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Report:2008
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February - 5 
600 suicide bombers are present in Karachi and they are planning a major attack, revealed two militants Qasim Toori and Danish alias Talha during interrogations by law-enforcement agencies, according to Daily Times. Most of the suicide bombers are also former students of Islamabad’s Lal Masjid. The
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600 suicide bombers are present in Karachi and they are planning a major attack, revealed two militants Qasim Toori and Danish alias Talha during interrogations by law-enforcement agencies, according to Daily Times. Most of the suicide bombers are also former students of Islamabad’s Lal Masjid. The militants confessed, "Around 600 Jundullah militants are present in Karachi. They are mentally prepared and trained to commit suicide attacks." They also confessed that they had robbed foreign banks and dispatched the money to their headquarters in Wana in South Waziristan, from where their needs for weapons, explosives and other necessities were being met. The two militants, who were captured along with women and children during a raid in Sector-17A, Shah Latif, on January 29, were handed over to the Anti-Violent Crime Unit. A third militant, who was killed during the raid, was identified as Gohar Muhammad alias Abrar Keamari Wallah, according to Special Investigations Unit DSP Wasif Qureshi.
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February - 5 
Political turmoil in Pakistan has not seriously threatened the military’s control of its nuclear weapons "but vulnerabilities exist," United States (US) intelligence said in a report on February 5, according to Daily Times. "We judge [that] the ongoing political uncertainty in Pakistan has not serio
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Political turmoil in Pakistan has not seriously threatened the military’s control of its nuclear weapons "but vulnerabilities exist," United States (US) intelligence said in a report on February 5, according to Daily Times. "We judge [that] the ongoing political uncertainty in Pakistan has not seriously threatened the military’s control of the nuclear arsenal, but vulnerabilities exist," said the annual threat assessment, which was delivered to Congress by US intelligence Chief Mike McConnell. The report said, "We judge that the [Pakistan] army’s management of nuclear policy issues — to include physical security — has not been degraded by Pakistan’s political crisis." The report also warned of threats of terrorist attacks against the US, as al Qaeda improves its ability to identify, train and position operatives for such operations. It said an influx of new western recruits to al Qaeda’s safe havens in Federally Administered Tribal Areas (FATA) had been detected since 2006. "Al Qaeda is improving the last key aspect of its ability to attack the US — the identification, training, and positioning of operatives for an attack in the homeland," the report said. McConnell, meanwhile, said Pakistan’s Tribal Areas were providing al Qaeda "many of the advantages it once derived from its base across the border in Afghanistan, albeit on a smaller and less secure scale".
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February - 8 
The Scotland Yard (SY) team investigating former Prime Minister Benazir Bhutto’s murder ruled out on February 8 the possibility of her dying of a gunshot wound and concluded that she died of a head injury, according to Daily Times. The executive summary of the SY’s Metropolitan Police SO15 Counter T
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The Scotland Yard (SY) team investigating former Prime Minister Benazir Bhutto’s murder ruled out on February 8 the possibility of her dying of a gunshot wound and concluded that she died of a head injury, according to Daily Times. The executive summary of the SY’s Metropolitan Police SO15 Counter Terrorism Command stated, "The only tenable cause for the rapidly fatal head injury in the case is that it occurred as a result of impact due to the effects of the bomb blast." It said Benazir’s only apparent injury was "a major trauma to the right side of the head". However, the report said the investigation was hampered by the lack of a detailed search of the crime scene, and the absence of an autopsy and recognised body recovery and victim identification processes. Nevertheless, it maintained, the evidence available was sufficient for reliable conclusions. The report said that lacking a full post-mortem examination, UK Home Office Pathologist Doctor Nathaniel Cary was unable to categorically exclude the possibility of a gunshot wound on the upper trunk or neck. "The blast caused a violent collision between her head and the escape hatch area of the vehicle, causing a severe and fatal head injury," AFP quoted the summary. It rejected the speculation that two people were involved in the attack, saying the same person had been the shooter and the bomber. CID Additional Inspector General Chaudhry Abdul Majeed told a press conference that the report had clarified that the "sunroof" in a bullet-proof vehicle was an emergency escape route, and was not meant for standing and waving.
