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Residents Say Scores Of Civilians Killed In Pakistan's North Waziristan
North Waziristan residents protest against army shelling
PESHAWAR, Pakistan -- Residents of Mir Ali, the key town in Pakistan's North Waziristan tribal area, say at least 40 people died in army shelling there on December 19.
Locals told RFE/RL by phone on December 20 that the shelling, now stopped, destroyed most shops in the bazaar and prevented people from taking wounded to the hospital.
The residents' reports of civilian deaths come as the Pakistani military said its military operation in the region killed 33 people, all militants.
The army said fighting began late on December 18, when a convoy was attacked en route to a checkpoint, then expanded to target a militant hideout in Mir Ali.
Some 300 people, mostly students from North Waziristan, protested in the northwestern city of Peshawar on December 20 against the military operation and what they said was the targeting of civilians.
With reporting by AP
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ISLAMABAD: The Awami National Party and the Pakistan Peoples Party has called for investigation into an alleged military operation in the North Waziristan tribal region.
Speaking in the Senate, ANP leader Afrasiab Khattak said that innocent people including women and children were being killed in Miran Shah and Mir Ali, adding that as to why those fond of dharna were silent over the killings.
He called on President Mamnoon Hussain to use his constitutional powers to improve situation in the tribal areas. PPP stalwart Raza Rabbani also demanded of the president to play his constitutional role in the Federally Administered Tribal Areas (FATA).
North Waziristan residents protest against army shelling
PESHAWAR, Pakistan -- Residents of Mir Ali, the key town in Pakistan's North Waziristan tribal area, say at least 40 people died in army shelling there on December 19.
Locals told RFE/RL by phone on December 20 that the shelling, now stopped, destroyed most shops in the bazaar and prevented people from taking wounded to the hospital.
The residents' reports of civilian deaths come as the Pakistani military said its military operation in the region killed 33 people, all militants.
The army said fighting began late on December 18, when a convoy was attacked en route to a checkpoint, then expanded to target a militant hideout in Mir Ali.
Some 300 people, mostly students from North Waziristan, protested in the northwestern city of Peshawar on December 20 against the military operation and what they said was the targeting of civilians.
With reporting by AP
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ISLAMABAD: The Awami National Party and the Pakistan Peoples Party has called for investigation into an alleged military operation in the North Waziristan tribal region.
Speaking in the Senate, ANP leader Afrasiab Khattak said that innocent people including women and children were being killed in Miran Shah and Mir Ali, adding that as to why those fond of dharna were silent over the killings.
He called on President Mamnoon Hussain to use his constitutional powers to improve situation in the tribal areas. PPP stalwart Raza Rabbani also demanded of the president to play his constitutional role in the Federally Administered Tribal Areas (FATA).
