21. The suspected militants fled after the blasts. 22. Two suspected militants fled in a pickup truck, the officials said, speaking on condition of anonymity. 23. Villagers said security forces arrived around midnight, nearly four hours after the attack began and two hours after the militants fled into the night. 24. Four militants fled and police gave chase, killing three of them in a gunbattle in the streets. 25. A spokesman for Zaman was also quoted by the Afghan Islamic Press as saying the Saudi militant had fled Afghanistan. 26. A second Palestinian militant fled the scene, police said. 27. A spokesman for Haji Mohammad Zaman, military chief for Nangarhar province which includes the Tora Bora caves, said the Saudi militant had fled Afghanistan. 28. But the militants fled only to return and ambush the police. 29. The militants then fled the scene on motorcycles before the BSF troops could retaliate. 30. The other militants fled. |