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LANDI KOTAL: Militants beheaded a tribesman in public after accusing him of spying for security forces in Mehraban Kalay area of Tirah valley in Khyber Agency on Friday.
According to sources, the beheading was carried out in a market and militants ordered local people not to remove the body till evening.
Mehraban Kalay and adjacent areas are under control of the outlawed Tehreek-i-Taliban Pakistan (Tariq Afridi group), but Lashkar-i-Islam (LI) also has some influence.
Also read: At least 20 suspected militants killed in Tirah
The two groups joined hands after LI chief Mangal Bagh invited all outlawed militant groups to come to Bara and fight against security forces after the Khyber-1 military operation was launched against the LI on Oct 16.
Meanwhile, volunteers of the pro-government Tauheedul Islam group captured two sympathisers of LI and took them to an unspecified place. The two men have been identified as Niaz and Mehrab Gul.
In Bara, meanwhile, security forces and local political administration extended on Friday the deadline to Saturday noon for Sipah and Malikdin Khel tribes to vacate their homes. The deadline was extended after tribal elders sought more time to shift families to safe places.
In Kamar Khel area, security forces ordered residents to stay indoors at night and warned that anyone violating the order would be shot.
In a related development, the Fata Disaster Management Authority has said that 53,819 families comprising 364,960 people have so far moved out of Bara and Tirah valley. There are 213,195 children and 77,319 women among them.
The authority said on Friday that each family had been provided with one meal, free transportation and emergency health care. Children under the age of five have been vaccinated against polio.
Also on Friday, 39 militants belonging to LI, their two leaders Akbar and Javed among them, surrendered to security forces in Khyber Agency.
This is the largest group of LI militants to give up arms since the launching of an intelligence-based operation in the area.
Published in Dawn, November 15th, 2014
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Nov 15, 2014 07:19am
Come on Pak army...root out these cowards
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Nov 15, 2014 07:36am
How come the security agencies and the local public allowing these men to remain unreported
Public need to be prepared to report suspected activities and people immediately to authorities
Perhaps there should be a phone number that can be called where the caller id is kept completely confidential to encourage people to come forward as terrorism can't just be eradicated by security agencies, people have to play a big part
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Nov 15, 2014 07:53am
and people say what is the need for an operation.....
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Nov 15, 2014 08:01am
And yet Pakistani Govt prefers to waste both India's and their time on Kashmir!
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Nov 15, 2014 08:04am
Barbaric, indeed!! And these guys want to implement real Islam, unbelievably shocking.
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Nov 15, 2014 08:14am
The militants are real cowards.
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Nov 15, 2014 08:16am
Why did the political administration, khasadar force or the Army not try to stop the beheading?
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Nov 15, 2014 08:32am
What happened to ZarbiAzab ?????????
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Nov 15, 2014 08:40am
The operation have to be continue till the last terrorist illumination.
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Nov 15, 2014 08:41am
Pak army kindly bury the idea of good and bad Taliban. They are all the same. There is no other solution except to wipe this evil swiftly before they kill more of their enslaved people who look up to you for their freedom!
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Nov 15, 2014 09:03am
@faz It seems that our army is not getting due permission from govt to act in the region.
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Nov 15, 2014 09:03am
It is now time to start hanging terrorists in public. That is the only language they understand. This area of the Tirah valley should be the first place the army should start from
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Nov 15, 2014 09:06am
Its is scientifically proven that beheading is least painful of all punishment.. the divine law is beyond science and most merciful
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Nov 15, 2014 09:38am
Zarb e Azb needs some more effort , go pak army
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Nov 15, 2014 09:40am
The last line and the first line sums up the article
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Nov 15, 2014 09:42am
A brutal act from the enemies of peace.
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Nov 15, 2014 09:50am
Why publish this news and become unintentional marketing arm of militants. This news serves nothing but spread fear what these militants want.
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Nov 15, 2014 09:51am
If this is the situation than what are our brave soldiers doing in Khyber Agency. I think they only know the job of how to vacate the homes these poor people....
