Security forces take control of Bara in Khyber Agency

PESHAWAR: The security forces operation was completed in Bara area and Bara areas including Akakhel and Sanober have been brought under government control by the FC personnel on Saturday.

PESHAWAR: The security forces operation was completed in Bara area and Bara areas including Akakhel and Sanober have been brought under government control by the FC personnel on Saturday.
Security forces have taken control of Bara in an operation against miscreants in Khyber Agency. The Inspector General of FC, Major General Muhammad Alam Khattak has said that operation would continue and last for five days.
Sources said that mortar shells have been fired from Qila Shahkas of FC in tehsil Jamrood.
Meanwhile, additional contingents of security forces have been dispatched to tehsil Bara from tehsil Jamrood. During the operation, two hideouts of a local religious movement Lashkr-e-Islam were blown up and security forces also destroyed the house of movement’s chief Mangal Bagh.
The security forces convoy comprised of six armored vehicles and tanks. In Aka Khel area, a commander of Lashkr-e-Islam, Shoaib was killed in clashes with security forces while 3 security personnel were also injured.
The security forces have taken positions on vital points in the area. After the successful operation, the Khasadar Force personnel are seen patrolling around the area.
The offensive in the Khyber tribal region marked the first major military action, which the newly elected government has taken against the militants operating in the tribal areas along the border with Afghanistan.
Earlier in clashes in the region, seven persons were killed in gunfight between two warring groups in tehsil Tirah of Khyber tribal region.
The death toll in week-long clashes between Lashkar-e-Islam and Ansar-ul-Islam groups in Khyber Agency has reached to 68 with fresh fatalities, after which the security agencies cordoned off Bara area in the tribal region.