Pakistan has admitted that foreign
terrorists were present in the Damadola village of Bajaur Agency at the time of
the US missiles attack on January 13, which killed 18 people, according to The
News. The political agent of Bajaur Agency, Fahim Wazir, in a statement on
January 17 said the initial report compiled by Government agencies revealed that
the missile attack was directed against some foreign terrorists, who were present
in the area at the time of the attack. Wazir added that according to the available
information at least four to five foreigners had been killed in the incident but
their bodies’ were removed from the scene by their associates, so as to suppress
the actual reason of the attack. Meanwhile, the political administration
on January 17 barred journalists from entering Bajaur in the aftermath of the
US air strike. Haroon Rashid of BBC Urdu Service told Daily Times that
he, along with AVT Khyber reporter Mehmood Jan Babar and cameraman Waheedur Rehman,
was denied entry into Bajaur Agency and the tribal police told them to go back
to Peshawar as authorities had banned journalists. |
