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April - 1 
A baker was killed while four people sustained injuries when unidentified men hurled a grenade and opened fire on a bakery in Mastung on April 1, according to Daily Times. The baker was identified as Paind Khan.
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A baker was killed while four people sustained injuries when unidentified men hurled a grenade and opened fire on a bakery in Mastung on April 1, according to Daily Times. The baker was identified as Paind Khan.
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Eight rockets, fired from Afghanistan, landed in North Waziristan on April 1, The News reported. Eight rockets were fired from Afghanistan side out of which three fell in Bangidar area and five fell near the main bazaar of Ghulam Khan, situated near
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Eight rockets, fired from Afghanistan, landed in North Waziristan on April 1, The News reported. Eight rockets were fired from Afghanistan side out of which three fell in Bangidar area and five fell near the main bazaar of Ghulam Khan, situated near the Afghan border. However, no one was hurt as the rockets landed in vacant areas.
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April - 1 
In America, counter-terror officials are reportedly warning Police of a threat made by the Taliban chief Baitullah Mehsud to attack the US. In response, federal authorities advised Police and other law enforcement officials that Mehsud’s threat was a
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In America, counter-terror officials are reportedly warning Police of a threat made by the Taliban chief Baitullah Mehsud to attack the US. In response, federal authorities advised Police and other law enforcement officials that Mehsud’s threat was an aspiration rather than evidence of an imminent or specific threat against the United States. FBI spokesman Richard Kolko said Mehsud has made similar threats in the past and has no record of striking targets abroad, although he is suspected of being behind a 10-man cell arrested in Barcelona in January 2008 for plotting suicide attacks in Spain.
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In the province, unidentified men blew up a pipeline supplying gas to Sui in the Lotty area of Dera Bugti District on April 1. The men had placed explosives under the 16-inch diameter pipeline that damaged a portion of the pipeline, affecting gas sup
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In the province, unidentified men blew up a pipeline supplying gas to Sui in the Lotty area of Dera Bugti District on April 1. The men had placed explosives under the 16-inch diameter pipeline that damaged a portion of the pipeline, affecting gas supply to the Sui Power Plant.
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Militants on April 1 ambushed a Police mobile van on the Dir-Kohistan Road in Upper Dir District, killing five Police officials, including a Station House Officer and an Assistant Sub-inspector, and injuring two others, The News reported. Area reside
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Militants on April 1 ambushed a Police mobile van on the Dir-Kohistan Road in Upper Dir District, killing five Police officials, including a Station House Officer and an Assistant Sub-inspector, and injuring two others, The News reported. Area residents and officials said the militants fired two rockets at the van in Jitkot village in the jurisdiction of Sheringal Police station, setting the vehicle on fire. After the rocket attack, the militants, whose strength could not be ascertained, opened fire on the van. The rocket and rifle attack killed five Police officials, including two senior officers.
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More than 70 Taliban militants attacked the famous Gojaro Kalay emerald mine in Shangla District on April 1 and took control of the mining operations, Daily Times reported. The mine had been leased to American firm Luxury International, which had bee
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More than 70 Taliban militants attacked the famous Gojaro Kalay emerald mine in Shangla District on April 1 and took control of the mining operations, Daily Times reported. The mine had been leased to American firm Luxury International, which had been paying Pakistan PKR 40 million a year. The company had left recently because of the security situation. The Taliban took positions around the mine on April 1 after the security guards fled. They announced to take control of mining operations and offered the locals to work with them and share the profits.
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Security Forces (SFs) on April 1 released 10 more Taliban militants. Sources said SFs, under the peace pact signed between the NWFP Government and the banned TNSM, freed 10 more militants. Those released were identified as Maulana Abdul Shakoor, Rohu
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Security Forces (SFs) on April 1 released 10 more Taliban militants. Sources said SFs, under the peace pact signed between the NWFP Government and the banned TNSM, freed 10 more militants. Those released were identified as Maulana Abdul Shakoor, Rohul Amin and his namesake, Amjad, Aftabuddin, Muhammad Sahib, Khan Nawab, Zakria, Fazal Akbar and Gul Akbar. The Government has released a total of 44 Taliban militants so far.
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The sources said an important meeting of senior militant commanders of Baitullah Mehsud-led banned Tehrik-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) was scheduled to be held at the house of Maulvi Gul Nazeer. In addition, there were unconfirmed reports that TTP leader
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The sources said an important meeting of senior militant commanders of Baitullah Mehsud-led banned Tehrik-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) was scheduled to be held at the house of Maulvi Gul Nazeer. In addition, there were unconfirmed reports that TTP leader for Orakzai and Khyber tribal regions and Baitullah’s deputy Hakimullah Mehsud was supposed to attend the meeting. He subsequently admitted the drone had targeted one of their training camps in Orakzai and killed some of their fighters. Hakimullah threatened to avenge the killing of his fighters by striking in Islamabad as, according to him, the drones had been targeting people in the tribal areas with support of the government.
