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| Tribals hand over 2 suspects in Waziristan | |
| 2004-01-21 | |
| Two more tribesmen, accused of harbouring foreign terrorists were Tuesday handed over to the Political Administration at Wana, bringing to 22 the number of suspects so far surrendered to the authorities. The Kakakhel, a sub-tribe of the Zalikhel Tribe which is the biggest sub-tribe of Ahmedzai Wazir Tribe, in a massive operation in Shakai area nabbed two tribesmen Bilal and Jehanzeb who are included in the wanted list of 57 tribesmen accused of harbouring al-Qaeda and Taliban fugitives were surrendered to the authorities at Wana, headquarters of South Waziristan Agency, bordering Afghanistan. The house of one of the wanted tribesmen, Maulvi Abbas was demolished and burnt to ashes by the Kakakhel Tribe in Datkot area. Maulvi Abbas was included in the list of most wanted men including Naik Muhammad and Sharif Khan who were accused of strongest supporters of former Taliban militia and were involved in harbouring the al-Qaeda and Taliban fugitives in South Waziristan Agency. Maulvi Abbas and others are still at large and could not be nabbed by the Lashkar, constituted by the Ahmedzai Wazir Tribe. Lashkars appear to be the tribal militias, though it looks like the holy man in question got away, courtesy once again of Mahmoud the Weasel. Relatives of Naik Muhammad and Sharif Khan also warned by the Lashkar to surrender them at the earliest otherwise their houses would be razed,said Rehmatullah Wazir, Assistant Political Agent South Waziristan Agency while talking to The Nation here. He said a heavy contingent of khassadar force along with the Lashker raided the house of Maulvi Abbas. The house measuring 10 kanal was totally razed and all its rooms were burnt into ashes.
Wonder if all the folks who condemn the Israeli policies in this regard will even notice that this is going on? The APA was quite optimistic that the remaining suspects from Zalikhel Tribe will be handed over today (Wednesday) as the Lashkar has been given three-day deadline for nabbing the suspects. It is hoped that relatives of Naik Muhammad and Sharif Khan will double their efforts to convince the suspects to surrender. | |
| Posted by:Dan Darling |