The government is set to start a major operation in South Waziristan Agency to capture those involved in attacking Pakistan Army camps and suspected of sheltering Al Qaeda remnants, sources told Daily Times on Monday.
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Around 250 Special Services Group (SSG) personnel supported by fully equipped regular infantry were shifted from North Waziristan Agency to Wana. Sources said the government had sealed the South Waziristan Agency-Afghanistan border so as to stop infiltration of foreigners during the operation after army camps at Zeri Noor and Wana were attacked with rockets. Reports from across the border suggested that allied forces in Paktika province’s Birmal area had intensified search operations against Taliban and Al Qaeda remnants. It was believed that the Pakistan Army and allied forces would start operations on both sides of the border in tandem so as to check the movement of suspects and defeat anti-American elements. Allied forces on Sunday captured 30 Pepli and Safli Kabulkhel tribesmen in Birmal and are interrogating them.
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Allied forces have come under frequent attack in Birmal bordering South Waziristan Agency. Ahmadzai Wazir tribal chiefs Malik Mirza Alam Khan, Malik Janbaz Khan, Malik Hadin Khan and Malik Ali Shah regretted the government operation in the area and called it ‘cruel’.
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They said the government undertook the operation without consulting the tribal elders and that was why the locals were annoyed. They said if anyone broke the law, the elders were charged, but when such operations were launched, they were not consulted, which was unjust. |