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January - 8 
Security agencies want the Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) to abandon their strongholds of Orakzai and Khyber Agencies of Federally Administered Tribal Areas (FATA) for a possible truce but are not keen to wrench back the control of other lawless tribal regions from the TTP, The Express Tribune rep
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Security agencies want the Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) to abandon their strongholds of Orakzai and Khyber Agencies of Federally Administered Tribal Areas (FATA) for a possible truce but are not keen to wrench back the control of other lawless tribal regions from the TTP, The Express Tribune reported on January 8. Officials and TTP affiliates told The Express Tribune on January 6 that the militants were being pushed to vacate Orakzai Agency because of its close proximity to the garrison city of Kohat. “We don’t want to run unnecessary risk. If we tolerate the Taliban presence, it will be a strategic mistake. We will be on their target, if things go wrong again in the future,” said an official privy to the ongoing peace talks between the militants and security agencies. Same is true for Khyber Agency, which borders Peshawar, the capital city of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa that has borne the brunt of the war on terror in the past three years, the official said. “We cannot continue to allow them to maintain a presence near our cities from where they can plan and mount attacks,” the official added. Both sides, however, said that the military was not keen on regaining complete control of other tribal regions, which are controlled by the TTP or its splinters including South Waziristan, Bajaur and Mohmand – the regions that share borders with Afghanistan.
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January - 10 
The death of a senior al Qaeda leader in a US drone strike in the out skirts of Miranshah in the North Waziristan Agency of Federally Administered Tribal Areas (FATA) on January 10, the first strike in almost two months, signalled that the US-Pakistan intelligence partnership is still in operation d
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The death of a senior al Qaeda leader in a US drone strike in the out skirts of Miranshah in the North Waziristan Agency of Federally Administered Tribal Areas (FATA) on January 10, the first strike in almost two months, signalled that the US-Pakistan intelligence partnership is still in operation despite political tensions, reports Dawn. The January 10 strike — and its follow-up two days later — were joint operations, a Pakistani security source based in the tribal areas said. They made use of Pakistani “spotters” on the ground and demonstrated a level of coordination that both sides have sought to downplay since tensions first erupted in January 2011 with the killing of two Pakistanis by a Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) contractor Raymond Davis in Lahore. “Our working relationship is a bit different from our political relationship,” the source said. “It’s more productive.”
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January - 18 
The Government is establishing two de-radicalisation centres to ensure psychological and economic rehabilitation of those people of the Federally Administered Tribal Areas (FATA) who renounce militancy, reports Dawn. These centres are being set up in Sikandaro area of Bajaur Agency in FATA and Gover
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The Government is establishing two de-radicalisation centres to ensure psychological and economic rehabilitation of those people of the Federally Administered Tribal Areas (FATA) who renounce militancy, reports Dawn. These centres are being set up in Sikandaro area of Bajaur Agency in FATA and Government Degree College in Tank town of Tank District in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, which is adjacent to the militancy-infested South Waziristan Agency. Official sources said that Pakistan Army and Frontier Corps would jointly run these centres to de-radicalise detainees arrested in the conflict zone. The Federal Development Working Party has approved a grant in aid for these centres at a meeting held in Peshawar on January 18.
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January - 21 
Around 390 families from Khyber Agency took refuge in Jalozai internally displaced persons camp on January 21 as an intensified crackdown on militants has triggered displacements from Shalobar tribal area, reports Dawn. A meeting of the Peshawar based officials of international aid agencies, includi
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Around 390 families from Khyber Agency took refuge in Jalozai internally displaced persons camp on January 21 as an intensified crackdown on militants has triggered displacements from Shalobar tribal area, reports Dawn. A meeting of the Peshawar based officials of international aid agencies, including United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) and World Food Programme (WFP), has been scheduled for January 23 at the Provincial Disaster Management Authority’s (PDMA) offices to review the emergency, determining future course of action, according to Faiz Mohammad, chief coordinator (IDPs), PDMA. `Between 3,000 and 5,000 Shalobar families are estimated to leave their homes and head to other places for personal safety,` said Noor Akbar Afridi, in-charge of IDPs` camp in Jalozai, some 20 kilometres east of Peshawar. A large number of families left Qamberabad, Surkas and other villages inhabited by Shalobar tribe in Bara tehsil (revenue unit) of Khyber Agency. People began leaving their houses after hearing that the Government has decided to extend IDP status to members of the Shalobar tribe in view of intensified crackdown. Paramilitary Frontier Corps, backed-up by the Army, has enlarged the ambit of its crackdown on Lashkar-e-Islam (LI) led by notorious Mangal Bagh in Bara plains, making thousands non-combatant tribal people flee from Qamberabad and Surkas villages on January 20 and January 21.
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January - 24 
officials of the Education Department said that number of schools destroyed in Khyber Agency had reached 57. Out of these schools 32 were targeted in Bara, 22 in Landi Kotal and four in Jamrud, depriving 16,000 children of education only in Bara tehsil.
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officials of the Education Department said that number of schools destroyed in Khyber Agency had reached 57. Out of these schools 32 were targeted in Bara, 22 in Landi Kotal and four in Jamrud, depriving 16,000 children of education only in Bara tehsil.
