11 militants die in Dir Upper
Saturday, June 20, 2009
The News International, Pakistan, Saturday, June 20, 2009
PESHAWAR: Eleven Taliban combatants were killed in Doog Darra area of Dir Upper by armed villagers and artillery shelling by security forces as the militants started fleeing the area after giving up resistance.
Also, the Chitral police arrested 10 fleeing militants, including an Afghan national, who was in an injured condition, when they sneaked into the district to escape the villagersí onslaught. The armed villagers have ringed the Taliban militants, led by Afghan commander Amir Khitab, since June 6 in the mountains in Doog Darra area.
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PESHAWAR: Eleven Taliban combatants were killed in Doog Darra area of Dir Upper by armed villagers and artillery shelling by security forces as the militants started fleeing the area after giving up resistance.
Also, the Chitral police arrested 10 fleeing militants, including an Afghan national, who was in an injured condition, when they sneaked into the district to escape the villagersí onslaught. The armed villagers have ringed the Taliban militants, led by Afghan commander Amir Khitab, since June 6 in the mountains in Doog Darra area.
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Labels: Dir, Malakand Operation, Militancy, War on Terror
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Tuesday, June 9, 2009
The News International, Pakistan
Tuesday, June 09, 2009
In Dir, villagers …angered by the suicide bombing at a mosque that killed 33 people … have laid siege to Taliban strongholds and killed 13 militants. The clashes are evidence of growing hatred for the Taliban and the havoc they have created. Villagers, who formed 'lashkars' and stormed five villages where militants were thought to be based, are said to be determined to drive them out of their territory and out of their lives. It is possible that others will take similar action. Even before the ongoing military operation began in earnest, bands of tribesmen in various parts of the northern areas had expressed a determination to act against the Taliban. On several occasions their resolve was met with suicide bombings targeting anti-Taliban gatherings.
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Tuesday, June 09, 2009
In Dir, villagers …angered by the suicide bombing at a mosque that killed 33 people … have laid siege to Taliban strongholds and killed 13 militants. The clashes are evidence of growing hatred for the Taliban and the havoc they have created. Villagers, who formed 'lashkars' and stormed five villages where militants were thought to be based, are said to be determined to drive them out of their territory and out of their lives. It is possible that others will take similar action. Even before the ongoing military operation began in earnest, bands of tribesmen in various parts of the northern areas had expressed a determination to act against the Taliban. On several occasions their resolve was met with suicide bombings targeting anti-Taliban gatherings.
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Labels: Dir, Taliban, War on Terror
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Villagers besiege 200 Taliban in Dir
Monday, June 8, 2009
Daily Times, Pakistan
Monday, June 08, 2009
* Tribesmen furious over Dir mosque bombing kill 13 Taliban in two days of fighting
* Lashkar clears three villages
* Locals say Taliban must go
ISLAMABAD: Hundreds of tribesmen furious over a deadly suicide bombing at a mosque have laid siege to around 200 Taliban in Upper Dir, killing 13 in total – nine of them on Sunday, according to officials and a private TV channel.
The weekend clashes appeared to be the latest evidence of growing anti-Taliban sentiment in Pakistan – a shift that comes as suicide attacks have surged and the military wages an offensive in the nearby Swat valley.
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Monday, June 08, 2009
* Tribesmen furious over Dir mosque bombing kill 13 Taliban in two days of fighting
* Lashkar clears three villages
* Locals say Taliban must go
ISLAMABAD: Hundreds of tribesmen furious over a deadly suicide bombing at a mosque have laid siege to around 200 Taliban in Upper Dir, killing 13 in total – nine of them on Sunday, according to officials and a private TV channel.
The weekend clashes appeared to be the latest evidence of growing anti-Taliban sentiment in Pakistan – a shift that comes as suicide attacks have surged and the military wages an offensive in the nearby Swat valley.
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Labels: Dir, Lashkars Suicide Attacks, Taliban, War on Terror
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Suicide bombing kills 40 in Dir mosque
Saturday, June 6, 2009
Daily Times, Pakistan
Saturday, June 06, 2009
* Over 70 injured as suicide bomber rips through worshippers in Hayagai Sharqai village of Upper Dir during Friday prayers
* Toll likely to rise as several people trapped under debris of severely damaged mosque
LOWER DIR: At least 40 people were killed and another 70 injured on Friday when a suicide bomber blew himself up outside a mosque in Hayagai Sharqai village in Upper Dir district, sources said.
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Saturday, June 06, 2009
* Over 70 injured as suicide bomber rips through worshippers in Hayagai Sharqai village of Upper Dir during Friday prayers
* Toll likely to rise as several people trapped under debris of severely damaged mosque
LOWER DIR: At least 40 people were killed and another 70 injured on Friday when a suicide bomber blew himself up outside a mosque in Hayagai Sharqai village in Upper Dir district, sources said.
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Labels: Dir, Extremism, Militancy, Suicide Attacks, Suicide Bombing, Taliban, Terrorism, War on Terror
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