The owners were reportedly cooperating with the area’s Aman Lashker in terms of providing information about the Taliban. PHOTO: FILE
Dozens of armed militants attacked the houses around midnight. The attackers were armed with RPG-7 rockets and heavy machine guns. After an hour of intense gun battle, the people inside the houses were forced to flee. Once vacant, the militants burned them down.
“One house was completely destroyed while the other was badly damaged,” said a local police official, adding that owners of both the houses were criminals.
The owners were reportedly cooperating with the area’s Aman Lashker in terms of providing information about the Taliban.
“There were reports that the militants had made a few family members hostage, however it was later proven to be a rumour,” police official added.
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FATA and the surrounding area for long has been the safe sanctuary for various criminals. Kidnaping, killing, drugs and alcohol production and smuggling. Even many political and establishment figures were involved and might be to use such criminals at various occasion and against political rivals. While for long this area have totally ignored; no developmental funds, road, hospitals, school and colleges, health centres, industry and jobs opportunities meaning that the people were left behind how to survive. Hence after decades finally a group of local people (Mungal Bagh etc.) who were against such criminal activities took stand and tried themselves to over through such crimes and criminal sanctuaries from the area. Whose later were blamed militants and against the writ of the Government?