11 முஸ்லீம் பயங்கரவாதிகள் பாகிஸ்தானில் கைது

ஏராளமான ஆயுதங்கள், ராக்கெட் லாஞ்சர்கள், ஏவுகணைகளுடன் 11 முஸ்லீம் பயங்கரவாதிகளை பாகிஸ்தான் ராணுவம் கைது செய்தது.

இவர்கள் அல்குவேதா பயங்கரவாதிகள் என்று கூறுகிறது. இவர்களில் ஒருவர் ஈராகை சேர்ந்தவர். மற்றொருவர் ஈரானை சார்ந்தவர்

இவர்களை கைப்பற்றுவதில் ஏராளமான ராணுவத்தினரை இழந்ததாக பாகிஸ்தான் ராணுவம் தெரிவிக்கிறது.

Eleven militants held in Pak
Press Trust of India
Sunday, July 1, 2007 (Islamabad)

Pakistani forces have arrested 11 militants and recovered huge cache of weapons including rocket launchers and missiles in special security operations in the country's restive Balochistan province.

The insurgents were arrested with weapons including 2 rocket launchers with 40 missiles and 23 kg of explosive material in special operations during the last two days in Sui sub division area in Balochistan's Dera Bugti district, the Online News said.

In another operation, the security forces recovered 25 rounds and defused a landmine. Three suspected Al-Qaeda militants were arrested on the porus Pakistan-Iran border while trying to enter the restive Balochistan province on Friday.

The infiltrators, including two Iraqis and one Iranian, were trying to enter the Taftan area into Balochistan province, the border authorities were quoted as saying by the PakTribune online.

The police had nabbed three militants suspected to be Al-Qaeda activists from southwestern Balochistan region earlier this month.

Pakistani security agencies arrested former Taliban defence minister Mullah Obaidullah Akhund from a hotel in Quetta in March.

Pakistan's northern area bordering Afghanistan has been a haven for Islamist militants who have been engaged in violent activities in different parts of the world, including Afghanistan, Chechnya, China and India.

Efforts to flush them out of their hideouts in the tribal areas, where they have received patronage from the local warlords, has put them in direct conflict with the Pakistan Army, which has suffered heavy losses while engaging the militants.