Security forces arrested nine men during a search operation in Khyber Agency's Jamrud tehsil on Monday, sources said. "Youse guys come with me!"
"Where you taking us?"
"Down to the station house!"
"For what?"
"Lookit, we're tryin' to get the infidels to throw another few billion our way. We gotta show that we're cleanin' up militancy in these here parts!"
"You gonna keep us long?"
"Coupla hours. We'll send out for pizza, watch some teevee, then you can go home."
"Well, okay. But I gotta leave by 11. I gotta blow up a girls' school at 11:15!"
The sources told Daily Times that the operation was launched in the area to recover a man abducted in Islamabad on Sunday. They said four of the men were arrested in Karkhano Market and five in Shakas. The men were allegedly aiding abductors and the Taliban. The security forces closed the Bara-Shakas Road for traffic, the sources added.