Salarzai Lashkar Sets Fire To 130 Taliban Houses In Bajaur, Daily Times, 9 March 2010
EXCERPT: "A Salarzai tribal lashkar on Monday set ablaze 130 Taliban houses in Bajaur Agency, officials said. One Taliban was killed and nine arrested in a joint operation of the political administration and an armed lashkar of the Salarzai tribe. Official sources told Daily Times that Assistant Political Agent (APA) Iqbal Khattak had decided that action against the Taliban would continue until the agency was purged of all terrorists. The Salarzai tribal lashkar, consisting of thousands of armed tribesmen, have strictly prohibited the locals from providing shelter to the Taliban."
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Elders ban Haroon's entry into Bajaur, The Nation, Pakistan, 7 March 2010
Pakistan's Bajaur tribe demands help as army declares victory over Taliban, SINA, 3 March 2010
Pakistan tests civilian militias to keep Taliban out of Swat Valley, The Christian Science Monitor, 17 September 2009
Tribal lashkar attacks Taliban, DAWN, 1 September 2008
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The role of tribal lashkars in winning Pakistan's war on terror, The Jamestown Foundation, 26 November 2008
Tribal lashkars need govt. support, Pak Institute for Peace Studies, 10 November 2008
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