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| Two tribal elders, 34 militants killed in Pakistan |
| 2009-11-28 |
| [Iran Press TV Latest] Two tribal elders have been killed, while Pakistani forces kill 34 pro-Taliban militants in two separate assaults in northwest Pakistan, reports say. Violence is again on the rise in Bajur and other northwestern tribal regions since the Pakistani army launched operations in South Waziristan in mid-October. A key anti-Taliban tribal elder Shahfur Khan was returning to his home in Badan village to receive guests after prayers marking the start of Eid al-Adha, or Muslim feast of sacrifice, when a roadside bomb exploded, killing him and wounding three other people, according to local officials, Associated Press reported late on Friday. Khan emerged as a pro-government militia leader in the Mamund area of the Bajur tribal region after his predecessor was killed with at least 14 other people in a suicide bombing last year. Militants in the adjacent tribal region of Mohamand had abducted another anti-Taliban tribal elder, Ameer Saiyed, late on Thursday after storming his house and killing his son. Authorities found the bullet-riddled body of Ameer on Friday near his home in Wali Kor village. Meanwhile, in the ongoing fighting between Pakistani troops and pro-Taliban militants, some 34 militants were killed in two separate assaults in Pakistan's restive north-western region bordering Afghanistan, dpa news agency reported quoting Pakistani security officials on Friday. The army also besieged three important militant strongholds, in the Bara area of the Khyber tribal region. The famed Khyber region is the main route for ferrying supplies to US and NATO forces in Afghanistan. Pakistani troops also cleared the Narakai area of South Waziristan after "stiff resistance," according to a military statement on Friday. One government soldier was injured in the fighting. Most of the estimated 10,000 pro-Taliban and al-Qaeda fighters in South Waziristan have fled the area after military operations that started in mid-October. The militants however have vowed to come back in the coming months. |
| Posted by:Fred |