At least one Frontier Constabulary (FC) trooper and dozens of militiants were killed when unknown miscreants attacked an FC checkpost in the limits of Matani Police Station late on Thursday, police said on Friday. An FC trooper was injured in the attack. Matani Police Station duty officer Gul Muhammad told Daily Times that militants, armed with rocket launchers and other weapons, attacked the Kashan Ghar checkpost located close to the Darra Adam Khel region at around 1.30am. He said Subedar Abdul Samad died while Fayyaz was injured. Gul said it was unclear whether the militants had come from Darra or Peshawar.In July 2007, around four police personnel had died when militants attacked a police mobile near the Spina Thana area in Darra Adam Khel, which was cleared of militants during a recent military operation.
Also on Friday, at least 17 militants surrendered to the security forces in Kabal tehsil of the restive Swat district on Friday, while police also arrested around 14 militants in a crackdown. The Aman Committee presented at least 17 militants before the security forces. The militants announced to join the Aman Committee and renounced militancy. Local police also arrested at least 14 suspected militants during a crackdown in the Koza Bandai and Bara Bandai areas and shifted them to undisclosed locations.
Separately, unidentified miscreants fired a rocket on the Agency Headquarters Hospital in Landi Kotal late on Thursday, but no casualties were reported. Political authorities told Daily Times that the rocket fired at around 12pm damaged the toilets of the hospitalÂ’s ladies ward. Doctors and paramedics of the Landi Kotal hospital protested against the rocket attack. They shut down the hospital, marched in the nearby market and chanted slogans against the administration. | I'da a done that, too, had the administration rocketed my toiders... Oh. Wait. That was who dunnit, wasn't it? |
| The TNSM dishpits are pretty much rolled up in Swat. Now it's time for Lashkar-e-Islam to raise its pointy little beturbanned head in Khyber. |