Afghan Taliban reject reports Mullah Omar killed
The Taliban in Afghanistan rejected on Monday un-sourced media reports that its leader, Mullah Mohammad Omar, had been killed in Pakistan, saying he is alive and in Afghanistan.
"He is in Afghanistan safe and sound," Taliban spokesman Zabihullah Mujahid told Reuters by telephone from an undisclosed location. "We reject these baseless reports that Mullah Mohammad Omar has been killed.(source:TheNation)
"He is in Afghanistan safe and sound," Taliban spokesman Zabihullah Mujahid told Reuters by telephone from an undisclosed location. "We reject these baseless reports that Mullah Mohammad Omar has been killed.(source:TheNation)
'Joint team to probe PNS Mehran attack'
Interior Minister Rehman Malik said that a joint investigation team led by a high-ranking Pakistan Navy official would probe the PNS Mehran attack.
Officials from Rangers, FIA, Police and other law enforcement agencies would be the members of the investigation team.
The minister told media that there were 17 foreigners inside the base, adding all were safe. Three terrorists were killed during the operation, body of one was under debris while two were expected to have fled the scene, the minister said. ‘10 security personnel embraced martyrdom and 15 were hurt.’
Islamist militants launched a brazen large-scale attack on a Pakistani naval base in the southern port city of Karachi. As many as 15 fighters carrying guns, grenades and rocket-propelled grenades stormed into the Pakistan naval station Mehran on Sunday in the most dramatic attack in years on a Pakistani military facility. The attackers used their rockets to destroy at least two Lockheed P-3C Orion aircraft, used for maritime patrolling, and a helicopter. The aircraft, estimated to be worth $36 million each, had been given to the Pakistan navy by the U.S. Scores of Pakistani commandos were dispatched to the scene and were still battling the attackers at time of writing. The Pakistan navy has confirmed that four of its personnel, including one officer, have been slain.
Once inside the base, the attackers rushed into a hangar and began to destroy the aircraft. The Mehran naval base is also the headquarters of the Pakistan navy's air wing. The attackers split into smaller groups of three, and spread themselves across the facility Sunday's attackers set off explosions and fired rockets as they engaged in firefights with navy personnel, before reinforcements from a special commando unit and other paramilitaries arrived. Two of the attackers are reportedly in custody right now.
The operation to restore security at the base was still under way seven hours after the attack began, with intermittent exchanges of fire heard at some distance from the naval base. Flames from at least three fires set by the attackers burned brightly, and at least six explosions were heard from outside the base.
source:TheNews
The Pakistani Taliban have claimed the responsibility of the attack as Ehsanullah Ehsan told Reuters news agency,
Officials from Rangers, FIA, Police and other law enforcement agencies would be the members of the investigation team.
The minister told media that there were 17 foreigners inside the base, adding all were safe. Three terrorists were killed during the operation, body of one was under debris while two were expected to have fled the scene, the minister said. ‘10 security personnel embraced martyrdom and 15 were hurt.’
Once inside the base, the attackers rushed into a hangar and began to destroy the aircraft. The Mehran naval base is also the headquarters of the Pakistan navy's air wing. The attackers split into smaller groups of three, and spread themselves across the facility Sunday's attackers set off explosions and fired rockets as they engaged in firefights with navy personnel, before reinforcements from a special commando unit and other paramilitaries arrived. Two of the attackers are reportedly in custody right now.
The operation to restore security at the base was still under way seven hours after the attack began, with intermittent exchanges of fire heard at some distance from the naval base. Flames from at least three fires set by the attackers burned brightly, and at least six explosions were heard from outside the base.
source:TheNews
The Pakistani Taliban have claimed the responsibility of the attack as Ehsanullah Ehsan told Reuters news agency,
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