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January - 30 
An Oslo court on January 30 sentenced two suspects to prison for planning to bomb the Danish Newspaper that published drawings of the Prophet Mohammed in Norway’s first-ever guilty verdict for “plotting to commit a terrorist act,” reported Express Tribune. According to Norway’s Intelligence Service,
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An Oslo court on January 30 sentenced two suspects to prison for planning to bomb the Danish Newspaper that published drawings of the Prophet Mohammed in Norway’s first-ever guilty verdict for “plotting to commit a terrorist act,” reported Express Tribune. According to Norway’s Intelligence Service, Police Security Service (PST), Davud, a short, bearded man received training in making and using explosives from al Qaeda members and sympathizers in Pakistan’s region of Waziristan between November 2008 and July 2010. Norwegian national Mikael Davud (40), a member of China’s Uighur minority considered the mastermind behind the plot against the Jyllands-Posten Daily, was sentenced to seven years behind bars. Meanwhile, Shawan Sadek Saeed Bujak, an Iraqi Kurd residing in Norway received a three-and-a-half-year prison term. According to the prosecution, the two men had in liaison with al Qaeda planned to use explosives against the offices of the Danish Newspaper and to murder Kurt Westergaard, the cartoonist behind the most controversial of the 12 drawings of the Prophet published in September 2005. “There is no doubt that it was Davud who took the initiative in the preparations for a terrorist act and that he was the central character,” the three judges said in their ruling. “The court also believes that it was he himself who would have carried out the terrorist attack since he has explained that he planned to lay out the explosives himself,” they added.
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March - 7 
Al Qaeda’s main operational commander and the chief of the Harkat-ul-Jihad-al-Islami (HuJI), Muhammad Ilyas Kashmiri, who was reportedly killed on June 3, 2011 in a United States (US) drone attack in South Waziristan Agency of Federally Administered Tribal Areas (FATA), was spotted in North Wazirist
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Al Qaeda’s main operational commander and the chief of the Harkat-ul-Jihad-al-Islami (HuJI), Muhammad Ilyas Kashmiri, who was reportedly killed on June 3, 2011 in a United States (US) drone attack in South Waziristan Agency of Federally Administered Tribal Areas (FATA), was spotted in North Waziristan Agency recently, reported Daily Times on March 7 (today), referring to reliable sources. The HuJI leader reportedly visited North Waziristan this week and held sittings with Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) leader Hakimullah Mehsud. Sources said that during the visit, Kashmiri spent a night with Mehsud, as his guest. During Kashmiri’s visit to the TTP comrade in Waziristan, a renowned journalist from Islamabad was also reportedly present there. During the sittings with Mehsud, Kashmiri allegedly reviewed the future strategy in connection with jihad, his movement and the present situation in Afghanistan. However, sources said that security officials of the US and Pakistan failed to confirm the death of the HuJI commander and media reports were published in July 2011 that he was still active in the border areas of Pakistan and Afghanistan. However, it is said that the photograph believed to be of Kashmiri’s corpse, was actually that of a militant belonging to the Lashkar-e-Toiba (LeT).
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March - 15 
The death toll of March 14, 2012 search operation reached 21 as seven more dead bodies of civilians were found in Sipah area of Bara tehsil (revenue unit) in Khyber Agency of Federally Administered Tribal Areas (FATA) on March 15.
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The death toll of March 14, 2012 search operation reached 21 as seven more dead bodies of civilians were found in Sipah area of Bara tehsil (revenue unit) in Khyber Agency of Federally Administered Tribal Areas (FATA) on March 15.
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March - 16 
Refuting the data collected by a non-governmental organisation (NGO), according to which only 10 per cent of South Waziristan Agency’s residents had suffered displacement, Senator Saleh Shah on March 16 said that people had been forced to flee from five of its eight tehsils due to military operation
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Refuting the data collected by a non-governmental organisation (NGO), according to which only 10 per cent of South Waziristan Agency’s residents had suffered displacement, Senator Saleh Shah on March 16 said that people had been forced to flee from five of its eight tehsils due to military operations. “The suffering of 0.1 million Mehsud tribesmen, who are living like refugees in miserable conditions in Tank and Dera Ismail Khan have been overlooked, said the senator from the restive South Waziristan Agency, during a chat with journalists. Shah said that the figures collected by Community Appraisal and Motivation Programme (CAMP), an NGO, which were quoted by chairman of the Regional Institute of Policy Research in an article published in Dawn, contradicted ground realities.
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March - 23 
Seven Member of National Assembly (MNAs) belonging to the Federally Administered Tribal Areas (FATA) announced on March 23 their decision to form a separate parliamentary group and dissociate from the main group which had hitherto been negotiating with the PPP-led Government FATA’s share in the Fede
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Seven Member of National Assembly (MNAs) belonging to the Federally Administered Tribal Areas (FATA) announced on March 23 their decision to form a separate parliamentary group and dissociate from the main group which had hitherto been negotiating with the PPP-led Government FATA’s share in the Federal Cabinet and allocation of resources to the legislators. Speaking at a news conference, the seven FATA parliamentarians — MNAs Hameedullah Jan Afridi, Bilal Rehman, Kamran Khan, Zafar Beg Bhittani and Senators Haji Khan Afridi, Hilalur Rehman and Malik Rashid Ahmad — said they would strive to protect their people from drone attacks.
