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January - 4 
According to the Sentinel, the National Liberation Front of Tripura-Nayanbashi Jamatiya faction (NLFT) ‘chief’, Nayanbashi Jamatiya, has sought political asylum in Bangladesh and Myanmar. Jamatiya claimed this during a telephonic interview with an unspecified private television channel and threatene
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According to the Sentinel, the National Liberation Front of Tripura-Nayanbashi Jamatiya faction (NLFT) ‘chief’, Nayanbashi Jamatiya, has sought political asylum in Bangladesh and Myanmar. Jamatiya claimed this during a telephonic interview with an unspecified private television channel and threatened that insurgent activity would be multiplied in Tripura in the coming days. He also indicated a possible understanding with the Biswamohan Debbarma faction of the NLFT and the All Tripura Tigers Force (ATTF).
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January - 4 
Quoting a central intelligence report, The Telegraph said camps of the CPI-Maoist are being shifted to Uttar Pradesh, Chhattisgarh and West Bengal to evade a pre-poll crackdown on Naxalites in Bihar and Jharkhand.
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Quoting a central intelligence report, The Telegraph said camps of the CPI-Maoist are being shifted to Uttar Pradesh, Chhattisgarh and West Bengal to evade a pre-poll crackdown on Naxalites in Bihar and Jharkhand.
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January - 4 
Terrorism-related violence decreased considerably during 2004 in the Jammu region, according to official statistics released by the office of Inspector General of Police (Jammu Zone), S P Vaid, on January 4. Killings of terrorists, civilians, security force personnel, Special Police Officers and Vil
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Terrorism-related violence decreased considerably during 2004 in the Jammu region, according to official statistics released by the office of Inspector General of Police (Jammu Zone), S P Vaid, on January 4. Killings of terrorists, civilians, security force personnel, Special Police Officers and Village Defence Committee members registered a sharp decline in 2004 as compared to 2003, the release said. The decline is being primarily attributed to the India-Pakistan peace process, including cease-fire on the border and the Confidence Building Measures, initiated by the two countries. As against a total of 721 terrorists killed in year 2003, only 375 terrorists were killed during 2004 in the six districts of Jammu region. The civilians killed in 2004 were 255 as against 319 in 2003. Ninety-seven security force personnel were killed in 2004 while 166 of them had lost their lives in the year 2003. According to the figures, 69 terrorists surrendered in 2004 as against 41 in 2003.
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January - 8 
The chief of Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE), Velupillai Prabhakaran, and his intelligence chief, Pottu Amman, are among the dead or missing after the December 26 Tsunami disaster, the Sri Lankan state radio stated on January 8. Radio reports quoted Vice-Admiral, Daya Sandagiri, as saying th
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The chief of Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE), Velupillai Prabhakaran, and his intelligence chief, Pottu Amman, are among the dead or missing after the December 26 Tsunami disaster, the Sri Lankan state radio stated on January 8. Radio reports quoted Vice-Admiral, Daya Sandagiri, as saying that Prabhakaran and Amman were among those killed or missing in the Tsunami. However, the LTTE have denied the report. The Island newspaper, meanwhile, reported on January 8 that an expensive coffin "for a top LTTE leader" had been smuggled into a northern LTTE area inside a container carrying relief material for Tsunami survivors. The LTTE, in a statement posted on its Peace Secretariat website, criticised the Sri Lanka Broadcasting Corporation for carrying the reports, saying that now was "not the time for gossip mongering and malicious propaganda."
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January - 9 
An alleged conspirator in a plot to kill President Pervez Musharraf has escaped, Time reported on its website on January 9. The suspect escaped sometime around New Year’s Day from state security in Karachi, the US magazine claimed. A nationwide manhunt has failed to yield any leads in the whereabout
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An alleged conspirator in a plot to kill President Pervez Musharraf has escaped, Time reported on its website on January 9. The suspect escaped sometime around New Year’s Day from state security in Karachi, the US magazine claimed. A nationwide manhunt has failed to yield any leads in the whereabouts of the suspect, identified as Mushtaq Ahmad, one of the ringleaders in the December 14, 2003-plot on Musharraf’s life.
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January - 14 
According to media reports, peace talks between the Union Government and the National Socialist Council of Nagaland-Isak-Muivah (NSCN-IM) will begin on February 2 and the former is expected to be represented by a ministerial team. Reports further said that the Prime Minister has designated Union Min
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According to media reports, peace talks between the Union Government and the National Socialist Council of Nagaland-Isak-Muivah (NSCN-IM) will begin on February 2 and the former is expected to be represented by a ministerial team. Reports further said that the Prime Minister has designated Union Minister of State for Programme Implementation, Oscar Fernandes, Minister of State in the Prime Minister’s Office, Prithiviraj Chauhan, and Minister of State for Home, S. Regupathy for the purpose.
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January - 14 
The Human Rights Watch (HRW) in its World Report 2005 has accused the LTTE of continuing to recruit children as child soldiers. "The LTTE has a history of recruiting children - including by force - for participation in combat," the HRW said. Under an action plan agreed to in 2003 between the LTTE, t
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The Human Rights Watch (HRW) in its World Report 2005 has accused the LTTE of continuing to recruit children as child soldiers. "The LTTE has a history of recruiting children - including by force - for participation in combat," the HRW said. Under an action plan agreed to in 2003 between the LTTE, the Sri Lankan government, and UNICEF, the LTTE was to release children from its forces back into the community as well as into transit centers co-managed by UNICEF and the Tamil Rehabilitation Organization, publicly identified as a front organization for the LTTE. However, HRW said that "an August 2004 Human Rights Watch investigation showed, that while the LTTE has released over one thousand children since agreeing to the action plan, forcible recruitment of children has intensified and new recruits outnumber those released. The LTTE specifically targeted for re-recruitment the 1,800 or more child soldiers released by the Karuna faction after its April defeat."
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January - 16 
The Shillong Times, quoting State police sources, has stated that at least 132 civilians lost their lives while 105 persons sustained injuries in militancy-related incidents in Meghalaya during the period between 1996-2004. While the Achik National Volunteer Council (ANVC) alone killed 90 civilians
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The Shillong Times, quoting State police sources, has stated that at least 132 civilians lost their lives while 105 persons sustained injuries in militancy-related incidents in Meghalaya during the period between 1996-2004. While the Achik National Volunteer Council (ANVC) alone killed 90 civilians and wounded 78 others, the Hynniewtrep National Liberation Council (HNLC) has killed 36 people besides injuring 24 persons. On the other hand, 69 police and central paramilitary force personnel have been killed and 72 others injured during the last eight years of insurgency in Meghalaya.
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January - 16 
Daily Star, quoting official sources, reported that a group of 25 cadres of the Janajuddha faction of the Purba Banglar Communist Party (PBCP) have entered the Jhenidah district with a hundred powerful bombs purchased from an Islamist militant group from the Chittagong district. The report further s
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Daily Star, quoting official sources, reported that a group of 25 cadres of the Janajuddha faction of the Purba Banglar Communist Party (PBCP) have entered the Jhenidah district with a hundred powerful bombs purchased from an Islamist militant group from the Chittagong district. The report further said that the outfit has formed a bomb squad with cadres below the age of 20 years in order to carry out attacks targeting several politicians, journalists and senior police officers.
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January - 21 
The Hindu has reported that as many as 40 Telangana Rashtra Samithi (TRS) members figure in a list of 62 political workers with ‘militant background’ identified by the intelligence wing of the police in Andhra Pradesh. The report said, all those in the list hail from the Telangana region and represe
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The Hindu has reported that as many as 40 Telangana Rashtra Samithi (TRS) members figure in a list of 62 political workers with ‘militant background’ identified by the intelligence wing of the police in Andhra Pradesh. The report said, all those in the list hail from the Telangana region and represent the Telegu Desam Party, Congress, Communist Party of India-Marxist Leninist (CPI-ML New Democracy), CPI-Marxist and the Bharatiya Janata Party, apart from the TRS.
