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NWFP govt. sacks 30 employees over Taliban links

Islamabad, Jan.22 (ANI): The North West Frontier Province's (NWFP) Education department has sacked at least 30 employees over alleged links with the Taliban.

The department said that it has dismissed the employees after it established their links with extremists.

NWFP's Home Department said that it had recommended to the government to remove 29 employees of the education department after a probe confirmed the government employees' links with militants, Xinhua reported.

A statement issued by the provincial government said the sacked employees were involved in "anti-state activities".

According to sources, all the dismissed government employees belong to Malakand area, where the security forces are engaged in an intense battle against the militants. (ANI)

'Marry militants or face consequences'

Islamabad, Jan 3: The Taliban have now declared a new dictum in the areas under their sway that the parents of the grown up girls should get them married to the Taliban militants or face the consequences. This new force-marriage campaign is being run in most of the areas in the Pakistan's troubled NWFP through regular announcements made in mosques to congregations.The incident have come into light offlate as some women protesting against such a dictum approached.....
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