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April - 5 
Half of the terrorism-related stories published in the country’s key national newspapers originate from the border region in Pakistan’s northwest, says a new study released by a local media development organisation on April 5, reports Daily Times. “Almost 50 percent of terrorism stories come from Fe
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Half of the terrorism-related stories published in the country’s key national newspapers originate from the border region in Pakistan’s northwest, says a new study released by a local media development organisation on April 5, reports Daily Times. “Almost 50 percent of terrorism stories come from Federally Administered Tribal Areas (FATA) and Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KP),” says the study, ‘How Pakistani Media Reports Terrorism Related Conflict?’ The study has been conducted by the Intermedia Pakistan, an Islamabad-based media development organisation which focuses on training, advocacy and research on media issues. “On TV, the region gets 44 percent of the airtime when it comes to reporting on terrorism-related conflict.” “The study is based on in-depth content analysis of terrorism-related news reports published in a sample of newspapers and aired on select television channels,” says Sadaf Baig, the author of the report. “It unveils statistics that shed new light on the way local media covers terrorism in Pakistan.” In terms of regional break up of news coverage of terrorism-related events, the study says, “FATA dominates the coverage of terrorism with 26 percent of terrorism-related news emanating from the region, KP follows with 23 percent, Balochistan gets 24 percent coverage, Sindh 19 percent, Punjab eight percent, Islamabad six percent while Gilgit Baltistan two percent and AJK gets one percent of space in newspapers.” The study revealed that FATA and Frontier Regions (FRs) featured prominently in terrorism-related stories, adding that armed fighting and skirmishes dominated the incidents of terrorism events reported from FATA.
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April - 10 
Pakistan is going to deploy specially trained Counter-Improvised Explosive Devices (C-IED) forces at 820 border posts along the Pak-Afghan border to counter the use of homemade landmines – the weapon that causes the most troop and civilian casualties on both sides of the border, reports The Express
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Pakistan is going to deploy specially trained Counter-Improvised Explosive Devices (C-IED) forces at 820 border posts along the Pak-Afghan border to counter the use of homemade landmines – the weapon that causes the most troop and civilian casualties on both sides of the border, reports The Express Tribune. “Special instructions are being passed to all agencies to enhance vigilance on the Pak-Afghan border. Pakistan has deployed 23 wings of the Frontier Corps (FC) for border control. The manpower deployed on approximately 820 posts established by the Pakistan Army/FC along the international border are being trained to monitor the movement of Calcium Ammonium Nitrate (CAN),” said an official document available with The Express Tribune. CAN and Ammonium Nitrate (AN) are used to manufacture fertilisers but simultaneously function as key ingredients in making homemade mines called IEDs. The FC has trained their personnel in basic Explosive Ordnance Disposal (EOD) to undertake search and disposal operations, while specialised Police units have been established to undertake EOD tasks which will be used not only on border points but during raids on IED manufacturing sites on its side of the border. IEDs have caused over 13,918 (civilian and military) casualties, which is 47% of the total casualties suffered by Pakistan over the past four years in the Federally Administered Tribal Areas (FATA) and Khyber Pakhtunkhwa alone. The use of Taliban homemade landmines and roadside bombs against NATO forces has reached record levels according to a Pentagon task force. IEDs are the number one cause of casualties for International Security Assistance Forces (ISAF), newly trained Afghan National Security Forces (NSF) troops and civilians. The US has devoted huge resources to defeating the IED threat over the years but with little success. The US Joint IED Defeat Organization (JIEDDO) alone has an annual budget of over USD three billion, and since 2006, USD 20 billion have been spent on C-IED efforts.
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April - 13 
More than 181,000 people have fled fighting between Government troops and Taliban or al Qaeda-linked militants in the Khyber Agency Areas of Federally Administered Tribal Areas (FATA), the United Nation High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) said on April 13, reports Daily Times. “The number of peop
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More than 181,000 people have fled fighting between Government troops and Taliban or al Qaeda-linked militants in the Khyber Agency Areas of Federally Administered Tribal Areas (FATA), the United Nation High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) said on April 13, reports Daily Times. “The number of people displaced by an ongoing government security operation in northwest Pakistan has now surpassed 181,000,” said a statement from the office of the UNHCR. The agency said that about 10,000 new arrivals were being registered daily at the Jalozai camp near Peshawar. “The vast majority of those registered - 85 percent - choose not to live in the Jalozai camp, opting instead to stay with friends, relatives or in rented accommodation,” said the UNHCR adding that it had distributed more than 37,000 humanitarian kits. Other UN agencies, including UNICEF and the World Health Organisation, were also providing aid. The fighting started on January 20 when the Government troops attacked terrorist groups in the Khyber Agency.
