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Eight militants killed in new Khyber operation
[DAWN] Security forces claimed to have killed at least eight suspected murderous Moslems and injured three others in air strikes on their hideouts on the first day of Operation Khyber-IV in the mountainous region of Rajgal in Tirah valley near the Afghan border on Monday.Official sources said that several hideouts of the banned Lashkar-e-Islam ...a group of Islamic bandidos infesting Khyber Agency. It's headed by a former bus driver.... (LI) and the holy warrior Islamic State ...formerly ISIS or ISIL, depending on your preference. Before that al-Qaeda in Iraq, as shaped by Abu Musab Zarqawi. They're very devout, committing every atrocity they can find in the Koran and inventing a few more. They fling Allaharound with every other sentence, but to hear the pols talk they're not reallyMoslems.... (IS) group were targeted during the daylong shelling. Residents in nearby areas said they saw military helicopters approaching Rajgal in the morning and also heard heavy artillery shelling. They said that deployment of additional forces to surrounding areas started back in June as a prelude to the operation. Pakistain Air Force planes also participated in the strikes along with military helicopters at the LI and IS bases in Pakdara, Naray Naw, Sattar Kalay and Khairaba areas of Rajgal. Claims about human and material losses made by security forces could not be independently verified as journalists had no access to the region vacated by its Kukikhel ...a tribe of primitives inhabiting Khyber Agency. They are a branch of the Afridi tribe. Traditionally they have been migratory, tromping between Jamrud and the Rajgal valley with the seasons. The tribe has had mustache-cursing relationships with several other tribes, including the Zakkakhel and Kambarkhel, and with the Mullagori. They make welcome most anyone with a turban and automatic weapons, but every once in awhile they get together a tribal lashkar to mollify the government... inhabitants after the banned Tehrik-e-Taliban ...the Pashtun equivalent of men... Pakistain and LI occupied the Rajgal heights and surrounding areas in 2011. Posted by: Fred 2017-07-19 |
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