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The US Senate voted on April 1 to boost aid to Pakistan by $4 billion next year, according to Daily Times. As the US lawmakers continued work on a $3.5 trillion budget blueprint for the upcoming fiscal year, Senator John Kerry, a Democrat, won adopti
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The US Senate voted on April 1 to boost aid to Pakistan by $4 billion next year, according to Daily Times. As the US lawmakers continued work on a $3.5 trillion budget blueprint for the upcoming fiscal year, Senator John Kerry, a Democrat, won adoption of a $4 billion increase next year in aid to Pakistan. Earlier, the Associated Press had reported that the Obama administration plans to seek as much as $3 billion over the next five years to train and equip Pakistan’s military and is considering sending 10,000 more troops to battle the Taliban in Afghanistan.
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Thousands of local residents staged a protest in Manglawar and demanded immediate withdrawal of security forces from the check-posts established near the civilian population and schools and colleges.
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Thousands of local residents staged a protest in Manglawar and demanded immediate withdrawal of security forces from the check-posts established near the civilian population and schools and colleges.
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Three minors and two women were among the 12 people who died in the first-ever US drone attack in Orakzai Agency of FATA on April 1. Sources told The News that an unmanned CIA-operated spy plane fired two Hellfire missiles on the two-storey house of
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Three minors and two women were among the 12 people who died in the first-ever US drone attack in Orakzai Agency of FATA on April 1. Sources told The News that an unmanned CIA-operated spy plane fired two Hellfire missiles on the two-storey house of a militant commander Maulvi Gul Nazeer alias Gul Mulla, in Khadeezai village, about 35 kilometers northwest of Ghiljo, Tehsil (revenue division) headquarters of the Orakzai Agency. They said the drone first fired one missile and fired another after an interval. The attack was the first of its kind in Orakzai Agency, the only tribal region out of the total seven regions of the FATA, which does not share its border with Afghanistan. Reports said the dead included four Arabs, one of them known as Kaka, reportedly a senior al Qaeda operative. The victims included two women and three children, including the wife of Gul Nazeer, his daughter-in-law, his two sons and a nephew. The children were identified as Abdullah, Abdul Latif and Mohammad Shoaib. Maulvi Gul Nazeer survived the attack.
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Three soldiers were killed and four others sustained injuries when their vehicle hit a bomb in the Safi area of Mohmand Agency on April 1, Dawn reported. The soldiers were reportedly going to the Frontier Corps’ base in Momad Gutt from Ghalanai. Afte
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Three soldiers were killed and four others sustained injuries when their vehicle hit a bomb in the Safi area of Mohmand Agency on April 1, Dawn reported. The soldiers were reportedly going to the Frontier Corps’ base in Momad Gutt from Ghalanai. After the incident, Security Forces bombed positions of militants in Safi subdivision and the administration asked people living in Karier, Garhi, Palosi and Mullakhel to vacate their homes by April 2.
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US President Barack Obama said on April 1 that al Qaeda was planning to attack the US mainland from Pakistani soil and added that the US would chase and defeat the terror organisation wherever it was present in the world, The News reported. Addressin
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US President Barack Obama said on April 1 that al Qaeda was planning to attack the US mainland from Pakistani soil and added that the US would chase and defeat the terror organisation wherever it was present in the world, The News reported. Addressing a joint press conference with British Prime Minister Gordon Brown, Obama said the US policy was clear for both Pakistan and Afghanistan, while Afghanistan would not be allowed to become a safe haven for al -Qaeda.
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A would-be suicide bomber shot himself dead before hitting his target i.e. the funeral prayers for slain Police official Fateh Rehman in the Haryan Kot area of Dargai sub-division in NWFP on April 2, The News reported. Five Police personnel, includin
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A would-be suicide bomber shot himself dead before hitting his target i.e. the funeral prayers for slain Police official Fateh Rehman in the Haryan Kot area of Dargai sub-division in NWFP on April 2, The News reported. Five Police personnel, including Station House Officer Fateh Rehman, were killed in a rocket and rifle attack on a Police mobile van by militants near Jitkot village in Upper Dir District on April 1. Sources said the bomber abandoned a bag full of explosives and his suicide vest and hurled two hand-grenades at the people before fleeing. However, the hand-grenades did not explode and he shot himself on the spot with a pistol. The villagers found a national identity card with the body identifying him as Irshadul Haq, son of Niaz Muhammad, of Targhao area in Bajaur Agency.
