Military launches operation in Kabal

MINGORA - Nearly 70 persons including 40 militants, 11 security forces personnel and eight civilians were killed and 45 injured in three acts of violence in Swat District on Saturday.

The officials said that the security forces during an offensive in Kabal killed 40 militants when they succeeded in repulsing a severe Taliban attack against the armed forces camps.

Nine including three policemen were killed in a suicide attack on a police station in Charbagh area of Swat. Three policemen were also killed when miscreants attacked a police mobile van.

The first tragic incident occurred in early hours of Saturday when a suicide bomber attacked a police station in his explosive-packed jeep at Kabal town. The suicide explosion occurred soon after the expiry of curfew hours and it caused widespread destruction in the town.

The police station, which is surrounded by huge residential and commercial buildings, was totally destroyed and its portions were razed to the ground. The officials confirmed death of nine persons including three policemen and injuries to three others. Six civilians also killed in the attack.