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January - 31 
In the second phase of civic elections in the State, polling is to be held amid tight security arrangements in all the 68 wards of Srinagar Municipal Corporation on February 2. Deputy Commissioner and District Election Officer, Shailendra Kumar, said that in all 217 candidates (including 64 women) a
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In the second phase of civic elections in the State, polling is to be held amid tight security arrangements in all the 68 wards of Srinagar Municipal Corporation on February 2. Deputy Commissioner and District Election Officer, Shailendra Kumar, said that in all 217 candidates (including 64 women) are in the fray. Twenty-three seats are reserved for women in Srinagar. About 4.43 Lakh voters are to exercise their franchise for polling being held for the civic body after 27 years. Elaborate security arrangements have also been made by the authorities for ensuring a free, fair and smooth conduct of polling in 71 wards of the Jammu Municipal Corporation on February 2. A total of 537 candidates, including 161 women, are reportedly in the fray.
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January - 31 
The Federal Interior Minister, Aftab Ahmed Khan Sherpao, stated in the Balochistan capital Quetta on January 31 that security forces’ would remain in Sui and Dera Bugti to protect national assets and counter terrorists who posed threats to gas plants and people in the area. He also disclosed that 81
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The Federal Interior Minister, Aftab Ahmed Khan Sherpao, stated in the Balochistan capital Quetta on January 31 that security forces’ would remain in Sui and Dera Bugti to protect national assets and counter terrorists who posed threats to gas plants and people in the area. He also disclosed that 819 rockets were fired and 47 bombs exploded in Sui since the past six months. He said the damage to the plants caused about Rupees 400 million losses to the Pakistan Petroleum Limited while the provincial government lost Rupees 154 million in excise royalty due to suspension of gas supply. Sherpao also disclosed that industries were facing losses of Rs 150 million to Rs 200 million a day since the gas plants were targeted. According to the Minister, since 2003, 1,529 rockets had been fired and 113 bombs exploded in Quetta, Sui, Kohlu and Gwadar.
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February - 10 
Secretary General, Kofi Annan, in the latest United Nations (UN) report on "Children and Armed Conflict" said that since 2001, the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) has recruited more than 4700 children. "The LTTE has often carried out recruitment by force, abducting children while on their wa
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Secretary General, Kofi Annan, in the latest United Nations (UN) report on "Children and Armed Conflict" said that since 2001, the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) has recruited more than 4700 children. "The LTTE has often carried out recruitment by force, abducting children while on their way to school or during religious festivities, and beating families and teachers who resisted the seizure of the children," Annan said. He added that the Security Council should take targeted and concrete measures against parties named in his report, including the LTTE, that have made insufficient or no progress on the issue of child recruitment. "Such measures should include the imposition of travel restrictions on leaders and their exclusion from any governance structures and amnesty provisions, the imposition of arms embargo, a ban on military assistance, and restriction on the flow of financial resources to the parties concerned," Annan added. The report stated that during 2004 alone, more than 1000 cases of new recruitment and re-recruitment were reported to the UNICEF in Sri Lanka, a high percentage of them being girls. Out of the 4700 cases of child recruitment since April 2001, more than 2900 children have returned or been released to their families, including about 1230 children who were formally released, he said.
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February - 22 
Thirteen of the 18 wanted Punjab terrorists have reportedly escaped from India to find refuge in other countries, including USA, Canada and Pakistan, according to a report sent by the Chandigarh Police to the Union Ministry of Home Affairs. Indian Express has reported that the 13 were wanted by the
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Thirteen of the 18 wanted Punjab terrorists have reportedly escaped from India to find refuge in other countries, including USA, Canada and Pakistan, according to a report sent by the Chandigarh Police to the Union Ministry of Home Affairs. Indian Express has reported that the 13 were wanted by the Chandigarh and Punjab Police in various terrorist activities that occurred in and around Chandigarh during the last 20 years. Most of the terrorists are involved in bomb blasts and were charged under the now defunct Terrorist and Disruptive Activities (Prevention) Act, 1987.
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February - 23 
On February 23, the Asian Human Rights Commission unveiled the names of political leaders and cadres detained by the security forces’ and the total number of arrested have been mentioned as 383, including 35 human rightists.
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On February 23, the Asian Human Rights Commission unveiled the names of political leaders and cadres detained by the security forces’ and the total number of arrested have been mentioned as 383, including 35 human rightists.
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February - 27 
A Royal Nepalese Army (RNA) statement said that at least 10 security force (SF) personnel were killed and an equal number sustained injuries during separate Maoist attacks in the Bara and Solukhumbu districts on February 27.
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A Royal Nepalese Army (RNA) statement said that at least 10 security force (SF) personnel were killed and an equal number sustained injuries during separate Maoist attacks in the Bara and Solukhumbu districts on February 27.
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February - 28 
Daily Star has reported that the Rajshahi district Superintendent of Police, Masud Mia, misused his power to support Jagrata Muslim Janata Bangladesh (JMJB) and helped its chief, Bangla Bhai, to escape, according to a cross section of public accounts, coupled with documentary proof and a special Gov
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Daily Star has reported that the Rajshahi district Superintendent of Police, Masud Mia, misused his power to support Jagrata Muslim Janata Bangladesh (JMJB) and helped its chief, Bangla Bhai, to escape, according to a cross section of public accounts, coupled with documentary proof and a special Government report. Following investigations, the report stated that Bangla Bhai escaped arrest on various occasions, even after the order of Prime Minister Khaleda Zia due to the 'unwillingness’ of Masud Mia.
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March - 1 
Quoting police sources, Deccan Herald has reported that the Communist Party of India-Maoist (CPI-Maoist) has restructured its ‘State committee’ in Karnataka. Noor Zulfikar alias Sridhar now heads the committee in place of Saket Rajan alias Prem, who was shot dead by the police in Chikmagalur distric
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Quoting police sources, Deccan Herald has reported that the Communist Party of India-Maoist (CPI-Maoist) has restructured its ‘State committee’ in Karnataka. Noor Zulfikar alias Sridhar now heads the committee in place of Saket Rajan alias Prem, who was shot dead by the police in Chikmagalur district, on February 6. While Rajan led a six-member team, the new committee has seven members, sources added. According to sources, Zulfikar, an engineering dropout, is from Chitradurga district and is in his mid-thirties. The new team, which was reportedly restructured in February in Bangalore, includes a lady member, Asha, a Sikh lady who has studied in Shimoga for many years and was reportedly linked to the Mahila Jagruthi Vedike, a Naxalite frontal organisation. The other five members of the committee are Nanda Kumar alias Rangappa, Vishnu alias Devendrappa, Veeramani alias Murugan who regularly issues press statements under the nom de guerre Gangadhar, Kuppuswamy alias D Murthy and Ujani Gowda who is lodged in Bellary jail.
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March - 1 
The Independent has reported that Rajshahi-based militant leader, Asadullah Al Ghalib, on March 1, confessed to the police to have visited India 22 times over the last four years to meet with the leaders of Indian organisations, Salahi Andolon and Ahle Hadith Andolon, but did not divulge the name of
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The Independent has reported that Rajshahi-based militant leader, Asadullah Al Ghalib, on March 1, confessed to the police to have visited India 22 times over the last four years to meet with the leaders of Indian organisations, Salahi Andolon and Ahle Hadith Andolon, but did not divulge the name of the Islamist militant leaders operating from India. Meanwhile, on March 1, a letter of the 'special military unit of Jagrata Muslim Janata' signed by the group's central muballigs (preachers), Abdul Latif and Mutallib Hossain, was received by the Rajshahi Press Club. "We demand that our leader Dr Galib be released immediately….If our demand is not met, we will launch a militant drive in Rajshahi and elsewhere in the country," the letter read.