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April - 18 
According to an April 18 intelligence agency’s report, Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) chief Hakeemullah Mehsud convened a meeting in North Waziristan Agency of Federally Administered Tribal Areas (FATA) to plan targeted attacks in case of the expected resumption of NATO supplies, reports Express T
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According to an April 18 intelligence agency’s report, Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) chief Hakeemullah Mehsud convened a meeting in North Waziristan Agency of Federally Administered Tribal Areas (FATA) to plan targeted attacks in case of the expected resumption of NATO supplies, reports Express Tribune. An extract of the intelligence report states that Mehsud convened a meeting with several senior ‘commanders’ of TTP, Afghan Taliban and al Qaeda on an unspecified date of February 2012. The report adds that in case of the resumption of NATO supplies, the militants will show their anger through terrorist activities across the country, including targeting high-profile personalities. The report says possible targets not only include United States (US) diplomats and their bases in Pakistan, but also Prime Minister Yousaf Raza Gilani, Federal Interior Minister Rehman Malik, Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) leader Imran Khan and Maulana Fazlur Rehman of Jama’at Ulema-e-Islam-Fazl (JUI-F).
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April - 24 
According to officials, the Government has paid financial compensation to the families of 2,894 people, who were killed in militancy, and 3,497 seriously injured, reports Dawn. Statistics compiled by the Civil Secretariat of Federally Administered Tribal Areas (FATA) show that 4,163 civilians have b
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According to officials, the Government has paid financial compensation to the families of 2,894 people, who were killed in militancy, and 3,497 seriously injured, reports Dawn. Statistics compiled by the Civil Secretariat of Federally Administered Tribal Areas (FATA) show that 4,163 civilians have been killed and 5,346 seriously wounded in militancy and collateral damage in seven agencies and six Frontier Regions (FRs) of FATA over the last five to six years. However, families of 3,118 violence victims, including 1,849 seriously injured persons, have not been compensated so far. Officials told Dawn on April 24 that the Civil Secretariat of FATA had asked the Federal Government to release funds for payment to the violence victims’ legal heirs and wounded persons. However, a parliamentarian from the area insists there’s no shortage of funds and that the militancy-affected families from Kurram Agency will be compensated. According to reports, militancy claimed lives of 655 civilians in Bajaur Agency, 469 in Mohmand Agency, 449 in Khyber Agency, 71 in South Waziristan Agency (SWA), 424 in North Waziristan Agency, 237 in Orakzai Agency, three in FR Peshawar, 186 in FR Kohat, 62 in FR Tank, seven in FR Lakki, one in FR Dera Ismail Khan and four in FR Bannu. The number of seriously injured people is 934 in Bajaur, 480 in Mohmand, 580 in Khyber, 704 in NWA, 60 in SWA and 221 in Orakzai, while 64 civil servants and 187 personnel of Levies and Khasadar forces lost their lives in militancy-related incidents.
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April - 30 
The sources said the al Qaeda commanders based in Pakistan was not involved in the decision, but they only ratified it. Shinwari has five brothers who are affiliated with the Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) and other militant outfits. His elder brother Hazrat Nabi Shinwari, alias Tamanchy Mulla, wa
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The sources said the al Qaeda commanders based in Pakistan was not involved in the decision, but they only ratified it. Shinwari has five brothers who are affiliated with the Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) and other militant outfits. His elder brother Hazrat Nabi Shinwari, alias Tamanchy Mulla, was a theology teacher in a Government-run school in Landikotal. He was leading the TTP in Khyber Agency in 2005 and also used to send militants to Kashmir and Afghanistan. He has remained the head of Harkat-ul Mujahideen (HuM) and is nowadays said to be leading his group of TTP militants in Waziristan.
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May - 5 
The death toll in the May 4 suicide attack at Khar Bazaar of Bajaur Agency in Federally Administered Tribal Areas (FATA), 2012 increased to 29 on May 5.
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The death toll in the May 4 suicide attack at Khar Bazaar of Bajaur Agency in Federally Administered Tribal Areas (FATA), 2012 increased to 29 on May 5.
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May - 5 
The death toll in the suicide attack at Khar Bazaar of Bajaur Agency increased to 26 as Dawn reported six more death. Injured persons number also increased to 75 as 42 was reported earlier.
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The death toll in the suicide attack at Khar Bazaar of Bajaur Agency increased to 26 as Dawn reported six more death. Injured persons number also increased to 75 as 42 was reported earlier.
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May - 21 
Banks in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KP) and Federally Administered Tribal Areas (FATA) on May 21 sealed 22 accounts worth billions of rupees owned by depositors suspected of links to militants and drug smugglers, officials said, reports Central Asia Online. Twelve of the accounts were in the Khyber, Mohman
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Banks in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KP) and Federally Administered Tribal Areas (FATA) on May 21 sealed 22 accounts worth billions of rupees owned by depositors suspected of links to militants and drug smugglers, officials said, reports Central Asia Online. Twelve of the accounts were in the Khyber, Mohmand and Bajaur agencies of FATA. The other 10 accounts were in Bannu, Peshawar, Nowshera, Kohat, Hangu and Dera Ismail Khan Districts of KP. The Home Ministry, Interior Ministry, Anti-Narcotics Force and law enforcement agencies have received details of the sealed accounts for further action, officials said.
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May - 23 
The death in the May 22 drone attack in the Tabai area near Miramshah, the main town of North Waziristan Agency increased to 10, reports Dawn. Earlier, Daily Times reported that only four militants were killed.
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The death in the May 22 drone attack in the Tabai area near Miramshah, the main town of North Waziristan Agency increased to 10, reports Dawn. Earlier, Daily Times reported that only four militants were killed.
