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| Lashkar torches Taliban hideouts in Bajaur |
| 2008-10-10 |
| A lashkar of local tribes on Thursday torched several suspected hideouts of pro-Taliban extremists in Mandal area of Bajaur Agency. The local tribes in Mandal have launched a crackdown against the Taliban for establishing peace in the area. Meanwhile, government and private organisations and shopping centres resumed business in Khar and adjoining areas after law and order returned to normal. Residents of Duadzai area in Peshawar's suburbs on Thursday organised a lashkar (volunteers' militia) to curb terrorist activities in the area. The lashkar of 300 men, along with the police, has started patrolling the areas between Mamunkhatki and Mathra Pul for maintaining peace. Residents in other parts of the provincial metropolis and its surrounding areas have already formed lashkars for maintaining peace. |
| Posted by:Fred |
| #2 Sounds like full-on tribal war as she is fought on the Frontier. Butcher & bolt, burn their houses while they simmer in the hills looking down at the smoke. That's going to get ugly, quick. |
| Posted by: Mitch H. 2008-10-10 10:41 |
| #1 Sounds like the Pak version of vigilante committees to me. |
| Posted by: tipover 2008-10-10 00:25 |