Buner Village Takes up Arms Against the Taliban Again
Villagers on Wednesday dug up roads to block the entry of Taliban from Swat into Buner and took up positions at vantage points in the hills to fight the militants.
Sources in Beengar, Kingargali and Karakar said the villagers were making trenches and digging up roads, as they feared that Taliban fighters from Swat were planning to march into Buner. The inhabitants of Sultanwas village had evacuated their houses and sent womenfolk and children to stay with their relatives in other villages. The men had collected weapons and set up bunkers in the hills above the village for self-defence.