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In the province, Police in Dera Ismail Khan on April 2 arrested 28 suspected terrorists linked to various banned religious groups, Daily Times reported. According to the Dera Ismail Khan District Police Officer Muhammad Iqbal, the Police were carryin
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In the province, Police in Dera Ismail Khan on April 2 arrested 28 suspected terrorists linked to various banned religious groups, Daily Times reported. According to the Dera Ismail Khan District Police Officer Muhammad Iqbal, the Police were carrying out search operations in the District to arrest saboteurs, adding the action would help eradicate sectarianism and terrorism. The second day of a joint search operation by the Pakistan Army and Police was carried out in Madina Colony and Mohallah Chah Syed Munawar Shah areas. A Kalashnikov, a rifle and bullets were seized. With this, the total number of arrests has increased to 116. The operation that was launched on April 1 is expected to continue for a few days.
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Unidentified men blew up a gas pipeline in the Zeen Koh area of Dera Bugti District on April 2, Daily Times reported. Explosives had been placed next to the 16-inch diameter pipeline that went off, damaging a portion of the pipeline and suspending ga
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Unidentified men blew up a gas pipeline in the Zeen Koh area of Dera Bugti District on April 2, Daily Times reported. Explosives had been placed next to the 16-inch diameter pipeline that went off, damaging a portion of the pipeline and suspending gas supply to a purification plant, a source stated. However, no casualty was reported from the incident site.
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April - 3 
A would-be suicide bomber was killed on April 3 when he tried to target the Pakistan People’s Party-Sherpao (PPP-S) NWFP President Sikandar Hayat Khan Sherpao in Charsadda District, Daily Times reported. Sherpao, a member of the NWFP provincial assem
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A would-be suicide bomber was killed on April 3 when he tried to target the Pakistan People’s Party-Sherpao (PPP-S) NWFP President Sikandar Hayat Khan Sherpao in Charsadda District, Daily Times reported. Sherpao, a member of the NWFP provincial assembly and a son of the former NWFP Chief Minister Aftab Ahmad Khan Sherpao, was addressing a public gathering in the Mandani area of Charsadda, at the time. A Mandani Police Station official told Daily Times the Police ordered the would-be bomber to stop, who was approaching on a bicycle. They opened fire at him after he ignored repeated warnings to stop. The attacker was killed and his aide was arrested. The attacker was wearing a suicide vest, said sources.
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April - 3 
Dozens of armed Taliban militants on April 3 stormed a NATO supplies container terminal in Peshawar, the NWFP capital, and torched nine vehicles and several offices, Daily Times reported. Police and locals said the terminal, located on the Ring Road
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Dozens of armed Taliban militants on April 3 stormed a NATO supplies container terminal in Peshawar, the NWFP capital, and torched nine vehicles and several offices, Daily Times reported. Police and locals said the terminal, located on the Ring Road in Pishtakhara Police station precincts, was attacked early in the morning, adding that the Taliban and Police exchanged heavy fire, but no casualties were reported. Police officials said there were more than 100 militants who participated in the raid. They said the Taliban also used rockets to target the Police party but failed to hit anyone. Meanwhile, AFP reported the Taliban had destroyed nine vehicles parked at the terminal. The vehicles were bound for international forces in Afghanistan. "There were no casualties in the attack early Friday, but the fire destroyed nine NATO vehicles, including fire-fighting vans and 4x4 jeeps," local Police official Fazal Wahid Khan told AFP.
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April - 3 
President Asif Ali Zardari has strongly condemned the flogging of a 17-year-old girl in public in Swat and ordered an inquiry into the matter, Daily Times reported. Presidential spokesman Farhatullah Babar said Zardari had sought a report from the NW
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President Asif Ali Zardari has strongly condemned the flogging of a 17-year-old girl in public in Swat and ordered an inquiry into the matter, Daily Times reported. Presidential spokesman Farhatullah Babar said Zardari had sought a report from the NWFP Government and the local administration and called for arresting those responsible. The two-minute video reportedly shows the girl, wearing a veil, face down on the ground with two men holding her arms and feet and a third man in a black turban with a long beard whipping her. The incident occurred in the Kala Killay area of Kabal sub-division, The News reported.
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April - 3 
Samar Minallah – who works for a Pakistani human rights organisation – distributed the video given to her by people in Swat to the Western media. "The entire village knows she is innocent," Samar told AFP. She told The Guardian that the flogging had
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Samar Minallah – who works for a Pakistani human rights organisation – distributed the video given to her by people in Swat to the Western media. "The entire village knows she is innocent," Samar told AFP. She told The Guardian that the flogging had taken place in the last 10 days.
