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Nine Suspected Militants Detained in Afghanistan
American Forces Press Service
WASHINGTON, July 15, 2007 – Afghan and coalition forces captured nine extremists today during a joint operation in Nangarhar province, Afghanistan, officials reported.
Credible intelligence led coalition forces to a compound in the Chaparhar district suspected of providing sanctuary to Taliban militants. Nine men were detained and will be questioned about their involvement in militant activities.
“Afghan and coalition forces will continue to work together to deter insurgents from disrupting the peace and stability in Afghanistan,” said Army Maj. Chris Belcher, a Combined Joint Task Force-82 spokesman.
No shots were fired during the operation, no damage was done and there were no injuries or civilian deaths.
(Compiled from a Combined Joint Task Force 82 news release)
BANNU/CHAKDARA: A remote control bomb attack on caravan of the security forces injured four security officials near Bannu Airport while the rocket fired on Malakand University in Chakdara suspended the electricity supply.
According to a private TV Channel, four security officials were injured when a caravan of the security officials was going to Bannu from Meeran on Saturday. The remote control bomb was planted alongside the road. The injured were shifted to nearby hospitals and the area was cordoned off by the security officials.
A rocket was also fired on Malakand University in Chakdara which hit the electricity wires and suspended the electricity supply, however no loss of life was reported. The Police, meanwhile after recovered a rocket foiled it.
It may be recalled that the security forces were deployed in the University and the rocket was fired to target Security Forces. Nearly 45 suspected people were arrested. Meanwhile, more contingents of the security forces have been deployed in Sawat and Tank aiming to tackle any expected reaction after Lal Masjid operation . According to a private TV Channel, more 12,000 army personnel have been deployed in Swat, Tank, Dera, Bannu and Laki Marawat on the request of NWFP Government. Besides that a wing of Khyber Rifle constituted of 500 persons has also arrived in the areas.
The Provincial Government in this regard said that additional troops on its request have also been deployed in Tank and Sawat to deal possible reaction after Lal Masjid operation. Head Tank Police, Mumtaz Zareen while talking to a private TV Channel said that the arrival of 4,000 troops in Tank has started which would be completed in the next few days. He said that 600 youth from Masud Barki tribe and Batni tribe have been recruited, among them, 300 Scouts Force and 300 Militia included.
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Bomb attacks in northwest Pakistan kill 70 over weekend
July 16, 2007
PESHAWAR, Pakistan - Militants in northwest Pakistan tore up a peace pact with the government and launched suicide attacks and bombings that killed at least 70 people, in a dramatic escalation of violence in the al-Qaida infiltrated region.
The weekend attacks followed strident calls by extremists to avenge the government's bloody storming of Islamabad's Red Mosque and a declaration of jihad, or holy war, by at least one pro-Taliban cleric. Termination of the peace treaty, the hopeful handiwork of President Gen. Pervez Musharraf, puts even greater pressure on the military leader as he wrestles with both Islamic extremists and a gathering pro-democracy movement.
There is concern in Pakistan that the gathering sense of crisis could prompt Musharraf to cancel elections due later this year and declare a state of emergency - despite his repeated denials.
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Glasgow airport bomber had frequent communications with Malta
Saturday, July 14, 2007
Kafeel Ahmed, who suffered 90 per cent burns after driving a blazing Jeep Cherokee into Glasgow airport on 30 June, and also linked to the two unexploded car bombs in central London the previous day, was in frequent contact with Malta in the months leading up to the series of foiled terrorist attacks according to Indian police.
Indian investigators probing the activities of two Indian brothers, Kafeel and Sabeel Ahmed, allegedly at the centre of the recent terrorism plots, say they have found a SIM card used by Kafeel Ahmed when he was last in India between December 2005 and May 2007.
Using mobile phone forensic techniques, Indian police say they have analysed a SIM card and mobile phone line used by Kafeel Ahmed that was registered in his father’s name. The analyses, according to Bangalore police investigators, have revealed what they describe as “frequent communications” with Malta, the UK, Finland, Saudi Arabia and Oman.
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