Gunships Shell Taliban Positions in South Waziristan
October 19, 2009 by Trend PK
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WANA, Pakistan: Gunships Shell Taliban Positions in South Waziristan, Forces helicopter gunships pounding on the positions of militants in tribal region of South Waziristan amid reports of casualties and militants in Shah regions Khaisur wangi troops take control of Shah wangi Monday. 
The advance of troops continued in the hotbed of militants in the region of South Waziristan, the security forces. The military has taken control of the Shah wangi area after fighting with the militants.
There were unconfirmed reports of militants killed in Khairsur and Shah wangi areas.
A news agency quoted foreign intelligence sources reported that at least eight militants were killed in a fierce battle in Khaisur area, where they approached the troop positions.
The army said Sunday that 60 militants and six soldiers have died since the offensive began on Saturday.
The military offensive is focused on removing Taliban militants linked to Mehsud tribe.
Some 10,000 activists from Pakistan and about 1,500 foreign fighters are believed to operate in the region.
Accounts of residents and those who flee from Sunday suggested that about 30,000 troops pushing through South Waziristan from three directions of the face more resistance in the Swat valley.
Up to 150,000 civilians – perhaps more – have left in recent months after the army made clear it planned an assault, but about 350,000 people may be in the region.
Gunships Shell Taliban Positions in South Waziristan was first posted on October 19, 2009 at 11:59 am.
4 Indian Soldiers, 2 Fighters killed in Kashmir
SRINAGAR: Army search operations triggered two separate gunbattles with suspected Muslim freedom fighters in the Indian-administered portion of Kashmir that killed at least six combatants, officials said Wednesday.
Two soldiers, including an officer, were fatally shot by suspected fighters early Wednesday in Baniyari, a village 28 miles (45 kilometers) northwest of Srinagar, the main city in Indian-occupied Kashmir, a police officer said on condition of anonymity because he was not authorized to talk to reporters.
The soldiers stormed a house after a tip that rebels were hiding there, the officer said. The insurgents retaliated with heavy gunfire, killing two of them, he said.
Another gunbattle killed two soldiers and two suspected rebels overnight in Ladoo, a forested area 40 miles (65 kilometers) west of Srinagar, said Col. K. Umamaheswar, an Indian army spokesman. Two other soldiers were wounded in the fighting, which started Monday, he said.
The fighting began after the army and police conducted search operations in the area, Umamaheswar said.
The accounts could not be independently verified, and there was no word from the freedom fighters who have been fighting Indian rule in disputed Kashmir since 1989. The two-decade-long uprising and Indian crackdown have killed more than 68,000 people, mostly civilians.
4 Indian Soldiers, 2 Fighters killed in Kashmir was first posted on September 23, 2009 at 6:36 pm.
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