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To: IQBAL LATIF who wrote (49166)	9/29/2005 8:07:42 PM
From: IQBAL LATIF	Respond to of 50167

40 militants killed in North Waziristan * Military uses Cobra helicopters to attack militants * Army loses five soldiers in operation * Haqqani’s nephew arrested By Iqbal Khattak PESHAWAR: As many as forty militants and five soldiers were reportedly killed in fresh clashes between security forces and miscreants in Khatey Kali area, 60 kilometres west of North Waziristan Agency’s headquarters Miranshah on Thursday. The firing between the two sides continued till the evening as security forces cordoned off the entire area and suspected militants trapped in the mountainous region were trying hard to break the siege. Maj Gen Shaukat Sultan, the Inter-Services Public Relations director general, told Daily Times that security forces had cordoned off the Khatey Kali area after suspected militants attacked paramilitary personnel and soldiers. He said they had arrested former Taliban commander Maulvi Jalaluddin Haqqani’s nephew Ahmed on terrorism charges. He added that Ahmed was involved in terrorism activities and his arrest was a major breakthrough. Two weeks ago, security forces raided Haqqani’s madrassa in Miranshah and seized a huge cache of weapons, including a drone and arrested more than a dozen suspected militants. In Thursday’s operation, the military used Cobra helicopters to pound militants. Gen Shaukat said he had no reports of casualties on either side but tribal sources put the number of casualties at around 40 on the militants’ side. “There are casualties on both sides. But what we have heard, which is not confirmed by the security agencies, is that 40 militants and around five soldiers were killed in the daylong exchange of fire,” residents in Miranshah told Daily Times by phone. They said that bodies were lying on the ground and neither side could retrieve them due to heavy fire. A jirga (tribal court), however, was negotiating temporary ceasefire to let both sides retrieve the bodies. Gen Shaukat acknowledged that the jirga was meeting. “We prefer the militants surrender peacefully and also to ensure that women and children are allowed to leave the cordoned area. We take extra care of non-combatants,” the military spokesman said. However, he stopped short of confirming that the jirga was negotiating the ceasefire to help both sides retrieve the bodies. “The cordon of the area is still on and the operation continues,” he said. It is the first time that the militants engaged the security forces in North Waziristan as most of the recent operations met no significant resistance. Meanwhile, a revenue officer’s bodyguard was killed and six army personnel were injured during a fire exchange between soldiers and militants in the Hamzoni area of North Waziristan, NNI reported. According to details, the assailants opened fire on army personnel when they tried to surround the Jaton Khati village. Mir Jush was killed during the army helicopters’ bombing on the village.

To: IQBAL LATIF who wrote (49166)	10/1/2005 4:34:01 PM
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