| GEO Pakistan | | Tehisl Bara cleared of extremists: Brig Fayyaz | Updated at: 1908 PST, Monday, November 30, 2009
 BARA: Frontier Corps Commandant Brig Fayyaz Monday said Khyber Agency’s tehsil Bara has been cleared of extremists and evidences regarding the involvement of foreign hand there, were also found.
Addressing a news briefing over the operation, ‘Khwakh Ba De Sham’, Brig Fayyaz said the forces are attaining extraordinary successes in the operation with Gargari completely under forces control.
At least 61 extremists have hitherto been killed and 87 others arrested and 27 vehicles were destroyed, he informed adding the extremists are being defeated in also Ferozkhel and Orakzai Agencies.
He said there are Afghan and Uzbek bodies among the captured bodies of extremists, adding tunnels and caves used by terrorists were also found, where gunpowder and explosives used to be produced.
The FC Commandant said the noose around the extremists commanders Mangal Bagh, Adnan Nazeer and Tariq is being tightened and the success will soon be achieved in this connection.
Indian-manufactured weapons were also found among the captured arms and ammunition in the operation, he added. |  |
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