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January - 6 
There is a “human pipeline” that arranges for alienated British Muslim youths – many of them born in the UK of Pakistani heritage – to travel to Pakistan for indoctrination and training at temporary terrorist “camps”, believed to be operated by the al Qaeda leaders, according to a report in the curr
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There is a “human pipeline” that arranges for alienated British Muslim youths – many of them born in the UK of Pakistani heritage – to travel to Pakistan for indoctrination and training at temporary terrorist “camps”, believed to be operated by the al Qaeda leaders, according to a report in the current issue of Newsweek. The report quoted US authorities as saying that the UK-Pakistan pipeline had played a role in several planned terrorist plots. A U.S. intelligence official said that agencies on both sides of the Atlantic had information linking a 26-year-old London man, Muhammed Al-Ghabra, as a major organiser for the al Qaeda and other terror groups to some of the well-known plots, according to Daily Times.
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February - 14 
An armed man, who was killed during a shootout with security force personnel at the Islamabad airport on February 6, is suspected to have links with a banned militant outfit, security sources told Dawn on February 14. Sources claimed that evidences suggest that the attacker, Mohammad Younas, belongi
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An armed man, who was killed during a shootout with security force personnel at the Islamabad airport on February 6, is suspected to have links with a banned militant outfit, security sources told Dawn on February 14. Sources claimed that evidences suggest that the attacker, Mohammad Younas, belonging to the Leghari tribe of Dera Ghazi Khan, had links with the Amjad Farooqi group of the banned sectarian outfit. The evidences also suggest that the man was not on a suicide mission but on a target killing mission, although his target did not seem to be a high-profile personality, the sources said.
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February - 15 
The Government has decided to repatriate all Afghan refugees residing in Pakistan by 2009, Dawn reported. This was announced at a meeting of the Inter-Ministerial Cabinet Committee held in Islamabad on February 15. The committee – headed by Interior Minister Aftab Ahmed Khan Sherpao –devised a strat
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The Government has decided to repatriate all Afghan refugees residing in Pakistan by 2009, Dawn reported. This was announced at a meeting of the Inter-Ministerial Cabinet Committee held in Islamabad on February 15. The committee – headed by Interior Minister Aftab Ahmed Khan Sherpao –devised a strategy to send all Afghan refugees back to their homeland in three years, from 2007 to 2009. Under the strategy, four camps of Afghan refugees located in Balochistan and the North West Frontier Province (NWFP) will be removed in the ongoing year. In the first phase, two of them -- one in each province -- will be dismantled in March. According to official figures, approximately 2.4 million Afghans are living in Pakistan – one million in camps and 1.4 million in the urban areas. Since 2002, about 2.8 million Afghan refugees have reportedly been repatriated to their homeland.
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February - 19 
Senior leaders of the al Qaeda, allegedly operating from Pakistan have re-established significant control over their network and over the past year have set up a band of training camps in the tribal regions near the Afghan border, according to American intelligence and counter-terrorism officials, a
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Senior leaders of the al Qaeda, allegedly operating from Pakistan have re-established significant control over their network and over the past year have set up a band of training camps in the tribal regions near the Afghan border, according to American intelligence and counter-terrorism officials, according to Daily Times. A report in the New York Times on February 19 said that according to American officials there is mounting evidence that Osama bin Laden and his deputy had been steadily building an operations hub in the Pakistani tribal area of North Waziristan. The United States has also identified several new al Qaeda compounds in North Waziristan, including one that officials said might be training operatives for strikes against targets beyond. American analysts told the newspaper that recent intelligence showed that the compounds functioned under a loose command structure and were operated by groups of Arab, Pakistani and Afghan militants allied with the al Qaeda. They receive guidance from their commanders and Ayman al Zawahri, the analysts said. According to US officials, the training camps had yet to reach the size and level of sophistication of the Qaeda camps established in Afghanistan under Taliban rule, but groups of 10 to 20 men are being trained at the camps and the al Qaeda infrastructure in the region is gradually becoming more mature. American officials and analysts said that several factors in Pakistan have come together to allow “core Al Qaeda” to regain some of its strength. The emergence of a relative haven in North Waziristan and the surrounding area has helped senior operatives communicate more effectively with the outside world via courier and the Internet. The linkage between the London bombers and Pakistani training facilities is also being cited as additional evidence of Pakistan’s complicity.
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February - 21 
A report, submitted to the Interior Ministry, said that the current wave of suicide attacks in Pakistan indicates that terrorists are targeting senior security officials and politicians who support President Pervez Musharraf’s policy of "enlightened moderation".
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A report, submitted to the Interior Ministry, said that the current wave of suicide attacks in Pakistan indicates that terrorists are targeting senior security officials and politicians who support President Pervez Musharraf’s policy of "enlightened moderation".
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February - 21 
Intelligence agencies indicated that Taliban commanders plan to carry out 12 suicide attacks in various parts of Pakistan, according to Daily Times. According to intelligence reports submitted to the Interior Ministry, the attacks have been planned by Taliban commanders such as Baitullah Mehsud, Abd
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Intelligence agencies indicated that Taliban commanders plan to carry out 12 suicide attacks in various parts of Pakistan, according to Daily Times. According to intelligence reports submitted to the Interior Ministry, the attacks have been planned by Taliban commanders such as Baitullah Mehsud, Abdullah Mehsud, Sheikh Khalid Mahmood and Nazir Wazir. The reports also name five of the 12 expected suicide bombers and their targets. They say that Nurani, a resident of Ghazni district in Afghanistan, has been given the task to carry out a suicide attack in Islamabad or Sargodha. Gul Jan, who belongs to the Mehsud tribe in South Waziristan, has reportedly been tasked with an attack in Lahore. Miatol, who belongs to a Punjabi tribe, is stated to be planning an attack in Dera Ismail Khan. Ziaul Haq, a resident of Shand Estate, is reported to be preparing a suicide blast in the Bahawalpur region. Mohammad Zaman, a resident of Waziristan, is said to be planning attacks in Lahore and Rawalpindi.
