FROM KAMRAN SHAFI SAHIB
Thank you, General Kayani. Your good Taliban kill 18 Shia, abduct 45 in Hangu
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At least eighteen persons were killed and several others wounded in armed
persons' firing on passenger vehicles besides 45 persons were also abducted
along with the vehicle.
Unknown armed persons opened fires on a caravan of vehicles on way to Parachanar
from Tul at Bugan area of lower Kurram Agency. Two vehicles were set on fire by
the armed persons, report said. The injured have been shifted to Sada Hospital
of Kurram Agency.
Following the incident, the forces cordoned off the area and started search
operation. More than twenty Shias have lost their lives in four attacks on
passenger vehicles since the peace agreement made one and a half month ago.
It is a case of two separate attacks by pro-Taliban militants on two convoys of
vehicles carrying members of the minority Shia community in the tribal belt of
northwest Pakistan today, officials said.
In the first incident, militants ambushed a convoy of vehicles in the Kurram
tribal region. The vehicles, which were coming from Kurram Agency to
Khyber—Pakhtunkhwa capital Peshawar, were attacked in Bagan town. The 13 people
killed and eight more injured were all Shias, officials said.
Another five are reported to have died in hospital. The attackers set two
vehicles on fire before fleeing. Security forces cordoned off the area and
launched a search for the attackers.
In the second incident, militants targeted another convoy at Medani Dam in
Kurram Agency at noon and hijacked a vehicle with people in it. The vehicle was
taken to an undisclosed location in the restive tribal region. Three persons
injured in the attack were taken to nearby hospitals.
There were reports that the militants kidnapped 45 people and took them away in
three vehicles but this could not be independently confirmed.
No group claimed responsibility for either attack, however, extremist Deobandi
group Taliban (also known as Sipah-e-Sahaba) has in the past claimed
responsibility for attacks on Shia Muslims.
There have been four attacks within a fortnight on Shias, who travel to and from
Peshawar in convoys escorted by security forces due to fears of assaults by the
Taliban.
About 20 people were killed and 15 injured in the two previous attacks.
Kurram Agency and the adjoining Hangu district of Khyber—Pakhtunkhwa province
have witnessed numerous incidents of sectarian attacks on minority Shia Muslims
by the Takfiri Taliban / Sipah-e-Sahba militia which are considered closed to
Pakistan Army / ISI.
Shia leaders condemned today's attacks and said the security forces had failed
to protect the convoys.
All main roads to Kurram Agency were reopened in February after being closed for
almost four years. The assurance of security came from none other than the
Federal Interior Minister, Rehman Malik.
(Source: The News; The Hindu; Twitter)
Thank you, General Kayani. Your good Taliban kill 18 Shia, abduct 45 in Hangu
http://criticalppp.com/archives/43882
At least eighteen persons were killed and several others wounded in armed
persons' firing on passenger vehicles besides 45 persons were also abducted
along with the vehicle.
Unknown armed persons opened fires on a caravan of vehicles on way to Parachanar
from Tul at Bugan area of lower Kurram Agency. Two vehicles were set on fire by
the armed persons, report said. The injured have been shifted to Sada Hospital
of Kurram Agency.
Following the incident, the forces cordoned off the area and started search
operation. More than twenty Shias have lost their lives in four attacks on
passenger vehicles since the peace agreement made one and a half month ago.
It is a case of two separate attacks by pro-Taliban militants on two convoys of
vehicles carrying members of the minority Shia community in the tribal belt of
northwest Pakistan today, officials said.
In the first incident, militants ambushed a convoy of vehicles in the Kurram
tribal region. The vehicles, which were coming from Kurram Agency to
Khyber—Pakhtunkhwa capital Peshawar, were attacked in Bagan town. The 13 people
killed and eight more injured were all Shias, officials said.
Another five are reported to have died in hospital. The attackers set two
vehicles on fire before fleeing. Security forces cordoned off the area and
launched a search for the attackers.
In the second incident, militants targeted another convoy at Medani Dam in
Kurram Agency at noon and hijacked a vehicle with people in it. The vehicle was
taken to an undisclosed location in the restive tribal region. Three persons
injured in the attack were taken to nearby hospitals.
There were reports that the militants kidnapped 45 people and took them away in
three vehicles but this could not be independently confirmed.
No group claimed responsibility for either attack, however, extremist Deobandi
group Taliban (also known as Sipah-e-Sahaba) has in the past claimed
responsibility for attacks on Shia Muslims.
There have been four attacks within a fortnight on Shias, who travel to and from
Peshawar in convoys escorted by security forces due to fears of assaults by the
Taliban.
About 20 people were killed and 15 injured in the two previous attacks.
Kurram Agency and the adjoining Hangu district of Khyber—Pakhtunkhwa province
have witnessed numerous incidents of sectarian attacks on minority Shia Muslims
by the Takfiri Taliban / Sipah-e-Sahba militia which are considered closed to
Pakistan Army / ISI.
Shia leaders condemned today's attacks and said the security forces had failed
to protect the convoys.
All main roads to Kurram Agency were reopened in February after being closed for
almost four years. The assurance of security came from none other than the
Federal Interior Minister, Rehman Malik.
(Source: The News; The Hindu; Twitter)
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A.H Amin
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