Pak Taliban commander surrenders in Khyber Agency

Peshawar, Jan.5 (ANI): A Taliban commander in Pakistan’’s Khyber Agency surrendered to the area’’s political administration on Monday,even as traffic movement along the Pakistan-Afghanistan highway remained suspended, hindering NATO forces supplies.

Maulana Hazrat Nabi offered himself up for surrender through a Jirga of elders.

Sources were quoted by The News as saying that a security operation against extremists in Jamrud is still on. However, curfew has been relaxed in the area from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m.(ANI)

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