Pakistan detains two dozen suspected militants

PESHAWAR, Pakistan, Thursday (AFP) - Pakistani security forces Wednesday detained 24 suspected militants after a raid on an Afghan refugee camp near the border with Afghanistan, officials said.

Two of the detainees were Pakistani tribesmen and the rest were Afghans, Abdul Qayyum, the adminstration chief of the Bajaur tribal area, said following the raid on the camp, which houses an estimated 6,000 Afghanis.

"The operation was part of an ongoing counter terrorism campaign," Qayyum said.