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February - 22 
Security agencies claimed on February 22 to have averted at least four major terrorist attacks in different parts of the country and said that 19 suspects, who were being controlled by some people in tribal areas near the Afghan border, had been arrested. An interior ministry official told Dawn that
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Security agencies claimed on February 22 to have averted at least four major terrorist attacks in different parts of the country and said that 19 suspects, who were being controlled by some people in tribal areas near the Afghan border, had been arrested. An interior ministry official told Dawn that seven people had been arrested from Dera Ismail Khan on January 29. They were local Taliban and belonged to the Mehsud tribe from South Waziristan. Further, 12 Afghan nationals were arrested for suspected links with militants in Faisalabad on January 29, he added. The interior ministry official informed that a countrywide terror alert, especially in capital Islamabad, had been issued after investigations revealed presence of some suicide bombers in various parts of the country. The terror threat level had not been lowered from ‘red alert’, he added.
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February - 23 
A new survey has shown that 86 percent of Pakistanis believe that terrorist attacks on civilians are never justified, while only 46 percent of Americans hold the same view, according to Daily Times. The survey conducted in December 2006 by the University of Maryland in the US and four Muslim countri
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A new survey has shown that 86 percent of Pakistanis believe that terrorist attacks on civilians are never justified, while only 46 percent of Americans hold the same view, according to Daily Times. The survey conducted in December 2006 by the University of Maryland in the US and four Muslim countries - Pakistan, Indonesia, Bangladesh and Nigeria - showed 74 percent of respondents in Indonesia agreeing that terrorist attacks were "never justified", compared with 81 percent in Bangladesh. As many as 24 percent of Americans said that such attacks were "sometimes justified." According to Christian Science Monitor, public opinion surveys in the United States and Europe show that nearly half of Westerners associate Islam with violence and Muslims with terrorism.
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February - 23 
According to Daily Times, after the recent wave of suicide attacks in Pakistan, a Karachi-based Urdu daily newspaper conducted a survey seeking Fatwas (religious decrees) on suicide attacks. In the survey, clerics from all schools of thought have declared suicide attacks un-Islamic and forbidden the
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According to Daily Times, after the recent wave of suicide attacks in Pakistan, a Karachi-based Urdu daily newspaper conducted a survey seeking Fatwas (religious decrees) on suicide attacks. In the survey, clerics from all schools of thought have declared suicide attacks un-Islamic and forbidden them under the Shariah. They said that killing a non-Muslim without a legitimate cause was against the Islamic way of life. Maulana Ameer Hamza of the Jama’at-ud-Da’awa said that a suicide attack was, beyond doubt, an act of terrorism. He said that someone who kills himself to kill others also "recounts for the sins of those who (he has) killed." The Jamiat Ulema-e-Islam’s Hafiz Hussain Ahmed said that since Islam did not permit the killing of innocent people, it was necessary to figure out why suicide bombers went to such extremes. He said that since there was no way of effectively stopping a suicide bomber, the only solution was to eliminate the causes which gave rise to such resentment that people resorted to suicidal tactics. He added that no final Fatwa could be given on the issue, since a suicidal defence strategy was employed by the Pakistani Army at Chawinda to repel an Indian attack during the 1965 war, a strategy that was approved by the religious scholars of the time. However, he said that an Islamic war by an Islamic state could not be compared to the recent wave of suicide attacks that targeted innocent civilians. Former minister and Sunni cleric Dr Mehmood Ahmad Ghazi reportedly said, "A suicide attack was clearly murder and its legality was further called into question by the fact that they occurred in a Muslim state which was not occupied by infidels." Other clerics quoted in the report included Sunni scholars Mufti Muneeb-ur-Rehman and Allama Jamil Ahmed Naeemi and Shia clerics Allama Abass Hussain, Allama Sheryar Aabidi, Allama Shehnshah Naqvi and Allama Ather Mashhadi.
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February - 27 
At least two American states have clamped restrictions on a Pakistani bank on terror finance-related suspicions, according to Daily Times. "Two US states have restricted this bank from dealing in transactions in foreign exchange, transfers of credits to foreign banks and importing and exporting curr
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At least two American states have clamped restrictions on a Pakistani bank on terror finance-related suspicions, according to Daily Times. "Two US states have restricted this bank from dealing in transactions in foreign exchange, transfers of credits to foreign banks and importing and exporting currency or securities," sources claimed, without naming the bank or the two US states that have subjected the bank to this action. Asked what had prompted the US states to take this action, the sources said that it was a news report carried by a section of the Pakistani press accusing this bank and others of involvement in terrorist money transfers from the UK. According to the press reports, UK-based charities had allegedly transferred funds through this bank’s branch in Pakistan occupied Kashmir, and this money landed in the hands of alleged terrorists who helped finance the UK-bombing plot in 2006.
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April - 1 
An amended European Union (EU) report on Kashmir has asked Pakistan to disarm militants, shut down terrorist training camps and end the flow of weapons and money to the Taliban and other militants based in Pakistani territory, Press Trust of India reported. The report, cleared by the European Parlia
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An amended European Union (EU) report on Kashmir has asked Pakistan to disarm militants, shut down terrorist training camps and end the flow of weapons and money to the Taliban and other militants based in Pakistani territory, Press Trust of India reported. The report, cleared by the European Parliament’s Foreign Affairs Committee, said Pakistan-based militant groups like the Lashkar-e-Toiba (LeT) and Harkat-ul-Mujahideen (HuM) were continuing operations. It noted that while there has been a steady decline in the number of victims of terror attacks over the past five years, the activities of constantly mutating terrorist groups like the LeT and Harkat-ul-Mujahideen have caused "hundreds of deaths in Jammu and Kashmir and beyond."
