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Islamic militants have occupied a shrine in a tribal district of Pakistan and named it after the Red Mosque in Islamabad, eyewitnesses say.Islamic militants have occupied a shrine in a tribal district of Pakistan and named it after the Red Mosque in Islamabad, eyewitnesses say.
More than 70 pro-Taleban militants evicted local officials from the Haji Sahib Turangzai shrine near the Afghan border in the country's northwest. More than 70 pro-Taleban militants evicted local officials from the Haji Sahib Turangzai shrine near the Afghan border in the country's north-west.
They are also reportedly planning a religious school for girls, to be named after a seminary in the Red Mosque. The Red Mosque was the scene of a siege this month in which 100 people died.
The mosque was the scene of a siege this month in which 100 people died. Meanwhile, in the North Waziristan tribal area militants have killed at least seven people, officials say.
On Friday, a suicide bomber killed at least 13 people near the mosque. Masks
'In every corner' Eyewitnesses said a signboard reading Lal Masjid (Red Mosque) was put up outside the Haji Sahib Turangzai shrine, in the Lakaro area of Mohmand Agency, on Saturday night.
Eyewitnesses said a signboard reading Lal Masjid (Red Mosque) was put up outside the shrine, in the Lakaro sub-division of Mohmand Agency, on Saturday night.
More than 100 people died in the Red Mosque siegeMore than 100 people died in the Red Mosque siege
A local journalist, Mukaram Khan Atif, who visited the shrine on Sunday, told the BBC's Urdu service that heavily armed militants, wearing masks, had taken up positions in the surrounding areas and were frisking everyone who entered the mosque or the shrine. A local journalist, Mukaram Khan Atif, who visited the shrine on Sunday, told the BBC's Urdu service that heavily armed militants wearing masks had taken up positions in the surrounding areas and were frisking everyone who entered the mosque or the shrine.
He said the militants' leader, who introduced himself as Omar Khalid, told him that a seminary for boys, named after Haji Sahib Turangzai, and another for girls, named Jamia Hafsa Umme Hassan, would be soon built on the premises. He said the militants' leader, who introduced himself as Omar Khalid, told him that a seminary for boys, named after Haji Sahib Turangzai, and another for girls, named Jamia Hafsa Umme Hassan, would soon be built on the premises.
The militants have said they would create Red Mosques and Jamia Hafsa seminaries in every corner of the country. The authorities' decision to storm the Red Mosque in the capital, where armed Islamic militants had been barricaded, angered religious conservatives in Pakistan.
Militants vowed to create Red Mosques and Jamia Hafsa seminaries in every corner of the country.
A Mohmand Agency administration official confirmed the occupation of the shrine by the militants, but made no further comment.A Mohmand Agency administration official confirmed the occupation of the shrine by the militants, but made no further comment.
Aggressive campaign Meanwhile, a military spokesman in Islamabad said three soldiers and four civilians had been killed in two attacks in North Waziristan.
Mr Rashid said no law and order problem was expected in the area as the local people were Taleban supporters. "Three paramilitary soldiers were killed when militants attacked a check post near Miranshah town," Maj Gen Wahid Arshad said.
Earlier in July, Pakistani troops stormed the Red Mosque after its clerics and students waged an increasingly aggressive campaign to enforce strict Sharia law in Islamabad. In the second incident, militants ambushed a military convoy and four civilians were killed when caught in the cross-fire, he said.
The mosque had become a centre of radical Islamic learning and housed several thousand male and female students in adjacent seminaries. Wave of attacks
More than 100 people were killed in the siege, including 11 soldiers and an as yet unknown number of militants and their hostages. Pakistan has seen a massive increase in violence ever since Pakistani troops stormed the Red Mosque in early July.
The attack on the mosque was the fiercest battle fought by security forces in Pakistan since President Musharraf vowed to dismantle the jihadi network in the country in the aftermath of the 9/11 attacks on the US in 2001. Soldiers entered the mosque after its clerics and students waged an increasingly aggressive campaign to enforce strict Sharia law in Islamabad.
More than 180 people have been killed in militant attacks in the past few weeks. The mosque had become a centre of radical Islamic learning and housed several thousand male and female students in seminaries attached to it.
More than 100 people were killed in the siege, including 11 soldiers.
The attack on the mosque was the most prominent battle fought by security forces in Pakistan since President Musharraf vowed to dismantle the jihadi network in the country in the aftermath of the 11 September, 2001 attacks on the US.
About 200 people have been killed in a wave of militant attacks since the operation. On Friday, a suicide bomber killed at least 13 people near the Red Mosque in Islamabad.