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Saturday, October 17, 2009
By our correspondent
KHAR: Three militants were killed and seven persons, including three security forces personnel, sustained injuries in the operation against the Taliban in Salarzai Tehsil of Bajaur Agency on Friday.
Official and tribal sources said that security forces backed by the local tribal Lashkar conducted an operation against militants in Mulla Said Killay and adjoining areas in Salarzai and Mamond Tehsils, killing three militants and injuring two others. Three security forces personnel also sustained injuries while an artillery shell hit a house in the area, wounding two civilians.
Security forces also defused three remote-controlled bombs planted in various areas in Salarzai.A number of tribal elders in Mamond Tehsil have announced support for security forces in their efforts to flush out militants from the area, the sources said. Meanwhile, tribesmen started returning to their homes in Charmang in Nawagai tehsil after security forces took control of the area.
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