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April - 3 
Taliban spokesman Muslim Khan acknowledged that his group was responsible for the flogging in public, "because no indoor arrangement for Islamic punishment could be made, as we are at war with the government". The provincial Government spokesman Mian
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Taliban spokesman Muslim Khan acknowledged that his group was responsible for the flogging in public, "because no indoor arrangement for Islamic punishment could be made, as we are at war with the government". The provincial Government spokesman Mian Iftikhar said the flogging took place on January 3, much before the peace deal with the Taliban. "We believe there is a conspiracy to sabotage the peace process by airing a video recorded before the deal," he claimed. Muslim Khan, however, said, "this incident took place nine months ago." Muslim Khan also said the Taliban had handed out a ‘lenient’ punishment to the girl – suggesting she would have been stoned to death had a ‘serious view’ of the ‘crime’ been taken.
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April - 3 
The Taliban militants on April 3 intruded into the National Database and Registration Authority (NADRA) office in Swat, and barred those present in the building from working, a private TV channel reported. According to the channel, the armed militant
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The Taliban militants on April 3 intruded into the National Database and Registration Authority (NADRA) office in Swat, and barred those present in the building from working, a private TV channel reported. According to the channel, the armed militants intruded into the office in the morning and told the officials to stop routine operations. The group said it had stopped the officials from working because men and women were working in the same place. They demanded the NADRA authorities ensure that men and women work separately in the office.
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April - 4 
21 people, including 16 Taliban militants, were killed in an overnight clash when local volunteers and Police personnel tried to enter the Gokand Valley to flush out militants who had infiltrated into Buner area on April 4 from the neighbouring Swat
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21 people, including 16 Taliban militants, were killed in an overnight clash when local volunteers and Police personnel tried to enter the Gokand Valley to flush out militants who had infiltrated into Buner area on April 4 from the neighbouring Swat District, Dawn reported. Three policemen and two Lashkar (militia) volunteers were among the dead. When the combined force attempted to enter the area via Rajagaly Kandow from the Pir Baba side and dislodge the militants, Taliban militants took position and reportedly refused to go back. Sources said that the militants had sent 16 bodies and taken 13 of their wounded colleagues to Swat via Kalil Kandow on April 7-morning.
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April - 4 
A suspected US drone fired two missiles on an alleged Taliban hideout in the North Waziristan Agency of FATA on April 4, killing 13 people, according to Daily Times. Unnamed security officials told news agencies that the dead and injured included loc
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A suspected US drone fired two missiles on an alleged Taliban hideout in the North Waziristan Agency of FATA on April 4, killing 13 people, according to Daily Times. Unnamed security officials told news agencies that the dead and injured included local and foreign Taliban militants, but Daily Times could not ascertain the information. The officials said the family of the man who owned the attacked house was also killed. "The missile hit a house where some guests were staying," one intelligence agency official told Reuters. Officials use the word ‘guests’ for foreigners linked to al Qaeda and Taliban militants. A local tribal elder, Dilawar Khan, told Associated Press that the house was in the Data Khel village very close to the Afghan border. He did not know the identities of the people killed or whether there were Taliban militants staying there.
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April - 4 
Deputy Inspector General of Police Benyamin confirmed the casualties. He said that 37 constables had been present at the post at the time of the blast, adding that the terrorist used around six kilogram’s of explosives. Senior Superintendent of Polic
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Deputy Inspector General of Police Benyamin confirmed the casualties. He said that 37 constables had been present at the post at the time of the blast, adding that the terrorist used around six kilogram’s of explosives. Senior Superintendent of Police Tahir Alam Khan told Daily Times that 11 FC personnel were still missing. He said the legs of the suicide attacker had been recovered from the blast site. In addition, Police arrested a suspicious person from the incident site. Intelligence agencies had earlier warned of a possible terrorist act in the capital.
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April - 4 
Eight Frontier Constabulary (FC) personnel were killed, and seven others injured, when a suicide bomber blew himself up at an FC check post on the Margala Road in national capital Islamabad in the evening of April 4, Daily Times reported. The blast,
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Eight Frontier Constabulary (FC) personnel were killed, and seven others injured, when a suicide bomber blew himself up at an FC check post on the Margala Road in national capital Islamabad in the evening of April 4, Daily Times reported. The blast, which took place at 7:35pm, was followed by an exchange of fire between FC personnel and unidentified accomplices of the suicide attacker. The crossfire continued for around 20 minutes, an eyewitness told Daily Times. However, Police denied any exchange of fire, saying security officials had been firing in the air to scare away other attackers.
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April - 4 
In the province, the Government freed three more Taliban militants from Mingora on April 4, as part of its peace accord with the Tehreek-e-Nafaz-e-Shariat-e-Mohammadi (TNSM). The total number of released Taliban militants has now reached 47. The men
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In the province, the Government freed three more Taliban militants from Mingora on April 4, as part of its peace accord with the Tehreek-e-Nafaz-e-Shariat-e-Mohammadi (TNSM). The total number of released Taliban militants has now reached 47. The men freed on April 4 have been identified as Munawar Hassan, Abdul Haliq and Qadeem. The Taliban had provided a list of 220 of their men to the Government that they wanted released.