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February - 29 
The National Crisis Management Cell (NCMC) is reported to have warned of suicide attacks on important politicians and officials of security agencies, according to The News. A memo issued by the NCMC to four provincial governments and the Azad Kashmir government, stated that several suicide attackers
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The National Crisis Management Cell (NCMC) is reported to have warned of suicide attacks on important politicians and officials of security agencies, according to The News. A memo issued by the NCMC to four provincial governments and the Azad Kashmir government, stated that several suicide attackers have entered the country from tribal areas to target Asif Ali Zardari, Makhdoom Amin Fahim, Shaikh Rashid Ahmad and other important politicians and officials of security agencies.
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April - 17 
According to Daily Times, the United States Government Accountability Office (GAO) has said that terrorists are still operating freely in Pakistan along its Afghanistan border. According to a report released this week - Combating Terrorism: The United States Lacks Comprehensive Plan to Destroy the T
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According to Daily Times, the United States Government Accountability Office (GAO) has said that terrorists are still operating freely in Pakistan along its Afghanistan border. According to a report released this week - Combating Terrorism: The United States Lacks Comprehensive Plan to Destroy the Terrorist Threat and Close the Safe Haven in Pakistan’s Federally Administered Tribal Areas – GAO said since 2002, destroying the terrorist threat and closing the terrorist safe haven have been key national security goals. The US has provided Pakistan, the agency pointed out, a key ally in the war on terror, more than $10.5 billion for military, economic, and development activities. The GAO was asked to assess firstly the progress in meeting these national security goals for Pakistan’s FATA, and secondly the status of US efforts to develop a comprehensive plan for the FATA. To address these objectives, GAO compared national security goals against assessments conducted by US agencies and reviewed available plans. According to its findings, the United States has not met its national security goals to destroy terrorist threats and close the safe haven in Pakistan’s FATA. Since 2002, the US relied principally on the Pakistan military to address US national security goals. Of the approximately $5.8 billion the US provided for efforts in the FATA and border region from 2002 through 2007, about 96 percent reimbursed Pakistan for military operations there. According to the Department of State, GAO noted, Pakistan deployed 120,000 military and paramilitary forces in the FATA and helped kill and capture hundreds of suspected Al Qaeda operatives; these efforts cost the lives of about 1,400 members of Pakistan’s security forces. However, GAO found broad agreement, as documented in the National Intelligence Estimate, State, and embassy documents, as well as Defence officials in Pakistan, that al Qaeda had regenerated its ability to attack the US and had succeeded in establishing a safe haven in the FATA. No comprehensive plan for meeting US national security goals in the FATA has been developed, as stipulated by the National Strategy for Combating Terrorism in 2003, which called for by an independent commission, mandated by congressional legislation in 2007.
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April - 25 
According to Daily Times, various defunct sectarian and militant groups have started re-emerging in the country, especially in Karachi, after remaining underground for the past several years. Dawn News reported on April 25 that activists of some sectarian groups had carried out wall-chalking, hoiste
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According to Daily Times, various defunct sectarian and militant groups have started re-emerging in the country, especially in Karachi, after remaining underground for the past several years. Dawn News reported on April 25 that activists of some sectarian groups had carried out wall-chalking, hoisted outfit flags and displayed posters to inform the public about their activities, including gatherings in mosques in Karachi. The channel also quoted sources in banned militant outfits as saying that these organisations were active under new names and venues, adding that they had recently held large rallies in Karachi. According to the channel, jihadi groups like the Harkat-ul-Mujahideen (HuM), Hizb-ul-Mujahideen (HM) and Al-Badr have established new offices.
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April - 28 
A report by the European Police Office is reported to have stated that Pakistan’s tribal areas is the "command and control centre" for al Qaeda’s "remaining core leadership" planning attacks in the European Union (EU), according to Dawn. The annual "Terrorism Situation and Trend Report-2008" said:
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A report by the European Police Office is reported to have stated that Pakistan’s tribal areas is the "command and control centre" for al Qaeda’s "remaining core leadership" planning attacks in the European Union (EU), according to Dawn. The annual "Terrorism Situation and Trend Report-2008" said: "The tribal areas of Pakistan host a number of terrorist training camps operating in support of the Afghan Taliban, pro-Taliban Pakistani groups and foreign Mujahideen." It also stated that in the past, terrorist links between Pakistan and the EU were almost exclusively focused on the UK, but terrorism is now expanding in the EU. It said that the foiled plot in Germany, related to an Uzbek group based in the tribal areas, and recent cases in the UK and Denmark indicated an increasingly assertive and efficient Pakistani-based command and control of terrorism in the EU. It also said that a number of EU nationals who attended training in Pakistan were later involved in terrorist offences in the EU.
