Interview Of Mangal Bagh - Chief of Lashkhar e Islami Khyber Agency

Mangal Bagh is the leader of one of the most powerful militant outfit operating in the Khyber Agency of Pakistan. He is not allied to Taliban movement and openly confess his disassociation with both Al Qaeda and Taliban. His stance is generally pro government as opposed to other militant outfits operating in Pakistan Tribal areas.
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Khyber Agency Operation - Update

The Khyber agency operation is well underway and my personal impression is that that it has been fought more at media rather then on ground. The people of Mangal Bagh are retreating without fighting the advancing security forces of Pakistan. The home of Mangal Bagh has been blown with explosives after a small resistance by [...]

Operation Begin in Khyber Agency

The security agencies have started an operation against the Lashkar e Islami and other militants in the Bara Tehsil area of Khyber Agency. Right now helicopter movement is visible as i can see them passing through Hayatabad town of Peshawar. Distant sounds of explosions can be heard and as per the news reports, there is [...]

Update on Operation in Khyber Agency

Just to update the readers, Tanks have started moving from Peshawar towards the Khyber Agency while all the entry points to the Khyber Agnecy have been sealed and heavy reinforcement of Paramilitary and Army men are being deployed to the region. Since i live close to the Khyber agency, i can witness the tension that [...]

Fighting in Khyber and Orakzai Agency

The recent spate of violence in the Khyber and Orakzai agency has sectarian nature but has the involvement of the same people, who are behind most of the violence in the province. One party is generally the Taliban or related parties while the other are minority sects. What is shocking is the role of government [...]