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Lal Masjid operation called off

NDTV Correspondent

Tuesday, May 22, 2007, (Islamabad)

In Pakistan, Islamabad's streets continue to remain tense even though an armed operation by security forces against radical clerics at the city's Lal Masjid has been called off for now.

On Monday, three more policemen were abducted and held hostage briefly at the Jamia Faridia, another madrassa for boys, about 8 km away from the Lal Masjid.

But they were released three hours later according to the authorities.

Pakistan's interior Minster has denied that the three policemen were released in exchange for any of the 40 plus students of the Jamia Hafsa who were detained on Sunday.

An angry President Musharraf reacted to the mosque's threats on Monday, challenging the mosque's calls for a jihad against the government, by saying only the government can call for a jihad.

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