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April - 28 
According to the report: "Afghan Taliban and pro-Taliban groups in Pakistan have links to the increasingly active core-structure of Al Qaeda that is currently based in the Pashtun tribal areas in western Pakistan. There it is believed to have reorganised and rebuilt its capabilities as well as its c
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According to the report: "Afghan Taliban and pro-Taliban groups in Pakistan have links to the increasingly active core-structure of Al Qaeda that is currently based in the Pashtun tribal areas in western Pakistan. There it is believed to have reorganised and rebuilt its capabilities as well as its command and control functions." The report notes that "over the past five years much of the command, control and inspiration for planning attacks came from Al Qaeda’s remaining core leadership in the tribal areas of Pakistan". According to the report, majority of the arrested suspects in the foiled attacks in Germany and Denmark had received some form of training in Pakistan.
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April - 29 
Al Qaeda's continued public calls to overthrow President Pervez Musharraf has remained a 'threat to Pakistan', said the US State Department's Country Report on Terrorism 2007 that has also declared attacks on Benazir Bhutto as the 'deadliest' of the previous year. The report released on April 30 sai
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Al Qaeda's continued public calls to overthrow President Pervez Musharraf has remained a 'threat to Pakistan', said the US State Department's Country Report on Terrorism 2007 that has also declared attacks on Benazir Bhutto as the 'deadliest' of the previous year. The report released on April 30 said despite having a huge presence of approximately 80,000 to 100,000 troops in the FATA, the Government's authority in the area continued to be challenged. It said military operations though disrupted militant activities no senior al Qaeda leader was either captured or killed in 2007. According to the report, the Government freed 28 militants in November 2007 in exchange for the release of 213 Pakistani soldiers held by militant commander Baitullah Mehsud. Out of the 28 released, three of them were convicted on terrorism charges. However, over 1,000 Pakistani military personnel have been killed since 2001 while carrying out counter-terrorist operations, the report said. Pakistan arrested or detained several high-profile terrorist suspects, but faced significant challenges in prosecuting such cases, the report said. Giving examples of those militants freed in exchange of the release of military personnel, the report also mentioned Naeem Noor Khan, alleged al Qaeda's computer expert, and said he was released without formally being charged, notwithstanding the Government's claim that he was top al Qaeda operative. "The trend and sophistication of suicide bombings grew in Pakistan this year. The December 27 assassination of former prime minister Benazir Bhutto, in a suicide bombing after a political rally in Rawalpindi, was the most prominent suicide attack. Between 2002 and 2006, the Department recorded approximately 22 suicide attacks in the country, whereas in 2007 there were over 45 such attacks," the report said. Sectarian violence claimed hundreds of lives this year and increased since 2006, according to data from the Institute for Conflict Management, the report said. In November 2007, more than 100 people were killed in Sunni-Shia fighting in Parachinar in FATA. In April 2007, approximately 80 people were killed in Kurram in the FATA), when sectarian fighting broke out after a religious procession was attacked. The number of terrorism attacks worldwide fell slightly in 2007 to 14,499, from 14,570 in 2006. A total of 72,066 people were killed, injured or kidnapped in 2007, down from 75,211 in the previous year, data from the US National Counter-terrorism Centre showed. In the two regions of US-led wars, terrorism incidents in Iraq fell to 6,212 last year from 6,628 in 2006, but in Afghanistan they rose to 1,127 from 969 in the previous year, data showed.
