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India-Pakistan
Five arrested in suicide attack on ISI HQ
2010-12-03
Five terrorists militants alleged to have been involved in a suicide attack on the ISI headquarters and a nearby police building in Lahore last year were arrested on Friday.

Chief of police Aslam Tareen said the arrested men belonged to Tehrik-e-Taliban Pakistan and al-Tauheed al-Jihad. They were arrested in Lahore, he added.

The mastermind of the attack which killed 35 people and injured over 200 others, Doctor Moaz
Not a bad archvillian name.
alias Umar Kundi, was killed earlier in a gun battle with police.
"I fought the law and the ..." *POW!*
*thud*
Police representatives said weapons and explosives were taken from the five arrested men.
Posted by:ryuge

#3  Lahore is deep in the Punjab and was thought to be immune from Taliban attacks

But I thought the Tehrik-e-Taliban Pakistan were mostly Punjabis, not Pashtuns like the Afghan Talibs?
Posted by: trailing wife   2010-12-03 18:16  

#2  Lahore is deep in the Punjab and was thought to be immune from Taliban attacks and that's why they housed Taliban prisoners there.
Posted by: Lord Garth   2010-12-03 13:12  

#1  I thought they were on the same side?
Posted by: Glenmore   2010-12-03 11:23  

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