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January - 4 
The investigation team, investigating the Ashura blast in Karachi, reports on January 4 that the blast was not suicide attack, according to The News. The bomb was planted inside a box that had the portrait of a killed leader of a banned religious outfit. On January 4 afternoon, Interior Minister Reh
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The investigation team, investigating the Ashura blast in Karachi, reports on January 4 that the blast was not suicide attack, according to The News. The bomb was planted inside a box that had the portrait of a killed leader of a banned religious outfit. On January 4 afternoon, Interior Minister Rehman Malik also confirmed the fact that the Ashura blast was not a suicide attack. He said that a complete report will be submitted within two to three days.
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January - 5 
Security Forces (SFs) on January 5 said they flushed out most of the militants from the Mohmand tribal region of Mohmand Agency in Federally Administered Tribal Areas (FATA), according to Dawn. "Mohmand is a big agency and up till now 80 per cent of the area has been cleared," commander of the Mohma
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Security Forces (SFs) on January 5 said they flushed out most of the militants from the Mohmand tribal region of Mohmand Agency in Federally Administered Tribal Areas (FATA), according to Dawn. "Mohmand is a big agency and up till now 80 per cent of the area has been cleared," commander of the Mohmand Operation, Colonel Saifullah, said. He said operations near the Afghanistan border were necessary as militants take refuge in the region. Around 350 militants were killed while 300 others were severely injured, he added. Regarding the SFs causalities, he said around 65 soldiers had been martyred in 2008 and 2009. He said resistance was still being faced in the Safi tehsil (revenue unit) and Khwazai tehsil but now the SFs were shifting towards the next phase that entailed bringing stability to the area. He rubbished off reports of NATO penetrating Mohmand and other tribal areas and said Pakistan’s borders were being tightly guarded. Colonel Saifullah did not give any tentative date for wrapping up the operation but said the army wants to wind it up as soon as possible. Due to normalisation of the situation, schools and some bazaars had opened in the cleared areas and Government offices also started their operations.
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January - 6 
Around 350 militants were killed by the Security Forces (SFs) in operations while 104 pro-Government elders and volunteers of a peace committee as well as 65 SF personnel were killed in the Mohmand Agency of Federally Administered Tribal Areas (FATA) in the year 2009, said Mohmand Agency Additional
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Around 350 militants were killed by the Security Forces (SFs) in operations while 104 pro-Government elders and volunteers of a peace committee as well as 65 SF personnel were killed in the Mohmand Agency of Federally Administered Tribal Areas (FATA) in the year 2009, said Mohmand Agency Additional Political Agent (APA) Ahmed Jan on January 6, according to Daily Times. "We have secured vast areas of land from the militants’ control in a short span of time," Ahmed Jan told reporters from Peshawar. "There are some pockets of [militants’] resistance in the region," he said. He said terrorists’ strongholds in Saafi, Aleemzai, Tarakzai and Pandyalai tehsil (revenue unit) were destroyed and life had returned to normal in the areas.
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January - 6 
The News quoting Government survey reports that up to 8,000 houses were damaged in the restive Swat District of North West Frontier Province (NWFP) during militancy spanning over two years and the subsequent military operations. A similar survey in the conflict-hit Mohmand Agency and Buner, Dir Lowe
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The News quoting Government survey reports that up to 8,000 houses were damaged in the restive Swat District of North West Frontier Province (NWFP) during militancy spanning over two years and the subsequent military operations. A similar survey in the conflict-hit Mohmand Agency and Buner, Dir Lower and Upper Districts would start from January 10. The Government launched a survey on November 5, 2009 to assess the damage to houses during conflict in the valley. It had to conclude on November 25 but the data collection took extra time. "Actually, the data was being verified," said a Government official on condition of anonymity. The official data about the number of damaged houses has not been made public. However, official sources told The News that 8,000 houses had been registered as fully or partially damaged. An official closely monitoring the survey put the number of damaged structures as a bit on the high side. "Initially, 8,500 houses were recorded to have been damaged. But some cases were dubious which are being sorted out," the official said. The damaged structures included houses, shops and mosques. But, the sources said, houses formed 80 per cent of the buildings recorded as damaged. Militancy started in July 2007 in Swat in reaction to ‘Operation Silence’ on the Red Mosque in Islamabad. Taliban used to blow up or torch the houses of opponents to punish them. On the other hand, the military carried out three phases of Rah-e-Haq operation in Swat. The last operation, named Rah-e-Rast, was launched on May 8, 2009 to wrest control of the District from the Taliban militants.
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January - 10 
A Jordanian Taliban ‘commander’, who moved to Afghanistan in 1999 and stayed on to fight US-led forces, was killed in a US drone attack in Waziristan, extremist websites monitored by US-based Search for International Terrorist Entities (SITE) Intelligence said, reports The News. The Al Fallujah and
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A Jordanian Taliban ‘commander’, who moved to Afghanistan in 1999 and stayed on to fight US-led forces, was killed in a US drone attack in Waziristan, extremist websites monitored by US-based Search for International Terrorist Entities (SITE) Intelligence said, reports The News. The Al Fallujah and Shamukh al Islam forums announced the “martyrdom” of Mahmud Mahdi Zeidan on January 10 on the soil of Pakistan. SITE did not specify which drone strike the Jordanian was killed in. Pakistani officials said last week that 13 militants were killed in two US drone strikes in Waziristan, of whom four were foreigners.
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January - 15 
Security has been tightened at the Farooqabad Police Training School on January 15 after intelligence reports revealed that the school was on the hit list of militants, according to Daily Times. The Punjab Home Department has sent a circular to the Inspector General of Police and other senior offici
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Security has been tightened at the Farooqabad Police Training School on January 15 after intelligence reports revealed that the school was on the hit list of militants, according to Daily Times. The Punjab Home Department has sent a circular to the Inspector General of Police and other senior officials, indicating that terrorists are planning to attack Police training schools across the province. Following the reports, security has also been boosted at Elite Training School at Bedian Road, Police Training School at Chuhng and Police Training School at Manawan.
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January - 22 
The Special Investigation Group (SIG) of the Federal Investigation Agency (FIA) has traced the names and addresses of nine terrorists who were involved in a suicide attack on former President General Pervez Musharraf, reports The News. The terrorists, identified as Ejaz alias Mansoor, Salman alias S
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The Special Investigation Group (SIG) of the Federal Investigation Agency (FIA) has traced the names and addresses of nine terrorists who were involved in a suicide attack on former President General Pervez Musharraf, reports The News. The terrorists, identified as Ejaz alias Mansoor, Salman alias Shani, Waseem and Saad Munir Dar alias Ma’az from Rawalpindi, ‘commander’ Tariq Afridi of Darra Adam Khel and Sardar, were from Swat, three others, identified as Rehan alias Abdul Rasheed, Wali Muhammad and Qari Hussain Mehsud, were residents of South Waziristan. According to the SIG report, Ejaz is the ringleader while Qari Hussain, Noor Muhammad, Badar Mansoor, Salman, Waseem, Saad, Intekhab Abbasi and Tauqeer were involved in the attack on Musharraf. Qari Hussain with head money of PNR 2.5 million is said to be second in command to Baitullah Mehsud, former leader of the Tehrik-I-Taliban Pakistan militant group, and is running a suicide training camp in Waziristan. Noor is currently in the custody of law enforcement agencies. Ejaz has links with militants in Karachi, Rawalpindi, and the tribal areas and is a former student of Jamia Farooqia Islamic University of Karachi. He was the in-charge of Harkat-ul-Mujahideen (HuM) group in 2000 and is responsible for training various terrorists in Mohmand Agency who were brought over from Punjab. Wali and Maulana Rahimullah prepared suicide bombers in South Waziristan while Rehan also took part in the planning and execution phase of the attack.
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January - 27 
Pakistani investigators on January 27 said that there is "sufficient incriminating evidence against" the seven arrested terrorists for their involvement in the Mumbai (India) terrorist strikes on November 26, 2008, reports Times of India. The Pakistan report presented to the court conducting the tri
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Pakistani investigators on January 27 said that there is "sufficient incriminating evidence against" the seven arrested terrorists for their involvement in the Mumbai (India) terrorist strikes on November 26, 2008, reports Times of India. The Pakistan report presented to the court conducting the trial of seven accused, including Lashkar-e-Toiba (LeT) operations commander Zakiur Rehman Lakhvi, states that there is "sufficient incriminating evidence on record against those arrested for orchestrating the Mumbai attacks." Pakistani investigators in a report to an anti-terrorism court also corroborated the statement made by Ajmal Amir Kasab, the lone gunman arrested during the 26/11 terrorist attack in Mumbai. The Federal Investigation Agency (FIA) report aired by Pakistan's Dawn News said there is enough evidence to prosecute all the seven accused, who are in custody. Among them is Hammad Amin Sadiq, who gave out funds and safe houses for the terrorists. Zakhiur Rehman Lakhvi has been named as the mastermind of the Mumbai terror attack. Abu-al-Qama, has been identified as the terrorists’ handler, who trained Kasab and the nine others who attacked Mumbai. Zarar Shah, has been named as the Lashkar's facilitator in the reports and is also an expert in computer networks. Reports identify Shahid Jamil Riaz as a crew member of one of the boats used by Kasab and gang to travel from Karachi to Indian waters. Jami Ahamd has been identified as the man who partially financed the Mumbai terror plot and Muhammad Younas Anjum has been named as the chief financer of the terror strikes. The report said: "The joint investigation team headed by the Director of the Special Investigation Group of the Federal Investigation Agency has scrutinised the entire evidence collected during the inquiry." It also collected evidence "during the investigation and has unanimously agreed that substantial incriminating evidence is available on the record directly connecting all the accused persons with the commission of the offence." The 61-page report, which was compiled by a team of experts led by FIA officials, was presented to the anti-terror court in Rawalpindi in July 2009. It contains the photographs of all the accused, including those who are still at large and have been declared "proclaimed offenders." Those who are still at large include crew members of the Al-Fauz and Hussaini, the two boats used by the ten terrorists who attacked India's financial hub. The report also contains a list of 150 documents and items of evidence, including proof and information provided by India. Investigators had also corroborated Kasab's statement about his family and his native village of Faridkot in Pakistan's Punjab province by collecting records from his school and local voters' list. The report concluded that all the accused should be convicted because there is sufficient incriminating evidence against them. Diplomatic sources said that the report made public by the news channel did not contain any information that was not included in the dossiers provided by Islamabad to New Delhi.
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February - 5 
A new White House assessment on October 5 concludes that Pakistan has been unwilling to aggressively pursue al Qaeda and Afghan Taliban militants in its Tribal Areas, reports Daily Times. The White House assessment first reported by The Wall Street Journal and confirmed by Reuters, faults the Pakist
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A new White House assessment on October 5 concludes that Pakistan has been unwilling to aggressively pursue al Qaeda and Afghan Taliban militants in its Tribal Areas, reports Daily Times. The White House assessment first reported by The Wall Street Journal and confirmed by Reuters, faults the Pakistan Government and military for lacking the will to take action against the militants in North Waziristan Agency. “The Pakistan military continued to avoid military engagements that would put it in direct conflict with Afghan Taliban or al Qaeda forces in North Waziristan,” the assessment said, according to a US official who has seen the report.
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March - 3 
A private TV channel reported that the recently arrested Iranian militant Abdul Malik Reigi, leader of the banned Jundullah outfit, was among the 25,000 foreign recipients of Computerised National Identity Cards (CNICs) issued by National Database and Registration Authority (NADRA). The name written
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A private TV channel reported that the recently arrested Iranian militant Abdul Malik Reigi, leader of the banned Jundullah outfit, was among the 25,000 foreign recipients of Computerised National Identity Cards (CNICs) issued by National Database and Registration Authority (NADRA). The name written on Reigi’s CNIC was Saeed Ahmed s/o Ghulam Haider. Also, the Federal Investigation Agency arrested 12 foreigners in a raid at the NADRA office in Balochistan when they came to collect their CNICs.
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March - 8 
The death toll in the suicide bomb blast of March 8 in front of the Special Intelligence Agency’s (SIA) office in the Model Town area of Lahore increased to 13, reports Daily Times. 13 persons included a woman, a five-year-old girl and security personnel. The powerful blast, which was carried out us
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The death toll in the suicide bomb blast of March 8 in front of the Special Intelligence Agency’s (SIA) office in the Model Town area of Lahore increased to 13, reports Daily Times. 13 persons included a woman, a five-year-old girl and security personnel. The powerful blast, which was carried out using around 600 kilograms of explosives packed with ball bearings and blades, according to officials, damaged houses in a 0.5 kilometre radius and destroyed more than 40 cars in the area. The SIA office in Model Town K-Block, a residential area, was being used to house officials and detain suspects. "It was a Police Special Investigation Unit that was targeted. The building was used to interrogate suspected terrorists," Lahore Police chief Pervez Rathore said.
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March - 9 
The death toll in the Lahore bomb blast of March 8 rose to 15 on March 9 as rescuers recovered a dead body from the debris and shifted it to morgue while another injured person succumbed to his injuries at the Jinnah Hospital.
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The death toll in the Lahore bomb blast of March 8 rose to 15 on March 9 as rescuers recovered a dead body from the debris and shifted it to morgue while another injured person succumbed to his injuries at the Jinnah Hospital.
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March - 18 
The composition of militancy in Jammu and Kashmir continues to be dominated by foreigners — of the 398 militants killed 304 were foreigners, making it 76 per cent of total militants killed in the valley in 2008-09, reports The Hindu. Foreign militants generally come from North Western Frontier Provi
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The composition of militancy in Jammu and Kashmir continues to be dominated by foreigners — of the 398 militants killed 304 were foreigners, making it 76 per cent of total militants killed in the valley in 2008-09, reports The Hindu. Foreign militants generally come from North Western Frontier Province (NWFP), Punjab, Pakistan occupied Kashmir and other areas of Pakistan. In 2008, of the 237 militants killed 171 were foreigners and in 2009 of the 161 militants killed 133 were foreigners. In 2010, 21 militants have been killed, of whom five were foreigners.
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March - 28 
An Interior Ministry report said that 40 out of the total 55 wanted militants affiliated with the banned Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) in the Malakand Division were killed, reports The News. According to officials, Security Forces (SFs), with the help of the local people, killed 40 wanted militan
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An Interior Ministry report said that 40 out of the total 55 wanted militants affiliated with the banned Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) in the Malakand Division were killed, reports The News. According to officials, Security Forces (SFs), with the help of the local people, killed 40 wanted militants out of 55 who carried head money from PNR 0.1 million to PNR 10 million. Action is in progress against the remaining 15 militants. After the successful operation Rah-e-Rast (Path to Truth) in the Malakand Division, the federal and provincial Governments had registered cases under the Terrorism Act and announced head money from PNR 0.5 million to PNR 10 million on different wanted militant ‘commanders’.
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March - 28 
The Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) plans to abduct US and Afghanistan diplomats in order to get arrested militants released in exchange for the abducted foreigners, intelligence agencies reports revealed on March 28, according to Daily Times. Another report said that a group of militants headed by
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The Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) plans to abduct US and Afghanistan diplomats in order to get arrested militants released in exchange for the abducted foreigners, intelligence agencies reports revealed on March 28, according to Daily Times. Another report said that a group of militants headed by Qari (code name) has entered Islamabad, Rawalpindi and Lahore to carry out terrorist attacks in the next few days. The intelligence agencies have directed the law enforcement agencies to beef up security in the federal capital and other cities.
