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India-Pakistan
Three peace activists kidnapped in Khyber
2012-06-29
[Dawn] Militants kidnapped three peace activists in Khyber Agency on the night between Tuesday and Wednesday, official sources said.

They said that members of banned jihad boy group Lashkar-e-Islam kidnapped three volunteers of Akkakhel Peace Committee at gunpoint from Sultankhel area. The kidnapped volunteers identified as Naseem Khan, Mohammad Imran and Faraz were on routine patrol in the area when they were intercepted and taken away at gunpoint. No clue to their whereabouts was found till late Wednesday.

Meanwhile,
...back at the comedy club, Boogie was cracking himself up, but nobody else seemed to be getting the non-stop jokes...
security forces jugged
Drop the gat, Rocky, or you're a dead 'un!
at least eight suspected faceless myrmidons during a raid on a house in Alamgudar area on Wednesday.

Officials said that Rustam Khan, a local commander of Lashkar-e-Islam, and three of his brothers were also among the jugged
Drop the gat, Rocky, or you're a dead 'un!
persons. Identity of the rest of the jugged
Drop the gat, Rocky, or you're a dead 'un!
men could not be established.

Also, tribal elders and activists of different political parties have strongly condemned suspension of privileges of Bar Qambarkhel tribe by the political administration.

Shah Jehan, a local leader of Jamaat-e-Islami
...The Islamic Society, founded in 1941 in Lahore by Maulana Sayyid Abul Ala Maududi, aka The Great Apostosizer. The Jamaat opposed the independence of Bangladesh but has operated an independent branch there since 1975. It maintains close ties with international Mohammedan groups such as the Moslem Brotherhood. the Taliban, and al-Qaeda. The Jamaat's objectives are the establishment of a pure Islamic state, governed by Sharia law. It is distinguished by its xenophobia, and its opposition to Westernization, capitalism, socialism, secularism, and liberalist social mores...
in Bara, said that residents of the area had already suffered owing to the ongoing military operation. The suspension of privileges also affected the issuance of national identity card, domicile certificate, marriage certificate and other necessary documents to tribal people.

He said that it was unjust to punish the entire tribe for refusal of Bar Qambarkhel to raise an armed lashkar.
Posted by:Fred

#1  The kidnapped volunteers identified as Naseem Khan, Mohammad Imran and Faraz were on routine patrol in the area

They sound like armed peace activists.
Posted by: phil_b   2012-06-29 01:54  

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