KARACHI, 26 October — Chanting anti-American slogans, more than 2,000 people attended the burial of an activist of Harkatul Mujahedeen killed in US raids on the Afghan capital Kabul, witnesses said. Commander Farooq, a Karachi resident in his early 30s and leading member of Harkatul Mujahedeen, was buried in Karachi’s Pathan-dominated area of Banaras Colony. Farooq’s white coffin, draped in a green and white flag, was carried for some 10 km through Karachi as noisy supporters vowed to avenge his death and chanted "Afghanistan, America’s graveyard", and "Bush is a dog". Farooq’s remains were among eight bodies out of some 20 Pakistanis killed in the Tuesday raid on Kabul, that were brought back into Pakistan on Wednesday. A source close to Harkat said the bodies were brought in through Mohmand Agency, a tribal area on the border. A Harkat spokesman told Reuters on Wednesday that the group had the names of 20 of its members killed in the raid, but the final death toll could be as high as 35. The dead included six commanders of the group, which is on a US list of terrorist organizations. Formerly known as Harkatul Ansar, the group was declared a terrorist organization by the United States for its alleged involvement in the kidnapping of four Western tourists in Indian-controlled Kashmir. Meanwhile, police have registered cases against some 150 activists of religious organizations for arson and damaging government property. They had participated in a violent demonstration in Karachi on Wednesday and had smashed the gates of the mausoleum of Muhammad Ali Jinnah besides physically assaulting two policemen who were on duty there.
