while security forces demolished five bases of a banned...the word
bannedseems to have a different meaning in Pakistain than it does in most other places. Or maybe it simply lacks any meaning at all...
organization in Bara on Saturday, sources said.
They said that a mortar shell, fired during the clash of orc groups, fell on the house of Meera Jan, resulting in killing of six members of his family including children and women. At least six more persons were also injured in the incident.
Sources said that the incident occurred when two rival orc groups targeted each other positions with heavy weapons in Sipah area of Tirah valley.
The area is under the control of Mangal Bagh
...a former bus driver, now head of the Deobandi bandido group Lashkar-e-Islam and the Terror of Khyber Agency...
-led Lashkar-i-Islam. However,
a lie repeated often enough remains a lie...
its authority is said to be challenged by the rival Ansaarul Islam.
Meanwhile,
...back at the Council of Boskone, Helmuth had turned a paler shade of blue. Star-A-Star had struck again...
security forces razed to ground at least six hideouts of Lashkar-i-Islam in Dro Adda locality of Akkakhel area in Bara on Saturday during a search operation.
Officials said that security forces initiated the operation after bully boyz killed at least four volunteers of a pro-government peace committee in the area on Thursday.
They said that houses of two important LI commanders -- Mehboob Khan and Said Alam -- were among the demolished buildings.
Security forces imposed an indefinite curfew in the area before the start of the operation and claimed to have placed in durance vile at least 30 suspected bully boyz before their hideouts were demolished.
Forces also claimed to have impounded three cycle of violences and seized arms and ammunition during the search operation.
In Malakdin Khel area, a woman, who was critically injured in a mortar attack, succumbed to her injuries on Saturday. The incident took place on Thursday when forces pounded orc hideouts with heavy artillery firing in the area. The dear departed woman was wife of Sher Haider.
Security forces had earlier ordered all the families in Malakdin Khel and Sipah localities to vacate their houses to avoid losses. Nearly 3,500 families have so far moved out of the area since then.
Asif Ali 
NATO and Afghan troops clashed with suspected Taliban insurgents on Monday in southern Afghanistan, shortly before calling in an airstrike on a compound that left two militants dead, a spokesman said. The clash started when militants opened fired and lobbed mortars toward NATO and Afghan troops in the Gereshk district of Helmand province, said