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April - 4 
Security Forces (SFs) killed a suspected Taliban militant in the Dooba area of Hangu District on April 4, Daily Times reported. Locals said some Taliban militants were on their way to Zargari when SF personnel stationed at the Shanwari Zargari check-
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Security Forces (SFs) killed a suspected Taliban militant in the Dooba area of Hangu District on April 4, Daily Times reported. Locals said some Taliban militants were on their way to Zargari when SF personnel stationed at the Shanwari Zargari check-post asked them to stop. When they tried to escape, the troops fired at them, killing one of the militant. The others, however, managed to escape from the incident site.
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April - 4 
Seven civilians, including two schoolchildren, and a soldier were killed when a suicide attacker blew up his explosives-laden vehicle after being intercepted near a security check post and an approaching military convoy at Miranshah in the North Wazi
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Seven civilians, including two schoolchildren, and a soldier were killed when a suicide attacker blew up his explosives-laden vehicle after being intercepted near a security check post and an approaching military convoy at Miranshah in the North Waziristan Agency of FATA on April 4, reports Daily Times. "Five private cars were also damaged in the suicide attack. Security forces opened fire in all directions, pre-empting a possible follow-up attack by the insurgents," said a doctor at the nearby state-run hospital. 12 schoolchildren and six soldiers were among 39 persons injured in the suicide attack.
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April - 5 
A suicide bomber blew himself up at the entrance of an Imambargah (Shia place of worship) at Chakwal in Punjab province on April 5, killing 24 people, including three children, and injuring 140 others, at a religious gathering, The News reported. The
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A suicide bomber blew himself up at the entrance of an Imambargah (Shia place of worship) at Chakwal in Punjab province on April 5, killing 24 people, including three children, and injuring 140 others, at a religious gathering, The News reported. The target was the gathering of about 800 people, who were attending a Majlis-e-Aza (a gathering to mourn Imam Hussain) at an Imambargah in Muhallah Sarpak. The Majlis ended at 12:15 pm and the people were preparing to leave the Imambargah when a 15-year old boy, who looked to be an Afghan, stormed into the crowd and blew himself up after private security guards tried to stop him. The Inspector General of Police Shaukat Javed confirmed that the suicide attacker was a single person and said the incident was the continuity of the recent wave of terrorist attacks. He also said the suicide bomber appeared to be a 15-year-old boy whose legs and head, with damage to the face, had been found at the blast site, Daily Times reported.
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April - 5 
Advisor to the Prime Minister on Interior, Rehman Malik, has said that those involved in the suicide bombings are Pakistanis and that they are playing with the lives of innocent people for the sake of a few pennies, according to The News. Talking to
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Advisor to the Prime Minister on Interior, Rehman Malik, has said that those involved in the suicide bombings are Pakistanis and that they are playing with the lives of innocent people for the sake of a few pennies, according to The News. Talking to the media after the suicide attack at Chakwal on April 5, he said that “the price of a suicide bomber is from Rs 0.5 million to Rs 1.5 million while the family of the bomber gets Rs 0.5 million”. He further said that Islamabad and Lahore were the worst affected cities due to the recent series of terrorist incidents.
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April - 5 
After two months of captivity, the Baloch Liberation United Front (BLUF) on April 4-night released the UNHCR Quetta head John Solecki in Khadkocha area of Mastung District, The News reported on April 5. The BLUF spokesman said Solecki was released on
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After two months of captivity, the Baloch Liberation United Front (BLUF) on April 4-night released the UNHCR Quetta head John Solecki in Khadkocha area of Mastung District, The News reported on April 5. The BLUF spokesman said Solecki was released on humanitarian grounds. The Mastung District administration confirmed later in the night that they had received John Solecki and he left Mastung for provincial capital Quetta with high security. The BLUF spokesman telephoned a news agency office claiming that John Solecki was released some 50 kilometers away from Quetta. According to Geo News, the Advisor to Prime Minister on Interior, Rehman Malik, confirmed the release of Solecki. John Solecki had been abducted on February 2, 2009 while he was on his way to office in the Chaman housing scheme. His driver was killed in the kidnapping incident.
