ISLAMABAD: Pakistani security forces conducted an intelligence-based operation in South Waziristan and killed a local militant after intense exchange of fire, said the military’s media wing, ISPR, on Tuesday.
The operation was carried out in Ladha, a small settlement, after information was received on militant presence in the area.
According to the ISPR statement, the slain militant, Peer alias Asad, had been an active member of Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan since 2006.
“He joined the TTP Baitullah Mehsud Group and remained involved in terrorist activities against security forces,” the statement added. “After the death of Hakeem Ullah Mehsud, he joined the Shehryar Mehsud Group.”
Pakistan’s northwestern tribal districts became a hub of religious militancy after the US invasion of Afghanistan in October 2001.
Many of the groups operating in the region launched attacks against the Pakistani state and society, making the country’s security forces launch clear-and-hold military operations to reclaim the territory and establish the state’s writ in it once again.
Pakistani security forces kill militant commander in South Waziristan
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Pakistani security forces kill militant commander in South Waziristan
- Peer alias Asad has been active member of the Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan since 2006, army says
- Operation carried out after Pakistani forces received information on militant presence in the northwest tribal area
Portugal arrests dozens over hate crimes targeting Pakistani, Indian and other immigrants
- Portugal’s foreign-born population has boosted to around 15 percent of the total in recent years
- At the same time, the far right has been gaining in popularity with anti-immigrant messaging
LISBON: Portuguese police said on Tuesday they had detained dozens of suspected members of a group that spread neo-Nazi propaganda and committed hate crimes against immigrants.
The 37 suspects had “extensive criminal records and links to international groups that promote hate,” the judicial police said in a statement, adding that 15 people had been formally charged.
The victims were mostly immigrants from Muslim-majority countries in South Asia, according to local media.
The arrival of workers from Bangladesh, India and Pakistan, has boosted Portugal’s foreign-born population in recent years to around 15 percent of the total.
At the same time, the far right has been gaining in popularity with anti-immigrant messaging.
The authorities said the suspects founded a hierarchical criminal organization to promote racial hatred and violence.
Those arrested are due in court on Wednesday, suspected of spreading “neo-Nazi ideas... to intimidate and persecute ethnic minorities, particularly immigrants.”