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April - 16 
According to Daily Times, intelligence agencies have warned that three would-be suicide bombers have set out for Islamabad to target government functionaries if security agencies crack down on the Jamia Hafsa and Jamia Fareedia seminaries in the national capital. Intelligence agencies submitted repo
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According to Daily Times, intelligence agencies have warned that three would-be suicide bombers have set out for Islamabad to target government functionaries if security agencies crack down on the Jamia Hafsa and Jamia Fareedia seminaries in the national capital. Intelligence agencies submitted reports to the Interior Ministry a few days ago warning that the three men, including two Uzbeks, had left Darra Adam Khel in the North West Frontier Province (NWFP) for Islamabad to carry out suicide attacks. 20-year old Ikramullah, a resident of Gedaro Killi, Zarghun Khel and member of the banned Sipah-e-Sahaba Pakistan (SSP), reportedly heads the group. The group, trained at a camp located in Shawal, Waziristan, was reportedly sent by Tariq Mazid Khel, who runs a training camp at Zarghun Khel and claims to have contacts with intelligence agencies.
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April - 17 
Activists of the proscribed Sunni group Sipah-e-Sahaba Pakistan (SSP) are conspiring for the release of their imprisoned colleagues from various jails through violent means, according to intelligence reports submitted to the Interior Ministry. Daily Times reported that the intelligence reports revea
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Activists of the proscribed Sunni group Sipah-e-Sahaba Pakistan (SSP) are conspiring for the release of their imprisoned colleagues from various jails through violent means, according to intelligence reports submitted to the Interior Ministry. Daily Times reported that the intelligence reports revealed that SSP leaders have directed the group’s district presidents to tell their jailed colleagues to create trouble in jails. Intelligence reports said that SSP presidents of southern Punjab districts, Lahore, Gujranwala, Karachi, Sukkur and Dera Ismail Khan have been directed to help their jailed comrades escape from police custody on their way from jails to courts.
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April - 17 
Sources told Daily Times that 48 SSP activists have been imprisoned at Adyala Jail and eight of them are on death row. Most of the SSP activists have been detained in Lahore’s Kot Lakhpat Jail, the Bahawalpur Central Jail and jails in Karachi.
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Sources told Daily Times that 48 SSP activists have been imprisoned at Adyala Jail and eight of them are on death row. Most of the SSP activists have been detained in Lahore’s Kot Lakhpat Jail, the Bahawalpur Central Jail and jails in Karachi.
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May - 29 
The Jama’at-ud-Da’awa (also known as Lashkar-e-Toiba [LeT]) plans to resume publication of its entire catalogue of seven publications with new names over fears that the government may impose a possible ban on the existing names, Daily Times reported. The Jama’at-ud-Da’awa was earlier outlawed in Jan
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The Jama’at-ud-Da’awa (also known as Lashkar-e-Toiba [LeT]) plans to resume publication of its entire catalogue of seven publications with new names over fears that the government may impose a possible ban on the existing names, Daily Times reported. The Jama’at-ud-Da’awa was earlier outlawed in January 2001 when it operated under the name of the Lashkar-e-Toiba. Currently, it publishes the weeklies Ghazwa, Zarb-e-Taiba and Taibaat along with the monthlies Adawa and Babul Islam in Urdu. It also publishes the monthlies Voice of Islam and Al-Ribaat in English and Arabic, respectively. These publications propagate jihad and highlight the nationwide activities of the Jama’at-ud-Da’awa. Sources told Daily Times that the Jama’at-ud-Da’awa would rename its publications following a decision made during a recent meeting chaired by the groups’ chief Hafiz Mohammed Saeed. However, Yahya Mujahid, the Jama’at-ud-Da’awa spokesman, did not confirm such plans.
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May - 31 
There is a province-wide offensive on girls’ schools, video stores and barber shops in the North West Frontier Province (NWFP) by the Islamist radicals, their supporters and sympathisers, according to a report in Christian Science Monitor on May 31, according to Daily Times. These three, viewed as “
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There is a province-wide offensive on girls’ schools, video stores and barber shops in the North West Frontier Province (NWFP) by the Islamist radicals, their supporters and sympathisers, according to a report in Christian Science Monitor on May 31, according to Daily Times. These three, viewed as “symbols of Western-oriented life”, are being destroyed by religious extremists in a growing wave of violence. Four girls’ schools have been bombed and violent threats have been circulated that girls should stay home. While no girls or school staff have been killed, girls in some areas have stopped attending classes, the report points out. According to the report, entrenched tribal, religious, and economic imperatives in conservative areas regard the schooling of girls as either improper, since girls should not venture outside the purview of the family home, or unnecessary, since girls are often needed for work. The Monitor report notes that in 2002, the NWFP government allocated 70 percent of its entire education development budget to girls’ schools and created more than 300 primary and middle schools for girls between 2002 and 2005. Local authorities also gave parents small stipends and free clothing to encourage them to enroll their girls. It is these new schools that extremists like Maulana Fazlullah from Swat tend to target. For months, using a pirated radio channel, Fazlullah had warned locals against sending their girls to school, calling it un-Islamic and a violation of purdah (veil).
