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| 8 Taliban killed in Bajaur Agency | |
| 2008-11-02 | |
| Eight Taliban were killed and 10 others injured as helicopter gunships targeted Taliban positions in the Mamoond tehsil of Bajaur Agency on Saturday. The Taliban positions were targeted in Damadola and Mataro Sha areas of Mamoond, locals said. Volunteers from the Mamoond tribe have captured several checkposts abandoned by the Taliban in different areas.
Mortar shell: At least two people including a child were killed when a mortar shell landed in a house in the Chargali village of the Ambar tehsil of Mohmand Agency. Unidentified men kidnapped a political moharir and six tribal elders from the Qandaharoo tehsil of Mohmand Agency. The moharir was identified as Amir Taj. Taliban and security forces exchanged fire in the Mohamdghat area of the Saafi tehsil in the agency, but no casualties were reported. At least seven civilians were killed as a mortar shell exploded in the Venai area of Matta tehsil in Swat. Six more people sustained injuries in the incident, witnesses said. The locals had been waiting at the Venai bridge for its opening. Locals said the security forces started the shelling after Taliban attacked their checkpost in the area. According to an APP report, a spokesman of the Swat Media Centre denied the incident. He said the security forces had targeted Taliban commander Sher Ali's hujra in Venai village, which was being used by the Taliban as a resting place. He denied that the civilian population was targeted in the attack, but said the Taliban used civilians as a shield. In the Sar Senai area of Kabal tehsil, security forces demolished nine houses of Taliban in an ongoing operation. Unidentified assailants shot dead Additional Station House Officer Khwazakhela Police Station, Syed Rahman, at a bus stand in Mingora city on Saturday. | |
| Posted by:Fred |