12 extremists killed in Orakzai action
PESHAWAR: At least 12 extremists were killed and nine others injured in an action by the security forces following attack on their check post, Geo News reported Monday.
According to sources, the extremists attacked on a security check post in Orakzai area injuring two security personnel including an officer.
Soon afterwards, the security forces returned the attacked killing 12 extremists and injuring nine others.
It should be mentioned here that offensive against extremists is underway in Orakzai Agency for last 11 weeks, where at least 1400 extremists have been killed thus far with 160 hideouts of the militants pounded.
Meantime, two factions entered in armed conflict over water issue in Kurram Agency, where three men were killed and various others injured.
Blast in Nepal, 3 Dead
December 28, 2009 by Trend PK
Filed under World News
KATHMANDU: Blast in Nepal, 3 Dead, Three people were killed and two others injured on Monday when a bomb suspected by police to be a left-over from Nepal’s civil war went off in the southwest of the country, officials said.
“Three people of a same family died on the spot and two were seriously injured,” police officer Prabin Adhikari, told media from Chitwan district, 80 kilometres (50 miles) southwest of Kathmandu.
The blast occurred while the family was working on the field at the back of their house on Monday morning, according to police.
“We suspect the bomb must have been left unattended on the field during the armed conflict,” Adhikari said.
Rebel Maoists waged a 10-year war against the government until a peace deal was struck in 2006.
Many unexploded bombs litter the country, left in villages and jungles during the conflict, which claimed the lives of more than 16,000 people.
Blast in Nepal, 3 Dead was first posted on December 28, 2009 at 1:06 pm.