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July - 1 
A special report, which the New York Times claims to have been shown, warned President Pervez Musharraf that Islamic militants and Taliban fighters were rapidly spreading beyond the tribal areas and that without “swift and decisive action,” the growing militancy could engulf the rest of the country,
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A special report, which the New York Times claims to have been shown, warned President Pervez Musharraf that Islamic militants and Taliban fighters were rapidly spreading beyond the tribal areas and that without “swift and decisive action,” the growing militancy could engulf the rest of the country, Daily Times reported on July 1. The report prepared by the Interior Ministry said that security forces in the North West Frontier Province (NWFP) were outgunned and outnumbered and had forfeited authority to the Taliban and their allies. “The ongoing spell of active Taliban resistance has brought about serious repercussions for Pakistan,” according to the 15-page document. “There is a general policy of appeasement towards the Taliban, which has further emboldened them,” it said. This report was taken up at the June 4, 2007-meeting of the National Security Council in Gen. Musharraf’s presence. An unnamed Western diplomat called the document “an accurate description of the dagger pointed at the country’s heart,” adding: “It’s tragic it’s taken so long to recognise it.”
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July - 1 
According to the Interior Ministry report, even areas like Peshawar, Nowshera and Kohat are threatened by Talibanisation. The Interior Ministry document reportedly mentions the names of well-known Taliban commanders as well as those of lesser-known militants who lead the Taliban patrols responsible
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According to the Interior Ministry report, even areas like Peshawar, Nowshera and Kohat are threatened by Talibanisation. The Interior Ministry document reportedly mentions the names of well-known Taliban commanders as well as those of lesser-known militants who lead the Taliban patrols responsible for assassinations and suicide bombings in smaller jurisdictions in the NWFP. The paper quotes Brigadier Mahmood Shah, who was in charge of security in the tribal areas until 2006, as saying, “It’s a policy of appeasement. It hasn’t worked. The Talibanisation has increased in the past year.”
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July - 8 
An AFP report added that the hardcore militants inside the mosque include two commanders from the outlawed Harkatul-Jihad-e-Islami. “We believe there are militants from Harkatul-Jihad-e-Islami, which was involved in the [Daniel] Pearl murder. Based on intelligence we suspect that two commanders from
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An AFP report added that the hardcore militants inside the mosque include two commanders from the outlawed Harkatul-Jihad-e-Islami. “We believe there are militants from Harkatul-Jihad-e-Islami, which was involved in the [Daniel] Pearl murder. Based on intelligence we suspect that two commanders from the group are in there,” an unnamed official told AFP. A source inside the mosque identified one of the Harkatul-Jihad-e-Islami militants as Abu Zar, said to be a one-time accomplice of the group’s late leader Amjad Farooqi, who was killed by security forces in 2004. He also named a Pakistani Taliban militant from Waziristan, Mohammad Fida, as the “security chief” of the compound. There was, however, no official confirmation of the names.
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July - 10 
The government on July 10 took Maulana Fazlur Rehman Khalil, chief of the banned Harkat-ul-Mujahideen (HuM), into protective custody after the death of Abdur Rashid Ghazi, sources told Daily Times. "Fazlur Rehman Khalil has been taken into protective custody at his residence-cum-Madrassa in Islamaba
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The government on July 10 took Maulana Fazlur Rehman Khalil, chief of the banned Harkat-ul-Mujahideen (HuM), into protective custody after the death of Abdur Rashid Ghazi, sources told Daily Times. "Fazlur Rehman Khalil has been taken into protective custody at his residence-cum-Madrassa in Islamabad in view of the security situation," said the sources. Khalil was a close aide of Ghazi and had reportedly played a crucial role in talks between the government and the Lal Masjid administration on July 10-night. Sources added that Khalil was taken into protective custody to avoid a backlash following Ghazi’s death. They also said Farooq Kashmiri, another militant commander, who was called in from Azad Jammu and Kashmir (Pakistan occupied Kashmir) two days ago, was already in the government’s custody.
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July - 22 
194 people or 43 per cent of all those killed in suicide attacks in the past 18 months were killed in the past 22 days, according to Dawn. July is reportedly the most violent since early 2006 with 13 suicide attacks or 37 per cent of the 35 incidents occurring in the past 19 days in which 168 people
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194 people or 43 per cent of all those killed in suicide attacks in the past 18 months were killed in the past 22 days, according to Dawn. July is reportedly the most violent since early 2006 with 13 suicide attacks or 37 per cent of the 35 incidents occurring in the past 19 days in which 168 people, including 85 security force (SF) personnel, were killed. 16 of the incidents occurred in the North West Frontier Province (NWFP), 10 in the Federally Administered Tribal Areas (FATA) and nine in other parts of the country, including three in Karachi, two each in Islamabad and Hub (Balochistan), and one each in Quetta and Kharian Cantonment. About 199 people were killed in the suicide bombings in the NWFP, 64 of whom were targeted in tribal areas while 131 of the casualties occurring in other areas of the country. Six of the bombings occurred in the NWFP, five in the FATA and one each in Islamabad and Hub in Balochistan. All the attacks in July 2007 occurred after July 3 following the start of the Lal Masjid siege by SFs while 12 of them were carried out after the July 10 assault on the Lal Masjid. In the six incidents in NWFP, 74 people were killed, including 41 SF personnel. Three incidents occurred in Swat while one each in the Dera Ismail Khan, Hangu and Kohat districts. Three of the incidents occurred on July 19 when the bombers struck in Hub, Hangu and Kohat.