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April - 5 
Chand Bibi, the young girl who was shown being flogged by the Swat Taliban in a videotape aired on television channels, gave a statement to a Qazi (Islamic judge), on April 5, denying the incident. Mian Iftikhar Hussain, the NWFP Information Minister
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Chand Bibi, the young girl who was shown being flogged by the Swat Taliban in a videotape aired on television channels, gave a statement to a Qazi (Islamic judge), on April 5, denying the incident. Mian Iftikhar Hussain, the NWFP Information Minister, told The News that she made the statement to Mohammad Riaz, the judge of the Qazi Court for Matta Tehsil (revenue division), and the Commissioner of Malakand Division, Syed Mohammad Javed, both of whom visited her village, Kala Killay, in Kabal sub-division on April 5. Quoting the Commissioner, Mian Iftikhar said Chand Bibi made it clear that she was indeed married to Adalat Khan and everyone in the village knew about it. She refuted the reports that both of them were flogged by the Taliban as punishment for maintaining illicit relations and then forcibly married. According to the information minister, the Commissioner and the Judge had visited Kala Killay to record the statements of the couple on the directive of the NWFP Chief Secretary. The Chief Secretary and Inspector General of Police (NWFP) had been directed by Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of Pakistan, Iftikhar Mohammad Chaudhry, to appear before his court and also produce the girl who was flogged. The Chief Justice had taken suo moto notice of the case after the two-minute videotape was shown on TV channels.
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April - 5 
Six Frontier Corps (FC) personnel were killed in a remote-controlled bomb attack targeting a Security Forces convoy in the Sohbatpur area of Quetta, capital of Balochistan, on April 5, Daily Times reported. According to a private TV channel, a man wh
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Six Frontier Corps (FC) personnel were killed in a remote-controlled bomb attack targeting a Security Forces convoy in the Sohbatpur area of Quetta, capital of Balochistan, on April 5, Daily Times reported. According to a private TV channel, a man who claimed to be a spokesman for the Baloch Republican Army phoned various media organisations and claimed responsibility for the attack.
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April - 5 
The chief of the banned Jama’at-ud-Da’awa (the Lashkar-e-Toiba [LeT front], Hafiz Muhammad Saeed, and its three other leaders have challenged their detention before the Lahore High Court (LHC), The News reported on April 5. A petition, filed under Ar
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The chief of the banned Jama’at-ud-Da’awa (the Lashkar-e-Toiba [LeT front], Hafiz Muhammad Saeed, and its three other leaders have challenged their detention before the Lahore High Court (LHC), The News reported on April 5. A petition, filed under Article 199(1)(b)(i) of the Constitution, said the petitioners in custody within the territorial jurisdiction of the court be brought before it, so that the court could see on its own that the detainees were kept under detention unlawfully. The other leaders of the banned outfit who challenged their detention included Col (retd) Nazeer Ahmad, Mufti Abdul Rehman and Ameer Hamza. The petitioner’s counsel, A. K. Dogar, submitted that Hafiz Saeed had earlier been detained by the Government of Pervez Musharraf, but was released by the LHC, observing that there was no allegation on record against the petitioner or his organisation.
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April - 5 
The counsel said the LHC had also observed that the organisation had never been involved in any terrorist activity in Pakistan and no FIR had ever been registered against it or any of the persons under arrest. He added that there was no finding of an
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The counsel said the LHC had also observed that the organisation had never been involved in any terrorist activity in Pakistan and no FIR had ever been registered against it or any of the persons under arrest. He added that there was no finding of any blood-shed, terrorism or destruction of property anywhere in the country. He said the Jama’at-ud-Da’awa was an independent organisation which had no connection with the Lashkar-e-Toiba.
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April - 5 
The Taliban on April 5 vowed that they would carry out two suicide attacks per week in Pakistan, according to Daily Times. Taliban chief Baitullah Mehsud’s deputy Hakimullah told Associated Press that the Taliban had carried out the April 4 suicide a
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The Taliban on April 5 vowed that they would carry out two suicide attacks per week in Pakistan, according to Daily Times. Taliban chief Baitullah Mehsud’s deputy Hakimullah told Associated Press that the Taliban had carried out the April 4 suicide attack against a paramilitary camp in Islamabad and vowed more assaults unless the US shelved drone attacks in the FATA. He also said Pakistani troops should withdraw from parts of the northwest. “The Islamabad attack was in retaliation for a drone attack in Orakzai,” Hakimullah told AFP.
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April - 5 
Troops backed by helicopter gunships and jets killed at least 18 Taliban militants in the Mohmand Agency of FATA, officials said on April 5, Daily Times reported. The strikes launched on April 5 continued overnight. “At least 18 Taliban were killed a
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Troops backed by helicopter gunships and jets killed at least 18 Taliban militants in the Mohmand Agency of FATA, officials said on April 5, Daily Times reported. The strikes launched on April 5 continued overnight. “At least 18 Taliban were killed and 20 others wounded in a full-fledged military operation in Mohmand,” an unnamed security official told AFP. The militant death toll could not be confirmed independently as the area is sealed off under military operations. “We have also arrested two suspected militants and recovered five paramilitary soldiers who had been kidnapped by militants few days ago,” the official said. The official added that troops had taken a compound used by the Taliban as their centre, forcing them to flee the area, and had also occupied the key heights on the hills ringing Anbar village.