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May - 31 
China has urged Pakistan to take effective measures to stop the activities of East Turkistan Islamic Movement (ETIM) militants present in Federally Administered Tribal Areas (FATA), The Express Tribune quoting BBC Urdu reported. According to the report, the Chinese Foreign Minister Yang Jiechi curre
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China has urged Pakistan to take effective measures to stop the activities of East Turkistan Islamic Movement (ETIM) militants present in Federally Administered Tribal Areas (FATA), The Express Tribune quoting BBC Urdu reported. According to the report, the Chinese Foreign Minister Yang Jiechi currently visiting Pakistan said that it was their belief that militants belonging to the ETIM are influencing the Chinese province Xinjiang, which has a Muslim majority population. Xinjiang, which is home to the Uighur Muslims, has faced increased terrorist activities in recent years, inviting a crackdown by Chinese forces. The restive province which shares a border with Pakistan has been under heavy security since July 2009, when the Uighurs launched attacks on Han people in the regional capital Urumqi. Sources within the Chinese Foreign Ministry, on condition of anonymity, told BBC that Chinese officials discussed the matter with Pakistan President Asif Ali Zardari along with other officials during several meetings, where the Pakistani Foreign Secretary was also summoned.
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June - 5 
The United States (US) on June 5 said that al Qaeda number two Abu Yahya al-Libi was killed in a drone attack at Hisokhel, east of Miranshah, the headquarter of North Waziristan Agency of Federally Administered Tribal Areas (FATA) on June 4, reports Dawn. “Our government has been able to confirm al-
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The United States (US) on June 5 said that al Qaeda number two Abu Yahya al-Libi was killed in a drone attack at Hisokhel, east of Miranshah, the headquarter of North Waziristan Agency of Federally Administered Tribal Areas (FATA) on June 4, reports Dawn. “Our government has been able to confirm al-Libi’s death,” said White House spokesman Jay Carney, ending a prolonged US tussle with a man who once escaped from a US jail in Afghanistan, and had defied previous attempts to kill him. “It is significant,” another US official said, saying Libi headed al Qaeda operations in Pakistan and had outreached to affiliates such as Yemen-based al Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula (AQAP), which has attacked US targets. News of the killing of Libi followed reports detailing the scope of the US campaign against global terrorism, including revelations that President Barack Obama personally presides over a “kill list” of top suspects. Al Libi, a hero in militant circles for his 2005 escape from the US military prison in Bagram, Afghanistan, was elevated to al-Qaeda’s No. 2 spot when Ayman al-Zawahri rose to replace the slain Osama bin Laden. Militants and residents in the area told Pakistani agents that al-Libi was in the house when it was hit, Pakistani intelligence officials said. They said the mud and brick house was completely destroyed. A local Taliban chief, on condition of anonymity, said al-Libi was not present at the house, though his guard and driver were killed. However, residents of the village said Libi was killed as an unusually high number of militants gathered there after the drone strike and they kept people away. They usually bury the bodies after a drone strike in the nearest graveyard, said one of the villagers, describing the aftermath of previous strikes in the area. This time they put all the bodies in their cars and took them away.
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June - 8 
Hundreds of families were forced to flee when Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) launched a fresh offensive against Kukikhel tribe in Tirah valley of Khyber Agency in Federally Administered Tribal Areas (FATA) on June 8, reported Dawn. Sources said that about 500 families, belonging to Maniya Khel and
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Hundreds of families were forced to flee when Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) launched a fresh offensive against Kukikhel tribe in Tirah valley of Khyber Agency in Federally Administered Tribal Areas (FATA) on June 8, reported Dawn. Sources said that about 500 families, belonging to Maniya Khel and Sra Vela localities of Tirah, reached Ghundi village of Jamrud tehsil (revenue unit) while around 300 more temporarily settled down in Ali Masjid area. A resident of Maniya Khel, Saifullah told the media “Taliban came in a large number. They were heavily armed”. He added that Kukikhel volunteers could not offer any resistance as they had exhausted all their ammunition and also vacated most of their bunkers. Saifullah further said that Taliban were also supported by Ansarul Islam (AI), a local militant outfit headed by Maulana Mehboobul Haq. He also alleged that the local militant outfit was affiliated with Jama’at Ulema-e-Islam-Fazl (JUI-F). Further, another Kukikhel volunteer Noor Zahir said that his tribe, which had earlier vowed to expel Taliban from their soil at any cost, lost most of their areas to Taliban fighters of Tariq Afridi group. He said that Taliban started consolidating their position in the areas, which the Kukikehl volunteers vacated after the offensive was launched. “Taliban occupied our houses and seized most of our belongings including household items, cattle and stocks of edibles, which we use to keep for winter,” he said.
