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| Taliban regrouping in Darra Adam Khel |
| 2008-02-06 |
| Security officials said on Tuesday they had destroyed two hideouts of militants in Darra Adam Khel, while some unknown miscreants distributed pamphlets warning government officials to quit their jobs. Director General of the Inter-Services Public Relations (ISPR) Major General Athar Abbas told Daily Times two hideouts of the militants, where explosives were also found and seized, were destroyed by the security forces on Tuesday. A local said the army and political administration, in a joint operation, blew up the ‘office’ of Taliban commander Mufti Ilyas in Ghafari Mela, Sherakai area. The commander had fled the area after the military operation. Warning: A resident of the Darra town said walls had been pasted with pamphlets at some places warning government employees to quit their jobs. Some of the pamphlets had been pasted on the walls, while others were found strewn at some points, said the resident. According to another unofficial source, movement of low-level Taliban militants has been observed in the Tora Cheena area, located on the Teerah side of Darra Adam Khel. An elder, who did not want to be named, told Daily Times over the telephone that low-level Taliban activists, mostly belonging to the proscribed Lashkar-e-Jhangvi, had returned to the main Darra town. They are back here with changed countenance by trimming their hair, beards and moustaches, said the elder, adding those people (Taliban) were using walkie-talkies for contacting their colleagues and use the word “Mukhabira” for the sets. The word “Mukhabira” is being used for walkie-talkie or wireless sets in Afghanistan. Those sets, mostly used by the Taliban militants in Afghanistan, were in use of commanders during the civil strife following the withdrawal of the then Soviet Union. |
| Posted by:Fred |