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March - 13 
A spokesperson for the Waziristan-based tribal militant, Abdullah Mehsud, claimed on March 13 that he "died of his wounds" sustained during a military operation in North Waziristan on March 5. According to Daily Times, Abdullah succumbed to injuries on March 10 at an unknown location, the spokespers
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A spokesperson for the Waziristan-based tribal militant, Abdullah Mehsud, claimed on March 13 that he "died of his wounds" sustained during a military operation in North Waziristan on March 5. According to Daily Times, Abdullah succumbed to injuries on March 10 at an unknown location, the spokesperson told tribal journalist, Sailab Mehsud, who "Abdullah wished to be called first to give the news of his martyrdom." However, military regime spokesperson, Maj. Gen. Shaukat Sultan, said he had no information to confirm Abdullah spokesman’s claim. "I am not in a position to say either yes or no. I have no confirmation yet," he told Daily Times. Secretary (Security), Federally Administered Tribal Areas (FATA), Brig. (Retd) Mahmood Shah, told The News that there was no circumstantial evidence to prove that Mehsud was wounded in the March 5 operation or that he managed to break through the siege by the troops on that occasion.
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March - 14 
A Hindustan Times report on March 14, quoting central security agencies, said that left-wing extremists (also known as Naxalites) outfits procure arms and ammunition from the Inter Services Intelligence (ISI), Pakistan’s external intelligence agency, through unnamed agencies of Bangladesh and Assam'
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A Hindustan Times report on March 14, quoting central security agencies, said that left-wing extremists (also known as Naxalites) outfits procure arms and ammunition from the Inter Services Intelligence (ISI), Pakistan’s external intelligence agency, through unnamed agencies of Bangladesh and Assam's insurgent outfit United Liberation Front of Asom (ULFA).
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March - 25 
According to New Age, leaders and activists of the outlawed Jagrata Muslim Janata Bangladesh (JMJB) and the Jamaatul Mujaheedin, who went underground since the February 2005 proscription, have regrouped and are set to resume activities in the north with a new identity. "Our mentor, Mohammad Abdur Ra
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According to New Age, leaders and activists of the outlawed Jagrata Muslim Janata Bangladesh (JMJB) and the Jamaatul Mujaheedin, who went underground since the February 2005 proscription, have regrouped and are set to resume activities in the north with a new identity. "Our mentor, Mohammad Abdur Rahman, and other top leaders held a secret meeting in Dhaka a few days back to finalise the strategy [of resuming activities with a new identity]," a Naogaon-based, mid-level leader of the JMJB told New Age. He also claimed, "We will not be as overt as we had been for quite some time in the past." Some lower and mid-level leaders of the two outfits claimed that activists had been living in the bordering and char areas since last month.
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April - 18 
Pakistani investigators have reportedly found a definite and irrevocable link between a Muslim charity and one of the four suspects believed to be involved in the murder of Wall Street Journal reporter Daniel Pearl in February 2002. According to Daily Times, a ‘Trust Deed’, retrieved from at least t
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Pakistani investigators have reportedly found a definite and irrevocable link between a Muslim charity and one of the four suspects believed to be involved in the murder of Wall Street Journal reporter Daniel Pearl in February 2002. According to Daily Times, a ‘Trust Deed’, retrieved from at least two banks where the Al-Akhtar Trust International, outlawed by the American Treasury Department in 2003 for having links with the Taliban and Al Qaeda, has it accounts, shows that Saud Memon is one of the eleven trustees of the trust. Memon, an industrialist, had been named by several arrested members of the Harkat-ul-Mujahideen Al-Almi (HuMA) as their chief financial supporter. His date of birth, father’s name and his citizenship (National Identity Card number) were reportedly identical on the CID Red Book and the Trust Deed. Subsequent to Pearl’s murder, the police had sealed Memon’s residence in Karachi, where he also ran his garment business. Saud Memon remains one of the key suspects still at large in the Daniel Pearl murder case. According to the CID Red Book updated in December 2004, Memon was responsible for receiving funds from the Al Qaeda and distributing them among almost all Jehadi outfits operating in Pakistan.
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April - 25 
Times of India, quoting Girdhari Nayak, Inspector General of police in the Bastar range, has reported that left-wing extremists (also known as Naxalites) are increasingly recruiting children as foot-soldiers. According to Nayak, the police have spotted children in school uniforms with the Naxalites
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Times of India, quoting Girdhari Nayak, Inspector General of police in the Bastar range, has reported that left-wing extremists (also known as Naxalites) are increasingly recruiting children as foot-soldiers. According to Nayak, the police have spotted children in school uniforms with the Naxalites during encounters in Kapasi and Basaguda recently. The children were allegedly leading the attack, forcing the police to retreat as they did not want to harm the children. Nayak added that 50 per cent of the members of some of the Dalams (squads) of the extremists consisted of school children.
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April - 27 
In its annual report - Country Reports on Terrorism 2004 - released in Washington on April 27, the United States State Department has retained the Communist Party of Nepal (Maoists) in its global terrorist watch list.
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In its annual report - Country Reports on Terrorism 2004 - released in Washington on April 27, the United States State Department has retained the Communist Party of Nepal (Maoists) in its global terrorist watch list.
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April - 29 
On the left-wing extremist (also know as Naxalite) issue, the report said "despite all out efforts by the security forces, Naxalite outfits remain steadfast in their efforts to realise the Compact Revolutionary Zone (CRZ)." To the list of 76 districts in nine states (Andhra Pradesh, Bihar, Orissa, C
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On the left-wing extremist (also know as Naxalite) issue, the report said "despite all out efforts by the security forces, Naxalite outfits remain steadfast in their efforts to realise the Compact Revolutionary Zone (CRZ)." To the list of 76 districts in nine states (Andhra Pradesh, Bihar, Orissa, Chhattisgarh, Jharkhand, Madhya Pradesh, Maharashtra, Uttar Pradesh and West Bengal) three more states (Tamil Nadu, Karnataka and Kerala) have been added where the Naxalites have been trying to increase their influence and operations. The Naxalite groups as a whole have 9,300 hardcore underground cadres that hold around 6,500 regular weapons, besides a large number of unlicensed country-made arms, the report said.
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April - 29 
Quoting police sources, Telegraph has reported that politicians in Jharkhand received assistance from left-wing extremists (also known as Naxalites) to win the recent elections. Sources said a police report in this regard has named Welfare Minister Ramesh Singh Munda and accused him of having paid R
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Quoting police sources, Telegraph has reported that politicians in Jharkhand received assistance from left-wing extremists (also known as Naxalites) to win the recent elections. Sources said a police report in this regard has named Welfare Minister Ramesh Singh Munda and accused him of having paid Rupees 15 lakh to the Naxalites. The report also claimed that when Chief Minister Arjun Munda failed to pay up the balance after the election, the Naxalites raised the demand to Rupees 50 lakh. The report also stated that Munda had contacted Naxalites for their ‘‘help’’ during the polls and had struck a deal, offering them Rupees 25 lakh in exchange for support. According to the report, Rupees 15 lakh was to be paid to the Naxalites before the election and Rupees 10 lakh after the seat was won.
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April - 29 
The annual report of the Union Home Ministry, presented in Parliament on April 29, said that the terrorist infrastructure created by Pakistan’s Inter Services Intelligence (ISI) remains in tact. This network continues to recruit, finance and train terrorists for infiltration, not only in the north-w
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The annual report of the Union Home Ministry, presented in Parliament on April 29, said that the terrorist infrastructure created by Pakistan’s Inter Services Intelligence (ISI) remains in tact. This network continues to recruit, finance and train terrorists for infiltration, not only in the north-west but also in the north-east, the report noted. The report also stated that the Ministry has been constantly sensitising State Governments about the threat perception and activities of the ISI, sharing inputs and intelligence with them to counter such activities.
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May - 2 
The Government on May 2 announced the results of a countrywide Afghan census and disclosed that there were 3,047,225 Afghans living in Pakistan, including refugees and residents. Sajid Hussain Chattha, States and Frontier Regions Secretary, Najam Hasan, Chief Census Commissioner and Guenet Guebre-Ch
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The Government on May 2 announced the results of a countrywide Afghan census and disclosed that there were 3,047,225 Afghans living in Pakistan, including refugees and residents. Sajid Hussain Chattha, States and Frontier Regions Secretary, Najam Hasan, Chief Census Commissioner and Guenet Guebre-Christos, United Nations High Commission for Refugees (UNHCR) in Pakistan, told a news conference in Islamabad that the census carried out between late February and early March counted a total of 3,047,225 Afghans who had arrived after December 1, 1979. The census determined that there were 1,861,412 Afghans in North West Frontier Province, 783,545 in Balochistan, 136,780 in Sindh, 207,754 in Punjab, 44,637 in Islamabad and 13,097 in Pakistan occupied Kashmir.
