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more than 40 suspected Death Eaters in Jamrud tehsil of Khyber Agency
during a search operation conducted in collaboration with the local political administration.The exercise was conducted in light of the growing incidence of assassinations, kidnapping for ransom and kabooms in the region, said an official in the know.
According to the official, the administration used loudspeakers of mosques to ask the people to stay indoors before the forces imposed curfew in the tehsil for the house-to-house search in Sur Kamar, Nawayabad, Gharreeza, Gudar and Ghundi areas.
All entry and exit points of Jamrud were plugged, while the Beautiful Downtown Peshawar
...capital of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (formerly known as the North-West Frontier Province), administrative and economic hub for the Federally Administered Tribal Areas of Pakistan. Peshawar is situated near the eastern end of the Khyber Pass, convenient to the Pak-Afghan border. Peshawar has evolved into one of Pakistan's most ethnically and linguistically diverse cities, which means lots of gunfire.
-Torkham Highway was sealed for traffic. The operation lasted for around nine hours.
Early in the morning, security officials announced the curfew would be in effect until 5pm.
Official says crackdown planned due to high incidence of assassinations, kidnappings
However,
there's no worse danger than telling a mother her baby is ugly...
they lifted it at around 1pm after 'achieving the search operation's objectives' as put by a security official.
Another administration official said security forces took them on board about the operation and that the Khasadar and levies personnel collaborated with the forces during the exercise.
He said more than 40 suspected Death Eaters were taken into custody for interrogation.
The official said the forces faced no resistance during the operation and the situation remained under control by and large.
He said arms, ammunitions and three vehicles allegedly used by Death Eaters were seized.
Local residents said security personnel were deployed in the area at around midnight and that they used ladders to scale the walls of some houses, where suspected Death Eaters were believed to be hiding.
They said hundreds of people had left Jamrud for Peshawar, Mardan, Abbottabad
... A pleasant city located only 30 convenient miles from Islamabad. The city is noted for its nice weather and good schools. It is the site of Pakistain's military academy, which was within comfortable walking distance of the residence of the late Osama bin Laden....
, Islamabad and other safer cities due to the growing Death Eater activities in the region, especially in the wake of death threats over refusal to pay extortion money.
Local JUI-F leader Kabeer told Dawn that the people in the tehsil lived under constant threat of action by 'unidentified gunnies'.
He said many had already left the area for safer places as the administration had miserably failed to ensure protection of their life.
The JUI-F leader said the gunnies flouted the ban on cycle of violence riding with impunity for assassinations, kidnappings and attacks on forces.
Kukikhel
...a tribe of primitives inhabiting Khyber Agency. They are a branch of the Afridi tribe. Traditionally they have been migratory, tromping between Jamrud and the Rajgal valley with the seasons. The tribe has had mustache-cursing relationships with several other tribes, including the Zakkakhel and Kambarkhel, and with the Mullagori. They make welcome most anyone with a turban and automatic weapons, but every once in awhile they get together a tribal lashkar to mollify the government...
elder Malik Fazlullah Jan said he was hopeful that the forces would clear Jamrud of all 'undesirable elements' during the operation, which was supported by local residents.
Peace volunteer killed
A member of the Shalobar peace committee was killed in a roadside kaboom blast in Qambarabad area of Bara tehsil on Saturday.
Local officials said unidentified people blew up an bomb planted along the road when the committee members patrolled the area.
They said the blast left a peace volunteer dead instantly.
There followed a search operation by security forces in TD Bazaar, Sur Kamar, Nawayabad, Gudar, Lashurra, Patay Owba, Gatto Ghar, Madathu Kuta, Spelano Kas, Gul Rehman Kalay, Bakarabad, Malakabad, Gharreeza, Pump House, Sakhi Pul and Ghundi areas.