Security forces blew a market with explosives over the martyrdom of an army officer in a bomb attack, authorities said on Saturday.
As per media reports, the political agent in the South Waziristan Agency –Zafarul Islam Khattak– said that the action was taken under the collective responsibility clause of the Frontier Crime Regulation.
The market that was housing more than 100 shops was destroyed on Thursday in Wana – the capital of the South Waziristan region and one of the seven semi-autonomous tribal areas where the army has been battling Taliban and Al-Qaeda linked militants for more than a decade.
“The security forces ordered the shopkeepers to leave the market, which had over 100 shops and blew it up with explosives,” Administration OfficialZafarulIslam said on Saturday.
An improvised explosive device (IED) killed an army major on Tuesday outside a weapons shop as the military staged a raid of the market. Afghan national Kharoti Khan, who owned the shop, was arrested and his house demolished a day after the explosion, Islam said.
