Saturday, June 27, 2009

Pakistani Tribesmen Kill 5 Taliban


Great news! It appears that more and more lashkars (Pakistani version of the Iraqi awakenings) are stepping up to the plate. The story below from Dawn details an operation today that saw a lashkar kill 5 Taliban:


Five militants killed in Upper Dir

UPPER DIR: At least five militants were killed and several others injured in clashes between the Taliban and armed villagers in Doog Darra area of Upper Dir on Saturday.
The militants attacked the security forces at Beranjo Kas on Friday night but no casualties occurred in the incident. The soldiers retaliated the attack and hit a house with artillery fire, killing two militants and injuring three others.
On Saturday morning, the militants attacked the lashkar fighters with rockets and other weapons at Faqri Dherai Shot Bala Doog darra.
The armed villagers, who have ringed the Taliban, returned the fire backed by the artillery shelling of the security forces. Lashkar and local sources said that at least three militants were killed and several others injured in the attack.
The lashkar sources claimed that the number of the militants casualties was high as they had intercepted a conversation of the Taliban in which they said that they had suffered a susbstantial loss.

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