Peshawar police launch operation against militants

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PESHAWAR: Backed by armoured personnel carriers (APCs) and artillery, the capital city police on Saturday kicked off an operation in areas bordering the troubled Mohmand Agency, arresting 15 militants.Also, unidentified miscreants fired 10 rockets at Adezai village near Darra Adamkhel.Encouraged by a change in strategy of the Army in Swat, large contingents of the police and the security forces moved forward in Bari Koroona, Bela, Mohmandan, Mathra and Qilla Shah Baig early on Saturday to push the militants back. Militants had sneaked into this part of the provincial capital from the Mohmand Agency and the area had become a “no-go zone”, with militants in large numbers operating there for the past many months.“During the operation, the forces arrested at least 15 militants, identified as Malik Shad, Naeem, Said, Lal Rahim, Riaz Khan, Abdul Wali, Tawab Sher, Fazal Rahim, Rahim Sher, Sultan Sher, Fazal Maula, Jamroz, Tahir, Javed and Obaidullah,” Senior Superintendent of Police (SSP-Operations) Abdul Ghafoor Afridi told reporters. The deputy city police chief said a crackdown would be launched in other areas against all those posing a threat to peace in the provincial metropolis. Earlier, militants fired 10 rockets at the residence of Abdul Malik, the Nazim of Adezai Union Council, located close to the turbulent Darra Adamkhel.