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May - 8 
Pakistani intelligence agencies have reportedly uncovered Al Qaeda plans targeting President Pervez Musharraf, the US and other embassies and high commissions in Pakistan during May and June. According to Daily Times, reports given to the Interior Ministry stated that Al Qaeda operatives were planni
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Pakistani intelligence agencies have reportedly uncovered Al Qaeda plans targeting President Pervez Musharraf, the US and other embassies and high commissions in Pakistan during May and June. According to Daily Times, reports given to the Interior Ministry stated that Al Qaeda operatives were planning suicide missions, rocket and car bomb attacks against Gen. Musharraf, western and Pakistani targets and other diplomatic missions in Islamabad and provincial capitals. Al Qaeda had hired the services of three people to buy the rockets from the tribal areas, sources added.
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May - 11 
The Telegraph has reported that a new militant outfit, the Bengali Tiger Front, operating in Jiribam subdivision of the Imphal East district in Manipur has entered into an alliance with the National Socialist Council of Nagaland-Isak-Muivah (NSCN-IM). The report, quoting official sources, said that
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The Telegraph has reported that a new militant outfit, the Bengali Tiger Front, operating in Jiribam subdivision of the Imphal East district in Manipur has entered into an alliance with the National Socialist Council of Nagaland-Isak-Muivah (NSCN-IM). The report, quoting official sources, said that the nexus would allow the NSCN-IM to have a foothold in Jiribam in order to carry out its activities in neighbouring Assam.
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May - 23 
According to Daily Times, three Pakistani prisoners who returned from Guantanamo Bay in September 2004 recently told a Joint Interrogation Team (JIT) of several intelligence agencies that the Americans were curious about the Inter-Services Intelligence (ISI) and wanted information on the ISI network
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According to Daily Times, three Pakistani prisoners who returned from Guantanamo Bay in September 2004 recently told a Joint Interrogation Team (JIT) of several intelligence agencies that the Americans were curious about the Inter-Services Intelligence (ISI) and wanted information on the ISI networks in Afghanistan and Iran. They also corroborated reports that US interrogators desecrated the Holy Quran. According to documents obtained by Daily Times, JIT personnel interrogated Abid Raza, Mohammad Anwar and Mohammad Ilyas in Karachi, Hyderabad and Mirpurkhas prisons from April 18 to May 10, 2005. The three, who had been taken to the Guantanamo Bay (GB) detention facility from Afghanistan in January 2002, said the Americans interrogated them about the Al Qaeda, Taliban and ISI. "But most of their questions were about the ISI. They wanted to know how many of those detained in Guantanamo had been associated with the ISI. They would to ask things like what were the networks of the ISI in Afghanistan and Iran, how the agency worked in those countries and who were working for the ISI in Afghanistan and Iran," the Guantanamo returnees told the JIT. They also claimed interrogators at GB used to desecrate the Holy Quran. "They would stand on the Quran and throw it away, saying the book teaches you terrorism," they added. During interrogation by the JIT, they also complained of torture at Guantanamo and sexual abuse, especially by women interrogators.
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May - 28 
According to Sentinel, the United Liberation Front of Asom (ULFA) has received a letter routed through Delhi University professor Mamoni Goswami from the Prime Minister's Office (PMO) offering talks. The report adds that the PMO's one-and-a-half page letter, signed by National Security Advisor MK Na
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According to Sentinel, the United Liberation Front of Asom (ULFA) has received a letter routed through Delhi University professor Mamoni Goswami from the Prime Minister's Office (PMO) offering talks. The report adds that the PMO's one-and-a-half page letter, signed by National Security Advisor MK Narayanan, is addressed to ULFA ‘chairman’ Arabinda Rajkhowa and states that New Delhi was prepared to talk all ‘core issues’ and take the peace process forward. However, the report quotes ULFA 'commander-in-chief' Paresh Barua saying the outfit has decided to ‘raise certain issues and seek some clarifications’ from New Delhi before beginning a series of meetings to come up with a formal reply.
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May - 28 
Daily Times quoting United States investigators reports that a member of a terrorist group linked to Al Qaeda has been deported to Pakistan after being detained for over a year. The deported terrorist was identified as Khamal Muhammad, an armed guard and cook for Harkat-ul Mujahideen (HuM). Muhammad
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Daily Times quoting United States investigators reports that a member of a terrorist group linked to Al Qaeda has been deported to Pakistan after being detained for over a year. The deported terrorist was identified as Khamal Muhammad, an armed guard and cook for Harkat-ul Mujahideen (HuM). Muhammad, was living in the San Francisco area when he was arrested in January 2004 for overstaying his visa by eight months, according to US Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE). He entered the United States in 2001, a year after ICE officials said he trained to use pistols, rifles and grenades in a HuM camp in Afghanistan.
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May - 30 
According to Imphal Free Press, at least 12650 cadres of different insurgent outfits along with 8830 weapons are actively operating in Manipur against a total strength of 54 battalions of the security forces. More than 20 insurgent outfits are reported to be operating in the State, according to an a
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According to Imphal Free Press, at least 12650 cadres of different insurgent outfits along with 8830 weapons are actively operating in Manipur against a total strength of 54 battalions of the security forces. More than 20 insurgent outfits are reported to be operating in the State, according to an analysis by the home department. According to official sources, out of the 20 outfits, the strength of those concentrated in the valley districts are assessed at approximately 1500 cadres for the Revolutionary People’s Front (RPF) and its armed wing, the People’s Liberation Army (PLA), 2500 cadres for the United National Liberation Front (UNLF) and its armed wing, the Manipur People’s Army, 500 cadres for the People’s Revolutionary Party of Kangleipak (PREPAK) and its armed wing, the Red Army, while Kanglei Yawol Kanna Lup (KYKL) is assessed as having a strength of 600 cadres. The Kangleipak Communist Party’s (KCP) strength is assessed at 100 cadres. Weapons possessed by the PLA are estimated at 1000, UNLF 2000, PREPAK 300, KYKL 300, while that of KCP is estimated at 30, the report stated. In the hills, the National Socialist Council of Nagaland - Isak-Muivah (NSCN-IM) is said to have a strength of 6000, the National Socialist Council of Nagaland – Khaplang (NSCN-K) 600 cadres, the Zomi Revolutionary Army (ZRA) has 350, Kuki National Front – Presidential (KNF) has 150 and Kuki National Army (KNA) has 350. The number of weapons in possession of the NSCN-IM is 4000, NSCN-K 600, ZRA 250, KNF-P 50 and KNA 300.
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May - 30 
According to Daily News, the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) is offering financial inducements to civilians to attack Special Task Force (STF) sentry points in the East. The STF states that the LTTE has approached civilians, pressurizing them to lob grenades at sentry points resorting to the
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According to Daily News, the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) is offering financial inducements to civilians to attack Special Task Force (STF) sentry points in the East. The STF states that the LTTE has approached civilians, pressurizing them to lob grenades at sentry points resorting to the same tactics applied by them in the Northern areas. Accordingly, a person who is willing to lob a grenade at the sentry points is paid Rupees 1,000 and in case he is killed in action, his family has been offered Rupees 50,000. Further, the LTTE has also offered Rupees 10,000 monthly for volunteers, who provide information with regard to the movement of troops attached to the STF Sagama Camp.