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April - 5 
Unidentified men blew up a girls’ school in Jahangir Khel in the precincts of Miryan Police Station of Bannu District on April 5, Daily Times reported. Police sources said the men had placed explosives in the building of the Government Girls’ School,
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Unidentified men blew up a girls’ school in Jahangir Khel in the precincts of Miryan Police Station of Bannu District on April 5, Daily Times reported. Police sources said the men had placed explosives in the building of the Government Girls’ School, damaging it. However, no casualties were reported.
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April - 6 
In the province, a volunteer of Buner Qaumi Lashkar was killed and another sustained injuries when Taliban militants opened fire in the Gokand area of Buner District on April 6, Daily Times reported. Residents from various villages and sub-divisions
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In the province, a volunteer of Buner Qaumi Lashkar was killed and another sustained injuries when Taliban militants opened fire in the Gokand area of Buner District on April 6, Daily Times reported. Residents from various villages and sub-divisions had formed the Lashkar (militia) to confront around 100 Taliban militants who had entered Buner from Swat on April 5. The Taliban said they would stay in Buner until their chief had had talks with the local chapter of the Tehreek-e-Nafaz-e-Shariat-e-Mohammadi (TNSM).
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April - 6 
The Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) in Bajaur Agency on April 6 declared amnesty for all anti-Taliban tribal elders and appealed to the internally displaced persons (IDPs) living in refugee camps to return to the tribal region, according to Daily Ti
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The Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) in Bajaur Agency on April 6 declared amnesty for all anti-Taliban tribal elders and appealed to the internally displaced persons (IDPs) living in refugee camps to return to the tribal region, according to Daily Times. The TTP also said political parties were creating hurdles in the return of IDPs. In a telephonic conversation with reporters, the TTP central spokesman Maulvi Umer said the Taliban remained committed to a cease-fire they had declared in February 2009 to improve law and order in the agency. Umer said some political parties were inciting the IDPs to demand enforcement of Sharia (Islamic law) in Bajaur after Swat and were using them for vested interests.
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April - 6 
The top leadership of the Taliban is hiding in Balochistan province, Admiral Mike Mullen, the US Chairman of Joint Chiefs of Staff, has said, Daily Times reported. He said this while talking informally, along with Richard Holbrooke, the US Special En
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The top leadership of the Taliban is hiding in Balochistan province, Admiral Mike Mullen, the US Chairman of Joint Chiefs of Staff, has said, Daily Times reported. He said this while talking informally, along with Richard Holbrooke, the US Special Envoy to Afghanistan and Pakistan, to a select group of invitees at US Ambassador Anne Patterson’s house in the US embassy in Islamabad on April 6. Asked if the US was winning or losing the war in Afghanistan, Admiral Mullen said that since the US was not winning, it could be said that it was losing it. Admiral Mullen also said that the US was targeting Baitullah Mehsud now because he had established strategic links with al Qaeda in the past year or so and was facilitating al Qaeda’s attacks on NATO forces in Afghanistan.
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April - 6 
Three female workers of a USAID-funded project run by a Non-Governmental Organisation, Rise International, and their driver were allegedly killed by militants in the Kund Bangla area in the jurisdiction of Shinkiary Police Station in Mansehra Distric
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Three female workers of a USAID-funded project run by a Non-Governmental Organisation, Rise International, and their driver were allegedly killed by militants in the Kund Bangla area in the jurisdiction of Shinkiary Police Station in Mansehra District on April 6, The News reported. A social mobiliser of the Rise International, Sadaf Yar Muhammad of Shabqadar in Charsadda District, Assistant Education Officer, Anjum Zeb of Mansehra, and an unidentified female worker and their driver Saifullah of Pabbi in Nowshera District, were on their way to Mansehra from a mountainous area of Kund Bangla when some unknown assailants attacked them, killing them on the spot. No group or individual has claimed responsibility for the killings so far.
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April - 7 
Expressing satisfaction over the truce in the Malakand Division, the NWFP Information Minister Mian Iftikhar Hussain said on April 7 the Government’s writ had been restored in about 70 per cent of Swat area after the February 16 peace deal, The News
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Expressing satisfaction over the truce in the Malakand Division, the NWFP Information Minister Mian Iftikhar Hussain said on April 7 the Government’s writ had been restored in about 70 per cent of Swat area after the February 16 peace deal, The News reported. “This is a suitable recipe for bringing peace and we shall apply it wherever it is needed once it proves successful in Malakand Division,” Mian Iftikhar told a press conference in Peshawar. Briefing journalists after the 10th meeting of the provincial cabinet, the minister said militants had agreed to lay down arms after the enforcement of the Nizam-e-Adl Regulation in Malakand. The minister, however, admitted that situation in parts of Swat was not ideal, but there was no reason to call it disappointing. He claimed that schools and colleges had been reopened, businesses had been resumed and the people were happy.