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April - 9 
A UN report said that more than 200,000 civilians have fled a military offensive and violence in the tribal Districts near the Afghanistan border. The UN said the mass exodus began in November 2009 from the Districts of Orakzai and Kurram, which have been hit by the Taliban and al Qaeda militants as
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A UN report said that more than 200,000 civilians have fled a military offensive and violence in the tribal Districts near the Afghanistan border. The UN said the mass exodus began in November 2009 from the Districts of Orakzai and Kurram, which have been hit by the Taliban and al Qaeda militants as well as sectarian violence. “More than 35,000 families or approximately 210,000 individuals from Orakzai and Kurram Agencies have been registered as internally displaced persons (IDPs) since November last year,” UN refugee agency spokeswoman Ariane Rummery said.
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April - 30 
The German officials on May 3 said a suspected militants of German origin linked to a outfit convicted of plotting attacks on US facilities in Germany appears to have been killed in North Waziristan Agency of Federally Administered Tribal Areas (FATA) on April 30, reports Daily Times. Germany’s main
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The German officials on May 3 said a suspected militants of German origin linked to a outfit convicted of plotting attacks on US facilities in Germany appears to have been killed in North Waziristan Agency of Federally Administered Tribal Areas (FATA) on April 30, reports Daily Times. Germany’s main domestic intelligence agency said a statement issued by the Islamic Jihad Union (IJU) informing of 22-year-old Eric Breininger’s death on April 30 appeared to be authentic. Breininger, a German-born convert to Islam wanted by German Police on suspicion of belonging to a terrorist cell, was killed on April 30 in a fight with Pakistani troops, according to an unconfirmed claim by a jihadi group, Spiegel reported. “Based on our general knowledge, the contents of the statement appear to be authentic,” Associated Press quoted the Federal Office for the Protection of the Constitution as saying in a statement. Breininger (22) was a member of the IJU and had contacts with the homegrown outfit of terrorists who plotted to bomb US targets in Germany in 2007. Three of the members of that outfit, known as the ‘Sauerland cell’ after the region of western Germany where it was based, were arrested in September 2007 as they were preparing to carry out bombing attacks. They were sentenced to long jail terms in March 2010.
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May - 3 
A United States estimates show Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) drone strikes in Pakistan’s tribal areas over the last two years have killed more than 500 militants — a fraction of whom are considered top-tier leaders — and fewer than 30 civilians, US officials said on May 3, according to Daily Tim
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A United States estimates show Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) drone strikes in Pakistan’s tribal areas over the last two years have killed more than 500 militants — a fraction of whom are considered top-tier leaders — and fewer than 30 civilians, US officials said on May 3, according to Daily Times. The number of so-called combatant and non-combatant casualties in the US Government tally is sharply lower than some Pakistani press accounts, which have estimated civilian deaths alone at more than 600. Disclosing a partial tally of drone strikes since the summer of 2008, when the programme was ramped up under former president George W Bush, could help the US intelligence community counter protests from Pakistan and human rights groups about the civilian death toll. Tallies by Reuters and other organizations suggest the death toll since mid-2008 was significantly higher than 500. A Reuter’s count showed nearly 850 people killed in at least 110 strikes since 2008. Of those killed by the drones, roughly 14 are considered by experts to be top-tier leaders of al Qaeda, the Taliban (TTP) or other militant groups, while another two dozen are deemed high-to-mid level leaders. “Just because they’re not big names doesn’t mean they don’t kill. They do,” the US counter-terrorism official said adding that the CIA strikes were not “random” and were based on “information and observation, gathered over time”.
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May - 3 
The Balochistan Police on May 3 said that sectarian and ethnic targeted killings in Balochistan have claimed 87 lives and injured 303 people in 168 incidents so far in 2010, reports Daily Times. Hundreds of people have died since Baloch militants rose up in 2004 demanding independence and control of
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The Balochistan Police on May 3 said that sectarian and ethnic targeted killings in Balochistan have claimed 87 lives and injured 303 people in 168 incidents so far in 2010, reports Daily Times. Hundreds of people have died since Baloch militants rose up in 2004 demanding independence and control of profits from natural resources in their region.
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May - 4 
The intelligence agencies have revealed on May 4 that militants have planned to use explosive-laden vehicles to hit targets in Punjab, reports Daily Times. According to the reports, Suzuki mini vans are likely to be used by militants for carrying out the attacks. After receiving the intelligence rep
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The intelligence agencies have revealed on May 4 that militants have planned to use explosive-laden vehicles to hit targets in Punjab, reports Daily Times. According to the reports, Suzuki mini vans are likely to be used by militants for carrying out the attacks. After receiving the intelligence reports, the Punjab Home Department has directed Police and other law enforcement agencies to beef up security in the province. The Home Department also issued directives for strict checking of all vehicles at the entry and exit points of cities and to make foolproof security arrangements to prevent terrorist activities.
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May - 5 
The Times Square bomber, Faisal Shahzad, confessed of his involvement and is cooperating with investigators who are seeking details about his contacts in Pakistan, postponing indefinitely any court appearance, said law-enforcement sources on May 5, reports Daily Times. The focus of investigations sh
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The Times Square bomber, Faisal Shahzad, confessed of his involvement and is cooperating with investigators who are seeking details about his contacts in Pakistan, postponing indefinitely any court appearance, said law-enforcement sources on May 5, reports Daily Times. The focus of investigations shifted to Pakistan and a United States (US) Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) team visited Peshawar, the capital of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, to gather evidence. Faisal Shahzad (30) stands formally charged with five terrorism-related counts, and faces life in prison if convicted. He was not yet assigned a defence lawyer and no court appearance has been scheduled, said a law-enforcement source. Shahzad accepted that the Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) financed Shahzad’s training in bomb making, the law enforcement source added. Pakistani officials said several of Shahzad’s relatives were arrested in Pakistan after he was removed from the plane.
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May - 6 
The Karachi Police claimed to have arrested 32 militants associated with the Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) and their associates in Karachi during 2010, reports Daily Times. According to a report issued by the Central Police Office (CPO) on May 6, 249.5 kilograms of explosives were seized during t
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The Karachi Police claimed to have arrested 32 militants associated with the Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) and their associates in Karachi during 2010, reports Daily Times. According to a report issued by the Central Police Office (CPO) on May 6, 249.5 kilograms of explosives were seized during the first four months of 2010. The Police also claimed of having recovered 79 detonators, 40 hand-grenades and rocket launchers, eight live bombs and Improvised Explosive Devices and two suicide jackets. The list also included 115 sophisticated weaponry.
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May - 7 
A New York Times report on May 7 claimed that the Pakistani Taliban (Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan, TTP), which American investigators suspect were behind the attempt to bomb Times Square, have in recent years combined forces with al Qaeda and other groups, threatening to extend their reach and ambitio
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A New York Times report on May 7 claimed that the Pakistani Taliban (Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan, TTP), which American investigators suspect were behind the attempt to bomb Times Square, have in recent years combined forces with al Qaeda and other groups, threatening to extend their reach and ambitions. Since the group’s formation in 2007, the main mission of the TTP has been to maintain their hold on territory in Pakistan’s tribal areas to train fighters against American and NATO forces in Afghanistan and, increasingly, to strike at the Pakistani state as the military pushes into these havens. Pakistan’s military offensives and intensifying US drone strikes have degraded their capabilities. But the TTP have sustained themselves through alliances with any number of other militant groups, splinter cells, foot soldiers and guns-for-hire in the areas under their control. “They trade bomb makers and people around,” a senior US intelligence official said on May 6 in an interview. “It’s becoming this witches’ brew.” “The TTP are the local partner of al Qaeda in Pakistan,” said Amir Rana, the Director of the Pakistan Institute for Peace Studies, who has tracked militant networks for years. “It has no capacity for an international agenda on its own.”
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May - 7 
Intelligence agencies have warned the Punjab Government about various madrassas (Islamic religious schools) which have been established close to sensitive installations across the province without proper permission and registration, reports Daily Times. After receiving the reports, the Punjab Govern
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Intelligence agencies have warned the Punjab Government about various madrassas (Islamic religious schools) which have been established close to sensitive installations across the province without proper permission and registration, reports Daily Times. After receiving the reports, the Punjab Government has directed the provincial police and other authorities concerned to seal all such madrassas immediately.
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May - 9 
The intelligence agencies have warned that al Qaeda might be planning to attack the American embassy in Pakistan and the outfit is likely to use three bullet proof vehicles from Afghanistan. The agencies said that two suicide bombers belonging to the TTP Swat have left for Rawalpindi to carry out th
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The intelligence agencies have warned that al Qaeda might be planning to attack the American embassy in Pakistan and the outfit is likely to use three bullet proof vehicles from Afghanistan. The agencies said that two suicide bombers belonging to the TTP Swat have left for Rawalpindi to carry out the attack. Sources said that the report regarding the suicide bombers has been forwarded to the Punjab Police. According to the sources, the two suicide bombers stayed at Takht Bai area of Mardan District for a few days with one Jahangir or Bashir. The potential suicide bombers are Ismail and Majeed.
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May - 14 
Hundreds of militants fleeing from the restive northwest have taken refuge in the teeming commercial hub of Karachi, where a growing nexus with militant outfit is a headache for law enforcers. According to security officials, a huge Pashtun population, mostly in the suburbs of the city of 18 million
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Hundreds of militants fleeing from the restive northwest have taken refuge in the teeming commercial hub of Karachi, where a growing nexus with militant outfit is a headache for law enforcers. According to security officials, a huge Pashtun population, mostly in the suburbs of the city of 18 million people, provides shelter to these militants. The arrest of dozens of low-key members of the Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) from the metropolis is evidence of their presence, officials say, and they have developed close ties to banned outfits like Lashkar-e-Jhangvi (LeJ), Jaish-e-Muhammad (JeM) and Jundullah as well as criminals.
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May - 15 
Despite official denials, a secret network of private spies set up by a US Defence Department official continues to operate in Afghanistan and Pakistan, New York Times reported late on May 15. Citing unnamed US officials and businessmen, the newspaper said the network was still operating, the paper
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Despite official denials, a secret network of private spies set up by a US Defence Department official continues to operate in Afghanistan and Pakistan, New York Times reported late on May 15. Citing unnamed US officials and businessmen, the newspaper said the network was still operating, the paper reported. Its reports on Taliban (Tehreek-i-Taliban, TTP) activities, especially in Pakistan, were submitted almost daily to top US commanders in the region. The Times reported in March, 2010 that Defence Department official Michael Furlong had set up a network of private contractors in Afghanistan and Pakistan to help track and kill suspected Taliban. He did this under the cover of a benign Government information-gathering programme. In the wake of those reports, US government officials said it was a rogue operation that had been shut down once an investigation had begun. But interviews with more than a dozen current and former Government officials and businessmen, and an examination of Government documents, suggested otherwise, the paper said.
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May - 19 
A Pakistani Army Major has been arrested in connection with the failed bomb plot on May 1 in New York’s Times Square, Daily Times quoting The Washington Post reported on May 19. The Washington Post said the extent of the Major’s alleged involvement remained unclear, but that unnamed law enforcement
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A Pakistani Army Major has been arrested in connection with the failed bomb plot on May 1 in New York’s Times Square, Daily Times quoting The Washington Post reported on May 19. The Washington Post said the extent of the Major’s alleged involvement remained unclear, but that unnamed law enforcement sources told the paper he had met Shahzad in Islamabad and had cell phone contact with him. According to the newspaper a second suspect being held by the Pakistani authorities acted as a liaison between Shahzad and the Pakistani Taliban – blamed by the US for being behind the attempted Times Square attack. Pakistani law enforcement sources told The Washington Post that Shahzad met the suspect three times in 2009 summer and at one meeting gave him an undisclosed sum of money for the attempted bombings.
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May - 19 
The Canada’s weekly current affairs magazine, Maclean, quoting an unnamed Lashkar-e-Toiba (LeT) commander on May 19 claimed that Faisal Shahzad, the confessed bomb plotter of Pakistani origin, had received terror training in one of the ‘jihad’ (Holy War) camps of the LeT in Pakistan occupied Kashmir
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The Canada’s weekly current affairs magazine, Maclean, quoting an unnamed Lashkar-e-Toiba (LeT) commander on May 19 claimed that Faisal Shahzad, the confessed bomb plotter of Pakistani origin, had received terror training in one of the ‘jihad’ (Holy War) camps of the LeT in Pakistan occupied Kashmir (PoK). A report in Maclean cited an unnamed LeT commander as saying that Shahzad, during his visit to Pakistan in 2006, had visited the LeT’s main base of operations in Dulai, a village situated 25 kilometres away from Muzaffarabad, the capital of PoK. "He was an eager recruit. Very intelligent but also very intense, and driven to make his mark for the sake of Islam," the magazine quoted the LeT commander, as describing Shahzad. The LeT commander, however, denied any direct involvement of his outfit with New York bombing plot. "Shahzad came to us for training. He stayed with us for three months and we provided him with the basics. Then he went back to the U.S," the commander claimed. "After six months, we tried to contact him, but we received no response, not from emails or by telephone. We thought, well, okay, so maybe he’s had a change of heart. We have thousands of recruits who come to us for training. It doesn’t affect us if one of them is lost,’ the magazine quoted the militant leader, as saying. Recalling Shahzad’s attitude during his terror training, the LeT commander said one thing which was most noticeable in him was that he had a strong desire for glory. "He wanted to do something big, not just die an anonymous martyr alongside hundreds of other martyrs. He wanted something international. He wanted to be famous. For us, that was dangerous. We don’t want attention brought to us, and we were worried that Shahzad’s personal agenda would get him captured and bring the spotlight on us," the commander said.
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May - 19 
The Intelligence agencies, including the Inter Services Intelligence (ISI), presented an investigation report to Prime Minister Yousaf Raza Gilani on May 19 regarding an audiotape of the telephonic conversation between TV anchor Hamid Mir and an unidentified Taliban militant, reports Daily Times. Th
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The Intelligence agencies, including the Inter Services Intelligence (ISI), presented an investigation report to Prime Minister Yousaf Raza Gilani on May 19 regarding an audiotape of the telephonic conversation between TV anchor Hamid Mir and an unidentified Taliban militant, reports Daily Times. The conversation between Hamid Mir and the Taliban militant is original and has been proved by the audiotape, the report said. Mir is currently working as Islamabad Executive Editor for Geo News channel. According to BBC Urdu, the Jang Group has set up an investigation committee and has announced the conducting of an impartial investigation in this regard.
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May - 23 
On May 23 reports that Taliban militants earn a bounty of up to PNR 200,000 (£1,660) for each North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) soldier they kill. Taliban commanders said The Sunday Times said the money was said to come from protection rackets, taxes imposed on opium farmers, donors in the G
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On May 23 reports that Taliban militants earn a bounty of up to PNR 200,000 (£1,660) for each North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) soldier they kill. Taliban commanders said The Sunday Times said the money was said to come from protection rackets, taxes imposed on opium farmers, donors in the Gulf States who channel money through Dubai and from the senior Taliban leadership in Pakistan. So far this year, 213 NATO soldiers have been killed in Afghanistan, including 41 British troops, bringing the potential rewards for the Taliban to £350,000. The Taliban commanders told The Sunday Times that the bounty had more than doubled since the beginning of last year. “The insurgents, who employ “hit and run” tactics against foot patrols and convoys, use paid informants, media reports and the local population to confirm the deaths of NATO soldiers,” the paper added.
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May - 24 
According to sources, Hafiz Gul Bahadur and his shura (council) was upset over the deteriorating law and order situation in North Waziristan as it felt it was posing serious threat to regional security. The sources said the Government and military authorities had made it clear to Hafiz Gul Bahadur a
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According to sources, Hafiz Gul Bahadur and his shura (council) was upset over the deteriorating law and order situation in North Waziristan as it felt it was posing serious threat to regional security. The sources said the Government and military authorities had made it clear to Hafiz Gul Bahadur and his men to choose between the military operation or expulsion of Mahsud and Punjabi Taliban from North Waziristan. The sources said a committee was later formed which held extensive talks with the Mahsud Taliban to apprise them about the potential danger for the people of North Waziristan due to their presence there. The Taliban Jirga of North Waziristan informed the Mahsud militant commanders about their peace accord with the Government and told them they would not like it to be violated. Hakimullah Mahsud and his deputy Waliur Rahman were reported to have accepted Hafiz Gul Bahadur’s request and decided to leave North Waziristan. “Most of them went to Shaktoi and Makeen in South Waziristan where they had their sanctuaries in the forest-covered mountains. In summer, militants can easily survive in the mountains but the Security Forces might face tough resistance there,” said a Taliban source.
