Posted on 12/11/2009 1:32:15 PM PST by NormsRevenge
PESHAWAR, Pakistan (AFP) – Pakistan's military on Friday killed 20 insurgents in operations against Taliban strongholds, as the prime minister warned that militants were striking back with attacks in big cities.
Armed forces this year launched multiple operations across the northwest tribal belt bordering Afghanistan, the stronghold of the Pakistani Taliban and a haven for Al-Qaeda fighters and other militants.
In Orakzai district in the centre of the tribal belt, nine militants were killed and two hideouts destroyed in airstrikes on the villages of Ghiljo and Mamoonzai, paramilitary force spokesman major Fazalur Rehman told AFP.
The UN said Friday that more than 40,000 civilians had fled the military operation in Orakzai and were in need of humanitarian assistance.
In neighbouring Khyber district, which is on the main land route to Afghanistan, seven militants were killed in a shoot-out with Pakistani troops at Shalobar village, officials in the area said.
Separately, in northwestern Swat valley outside the tribal belt but also the focus of a military offensive, troops killed four militants.
They included a man named as a local militant commander, Bacha Akbar, military spokesman Major Mushtaq Khan told AFP.
It was not possible to independently verify the death tolls as the areas are out of bounds to journalists and aid workers.
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Pakistani soldiers stand guard on the outskirts of northwest capital Peshawar on December 3. Pakistan's military on Friday killed 20 insurgents in operations against Taliban strongholds, as the prime minister warned that militants were striking back with attacks in big cities. (AFP/File/A Majeed)
add to this..
Pakistan Media: Drone Killed Qaeda’s (Update - Kill has been Confirmed)
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2405549/posts
not a bad week’s work..
Dum question: What is a militant?
What is a militant?
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They’re kind of like an motivated insurgent or something.. not a militia per se..
I guess we could just call them ‘fair game’ if they’re packing an ak47 or rpg . ;-)
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