11 soldiers, 24 militants killed in Mohmand

Security forces continue operations against militants in northwest regions of the country. PHOTO: EPA

Security forces on Friday killed 24 militants ?as they attempted to attack?checkposts in Mohmand Agency, officials have said. Eleven soldiers were killed in the clashes, officials said.

“About 150 Taliban militants attacked five Frontier Corps checkposts in Baidnami village near the border with Afghanistan,” a senior security official told AFP. “The attack was repulsed leaving 24 militants dead, and three of our men embraced martyrdom,”

Local administration officials in Ghalanai, the main town of Mohmand tribal district, and the paramilitary force confirmed the attack and casualties.

“Militants ran away, leaving behind dead bodies. Twelve soldiers were wounded in the fighting,” the official said.

Bodies of 10 militants have also been taken into custody, while gunship helicopters are?hovering in the area.

In a telephone call to AFP Taliban spokesman for Mohmand district Sajjad Mohmand claimed his fighters had killed 12 soldiers and captured a check post.

“We have killed 12 soldiers and occupied a check post,” Mohmand said.

He also said two paramilitary soldiers had been captured but security officials rejected the claim, saying no one was missing.

Mohmand district has seen much violence in the recent past. ?On December 6, twin suicide bombings killed 43 people in Ghalanai, about 175 kilometres (110 miles) northwest of Islamabad.

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Five TTP militants arrested in Lahore

Suspects taken to an unknown place by the Lahore police. PHOTO: AFP

LAHORE:?Five militants belonging to Tehrik-i-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) were arrested by Lahore police on Friday, during a raid in the city.

CCPO Lahore Aslam Tareen, during a press conference, confirmed the arrests of the TTP members. He also informed that a large cache weapons and explosives were recovered from the suspects.

Tareen said that the country is in a state of war with the Taliban, and although they cannot?guarantee?that incidents of terrorism will not take place in the future, the police is trying its best to take preventive measures.

Different measures are being taken by the police to maintain peace during Muharram.

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Militants seize district in volatile Afghan province

Parts of the Ghazni province are under the control the Taliban. PHOTO: FILE/REUTERS

GHAZNI:?A large number of insurgents attacked and seized a district in an Afghan province on Sunday night, officials said, the latest in a string of assaults on foreign and government targets.

Mohammad Yaseen, police commander for Khogyani district in Ghazni province, southwest of Kabul, told Reuters the militants had set fire to the district headquarters and police had suffered casualties defending the area.

Yaseen, who fled to the provincial capital, Ghazni city, did not know the exact number of casualties and said the insurgents were still holding the area.

The Interior Ministry released a statement later on Monday saying the provincial police chief had travelled to the area to investigate and that Afghan police had regained control.

Several rooms in the district centre and a police vehicle were destroyed in the attack, it said, but gave no details on casualties.

Zabihullah Mujahid, a spokesman for the Taliban, said the militant group had carried out the attack, adding the militants had seized police vehicles and weapons.

Taliban militants have seized similar districts in the past during the night only to retreat a few hours later, but Sunday’s raid highlights the fragile security in some of the remote districts around the country.

Violence in Afghanistan is at its worst since the beginning of the war more than nine years ago, with a spike in deaths on all sides of the conflict.

The rising casualties among foreign troops and civilians will likely be examined when US President Barack Obama reviews his Afghanistan war strategy in December and at a Nato summit in Lisbon this month.

The Ghazni assault was only the latest in a series of significant attacks by the militants in the past few days.

On Saturday, US and other Nato troops killed as many as90 insurgents during attacks in different parts of Afghanistan, calling in air strikes to repel an assault on a combat outpost in the southeastern province of Paktika.

US troops at the outpost in Paktika came under fire from rocket-propelled grenades, gunfire and mortars, the Nato-led International Security Assistance Force (Isaf) said.

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Forces kill militants 9 continuous operation of FATA

Forces claimed destroyed four caches of activists, but these claims could not be the subject of an independent audit.

PESHAWAR:Security forces claim to have killed nine militants and wounding 12 others in high Orakzai Office administrators including tribal areas (Fata).

Security sources declared activists targeted combat helicopters caches in Khdezai, Daper Pajar and Kasa, Saifal Darra in Tehsil Ismail Zai.Les areas security forces also claimed destroyed four militants hideouts in these areas.However, claims can be independently verified.

Previously, the military claimed that Orakzai Agency has been cleared of activists, including repatriation of IDPs commencés.Cependant, there were several attacks on security officers and persons who have returned subject to maintain peace in their respective fields.

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Operation Orakzai kills 13 militants

The fight against militancy in Orakzai has intensified since Friday when six paramilitary soldiers, including a senior officer were killed in an attack on a convoy of security forces bomb in restive tribal region.

ORAKZAI: security forces killed 13 militants during an operation of the Agency's Orakzai high on Sunday.

According to express 24/7 reporting justice Firdous, activists were killed after combat helicopters targeted the bastions of activists, killing 13 and wounding seven activists and destroying two caches.

The fight against militancy in Orakzai has intensified since Friday when six paramilitary soldiers, including a senior officer were killed in the attack of a bomb on a convoy of security forces in the tribal region agitée.Le (CF) paramilitary Frontier corps convoy attacked by an explosive improvised (FDI) in the region of Yakh Kandaw high Orakzai Agency.

Security forces were also killed 10 militants into the Upper Orakzai Office more early Saturday

Operation in the Agency Orakzai had ended officially, but the region has seen some militant activities aims as sabotage peace in the region.

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