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| Pro-govt tribal leader killed in North Wazooistan |
| 2006-05-01 |
| ISLAMABAD - The continuing hostilities between the military and the militants have claimed the life of another pro-government tribal leader in Pakistan’s troubled North Waziristan region, officials confirmed on Monday. Maulvi Janat Mir’s body was discovered near a graveyard of Mir Air area, some 10 kilometres east of region’s headquarters Miranshah, a week after he went missing. “Yes, we have found his body, “a senior official in the town of Mir Ali, Fida Mohammad told Deutsche Presse-Agentur dpa by telephone. He had been strangled, he said. Mir was actively mediating between the government and the suspected Islamic militants in the region where military operations since July 2005 have left about 324 suspected terrorist dead including 41 foreign “miscreants”. Suspected militants have killed about 124 pro-government tribal leaders during the last two years. Violence in North Waziristan has surged since March after some 146 suspected militants were killed in a military operation. At least 55 alleged Islamic terrorists were killed during different military operations in the North Waziristan region in April alone. |
| Posted by:Steve |