LANDI KOTAL: One of the caves found during the search operation on Thursday is seen in the picture
LANDI KOTAL: Security forces unearthed tunnels, caves and improvised explosive device-manufacturing factories during a search operation in the Nangrosa-Lagad area of Barra Bara in Tirah valley on Thursday.
The Inter-Services Public Relations said in a
statement that a huge quantity of arms and ammunition had been recovered
from four caves and explosives-manufacturing factories in the forested
and mountainous region of Nangrosa which had remained a stronghold of
banned militant organisation Lashkar-i-Islam from 2005 to 2012.
The
area was previously under the control of LI tribesmen and is located
close to Naree Baba, another stronghold of the LI during the same
period.
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Sources in Bara said that both the caves and tunnels had been used as private jails and for stockpiling of arms and ammunition.
The
same facilities were also used by the LI chief and his accomplices as a
hideout during air strikes carried out by Pakistan Air Force during
military operations.
The area was cleared by security
forces after conducting both ground and air operations against terror
suspects from 2012 to 2014. Mangal Bagh and his armed accomplices first
fled to Rajgal and surrounding areas and later went across the border in
Afghanistan.
