition was stated to be stable. After the blast, security forces and volunteers of village defence committee rushed to the site and launched a search operation. According to officials, about 12 rustics were nabbed Yez got nuttin' on me, coppers! Nuttin'! under the collective territorial responsibility clause of Frontier Crimes Regulation (FCR). Alqaeda Taliban, a Lion of Islam group in Mohmand and Bajaur agencies, grabbed credit for the attack. Yousaf Raza, a front man for the group, told journalists by telephone from .png) Wazoo Agency. He said that they would continue such activities in the entire tribal areas till the end of the operation.Meanwhile, ...back at the barn, Bossy's udder had begun to ache... security forces recovered two remote-controlled bombs in Inam Khoro Chinagi and Damadola areas of Mamond tehsil. Sources said that the security forces with the help of Bajaur Levies and volunteers of local peace committees conducted search operation in the areas and recovered two remote-controlled bombs. The bombs were safely defused. Also, political administration on Wednesday arrested 16 rustics under the collective responsibility clause of FCR in connection with an attack on a van in Thangi area of Salarzai tehsil. Six people including three women teachers were killed in the attack on Tuesday. In Upper Dir, three people including two FC men sustained injuries in two separate landmine blasts in Sundrawal area on Wednesday. Police said a local resident identified as Shafiullah was injured when he stepped on a landmine in field. After the blast, police and FC personnel rushed to the spot and launched a joint search operation there. In the meantime, another landmine went off at the same site and injured two FC men, they added. In Swat, unidentified persons rubbed out a local peace volunteer in Mingora city on Tuesday night. According to police, member of local village defence committee Rasheed Ahmad alias Sahibhaq was present outside his shop in Nawai Kallay area of Mingora city on Tuesday night when person or persons unknown opened firing on him. He received four bullets and died instantly. Posted by: Fred 2014-08-22 |
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