30 June 2011
Pakistani troops backed by jets and helicopter gunships have killed 40 militants in a restive tribal area bordering Afghanistan in the past three days, a military commander said Thursday.Brigadier Aftab Ahmad told AFP by telephone that his forces had destroyed 17 militant hideouts in the Baizai region under his command in the lawless tribal area of Mohmand. "Militants were regularly attacking our posts on the Afghanistan border at Shonkari and Mithai...
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20 June 2011
Dozens of militants have attacked the homes of two prominent anti-Taliban tribal elders close to the Afghan border, officials say. At least four were killed and four others, including one of the elders, injured in the tribal area of Mohmand. The raid on the homes of anti-Taliban elders happened in the Ziarat Masood village of Mohmand district, another area where the Taliban have been attempting to establish themselves. A group of militants stormed...
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07 June 2011
More than 38,000 internally displaced people (IDPs) who fled fighting in the troubled north western tribal regions have started to return home as the latest phase of a return operation was completed over the weekend, a UNHCR press release said Tuesday. Since the latest stage of the return movement started in April, the majority of displaced Pakistanis have returned to their homes in Bajaur Agency, while a smaller number have returned to Mohmand Agency....
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29 April 2011
At least 33 militants, two pro-government tribesmen and one soldier were killed in military actions and clashes in Kurram, Orakzai and Mohmand agencies on Thursday. Officials said helicopter gunships pounded three militant hideouts in Mirandi, Sangraba and Chinarak areas of central Kurram, killing 20 militants and injuring several others....
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21 April 2011
Masked militants slit the throat of a tribesman in front of hundreds of terrified local residents in Bara tehsil of Khyber Agency on Tuesday, sources said. They said that militants picked up Malang Meerak, a small-time vendor, from Meelwat area of Akkakhel and later brought him to Sheen Drang, a public place. They slaughtered him in front of hundreds of local residents, sources added. Sources said that militants forced the locals to witness the public...
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14 April 2011
"Pakistani jet fighters on Thursday pounded suspected hideouts in a Taliban-infested tribal district, killing at least 18 militants, administration and military officials said. The air strikes targeted fighters in the Baizai area of Mohmand on the Afghan border, local official Maqsood Amin told AFP. The same area in the lawless tribal region was scene of a bloody clash last week in which military officials reported 50 militants and four soldiers...
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07 April 2011
"Pakistan security forces backed by helicopters attacked Taliban positions in a volatile tribal region on the Afghan border on Thursday, killing at least 25 militants, a government official said. Security forces targeted militant hideouts in several villages in Mohmand, one of the seven ethnic Pashtun tribal lands on the Afghan border. 'We had information that militants had fled to these areas and planning to attack security forces so we went after...
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28 February 2011
"The ongoing anti-Taliban offensive in Pakistan’s Mohmand Agency has triggered a humanitarian emergency in the Federally Administered Tribal Areas (FATA) as well as the prompting of Taliban militants to carry out revenge attacks against security forces beyond the zone of operations. Thousands of civilians have fled the region since late January as search and sweep operations continue, accompanied by heavy aerial bombing, artillery fire and...
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