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July - 25 
More than a dozen Muslims, including at least one Pakistani and several US citizens of Pakistani-origin, have been sentenced to imprisonment for their association with the Pakistan-based Lashkar-e-Toiba (LeT) and for conspiracy to wage jihad against India, according to Dawn. A statement issued by th
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More than a dozen Muslims, including at least one Pakistani and several US citizens of Pakistani-origin, have been sentenced to imprisonment for their association with the Pakistan-based Lashkar-e-Toiba (LeT) and for conspiracy to wage jihad against India, according to Dawn. A statement issued by the US Department of Justice on July 25 noted that the State Department designated LeT a terrorist organisation in December 2001. Although one of the convicts, 32-year old Sabri Benkahla, of Falls Church, Virginia, became a state witness, he too was sentenced this week to 121 months in federal prison, and ordered to pay a $17,500 fine. He was found guilty of perjury before the grand jury and of making false official statements to the Federal Bureau of Investigation, including his denial of involvement with an overseas jihad training camp in 1999, as well as his asserted lack of knowledge about individuals with whom he was in contact. Most of the convicts attended the Dar al Arqam Islamic Centre in Falls Church, Virginia. In June 2003, Benkahla and 10 others were indicted by a grand jury in Alexandria for conspiring to attack Indian troops in Kashmir and the Russians in Chechnya in the course of training for jihad in Virginia and Pakistan. Among the defendants, Masaud Khan, Seifullah Chapman, Randall Royer, Ibrahim Al-Hamdi, Muhammed Aatique, Yong Kwon, and Khwaja Hasan, were alleged to have attended jihad training camps operated by the LeT in 2000 and 2001. In September 2003, Khan and Royer were charged with conspiring to wage war against the United States, aid the Taliban, aid al Qaeda, and Khan, Royer, Chapman, and Hammad Abdur-Raheem were charged with providing assistance to the LeT.
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July - 25 
The ministry of religious affairs has so far registered only 13,000 Madrassas (seminaries), while their actual number is estimated to be over 200,000 across the country, according to Dawn. The interior ministry has reportedly expressed concern over the issue as the ministry of religious affairs does
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The ministry of religious affairs has so far registered only 13,000 Madrassas (seminaries), while their actual number is estimated to be over 200,000 across the country, according to Dawn. The interior ministry has reportedly expressed concern over the issue as the ministry of religious affairs does not have a proper mechanism to determine the exact number of seminaries operating unlawfully. The exact number of students studying in the country’s seminaries is not yet known, as the ministry of religious affairs has so far registered only those seminaries that house 30-40 students. Officials in the ministry of religious affairs said there has been a sharp growth in institutions associated with the Deobandi school of thought and the interior ministry was quite concerned about this and was proposing to hand over the job to the Interior Secretary, Syed Kamal Shah. A source, involved in the process of registering seminaries, said that the North West Frontier Province (NWFP) had witnessed the largest number of unregistered religious institutions, adding that a number of seminaries were brainwashing students for militant activities.
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September - 2 
Around 73 people were killed and 76 others injured in almost 18 incidents of violence in the North West Frontier Province (NWFP) and Federally Administered Tribal Areas (FATA) in August 2007, Daily Times reported. Six suicide attacks - one each in Hangu, Shangla and Tank districts, two in North Wazi
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Around 73 people were killed and 76 others injured in almost 18 incidents of violence in the North West Frontier Province (NWFP) and Federally Administered Tribal Areas (FATA) in August 2007, Daily Times reported. Six suicide attacks - one each in Hangu, Shangla and Tank districts, two in North Waziristan and one in Parachinar, Kurram Agency - also took place. Around five incidents of violence were reported in Swat, one in Swabi, three in Peshawar, one in Lakki Marwat and others in the North Waziristan.
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September - 7 
A US intelligence intercept of suspicious communications between Pakistan and Germany was the initial breakthrough that helped authorities foil a terrorist plot this week, AFP reported. The Los Angeles Times, citing unidentified officials, reported that communications referring to "apparent terroris
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A US intelligence intercept of suspicious communications between Pakistan and Germany was the initial breakthrough that helped authorities foil a terrorist plot this week, AFP reported. The Los Angeles Times, citing unidentified officials, reported that communications referring to "apparent terrorist activity" were first detected by US intelligence in 2006 before the information was passed onto German officials. The intercepts continued after the suspects were placed under surveillance, the report stated. A further communication between the cell in Germany and militant handlers in Pakistan, who urged the suspects to accelerate the timetable for the plot, was also intercepted, the report added, citing German officials.
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September - 9 
The spiralling number of suicide attacks in Afghanistan is often carried out by young Afghan men who pass through religious schools in Pakistan, a United Nations report said on September 9, AFP reported. Some attackers appeared driven by anger at the presence of international forces and the civilian
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The spiralling number of suicide attacks in Afghanistan is often carried out by young Afghan men who pass through religious schools in Pakistan, a United Nations report said on September 9, AFP reported. Some attackers appeared driven by anger at the presence of international forces and the civilians being killed in their anti-Taliban operations, the UN Assistance Mission in Afghanistan (UNAMA) study said. Others were motivated by religious zeal or were young boys who had been abducted and forced into the task or somehow persuaded they would survive and earn rewards such as cash, a motorcycle or a cell phone, it noted. There were 77 suicide attacks in the first six months of 2007, about twice the number for the same period in 2006 and 26 times higher than from January to June 2005, the survey disclosed. This year to June, suicide bombings killed 193 people, including 121 civilians, even though three-quarters of the attacks were targeted at Afghan and international security forces, it stated. 62 Afghan security personnel and 10 international soldiers were also killed. Till August 2007, there had been 103 attacks, compared with 123 for the whole of 2006. The first such attack in Afghanistan was carried out by al Qaeda operatives on September 9, 2001, in which the then Northern Alliance leader Ahmad Shah Massoud was killed. There were five between 2001 and 2005 - and they jumped in 2006 to become today an "integral part" of the Taliban's strategy but also used by other Islamist anti-government groups. Little was known about the attackers said the study, based on interviews with about two dozen men jailed in Kabul for failed suicide attacks, and analysis of data and media reports. "They appear to be young (sometimes children), poor, uneducated, easily influenced by recruiters and drawn heavily from madrassas across the border in Pakistan," the report said. The "majority of those who came from Pakistan are Afghan, but not all, either refugees or coming in and out of Afghanistan," UNAMA head Tom Koenigs told reporters ahead of the document's release. There are more than two million Afghan refugees in Pakistan. The report, however, cited a "senior" Taliban commander as saying that more than half were not Afghan citizens, with some coming from Pakistan, Uzbekistan, Tajikistan and Arab countries. He also said 80 percent of suicide attackers passed through recruitment centres, training facilities or safe houses in Pakistan's Waziristan area. "The tribal areas of Pakistan remain an important source of human and material assistance for the insurgency generally but suicide attacks in particular," the report said.
