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Monday, June 22, 2009
Six die as clashes continue in Kurram
US, Israel behind Pakistan sectarian violence
 'US, Israel behind Pakistan sectarian violence' Mon, 22 Jun 2009 00:02:26 GMT
A senior Pakistani politician says that the US and Israel are fomenting sectarian strife in the country in order to destabilize the nuclear-armed state. Liaqat Baloch, General Secretary of the Jamat-e- Islami (JI) party, told reporters in the southern port city of Karachi that extremist groups were pursuing a US-Israeli agenda across the country. His comments come after a string of sectarian attacks on Shia Muslims in recent months undermined the already deteriorating security of the insurgency-hit country. Countless incidents of massacres took place in Dera Ismail Khan and Kurram Agency over the past few months. This is while the Taliban-linked Wahhabi groups in Parachinar, Hangu district and much of the Kurram tribal agency have embarked on a series of fatal attacks on Shia Muslims. Some local sources say more than 2,000 Shia community members have been killed in the region since 2007. The Pakistani media has warned against religious violence which has defamed the conflict-torn country. The JI leader emphasized that the Taliban insurgents were being funded by western and Israeli intelligence services to defend their interests in the volatile region. "The western powers are financing militants for achieving their desired results in this part of the world," Press TV's correspondent in Pakistan quoted Baloch as saying. The senior politician also urged the Islamabad government to quit abiding by US policies and do "what's in the best interest of the country." He concluded the religious parties will have to rise to fight the conspiracies waged against Islam under the current circumstances. SOURCE: http://www.presstv.ir/detail/98714.htm?sectionid=351020401 Visit
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Eight killed in Kurram Agency clashes
Eight killed in Kurram Agency clashes
Officials warn of military action against the armed men, who are attacking residential areas with mortars and rockets, if they do not cease fire. - AP/File photo
PARACHINAR: At least eight people were killed and 10 others injured in clashes between two groups in Kurram Agency on Sunday.
Assistant Political Agent Ayaz Mandukhel said women and children were among the dead.
He said the groups were attacking residential areas with mortars and rockets.
The clashes between people of Balishkhel and Sadda have left 16 people dead and 40 others injured over the past week.
Officials said the administration had told the warring groups that security forces would be ordered to dislodge armed men from their positions if they did not cease fire by Sunday evening.
They said the situation in other parts of the region was under control.
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3 killed in Kurram
 3 killed in Kurram F.P. Report |
| PARACHINAR: Three more persons were killed on Saturday during the clashes between tribal people and insurgents continuing for the last five days at various areas of Lower Kurrum Agency. The number of the casualties has thus reached eight in the five days combat, sources said. The sources say both the parties used heavy weapons including missiles, rockets, mortar shells and machine guns at Sadda, Khar Killay, Balish Khel and Sangina. Although the tribesmen agreed to stop fighting and sign truce but the insurgents including foreign nationals were continuously targeting the local population. The fighting has increased the difficulties of local tribal people many fold with the passage of time and they had asked the government to expand their operation to Kurrum Agency. The tribal men had offered their full support to the security forces in their fighting against the local and foreign insurgents, who were creating problems for the government and the citizens as well. Ten people were also injured in the fifth day fighting. |
SOURCE: http://www.thefrontierpost.com/News.aspx?ncat=ts&nid=1779
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