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ISLAMABAD, Dec 7 (KUNA) -- Police arrested early on Tuesday morning six
Taliban militants and a commander in Pakistani Southern Karachi port city and
confiscated suicide jackets, ammunition and other arms in their possession.
Acting on a tip-off, the joint teams of police and law-enforcement agencies
raided an office, being covertly run by outlawed Tehrik-i-Taliban Pakistan
(TTP), in Kanwari area of the city, police sources told KUNA.
They said forces arrested four TTP-linked militants, who were running the
office, along with two more TTP militants and a senior commander, who had
arrived from Waziristan tribal region only two days ago.
Sources said that the law personnel seized suicide jackets, ammunition and
other arms from their possession. They added that the personnel were yet
conducting the operation in the nearby areas and that more arrests were
expected.
The identities of the arrested TTP militants were not yet established but
police said that they all were locals and belonged to Mehsud tribe of
Waziristan tribal agency. (end)
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