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| India-Pakistan |
| Key Taliban leader killed |
| 2015-02-18 |
| [DAWN] BUNER/SWAT: A senior Taliban leader was killed in an exchange of fire with security forces in militancy-hit Buner district on Tuesday. Officials said that security forces conducted a search operation after a tip-off about the presence of Talibs in Bajkatta village of Gagra tehsil. During an intelligence-driven search operation, security personnel were fired upon by Lions of Islam from a house in the area. The security personnel returned fire, killing Bakhti Raj of Koz Shamnal Chaghorzai. A security man was injured in the encounter and was taken to the Combined Military Hospital. Security personnel also enjugged You have the right to remain silent... Rashid, owner of the house. Sources said that Bakhti Raj was a financier of the outlawed Tehrik-e-Taliban Pakistain activities in parts of Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa ... formerly NWFP, still Terrorism Central... and Bloody Karachi ...formerly the capital of Pakistain, now merely its most important port and financial center. It is among the largest cities in the world, with a population of 18 million, most of whom hate each other and many of whom are armed and dangerous... . He was wanted by security forces in connection with several acts of terror in the country. Bakhti Raj had narrowly escaped a pre-dawn raid on his residence a month ago, but his son Farhan and relative Wajid, son of Bakhti Mand, were killed in exchÂÂange of fire. Tajiroon, wife of Bakhti Mand, suffered bullet injuries. |
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