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| Troops kill 10 Taliban in Swat, arrest 39 |
| 2009-09-18 |
| Security forces killed 10 Taliban, including a local Taliban commander, on Thursday in a pre-dawn exchange of fire near a river in Swat. The Taliban were trying to cross a river at night and infiltrate Mingora when police and troops intercepted on them, said the military in a statement from Swat. "Police and army acted jointly, and as a result of an exchange of fire, 10 Taliban were killed," said the military. The municipal administration and local people buried the bodies in a graveyard after daybreak, said Major Mushtaq Khan. Residents who identified the dead said they included an important local Taliban commander, identified as Amjad Ali. Meanwhile, security forces said they had also arrested at least 39 more suspected Taliban in Swat. "Troops conducted a search operation in Mam Berai, and arrested 15 suspects," said the ISPR, adding that 10 Taliban surrendered to security forces in Chuprial and Amluk near Sakhra, four in Bar Shaur, six in Shahdand Banda and another four in Bishbanr and Shah Dheri. Troops discovered three tunnels near Tatarai and Sardari during a search operation. Four tunnels were also demolished near Mangaltan. Meanwhile, four children were injured in an explosion in Doshagram near Fatehpur. Separately, Pakistani officials said on Thursday an Al Qaeda operations chief in Pakistan and an Uzbek commander were believed killed in US missile strikes earlier this month in North Waziristan. The operations chief has been identified as Ilyas Kashmiri and the Uzbek as Nazimuddin alias Yahyo. |
| Posted by:Fred |