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September - 17 
As many as 129 personnel of Pakistan Army, Frontier Constabulary (FC) and 56 police were killed in 22 suicide attacks in nine months since January 2007, Daily Times reports. According to an Interior Ministry report on suicide attacks, 51 suicide attacks took place since January 2007 to date in which
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As many as 129 personnel of Pakistan Army, Frontier Constabulary (FC) and 56 police were killed in 22 suicide attacks in nine months since January 2007, Daily Times reports. According to an Interior Ministry report on suicide attacks, 51 suicide attacks took place since January 2007 to date in which 14 attacks targeted military personnel, four targeted FC, four targeted police, while the remaining 29 targeted the civilian population. The report said that Lal Masjid military operation had caused an increase in suicide attacks on army and paramilitary forces. According to the report, the deadliest attack on Pakistan Army was conducted on September 14 in Tarbela Ghazi in which a suicide bomber blew himself up inside the mess killing 16 personnel of Special Services Group. It’s for the first time in military history that militants targeted the elite force of Pakistan Army and that too in a highly secure and fortified military base. The report also reveals that military was mostly targeted in the North West Frontier Province (NWFP) and tribal areas. Mir Ali, Miran Shah and Tank remained the most favorite targets of suicide bombers. During the period in question three suicide attacks took place in the Punjab targeting army. The first attack was conducted in Kharian Cantonment on March 29 and the second and third in Rawalpindi on September 4 at the same day. According to the report, 56 police personnel died in four suicide bombings during this period. The deadliest attack on police was carried out in Qissa Khawani Bazaar, Peshawar, on January 27 during the holy month martyring 12 police officials including a deputy inspector general of police.
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September - 23 
Law enforcement agencies have forwarded intelligence reports to the senior government officials regarding suicide attacks expected to be carried out by women bombers across the country, Interior Ministry sources told Daily Times on September 23. “There are chances that that male and female former st
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Law enforcement agencies have forwarded intelligence reports to the senior government officials regarding suicide attacks expected to be carried out by women bombers across the country, Interior Ministry sources told Daily Times on September 23. “There are chances that that male and female former students of Jamia Hafsa, Jamia Fareedia and Lal Masjid that managed to escape from ‘Operation Silence’ could carry out suicide attacks across the country,” the intelligence agencies’ reports said, according to sources. The report also suspected involvement of students from these madrassas (seminaries) in the suicide bombing on July 17 in Islamabad. The police seniors across the country immediately issued instructions to keep a close eye on suspicious women wearing shuttlecock burqas and/or youngsters roaming near important installations, especially foreign ones, as well as important personalities, law enforcement personnel and important public and business places, sources said. Intelligence agencies said in the report that the Kernal Sher Khan Shaheed Stadium, at Khyber Road, in Peshawar, would be the likely target of such attacks, since there was a large number of rickshaws and public transport vehicles parked there most of the time.
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September - 26 
Militants belonging to some unnamed banned outfits have started a new campaign of issuing life threats through letters to Christians, especially in the North West Frontier Province (NWFP) and Punjab for the last three months, according to The News. Aftab Alexander Mughal, in his report on minorities
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Militants belonging to some unnamed banned outfits have started a new campaign of issuing life threats through letters to Christians, especially in the North West Frontier Province (NWFP) and Punjab for the last three months, according to The News. Aftab Alexander Mughal, in his report on minorities' concerns in Pakistan, said Christians in Peshawar, Charsadda and Shantinagar had been receiving threatening letters for the last three months. The letters read, "We have already sent you letters some times back but you did not listen to our advice. We know that either you have torn or burnt the letters. Through this action you have committed blasphemy and you are liable to death. We will spare you only if you follow our demand otherwise you will be killed." He said people were scared and did not know what to do. "Police and other local authorities are not taking this issue seriously and they are living in fear. Christians, Hindus and Sikhs form a tiny minority in the NWFP and are living under constant pressure. Many laws also curtail their freedom as equal citizens. The blasphemy law is a classic example, which has been misused against us," he added.
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October - 6 
President General Pervez Musharraf returned victorious as the President of Pakistan for another five-year term in a smooth presidential election held on October 6, reports The News. However, a formal notification of his success was not issued as validation of his candidature is yet to be decided by
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President General Pervez Musharraf returned victorious as the President of Pakistan for another five-year term in a smooth presidential election held on October 6, reports The News. However, a formal notification of his success was not issued as validation of his candidature is yet to be decided by the Supreme Court. Musharraf bagged 98 per cent (671) of the total votes polled (684), and overall he got 57 per cent out of total 1,170 votes of parliament and four provincial assemblies. According to the unofficial count, 257 senators and Member of National Assemblies (MNAs) polled votes in the 100-member Senate and the 342-member National Assembly. Musharraf secured 252 and Justice (retd) Wajihuddin Ahmed bagged two votes while three votes were declared invalid as announced by Chief Election Commissioner Justice (retd) Qazi Mohammad Farooq. In the 371-member Punjab Assembly, 257 members polled their votes out of which 253 voted for Musharraf. Ahmed got three votes while one vote was declared invalid. In Sindh, 104 votes were cast out of a total 168. Musharraf secured 102 votes and two votes were polled for Ahmed. In the 124-member North West Frontier Province (NWFP) Assembly, 34 votes were polled and 31 members cast their votes for Musharraf. One member voted for Ahmed and two votes were declared invalid. In the 65-member Balochistan Assembly, all the 33 votes were cast in Musharraf's favour.
