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Hakimullah’s brother, uncle among 6 surrender
[NATION.PK] Former Tehrik-e-Taliban Pakistain (TTP) chief Hakimullah Mehsud’s brother and uncle are among six key members of the Lion of Islam group who have surrendered to the security forces in  Kurram Agency...home of an intricately interconnected web of poverty, ignorance, and religious fanaticism, where the laws of cause and effect are assumed to be suspended, conveniently located adjacent to Tora Bora... , officials said on Sunday. "Ejaz Mehsud and Khair Muhammad Mehsud, uncle of Hakimullah, handed themselves to authorities late Saturday," an official said. Both men surrendered at Lower Kurram’s Shaheedanu Dand, one of the three crossing points between Kurram and Afghanistan. However, man does not live by words alone, despite the fact that sometimes he has to eat them... the official refused to comment on whether the two men crossed into Pakistain from Afghanistan or had been hiding on the Pak side of the border. Sources further said that at least four TTP commanders also surrendered to authorities and there was a possibility that more Taliban members could surrender in a couple of days. "All the surrendered men have been shifted to security forces’ fort in Tull area," a source said. Some sources say Hakeemullah’s relatives may have entered into Pakistain as the authorities opened the crossing with Afghanistan on Saturday after days of festivities on the Torkham border. The group has not yet commented on the development. Taliban faced a serious rift after the death of Hakimullah and some Taliban sources had earlier said nearly 200 had been killed in festivities between the supporters of rival commanders Sheharyar Mehsud and Khan Said alias Sajna. Hakimullah, who was in his thirties, had been killed in a US drone strike in North  Wazoo Agency in November 2013. He was buried at an unknown location a day later.He had succeeded his mentor, Baitullah Mehsud, who was killed in a US drone strike in August 2009. Hakimullah Mehsud, the young, ferocious and vengeful chief of TTP had survived at least two US drone strikes in the past. However, man does not live by words alone, despite the fact that sometimes he has to eat them... on November 1, 2013, his luck ran out. Posted by: Fred 2016-06-21 |
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