09-03-2008, 12:25 AM
Ethnic Cleansing Mission accomplished in Bajaur: army <!--QuoteBegin-->QUOTE<!--QuoteEBegin-->ISLAMABAD: The Pakistan Army said Monday it had routed Taliban militants in a stronghold near the Afghan border but turned up no sign of Osama bin Laden or Al-Qaeda No. 2 Ayman al-Zawahri.
The government ordered a halt to the operation to allow some of the<b> 300,000 families who fled airstrikes and combat in the Bajur region</b> to return home for the Muslim holy month of Ramazan. However, officials reported that troops fired on militants seen moving toward a security post late Monday, and that stray mortar shells killed at least two civilians.
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The government ordered a halt to the operation to allow some of the<b> 300,000 families who fled airstrikes and combat in the Bajur region</b> to return home for the Muslim holy month of Ramazan. However, officials reported that troops fired on militants seen moving toward a security post late Monday, and that stray mortar shells killed at least two civilians.
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