http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=2009\07\21\story_21-7-2009_pg1_3
Tuesday, July 21, 2009 Forces kill 114 Taliban in Dir, Swat * Troops seize vehicle prepared for suicide attack, ammunition LAHORE/ISLAMABAD: Security forces have killed at least 100 Taliban in an operation in Lower Dir area of Maidan, reported a private TV channel on Monday as the ISPR said troops had killed 14 Taliban in Swat and Malakand. According to channel, troops also destroyed Taliban bunkers and hideouts in Lower Dir, and targeted the headquarters of the group in the area during the operation. The channel said three security officials were also killed. In Swat and Malakand, the ISPR said two wanted Taliban - Fazal-e-Haq and Khairul Ghafoor - had also been arrested. "Search-and-clearance operations were conducted in ... Talgai near Madyan in Swat and made the arrests there," said an ISPR press release. Elsewhere, security forces conducted a search operation in Mano Derai near Peochar, and confiscated 17 boxes of ammunition "In Matta, troops seized a vehicle fully prepared for a suicide attack, two ... improvised explosive devices and one suicide jacket," said the statement. An army major died in a clash with the Taliban in Kamyrai near Dardial. daily times monitor/staff report