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June - 11 
Dawn reported that the TTP took full control of Kukikhel-dominated areas of Tirah Valley in Khyber Agency as more families left their homes and moved to Jamrud town of the Agency. Sources said that besides fortifying their positions in the newly-occupied localities, TTP had also torched houses of so
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Dawn reported that the TTP took full control of Kukikhel-dominated areas of Tirah Valley in Khyber Agency as more families left their homes and moved to Jamrud town of the Agency. Sources said that besides fortifying their positions in the newly-occupied localities, TTP had also torched houses of some Kukikhel elders in Bagh and Sra Vela. They said that the TTP made announcements on loudspeakers from local mosques and asked residents to hoist white flags atop their houses and volunteer one person from each family to join the outfit. One resident of Jamrud, Muhammad Irfan, told the media that except for Puk Darra and Daman-e-Koh, all areas, including Sra Vela, Bagh, Pathai, Ghakhai, Baarhi Saporhi and Maniyakhel, had fallen to TTP and residents had moved to Ali Masjid and Ghundi in Jamrud. He however, denied that any offer had been made by the political administration to any of the displaced families and said they had not received any assistance from local authorities. “The entire Tirah Valley, except Bazaar Zakakhel, is now under effective control of three militant groups, TTP (Tariq Afridi group), Mangal Bagh-led Lashkar-e-Islam (LI) and Ansarul Islam (AI),” confirmed Bakhtiar Mohmand, Assistant Political Agent of Jamrud.
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June - 18 
abduction-for-ransom has become a nightmare for residents of the volatile Kurram Agency, forcing many of the tribal families to leave their native towns and seek accommodation in Rawalpindi and Islamabad Districts of Punjab province, reports Dawn. After re-opening of Thall-Parachinar Road recently –
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abduction-for-ransom has become a nightmare for residents of the volatile Kurram Agency, forcing many of the tribal families to leave their native towns and seek accommodation in Rawalpindi and Islamabad Districts of Punjab province, reports Dawn. After re-opening of Thall-Parachinar Road recently – which remained blocked since 2009 as armed militants had occupied this lone route to the restive area – the residents are now faced with the menace of kidnapping-for -ransom by militants. According to Member of National Assembly (MNA) Sajid Hussain Turi, so far 50 people of Turi tribe were abducted by militants, while over PKR 80 million had been paid by the victim families in ransom for securing release of their relatives. “The militants kidnap young and earning members in order to bargain for hefty ransom. There are families whose members have been kidnapped twice within a span of eight months,” the lawmaker said. Kidnapping-for-ransom had become a profitable business for militants, added the MNA Turi
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June - 20 
The Federal Government on June 20 asked the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Governor Syed Masood Kausar to try to enter into dialogue with the Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) in North Waziristan Agency of Federally Administered Tribal Areas (FATA) to pave the way for vaccination of children, reports Dawn. A let
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The Federal Government on June 20 asked the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Governor Syed Masood Kausar to try to enter into dialogue with the Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) in North Waziristan Agency of Federally Administered Tribal Areas (FATA) to pave the way for vaccination of children, reports Dawn. A letter sent to Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Governor Syed Masood Kausar by Shahnaz Wazir Ali, focal person for polio at the Prime Minister’s Polio Eradication Cell Secretariat requested the Governor to start talks with the TTP through the political agent of North Waziristan. A militant outfit headed by Hafiz Gul Bahadar had announced ban on polio vaccination on June 16, 2012, in reaction to the drone attacks. The letter titled “Ban on polio campaign in North Waziristan” expressed serious concern over reports regarding TTP’s ban on polio campaign in North Waziristan and asked the Governor to hold dialogue with militant leader Hafiz Gul Bahadar to save children from becoming handicapped. “All the available means must be utilised to ensure that the polio campaigns in the area are not disrupted for the sake of the future of 161,000 children there,” a one-page letter said. It said that the Government was extremely concerned about eradicating polio from the country in general and FATA in particular.
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June - 27 
the Mamond tribe of Bajaur Agency deployed hundreds of more volunteers in different areas along the border to prevent possible cross-border attacks by militants. The residents of the area said that extraordinary arrangements by the elders of tribal laskhar (militia) and peace committees were made in
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the Mamond tribe of Bajaur Agency deployed hundreds of more volunteers in different areas along the border to prevent possible cross-border attacks by militants. The residents of the area said that extraordinary arrangements by the elders of tribal laskhar (militia) and peace committees were made in the border areas during the last two days. “More volunteers belonging to different villages have been inducted into the tribal laskhar while patrolling has been extended to the mountainous areas along the border,” Riaz Khan, a local tribesman said. The tribesmen said that several new peace committees were formed in the region. The Mamond Qaumi Laskhar also set up several new posts in different areas near the Pak-Afghan border, they added.
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July - 2 
Afghanistan accused Pakistan’s Army of launching months of rocket attacks on its territory and threatened to report Islamabad to the UN Security Council, straining already troubled ties between the neighbours. Kabul has regularly accused elements in Islamabad’s government and Army of backing militan
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Afghanistan accused Pakistan’s Army of launching months of rocket attacks on its territory and threatened to report Islamabad to the UN Security Council, straining already troubled ties between the neighbours. Kabul has regularly accused elements in Islamabad’s government and Army of backing militants fighting the US-backed Kabul government, charges denied by Pakistan. But it was the first time Afghanistan has held Pakistan directly responsible for hundreds of rocket strikes on the heavily forested Afghan border province of Kunar that it says have killed four civilians since March. “We now have enough evidence that proves the rockets used in these attacks belong to the Pakistani army,” the spokesman for Afghanistan’s National Directorate of Security, Shafiqullah Taheri.
