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PESHAWAR - At least 80 militants belonging to the Sagi and Jhanda Masood area in Tehsil Saf of Mohmand Agency lay down their arms and surrendered.
According to a private TV channel, the militants were wanted by the government for involvement in terrorist activities.
After efforts by the Safi Aman Committe, militants lay down their arms in front of the administration at a ceremony in Sagi and pledged that they would remain peaceful and would not use arms again.

PESHAWAR - After living in makeshift tents and rented houses for months, some 24 families have returned to the comparatively safer parts of the troubled Mohmand and Bajaur agencies, where thousands are still taking shelter in the camps established for the internally displaced persons (IDPs). The government has offered free transportation facilities, food for few months and voluntary registration for those who have been living outside the government-run camps. "They will be provided

SWAT - Security forces on Sunday killed at least seven militants here, while security personnel lost his live during clash with militants in Mohmand Agency.
According to a private TV, a group of militants were tried to enter in Dir through Bajur Agency. The militants opened fire on security forces when they reached on a mountain.
A soldier was injured in the firing. Security forces opened fire in retaliation, killed seven militants. The forces also recovered arms and

PESHAWAR - As the latest military action against the militants along the Pak-Afghan border in Mohmand Agency is in full swing, the security forces Saturday claimed making further advances and flushing out militants from Alingar area.
Meanwhile, it has been rumoured that Sangeen, an important militant chief, has been killed in the operation. Some reports also suggest that Qari Shakeel, militant's top commander in Mohmand Agency, has sustained serious injuries. However, there is no

PESHAWAR - The authorities have claimed killing more than 60 militants so far as the security forces continued operation in Tehsil Baezai of Mohmand agency on second consecutive day Friday. The security forces backed by gunship helicopters and artillery targeted the militants' hideouts in different localities.
The local tribesmen say the military action is focused on Sooran Dara, Chamarkand, Sheikh, Shamsha and Meenai areas. The action had been launched after an attack on a check

PESHAWAR - At least four security personnel were killed and eight others injured in an attack by militants in Waleed Koroona area of Mohmand Agency's Baezai tehsil on Thursday, while the forces killed at least 25 Taliban in attacks on various hideouts.
Reports said a large number of militants attacked a Frontier Corps checkpost in Baezai. Officials in Mohmand administration claimed that 10 militants were killed and five injured in retaliatory action. Meanwhile, Mohmand

PESHAWAR - At least eight people, including four children and a woman, were killed and several others injured in separate incidents in Kohat and Mohmand Agency on Wednesday. Officials said some children were busy playing along the bank of a rain-fountain in village Jarma in the outskirts of Kohat when explosives dumped by unidentified people exploded.
The blast killed four children and injuries three others. Meanwhile, a mortar shell accidentally hit a house in Baezai area of

PESHAWAR - Some unidentified miscreants blew up two government primary schools and a basic health unit in Halimzai tehsil of Mohmand Agency in the wee hours of Tuesday. A source within the political administration told to Pakistan Today that militants destroyed two schools and a basic health unit by explosives.
"The miscreants had planted explosives at the government-run primary schools and healthcare centre that caused partial damage to the buildings," the source said.

PESHAWAR - Some unidentified extremists blew up two government-led schools and a healthcare center in Mohmand Agency on Tuesday.
According to a private television channel, the militants destroyed buildings in Shahbeg area of the city with explosives.
At least 78 schools have been blown up by militants so far in the area.

PESHAWAR - Security forces killed 15 to 20 militants in Mohmand Agency, an official claimed on Sunday. The official said the militants were killed after security forces repulsed their attack on a checkpost in Ziarat, adding that more than 25 were also injured in the gunbattle that ensued.
The official said around 100 armed militants attacked the checkpost around midnight. "Our forces were on high alert, therefore, they succeeded in repulsing the attack," Assistant Political Agent

ISLAMABAD - The United Nations refugee agency warned on late Friday that military operations against the insurgents in Pakistan's Mohmand agency could displace up to 90,000 people by the end of February if the fighting intensifies. According to the office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR), which aims at safeguarding the rights and well-being of refugees worldwide, fighting has already displaced some 25,000 people over the past week.
UNHCR has

MOHMAND AGENCY - The security forces cleaned up more areas from militants in their operation in the Mohmand Agency and arrested ten suspected men on Sunday, while a large number of people migrated from the areas due to escalation in military operation.
The security forces' ongoing operation in Mohmand Agency became intensified and gunship helicopters, jet planes, tanks and heavy artillery were being used in it. The security forces making continuous advance in various parts of the

PESHAWAR - Fighter jets and helicopter gunships bombed militant hideouts in Mohmand Agency near the Afghan border on Friday, killing 28 rebels, an official said. "Security forces launched an air offensive against militant hideouts in various areas of Mohmand and killed 28 rebels," senior local administration official Maqsood Amin told AFP.
He said 30 militants were also injured in the operation while eight houses belonging to them were torched. The details, however, could not be

PESHAWAR - Fighter jets pounded militant hideouts in Mohmand Agency on Tuesday, killing 18 militants, an official said.
"Security forces targeted militant hideouts in different areas of Mohmand tribal region, killing 18 militants," senior local administration official Maqsood Amin told AFP. He added that the security forces also destroyed at least 10 militant hideouts.

PESHAWAR - At least five people, including two policemen, were killed and several others injured in terrorist acts in Bannu and Mohmand Agency on Thursday.
The terrorists targeted a police mobile van with an improvised explosive devise in the Janikhel area of Bannu. The IED planted on roadside on main route, connecting North Waziristan to Bannu city exploded with a big bang. Two policemen were killed and five others injured.
In around 12 hours, it became the second terrorist

PESHAWAR: At least 24 militants and 12 security personnel were killed and several others injured in clashes in Baizai area of Mohmand Agency on Friday.
The clashes erupted when a group of militants attacked five checkposts in Baizai late on Thursday. Officials said around 150 militants attacked the checkposts at Ghanam Shah, Badmani and Sar Kandaw.
Subsequently, 12 security personnel were killed and another 12 injured. There were reports that several personnel went missing,

PESHAWAR: At least 50 people were killed and over 70 injured on Monday when two suicide bombers blew themselves up in the premises of the office of the Galanai political agent in Mohmand Agency.
The deceased included personnel of Khasadar Force, volunteers of the Safi Aman Committee, two leading anti-Taliban tribal elders, three officials and two correspondents for private television channels.
Around 25 of the injured were admitted to Lady Reading Hospital in Peshawar, where