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June - 16 
Kantipur Daily indicated on June 16 that the number of people killed after the ‘royal takeover’ on February 1 has doubled and 271 people died during the month of May, while 175 were killed during April. Quoting senior journalist Kanak Mani Dixit, the report said that before February 1, three people
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Kantipur Daily indicated on June 16 that the number of people killed after the ‘royal takeover’ on February 1 has doubled and 271 people died during the month of May, while 175 were killed during April. Quoting senior journalist Kanak Mani Dixit, the report said that before February 1, three people were dying everyday but now it was six, and added, "Peace outside Kathmandu valley has worsened, though valley is peaceful comparatively."
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June - 19 
The Jammu and Kashmir Government said on June 19 that it has received about 1,600 applications from those Kashmiri Pandits (descendents of Brahmin priests) who are willing to come back to the Valley and announced that the first batch of the members of the displaced community is expected to return in
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The Jammu and Kashmir Government said on June 19 that it has received about 1,600 applications from those Kashmiri Pandits (descendents of Brahmin priests) who are willing to come back to the Valley and announced that the first batch of the members of the displaced community is expected to return in August 2005. "There are no hurdles or hiccups in the return of the Kashmiri Pandits to the Valley. There are certain vested interests who are trying to sabotage the process, but they will not be allowed to succeed," State Revenue, Relief and Rehabilitation Minister Hakim Mohammad Yaseen said in Srinagar. He disclosed that residential colonies for the Kashmiri Pandits are coming up at Sheikhpora in the Budgam district, Tullmulla in Srinagar district and Mattan in the Anantnag district at a cost of about Rupees 40 crore. These colonies are expected to accommodate about 500 Kashmiri Pandit families willing to return to the Valley, he added. The minister also said more than 350 families could be lodged in the flats at Sheikhpora, 80 at Mattan and 72 in Kheer Bhawani, Tullmulla. According to Daily Excelsior, official figures suggest that 56,380 Kashmiri Pandit families are living in various parts of the country. Of this, 34,644 families are staying in Jammu and 19,338 in Delhi.
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June - 26 
Daily Star, quoting the confessional statement of a criminal George Miah, has reported that an underworld outfit, the Seven Star Group led by Subrata Bain Shuvro, was responsible for the August 21, 2004-grenade attack on the Awami League (AL) rally in Dhaka. Miah was arrested from his Senbagh reside
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Daily Star, quoting the confessional statement of a criminal George Miah, has reported that an underworld outfit, the Seven Star Group led by Subrata Bain Shuvro, was responsible for the August 21, 2004-grenade attack on the Awami League (AL) rally in Dhaka. Miah was arrested from his Senbagh residence in Noakhali on June 10. He reportedly confessed before a magistrate that 14 criminals, mostly belonging to the Seven-Star Group, carried out the explosions in which 22 AL leaders and activists were killed and more than 200 injured.
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July - 3 
According to Press Trust of India, infiltration from across the border increased during June 2005 with terrorists, especially foreign mercenaries, entering Jammu and Kashmir. According to a report of the security agencies submitted to the Union Home Ministry, infiltration picked up considerably duri
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According to Press Trust of India, infiltration from across the border increased during June 2005 with terrorists, especially foreign mercenaries, entering Jammu and Kashmir. According to a report of the security agencies submitted to the Union Home Ministry, infiltration picked up considerably during June. A rough estimate put the number of those infiltrated into the Valley at nearly 60 with majority of them having used the Kupwara belt in north Kashmir for entry. The figure was 37 in May 2005.
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July - 10 
Terrorist training camps in Pakistan have reportedly resumed functioning after a year-long hiatus and the old and new recruits are flocking to them notwithstanding the official ban, according to the Karachi-based Herald. Citing an example of the camps being reopened, the magazine in its cover story,
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Terrorist training camps in Pakistan have reportedly resumed functioning after a year-long hiatus and the old and new recruits are flocking to them notwithstanding the official ban, according to the Karachi-based Herald. Citing an example of the camps being reopened, the magazine in its cover story, said one of Pakistan’s oldest training camps at Mansehra in the North West Frontier Province (NWFP) is bustling with activity after a year-long closure, as old and new cadres converged on it to resume their training. "Our transport fleet is back, electricity has been restored and communications systems are in place… Until 2001, thousands of fighters trained here for operations in Kashmir and Afghanistan," the magazine quoted a guide who conducted the correspondent around as saying. According to a top manager of the training camp in Mansehra, all the major organisations, including Hizb-ul-Mujahideen (HM), Al-Badr Mujahideen, Harkat-ul-Mujahideen (HuM) and others, began regrouping in April 2005 by renovating training facilities that were deserted in 2004. Contrary to official denials, the magazine said despite the ban, outfits like HM, HuM, Al-Badr Mujahideen, Lashkar-e-Toiba (LeT) and Jaish-e-Mohammad (JeM) managed to stay in touch with their cadre in 2003-04, which was considered as their worst year.
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July - 13 
The mastermind behind the July 7-terrorist attacks in London, which killed more than 50 people and injured at least 700, has reportedly been identified. The British-born man in his 30s arrived at a British port in June 2005 and left the country again the day before the attacks, according to The Time
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The mastermind behind the July 7-terrorist attacks in London, which killed more than 50 people and injured at least 700, has reportedly been identified. The British-born man in his 30s arrived at a British port in June 2005 and left the country again the day before the attacks, according to The Times. The man is of Pakistani origin, the report said. According to the newspaper, he was involved in previous terrorist operations and has links with followers of Osama bin Laden's Al Qaeda network in the United States. Meanwhile, news reports have identified three Britons of Pakistani descent, the alleged suicide bombers, as Shahzad Tanweer, a 22-year-old cricket-loving sports science graduate; Hasib Hussain, aged 19; and Mohammed Sidique Khan, the 30-year-old father of an 8-month-old baby. Britain’s Press Association, citing police sources, said on July 13 that police had identified the fourth suspect but no name or details were reported. Surveillance cameras captured the four as they arrived in the capital 20 minutes before the rush-hour explosions began. In Pakistan, the Interior Minister Aftab Ahmed Khan Sherpao said on July 13 in Islamabad that they would share with Britain all possible information that could help investigations into the London blasts. Asked whether there had been any arrests in Pakistan in connection with the blasts, the minister said he could not share such information with the media at this stage. But Sherpao disclosed that Pakistan had provided "intelligence information" to the British authorities and had helped them to avert a major disaster before the UK elections.
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July - 27 
According to Independent, the Jagrata Muslim Janata Bangladesh (JMJB) has commenced its activities in the Bagmara sub-district of Rajshahi district. It said that most of the 68 JMJB cadres, arrested between January 24 and January 30, 2005 from various places in Bagmara, have been released due to the
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According to Independent, the Jagrata Muslim Janata Bangladesh (JMJB) has commenced its activities in the Bagmara sub-district of Rajshahi district. It said that most of the 68 JMJB cadres, arrested between January 24 and January 30, 2005 from various places in Bagmara, have been released due to the non-submission of reports against them by the police.
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August - 4 
Quoting official sources, The Indian Express has reported that despite security forces’ operations, the Naxalite-affected States have not been able to bring down the number of hardcore activists. According to rough estimates of the Union Home Ministry, the number of hardcore Naxalites continues to b
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Quoting official sources, The Indian Express has reported that despite security forces’ operations, the Naxalite-affected States have not been able to bring down the number of hardcore activists. According to rough estimates of the Union Home Ministry, the number of hardcore Naxalites continues to be around 9,000, out of which approximately 6,000 are armed. Officials also inricated that while incidents of Naxalite-related violence has increased in Andhra Pradesh, it has reduced in most of the other affected States.
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August - 7 
Sentinel reports that in a message intercepted by the Meghalaya Police Intelligence, Ranjit Hazarika, a senior leader of the ULFA’s '109 battalion' has been directed to launch attacks in Guwahati, Nagaon and Mankachar from August 7. The report added that Hazarika has also been asked to target the DG
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Sentinel reports that in a message intercepted by the Meghalaya Police Intelligence, Ranjit Hazarika, a senior leader of the ULFA’s '109 battalion' has been directed to launch attacks in Guwahati, Nagaon and Mankachar from August 7. The report added that Hazarika has also been asked to target the DGP office located at Ulubari in Guwahati.