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May - 31 
Daily Times quoting three UN human rights investigators reports that the official discrimination in Pakistan against the Ahmedis fuels hatred of the community and prompts violent attacks against them. In a statement issued by the United Nations in Geneva following deadly bombings of May 28 on two pl
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Daily Times quoting three UN human rights investigators reports that the official discrimination in Pakistan against the Ahmedis fuels hatred of the community and prompts violent attacks against them. In a statement issued by the United Nations in Geneva following deadly bombings of May 28 on two places of worship of the Ahmedis in Lahore, the three said the authorities had failed to head off the attacks despite many signs that they were coming. “Members of this (Ahmadi) religious community have faced continuous threats, discrimination and violent attacks in Pakistan,” said the experts, who included human rights lawyer Asma Jahangir. The fact that Ahmedis were officially declared non-Muslims and had been subjected to restrictions and institutionalised discrimination “emboldens opinion makers who wish to fuel hatred and perpetrators of attacks against religious minorities,” the statement declared.
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June - 2 
A security official said on June 2 that the total number of people killed in Orakzai since May 1 in action against Taliban (TTP) is estimated at 719, reports Daily Times.
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A security official said on June 2 that the total number of people killed in Orakzai since May 1 in action against Taliban (TTP) is estimated at 719, reports Daily Times.
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June - 10 
Intelligence agencies have forwarded information that militants in Punjab, especially in Lahore have direct links with local criminal networks, reports Daily Times. According to sources, the information claimed that militants were aiding criminals in their activities, especially kidnapping for rans
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Intelligence agencies have forwarded information that militants in Punjab, especially in Lahore have direct links with local criminal networks, reports Daily Times. According to sources, the information claimed that militants were aiding criminals in their activities, especially kidnapping for ransom and robberies, in order to generate funds that would eventually help in carrying out terrorist attacks.
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June - 10 
Nearly four million people are living under Taliban (Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan, TTP) rule in Pakistan’s northwest, suffering human rights abuses from the extremists as well as the military, Amnesty International (AI) said on June 10, according to Daily Times. According to the report titled “As If H
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Nearly four million people are living under Taliban (Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan, TTP) rule in Pakistan’s northwest, suffering human rights abuses from the extremists as well as the military, Amnesty International (AI) said on June 10, according to Daily Times. According to the report titled “As If Hell Fell on Me”, more than 1,300 civilians were killed in fighting between the Pakistani troops and the Taliban (TTP) in 2009 while more than one million internally displaced persons (IDPs) are still in various towns. “Over the last few years, Taliban (TTP) have been able to assert their rule, their ideology through combination of violence and fear,” Saman Zia Zarifi, the director of Amnesty Asia-Pacific said.“ They have killed anybody who can challenge them. They have killed hundreds of maliks (tribal elders), religious leaders, civil society workers, teachers,” he said. He said militants also used the civilian population as human shields against military assaults and often placed themselves in residential areas.
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June - 13 
A London School of Economics (LSE) report authored by Matt Waldman, a fellow at Harvard University claimed on June 13 that the Pakistan’s Inter-Services Intelligence (ISI) provides funding, training and sanctuary to the Taliban in Afghanistan on a scale far greater than previously believed .The LSE
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A London School of Economics (LSE) report authored by Matt Waldman, a fellow at Harvard University claimed on June 13 that the Pakistan’s Inter-Services Intelligence (ISI) provides funding, training and sanctuary to the Taliban in Afghanistan on a scale far greater than previously believed .The LSE study, based on interviews with nine Taliban field commanders in Afghanistan between February and May 2010, claims the relationship between the ISI and the militants goes far beyond current estimates. “Although, the Taliban have a strong endogenous impetus, according to Taliban commanders the ISI orchestrates, sustains and strongly influences the movement,” wrote author Matt Waldman. Waldman said the ISI appears to exert ‘significant influence’ on strategic decision-making and field operations of the Taliban and controls the most violent insurgent units, some of which appear to be based in Pakistan. Insurgent commanders claimed the ISI was even officially represented, as participants or observers, on the Taliban supreme leadership council, he said. The report alleges that President Asif Ali Zardari himself had assured captive senior Taliban leaders that they were ‘our people’ and had his backing. He had apparently authorised some to be released from prison. However the LSE report was dismissed by the Pakistani military as "malicious and baseless”. Presidential spokeswoman Farah Ispahani and Afghan Taliban also rejected the report.
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June - 14 
The Sunday Times has published a report from Kabul in Afghanistan authored by Miles Amoore in which Pakistan has been accused of providing arms to Taliban militants. The report also accused Pakistan of specifying targets for the Taliban. The report says a large number of prisoners were taken to Quet
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The Sunday Times has published a report from Kabul in Afghanistan authored by Miles Amoore in which Pakistan has been accused of providing arms to Taliban militants. The report also accused Pakistan of specifying targets for the Taliban. The report says a large number of prisoners were taken to Quetta, where they were released to cross the border (into Afghanistan). The report says that President Asif Ali Zardari held a meeting with the Taliban ‘second-in-command’ Mulla Abdul Ghani Baradar and two other Taliban leaders and they were released after 48 hours of their arrest following the meeting. The report further says that seven out of 15 members of the Quetta Shura of the Afghan Taliban surely belong to the Pakistani Intelligence. The report accused Pakistan of providing food and arms to the Taliban militants. According to the report, Pakistan also guides the Taliban how to detect landmines. The report also claims that Pakistan gives technical advice to the Taliban for disrupting NATO supplies and the families of suicide bombers are being provided PNR 200,000.
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June - 16 
The Economic Times reports that the Punjab Government in Pakistan gave financial assistance to the Jama’at-ud-Da’awa (JuD), which was labelled a front for the Lashkar-e-Toiba (LeT) by the United Nations Security Council (UNSC), after the Mumbai terror attacks. Pakistan’s Punjab province government,
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The Economic Times reports that the Punjab Government in Pakistan gave financial assistance to the Jama’at-ud-Da’awa (JuD), which was labelled a front for the Lashkar-e-Toiba (LeT) by the United Nations Security Council (UNSC), after the Mumbai terror attacks. Pakistan’s Punjab province government, which is led by the PML-N, gave PKR 82.77 million to the JuD, whose chief Hafiz Saeed is accused of masterminding the terror attacks, and its associates in the last fiscal year(2009) This information was revealed in a supplementary budget tabled in the Punjab Assembly which showed that that the Provincial Government gave a grant of over PKR 79 million to the Markaz-e-Tayyaba, which is the headquarters of the JuD in Muridke near Lahore in Punjab. According to reports, the government also gave an additional PKR 3 million as grant for the schools run by the JuD in different districts of Punjab. Provincial law minister Rana Sanaullah revealed to a television channel that the money had been given to the JuD. He told a TV news channel on June 15 that the money was given to these institutions after the JuD was “banned” in the wake of the 2008 Mumbai attacks, and the Punjab Government appointed an administrator for the organisation.
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June - 18 
Daily Times reports that Gen David Petraeus, the commander of the US Central Command overseeing America’s war efforts in Afghanistan and Iraq, refused to endorse a London School of Economics (LSE) report which blames Pakistan for maintaining links with the Afghan Taliban. At two separate hearings at
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Daily Times reports that Gen David Petraeus, the commander of the US Central Command overseeing America’s war efforts in Afghanistan and Iraq, refused to endorse a London School of Economics (LSE) report which blames Pakistan for maintaining links with the Afghan Taliban. At two separate hearings at the US Senate and the House of Representatives this week he strongly defended Pakistan’s efforts to fight extremism. “You have to have contact with bad guys to get intelligence on bad guys”, he remarked while commenting on the LSE report.
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June - 18 
The Federal Investigation Agency (FIA) has completed its inquiry into the assassination of former Prime Minister and Pakistan People’s Party (PPP) chairperson Benazir Bhutto, blaming Taliban (Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan, TTP) leader Baitullah Mehsud for orchestrating the attack, according to Daily Ti
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The Federal Investigation Agency (FIA) has completed its inquiry into the assassination of former Prime Minister and Pakistan People’s Party (PPP) chairperson Benazir Bhutto, blaming Taliban (Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan, TTP) leader Baitullah Mehsud for orchestrating the attack, according to Daily Times. According to the text of the 39-page report, the attack was planned in Akora Khatak by former students of Madrassa Darul-Uloom Haqqania.One of the prime suspects in the case, Hassnain Gull, has told investigators that Benazir was targeted due to her stance over the Lal Masjid operation. In the report, an ISI official confirmed that he had recorded a telephonic conversation in which Baitullah Mehsud himself issued instructions to some of the arrested terrorists to assassinate the PPP leader. A joint investigation team (JIT) of the FIA alleged that Inspector Kashif Riaz who was then the station house officer (SHO) of City Police Station Rawalpindi, “intentionally” did not complete the post-mortems of 24 people who were killed in the incident along with Benazir. The team further alleged that Superintendent of Police (SP) Ashfaq Ahmed who had been deputed at Liaquat Bagh on security duty that day went on a highway patrol instead along with other Police personnel and later tampered with the case records.The FIA team has also alleged that Senior Superintendent of Police (SSP) Khuram Ishtiaq attempted to destroy the circumstantial evidences when he ordered police to hose down the crime scene. The FIA report also revealed that there were two suicide bombers present outside Liaquat Bagh to target the PPP leader. Earlier, all investigation reports claimed that only one suicide bomber, Saeed alias Bilal, was present at the spot and exploded himself near Benazir Bhutto’s vehicle. However, the new FIA report reveals that Baitullah also sent another suicide bomber, Akramullah, for carrying out the attack. After Bilal exploded himself, Akramullah escaped from the crime scene. Bilal and Akramullah both received their training in a Taliban training camp in Barond, in South Waziristan in Federally Administered Tribal Areas (FATA).
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June - 23 
A Pakistani intelligence report, according to the British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC), says that militants are publicly raising funds in the Punjab Province. The report says at least 17 banned militant outfits are operating in the Province under different names. They are raising donations through
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A Pakistani intelligence report, according to the British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC), says that militants are publicly raising funds in the Punjab Province. The report says at least 17 banned militant outfits are operating in the Province under different names. They are raising donations through religious gatherings, certificate award ceremonies and meetings held in the name of social welfare. The report identifies the most active among these groups as the Ghazi Force, named after a top cleric of Islamabad’s Lal Masjid, who was killed during a siege of the mosque by Security Forces in 2007. It says the group has close working relations with the Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP). The report reveals that members of the Ghazi Force have carried out several attacks against Government targets in the Punjab with the support of the Taliban (TTP). It says the militants are spreading out across the Punjab and other areas of the country because of the military operations targeting their bases in the tribal areas. The groups are also trying to set up networks in Sindh.
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June - 24 
Intelligence agencies have reported that Shia outfits are operating in southern Punjab and are working against their rival factions, according to Daily Times. Intelligence agencies have collected data on the cadres of banned religious outfits and militants gathering in southern Punjab and their link
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Intelligence agencies have reported that Shia outfits are operating in southern Punjab and are working against their rival factions, according to Daily Times. Intelligence agencies have collected data on the cadres of banned religious outfits and militants gathering in southern Punjab and their links to the Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) and even al Qaeda. The sources said that top officials of intelligence agencies had recommended a massive operation in the southern parts of the Province due to an increase in the activities of extremists and banned militant outfits, including a curb on holding processions and small-scale meetings, which not only risk an increase in terrorist incidents, but also escalate sectarian and communal tension in the province. The reports state that several militant groups are organising their networks in southern Punjab, especially in Bahawalnagar, Haroonabad, Shujaabad, Bahawalpur, Rajanpur, Bhakkar and Dera Ghazi Khan.
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June - 24 
The intelligence agencies of Pakistan have revealed that al Qaeda, the Afghan Intelligence Agency, India’s Research Analysis Wing (R&AW) and the Afghan Taliban have joined hands to carry out terrorist attacks in Pakistan, according to an Aaj Kal report. The agencies have also warned that other anti-
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The intelligence agencies of Pakistan have revealed that al Qaeda, the Afghan Intelligence Agency, India’s Research Analysis Wing (R&AW) and the Afghan Taliban have joined hands to carry out terrorist attacks in Pakistan, according to an Aaj Kal report. The agencies have also warned that other anti-State elements plan to target important personalities, armed forces’ personnel, sensitive Government installations, public places and business centres owned by the Ahmedis. The militants have acquired a huge quantity of explosives to carry out the attacks, the agencies reported
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July - 5 
An increasing number of militants of the East Turkistan Islamic Movement (ETIM) fighting for separation of China's Muslim majority Xinjiang province were "fleeing to Pakistan and settling down there for future plots," Indian Express quoting state-run newspaper, China Daily, reported on July 5. "Acco
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An increasing number of militants of the East Turkistan Islamic Movement (ETIM) fighting for separation of China's Muslim majority Xinjiang province were "fleeing to Pakistan and settling down there for future plots," Indian Express quoting state-run newspaper, China Daily, reported on July 5. "According to latest reports, the ETIM has been in close collaboration with the Taliban and Osama bin Laden," the China Daily said in its lead story on the first anniversary of the bloody riots in Xinjiang capital Urumqi in which an estimated 200 people were killed. It said an ETIM leader is also reported to be hiding in Pakistan and there are also reports of a "Chinese battalion" made up of about 320 ETIM members in the Taliban forces. It said a number of ETIM fighters were "fleeing to Pakistan and settling down there for future plots". "It is not hard for them (ETIM members) to hide in Pakistan. They have similar religious beliefs, appearances and languages as the locals," the report said. The report about ETIM militants settling down in Pakistan came a day before the visit of Pakistan President Asif Ali Zardari, who during his week-long stay is expected to firm up the deal with China to finance and build two 650 mw nuclear reactors.
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July - 7 
Intelligence reports on July 7 revealed that after the destruction of the terrorists’ communication systems and the disruption of their supply lines by law enforcement agencies (LEAs) and the Pakistan Army, the terrorists were planning to expedite suicide attacks across the country through suicide b
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Intelligence reports on July 7 revealed that after the destruction of the terrorists’ communication systems and the disruption of their supply lines by law enforcement agencies (LEAs) and the Pakistan Army, the terrorists were planning to expedite suicide attacks across the country through suicide bombers and explosives-laden vehicles, according to Daily Times. Intelligence reports said that terrorists in Khyber Agency, Orakzai Agency and Malakand Division, including Swat, are gathering at Darra Adam Khel, which has now become their new safe haven. The intelligence reports said that after the damage caused to their communication system during the month of June by LEAs and the Army, the terrorists were now using the “rifle rod antenna system”, which is a weaker kind of communications system, and is easily detectable by LEAs. The reports added that the terrorists had planned suicide attacks in Khyber Agency, and in this connection, numerous explosives-laden vehicles and suicide bombers had been prepared in the area by the terrorists. Another report warned that a stolen vehicle, registered in the name of a military officer, was likely to be used in a terrorist attack. The report said that the vehicle bears a sticker of the Staff College Headquarter 12 Division and bears registration number Z-7813, Sindh. The vehicle of Lt Colonel Akhter Ahmed Khalil of Headquarter 5 Corps was stolen from Karachi on an unspecified date. LEAs have been advised to immediately put security across the country on high alert and take all necessary steps to recover the stolen vehicle.
