Word: saheb
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...homage to Fazal Wahid, who fought 27 tribal wars with the British and died while in hiding in Mohmand Agency in 1937 at the age of 81. Today, Fazal Wahid, who remains an important social and religious figure in the region, is much better known as Haji Saheb Turangzai, after the place of his birth. Commander Usman says he and his other brothers selected the shrine and mosque because it was a symbol of mujahideen struggle against foreign occupation. "We would begin our campaign from here. Our first objective is to set up a seminary. And if anyone tries...
Locals are less enthusiastic about the symbolic occupation. "Mohmand Agency has always been peaceful," says Khushal Bacha, 77, one of the grandsons of Haji Saheb Turangzai. "We started noticing Talibans about two to three months back. The government did not take any action. And now they have taken over the mosque." On August 1 more than 600 local tribesmen met in a "jirga" and asked the militants to leave. The tribesmen agreed to help them build a seminary but the militants continue to hold the premises at gunpoint. "There are over 250 armed people inside. They came from everywhere. Some...
...killed 20 Israelis. Hamas and Islamic Jihad leaders in Lebanon braced for more attacks, while Melzer and the Israeli soldiers whose base looms above his home went on high alert for attempts to kidnap them from across the border. Sharon himself hinted the raid on the camp, at Ein Saheb, 15 km west of Damascus, may not be the last. "If they don't understand the message," he said, "Israel will ... defend itself whenever [it] is convinced that Syria is assisting the Palestinian terrorist organizations." Metula (pop. 2,000) and the other small towns along Israel's northern border have...