Security forces action in Orakzai kills 14 militants
PARACHINAR: Security forces backed by jet fighters targeted two vehicles of militants in Orakzai Agency, killing 14 militants.
According to sources, the security forces with help of jet fighters pounded suspected hideouts of militants near Dogar area in Orakzai Agency.
Two militants’ vehicles were also targeted in the area in which 14 militants were killed including their key commander identified as Amjad Farooqui. Several other militants were also injured in the action.
The offensive against militants continues in the area where militants’ suspected hideouts and vehicles are being searched.
US senator: Pakistan must take on Haqqani network
KABUL: A senior US senator urged Pakistan to crack down on the al-Qaida-linked Haqqani insurgent network, which operates on both sides of the country”s border with Afghanistan.
Sen. Carl Levin, chairman of the Armed Services Committee, said he does not think the Haqqani network will ever make peace and he vowed to push to include the group on the US terrorist blacklist.
The senator praised Pakistan for its help in fighting terrorism and for taking on other militants such as the Pakistan Taliban, but he said the country”s reluctance to push into the North Waziristan area run by the Haqqanis is hurting the war effort in Afghanistan.
“They are not following through and have not followed through by going after one of the truly great threats that face us here in Afghanistan, which is the coming into Afghanistan from Pakistan of Haqqani fighters,” the Democrat from Michigan told reporters in Kabul on Sunday at the end of his two-day visit.
PPP to observe Black Day if court summons Hakim Zardari
LAHORE: Senior Punjab Minister Raja Riaz Ahmad warned that Pakistan People”s Party (PPP) would observe Black Day if any court summoned Hakim Zardari, 83, who is father of President Asif Ali Zardari, Geo News reported Tuesday.
Addressing a press conference here, he urged Punjab should not emanate to other provinces the message of hatred, as myriad of bodies have already been sent from Punjab.
He added it would not be tolerated if any more dead body was dispatched from Punjab to any other province.
Riaz asserted Hakim Ali Zardari is being maligned for being the father of President Zardari, cautioning the practice will augment but hatreds with deleterious impact to democracy.
Hakim Zardari is ailing and dragging him to courts will benefit the forces wishing ill for democracy and Pakistan, he added.
Court orders production of Sufi Muhammad on July 20
SWAT: Anti Terrorism Court (ATC) ordered production of Maulana Sufi Muhammad, central ameer of defunct Tahrik Naafaz-e-Shariat Muhammadi (TNSM) on July 20.
He could not be presented before the court today due to some unknown reasons, but 30 other militants including three sons of Sufi Mohammad, Abdullah, Abdul Rehman and Fazlullah were produced.
The court heard the cases filed against these militants.
On 26 July 2009, the Khyber Pakthunkhwa government arrested the cleric for encouraging violence and terrorism.
He was arrested from Sethi Town in Peshawar. On August 2, 2009, Swat police had charged him under various sections including sedition, aiding terrorism and conspiracy.
Interpol notices sought against Kasab, Ansari
RAWALPINDI: Pakistan has approached the Interpol on Saturday seeking Red Corner notices for arresting Ajmal Kasab and Fahim Ansari, currently undergoing trial in India.
This was stated by Special Public Prosecutor Malik Rab Nawaz Moon as an anti-terrorism court conducting the trial of the seven 26/11 attack accused, adjourned the hearing in the case till April 17.
During the proceedings, the prosecution said the government had been approached to ask Interpol to issue Red Corner notices for Ansari and Kasab.
Sixteen Militants and Two Commanders Sixteen Militants and Two Commanders Nabbed
MINGORA: Security forces arrested 16 terrorists including two commanders during last 24 hours as search and clearance operation underway in Swat and Malakand region, military spokesman said.
Local militant commander Muaz and Jannat Gul were arrested from Fazaghat and Bajaurakalay along with 14 other militants, a military spokesman said on Sunday.
Meanwhile, four militants surrender before the troops, spokesman said.
Sixteen Militants and Two Commanders Sixteen Militants and Two Commanders Nabbed was first posted on September 27, 2009 at 3:23 pm.
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1 militant killed in Mendhar Encounter
Mendhar: One militant was killed in an encounter with security forces in Mendhar in Jammu and Kashmir on Monday morning. According to sources, the encounter is still on.
The militant, who was killed in retaliatory fire, is yet to be identified. Two other militants escaped from a house in the area, but are still battling security forces.
Reports of the encounter came as Defence Minister A K Antony is visiting Rajouri sector in Jammu and Kashmir to review security for the Lok Sabha polls and an update on infiltration bids by militants from across the international border.
Antony is being accompanied by Defence Secretary Vijay Singh and Indian Army chief Deepak Kapoor.
The Defence Minister’’s visit to the border state comes in the wake of intelligence reports that over 400 militants were ready to cross into the state to target political leaders touring the state.
1 militant killed in Mendhar Encounter was first posted on April 27, 2009 at 11:16 am.
Pakistan Still Aiding Kashmir Rebels: India
SRINAGAR: India’s army on Saturday accused Pakistani forces of helping Muslim guerrillas attempting to sneak into its disputed Kashmir region from the Pakistani side.
The Indian army produced a man they said was a Pakistani national who was among 120 people who had infiltrated into the Himalayan region this month, including around 30 militants, 40 porters and guides.
Most of the militants were killed in separate gun battles, Brigadier Gurmit Singh, a senior army officer, told a news conference in Srinagar, Kashmir’s summer capital.
“The weapons, communication equipment … the method of communication between infiltrating militants and the launch pad, it is quite evident that the armed forces across (Pakistan) do support them (militants),” Singh said.
He said large quantity of arms and ammunition, including 30 AK-47 rifles, 13,000 rounds and 245 grenades were recovered from a militant hideout near the Line of Control, a military control line that divides Kashmir between India and Pakistan.
India consistently accuses Pakistan of aiding a violent separatist revolt in Muslim-majority Kashmir, where tens of thousands of people have been killed since a revolt against New Delhi’s rule broke out in 1989.
“I was told that there was oppression in Kashmir, I was motivated for joining the jihad and imparted training in Pakistan and sent here to join the other militants,” Moieen Ullah, the captured militant, said.
The two countries, who have fought two of their three wars over the disputed Kashmir region that both claim in full but rule only in part, launched a slow moving peace process in 2004.
Pakistan Still Aiding Kashmir Rebels: India was first posted on April 26, 2009 at 10:02 am.