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Nov 15, 2014 09:54am
There are many constitutions in our country. Whatever is reported or happening is ample proof to announce that any group , any jirga, any person can bypass the judiciary, give judgements and implement them accordingly at will, any time, any where within the limits called boundary lines.
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Nov 15, 2014 10:00am
These people prey on the weak and highlight their 'accomplishments' in the most utmost dramatic and often stupendous manner.
The twist is, I am speaking for both sides.
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Nov 15, 2014 10:14am
Public beheading by rebels in a country which has nuclear weapons,a very dangerous situation indeed
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Nov 15, 2014 10:14am
soon these people will be vanished.... very soon....
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Nov 15, 2014 10:32am
@being human Pakistan does not have a nuclear bomb.
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Nov 15, 2014 10:36am
@Husain Jan
Lol. Pakistan army is more powerful than govt.
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Nov 15, 2014 10:42am
@Ali you said "...continue till the last terrorist illumination." LOL! Do you really want the terrorists lit up or eliminated?
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Nov 15, 2014 10:48am
Jungle raaz...
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Nov 15, 2014 10:49am
Pak Army is our last hope and Pak army must eliminate all dirty Talibans from our
land of pure.
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Nov 15, 2014 10:50am
InshaAllah Pak army will be succeed in this militant operation,Whole nation with you &we appreciate your all efforts without any doubt &let them(Terrorist) out from our beloved homeland Pakistan!!!!!!!!!!!!Pakistan Zindabad &Pak Army paindabad
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Nov 15, 2014 10:51am
The ruthlessness and sick mentality of the TTP and LI on display once again
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Nov 15, 2014 11:00am
It is difficult for army or civilian police to take action against the terrorists when these terrorists hide behind civilians and enjoy support of the local population. This is the exact situation in Kashmir.
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Nov 15, 2014 11:04am
This barbaric act justifies need of continued Operations until complete elimination of all terrorists.
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Nov 15, 2014 11:08am
@Jason
Then stop wasting our time and stop firing "6 bullets for 1" to acclaim your so called superiority. In fact Indian Army wants to mingle with Pakistan when they are busy fighting terrorists.
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Nov 15, 2014 11:09am
What a country!
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Nov 15, 2014 11:23am
@masroof so to sell more newspapers and talk shows
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Nov 15, 2014 11:24am
such type of activities are deeply rooted by dictators in past .now these elements are grown up and not in the control of neither army or govt
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Nov 15, 2014 11:55am
@Dr Rabcharan
You seem to be sympathetic to the killers? Or why use the word "punishment"? It indicates assumption of guilt on the part of the victim...
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Nov 15, 2014 12:11pm
@Jason Kashmir has nothing to do with this issue. It is an international dispute that has a UN resolution. It needs to be resolved according to the aspirations of the people of Kashmir. That will bring a lasting peace in the region between two nuclear states. World does not want to live continuously on the nuclear flashpoint.
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Nov 15, 2014 12:13pm
they rapidly coming toward us....
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Nov 15, 2014 12:14pm
@Rida Good and Bad Taliban is a regional as well as a global phenomenon. Pakistan cannot alone eliminate this phenomenon. Every other country involved in Afghanistan (including Afghanistan) has to give up its good terrorist.
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Nov 15, 2014 12:15pm
@Elyas this is the question but you would receive no answer whatsoever
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Nov 15, 2014 12:40pm
@Jason
Kashmir is not a waste of time :@
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Nov 15, 2014 12:45pm
These people can't even be called humans... And Calling them Muslims is just nonsensical.. Islam means peace. They give message of anything but peace.
Let's hope that our army can fumigate our country from these termites and their offsprings.
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Nov 15, 2014 12:59pm
@Dr Rabcharan some ghost must have come to tell you this because a living human being can't explain pain of beheading. Or you my be sarcarstic....
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Nov 15, 2014 02:28pm
Where is the Pakistani Army ?
