FR Peshawar: Security forces withdraw post operation

PESHAWAR:

Security forces withdrew from Hassan Khel, Frontier Region (FR) Peshawar on Saturday after a three-day-long search operation in the area.

According to local elders, the security forces ended their operation and have withdrawn. “They still have a presence in Kandao Asha Khel in FR Peshawar but have left Hassan Khel. They arrested three local militant commanders,” said an elder, requesting anonymity.

Another elder said Bazargai was a stronghold of militants who had already established their headquarters at a seminary in the area. However, he added, militants abandoned the headquarters and escaped before the military arrived.

Published in The Express Tribune, October 6^th, 2013.