Security forces pounded Taliban hideouts in various areas of Mamoond tehsil of Bajaur Agency on Monday, injuring four people. According to local residents, armed men fired eight rockets at the agency headquarters, Khar. No casualty was reported. A house was also damaged in the shelling. Separately, armed men burned the houses of eight pro-government tribal elders in the tehsil. On Thursday, a grand jirga of the Salarzai tribes had resolved that they would not allow outsiders on their land. The gathering had discussed the recent attacks on tribal lashkars and a new strategy to meet the challenges. The elders had asked the government to establish more security posts to ensure the government's writ.