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Nov 15, 2014 02:34pm
Pakistan army is to take the responsibility as they never listen their civilian government. Pak Army by their operation instead of wiping out terrorism they just displaced civilians and created further problems for civilian government due to their inefficiency.
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Nov 15, 2014 02:49pm
A conspiracy by India and non state actors and foreign hand. The world knows a Muslim cannot commit crime. So this story is all made up.
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Nov 15, 2014 03:29pm
@A shah yes sir you are right a muslim can not commit crime. Glory to Islam.
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Nov 15, 2014 03:58pm
infested society & nation are talking of human rights abuses else where, especially in J&K..? Many areas has no law and order or state control, every day hate killings on minorities and on end of economic collapse.
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Nov 15, 2014 04:05pm
Pak Army has further created complications by their operation. Wily NS succeeded in dragging Pak Army into this quagmire.
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Nov 15, 2014 04:24pm
Even staying alive has become a luxary in Pakistan
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Nov 15, 2014 04:41pm
Age old tactics to instill fear among people but in a more barbaric manner.
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Nov 15, 2014 06:30pm
Those who carried out this extrajudicial beheading of a fellow Muslim took law in their hands and are not true Muslims. In strongest words, these groups and subgroups are the worst enemies of Islam.
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Nov 15, 2014 06:43pm
Its about the time Pak Army get rid of this menace from Pakistan. Pak Army is professional and know how to deal with the crisis. It is a step by step operation and tirah valley and other areas are next in line once the operation is successful in other areas One thing is for sure that general raheel is not like Kayani who is there to complete his tenure as a chief, hes there to get the job done and save Pakistan from all the conspirators. May Allah protect and bless Pakistan.
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Nov 15, 2014 07:02pm
Our religion says that a body should be buried as soon as possible after death or execution. These callous murderers ordered the body not to be removed before evening which is a clear denial of Islamic teaching. In fact this is what happenened when Americans did not allow Qaddafi's burial for days and put his dead body on public display. This is not true Islam and these murderers are actually enemies of Islam.
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Nov 15, 2014 07:06pm
we salute and respect those muslims who decided to live with majority hinduism follower, thogh they were given attractive offer by pak, this is the fact that pak. must accept. those who leave india are now not happy with pak..day by day minorities are systamatically eliminated by pak. society.
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Nov 15, 2014 07:08pm
@Erik so are child labour, drug and human traficking, terrorism how come Anyone hardly see any urge on your part for these issues? UN also recognise Israel do you?? UN resolutions on Kashmir were non-binding and could have solved the issue at that time but you did not filfill conditions at that time
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Nov 15, 2014 08:49pm
Do pakistanis honestly think that Kashmiris want to be part of Pakistan
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Nov 15, 2014 09:01pm
@Irfan Umrani
They are your real problem..
wake up to reality.They will never let democracy function ..
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Nov 15, 2014 09:14pm
Bravo!
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Nov 15, 2014 09:26pm
I strongly belief public administration and forces were looking other way,in minutes cobras and PAF had the potential to hit pin point on information when mobile are more then chappati to eat,how come nobody report the events happening in a bazar-too bad.
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Nov 15, 2014 09:34pm
@sam Just few of them.
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Nov 15, 2014 10:05pm
@Rida To borrow the expression: The only good Taliban is a dead Taliban! By definition, a live Taliban can not be good who ever or where ever he or she is..
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Nov 15, 2014 10:51pm
KASHMIRI SEPERATISTS YOU Iike this way of life?
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Nov 16, 2014 01:24am
Please send Mr. Khan to negotiate with these Butchers!
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Nov 16, 2014 11:10pm
So what does PTI and Imran Khan say about it. Pakistani middle class is all ga-ga over IK. How long is he going to carry on his tamasha?
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Nov 17, 2014 03:34pm
@Irfan Umrani dirty taliban more pure than you because they are real muslims, it's hard to digest this reality
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Nov 17, 2014 05:02pm
@Merchant keep talking of "fellow muslim" and "Islam". When will you start thinking of yourself as a human being? As a co-traveller on this tiny little piece of rock called earth?
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