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Three more schools blown up in Mohmand
Posted on: Wed November 10, 2010
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GHALLANAI: A soldier was killed and another sustained injuries in a roadside blast while militants destroyed three more schools in Safi subdivision of Mohmand Agency on Tuesday, tribal sources said.
Security forces, the sources said, were patrolling Qandaharo area when their vehicle hit a roadside bomb planted by the militants. The bomb exploded, killing Sepoy Javed and injuring Sepoy Gul Dad.
The sources said the militants also blew up three government schools in the volatile Safi subdivision. They added that the militants triggered explosions after having planted explosives at buildings of the Government Girls Primary School and the Government Boys Primary School at Malik Tajjawal Kor village and the Government Girls Primary School in Malik Naseeb Kor.
The structures of the schools were destroyed, the sources said. The sources said that militant commander Idrees was injured when security forces attacked a group of militants with artillery guns in Shandara area in Baizai Tehsil.
The militants were reportedly planning to attack a checkpost of security forces in the area. The forces later shelled suspected hideouts of the militants in Shandara area from Bhai Dag and Ghallanai camps. Meanwhile, unknown persons kidnapped a tribesman Munir Khan from Qandaharo and shifted him to an unknown place.
Courtesy : The News