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| India-Pakistan |
| Paks round up bad guys in |
| 2002-07-11 |
| The law enforcement agencies in an operation in As long as they're cleaning out the al-Qaeda thugs in the area, might as well get rid of some of the murderers and robbers, too. An official source said: "The operation would be long and targeted and it would continue till the arrest of more than 600 proclaimed offenders hiding in Darra. The territory is connected through difficult terrain with Khyber and Orakzai agencies making it difficult for us to arrest all the POs but we are going to try our best to clean the area once and for all. We will restart the operation after a 12-hour break to gather more information about the hideouts of the criminals and persuade the leaders to accompany us." "Come out with your hands up, Rocky! We got yer grampaw right here with us...!" Earlier, the assistant political agent held meetings with elders of the area and demanded custody of the wanted people sheltering in Darra. But the elders failed to hand over the criminals, particularly the group which had forcefully stopped work on the Kohat tunnel and blown up the high tension wires of the Water and Power Development Authority's main power supply line passing through the mountainous tribal territory. The houses of Hameed Khan and Chinar Gul were demolished when they refused to surrender to the authorities. Oh. You mean they were in the houses at the time? Bet that hurt! |
| Posted by:Fred Pruitt |