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May - 23 
A Pentagon report said on May 23 that the growth of al Qaeda safe havens in Pakistan's tribal areas is "troubling" and warned it may take Pakistan several years to turn around the situation, The News reported. The report to Congress by the US Department of Defense said Pakistan increased its troop l
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A Pentagon report said on May 23 that the growth of al Qaeda safe havens in Pakistan's tribal areas is "troubling" and warned it may take Pakistan several years to turn around the situation, The News reported. The report to Congress by the US Department of Defense said Pakistan increased its troop levels in the border areas by 30,000 in 2007, and made "significant and costly" efforts to eliminate safe havens. "It is troubling that despite these efforts, safe havens in the FATA [Federally Administered Tribal Areas] have grown in recent years," the report said. The Pentagon report noted that 700 Pakistanis have been killed in suicide attacks since July 2007. It said "Al-Qaeda and other violent extremists continue to hide out in the FATA, where they are able to recruit, train, and target US and western interests, including plots against Europe and the US homeland." Madrassas, or Islamic religious schools, "continue to promote jihad and martyrdom, and provide potential operatives for acts of violence in Afghanistan," it said. "Despite successful attacks against some terrorist training facilities in the tribal areas, it is believed other camps remain active and safe havens have grown in recent years," the report stated. The report described a six-year US program to help strengthen the Pakistani military and security forces' ability to secure the border with Pakistan, but cautioned that it will take time to implement. "It may be several years before Pakistan's comprehensive strategy to render the remote tribal areas permanently inhospitable to terrorists, insurgents and other violent extremists can be measured for success," the report noted.
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June - 5 
Following a peace accord between the Government and the Tehrik-i-Taliban in Swat, 64 suspected militants were released from Timergara’s district jail on June 5. Official sources told Dawn that among the freed militants were some key figures of the Taliban, such as Maulana Liaqat Ali, Maulana Khalid,
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Following a peace accord between the Government and the Tehrik-i-Taliban in Swat, 64 suspected militants were released from Timergara’s district jail on June 5. Official sources told Dawn that among the freed militants were some key figures of the Taliban, such as Maulana Liaqat Ali, Maulana Khalid, Irshad Ali, Hayat Khan, Abid, Fayazud Din and Umar Hayat. They had been arrested during a military operation from Matta, Kabal, Mingora and other areas of Swat district. Sources said the Government is likely to release some more militants on June 6. Taliban representatives have welcomed the gesture and renewed their pledge not to be a part of any group fighting military forces and to honour the peace accord reached with the NWFP Government.
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July - 9 
United States commandos are prepared to stage raids into Pakistan’s Tribal Areas to stem mounting Taliban attacks against US troops in Afghanistan and to disrupt resurgent al Qaeda operatives’ efforts to map strikes against the US, a report published in The Houston Chronicle said on July 9, accordin
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United States commandos are prepared to stage raids into Pakistan’s Tribal Areas to stem mounting Taliban attacks against US troops in Afghanistan and to disrupt resurgent al Qaeda operatives’ efforts to map strikes against the US, a report published in The Houston Chronicle said on July 9, according to Daily Times. Congressmen Gene Green, Michael McCaul and Henry Cuellar, who recently visited Pakistan, told Chronicle in separate interviews that the plans for stepped-up US military operations were a response to Pakistan’s failure to disrupt terrorist training camps and cross-border attacks from the FATA. The Bush administration is recalibrating US operations in the region because of a 40 percent increase in violent attacks against US-led forces in Afghanistan, that have pushed US casualties for the month of June beyond the monthly toll in Iraq, the lawmakers said.
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July - 20 
In a report presented to Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani, the latest figure of foreign fighters present in the FATA is estimated to be more than 8,000, The News reported. At a special cabinet briefing on July 20, it was reportedly decided that the Government will have to use force if the process o
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In a report presented to Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani, the latest figure of foreign fighters present in the FATA is estimated to be more than 8,000, The News reported. At a special cabinet briefing on July 20, it was reportedly decided that the Government will have to use force if the process of dialogue does not produce the results. The Prime Minister and some important ministers will visit Peshawar on July 21 for a special meeting, which could decide the launching of a major operation against foreign fighters in the FATA, Interior Ministry Adviser Rehman Malik told The News on July 20. However, Malik told the newspaper that the number of foreign fighters was only about 1,000. According to the report presented to Gilani, a majority of these foreign fighters are living in North and South Waziristan and Bajaur. The Prime Minister was also informed that some foreign intelligence agencies are pushing their agents into the Pakistani tribal areas from Afghanistan under the cover of Taliban and al Qaeda fighters.
