CHARSADDA: Three alleged militants and five facilitators, including three women, were arrested in a joint action by police and security personnel in Mandani and Saro Kalley areas of Charsadda district here on Tuesday.

District police officer Suhail Khalid told Dawn by phone that the alleged militants were identified as Hashim Khan, Imdadullah and Mohammad Nabi. He said that the accused were shifted to undisclosed location for interrogation.

All the three detainees were Afghans and were involved in acts of terrorism, sources said.

In another action, Swat Scouts personnel raided a house in Saro Kalley area of Shabqaddar tehsil, and arrested five facilitators of terrorists, including three women. They were named Nasima Bibi and her two daughters, Sania and Noor Jehan, and two men Kamil and Sarhad. They were shifted to undisclosed location for interrogation.

Published in Dawn September 21st, 2016