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July - 9 
The Lashkar-e-Toiba (LeT) is a growing threat to the US and the Western world, Times of India quoting a new investigative report said on July 9. The report by the US-based organisation, Investigative Project on Terrorism, quotes Gen David Petraeus, now commander of the Afghan campaign, telling the S
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The Lashkar-e-Toiba (LeT) is a growing threat to the US and the Western world, Times of India quoting a new investigative report said on July 9. The report by the US-based organisation, Investigative Project on Terrorism, quotes Gen David Petraeus, now commander of the Afghan campaign, telling the Senate a few months ago, "There's no question but that there are elements in Pakistan that have not yet been the focus of the Pakistani counter-insurgency efforts...obviously India has expressed its concern as well. The rise of LeT and the need to take action against it has been a 'source of dialogue' with Pakistani authorities." The report says Westerners who underwent training in LeT's camps include Australian David Hicks, shoe-bomber Richard Reid and Dhiren Barot who had masterminded a failed gas cylinder bombing in London. What makes it difficult to mount a concerted international action against the group is the fact that in Pakistan they enjoy an unprecedented popular and State support. The report details growing cooperation among LeT and al-Qaeda and other terrorist groups, the Afghan Taliban, Tehreek-e-Taliban (TTP), Harkat-ul-Jihad-al-Islami (HuJI) and Jaish-e-Mohammed (JeM).
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July - 11 
The intelligence reports revealed that three banned outfits, Lashkar-e-Jhangvi (LeJ), Harkat-ul-Jihad-al-Islami (HuJI) and Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP), are involved in recent terrorist attacks across Punjab. According to the reports, LEJ, HUJI and TTP are involved in a majority of attacks of th
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The intelligence reports revealed that three banned outfits, Lashkar-e-Jhangvi (LeJ), Harkat-ul-Jihad-al-Islami (HuJI) and Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP), are involved in recent terrorist attacks across Punjab. According to the reports, LEJ, HUJI and TTP are involved in a majority of attacks of the total 49 terrorist incidents that occurred across Punjab during the last 18 months. Reports said that HUJI ‘chief commander’ and the TTP and al Qaeda ‘operations chief’ in Pakistan, Ilyas Kashmiri, masterminded these attacks. The report further said that 49 incidents of terrorism occurred in Punjab during the last one-and-a-half years, killing 687 people, including 69 Police officials. At least 1,834 people, including 268 Police personnel, were injured in these attacks. 21 of the 49 incidents were traced by law enforcement agencies (LEAs), 37 terrorists were arrested, 24 of the attackers were killed in encounters with Police and 27 suicide bombers blew themselves up during these attacks.
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July - 14 
The number of suspected persons during the last three days rose to 671 on July 14, as 91 more persons were arrested from parts of the provincial capital Peshawar. As many as 410 persons were arrested on July 12 while another 170 were held on July 13. A total of 200 personnel of the Frontier Police,
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The number of suspected persons during the last three days rose to 671 on July 14, as 91 more persons were arrested from parts of the provincial capital Peshawar. As many as 410 persons were arrested on July 12 while another 170 were held on July 13. A total of 200 personnel of the Frontier Police, 60 from the Elite Police Force and three platoons of the Frontier Constabulary took part in the operation.
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July - 15 
An intelligence agency report stated that Abdullah and Abul Rehman, aged 14 to 15 years, went missing from a seminary in Manshera since June 4, and they were likely to be sent on suicide missions targeting important personalities in Punjab.
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An intelligence agency report stated that Abdullah and Abul Rehman, aged 14 to 15 years, went missing from a seminary in Manshera since June 4, and they were likely to be sent on suicide missions targeting important personalities in Punjab.
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July - 15 
Reports compiled by the intelligence agencies have revealed that terrorists are planning to carry out suicide attacks on the US embassy, the British High Commission and consulates, while also targeting 2,600 Chinese engineers working on different projects in Punjab. It stated that the Tehreek-e-Tali
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Reports compiled by the intelligence agencies have revealed that terrorists are planning to carry out suicide attacks on the US embassy, the British High Commission and consulates, while also targeting 2,600 Chinese engineers working on different projects in Punjab. It stated that the Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) had planned to carry out attacks on Chief Justice of Pakistan Iftikhar Muhammad Chaudhry, Lahore High Court Chief Justice Khawaja Muhammad Sharif, Justice Khalilur Rehman Ramday, and their families. The Security Force personnel and installations could also be targeted in near future while extremists have also planned attacks on NATO oil tankers and containers, the report said. According to another intelligence report, a terrorist group belonging to the "Fiday Jihad" was planning suicide attacks on the American embassy, the British High Commission in Islamabad and their consulates across the country.
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July - 20 
According to Daily Times, terrorists are planning attacks on the worship places of minorities in Lahore, Jhang, Chiniot, Muzzaffargarh and Chakwal, intelligence agencies reported on July 20.
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According to Daily Times, terrorists are planning attacks on the worship places of minorities in Lahore, Jhang, Chiniot, Muzzaffargarh and Chakwal, intelligence agencies reported on July 20.
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July - 20 
An intelligence agency revealed that an unknown terrorist group ‘Munsa’ was planning to attack offices of sensitive agencies, government buildings, army garrisons and checkposts in Lahore. According to threat alert-233, “Terrorists are planning to carry out suicide attacks on offices of the ISI, gov
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An intelligence agency revealed that an unknown terrorist group ‘Munsa’ was planning to attack offices of sensitive agencies, government buildings, army garrisons and checkposts in Lahore. According to threat alert-233, “Terrorists are planning to carry out suicide attacks on offices of the ISI, government buildings, army checkposts and other buildings”.
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July - 21 
65 civilians have so far fallen victim to 93 incidents of landmine explosions because of the lack of precautionary measures in the militancy-affected Swat District, officials of a Swiss organisation said during a one-day workshop in Swat. The programme manager of Swiss Foundation for Mine Action, Fr
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65 civilians have so far fallen victim to 93 incidents of landmine explosions because of the lack of precautionary measures in the militancy-affected Swat District, officials of a Swiss organisation said during a one-day workshop in Swat. The programme manager of Swiss Foundation for Mine Action, Fredrick Marten, along with the national coordinator Nisarullah, highlighted the hidden danger from unexploded mines in war-hit areas. They said the organization was working on Mines Risk Education Project and from January 2010 to June sensitized more than 141,549 individuals including children about the potential threat from landmines to human lives.
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July - 22 
Pakistan was actively collaborating with the Taliban in Afghanistan while accepting US aid, leaked US military reports showed on July 22, a disclosure likely to increase pressure on Washington’s embattled ally, reports Daily Times. Under the heading “Afghan War Diary”, the revelations released by on
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Pakistan was actively collaborating with the Taliban in Afghanistan while accepting US aid, leaked US military reports showed on July 22, a disclosure likely to increase pressure on Washington’s embattled ally, reports Daily Times. Under the heading “Afghan War Diary”, the revelations released by online organisation WikiLeaks emerged as Admiral Mike Mullen, chairman of the US Joint Chiefs of Staff, warned of greater NATO casualties in Afghanistan. The documents were provided first to The New York Times, Britain’s The Guardian newspaper and German weekly Der Spiegel. Contained in more than 90,000 classified documents, the disclosures could fuel growing doubts in Congress about US President Barack Obama’s war strategy at a time when the US death toll is soaring. The leaked reports, covering a period from January 2004 to December 2009, suggest that current and former officials from the Inter-Services Intelligence (ISI) have met directly with the Taliban in secret strategy sessions to organise terrorist networks fighting US soldiers. The Guardian said more than 180 intelligence files accuse the ISI of supplying, arming and training the insurgency since at least 2004. One of the reports even implicates the ISI in a plot to assassinate Afghan President Hamid Karzai, attacks on NATO warplanes, a plot to poison the beer supply of Western troops and the 2008 Indian embassy bombing, said the newspaper. WikiLeaks said the leaked documents “do not generally cover top-secret operations”. The site also reported that it had “delayed the release of some 15,000 reports” as part of what it called “a harm minimisation process demanded by our source”, but said it may release the other documents after further review.
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July - 23 
According to a research carried out by the BBC Urdu service, nearly 2,500 people have been killed as a result of US drones and militant attacks since January 2009, reports Daily Times. The research shows how Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) strongholds in the border area close to Afghanistan have be
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According to a research carried out by the BBC Urdu service, nearly 2,500 people have been killed as a result of US drones and militant attacks since January 2009, reports Daily Times. The research shows how Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) strongholds in the border area close to Afghanistan have been targeted by US drone aircraft, while, at the same time, TTP have carried out attacks across Pakistan. Missile attacks by US drones in the Tribal Areas have more than tripled under the Obama administration, research by the BBC Urdu service shows. Compared with 25 drone strikes between January 2008 and January 2009, there were at least 87 such attacks between President Barack Obama taking office on January 20, 2009 and the end of June 2010. More than 700 people have been killed in such attacks under Obama, compared with slightly fewer than 200 from under his predecessor, George W Bush. The TTP backlash over the same period has been even more violent. Terrorists have struck more than 140 times in various locations, killing more than 1,700 people and injuring hundreds more, the BBC research shows. Over the same 18-month period, many more than 2,500 people have died in offensives by the Pakistani Army and fighting between troops and the TTP.
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July - 27 
The Awami National Party (ANP) lost about 485 diehard activists during the ongoing ‘war on terror’ for its tough stance against militants in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa and tribal areas over the last many years, Daily Times reported o July 27. Most of the casualties were from Malakand division where the part
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The Awami National Party (ANP) lost about 485 diehard activists during the ongoing ‘war on terror’ for its tough stance against militants in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa and tribal areas over the last many years, Daily Times reported o July 27. Most of the casualties were from Malakand division where the party leaders and workers remained on the hit list of terrorists since 2006. The latest blow was the assassination of Mian Rashid Hussain, the only son of the Provincial Information Minister Mian Iftikhar Hussain, who had been declared by the militants as their “enemy number one” for his harsh statements against them. The nationalist party suffered another blow when a suicide bomber blew himself up near the residence of the information minister in Pabbi when hundreds of women were there to offer condolences to the family and men were offering Fateha in the nearby mosque. Mian Iftikhar is not deterred but ready to sacrifice even his own life. “We all are to die. I am proud of the martyrdom of my son,” the outspoken minister told journalists on Tuesday. “Two of our MPAs have been killed in the bomb attacks. Alamzeb, MPA from Peshawar, was killed in January last year in a roadside blast. Another was Dr Shamsher from Swat, killed in a suicide attack three days after Eid ul Azha in 2009,” said Zahid Hussain, a former nazim of Landi Arbab and the ANP Peshawar chapter office-bearer. Several were lucky to escape unhurt in terror attacks. They include ANP head Asfandyar Wali Khan, who escaped a suicide attack at the family house, Wali Bagh, in 2008. Four people were killed and several wounded in the attack.
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July - 30 
A majority of them are far less concerned about India-centric terror outfit Lashkar-e-Toiba (LeT) as compared to Taliban and al Qaeda. The Pew Research Center in its latest opinion poll released said that “Just 35 per cent have a negative view of LeT, a much lower percentage than for the other extre
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A majority of them are far less concerned about India-centric terror outfit Lashkar-e-Toiba (LeT) as compared to Taliban and al Qaeda. The Pew Research Center in its latest opinion poll released said that “Just 35 per cent have a negative view of LeT, a much lower percentage than for the other extremist organisations tested.”
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July - 30 
Though terror groups continue to strike in their country, a majority of Pakistanis still consider India as a major threat, view America as an enemy and are far less concerned about Taliban and al Qaida, Times of India quoting Pew Research Center opinion poll reported on July 30. While Pakistanis exp
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Though terror groups continue to strike in their country, a majority of Pakistanis still consider India as a major threat, view America as an enemy and are far less concerned about Taliban and al Qaida, Times of India quoting Pew Research Center opinion poll reported on July 30. While Pakistanis express serious concerns about the US, they have also deep worries about neighbour and long-time rival India than militant outfits within Pakistan, according to the prestigious Pew Research Centre opinion poll carried out inside Pakistan. "When asked which is the greatest threat to their country - India, the Taliban or al-Qaida - slightly more than half of Pakistanis (53 per cent) choose India, compared with 23 per cent for Taliban and just 3 per cent for al-Qaida," it said. However, despite the deep-seated tensions between India and Pakistan, most Pakistanis want better ties with India. Roughly seven-in-ten (72 per cent ) said it is important for relations with India to improve and about three-quarters support increased trade with India and further talks between the two rivals, it said. In spite of pumping in billions of dollars in economic and military aid, the US image in Pakistan was at its lowest ever among the 22 nations included in the poll. 59 per cent of the respondents described America as an enemy and only eight per cent trusted President Barack Obama. The Pakistanis saw little threat from Taliban and al Qaida and only 25 per cent of the people said it would be bad for Islamabad if Taliban takes over again Afghanistan.
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August - 1 
Over 3,400 Pakistanis have been killed in more than 200 bloody incidents of suicide attacks carried out in the last three years between July 2007 and July 2010 in the aftermath of the Operation Silence carried out by the Pakistan Army at the Lal Masjid in the heart of Islamabad, The News reported on
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Over 3,400 Pakistanis have been killed in more than 200 bloody incidents of suicide attacks carried out in the last three years between July 2007 and July 2010 in the aftermath of the Operation Silence carried out by the Pakistan Army at the Lal Masjid in the heart of Islamabad, The News reported on August 1. The suicide bombings that rocked the four provinces of Pakistan in the wake of the Lal Masjid episode touched alarming heights in 2007, averaging more than one hit a week as the country’s military and intelligence establishment gradually lost control of the extremist jehadi networks and their leaders. Terrorism experts say Pakistan has been turned into the suicide bombing capital of the world, especially in the aftermath of the Lal Masjid action, with the security forces, especially the Army and the police, frequently being targeted by human bombs. Figures compiled by the Federal Ministry of Interior show that a total of 3,433 Pakistanis have been killed in 215 incidents of suicide attacks across Pakistan during the last three years since the Lal Masjid action [between July 2007 and July 2010]. The yearly, monthly and weekly average of the suicide attacks across Pakistan remained 71, six and one respectively during July 2007 and July 2010. On average, 1,140 Pakistanis were killed by the human bombs every year while 95 people lost their lives in suicide attacks every month during the same period. The weekly and daily average killings in these attacks stood at 65 and three respectively during the last three years. Official figures show that 16 people were killed on average in 215 incidents of suicide bombings across Pakistan between [between July 2007 and July 2010]. A total of 847 Pakistanis were killed in 50 suicide attacks in the 12 months of the year 2007. On average, 17 people were killed and four attacks took place every month in 2007. In the next year - 2008 - 965 people lost their lives in 66 incidents of suicide bombings across Pakistan. On average, 14 people lost their lives and five such incidents took place every month in 2008. A record number of 1,217 Pakistanis were killed by human bombs in 80 suicide attacks carried out during 2009. On average, 15 Pakistanis lost their lives in six suicide attacks every month in 2009. As far as the casualty figures for the year 2010 are concerned, a total of 801 Pakistanis have already lost their lives in 35 suicide hits carried out by Taliban-led militants between January 1 and July 31, showing the highest number of monthly casualty rate since July 2007. On average, 22 Pakistanis have been killed every month in three such attacks in the first seven months of the year 2010. Of the 801 people killed till July 31, 2010, 690 are civilians while 111 others belonged to the security forces. Of them, 55 belonged to the Police, 35 to Pakistan Army, 10 to the Frontier constabulary while the remaining 11 were staffers of the Khasadar Force. Those killed in 2010 in suicide attacks also included three American Security Forces personnel, 101 Ahmedis, 53 Shias and 51 Barelvis.
