Six Taliban camps destroyed in Hangu

Published September 16, 2009

The security forces blew up six camps of Taliban after entering into Chappri Naryab area of Hangu district.—Photo by AP

KOHAT The security forces blew up six camps of Taliban after entering into Chappri Naryab area of Hangu district on Tuesday night.

The militants had re-entered the area after the last year's operation and had enforced their style of Sharia in several towns and villages near Orakzai Agency.

They had destroyed a private health centre in Kurt area, located at the border between Hangu and Kurram Agency on Monday night. 

The security forces targeted the hideouts of militants on Kurram-Hangu border after the incident. The security forces had been using air force and artillery against militants in the area for the last three years.

According to Taliban sources 120 militants were eliminated in the air strikes during the last month.

An eyewitness, privy to the activities of the Taliban in the area, said that suicide bombers were trained there and then dispatched to Punjab in vehicles loaded with explosives via Kohat-Mianwali road.

On Sunday, Mianwali police started patrolling Indus River after banning all commercial boat service between southern parts of NWFP and Punjab following reports that terrorists had been using it.

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