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July - 25 
In the past four years, the militants have damaged or destroyed 203 schools in the Bajaur and Mohmand Agencies of the Federally Administered Tribal Areas (FATA), Central Asia Online reported quoting Daily Express report. The bombings of 106 Bajaur and 97 Mohmand schools forced students to sit idle o
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In the past four years, the militants have damaged or destroyed 203 schools in the Bajaur and Mohmand Agencies of the Federally Administered Tribal Areas (FATA), Central Asia Online reported quoting Daily Express report. The bombings of 106 Bajaur and 97 Mohmand schools forced students to sit idle or to study under trees or in male guesthouses offered to them by kind individuals. Donor organisations are providing financial assistance to rebuild the schools; Daily Express report says quoting FATA Education Department officials. The majority of the facilities are girls’ schools, women’s colleges and all-female dormitories, it reported.
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August - 3 
9,291 internally displaced families, comprising 42,504 individuals have resettled in their native areas after restoration of peace in Sarokai and Ladha areas of South Waziristan Agency in Federally Administered Tribal Areas (FATA), a FATA Disaster Management Authority (FDMA) official said on August
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9,291 internally displaced families, comprising 42,504 individuals have resettled in their native areas after restoration of peace in Sarokai and Ladha areas of South Waziristan Agency in Federally Administered Tribal Areas (FATA), a FATA Disaster Management Authority (FDMA) official said on August 3, reports Daily Times. Around 10,672 men, 11,133 women and 20,699 children make up the 9,291 families. Over 44,000 families were displaced from their native towns and homes due to military offensive against militants in the Pakistan-Afghanistan border area. The Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs) had moved in with their relatives residing in Dera Ismail Khan District and Tank District of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa.
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August - 5 
Three years after launching Operation Rah-e-Nijat (Path to Salvation) military operation in Mehsud area of South Waziristan Agency, the Government has de-notified only one out of six subdivisions as conflict zone in the volatile region since October 2009, reports Dawn. “Only Sararogha subdivision ha
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Three years after launching Operation Rah-e-Nijat (Path to Salvation) military operation in Mehsud area of South Waziristan Agency, the Government has de-notified only one out of six subdivisions as conflict zone in the volatile region since October 2009, reports Dawn. “Only Sararogha subdivision has been declared as ‘cleared’ and the Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs) from the area are allowed to go back to their homes,” said an unnamed official. He said that the remaining five tehsils (revenue units) including Shawal, Serwakai, Tiarza, Makeen and Laddha had not been cleared so far. “Return programme of IDPs to other areas would be started as and when the military gives green signal in this regard,” he said. The return process of IDPs to Sararogha is underway with a slow pace as over 8,000 families have returned to their homes during the last one and half year, while 40,000 registered Mehsud families are waiting with host families in Tank and Dera Ismail Khan Districts for their turn. FATA Disaster Management Authority (FDMA) after getting clearance from Security Forces has to de-notify an area as conflict zone. Of seven tribal agencies in FATA, Bajaur and Mohmand have been completely de-notified as conflict zones. The return process of IDPs to their homes in those two tribal agencies had been accomplished. Officials said that FDMA had recently de-notified 44 villages in central subdivision of Kurram Agency while Masozai area had not been cleared. The upper and lower subdivisions of Kurram have already been cleared.
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August - 7 
The Nation on August 7 (today) reported that Pakistan’s military brass would make a final decision on the North Waziristan operation in the next Corps Commanders Conference which is scheduled to be held sometime in August 2012. According to the informed officials at a Security Agency, two options ar
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The Nation on August 7 (today) reported that Pakistan’s military brass would make a final decision on the North Waziristan operation in the next Corps Commanders Conference which is scheduled to be held sometime in August 2012. According to the informed officials at a Security Agency, two options are likely to be discussed in the moot: the launch of a full-scale military offensive with the logistical support of International Security Assistance Force (ISAF), or a curtailed crackdown in the area through intelligence sharing between the two forces. Pakistan Army, the officials shared, has deployed two Infantry divisions, nine brigades, 23 battalions and 18 Frontier Corps (FC) wings in Waziristan region. Of them, one division, five brigades, 12 battalions and 11 FC wings are deployed in North Waziristan Agency while four brigades, 11 battalions, seven FC wings and a division are deployed in South Waziristan Agency, the officials added. “These deployments are not enough for launching a military operation or a major crackdown,” the officials said, adding that additional troops at division level are required to augment the operational strength of regular troops before launching any offensive in North Waziristan Agency. In this situation, the sources said, Pakistan Army needs the backhand intelligence and logistical support of the NATO forces in case it is to jump into North Waziristan.
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August - 27 
Thousands of people have fled North Waziristan Agency (FATA) in recent days, fearing a military offensive against terrorists, Daily Times quoting locals and officials reported on August 27. Panicked residents have hastily left the area of North Waziristan despite officials repeatedly insisting that
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Thousands of people have fled North Waziristan Agency (FATA) in recent days, fearing a military offensive against terrorists, Daily Times quoting locals and officials reported on August 27. Panicked residents have hastily left the area of North Waziristan despite officials repeatedly insisting that Pakistan has no immediate plan to launch an offensive in the volatile region. “Thousands of people have so far left the area, they are fleeing their homes due to the fear and rumours of a military operation,” Saifur Rehman, a Government official in the main town of Miranshah, said. Tasleem Khan, another government official confirmed the evacuation. Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Information Minister Iftikhar Hussain, said that thousands of people have reached several Districts in his area. Rumours started early this week after a spokesman for the Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) told the media that it had received “an exclusive intelligence report” about an offensive in North Waziristan Agency.
