FRONTIER BANDITS
WAZIRISTAN TROUBLE CONTINUATION OF RAIDS LONDON, Oct. 12 Although an army of 35.000 Indian and British troops has broken up the worst and the largest of the concentrations of rebel tribesmen in Waziristan, a new and difficult stage of the war is about to begin. The objective now is to , f cle.an the frontier of marauding bands of bandits, who are harrying the roadmaking and troop camps, the aerodromes, and the small townships. It is the activities of these rovers that are said to prevent peace from being general and permanent. The robber bands consist of 100 to 300 men. The intelligence service is unable to discover whether they have a new leader, but it suspects that the Fakir of Ipi, who is not yet captured, is the one who is stirring up the trouble. The bandits are pillaging, kidnapping, raiding, burning and murdering. The authorities are determined to stamp out the terror, and not to withdraw the army until calm is universal. The cost of the campaign is now £7500 a day.
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New Zealand Herald, Volume LXXIV, Issue 22864, 20 October 1937, Page 15
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