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ISLAMABAD, July 22 -- Pakistani security forces killed 27 terrorists and arrested 10 suspects while conducting search and clearance operations in northwestern Pakistan's Swat and Malakand districts during the last 24 hours, the army said in a daily press release Wednesday. The security forces conducted operations in different areas of Swat, Dir and Buner, also apprehending some weapons and ammunition, the army said. During exchange of fire between security forces and militants in Buner, it said, two soldiers were injured. The security forces continued relief activities, as 206,118 cash cards have been distributed amongst the internally displaced persons (IDPs) of Malakand in the North West Frontier Province (NWFP). By Wednesday, more than half of the millions of the IDPs, due to the army operations against Taliban in the Pakistan's northwest, have been repatriated to their hometowns from various relief camps. A provincial minister of NWFP has said that the complete return of the IDPs is expected within a month. Pakistani Interior Minister Rehman Malik has said around 500 hardcore militants had been arrested so far from Swat, 90 percent of whom were Afghan nationals, local newspaper reported. Over 1,600 militants have been killed since Pakistani security forces launched the military operation against Taliban militants late April after militants in early April entered the Buner district from the neighboring Swat and refused to vacate the area despite their pledge to do so. |
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