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July - 26 
The government on July 26 placed the country’s external intelligence agency, the Inter-Services Intelligence (ISI), and the Intelligence Bureau (IB), under civilian control, according to Daily Times. According to a memorandum issued by the Cabinet Division under Rule 3(3) of the Rules of Business, 1
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The government on July 26 placed the country’s external intelligence agency, the Inter-Services Intelligence (ISI), and the Intelligence Bureau (IB), under civilian control, according to Daily Times. According to a memorandum issued by the Cabinet Division under Rule 3(3) of the Rules of Business, 1973, Prime Minister (PM) Yousuf Raza Gilani has approved conferring control of the two agencies’ administrative, financial and operational functions to the Interior Division with immediate effect. The Interior Ministry had formally asked the PM, shortly after he took oath of office, to place the IB under its purview. A summary had been subsequently dispatched to the premier requesting the transfer of the IB’s administrative control from the PM’s Secretariat to the ministry. In light of the new orders, the Interior Ministry would appoint and transfer all IB officials except its chief, whose appointment would continue to be the prime minister’s prerogative. The summary’s approval also gives the ministry access to all IB intelligence reports forwarded to the premier. According to sources privy to the development, the step has been taken to create harmony and improve co-ordination between civilian authorities and intelligence agencies. They said that improved co-ordination and input from civilian authorities was needed to implement the decisions made by higher authorities in light of the challenges posed by the war against terrorism to the Pakistan government.
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July - 30 
A senior Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) official visited Pakistan earlier in July 2008 and confronted Pakistani officials with evidence of ties between the country’s intelligence service and militants in the Federally Administered Tribal Areas, The New York Times reported on July 30, according to
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A senior Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) official visited Pakistan earlier in July 2008 and confronted Pakistani officials with evidence of ties between the country’s intelligence service and militants in the Federally Administered Tribal Areas, The New York Times reported on July 30, according to Daily Times. Citing defence and intelligence sources, New York Times said that the trip by CIA Deputy Director Stephen Kappes demonstrated a harder line being taken against Pakistani ties to those responsible for the surge of violence in Afghanistan, including militant Jalauddin Haqqani. A US official said there was no evidence of official Pakistani support for Al Qaeda, but there was "genuine and longstanding concerns about Pakistan’s ties to the Haqqani network, which of course has ties to Al Qaeda." The CIA spokesperson Marie Harf, however, refused to comment on the New York Times report.
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September - 12 
Los Angeles Times quoting US military and intelligence officials reports the US is deploying Predator aircraft equipped with sophisticated new surveillance systems to counter terrorism in Pakistan. The report adds that the specially equipped drones were used amid a fundamental shift in US strategy i
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Los Angeles Times quoting US military and intelligence officials reports the US is deploying Predator aircraft equipped with sophisticated new surveillance systems to counter terrorism in Pakistan. The report adds that the specially equipped drones were used amid a fundamental shift in US strategy in the area - unilateral American military operations - a gambit that could increase pressure on terrorists but risk alienating a country that has been a key counter-terrorism ally. In an indication of prioritising the Pakistan campaign, US officials said the specially equipped aircraft were being pulled from other theatres to augment aerial patrols above the Tribal areas.
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September - 12 
The United States and Pakistani officials told the Washington Post that new rules of engagement authorising US ground attacks inside Pakistan, signed by President George W. Bush in July 2008, were not agreed to by that country’s civilian government or its military, reports Daily Times. The Chief of
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The United States and Pakistani officials told the Washington Post that new rules of engagement authorising US ground attacks inside Pakistan, signed by President George W. Bush in July 2008, were not agreed to by that country’s civilian government or its military, reports Daily Times. The Chief of Army Staff General Ashfaq Kayani, according to Washington Post, was informed in August 2008 by senior US defence officials that if Pakistan failed to stem the flow of Taliban and other terrorist fighters into Afghanistan, the US would adopt a new strategy –one allowing ground strikes on targeted insurgent encampments.
