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| Troops take control of TNSM hospital, detain owners |
| 2007-12-18 |
| Security forces took control of a private hospital that treated wounded Taliban and their supporters in Swat on Monday and used gunship helicopters to destroy houses of two wanted militants. Gul Mohammad, the owner of the property used as a hospital in Ningwalai village, and his son were taken into custody. Sources said the security forces took control of the property and shifted the medical equipment and medicines to an unknown place. Meanwhile, a press release issued by the media centre run by Pakistan Army's Inter-Services Public Relations (ISPR) in Swat's headquarters, Mingora, said gunship helicopters pounded the hideouts of militants in Manja in Kabal tehsil and destroyed the houses of two wanted militants, Younis and Salim. It claimed the two houses were being used for providing information, transportation and logistics support to rebel cleric Maulana Fazlullah. The press release cited unspecified reports that the houses were used as communication base for militants' operations. It added that "wireless equipment and communication material and towers" were recovered from the place and destroyed. Security forces also took into custody six men at roadside checkpoints in different areas of Swat on the basis of suspicion and transferred them to unknown places for interrogation. The authorities until now have arrested hundreds of men and shifted them mostly to Peshawar for investigation. Some of the arrested persons were later freed. |
| Posted by:Fred |
| #1 Property values in the area will rise rapidly after this -- those that aren't rubble, anyway. |
| Posted by: trailing wife 2007-12-18 07:59 |