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People leave S Waziristan for fear of operation

Staff Report

TANK: Tribesmen in South Waziristan are leaving their homes for safer places due to an expected operation against the Taliban, locals said on Thursday.

Tribesmen from the Spinkai Raghzai, Kot Kati, Murghi Band, Srarogha and other areas of the agency are shifting to their relatives’ houses in Tank and Dera Ismail Khan for the past two days.

The number of those leaving their homes may increase and a meeting of army and district administration officials was held in the office of the district coordination officer (DCO) of Tank to discuss the situation, sources told Daily Times.

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