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| Afghanistan/South Asia |
| Waziristan violence round-up |
| 2004-10-27 |
| At least 12 persons were killed and five others injured on Tuesday when some miscreants opened firing over a Jirga in Sheikh Ziyarat area in the tribal belt of Pakistan. Authorities, however, place the death toll in the incident at nine. A number of other people were hurt in the blast near the town of Wana. Locals say the death toll is higher. It is not clear who launched the attack on the tribesmen, who had travelled to the Sheikh Ziarat area for a meeting with the Pakistani security forces. Troops are in the Afghan border area hunting suspected al-Qaeda militants. Correspondents say the security forces have been keen to seek the co-operation of the tribesmen in conducting house-to-house searches in the area. When contacted Pakistan Army Spokesman, Major General Shaukat Sultan said that for last several days, elders of a local tribal Jirga and political administration and security forces were jointly carrying out a search operation in Spinkai Raghzai area of South Waziristan. Today (Tuesday) a rocket was fired from Ziyarat side when the Jirgha was returning after the search operation at noon, martyring at least nine people. The security forces responded the attack by firing. He said nine people were martyred and five others |
| Posted by:Dan Darling |