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September - 24 September - 26
A total of 721 families from Mehsud tribe returned to their homes in various parts of South Waziristan Agency from Tank District and Dera Ismail Khan District of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa in the 9th three-day phase of Government-sponsored rehabilitation process for Internally Displaced Persons (IDP), repor
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A total of 721 families from Mehsud tribe returned to their homes in various parts of South Waziristan Agency from Tank District and Dera Ismail Khan District of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa in the 9th three-day phase of Government-sponsored rehabilitation process for Internally Displaced Persons (IDP), reports Dawn. In the phase, which began on September 24, 2012 and ended on September 26, 2012, displaced families sheltering at Kawar IDP Camp Centre in Tank District and Ratha Kulachi Stadium in DI Khan were sent to their hometowns in Sara Rugha, Kotlay and Shaur areas of South Waziristan. Officials said the returning families comprised 3,141 members.
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October - 22 
the tribal people displaced from Salarzai tehsil (revenue unit) of Bajaur Agency owing to attacks from across the Afghan border have started returning to their native villages as administration has declared the area free of militants. However, they complain that they are facing plethora of problems
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the tribal people displaced from Salarzai tehsil (revenue unit) of Bajaur Agency owing to attacks from across the Afghan border have started returning to their native villages as administration has declared the area free of militants. However, they complain that they are facing plethora of problems as UNHCR has not awarded them the status of internally displaced persons. According to official data, 4,225 tribal people of Salarzai vacated their houses and migrated to safer places when hundreds of militants attacked their villages from Kunar province of Afghanistan. The SFs and local tribal lashkar (militia) cleared the region of militants on September 17 and claimed to have killed 100 attackers including some of their key commanders. The militants also claimed inflicting heavy losses on SFs and tribal lashkar. About 24 villages including Batwar, Lakyan, Tendudag, Kambailay and Batwar Khas were affected by the fighting. The displaced people started returning to their villages after SFs and tribal administration declared the area safe and secure. “About 60 per cent people had returned to their homes while the rest will soon return,” said a local tribal elder. He said that they were happy on returning to their homes. “People feel comfort on returning to their homes but they are faced with multiple problems as their houses have been damaged,” Fazl Akbar, an elder of Batwar said.
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November - 4 
The Khyber Agency has recorded the highest number of subversive acts during 2012 as compared to other parts of Federally Administered Tribal Areas (FATA), reports Dawn. The data compiled by offices of Political Administration in FATA shows that total 96 bomb blasts, suicide and rocket attacks have o
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The Khyber Agency has recorded the highest number of subversive acts during 2012 as compared to other parts of Federally Administered Tribal Areas (FATA), reports Dawn. The data compiled by offices of Political Administration in FATA shows that total 96 bomb blasts, suicide and rocket attacks have occurred in Khyber Agency between January and October of 2012. These incidences have left at least 100 civilians and 20 security personnel dead besides injuring 60 others, the record shows. Army and paramilitary forces have been conducting operations in Khyber Agency since 2009, but they have yet to evict militants from the area, situated at a stone’s throw from Peshawar. The volatile agency has also topped the list of abduction for ransom incidents among all tribal units as it recorded 40 cases in which people were picked up and taken there before making demands for money from the relatives of the abducted persons. Main militant groups like Lashkar-e-Islam (LI), Tawheed-ul-Islam (TI), Ansaar-ul-Islam (AI), Haji Namdar group and Abdullah Azzam Brigade have been operating in the area, according to sources. The infighting among these militant outfits and subsequent military operations caused mass exoduses from the militancy-stricken area. According to FATA Disaster Management Authority’s report, around 71,000 displaced families, who left their native homes in the wake of lawlessness, had been registered with it. Officials blamed deaths and civilian casualties in Khyber Agency on artillery shelling and rocket attacks. The trouble started in Khyber Agency in 2003 when supporters of two rival sectarian groups led by Mufti Shakir and Pir Saifur Rehman respectively clashed in Bara. Mufti and Pir were expelled from the area in 2004. However, the sectarian clashes resulted in emergence of Mangal Bagh group
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November - 29 
Militants have targeted 37 shrines of saints in Federally Administered Tribal Areas (FATA) and Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KP) in the past five years, reports Central Asia Online. Explosions at shrines also killed 10 persons, including three children, and injured 30 others, Jang reported November 29, basing
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Militants have targeted 37 shrines of saints in Federally Administered Tribal Areas (FATA) and Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KP) in the past five years, reports Central Asia Online. Explosions at shrines also killed 10 persons, including three children, and injured 30 others, Jang reported November 29, basing its number on previously published reports. Militants have targeted shrines of Pir Baba, Mian Mohammad Omar Baba, Madai Baba, Kaka Sahib, and Akhun Panjo Baba. They have also attacked the tombs of revered poets Rehman Baba, Khushal Khan Khattak, Ajmal Khattak and Amir Hamza Khan Shinwari. The Government, with help from the people, has rebuilt most of the militant-damaged shrines.
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