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October - 17 
From 2001 to 2007, the United States extended $10.09 billion in assistance to Pakistan, the highest single year figure being $1.77 billion, which was remitted in 2007, according to Daily Times. The projected figure for 2008 is $840 million only. According to figures tabulated by the Congressional Re
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From 2001 to 2007, the United States extended $10.09 billion in assistance to Pakistan, the highest single year figure being $1.77 billion, which was remitted in 2007, according to Daily Times. The projected figure for 2008 is $840 million only. According to figures tabulated by the Congressional Research Service, the breakdown is as under: Total economic support funds ($1.89 billion), other development aid ($453 million), foreign military financing ($1.27 billion), other security-related aid ($377 million), coalition support funds ($5.93 billion), total non-food aid plus coalition support funds ($9.9 billion) and food aid ($177 million).
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October - 19 
The suicide attacks on former premier Benazir Bhutto that killed 138 people may have been the work of al Qaeda and the Taliban, AP quoted authorities as saying on October 19. An unnamed official of the Sindh government had cited intelligence reports that three suicide bombers linked to the Wazirista
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The suicide attacks on former premier Benazir Bhutto that killed 138 people may have been the work of al Qaeda and the Taliban, AP quoted authorities as saying on October 19. An unnamed official of the Sindh government had cited intelligence reports that three suicide bombers linked to the Waziristan-based Taliban ‘commander’ Baitullah Mehsud were in Karachi. However, an alleged associate of Mehsud, Isa Khan, denied involvement.
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October - 21 
The October 18-suicide bombing at a rally in Karachi to welcome former Prime Minister Benazir Bhutto in which at least 143 people were killed was reportedly the deadliest ever in terms of casualties bringing the total number of suicide attacks in the country to 56. According to the Interior Ministry
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The October 18-suicide bombing at a rally in Karachi to welcome former Prime Minister Benazir Bhutto in which at least 143 people were killed was reportedly the deadliest ever in terms of casualties bringing the total number of suicide attacks in the country to 56. According to the Interior Ministry figures available with Daily Times, before the October 18 incident, 55 suicide bombings occurred in the country since January 2002 killing almost 574 people. In Karachi, six suicide attacks have been carried out since May 8, 2002.
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October - 31 
According to The News, fierce clashes ensued on October 31-night between the militants and the security forces (SFs) at Khwazakhela town in the Swat district of North West Frontier Province (NWFP) with conflicting reports about casualties. The NWFP Home Secretary, Badshah Gul Wazir, put the number o
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According to The News, fierce clashes ensued on October 31-night between the militants and the security forces (SFs) at Khwazakhela town in the Swat district of North West Frontier Province (NWFP) with conflicting reports about casualties. The NWFP Home Secretary, Badshah Gul Wazir, put the number of casualties at 60-70, all militants, while the Taliban spokesman claimed that only one of their colleagues and seven civilians, including two women, were killed. There were, however, some independent reports of the killing of 56 people, including 41 militants and 11 SF personnel, and injuries to some 26 persons. According to some reports, a Frontier Corps (FC) camp also came under the Taliban siege, which the Home Secretary rejected. Sirajuddin, who is the spokesman and military commander of Maulana Fazlullah, claimed that they had taken at least 70 paramilitary soldiers and two foreigners hostage.
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November - 1 
Military spokesperson Major General Waheed Arshad said that the latest round of fighting began at 4:30 am when the militants attacked a check-post and the troops responded with mortar and small arms fire. He informed: "It is going on and helicopters are still engaged by law enforcing agencies… Accor
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Military spokesperson Major General Waheed Arshad said that the latest round of fighting began at 4:30 am when the militants attacked a check-post and the troops responded with mortar and small arms fire. He informed: "It is going on and helicopters are still engaged by law enforcing agencies… According to the information I have from the police and Frontier Constabulary, between 60 to 70 miscreants were killed in Swat's areas of Khwazakhela today." Locals of Khwazakhela, the main point of fighting on November 1, said that the military helicopters started strikes at 4 am, leading to an exodus of the local populace for safer places in the upper parts of the district – Madyan, Bahrain, Miandam and other places. Mortar shells were fired at the Taliban's alleged hideouts at Baryam, Salandai, Imam Dherai, Koza Bandai from the FC camp near Mingora, airport and other areas.
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November - 5 
According to AFP, since late November 3, between 1,500 and 1,800 people have been detained nationwide. These included 700 arrests in Punjab and 500 in Sindh. On November 5, police raided the Jamaat-e-Islami (JI) headquarters at Mansoora and put Muttahida Majlis-e-Amal (MMA) President Qazi Hussain Ah
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According to AFP, since late November 3, between 1,500 and 1,800 people have been detained nationwide. These included 700 arrests in Punjab and 500 in Sindh. On November 5, police raided the Jamaat-e-Islami (JI) headquarters at Mansoora and put Muttahida Majlis-e-Amal (MMA) President Qazi Hussain Ahmed under house arrest for 30 days. JI leader Liaqat Baloch said 600-700 party activists had been arrested in Punjab and Sindh overnight.
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November - 15 
30 more people, including 20 militants and four civilians, were killed and more than 70 others, including 50 civilians, injured as security forces continued bombing suspected militants’ hideouts in the Shangla and Swat districts of the North West Frontier Province (NWFP) on the third consecutive day
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30 more people, including 20 militants and four civilians, were killed and more than 70 others, including 50 civilians, injured as security forces continued bombing suspected militants’ hideouts in the Shangla and Swat districts of the North West Frontier Province (NWFP) on the third consecutive day on November 15, according to The News. Military spokesperson Major General Waheed Arshad confirmed that 20 militants were killed - 12 of them in Shangla and eight in Swat. He said several militants were injured and their bunkers destroyed in the daylong shelling by the gunship helicopters and artillery in both the districts. The spokesman termed as baseless the militants’ claim that 60 soldiers were killed in Shangla in two days of fighting. Further, Gen Waheed admitted to have received some reports about civilian casualties in the Shangla district, but did not provide any details. “For the first time the troops have started operation to clear the Bisham-Shangla road and attacked a critical gorge about 5km from Alpuri. We have reports of the killing of 12 militants in that action,” Gen Arshad told Dawn. He claimed that the militants had abandoned Alpuri and fled to the mountains near Mingora.
