If this keeps up, it sure looks like it. Does the government and military have any contingency plans to prevent a repeat of Swat and Buner? Will we go after the sources of funding and sustenance the taliban rely on, i.e. the madrassas and religious parties?
Admin officer killed in attack on Hangu Army Public School
Admin officer killed in attack on Hangu Army Public School
Updated at: 1215 PST, Sunday, May 31, 2009
PESHAWAR: Hangu militants attacking the Army Public School killed the Admin officer, while three persons including two policemen were abducted.
Sources said that militants in large number Sunday morning barged into the Army Public School located in Hangu and tried to kidnap the staff over there, while on resistance, the militants shot dead Admin officer, Gharib Gul and kidnapped Head constable, Shakirullah, Sepoy Bilal and Table man, Sohail, who were taken to unknown place.
Earlier, the militants had also kidnapped three persons including one officer from Hangu Agriculture office, while one wounded official had fled from the custody of the militants. Traffic on the Hangu Highway remains badly hit since last three years because of the militants occupying the Highway.