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| Troops recover 3 ammunition trucks in Darra |
| 2008-02-01 |
| Security forces and political administration on Thursday recovered three truckloads of ammunition that militants had seized from troops in Darra Adam Khel last week. Political authorities told Daily Times that three of the four trucks hijacked by militants were seized in a raid in Kot Chaper. The troops also raided several militant hideouts, they said. An ISPR statement said ammunition, batteries and other supplies were recovered from Tortsakpar, about one kilometre north of Kohat Tunnel. It said troops were protecting convoys travelling between Peshawar and Kohat. NWFP Governor Owais Ahmad Ghani told reporters that parts of the tunnel were seriously damaged after militants detonated an explosives-laden truck and a van inside it. ISPR’s Colonel Shahid confirmed that militants had damaged the tunnel, which he said would be reopened “in a few days”. A local resident told Daily Times young Taliban were “roaming freely” in Darra Bazaar. He said militant commanders might have fled Darra Adam Khel via Khushal Gurh Bridge that links the area to the Attock district of Punjab. Taliban commanders might have fled to Waziristan, he said. Security forces stopped vehicles of displaced local people near Matani, but later allowed them to travel to Darra as a convoy via Kotal Road. Traffic is taking the longer Kotal Road route after the closure of the Kohat Tunnel. A police official at the Arbab checkpost said “hundreds of locals” were stopped for almost 8 to 10 hours. Residents of Darra staged a protest on Thursday against the relief camps set up by the government, saying they were getting no relief from them. |
| Posted by:Fred |