48 Pakistanis Killed in Tribal Skirmishes in Kurram Agency, Richard Holbrooke Criticizes Army Slackness in Fighting Taliban

48 dead in fresh skirmishes in Kurram Agency

The Daily Times, Pakistan, Saturday, September 18, 2010

PARCHINAR:

The bloody skirmishes between warring Bangesh and Mangal tribes continued as 48 people were killed and 61 others injured during fresh clashes in Upper Kurram Agency on Friday.

Sources said armed supporters of both tribes burnt dozens of houses of each other in four villages in the conflict areas of Salozan, Tangi and Hewas and goods, including furniture worth thousands of rupees, were put on fire. app

US won’t accept slackness by Pak Army in war on terror

The Daily Times, Saturday, September 18, 2010

ISLAMABAD:

US special envoy for Pakistan and Afghanistan Richard Holbrooke said on Friday that his country would not accept any “slackness” on part of the Pakistan Army in the fight against the Taliban due their engagement in flood relief efforts.

“Neither the security situation has changed fundamentally, nor the Taliban threat has receded and with the Americans placed in a difficult situation in Afghanistan, we certainly will not like to see slackness on part of the Pakistan Army in the war on terror,” he told reporters in Islamabad.

“I don’t believe that the Americans are losing any battles or war against the Taliban in Afghanistan, rather a recent surge of troops would certainly improve situation in Eastern Afghanistan soon,” the US envoy said while referring to the situation in Afghanistan.

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