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August - 11 
According to Daily Times, in contravention of the Election Commission’s directions of July 19 to all District Returning Officers (DROs) to exclude members of 18 outlawed Jihadi groups from the forthcoming local bodies’ elections, dozens of cadres of these groups are contesting the polls. The DROs cl
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According to Daily Times, in contravention of the Election Commission’s directions of July 19 to all District Returning Officers (DROs) to exclude members of 18 outlawed Jihadi groups from the forthcoming local bodies’ elections, dozens of cadres of these groups are contesting the polls. The DROs claim that they received the directions and the list of suspect candidates only after the scrutiny process was completed. "There was little we could do (to stop members of banned organisations). They only needed to submit an affidavit to be eligible for the elections," said a unnamed DRO. The list of banned organisations provided by the Election Commission of Pakistan included Lashkar-e-Jhangvi (LeJ), Sipah-e-Mohammed Pakistan (SMP), Jaish-e-Mohammed (JeM), Lashkar-e-Toiba (LeT), Sipah-e-Sahaba Pakistan (SSP), Tehreek-e-Jaferia Pakistan (TJP), Tehreek-e-Nafaz-e-Shariat-e-Mohammadi (TNSM), Tehrik-e-Islami, Millat-e-Islamia, Khuddam-ul- Islam, Islami Tehrik Pakistan, Jamiat-ul-Ansar, Jamiat-ul-Furqan, Hizb-ul-Tehrir, Khairun Nissa International Trust, Sunni Tehrik and Jamaat-ud-Dawa.
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August - 12 
According to Daily Times, hate-provoking religious literature is being openly and freely disseminated in Government offices, including those of senior bureaucrats in the Punjab Civil Secretariat. The report stated that an unidentified person visited the Civil Secretariat on August 12 and freely dist
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According to Daily Times, hate-provoking religious literature is being openly and freely disseminated in Government offices, including those of senior bureaucrats in the Punjab Civil Secretariat. The report stated that an unidentified person visited the Civil Secretariat on August 12 and freely distributed extremist religious propaganda material, including the latest issues (August 2005) of monthly newspaper Majalat-ul-Dawa published from Lahore, the weekly newspaper Ghazwa and another monthly newspaper for women called Tayyabaat. "We don’t know who the person is, but he visits the offices regularly and distributes this material for free," said an unnamed senior officer.
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August - 16 
According to Nation, security agencies have identified 18 Afghan settlements, located in different parts of Lahore, capital of the Punjab province, and names of 70 Afghanis involved in smuggling weapons and supplying them to the outlawed religious organizations. The agencies have reportedly gathered
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According to Nation, security agencies have identified 18 Afghan settlements, located in different parts of Lahore, capital of the Punjab province, and names of 70 Afghanis involved in smuggling weapons and supplying them to the outlawed religious organizations. The agencies have reportedly gathered evidence that over 40 minor and large Afghan groups have links with outlawed religious groups, providing them weapons in large numbers which were later used in terrorist activity in Lahore and elsewhere.
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August - 19 
Quoting unnamed ‘competent sources’, The Independent has reported that outfits operating in Bangladesh along with Pakistan-based terrorist groups such as the Lashkar-e-Toiba (LeT) and Harkat-ul-Jehadi-e-Islami (HuJI) may been involved in the August 17 serial bombings across the country. It claimed t
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Quoting unnamed ‘competent sources’, The Independent has reported that outfits operating in Bangladesh along with Pakistan-based terrorist groups such as the Lashkar-e-Toiba (LeT) and Harkat-ul-Jehadi-e-Islami (HuJI) may been involved in the August 17 serial bombings across the country. It claimed that leaders of the Jama’atul Mujahideen Bangladesh such as Asadullah Al Ghalib and Abdur Rahman are Bangladeshi agents of the Harkatul Jihad.
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August - 24 
According to Independent, more than 300 listed JMB cadres of Bagmara district are still moving freely in view of police reluctance to take action against them. JMB leaders like Abdus Sattar, ‘Killer’ Mostaque and Lutfor Rahman are yet to be arrested, the report added.
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According to Independent, more than 300 listed JMB cadres of Bagmara district are still moving freely in view of police reluctance to take action against them. JMB leaders like Abdus Sattar, ‘Killer’ Mostaque and Lutfor Rahman are yet to be arrested, the report added.
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August - 29 
On August 29, India is reported to have handed over to Pakistan a list of nearly 30 wanted people, including mafia don Dawood Ibrahim, Jaish-e-Mohammed (JeM) chief Maulana Masood Azhar and United Liberation Front of Asom (ULFA) chief Paresh Baruah, seeking their deportation to face trial. The list,
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On August 29, India is reported to have handed over to Pakistan a list of nearly 30 wanted people, including mafia don Dawood Ibrahim, Jaish-e-Mohammed (JeM) chief Maulana Masood Azhar and United Liberation Front of Asom (ULFA) chief Paresh Baruah, seeking their deportation to face trial. The list, which also includes names of Dawood associate Chhota Shakeel and Rawalpindi-based Hizb-ul-Mujahideen (HM) chief Syed Salahuddin, was handed over by the Union Home Secretary V. K. Duggal to his Pakistani counterpart Syed Kamal Shah on the opening day of the two-day Home Secretary-level talks in New Delhi, according to Daily Excelsior. Among other names in the Indian list are Khalistan Commando Force (KCF) chief Paramjit Singh Panjwar, Babbar Khalsa International (BKI) leader Wadhawa Singh and two men - Ishaq Atta Hussain and Sagir Sabir Ali Shaikh - who allegedly wanted to target the Union Home Minister Shivraj Patil. India also sought extradition of five hijackers of the IC-814 in 1999 and some of the Khalistan leaders, including Ranjit Singh Neeta, who have been holed up in Pakistan since late 1980s. Pakistan also gave India a list of 37 "wanted" persons alleging they were in India and mostly involved in alleged drug trafficking offences. The names in the Pakistani list were not immediately available to the press.
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August - 30 
Security forces have reportedly launched a combing operation in the Sundarbans to trace the hideouts of Islamist militants after intelligence reports revealed that militants were trained in camps in the deep forest area.
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Security forces have reportedly launched a combing operation in the Sundarbans to trace the hideouts of Islamist militants after intelligence reports revealed that militants were trained in camps in the deep forest area.
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October - 7 
Himalayan Times reports that both the Nepalese and Indian Government have decided to record the entry of their nationals at the border from November 1, to check misuse of the free entry agreement between these countries. As a pilot project, the Indian government would launch its project at Rupadeha
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Himalayan Times reports that both the Nepalese and Indian Government have decided to record the entry of their nationals at the border from November 1, to check misuse of the free entry agreement between these countries. As a pilot project, the Indian government would launch its project at Rupadeha check post on the Indo-Nepal border in Uttar Pradesh from November 1, while the same would commence at Sunauli check post soon. The Nepal government would record similar entries at Nepalganj.
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October - 18 
According to Hindu, an estimated 43 per cent of the 1.23-crore electorate exercised their franchise on October 18 in the first phase of polling for the 57 Legislative Assembly seats in Bihar. Deputy Election Commissioner Anand Kumar said polling in the 12 districts, including Patna, Kaimur, Rohtas,
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According to Hindu, an estimated 43 per cent of the 1.23-crore electorate exercised their franchise on October 18 in the first phase of polling for the 57 Legislative Assembly seats in Bihar. Deputy Election Commissioner Anand Kumar said polling in the 12 districts, including Patna, Kaimur, Rohtas, Aurangabad, Bhojpur, Buxar, Gaya, Arwal, Jehanabad, Nawada, Jamui and Banka, was peaceful and added that in Gaya, Election Commission parties were not sent to four polling stations as it was apprehended that "our parties would be attacked by the naxals."
