பள்ளிக்கூடங்களுக்கு குண்டுவைக்கும் தாலிபான் வீரர்கள் குண்டுவெடித்து நேராக சுவனத்துக்கு சென்றனர்

பள்ளிக்கூடங்களுக்கு குண்டுவைக்கும் தாலிபான் வீரர்கள் குண்டு செய்துகொண்டிருக்கும்போது குண்டுவெடித்து நேராக சுவனத்துக்கு சென்றனர்.

மற்றொரு இடங்களில் அமைதிமார்க்க தாலிபான் வீரர்கள் வங்கி ஊழியர் ஒருவரோடு வெற்றிகரமாக போராடி, அவரது தலையை துண்டித்துள்ளனர்.


Pakistan 'school bombers' killed
By M Ilyas Khan
BBC News, Karachi


More and more schools are being destroyed in Swat
Two militants have been killed in Pakistan after accidentally detonating explosives with which they planned to blow up a school, police say.

The blast happened in the north-western region of Swat.

Meanwhile a close associate of Swat militant leader Maulana Fazlullah and eight other militants have been killed by security forces, the army says.

Elsewhere in the region, suspected militants also beheaded a bank employee kidnapped from Hangu a few days ago.

Swat and Hangu have been the scene of recent security operations against militants by the Pakistani army.

The militants want to enforce their version of strict Islamic law in the region.

Charred

They have threatened suicide bombings against government targets if the continuing operation in Swat is not stopped.

Militants there have destroyed more than 70 state-run schools in the area in recent months, affecting more than 17,000 students.


The militants want girls to stop going to school and stay at home

They have particularly targeted schools for girls, who they say should stay indoors instead of going out to get an education.

Police in the Kabal area of Swat told the BBC that the bodies of the suspected militants had been badly charred and their limbs blown away.

They said they found and defused two more bombs planted in other parts of the school, presumably by the same militants.

More than 130 people have been killed, most of them militants, since the security forces launched an operation in the area last week, an army spokesman said on Monday.

Beheaded

A Taleban spokesman in Swat confirmed to the BBC Urdu service that Ali Bakht Khan, a member of the militants' team that held talks with the North West Frontier Province (NWFP) government in May, had been killed in a raid by the security forces.

He said that Mr Khan's house, in Deolai village, was demolished by the security forces.

The army said troops had been conducting a search operation in the Deolai area on Wednesday morning. Two soldiers were injured.

"They fired on our troops. We responded and killed nine militants, including one local commander," said Major Farooq, an army spokesman in the valley.

Many parts of Swat remain under night curfew.

In Hangu, police say they have found the body of a bank accountant who was among three bank employees kidnapped by suspected militants a few days ago.

Sarfraz Ali, a Shia Muslim from Parachinar region, was beheaded and his body thrown on a roadside, the police said.

Taleban militants consider Shia Muslims to be heretical and have often beheaded them.