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September - 23 
Highly placed sources said that foreign al Qaeda and Taliban fighters are ‘infiltrating’ into Bajaur from Afghanistan to join their colleagues in the crucial battle for survival in the face of an all-out military action. "Foreign militants are leading the fight against the army. The army action is b
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Highly placed sources said that foreign al Qaeda and Taliban fighters are ‘infiltrating’ into Bajaur from Afghanistan to join their colleagues in the crucial battle for survival in the face of an all-out military action. "Foreign militants are leading the fight against the army. The army action is beyond the local combatants’ capacity and they need hardened and well-trained foreign militants," said the sources. The foreign Taliban and al Qaeda – Arabs, Chechens, Uzbeks and Afghans – are being led by an Afghan commander, Qari Ziaur Rehman. "He (Rehman) is leading the fight and he is calling for reinforcement from across the Afghan border," said the sources, adding, "He is leading the whole show. He carries a lot of clout among foreign militants who mostly engage the Americans inside Afghanistan."
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September - 24 
Security at important buildings and installations was beefed up on September 24 after intelligence agencies reported that six suicide bombers had entered major cities in the country, Aaj TV reported, according to Daily Times. The channel quoted sources in the Interior Ministry as saying that the pro
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Security at important buildings and installations was beefed up on September 24 after intelligence agencies reported that six suicide bombers had entered major cities in the country, Aaj TV reported, according to Daily Times. The channel quoted sources in the Interior Ministry as saying that the provincial governments had been informed about possible strikes by these bombers in Karachi, Faisalabad, Peshawar, Multan, Lahore and Islamabad.
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October - 12 
Daily Times reports that British officials covered up evidence that a Taliban commander killed by special forces in Helmand in Afghanistan last year was in fact a Pakistani military officer, according to a report published in Sunday Times. Citing unidentified Afghan officials, reporter Christina Lam
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Daily Times reports that British officials covered up evidence that a Taliban commander killed by special forces in Helmand in Afghanistan last year was in fact a Pakistani military officer, according to a report published in Sunday Times. Citing unidentified Afghan officials, reporter Christina Lamb said British soldiers discovered a Pakistani military ID on his body.
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October - 15 
The annual budget of the local Taliban is more than PKR 4 billion, Dawn News quoted unidentified NWFP officials as saying on October 15, according to Daily Times. According to the channel, the officials said that a Khasadar force soldier is paid a monthly salary of PKR 3,000, while a Taliban mercena
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The annual budget of the local Taliban is more than PKR 4 billion, Dawn News quoted unidentified NWFP officials as saying on October 15, according to Daily Times. According to the channel, the officials said that a Khasadar force soldier is paid a monthly salary of PKR 3,000, while a Taliban mercenary gets PKR 6,000 a month. Local Taliban commanders receive as much as PKR 20,000 a month, the channel said. Taliban fighters had almost taken over Bajaur Agency before the government launched a security operation there, the channel quoted the officials. It reported the officials as saying that the Taliban militants had killed more than 600 pro-government tribal leaders until now. The official stressed the need for short-term and long-term steps to counter tribal insurgencies and to carry out development projects in the region.
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November - 24 
Intelligence agencies have warned of a suicide attack at the Karachi airport as well as ministries in Islamabad during the current month, Daily Times reported. The Interior Ministry, after receiving information from intelligence agencies, has informed security agencies that November would be crucial
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Intelligence agencies have warned of a suicide attack at the Karachi airport as well as ministries in Islamabad during the current month, Daily Times reported. The Interior Ministry, after receiving information from intelligence agencies, has informed security agencies that November would be crucial and terrorists have planned to carry out suicide attacks at the Jinnah International Airport in Karachi, and also at the offices of various ministries in Islamabad. However, no further detail about the modus operandi of the terrorists was disclosed in the intelligence information conveyed to the Interior Ministry. A source said that terrorists have planned to strike in prominent cities in retaliation to the ongoing operation in the FATA and have dispatched suicide bombers to Karachi, Lahore and Islamabad.