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October - 25 
According to The Hindu, the outlawed Communist Party of India-Maoist (CPI-Maoist) has made reshuffles in its organisational structure by bringing in some leaders and changing the secretaries of some of its ‘area committees’ in the agency area of its Andhra-Orissa Border (AOB) special zone. According
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According to The Hindu, the outlawed Communist Party of India-Maoist (CPI-Maoist) has made reshuffles in its organisational structure by bringing in some leaders and changing the secretaries of some of its ‘area committees’ in the agency area of its Andhra-Orissa Border (AOB) special zone. According to available information, 22 cadres had been brought to the AOB area from the Telangana region. Eighteen cadres reportedly have shifted from Srikakulam to the agency area and other parts of Andhra Pradesh. Further, the outfit has reportedly appointed Sriramulu Srinivas alias Sri Sri as secretary for the Visakhapatnam city committee, a post lying vacant for several years. In the agency area, Bhupati, a senior party activist from Guntur district, was made Galikonda area committee secretary and Praveen, another senior cadre, was made member of the committee. Srikanth from the north Telangana State committee has been appointed as the secretary of Korukonda area committee.
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November - 3 
According to Daily Times, intelligence agencies have warned the Government that banned Jihadi outfits are planning to make another assassination attempt on President Pervez Musharraf. According to intelligence reports submitted to the Interior Ministry, the Lashkar-e-Jhangvi (LeJ) and Jamiat-ul-Furq
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According to Daily Times, intelligence agencies have warned the Government that banned Jihadi outfits are planning to make another assassination attempt on President Pervez Musharraf. According to intelligence reports submitted to the Interior Ministry, the Lashkar-e-Jhangvi (LeJ) and Jamiat-ul-Furqan (formerly Jaish-e-Mohammed) are trying to "cultivate" a relative of the president who is not on good terms with him or against his policies, sources told Daily Times. The report says if this scheme fails, the terrorist groups, which have so far been unable to penetrate the tight security around Gen Musharraf, could target close relatives or friends of the president. In light of these reports, the Interior Ministry has asked home secretaries of the four provinces and the Chief Commissioner of Islamabad to collect particulars of the close relatives and friends of the president and submit them to the ministry.
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November - 6 
Shillong Times has reported that the Hynniewtrep National Liberation Council (HNLC) is engaging in extortion activities targeting coal traders of the Jaintia Hills district. Following the arrest of two persons, president of the Meghalaya Transporters and Suppliers Union, Jamrist Rymbai, and his coll
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Shillong Times has reported that the Hynniewtrep National Liberation Council (HNLC) is engaging in extortion activities targeting coal traders of the Jaintia Hills district. Following the arrest of two persons, president of the Meghalaya Transporters and Suppliers Union, Jamrist Rymbai, and his colleague, Chamik Nongpluh, on November 3 from Lad Rymbai, the police claimed that HNLC was using the two people to serve extortion notes on traders. Both the arrested persons had served an extortion note of Rupees 16 lakh (INR) on a coal merchant on behalf of the outfit.
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November - 9 
The movement of many identified cadres of the Jama’atul Mujahideen Bangladesh (JMB), who had gone into hiding following the countrywide bomb blasts on August 17, have been noticed in various villages of Bagmara sub-district in the north-western Rajshahi district in recent times, according to The Ind
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The movement of many identified cadres of the Jama’atul Mujahideen Bangladesh (JMB), who had gone into hiding following the countrywide bomb blasts on August 17, have been noticed in various villages of Bagmara sub-district in the north-western Rajshahi district in recent times, according to The Independent. Many JMB cadres have restarted their organisational activities and during the last week of the Ramzan, these cadres reportedly attended a number of Iftar (breaking the fast) parties at various mosques and houses in Bagmara.
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November - 10 
According to Sentinel, over 500 Myanmar and Bhutan trained All Adivasi Liberation Army (AANLA) cadres have sneaked into Assam recently and are active in the Golaghat district along Karbi Anglong border. The report mentioned that the AANLA was formed in June 2003 with Nirmal Tirkey as the commander-i
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According to Sentinel, over 500 Myanmar and Bhutan trained All Adivasi Liberation Army (AANLA) cadres have sneaked into Assam recently and are active in the Golaghat district along Karbi Anglong border. The report mentioned that the AANLA was formed in June 2003 with Nirmal Tirkey as the commander-in-chief, Lucas Bhangra as the chairman and George Domdom as the general secretary. The outfit reportedly possesses AK series rifles and has links with the Kuki Revolutionary Army (KRA), operating in Manipur and the Karbi Anglong district of Assam.
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November - 14 
Press Trust of India has reported that majority of about 300 police stations, 92 police pickets and hundreds of police outposts in the 22-naxalites infested districts of Bihar were facing infrastructure bottlenecks.
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Press Trust of India has reported that majority of about 300 police stations, 92 police pickets and hundreds of police outposts in the 22-naxalites infested districts of Bihar were facing infrastructure bottlenecks.
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November - 18 
Sentinel has reported that unidentified Naga militants have started collecting extortion amount from villagers in the A and B sectors along the Assam-Nagaland border, in return for allowing the villagers to cultivate in areas under the Nagaland Government. The report further says that the militants
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Sentinel has reported that unidentified Naga militants have started collecting extortion amount from villagers in the A and B sectors along the Assam-Nagaland border, in return for allowing the villagers to cultivate in areas under the Nagaland Government. The report further says that the militants are issuing ‘photo identity cards’ to the cultivators for the purpose for a fee of Rupees 150.
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November - 18 
Reports indicated that polling was peaceful except for stray incidents of violence. The LTTE is reported to have enforced a poll boycott in the areas controlled by them in the northeast. According to Reuters, the Election Commissioner is expected to announce the first results from an electorate of 1
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Reports indicated that polling was peaceful except for stray incidents of violence. The LTTE is reported to have enforced a poll boycott in the areas controlled by them in the northeast. According to Reuters, the Election Commissioner is expected to announce the first results from an electorate of 13.3 million on November 18, today.
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November - 22 
According to Telegraph, the All Tripura Tiger Force (ATTF) and National Liberation Front of Tripura (NLFT), have joined hands under a programme code named “Mission-2008”, to launch joint operations aimed at dislodging the Left Front Government in the Legislative Assembly elections scheduled to be he
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According to Telegraph, the All Tripura Tiger Force (ATTF) and National Liberation Front of Tripura (NLFT), have joined hands under a programme code named “Mission-2008”, to launch joint operations aimed at dislodging the Left Front Government in the Legislative Assembly elections scheduled to be held in 2008. The report further says that two secret meetings were held by the outfits’ leadership at the ATTF base camp at Satcherri in Bangladesh’s Habiganj district and in an apartment in Dhaka rented by the NLFT.
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November - 24 
Himalayan Times has reported that an indefinite blockade in Budhabare Village Development Committee (VDC) of Dhankuta and Ravi Bazaar area in Panchthar district since October 27, by the Maoists, has severely affected public life. The report added that the blockade has resulted in shortage of essenti
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Himalayan Times has reported that an indefinite blockade in Budhabare Village Development Committee (VDC) of Dhankuta and Ravi Bazaar area in Panchthar district since October 27, by the Maoists, has severely affected public life. The report added that the blockade has resulted in shortage of essentials in the area. Maoists had called the blockade to protest against the establishment of Unified Security Posts in different parts of these areas.
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December - 6 
Approximately 2,200 Madrassas (seminaries) from across Pakistan registered with the Government from August to November 2005, according to Daily Times. Most of these, 1,672, are in Punjab, with the rest in Sindh, Balochistan and North West Frontier Province. With this, officials now claim that around
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Approximately 2,200 Madrassas (seminaries) from across Pakistan registered with the Government from August to November 2005, according to Daily Times. Most of these, 1,672, are in Punjab, with the rest in Sindh, Balochistan and North West Frontier Province. With this, officials now claim that around 8,200 Madrassas are now registered. President Pervez Musharraf had announced following the London bombings of July 7 that all seminaries in Pakistan would have to register with the Government by December 31, 2005.
