- Alpuri
Alpuri is the capital of
Shangla District in theNorth-West Frontier Province ofPakistan . [Falling Rain: [http://www.fallingrain.com/world/PK/3/Alpurai.html Alpuri] ]2007 fighting
On 13 November 2007 militants of the "
Tehreek-e-Nafaz-e-Shariat-e-Mohammadi " ("Movement for the Enforcement of Sharia") from neighbouring Swat were reported to have captured Alpuri district headquarters. This seems to have been part of a general push into Shangla DistrictKhan (2007)] . The local police fled without resisting the advancing militant force which, in addition to local militants, also includedUzbek ,Tajik andChechen volunteers. [Perlez & Khan (2007)]The militants vacated the town again on November 22/23, with government troops approaching. Fighting in Matta and Kabal areas of Swat and parts of
Malakand continued, and the Alpuri area was by and large cut off from the outside. The militants' offensive was so unexpected that residents in Shangla were reporting food shortages, as they had no time to stock up on supplies.Footnotes
References
* (2007): [http://www.dawn.com/2007/11/24/top3.htm Militants vacate Alpuri] . "
The Dawn ", November 24, 2007.
* (2007): [http://www.nytimes.com/2007/11/16/world/asia/16swat.html Militants Gain Despite Decree by Musharraf] . "New York Times ", November 15, 2007.
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