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November - 16 
Two soldiers were wounded when their convoy was attacked by hand grenades. Police said dozens of militants were wounded when their hideouts were neutralized in various parts of Swat district on November 16. ‘Maulana Fazlullah's men are using light and heavy weapons, and the security forces are also
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Two soldiers were wounded when their convoy was attacked by hand grenades. Police said dozens of militants were wounded when their hideouts were neutralized in various parts of Swat district on November 16. ‘Maulana Fazlullah's men are using light and heavy weapons, and the security forces are also responding by targeting their positions by helicopter gun ships and artillery,’' said an unnamed police official. The reports added total 100 militants were killed in Swat.
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November - 19 
The army has taken control of the main Imambargah and the Hanafiya mosque in the city. They made announcements on loudspeakers, warning the combatants to leave the city as a truce was in place. A 16-member peace jirga comprising elders of the Orakzai Agency and Hangu district reached Parachinar and
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The army has taken control of the main Imambargah and the Hanafiya mosque in the city. They made announcements on loudspeakers, warning the combatants to leave the city as a truce was in place. A 16-member peace jirga comprising elders of the Orakzai Agency and Hangu district reached Parachinar and managed to broker the truce in the city after holding talks with representatives of the warring sides. They were also holding negotiations with elders of other areas to stop the fighting. Sources put the death toll at 109 with 245 injured in four days of clashes. In April 2007, around 150 people were killed and more than 300 injured in sectarian clashes in the agency.
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Security forces claimed on November 25 that they had killed 30 militants and captured two strategic mountain positions of militants and key routes to Imam Dehri in the Swat valley of North West Frontier Province (NWFP). Sources told Dawn that troops, backed by artillery and helicopter gun-ships, cap
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Security forces claimed on November 25 that they had killed 30 militants and captured two strategic mountain positions of militants and key routes to Imam Dehri in the Swat valley of North West Frontier Province (NWFP). Sources told Dawn that troops, backed by artillery and helicopter gun-ships, captured the key positions of Najia Top and Usmani Sar after shelling the Imam Dehri, Koza Banda and Bara Banda areas. According to a military press release, 30 militants had been killed in the operation since November 24-night. It further said that two soldiers had been killed and two others injured in the operation. There were also reports of some civilians killed by the artillery fire.
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November - 28 
Major Amjad Iqbal, the military spokesman in Mingora, told reporters that the majority of militants were either killed or had escaped to the mountains after the security forces (SFs) targeted them in their hideouts. He said 230 militants had so far been killed in clashes with the SFs in the Swat and
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Major Amjad Iqbal, the military spokesman in Mingora, told reporters that the majority of militants were either killed or had escaped to the mountains after the security forces (SFs) targeted them in their hideouts. He said 230 militants had so far been killed in clashes with the SFs in the Swat and Shangla districts. He said most of the militants were killed in Shangla while their death toll in Swat was 56. “Security forces entered the town of Imam Dheri, the main base of Maulana Fazlullah… He has gone underground,” Major Iqbal told AFP. Earlier, the chief military spokesman Major General Waheed Arshad said in Rawalpindi that 200 to 215 militants were killed in Swat and Shangla. However, there was no independent confirmation of the claim. About losses suffered by the military, Major Iqbal said four soldiers were killed while 15 wounded in the two days of fighting. He added that six more bodies of slain militants were recovered on November 28. He claimed one of them was an Uzbek national. Major Iqbal informed that the SFs had cleared the area between Mingora and Shakardarra in Matta subdivision, which had been a stronghold of the militants.
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December - 13 
Intelligence agencies have warned against a spate of suicide attacks by terrorists based in the Federally Administered Tribal Areas (FATA) and Swat, targeting VVIPs, including President Pervez Musharraf, former Prime Minister Benazir Bhutto, the US and Indian embassies and sensitive national and mil
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Intelligence agencies have warned against a spate of suicide attacks by terrorists based in the Federally Administered Tribal Areas (FATA) and Swat, targeting VVIPs, including President Pervez Musharraf, former Prime Minister Benazir Bhutto, the US and Indian embassies and sensitive national and military installations, sources told Daily Times on December 13. “The high value targets include the top government hierarchy, top politicians including former religious affairs minister Ejazul Haq, and the Attock Oil Refinery in Rawalpindi. Besides the US and Indian embassies, their consulates and several other religious and political personalities are also on the hit list,” said a confidential National Crisis Management Cell report. The report titled, “Threat to VVIPs, Politicians, Foreign Missions and Military Installations,” was forwarded on December 12 to all home secretaries and police chiefs of the four provinces, the federal capital, Azad Jammu and Kashmir and the Northern Areas. The report reveals that militants from the FATA and Swat are planning to carry out suicide attacks in collusion with al Qaeda. Sources said the terrorists could be guised as women, or be in military or police uniforms. “Furthermore, five suicide bombers have already entered the NWFP to move to their target areas,” the report suggested. “The emphasis needs to be on the security of foreign diplomats, foreigners living in Pakistan, and the Christian community who would attend Christmas prayers at different churches in Rawalpindi and Islamabad. It is apprehended that hardcore religious elements may try to disrupt the New Year celebrations,” the report stated.
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