Troops search Mosque for die-hard fighters

Pakistani troops combed the warren-like Red Mosque complex for booby traps and any remaining militants today after storming the compound and killing its pro-Taliban cleric.

Troops search Mosque for die-hard fighters

Pakistani troops combed the warren-like Red Mosque complex for booby traps and any remaining militants today after storming the compound and killing its pro-Taliban cleric.

“A combing operation has started. This is to ensure that all the area is cleared,” military spokesman Maj Gen Waheed Arshad said.

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