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August - 3 
Over ten terrorist outfits reunited on the intervention of certain high-profile jihadis (Holy War) belonging to various countries, Daily Times reported August 3, adding that the outfits were earlier divided and were carrying out their activities separately. The sources said this was decided in a hig
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Over ten terrorist outfits reunited on the intervention of certain high-profile jihadis (Holy War) belonging to various countries, Daily Times reported August 3, adding that the outfits were earlier divided and were carrying out their activities separately. The sources said this was decided in a high-profile meeting comprising prominent jihadis and leaders of small terrorist outfits in July in an area near Balochistan. They added that these outfits were divided for half a decade due to differences between their leaders and carried out terrorist acts separately in major cities of Sindh. The sources said during the meeting, the heads of all the outfits reconciled and agreed to work in collaboration with each other. They said that during the high-profile meeting, the terrorists also altered their modus operandi and decided to shift the strategic wings of their groups to Punjab from other parts of the country. According to the sources, these “strategic wings” would be shifted to different cities of the province, including Lahore, Faisalabad, Rawalpindi, Multan and Gujrat.
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August - 4 
The Karachi Police and the Intelligence Bureau is investigating the role of a top leader of the Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP), Qari Muhammad Zafar alias Ustad-e-Fidayeen, in the assassination of MQM leader Raza Haider on August 2. Zafar, who is on the US State Department’s “wanted-list”, has head
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The Karachi Police and the Intelligence Bureau is investigating the role of a top leader of the Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP), Qari Muhammad Zafar alias Ustad-e-Fidayeen, in the assassination of MQM leader Raza Haider on August 2. Zafar, who is on the US State Department’s “wanted-list”, has head money of $ five million and he is also believed to be behind the bombing at the US Consulate on March 2, 2006. An investigator who has followed Qari Zafar told Daily Times, “So important is Qari Zafar to the TTP that they faked his death so he could work in peace – he runs Hakeemullah Mehsud’s Karachi Chapter and has hundreds of operatives working for him in the city”. On February 24 2010, a US drone targeted a vehicle and a compound run by the Haqqanis at Dargi Mandi near North Waziristan, and claimed that Qari Zafar had been killed in the attack. As it turned out, the TTP faked Zafar’s death and the TTP leader is also believed to be behind the Ashura procession attack and the Nishtar Park bombing in Karachi. Zafar is a senior leader of the Fidayeen-e-Islam, an alliance between the TTP and anti-Shia Lashkar-e-Jhangvi and Jaish-e-Muhammad. The group was based in South Waziristan and has moved to North Waziristan only recently. Sources say that the LeJ is being single-handedly led by Zafar, who has become a trusted member of al Qaeda thanks to Qari Hussain Mehsud – a close aide of Hakeemullah Mehsud. “The worst part is that Zafar is a Karachiite of Pashtun origin, so he knows the ball game,” one investigator told Daily Times.
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August - 9 
The leader of the militant outfit Harkat-ul-Jihad-al-Islami (HuJI), Commander Ilyas Kashmiri, has become the first Pakistani Jihadi (holy fighter) leader to have been designated by the United Nations and the United States as a ‘Specially Designated Global Terrorist’ for his alleged al-Qaeda connecti
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The leader of the militant outfit Harkat-ul-Jihad-al-Islami (HuJI), Commander Ilyas Kashmiri, has become the first Pakistani Jihadi (holy fighter) leader to have been designated by the United Nations and the United States as a ‘Specially Designated Global Terrorist’ for his alleged al-Qaeda connections, reported The News on August 9. Kashmiri is not only wanted by Pakistan and India for his alleged involvement in terrorist activities, but also by the United States. Before Kashmiri, it was Dawood Ibrahim, a billionaire gangster heading the ‘D-Company’ and wanted by India for the 1993 Mumbai bomb blasts, who had been declared a ‘Specially Designated Global Terrorist’ by the US State Department in October 2003. Much to Islamabad’s embarrassment, the US Treasury Department, amongst its reasons for naming Dawood Ibrahim as one of the world’s worst terrorists, cited intelligence reports of his connections with al-Qaeda and Lashkar-e-Toiba (LeT).
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August - 13 
August 13 reported that there is a massive conspiracy to destabilise Karachi, Pakistan’s only economic hub by jihadi (holy warrior) outfits which only recently decided to regroup and reorganise themselves to launch a series of high-profile killings and bomb blasts. Previously, Daily Times reported t
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August 13 reported that there is a massive conspiracy to destabilise Karachi, Pakistan’s only economic hub by jihadi (holy warrior) outfits which only recently decided to regroup and reorganise themselves to launch a series of high-profile killings and bomb blasts. Previously, Daily Times reported that the assassination of an MQM legislator, Raza Haider, was the work of Qari Zafar of the Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) which resulted in killing of more than 95 persons in various targeted killings and organised attacks in Karachi. Al-Qaeda presence in Karachi was confirmed which was upset with the counter-terrorism moves by the Government. Only recently, a drone attack killed one of their top commanders and number three, Mustafa Abu al-Yazid aka al-Masri. Interestingly, for a precision attack on a certain target anywhere, a SIM-like chip has to be fixed at the spot for the missile from the drone to hit the target, which could only be possible if someone fixed that chip. Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) operational panel rallies up which leads to the conclusion that Inter Services Intelligence (ISI) who already has a vast network of operatives and assets inside Federally Administered Tribal Areas (FATA) is closely working with its American counterpart to "hound and destroy" at least, al-Qaeda in Pakistan.
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August - 15 
It is reported that the Federal Capital is going to get under religious violence solely due to negligence on part of the Capital Development Authority (CDA). After Lal Masjid operation, only six out of many mosques built on encroached land were removed and the CDA then promised to build them on alte
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It is reported that the Federal Capital is going to get under religious violence solely due to negligence on part of the Capital Development Authority (CDA). After Lal Masjid operation, only six out of many mosques built on encroached land were removed and the CDA then promised to build them on alternative land has not realize the promise yet due to financial crunch. Capitalizing on the opportunity, different religious groups have now taken it upon themselves to build the mosques and then monopolize them. Construction of mosques by these groups will not only lead to violation of CDA byelaws but will also create problems for their administration because these groups were create monopoly of certain sects on these mosques. Also, they plan to build seminaries in these mosques to fan sectarianism. Sources said if CDA had constructed that mosque, it would have been according to map and there would not have been any seminary there. Now politics of the mosque committee will take an ugly turn and the worship place will become domain of a certain sect, which is against the sprit of Islam.
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August - 15 
On August 15 that Pakistan’s Inter-Services-Intelligence(ISI) have revealed that the Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP), the Jandullah outfit and banned local militant outfits plan to target foreigners, embassies, Shia clerics and Imambargah in Islamabad, Rawalpindi, Lahore, Okara and Karachi. Accordi
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On August 15 that Pakistan’s Inter-Services-Intelligence(ISI) have revealed that the Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP), the Jandullah outfit and banned local militant outfits plan to target foreigners, embassies, Shia clerics and Imambargah in Islamabad, Rawalpindi, Lahore, Okara and Karachi. According to sources, the intelligence agencies have also warned of attacks on Muttahida Qaumi Movement (MQM) leaders at the party’s public meetings, district police lines, office of the divisional police officer (DPO). The TTP has tasked Abu Adil Mujahid to carry out the potential attacks, they added. Another intelligence report revealed that extremists have trained a suicide bomber identified as Khayal Shah to carry out attacks on high-value targets and a vehicle has been rigged with 80 kilogrammes of explosives to be used in an attack. The report goes on to warn that a motorcycle owned by the Punjab Police Special Branch has also been stolen and it is feared that it might be used in a terrorist attack.
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August - 15 
Sources reported that more than 300 hardliners and their mentors from various parts of the country have gathered across the provincial metropolis, acquiring houses in Afghan and Pashtun populated localities, sources told Daily Times, adding that several high-profile hardliners are also hiding in pos
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Sources reported that more than 300 hardliners and their mentors from various parts of the country have gathered across the provincial metropolis, acquiring houses in Afghan and Pashtun populated localities, sources told Daily Times, adding that several high-profile hardliners are also hiding in posh localities across the city. Intelligence personnel have informed Police high-ups that more than 100 individuals belonging to six different terrorist outfits entered the city and set up their residences in the past few months. “Due to the floods, a large number of hardliners also migrated to the provincial metropolis from Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Sindh and from southern Punjab,” the sources said. The intelligence reports said that there are numerous Afghan nationals living across Islamabad, posing themselves as “Pakistani Pakhtoon” and “surprisingly” most of them also have Computerised National Identity Cards (CNICs). “These Afghan nationals facilitate terrorists through their contacts and widespread business, and allow no one except Afghans to enter their inner circle,” the intelligence reports added. The intelligence reports declared the scrap market in Misri Shah in Lahore as the safest hub for hardliners across the provincial metropolis.
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August - 20 
On August 20 that Pakistan courts are yet to convict a single person in any of the country’s biggest terrorist attacks of the past three years, a symptom of a dysfunctional legal system that’s hurting the fight against the Taliban and al Qaeda at a critical time. The Police without basic investi
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On August 20 that Pakistan courts are yet to convict a single person in any of the country’s biggest terrorist attacks of the past three years, a symptom of a dysfunctional legal system that’s hurting the fight against the Taliban and al Qaeda at a critical time. The Police without basic investigative skills such as the ability to lift fingerprints, and prosecutors who lack training to try terror cases, are some of the main reasons cited. The legal system’s failure to attack terrorism is critical because it robs Pakistan of a chance to enforce a sense of law and order, which militants have set out to destroy. It has “caused a sense of terror and insecurity amongst the members of society”, said Lahore high court chief justice Khawaja Mohammad Sharif. on August 20 that Pakistan courts are yet to convict a single person in any of the country’s biggest terrorist attacks of the past three years, a symptom of a dysfunctional legal system that’s hurting the fight against the Taliban and al Qaeda at a critical time. The Police without basic investigative skills such as the ability to lift fingerprints, and prosecutors who lack training to try terror cases, are some of the main reasons cited. The legal system’s failure to attack terrorism is critical because it robs Pakistan of a chance to enforce a sense of law and order, which militants have set out to destroy. It has “caused a sense of terror and insecurity amongst the members of society”, said Lahore high court chief justice Khawaja Mohammad Sharif. Pakistan to clamp down on charities linked to Islamist militants amid fears their involvement in flood relief, exploiting anger against the Government, will undermine the fight against outfits like the Taliban, reported Dawn. Islamist charities have moved in swiftly to fill the vacuum left by a Government overwhelmed by the scale of the disaster and struggling to reach millions of people in dire need of shelter, food and clean water. It would not be the first time the Government has announced restrictions against charities tied to militant outfits. Critics say any banned outfits often re-emerge under new names, with authorities uninterested in stopping their operations. Foreign Minister Shah Mahmood Qureshi said “the gains we have made against the terrorists are substantial, yet we remain exposed. If we fail it would undermine the hard won gains made by the Government in our difficult and painful war against terrorism...we cannot allow this catastrophe to become an opportunity for the terrorists,” he said at the UN General Assembly.
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August - 22 
Nearly a month after worst-ever natural disaster flooded a fifth of the country and hit at least 20 million people, the spectres of social unrest and extremism are stalking the nation, Daily Times reported on August 22. Torrential rains have had a catastrophic impact on the nation, causing economic
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Nearly a month after worst-ever natural disaster flooded a fifth of the country and hit at least 20 million people, the spectres of social unrest and extremism are stalking the nation, Daily Times reported on August 22. Torrential rains have had a catastrophic impact on the nation, causing economic losses that could see the country default on an International Monetary Fund (IMF) loan and leaving eight million people dependent on aid for survival. While the world community has now donated almost $500 million, domestic anger is mounting at the Government. Hasan-Askari Rizvi an analyst said that the opposition could cash in on that and in the long-term, militants could benefit. Concerns have been widely raised that in the long-term religious charities, which are exploiting the aid vacuum to provide welfare, could mirror patterns in Lebanon with Hezbollah and in Gaza with Hamas. “People will say religious groups deliver, the state does not, so the power of the mosque and of the madrassa will get stronger,” said Advisor to Sindh Chief Minister Qaiser Bengali.
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August - 22 
The capture of top Taliban ‘commander’ Abdul Ghani Baradar may have been a bid by Pakistani intelligence to thwart talks between the Taliban and the Afghanistan Government, said The New York Times report on August 22. Baradar was a top military strategist and trusted aide of the militia's shadowy le
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The capture of top Taliban ‘commander’ Abdul Ghani Baradar may have been a bid by Pakistani intelligence to thwart talks between the Taliban and the Afghanistan Government, said The New York Times report on August 22. Baradar was a top military strategist and trusted aide of the militia's shadowy leader, Mullah Mohammad Omar. He was arrested in Pakistan's southern port city of Karachi reportedly in a secret raid by CIA and Pakistani agents, an operation that was described as a huge blow to the outfit. Citing unnamed Pakistani officials, it said Pakistan's intelligence had set out to capture Baradar with the CIA's help as it wanted to end secret peace talks between Baradar and the Afghanistan Government that excluded Pakistan, the Taliban's long time backer. In the weeks after Baradar's capture, Pakistani security officials detained up to 23 Taliban leaders, many of whom had been enjoying Islamabad's protection for years, the report added. These developments resulted in the talks coming to an end. “We picked up Baradar and the others because they were trying to make a deal without us,” the paper quotes a Pakistani security official as saying. “We protect the Taliban. They are dependent on us. We are not going to allow them to make a deal with Karzai and the Indians,” the official said, referring to Hamid Karzai, the Afghanistan President.
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August - 24 
A Daily Times report on August 24 said that al Qaeda is gradually shifting its base from the unsafe and spy-infested tribal belt of Pakistan – which is under the radars of virtually all intelligence agencies – to more secure, urban areas of the country, which according to a Western diplomat, are “im
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A Daily Times report on August 24 said that al Qaeda is gradually shifting its base from the unsafe and spy-infested tribal belt of Pakistan – which is under the radars of virtually all intelligence agencies – to more secure, urban areas of the country, which according to a Western diplomat, are “immune to drones”. The drones had been so central to the current administration’s strategy that United States President Barack Obama has doubled the frequency of drone attacks in Pakistan, inflicting maximum damage to al Qaeda in the last two years.
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August - 25 
The Ministry of Interior issued an alert for 10 politicians that they were on terrorists’ hit list, Dawn reported on August 25. The terrorists’ targets included Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz’s (PML-N) Member of National Assembly (MNA) Ahsan Iqbal and Khurram Dastagir, Minister of State for Communicat
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The Ministry of Interior issued an alert for 10 politicians that they were on terrorists’ hit list, Dawn reported on August 25. The terrorists’ targets included Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz’s (PML-N) Member of National Assembly (MNA) Ahsan Iqbal and Khurram Dastagir, Minister of State for Communications Imtiaz Safdar Warraich, Defence Minister Ahmad Mukthrar and a Member of Provincial Assembly from Punjab. The Intelligence Agencies asked the Ministry of Interior to provide security to the 15 people asking them to restrict their movements and public appearance. Sources said terrorists’ plan to target politicians and renowned figures came to light after the arrest of two terrorists from Gujranwala District in Punjab few weeks ago.
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August - 25 
The Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) plans to conduct attacks against foreigners participating in the ongoing flood relief operations in Pakistan.
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The Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) plans to conduct attacks against foreigners participating in the ongoing flood relief operations in Pakistan.
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August - 25 
The whistle-blower website, released a Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) memo analysing the risks of terrorists operating from the United States (US), but the document offered no revelations of Government secrets like the Website’s earlier leaks. It said, “Foreign terrorists recruited home-grown US
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The whistle-blower website, released a Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) memo analysing the risks of terrorists operating from the United States (US), but the document offered no revelations of Government secrets like the Website’s earlier leaks. It said, “Foreign terrorists recruited home-grown US extremists for attacks abroad and are likely to increase the use of this method because so far it has slipped below the radar of the Governments of the US and other countries.”