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December - 6 
Security agencies have secured information that activists of the Jamaat-ul-Furqan (JuF), a local collaborator of the Al Qaeda, can target foreign teams, especially the Americans and the British, when they start returning back to their countries after undertaking necessary relief work in areas affect
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Security agencies have secured information that activists of the Jamaat-ul-Furqan (JuF), a local collaborator of the Al Qaeda, can target foreign teams, especially the Americans and the British, when they start returning back to their countries after undertaking necessary relief work in areas affected by the recent earthquake, according to The News. "The presence of Jamaat-ul-Furqan in Muzaffarabad and other earthquake affected areas needs to be watched very closely and if there is any hint of their involvement in subversive activities in the earthquake affected areas, effective measures needs to be taken against them. This is one organization, which reportedly can target the foreign relief teams, especially the Americans and the British, when they start returning back to their countries after undertaking the necessary relief work," said one of the intelligence reports. Besides, intelligence agencies have further revealed that the JuF is providing volunteers to an Arabian militant Abu Adil from the Al Qaeda ranks who has launched a group "Al-Jehad" in North Waziristan with the objective of carrying out attacks on important Government personalities and eliminating those who, in their view, are working against the interests of Taliban. The Al-Jehad is said to be involved in attacking Pakistani security forces deployed in Waziristan and the security interests/assets of other countries, including the US troops deployed in the bordering area inside Afghanistan. According to official sources, the Al-Jehad has so far been made operational in North Waziristan under the command of one Ustaad Khalid.
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December - 6 
Seminaries are illegally running more than 90 FM radio stations to broadcast their teachings in various districts of the North West Frontier Province (NWFP), a source told Daily Times on December 6. The source said the channels often disturbed police wireless transmissions because they operate at fr
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Seminaries are illegally running more than 90 FM radio stations to broadcast their teachings in various districts of the North West Frontier Province (NWFP), a source told Daily Times on December 6. The source said the channels often disturbed police wireless transmissions because they operate at frequencies reserved for security agencies. He said the channels had not been allocated frequencies by the Frequency Allocation Board (FAB) but they were using frequencies allocated for security agencies to circumvent the issue. According to the source, 27 channels are operating illegally in Swabi district alone. "These channels are very popular among residents as people know the religious scholars," said a Swabi resident.
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December - 12 
Militants have begun to open recruiting offices in North and South Waziristan to recruit fighters against the Pakistan Army and US forces in Afghanistan, indicated a report appearing in an American newspaper on December 12. The Christian Science Monitor reports from Islamabad that videos released by
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Militants have begun to open recruiting offices in North and South Waziristan to recruit fighters against the Pakistan Army and US forces in Afghanistan, indicated a report appearing in an American newspaper on December 12. The Christian Science Monitor reports from Islamabad that videos released by the militants, and sold in local shops as part of their recruitment drive, show militants training openly. The militants have also reportedly held public gatherings, the most recent in October to mark the year anniversary since the Pakistan military bombed a militant camp in Dela Khula, killing 40 of their comrades. The newspaper points out that the harsh edicts and an upsurge in violence suggest that Waziristan is not stable. It quotes observers as saying that the area is slipping back into the hands of Al Qaeda and Taliban militants, despite the 60,000 Pakistani troops and paramilitary personnel deployed there.
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December - 21 
Approximately 2,400 Madrassas (seminaries) had been registered under the new ordinance till December 20 while seminaries affiliated with the Ittehad-e-Tanzeemat-e-Madaris-e-Deenia (ITMD) are still reluctant to register even though the ITMD has recognised the new Societies Registration (Amended) Act
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Approximately 2,400 Madrassas (seminaries) had been registered under the new ordinance till December 20 while seminaries affiliated with the Ittehad-e-Tanzeemat-e-Madaris-e-Deenia (ITMD) are still reluctant to register even though the ITMD has recognised the new Societies Registration (Amended) Act of 1860, according to Daily Times. Around 2,400 seminaries registered from August to December 20, 2005, of which 1,884 are in the Punjab province. The total number of registered seminaries, including those already registered under the old Societies Registration Act, has now reportedly reached 8,400. The deadline for registration is December 31, 2005 and a large number of Madrassas are yet to be registered.
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December - 23 
A report released by the Informal Sector Service Center (INSEC) said that 75 persons were killed by both the state and Maoists during the three month period of the insurgents’ unilateral cease-fire from September 3 to December 2. According to INSEC, 62 people were killed by security forces whereas 1
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A report released by the Informal Sector Service Center (INSEC) said that 75 persons were killed by both the state and Maoists during the three month period of the insurgents’ unilateral cease-fire from September 3 to December 2. According to INSEC, 62 people were killed by security forces whereas 13 were killed by the Maoists. The report entitled "Three Months of Ceasefire - An Assessment of Human Rights Situation during the Unilateral Ceasefire by CPN (Maoist) in Nepal", said that though number of killings from the Maoists’ side has decreased there has been a rise in the incidents of abduction. It stated that insurgents abducted 8,777 people, mostly teachers and students, during the three-month truce. "Maoists continued targeting schools affecting more than 30,000 students in various parts of the country during the same period," the report said.
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December - 25 
The Communist Party of India-Maoist (CPI-Maoist) which laid siege to the Jehanabad jail in Bihar on November 13, 2005 and freed 200 of its supporters, are planning similar jailbreaks at prisons across the country, an intelligence report has indicated. The intelligence wing of the Bihar Police has so
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The Communist Party of India-Maoist (CPI-Maoist) which laid siege to the Jehanabad jail in Bihar on November 13, 2005 and freed 200 of its supporters, are planning similar jailbreaks at prisons across the country, an intelligence report has indicated. The intelligence wing of the Bihar Police has sounded an alert that the CPI-Maoist is circulating letters within the organization asking its armed squads to carry out similar strikes in other parts of India, Asian Age reported on December 23. Reports available with the Special Branch in Patna claim that the Maoists plans to target jails in seven States - Bihar, Jharkhand, Orissa, Madhya Pradesh, Chhattisgarh, West Bengal and Maharashtra - in order to get its supporters released. Jails at Beur in Patna, Gaya, Buxar, Bhagalpur, Muzaffarpur, Bettiah (Bihar); Hazaribagh, Ranchi, (Jharkhand); Balaghat (Madhya Pradesh) Midnapore (West Bengal); Baripada, Sambalpur, Koraput, Jeypore and Raigada (Orissa); Jagdalpur, Dantewada, Kanker and Ambikapur (Chhattisgarh); and Gadchiroli, Chandrapur, Gondia and Nagpur (Maharashtra) were reported to be on the hit-list.
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December - 28 
Kantipur Online reports that the Royal Nepalese Army (RNA) is set to launch massive operations against the Maoist insurgents in Rolpa district. On December 24, a huge number of RNA troops reportedly entered the district's northern and western villages. Four groups, each consisting of 500 soldiers, h
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Kantipur Online reports that the Royal Nepalese Army (RNA) is set to launch massive operations against the Maoist insurgents in Rolpa district. On December 24, a huge number of RNA troops reportedly entered the district's northern and western villages. Four groups, each consisting of 500 soldiers, have been formed for a combing operation while Army helicopters have air dropped over 2,000 soldiers in the district from neighboring Dang and Chitwan in the last few days. The operation comes at a time when the Maoist-declared unilateral cease-fire expires on January 2.
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December - 30 
Police believe a member of the Sipah-e-Sahaba Pakistan (SSP), an outlawed Sunni extremist group, has entered Japan with the aim of setting up a base in that country, a report said on December 30. A male member of the SSP entered Japan in 2003, according to documents from the Tokyo Metropolitan Polic
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Police believe a member of the Sipah-e-Sahaba Pakistan (SSP), an outlawed Sunni extremist group, has entered Japan with the aim of setting up a base in that country, a report said on December 30. A male member of the SSP entered Japan in 2003, according to documents from the Tokyo Metropolitan Police Department, the Sankei Shimbun newspaper said. Police have discovered that this man in his 30s frequented mosques in the Tokyo area and that he told other people that he came to Japan to set up a launch pad for the group, the report said. Japanese police are on heightened alert for possible terrorist activities and fear a move by the militant group to recruit members from Japan’s Muslim community and create a support network, the newspaper added.
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