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November - 24 
The ongoing military operation in Swat marked one year on November 24. During the last one year, 189 SF personnel, including 61 policemen, 35 Frontier Constabulary, seven Frontier Corps and 86 Army soldiers, were killed while hundreds of others wounded. The militants abducted 66 SF personnel, includ
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The ongoing military operation in Swat marked one year on November 24. During the last one year, 189 SF personnel, including 61 policemen, 35 Frontier Constabulary, seven Frontier Corps and 86 Army soldiers, were killed while hundreds of others wounded. The militants abducted 66 SF personnel, including 26 police officials, 36 Frontier Constabulary and four Frontier Corps soldiers. Around 135 important personalities were killed, 89 injured and 39 kidnapped. The SFs killed over 700 militants during the last one year of the ‘Rah-e-Haq Operation’. More civilians than the militants reportedly lost their lives in the military actions, 17 suicide and 148 remote-controlled bomb blasts and other incidents of violence. The security forces (SFs) used helicopters and artillery to shell militant positions in various towns and villages of Swat. In the Mangaltan area of Charbagh, the SFs targeted vehicles, besides pounding militant positions, and claimed to have killed 11 persons in the operation, besides injuring six others. The military claimed that five vehicles of the militants were also destroyed in the strike. According to the Swat Media Centre, two militants were killed and four injured in Gashkor. It claimed that two more combatants were killed in Chuperial and as many were injured, besides destroying a vehicle. However, a spokesman for the Swat militants denied to have suffered any casualties on November 24. In fresh incidents of violence, two persons, including a woman were killed. A local leader of the Pakistan People’s Party, a coalition party of the Awami National Party in the NWFP, Siraj, was shot dead in the Aligrama area of Kabal. In another incident, the militants killed a woman councillor, accused of ‘immorality’ in Mingora, inside her house.
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November - 27 
Pakistani intelligence agencies have gathered credible information on the influx of foreign militants and sophisticated weapons into Pashtun areas of Balochistan – with some also headed to Karachi – via the Pakistan-Afghanistan border, sources told Daily Times on November 27. The sources claimed tha
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Pakistani intelligence agencies have gathered credible information on the influx of foreign militants and sophisticated weapons into Pashtun areas of Balochistan – with some also headed to Karachi – via the Pakistan-Afghanistan border, sources told Daily Times on November 27. The sources claimed that the weapons were being supplied to Balochistan’s Chaman, Pishin and Qila Abdullah districts for the Baloch Liberation Army (BLA), by ‘anti-Balochistan and anti-Pakistan quarters’. They said Pakistani agencies had seized at least 726 missiles in addition to other weapons over the last few days.
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December - 21 
Suicide bombings in 2008 surpassed the last year’s figures, with 61 attacks so far killing at least 889 people and injuring 2,072 others, a source in the investigation agencies disclosed to The News. The total number of suicide blasts in Pakistan since 2002 has risen to 140 to date while 56 bombers
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Suicide bombings in 2008 surpassed the last year’s figures, with 61 attacks so far killing at least 889 people and injuring 2,072 others, a source in the investigation agencies disclosed to The News. The total number of suicide blasts in Pakistan since 2002 has risen to 140 to date while 56 bombers had struck in 2007. At least, for 29 times, suicide bombers struck in the NWFP, while 16 others hit their targets in the adjacent FATA during 2008. Swat topped the list of Districts where 11 suicide bombers hit targets, killing 101 people and injuring 294 others. Four suicide bombers struck in Peshawar in 2008, killing 99 and wounding 226 others. Punjab witnessed 10 suicide blasts with five in Lahore alone. Three suicide bombers hit their targets in the federal capital Islamabad during 2008. Apart from the killing of three alleged bombers in Karachi, no suicide attack took place in the entire Sindh province. A single incident was reported in Balochistan when a suicide bomber blew himself up, killing a young girl student and injuring 22 persons in Quetta on September 23. Apart from 60 suicide bombers, who accomplished their mission, 12 were those who were caught by the security agencies before hitting their targets. They are still being interrogated in Police custody. All the tribal agencies, Khyber, Mohmand, Bajaur, Orakzai, Kurram, North Waziristan and South Waziristan have witnessed either one or more suicide attacks during 2008. The Districts and towns where suicide attacks occurred during the current year include Islamabad, Rawalpindi, Lahore, Bhakkar, Attock, Peshawar, Mardan, Parachinar, Swat, Darra Adamkhel, Landikotal, Bannu, Bara, Dera Ismail Khan, Dir Upper, Buner, Charsadda, Hangu and Quetta.
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