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Pakistan nets two most wanted Swat Taliban

Pak police in no-show after militant warning

AFP, Peshawar
Pakistan announced yesterday the arrests of two of its most-wanted Taliban insurgents and said the feared militia was staring at defeat after two years of carnage in the Swat valley.
The northwest valley slipped out of government control after radical cleric Maulana Fazlullah rose up in July 2007, commanding thousands of followers who beheaded opponents, burnt schools and fought to enforce Islamic law.
Pakistan launched a blistering offensive against the Taliban after militants marched out of the former tourist district and
advanced further south towards the capital Islamabad in April. The military now claims the area is clear.
The country posted a reward of 50 million rupees (more than
600,000 dollars) for Fazlullah and offered rewards for 15 of his top lieutenants, last May but Friday marked the first announcement of any arrests from the list.
"Muslim Khan and
Mahmood Khan with head money of 10 million rupees (120,482 dollars) have been arrested by security forces in a successful operation in Swat,” Major General Athar Abbas said in a statement released in English.
"The arrested terrorist leaders are under interrogation of law enforcement agencies," he said -- without saying when the men were detained but denying media reports that any negotiations took place.
"The security forces are conducting operations on the information obtained from the arrested terrorist leaders,” the military added.
Muslim Khan was second
on the most-wanted list behind Fazlullah. He is around 50 years old and earned notoriety as a prolific Taliban spokesman.
Meanwhile, around 500 tribal police officials heeded a warning from a Taliban-linked militant and failed to report for duty in the lawless border district of Khyber yesterday, a senior official said.
Militant commander Mangai Bagh, who has ties to the Taliban, in an FM radio broadcast threatened that lawmakers, army and paramilitary troops in the region who did not resign would see their homes demolished and other harsh penalties.