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September - 14 
US had asked Pakistan in 2002 to end infiltration across the Line of Control in J&K but was instead told not to "push it too far" on the issue with an assertion that “Kashmir should have been ours", Times of India quoting declassified documents released by the National Security Archive of the George
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US had asked Pakistan in 2002 to end infiltration across the Line of Control in J&K but was instead told not to "push it too far" on the issue with an assertion that “Kashmir should have been ours", Times of India quoting declassified documents released by the National Security Archive of the George Washington University reported on September 14. This communication forms part of a meeting Richard Haass, the then director of policy planning staff at the US state department, had with an unnamed Pakistani military official on October 31, 2002 to discuss US-Pak cooperation a year after the deadly 9/11 attacks in the US. "On Kashmir, Hass stressed the importance of ending infiltration, but the Pakistan official warned the US not to push Pakistan too far on Kashmir," classified documents said. Further, the declassified documents reveals that as the US prepared to invade Afghanistan in 2001 after 9/11 attacks, the Inter-Services Intelligence (ISI) wanted America to enter into a dialogue with the Taliban, but the then George Bush Administration “bluntly” told President Pervez Musharraf that it had no inclination to do so. According to classified documents released by the National Security Archive of the George Washington University, two days after al-Qaeda unleashed terror on the US, its envoy to Pakistan Wendy Chamberlin “bluntly” told Musharraf on September 13, 2001 that there was “absolutely no inclination in Washington to enter into a dialogue with the Taliban, which controlled Afghanistan at that time. “The time for dialogue was finished as of September 11,” he told Musharraf, the documents said.
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September - 28 
Intelligence agencies have disrupted an al Qaeda-linked plot to launch terror attacks in Britain, France and Germany, Times of India quoting Britain's Sky News television sources reported on September 28. Militants based in Pakistan planned simultaneous strikes in London and major cities in France a
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Intelligence agencies have disrupted an al Qaeda-linked plot to launch terror attacks in Britain, France and Germany, Times of India quoting Britain's Sky News television sources reported on September 28. Militants based in Pakistan planned simultaneous strikes in London and major cities in France and Germany, the report said, adding the plan was advanced but the attacks were not imminent. Spy agencies had for some time been tracking the militants who were planning the attack. The attacks would have been similar to commando-style raids carried out in Mumbai in 2008, intelligence sources were cited as telling the broadcaster. The plot in Europe was uncovered after intelligence-sharing between London, France, Germany and the United States. The report of the foiled plot came on the same day the Eiffel Tower in Paris was evacuated following a bomb threat for the second time in a month and amid official warnings in France of an imminent terrorist attack. When investigators discovered the plan, the US military began helping its European allies track down the organisers in Pakistan, which explains the increase in drone attacks in the country in recent weeks.
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September - 29 
At least 20 Britons are undertaking terrorist training in Pakistan to launch attacks in Britain, an intelligence report said on September 29, reports Daily Times. Al Qaeda and associated terrorist groups are training the young Muslims, who hold British passports, in the tribal areas, British newspap
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At least 20 Britons are undertaking terrorist training in Pakistan to launch attacks in Britain, an intelligence report said on September 29, reports Daily Times. Al Qaeda and associated terrorist groups are training the young Muslims, who hold British passports, in the tribal areas, British newspaper The Daily Telegraph said. They are being trained to use firearms and explosives in order to carry out shooting sprees in the UK, intelligence sources had been cited as saying in the daily paper. “We believe there are 15 to 20 Britons in the camps,” an intelligence source in Islamabad told the newspaper, on condition of anonymity. Meanwhile, a Pakistani intelligence official said that eight Germans and two British brothers are at the heart of an al Qaeda-linked terror plot against European cities, but the plan is still in its early stages, with the suspects calling acquaintances in Europe to plan logistics. One of the Britons died in a recent CIA missile strike, he added. Pakistan, Britain and Germany are tracking the suspects and intercepting their phone calls, the official said. The official is part of an intelligence team that has been tracking the two British brothers of Pakistani origin for nearly a year and the Germans for more than six months. He said the suspects are hiding in North Waziristan.
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September - 30 
Al Qaeda and a group based in North Waziristan Agency calling itself ‘Brigade 313’, which is made up of the Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) and allied extremist group members, including Lashkar-e-Toiba (LeT) and Karachi-based Jandullah, has prepared a plan to attack the 19th Commonwealth Games, w
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Al Qaeda and a group based in North Waziristan Agency calling itself ‘Brigade 313’, which is made up of the Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) and allied extremist group members, including Lashkar-e-Toiba (LeT) and Karachi-based Jandullah, has prepared a plan to attack the 19th Commonwealth Games, which are due to be held in News Delhi from October 3 to October 14, Daily Times reported on September 30. The intelligence has originated from Kabul where a western military source confirmed that, “We intercepted certain conversations that gave us the impression that the attack on an important sporting event is due in India.” Daily Times has been told that Ilyas Kashmiri, who heads al Qaeda’s Brigade 313 and who is a former rogue SSG commando, will be heading the whole operation to carry out this terrorist plot in New Delhi.
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October - 1 
Al Qaeda chief Osama Bin Laden is involved in an unfolding plot to launch attacks on European cities and may have even targeted the US, Daily Times quoting the National Public Radio (NPR) reported on October 1. Several months ago, Osama sent a directive to al Qaeda affiliates and partners that he wa
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Al Qaeda chief Osama Bin Laden is involved in an unfolding plot to launch attacks on European cities and may have even targeted the US, Daily Times quoting the National Public Radio (NPR) reported on October 1. Several months ago, Osama sent a directive to al Qaeda affiliates and partners that he wanted a Mumbai-style attack on at least three European countries – the United Kingdom, Germany and France – NPR said, citing intelligence officials. NPR said gunmen had planned to fire on crowds at busy European tourist sites and take over hotels in a plot that would mark a new style of attack for al Qaeda, although details of the plans remain unclear for now. The US may also have been in Osama’s sights. “We know that Osama bin Laden issued the directive,” an unnamed official familiar with intelligence surrounding the plot told NPR.
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October - 1 
The US military is secretly diverting drones from Afghanistan to escalate a Central Intelligence Agency-led (CIA) campaign against militants in neighbouring Pakistan, Daily Times quoting The Wall Street Journal reported on October 2. The “shift in strategic focus reflects the US view that, with Paki
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The US military is secretly diverting drones from Afghanistan to escalate a Central Intelligence Agency-led (CIA) campaign against militants in neighbouring Pakistan, Daily Times quoting The Wall Street Journal reported on October 2. The “shift in strategic focus reflects the US view that, with Pakistan’s military unable or unwilling to do the job, more US force against terrorist sanctuaries in Pakistan is now needed to turn around the struggling Afghanistan war effort across the border,” the journal added. The additional drones helped the CIA escalate the number of strikes in Pakistan in September.
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October - 3 
Intelligence Agency reports on October 3 revealed that al Qaeda and the Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) have plans to abduct the Lebanon ambassador and senior diplomats from Islamabad and attack United States Consulates’ vehicles, reports Daily Times. Another intelligence report stated that a group
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Intelligence Agency reports on October 3 revealed that al Qaeda and the Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) have plans to abduct the Lebanon ambassador and senior diplomats from Islamabad and attack United States Consulates’ vehicles, reports Daily Times. Another intelligence report stated that a group of terrorists, codenamed “Sajan Group”, has dispatched personnel from Waziristan Agency of Federally Administered Tribal Areas (FATA) to carry out suicide attacks and bomb blasts across the country.
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October - 5 
A British terror suspect, Abdul Jabbar, killed in a drone strike in Pakistan on September 8 was being groomed to head a new al-Qaeda splinter group in Britain tasked with attacking Europe, the BBC reported on October 5. Abdul Jabbar, a British citizen living in Pakistan, was being prepared to lead t
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A British terror suspect, Abdul Jabbar, killed in a drone strike in Pakistan on September 8 was being groomed to head a new al-Qaeda splinter group in Britain tasked with attacking Europe, the BBC reported on October 5. Abdul Jabbar, a British citizen living in Pakistan, was being prepared to lead the new group which was to be called the Islamic Army of Great Britain, the BBC said, citing a senior security source overseas. Intelligence agencies monitored a meeting of 300 militants three months ago in North Waziristan, part of Pakistan's tribal areas, attended by Jabbar and members of the Taliban and Al-Qaeda, said the BBC. At this gathering, Jabbar was put forward as leader of the new group which was given the task of organising Mumbai-style attacks in Britain, France and Germany, the source told the British broadcaster.
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October - 7 
Pakistan’s Inter-service Intelligence (ISI) is pressing Taliban commanders in Afghanistan to fight the US and allied troops and "kill everyone" so that no peace deal is cut to end the war without Islamabad's involvement, Times of India quoting a The Wall Street Journal report said on October 7. "The
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Pakistan’s Inter-service Intelligence (ISI) is pressing Taliban commanders in Afghanistan to fight the US and allied troops and "kill everyone" so that no peace deal is cut to end the war without Islamabad's involvement, Times of India quoting a The Wall Street Journal report said on October 7. "The ISI wants to arrest commanders who are not obeying (ISI) orders," a Taliban ‘commander’ in Kunar province was quoted as saying by 'The Wall Street Journal'. "The ISI wants us to kill everyone — policemen, soldiers, engineers, teachers, civilians — just to intimidate people," he said. Citing US officials and Afghan militants, the report said the members of Pakistan's spy agency are pressing Taliban field commanders to fight the US and its allies in Afghanistan.
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October - 10 
Islamabad Police on October 10 claimed that the Police arrested 120 terrorists and recovered one suicide jacket and 969 kilogram explosive material from them in 2010,
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Islamabad Police on October 10 claimed that the Police arrested 120 terrorists and recovered one suicide jacket and 969 kilogram explosive material from them in 2010,
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October - 15 
Intelligence reports suggest Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) militants plan to use poisonous gas in attacks, reports Daily Times on October 15. According to intelligence reports, TTP was also considering other ways to carry out terrorist attacks. Reports said that the terrorists could target sensit
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Intelligence reports suggest Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) militants plan to use poisonous gas in attacks, reports Daily Times on October 15. According to intelligence reports, TTP was also considering other ways to carry out terrorist attacks. Reports said that the terrorists could target sensitive installations, important buildings, busy shopping malls, markets, public places, mosques and other places of worship.
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October - 18 
The al Qaeda chief Osama bin Laden and his deputy Ayman al-Zawahiri may be hiding close to each other in houses in northwest Pakistan, protected by some members of Inter Services Intelligence (ISI), Times of India quoting a CNN reported on October 18. The two top al Qaeda ‘commanders’ may not be tog
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The al Qaeda chief Osama bin Laden and his deputy Ayman al-Zawahiri may be hiding close to each other in houses in northwest Pakistan, protected by some members of Inter Services Intelligence (ISI), Times of India quoting a CNN reported on October 18. The two top al Qaeda ‘commanders’ may not be together and are not living in caves as foreseen by American experts to evade detection, the CNN reported quoting a top NATO officer based in Afghanistan. The official said the general region where Osama is likely to have moved around in recent years ranges from the mountainous Chitral area in the far northwest near the Chinese border, to the Kurram Valley which neighbours Afghanistan's Tora Bora, one of the Taliban strongholds during the US invasion in 2001. The official also confirmed the US assessment that Mullah Omar, the leader of the Taliban, has moved between the cities of Quetta and Karachi in Pakistan over the last several months.
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October - 18 
The Barrack Obama administration is putting final touches to a security assistance package worth two billion US dollar spanning five years to help Pakistan fight extremists on its border with Afghanistan, Daily Times quoting CNN reported on October 19. The aid is expected to be announced later this
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The Barrack Obama administration is putting final touches to a security assistance package worth two billion US dollar spanning five years to help Pakistan fight extremists on its border with Afghanistan, Daily Times quoting CNN reported on October 19. The aid is expected to be announced later this week when Pakistani officials are in Washington to hold high-level strategic talks, US officials and diplomatic sources told CNN. The package aims to address Pakistan’s insistence it does not have the capability to go after terrorists and needs more support from the US, the sources said. The aid would help the Pakistanis purchase helicopters, weapons systems and equipment to intercept communications. Frank Ruggiero, the US deputy special representative on Pakistan and Afghanistan, said the Pentagon and the Pakistani military had been talking about a framework for security assistance. “We specifically worked with the Pakistanis over the summer to identify what would be the types of military equipment and so on,” Ruggiero told reporters. “That will be a topic of discussion at the strategic dialogue.”
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October - 18 
The Islamabad Police on October 18 said that the Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) militants had extended financial support to Faisal Shahzad in planning the terrorist attack in New York’s Time Square, reports Dawn. This was stated by Sihala Police in its investigation report about the arrest of thre
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The Islamabad Police on October 18 said that the Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) militants had extended financial support to Faisal Shahzad in planning the terrorist attack in New York’s Time Square, reports Dawn. This was stated by Sihala Police in its investigation report about the arrest of three militants, Hunbal Akhtar and Mohammad Shoaib Mughal of Rawalpindi and Mohammad Shahid Hussain of Islamabad. They said it had been established that the three militants had links with Shahzad in the United States (US). Police arrested them from Islamabad Highway when they were travelling in a car while their two other accomplices, Faisal and Faheem, managed to escape. The accused in their statements before a judicial magistrate confessed that they had provided PKR 43, 000 to Faisal Shahzad for the attacks.
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October - 23 
Intelligence reports on October 23 revealed that as many as 23 terrorists have entered Islamabad and Lahore to attack senior Police officers, bureaucrats and important buildings reports Daily Times. The report also said that the Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) has planned attacks on religious leade
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Intelligence reports on October 23 revealed that as many as 23 terrorists have entered Islamabad and Lahore to attack senior Police officers, bureaucrats and important buildings reports Daily Times. The report also said that the Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) has planned attacks on religious leaders and activists of two particular sects, Barelvi and Shia, and their business interests. According to intelligence reports, 23 terrorists (TTP) had been dispatched from the Tribal Areas, and report suggested they could have reached the federal and provincial capitals. Another intelligence report revealed that the TTP extremists had planned attacks on the clerics of Sunni (Barelvi) and Shia sects, their markets and business centres across the province.
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October - 25 
A survey report prepared by a provincial intelligence agency reveals that only 58 out of a total 319 durbars (shrines) across the province, have security arrangements, that too inadequate, reports Daily Times. The remaining 261 shrines have no security at all and are at risk of terrorist attacks, it
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A survey report prepared by a provincial intelligence agency reveals that only 58 out of a total 319 durbars (shrines) across the province, have security arrangements, that too inadequate, reports Daily Times. The remaining 261 shrines have no security at all and are at risk of terrorist attacks, it said. The Punjab Home Department had directed a provincial intelligence agency to conduct a secret survey of all shrines in the province after series of attacks on shrines in Lahore and Karachi. According to the report, 22 shrines are situated in Lahore region, 15 in Gujranwala, 22 in Sheikhupura, 85 in Rawalpindi, 25 in Multan, 30 in Bahawalpur, 33 in Sargodha while 21 shrines are located in Dera Ghazi Khan Region.
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October - 28 
A senior Pentagon official broke Government rules and lied to superiors when he set up an ‘unauthorised’ network of private contractors to spy in Afghanistan and Pakistan, an internal probe has found, Dawn reported on October 29. The investigation stated that the high-ranking intelligence expert set
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A senior Pentagon official broke Government rules and lied to superiors when he set up an ‘unauthorised’ network of private contractors to spy in Afghanistan and Pakistan, an internal probe has found, Dawn reported on October 29. The investigation stated that the high-ranking intelligence expert set up the network starting in late 2009 and “deliberately misled” top generals about it, according to a Pentagon spokesman who summarised the classified report. “These policy violations consisted of directing unauthorised HUMINT (Human intelligence) operations conducted by non-government personnel under the guise of gathering and reporting ‘force protection atmospherics’ for the ‘Information Operations CAPSTONE’,” a human intelligence gathering project, Pentagon spokesman David Lapan said. The results of the Defence Department investigation, ordered by Defence Secretary Robert Gates after The New York Times reported on the network’s existence in March, 2010 are classified.
