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Seven killed, 16 injured in fresh Tirah Valley clashes

PESHAWAR: Fresh clashes between two militant groups on Wednesday killed 7 men and injured 16 others in the Tirah valley of Khyber Agency.

The clashes between Mangal Bagh’s Lashkar-e-Islam and Maulvi Mahboob’s Ansarul Islam have now continued for 12 days in the valley just miles off the Pakistan-Afghanistan border.

The death toll has risen to 89 following the fresh clashes, while 110 persons have been injured. The fighting between the rival militants has killed 500 men in last two years. nni



Bara operation ‘uncovers heads’



By Daud Khattak



PESHAWAR: Following the successful implementation of security operation ‘Seerat-e-Mustaqeem’, residents of Bara are once again free to leave their heads bare.

Lashkar-e-Islam chief Mangal Bagh, prior to the operation, had strictly enforced the wearing of caps and offering of prayers.

In fact, several ‘mujahids’ used to police the region and ensure that people in the Bara market were offering their prayers and wearing caps.

A Bara resident who studies at the University of Peshawar said that he used to travel with a cap in his pocket and would put it on whenever he crossed the border into Bara from Peshawar to appease Bagh’s men.

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