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| Swat Taliban likely to free kidnapped security personnel |
| 2008-09-15 |
| Taliban in Swat are likely to release 38 kidnapped security personnel in the next 48 hours, sources told Daily Times on Sunday. The security personnel, including police and Frontier Constabulary (FC) officials, had been kidnapped by terrorists who besieged a police post in the Dewlay area of Swat some two months back. The abducted personnel were scheduled to be released on Sunday afternoon. However, their release was delayed as the Taliban's shura (council) meeting was postponed until Monday morning, sources said. They said the council was likely to order the release of the security personnel today as a 'goodwill gesture' for the government and security forces. Earlier, a local committee, comprising elders and influential from Kanjoo and other areas of Kabal tehsil of Swat, succeeded in brokering a temporary ceasefire between the security forces and Taliban in Kanjoo. The committee members held separate talks with security officials and Taliban representatives. Sources said the committee would meet the Taliban again today (Monday) for an extension in the truce. Sources said the security forces asked for the withdrawal of terrorists from the Kooza Bandai area of Kabal tehsil. The Taliban said they would vacate the area on the condition that security forces would not then enter it and establish checkposts. |
| Posted by:Fred |