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October - 28 
An intelligence report on October 28 revealed that four foreigners have been given the task to assassinate two prominent religious leaders of Tablighi Jama'at in Raiwind, a town in the Punjab Province of Pakistan, reports The News.
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An intelligence report on October 28 revealed that four foreigners have been given the task to assassinate two prominent religious leaders of Tablighi Jama'at in Raiwind, a town in the Punjab Province of Pakistan, reports The News.
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November - 2 
Meanwhile, the unidentified militants blew up the girls’ primary school in Sagai and boys’ primary school in Sagi Bala village of Safi tehsil (revenue unit) in Mohmand Agency, taking the number of educational institutions destroyed in the tribal region to 60.
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Meanwhile, the unidentified militants blew up the girls’ primary school in Sagai and boys’ primary school in Sagi Bala village of Safi tehsil (revenue unit) in Mohmand Agency, taking the number of educational institutions destroyed in the tribal region to 60.
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November - 6 
US officials received at least five warnings that an American man who became a key figure in the 2008 Mumbai attacks was training or working with extremists, The Washington Post said on November 6. Despite the warnings to US intelligence agencies building up over seven years, officials did not move
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US officials received at least five warnings that an American man who became a key figure in the 2008 Mumbai attacks was training or working with extremists, The Washington Post said on November 6. Despite the warnings to US intelligence agencies building up over seven years, officials did not move to question David Coleman Headley or place him on any watch list, the report said, citing a review underway for the US director of national intelligence (DNI). The report was co-published by the The Washington Post and ProPublica, an investigative journalism group that reported the story. In October, ProPublica revealed that one of Headley’s wives had warned the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) agents in August 2005 that her husband had undergone intensive training programmes with the Lashkar-e-Toiba (LeT) and “was an active militant” with the radical extremist group, in a report the newspaper said prompted the DNI review. Despite the warnings, Headley continued to move freely, travelling to Pakistan, India, Dubai and Europe in 2006, gathering information and material that made possible the attacks by the Pakistani militants on Mumbai, which left 166 people dead and more than 300 others injured.
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November - 11 
Ilyas Kashmiri, the ‘chief’ of Harkat-ul-Jihad-al-Islami (HuJI), is suspected by counter terrorism officials to be fast emerging as a new international jihad (Islamic holy war) plotter, planning fresh strikes in Europe and America, reports Indian Express on November 11. Considered the 'world's most
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Ilyas Kashmiri, the ‘chief’ of Harkat-ul-Jihad-al-Islami (HuJI), is suspected by counter terrorism officials to be fast emerging as a new international jihad (Islamic holy war) plotter, planning fresh strikes in Europe and America, reports Indian Express on November 11. Considered the 'world's most wanted man' by counter terrorism organisations across three continents, the 40-year-old Kashmiri is seen as a terror successor to Osama Bin Laden. The US TV network CNN said the bearded man, who sports aviator style dark glasses is now masterminding Mumbai style attacks in Europe and US, and threat of these attacks has not subsided despite leakages of the plot.
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November - 15 
Separately, unidentified militants blew up a Government primary school in Safi tehsil (revenue unit) of the Mohmand Agency on November 15. The number of schools destroyed by extremists over the last two years rose to 68, out of which 24 were girls’ and 44 were boys’ schools.
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Separately, unidentified militants blew up a Government primary school in Safi tehsil (revenue unit) of the Mohmand Agency on November 15. The number of schools destroyed by extremists over the last two years rose to 68, out of which 24 were girls’ and 44 were boys’ schools.
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November - 15 
The Federal Capital Police on November 15 foiled a attack on the office of the Crime Investigation Agency (CIA), arrested a terrorist and recovered explosive material with a detonator from his possession, reported The News. The suspect was trying to sneak into the main office of CIA to blow up the b
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The Federal Capital Police on November 15 foiled a attack on the office of the Crime Investigation Agency (CIA), arrested a terrorist and recovered explosive material with a detonator from his possession, reported The News. The suspect was trying to sneak into the main office of CIA to blow up the building. The alleged terrorist was identified as Muhammad Rafique, son of Noor Muhammad, belonging to Jabba area of Abdur Rahimkhail in Orakzai Agency of Federally Administered Tribal Area (FATA). During the investigation, the militant confessed before the Police that the 15-year-old suicide bomber, who blew himself up at the main gate of the Naval Headquarters in Islamabad on December 2, 2009, was his son Muhammad Hanif who was a student of 7th class in a religious seminary in Chamkani in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa. The arrested militants also disclosed the identity of his three more aides, Abdullah, Mast Ali and Alyas, who were affiliated with the Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP). He further disclosed that the outfit had a plan to hit President Asif Zardari and Pakistan Muslim League –Nawaz (PML-N) chief Mian Nawaz Sharif. The outfit was also involved in the assassination of former Pakistan Prime Minister Benazir Bhutto.
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November - 15 
While Somalia has replaced Iraq as the state most at risk from terrorist attack, Pakistan ranked second, according to a ranking by Global Analysts Maple croft, which sees threats also rising in Russia, Greece and Yemen but falling in India and Algeria, Dawn reported on November 15. Pakistan, where m
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While Somalia has replaced Iraq as the state most at risk from terrorist attack, Pakistan ranked second, according to a ranking by Global Analysts Maple croft, which sees threats also rising in Russia, Greece and Yemen but falling in India and Algeria, Dawn reported on November 15. Pakistan, where more than 2,000 persons were killed in a wave of attacks by militants since 2007, moved up one place to become the country second most at risk, while Afghanistan slipped from second place to fourth. The index lists 16 countries as extreme risk — topped by Somalia, Pakistan, Iraq and Afghanistan and followed by the Palestinian Territories in fifth place, Colombia 6, Thailand 7, Philippines 8, Yemen 9 and Russia 10.
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November - 18 
11 years after the Kargil war in 1999, the Pakistan Army has included the names of 453 soldiers and officers who were killed during the conflict on its website, according to The Hindu. The 453 Pakistani soldiers are shown as killed in the Batalik-Kargil sector in Jammu and Kashmir. The names of thos
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11 years after the Kargil war in 1999, the Pakistan Army has included the names of 453 soldiers and officers who were killed during the conflict on its website, according to The Hindu. The 453 Pakistani soldiers are shown as killed in the Batalik-Kargil sector in Jammu and Kashmir. The names of those who died in Kargil are tucked away in a list of thousands of personnel killed while on duty posted in the Shuhada's Corner (Martyrs Corner) of the website. Several causes are cited for those who died in Kargil — “killed in action”, “enemy action”, “enemy firing”, “enemy artillery shelling” and even “road accident”. The list gives the name, rank, unit and location of death of each casualty. A majority of those who died in Kargil were soldiers from the Northern Light Infantry, a formation that was made a regular regiment of the Pakistan Army because of its performance in the 1999 conflict. It was earlier a paramilitary force formed by the amalgamation of several militias from the Northern Areas or Gilgit-Baltistan. The Army also reveals the codename given to the operation to occupy strategic mountains and heights on the Indian side of the Line of Control (LoC) — Operation Koh-e-Paima or Mountain of Resolve. In some cases, the campaign is also referred to as Operation Kargil. During the Kargil conflict and in subsequent years, the Pakistan Army insisted that none of its regular soldiers were involved in the hostilities. This stance continued despite the Indian Army capturing several serving soldiers. The Pakistan Army never issued an official list of its casualties. The first admission of the Pakistan Army's involvement in the conflict came from the former Army Chief and President Pervez Musharraf, who revealed in his 2006 memoir In The Line of Fire that regular soldiers had fought in Kargil. General Musharraf's book said 357 troops were killed and over 660 injured but political parties have claimed that thousands of soldiers and insurgents died in the conflict. The opposition Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz put the death toll at 3,000 and nearly 200 Pakistani casualties were buried on the Indian side.
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November - 18 
The Lashkar-e-Jhangvi (LeJ), an anti-Shia militant group accused of having links with al Qaeda, has split into at least eight small cells to better coordinate its activities across Pakistan, according to a media report, PTI reported on November 18. "The creation of the cells is aimed at coordinating
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The Lashkar-e-Jhangvi (LeJ), an anti-Shia militant group accused of having links with al Qaeda, has split into at least eight small cells to better coordinate its activities across Pakistan, according to a media report, PTI reported on November 18. "The creation of the cells is aimed at coordinating the banned group’s activities in the area ranging from the southern port city of Karachi to Waziristan in the restive tribal belt bordering Afghanistan," the Express Tribune newspaper quoted its sources in Kohat, Hangu, Peshawar and Lahore as saying. "Each sub-group is responsible for carrying out activities in a specific geographic location," one of the sources said. Individuals with connections within the LeJ and intelligence officials tracking the group said the move appeared to be an attempt to outsmart law enforcement agencies. "It looks like (LeJ strategists) don’t want to put all their eggs in one basket," said an unnamed intelligence official, adding, "It’s a typical guerrilla warfare and urban militancy technique. With scattered cells, they have better chances of survival by diverting the focus of law enforcement agencies." The LeJ, which is dominated by militants from Punjab, has established hideouts inside North Waziristan tribal region, which is controlled by the network of Afghan Taliban commander Jalaluddin Haqqani. While there are no significant signs suggesting that the Haqqani network is directly supporting LeJ activists, security officials contend the two groups have a strong commonality connecting them—both are staunch allies of al Qaeda. The daily quoted its sources as saying that the LeJ’s cell for Karachi and Balochistan has been named "Jundallah" but it operates separately from an existing organisation of the same name, led by separatist Iranian Sunnis, that is active in the same region. "That’s where intelligence agencies’ personnel are often mistaken. They sometimes confuse activists from one group with the other," an unnamed official in the Crime Investigation Department (CID) of Sindh Province said. The LeJ is the biggest militant group operating in Karachi and 94 of 246 terrorists arrested in the city since 2001 belonged to it, according to a secret report of the CID. The LeJ, headed by Maulana Abdul Khalil, a fugitive militant leader from Punjab, operates mostly in central parts of Punjab and the tribal areas.
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November - 22 
The National Crisis Management Cell (NCMC) on November 22 informed the provincial Governments of Punjab, Sindh, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Balochistan and Gilgit-Baltistan, Federally Administered Tribal Areas (FATA) about the planning and preparation of radical outfits to spread terrorism throughout the co
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The National Crisis Management Cell (NCMC) on November 22 informed the provincial Governments of Punjab, Sindh, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Balochistan and Gilgit-Baltistan, Federally Administered Tribal Areas (FATA) about the planning and preparation of radical outfits to spread terrorism throughout the country in the coming days, states The News. It was reported that terrorists were planning to hit Shia Ulema (religious clerics) and mourning processions, sacred places, processions and tombs of Barelvis, foreigners working in flood-affected areas and Kot Addu Power Plant. The sources said terrorists had also designed to target the United States (US), France, United Kingdom (UK) and Saudi Arabia embassies and their diplomats in Islamabad and other provinces. Meanwhile, senior officials have been directed to keep security and vigilance high alert in the country.
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November - 24 
Pakistan has allowed the US military and its coalition partners in Afghanistan to maintain a presence in Quetta, the Provincial capital of Balochistan, says a Pentagon report to Congress, Dawn reported on November 24. “Pakistan Army General Headquarters recently approved a US Office of Defence Repre
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Pakistan has allowed the US military and its coalition partners in Afghanistan to maintain a presence in Quetta, the Provincial capital of Balochistan, says a Pentagon report to Congress, Dawn reported on November 24. “Pakistan Army General Headquarters recently approved a US Office of Defence Representative and Coalition presence at the Pakistan military’s 12 Corps Head Quarter in Quetta,” the Pentagon tells Congress. Earlier reports in the US media said that Pakistan also had allowed the CIA to expand its presence in Quetta.
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November - 28 
At least 640 persons have been killed and 1,800 injured in 37 suicide bomb attacks in the country during the 2010, says the Federal Investigation Agency’s Counter-Terrorism Wing, Dawn reported on November 28. The latest attack on Police was carried out on the Salman Shaheed Police Lines in Swabi on
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At least 640 persons have been killed and 1,800 injured in 37 suicide bomb attacks in the country during the 2010, says the Federal Investigation Agency’s Counter-Terrorism Wing, Dawn reported on November 28. The latest attack on Police was carried out on the Salman Shaheed Police Lines in Swabi on November 1, killing two Policemen and injuring 13 others. The report sent to the Government said that the targets were Policemen and other Security Force personnel, public property, mosques and shrines, foreign diplomats, educational institutions, political leaders, Government offices and other public targets. Of the 37 attacks, 25 took place in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, seven in Punjab, two each in ‘Azad Jammu and Kashmir’ and Balochistan and one in Sindh, official sources said. While six took place in Lahore, four in Swat, three in Peshawar, two each in Quetta, Bannu, Mardan, Lakki Marwat, Upper Dir, Lower Dir, Tank and ‘Azad Kashmir’. Explosives-laden vehicles were used in 10 of the attacks. Police remained the prime target of terrorists and was attacked at 10 places. At least 87 Frontier Corps personnel and 81 Police personnel were killed and 268 Policemen injured.
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November - 30 
Pakistan's Army and Inter-Services Intelligence (ISI) are covertly sponsoring four militant groups, including Lashkar-e-Toiba (LeT), and will not abandon them for any amount of US money, the American envoy to Islamabad wrote in a secret review in 2009, reveals diplomatic cables released by WikiLeaks
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Pakistan's Army and Inter-Services Intelligence (ISI) are covertly sponsoring four militant groups, including Lashkar-e-Toiba (LeT), and will not abandon them for any amount of US money, the American envoy to Islamabad wrote in a secret review in 2009, reveals diplomatic cables released by WikiLeaks, Times of India reports on December 1. According to a report in British Newspaper The Guardian on November 30, the review said that Pakistan had received more than USD 16 billion in American aid since 2001, but "there is no chance that Pakistan will view enhanced assistance... as sufficient compensation for abandoning support to these groups", former US Ambassador to Pakistan Anne Patterson wrote in the review of Afghanistan-Pakistan strategy in September 2009. Secret cables, which were leaked by WikiLeaks, show that US diplomats and spies believe Pakistan Army and its ISI continue to quietly back four militant groups — the Afghan Taliban, its allied Haqqani and Hekmatyar networks on the western Afghan frontier, and LeT on the eastern border with India. Some ISI officials "continue to maintain ties with a wide array of extremist organisations, in particular the Taliban, LeT and other extremist organizations," US secretary of state Hillary Clinton wrote in December 2009.
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December - 4 
As the Afghanistan Government engaged the Taliban in talks, the United States assured India that it would not support a power-sharing arrangement between Kabul and the militants, Dawn quoting a WikiLeaks cable release reported on December 4. A cable released by WikiLeaks shows that US Special Envoy
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As the Afghanistan Government engaged the Taliban in talks, the United States assured India that it would not support a power-sharing arrangement between Kabul and the militants, Dawn quoting a WikiLeaks cable release reported on December 4. A cable released by WikiLeaks shows that US Special Envoy for Afghanistan and Pakistan Richard Holbrooke told visiting Indian Foreign Secretary Nirupama Rao in January 2010 that the Taliban would not be included in any power arrangement. The Indian foreign secretary had sought US pressure on Pakistan to break its alleged ties with terrorist groups and to permit Afghanistan’s economic links with India to grow. “During the meeting Mr Holbrooke said that some of the anxiety stems from confusion between reintegration and reconciliation,” the cable notes.
