Militant commander, accomplice arrested from Mardan
Official sources say they raided house in Mardan when upon receving information from locals about militant's...
PESHAWAR:
Security forces captured a Swat Taliban commander and his accomplice from Mardan who had earlier escaped a military offensive in 2009.
Official sources said that they raided a house in Mardan when they received the information from the residents about the militant Hazrat Bilal’s presence in the area.
The sources added that, earlier, when operation “Rah-e-Rast” was launched in Swat to hunt down militants back in 2009, around 4,500 militants were arrested; however, some militants had managed to escape.
Officials said that intelligence officials were still chasing the militants and said that a number of militants were arrested with the support of the locals.
“We aim to continue the chase and will arrest those who had escaped the operation. We have detained Bilal along with his close ally from Mardan,” the official said.
According to the official, more than 1300 intelligence based search operations have been conducted in Swat so far.
Security forces captured a Swat Taliban commander and his accomplice from Mardan who had earlier escaped a military offensive in 2009.
Official sources said that they raided a house in Mardan when they received the information from the residents about the militant Hazrat Bilal’s presence in the area.
The sources added that, earlier, when operation “Rah-e-Rast” was launched in Swat to hunt down militants back in 2009, around 4,500 militants were arrested; however, some militants had managed to escape.
Officials said that intelligence officials were still chasing the militants and said that a number of militants were arrested with the support of the locals.
“We aim to continue the chase and will arrest those who had escaped the operation. We have detained Bilal along with his close ally from Mardan,” the official said.
According to the official, more than 1300 intelligence based search operations have been conducted in Swat so far.