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Pakistan army kill 8 militants, arrest 33 in operations
+ - 20:28, September 24, 2009
Pakistan's security forces killed eight Taliban militants and arrested another 33 in the search and clearance operations in northwest Pakistan's Swat and Malakand districts during the last 24 hours, the army said Thursday.
The army said in a daily update that the security forces killed eight militants early Thursday morning in Palai area near Dargai of Swat in exchange of fire, which also injured two security forces personnel.
During the operations in other areas of Swat, the security forces apprehended eight militants with another 25 including six children voluntarily surrendered to the forces, said the statement.
Militants attacked on Lashkar (local militia) in Sar Colony area resultantly two individuals of Lashkar were killed, said the army.
Elsewhere in the country's troubled northwest, 20 people have been killed in clashes between Qaumi Lashkar and militants in Bannu district.
According to sources, extremists opened fire on a peace Jirga in Janikhel area of Bannu, killing eight tribal elders and injuring five others including a child.
In the shootout between Qaumi Lashkar and the extremists, 12 people have been killed including four civilians, six militants and two members of the Qaumi Lashkar.
Meanwhile, Pakistan army say that its ongoing operations have severely dented the Taliban-led insurgency in the country's northwest. Military officials say the campaign is being gradually extended to what they consider the rebel stronghold, the region of Waziristan bordering Afghanistan.
Military authorities in Pakistan believe that the gains the anti-insurgency campaign has made in the past few months, in and around the Swat valley, have weakened the Taliban militants and set the stage for ridding the country of them.
They say the killing of nearly 2,000 militants, including key commanders, and arrest of some of the top Taliban leaders in the Swat offensive have helped bring down terrorist attacks in the country, in recent months.
In their recent talks with U.S. leaders, Pakistani officials have repeatedly urged Washington to give Islamabad the drone technology that the United States has used to take out several top Al-Qaeda and Taliban leaders in Pakistan's tribal areas.
Source: Xinhua
+ - 20:28, September 24, 2009
Pakistan's security forces killed eight Taliban militants and arrested another 33 in the search and clearance operations in northwest Pakistan's Swat and Malakand districts during the last 24 hours, the army said Thursday.
The army said in a daily update that the security forces killed eight militants early Thursday morning in Palai area near Dargai of Swat in exchange of fire, which also injured two security forces personnel.
During the operations in other areas of Swat, the security forces apprehended eight militants with another 25 including six children voluntarily surrendered to the forces, said the statement.
Militants attacked on Lashkar (local militia) in Sar Colony area resultantly two individuals of Lashkar were killed, said the army.
Elsewhere in the country's troubled northwest, 20 people have been killed in clashes between Qaumi Lashkar and militants in Bannu district.
According to sources, extremists opened fire on a peace Jirga in Janikhel area of Bannu, killing eight tribal elders and injuring five others including a child.
In the shootout between Qaumi Lashkar and the extremists, 12 people have been killed including four civilians, six militants and two members of the Qaumi Lashkar.
Meanwhile, Pakistan army say that its ongoing operations have severely dented the Taliban-led insurgency in the country's northwest. Military officials say the campaign is being gradually extended to what they consider the rebel stronghold, the region of Waziristan bordering Afghanistan.
Military authorities in Pakistan believe that the gains the anti-insurgency campaign has made in the past few months, in and around the Swat valley, have weakened the Taliban militants and set the stage for ridding the country of them.
They say the killing of nearly 2,000 militants, including key commanders, and arrest of some of the top Taliban leaders in the Swat offensive have helped bring down terrorist attacks in the country, in recent months.
In their recent talks with U.S. leaders, Pakistani officials have repeatedly urged Washington to give Islamabad the drone technology that the United States has used to take out several top Al-Qaeda and Taliban leaders in Pakistan's tribal areas.
Source: Xinhua