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December - 4 
Exactly two years before the November 26, 2008 Mumbai attacks, American officials pressured the Pakistan Government to crack down on the Lashkar-e-Toiba (LeT) and its front organisation Jamaat-ud-Dawa (JuD) but were unable to make much headway, Indian Express quoting a WikiLeaks revelation reported
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Exactly two years before the November 26, 2008 Mumbai attacks, American officials pressured the Pakistan Government to crack down on the Lashkar-e-Toiba (LeT) and its front organisation Jamaat-ud-Dawa (JuD) but were unable to make much headway, Indian Express quoting a WikiLeaks revelation reported on December 4. A cable sent on November 27, 2006 by former US Ambassador to Pakistan Ryan C Crocker, one of the hundreds released by WikiLeaks, said the US embassy had raised the operations of the two groups with "contacts throughout the Government of Pakistan" after the LeT was designated a terrorist organisation under UN Security Council resolution 1267 the previous year. Crocker took up the activities of LeT, Al AkhtarTrust and Al Rashid Trust - all designated under following the Mumbai attacks, the UN Security Council designated the JuD a front for the LeT and imposed restrictions on its assets and efforts to gain access to weapons. "No (Government of Pakistan) official, however, has committed to taking direct action to close the operations of these entities," Crocker wrote in the cable exactly two years before November 26, 2008 Mumbai attacks.
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December - 4 
The US Embassy in Islamabad warned Washington in 2009 that it would take 10 to 15 years to defeat extremists operating in Pakistan, Dawn quoting a WikiLeaks cable release reported on December 4. “As we work to prevent Pakistan-based attacks on the US and its forces, we should be clear that al Qaeda
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The US Embassy in Islamabad warned Washington in 2009 that it would take 10 to 15 years to defeat extremists operating in Pakistan, Dawn quoting a WikiLeaks cable release reported on December 4. “As we work to prevent Pakistan-based attacks on the US and its forces, we should be clear that al Qaeda now wants more than just a safe haven in Pakistan,” US envoy to Pakistan Anne Patterson said in a cable she sent to Washington in February 2009. “Defeating a growing witches’ brew of al Qaeda, Taliban, local extremists and criminals will be a long 10-15 year fight,” she wrote. The cable, leaked to WikiLeaks, quoted Ambassador Patterson as telling Washington of the mutual mistrust that has bedevilled US-Pakistan relations. “It also has been based on mutual mistrust,” the envoy wrote, adding, “Pakistan hedges its bets on cooperation because it fears the US will again desert Islamabad after we get Osama bin Laden; Washington sees this hesitancy as duplicity that requires we take unilateral action to protect US interests.”
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December - 5 
China, at Islamabad's behest, blocked efforts in the UN Security Council to put sanctions against Jama'at-ud-Da'awa (JuD) and its leader Hafiz Saeed which was operating against India from Pakistan, Times of India on December 6 reported quoting WikiLeaks revelation of American diplomatic cable. A Sta
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China, at Islamabad's behest, blocked efforts in the UN Security Council to put sanctions against Jama'at-ud-Da'awa (JuD) and its leader Hafiz Saeed which was operating against India from Pakistan, Times of India on December 6 reported quoting WikiLeaks revelation of American diplomatic cable. A State Department cable signed off by Secretary of State Hillary Clinton released by WikiLeaks also suggests that the JuD continues to operate and raise funds and it was unclear what steps the Pakistan Government has taken to freeze its assets to implement UN sanctions. According to the cable dated August 10, 2009, originating from Clinton, a US request to list Hafiz Saeed on a sanctions list was put on hold before the November 26, 2008 Mumbai terrorist attacks (also known as 26/11) that India blames on the JuD founder. "Prior to the (Mumbai terrorist attacks) attacks, our request to list (Jamaat-ud-Dawa) JUD and (Hafiz Muhammed) Saeed were placed on hold by China at the behest of Pakistan," the cable marked secret and addressed to the US Embassy in Islamabad and the Permanent Mission of the US to the UN, said. China in its capacity as the Permanent Member of the UN Security Council has the veto power and nothing can be approved by this 15-member high-powered body of the United Nations without the consent of Beijing.
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December - 5 
Saudi Arabia is the key source of funding for radical Islamist outfits including al-Qaeda , the Taliban, Hamas and Lashkar-e-Toiba (LeT), according to a United States (US) diplomatic cable leaked by WikiLeaks, on December 5, reports Times of India."Donors in Saudi Arabia constitute the most signific
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Saudi Arabia is the key source of funding for radical Islamist outfits including al-Qaeda , the Taliban, Hamas and Lashkar-e-Toiba (LeT), according to a United States (US) diplomatic cable leaked by WikiLeaks, on December 5, reports Times of India."Donors in Saudi Arabia constitute the most significant source of funding to Sunni terrorist groups worldwide," said the document, an assessment from US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton dated December 30, 2009. "Saudi Arabia remains a critical financial support base for al-Qaeda, the Taliban, LeT, and other terrorist outfits, including Hamas, which probably raise million of dollars annually from Saudi sources, often during Hajj and Ramadan," the cable revealed. It said that the Saudis had made "significant progress" under US pressure to deal with the issue, especially disrupting al-Qaeda’s sources of money in Saudi Arabia. However, it added, "Riyadh has taken only limited action" to interrupt the flow of money to Taliban and LeT linked outfits which have launched attacks in Afghanistan, Pakistan and India.
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December - 10 
A report by Campaign for Innocent Victims in Conflict (CIVIC), a Washington-based NGO, said that civilian casualties in drone strikes are higher than the United States admits. The CIVIC, which works for civilians caught in crossfire, uncovered more than 30 civilian deaths in only nine cases, includi
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A report by Campaign for Innocent Victims in Conflict (CIVIC), a Washington-based NGO, said that civilian casualties in drone strikes are higher than the United States admits. The CIVIC, which works for civilians caught in crossfire, uncovered more than 30 civilian deaths in only nine cases, including at least 14 women and children, all of which took place after January 2009. Documents obtained by CIVIC show Pakistani Government verification of civilian casualties from drone attacks demonstrate that at least in some areas the Government has more capacity to investigate civilian casualties than is commonly suggested.
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December - 16 
Military will find increased support from the people in case it goes for an operation against the Haqqani network in North Waziristan, a recent opinion poll by Community Appraisal and motivation Programme revealed on December 16, reports Daily Times. “Support for military operations against militant
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Military will find increased support from the people in case it goes for an operation against the Haqqani network in North Waziristan, a recent opinion poll by Community Appraisal and motivation Programme revealed on December 16, reports Daily Times. “Support for military operations against militants increased dramatically over the last year. In 2009, only 16.8 percent respondents supported the army/security forces operation in Swat but this year 66.8 percent of the respondents supported the operation,” the opinion poll - Understanding FATA - by Community Appraisal and motivation Programme revealed.
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December - 19 
The report claimed that local sources in Waziristan had reported seeing many “white skin” militants, most of them German, in the tribal areas. “One tribesman said he had spoken to two young Germans with ‘golden beards' who told him in broken Pashto: ‘We are here for jihad.' Witnesses say the militan
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The report claimed that local sources in Waziristan had reported seeing many “white skin” militants, most of them German, in the tribal areas. “One tribesman said he had spoken to two young Germans with ‘golden beards' who told him in broken Pashto: ‘We are here for jihad.' Witnesses say the militants wear local clothes and travel in small groups in vehicles or on motorcycles, flaunting weapons including AK-47 assault rifles, rocket launchers and rocket-propelled grenades,” sources said
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December - 19 
The reported deaths of two British militants in a drone attack on December 10 in Dattakhel area of North Waziristan raised fears that western Muslim converts are being targeted by al Qaeda in its search for “white jihadis” to mount November 26, 2008 Mumbai (also known as 26/11)-style attacks in Euro
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The reported deaths of two British militants in a drone attack on December 10 in Dattakhel area of North Waziristan raised fears that western Muslim converts are being targeted by al Qaeda in its search for “white jihadis” to mount November 26, 2008 Mumbai (also known as 26/11)-style attacks in Europe, The Hindu quoting The Sunday Times reported on December 19. The Sunday Times quoted western intelligence agencies as saying that Ilyas Kashmiri, recently named as al Qaeda's chief military strategist in Pakistan and Afghanistan and dubbed the “new Bin Laden,” had been “assigned to bring western recruits” into the organisation. The 46-year-old “one-eyed terrorist,” reportedly described by one Pakistani Army officer as the “most dangerous man for Pakistan, Europe and the United States,” was said to be “plotting” attacks in Britain and other European countries, including France and Germany.
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December - 20 
A senior Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) ‘leader’ Ibn-e-Amin who commanded one of al Qaeda's military units in north-western Pakistan is said to be among the 32 people killed in December 17's drone attacks in Speen Darang village of Khyber Agency in Federally Administered Tribal Areas (FATA), The H
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A senior Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) ‘leader’ Ibn-e-Amin who commanded one of al Qaeda's military units in north-western Pakistan is said to be among the 32 people killed in December 17's drone attacks in Speen Darang village of Khyber Agency in Federally Administered Tribal Areas (FATA), The Hindu quoting Long War Journal reported on December 20. Though there was no official confirmation, the Long War Journal — which has embedded reporters covering the war on terror in Afghanistan — reported the killing of Ibn-e-Amin in detail. The US drone strike killed Ibn-e-Amin who was reportedly present in the meeting of the Lashkar-e-Islam (LI), a TTP off-shoot in Khyber Agency. Commander Ibn-e-Amin belongs to the TTP Swat chapter. Ibn-e-Amin was ‘second-in-command’ to Mullah Fazlullah, who used to control the Swat Valley of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa till the Army regained ground after a military operation 2009. Ibn-e-Amin was also commander of the Tora Bora Brigade, one of the six formations in al Qaeda's Shadow Army and was legendary for his brutality.
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December - 20 
Top US military commanders in Afghanistan are seeking to expand ground raids by Special Operations Forces across the border in Pakistan’s tribal areas, Dawn quoting The New York Times reported on December 20. Amid growing US frustration with Pakistan’s lacklustre efforts at removing militants from s
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Top US military commanders in Afghanistan are seeking to expand ground raids by Special Operations Forces across the border in Pakistan’s tribal areas, Dawn quoting The New York Times reported on December 20. Amid growing US frustration with Pakistan’s lacklustre efforts at removing militants from strongholds in the tribal areas, the officials are proposing to escalate military activities in the nuclear-armed nation, The New York Times said in its online edition. US forces have been largely restricted to limited covert operations and unmanned drone strikes in Pakistan due to fears of retaliation from a population that often holds strong anti-American sentiment in a country rife with militants.
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December - 24 
A total of 1,224 people were killed and 2,157 more injured in 52 suicide attacks across Pakistan since January, making 2010 one of the bloodiest years since the turn of the century, Times of India reported on December 24. Though the total number of suicide bombings decreased 35 per cent this year as
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A total of 1,224 people were killed and 2,157 more injured in 52 suicide attacks across Pakistan since January, making 2010 one of the bloodiest years since the turn of the century, Times of India reported on December 24. Though the total number of suicide bombings decreased 35 per cent this year as against the past year, 2010 was the bloodiest year since 2001 in terms of the number of the people killed in such attacks. Pakistan witnessed 80 suicide attacks in 2009 that killed 1,217 people and injured 2,305 others. On an average, suicide bombers killed 102 persons a month this year, compared to last year's average of 101 killings a month. The bombers, on an average, killed more than 23 Pakistanis every week and over three persons every day in 2010. Over four suicide attacks were carried out every month this year, compared to six assaults every month in 2009. Civilian casualties accounted for 49 per cent of the total deaths caused by suicide bombings this year. The remainder were personnel from security forces and law enforcement agencies, including the Police, military, Frontier Constabulary (FC), Pakistan Rangers, Inter-Services Intelligence (ISI) and Khasadar militia. Twelve per cent of casualties were Shias, eight per cent were Ahmedis and six per cent were Barelvi Muslims. The largest number of deaths in suicide attacks, 416 was reported in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province of Pakistan.
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December - 28 
A key terror suspect, Qari Saifullah Akhtar, accused of masterminding a suicide attack on former Pakistani Prime Minister Benazir Bhutto's homecoming rally in Karachi on October 18, 2007, in which 144 persons were killed and another 550 injured, has resurfaced in Punjab as a free man, reported India
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A key terror suspect, Qari Saifullah Akhtar, accused of masterminding a suicide attack on former Pakistani Prime Minister Benazir Bhutto's homecoming rally in Karachi on October 18, 2007, in which 144 persons were killed and another 550 injured, has resurfaced in Punjab as a free man, reported Indian Express. Akhtar is described as a "fugitive" leader of the Taliban-linked Harkat-ul-Jehad Islami (HuJI) outfit.
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December - 28 
Two Pakistani brothers, accused of collecting money and recruiting jihadis (holy fighter) for al Qaeda, have gone on trial in the United Arab Emirates (UAE), Daily Times quoting The National reported on December 28. The Pakistanis appeared in court on December 27. The pair, charged with “running a j
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Two Pakistani brothers, accused of collecting money and recruiting jihadis (holy fighter) for al Qaeda, have gone on trial in the United Arab Emirates (UAE), Daily Times quoting The National reported on December 28. The Pakistanis appeared in court on December 27. The pair, charged with “running a jihadi organisation and aiding and abetting al Qaeda”, has confessed to having links with the jihadi network, the court was told according to the report. They also “had direct communication with a senior member of al Qaeda”, The National said without elaborating. The report only identified the suspects as “AkW”, a 49-year-old project manager, and “AsW”, a 43-year-old marketing manager, and said they arrived in the Gulf emirate in 2008.
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December - 30 
Pakistan was the deadliest country for reporters where 11 were killed this year, International media watchdog Reporters Without Borders said on December 30, reports Daily Times. A total of 57 journalists were killed worldwide this year, the group said, adding that fewer reporters were being killed i
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Pakistan was the deadliest country for reporters where 11 were killed this year, International media watchdog Reporters Without Borders said on December 30, reports Daily Times. A total of 57 journalists were killed worldwide this year, the group said, adding that fewer reporters were being killed in war zones while more were targeted by criminals or traffickers. The death toll was down 25 percent from 2009, when 76 journalists were killed in connection with their jobs. Last year’s record number of deaths was so high because of a massacre in the Philippines that saw more than two dozen journalists and their staff gunned down. In its annual report, the Paris-media advocacy group said that organised crime groups and militias have become the biggest dangers for journalists.
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December - 31 
The Public Prosecution Department (PPD) claimed on December 31 to have convicted 34 persons in 20 cases of suicide attacks and bombing in the province in 2010, reports Dawn. Issuing the annual report of 2010, Department’s spokesman Muhammad Mumtaz said public prosecutors across the province followed
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The Public Prosecution Department (PPD) claimed on December 31 to have convicted 34 persons in 20 cases of suicide attacks and bombing in the province in 2010, reports Dawn. Issuing the annual report of 2010, Department’s spokesman Muhammad Mumtaz said public prosecutors across the province followed eight cases of acid throwing on women in Anti-Terrorism Courts (ATCs) and got all of them convicted. He said ATCs sentenced to death and life imprisonment 377 people, including 34 for bomb blasts. He said the department also got convicted five United States citizens for a plot to attack sensitive places in Pakistan. Sessions court handed down death sentence to 961 people and life imprisonment to 826.
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December - 31 
Three US missile strikes hours apart killed 18 persons in a terrorist stronghold near the Afghanistan border in North Waziristan Agency of Federally Administered Tribal Areas (FATA) on January 1, reports Daily Times. A total of 118 such strikes, carried out by unmanned aircraft, were launched in 201
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Three US missile strikes hours apart killed 18 persons in a terrorist stronghold near the Afghanistan border in North Waziristan Agency of Federally Administered Tribal Areas (FATA) on January 1, reports Daily Times. A total of 118 such strikes, carried out by unmanned aircraft, were launched in 2010 in the Tribal areas, killing up to 2,100 people, most of them terrorists, according to the Washington-based policy think-tank New America Foundation.
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