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April - 7 
Militants of the banned Tehrik-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP), Swat chapter, occupied a local college and a filling station while a traffic constable was also kidnapped in the Swat valley on April 7. Sources said that armed militants stormed the Government
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Militants of the banned Tehrik-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP), Swat chapter, occupied a local college and a filling station while a traffic constable was also kidnapped in the Swat valley on April 7. Sources said that armed militants stormed the Government Technical College in Pan area of Mingora city and occupied all its rooms. In addition, unidentified men abducted a traffic constable in Mingora city. In another incident, the militants occupied a filling station in Barikot, owned by Said Ahmed, a resident of Buner District.
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April - 7 
Suspected Taliban militants planted a remote-controlled bomb that blew up a music shop and neighbouring stalls at Charsadda bus stand in Peshawar, the NWFP capital, on April 7, Daily Times reported. "A CD and music centre, as well as three other shop
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Suspected Taliban militants planted a remote-controlled bomb that blew up a music shop and neighbouring stalls at Charsadda bus stand in Peshawar, the NWFP capital, on April 7, Daily Times reported. "A CD and music centre, as well as three other shops were destroyed when a locally-made bomb went off in front of a bus stand in Faqirabad area," local Police official Anwar Khan said. No casualties were reported as the shops were closed overnight when the bomb exploded, Police said.
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April - 7 
The top leadership of Afghan Taliban is hiding in Pakistan and controlling the covert war against US-led forces in Afghanistan, the US Special Representative for Afghanistan and Pakistan Richard Holbrooke said on April 7. “The Taliban leadership is i
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The top leadership of Afghan Taliban is hiding in Pakistan and controlling the covert war against US-led forces in Afghanistan, the US Special Representative for Afghanistan and Pakistan Richard Holbrooke said on April 7. “The Taliban leadership is in Pakistan and the Taliban militants are fighting in Afghanistan,” said Holbrooke, accompanied by US Joint Chiefs of Staff Chairman Admiral Mike Mullen. Talking to reporters in Islamabad, he said the US knew from various sources that the Taliban shura (executive council) was hiding in Balochistan and that had serious implications for the new US strategy for the region. He also said the issue had been discussed with the Pakistani leadership. Further, Admiral Mullen said Baitullah Mehsud was a direct threat to the US and his men were crossing into Afghanistan to fight against the NATO and ISAF forces.
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April - 8 
12 persons, including 10 Pakistanis, were arrested on suspicion of having links with al Qaeda in a series of raids in northwest England, the Police said on April 8, Yahoo News reported. Reports said those arrested included two students who were surro
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12 persons, including 10 Pakistanis, were arrested on suspicion of having links with al Qaeda in a series of raids in northwest England, the Police said on April 8, Yahoo News reported. Reports said those arrested included two students who were surrounded by armed Police at John Moores University in Liverpool. Ten of the men were reportedly from Pakistan and in Britain on student visas.
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April - 8 
Four suspected militants were killed and five others injured in a drone attack in the Gangikhel village of South Waziristan Agency (SWA) on April 8, The News reported. The village is located 10 kilometers south of Wana, headquarters of the SWA, local
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Four suspected militants were killed and five others injured in a drone attack in the Gangikhel village of South Waziristan Agency (SWA) on April 8, The News reported. The village is located 10 kilometers south of Wana, headquarters of the SWA, locals said. An unnamed senior official said the drone fired two missiles at a vehicle parked by the Taliban in the village graveyard. The official also said the Taliban had fitted heavy weapons on the vehicle to target the CIA-operated spy plane which, he said, was seen hovering over Wana and the adjoining villages at an extremely low altitude. “They fired several shots at the drone, but failed to hit it. The aircraft fired two missiles, blowing both the vehicles and the militants into pieces,” said the official. He added a nearby house and a shop owned by a local tribesman were also partially damaged in the missile strike. Militant sources confirmed the killing of their four colleagues in the attack. They said three among the slain militants belonged to the Punjab and one was affiliated to a group of pro-government militant commander Maulvi Nazeer.
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April - 8 
Pakistani Taliban commander Mullah Nazeer Ahmed said in an interview with al Qaeda’s media arm, Al-Sahab, that the Taliban would soon capture Islamabad, Daily Times reported. Pakistani Taliban factions had united and would take their war to the capit
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Pakistani Taliban commander Mullah Nazeer Ahmed said in an interview with al Qaeda’s media arm, Al-Sahab, that the Taliban would soon capture Islamabad, Daily Times reported. Pakistani Taliban factions had united and would take their war to the capital, he said. “The day is not far when Islamabad will be in the hands of the Mujahideen,” he declared. He accused the Pakistan Army of sending spies to facilitate US drone strikes against al Qaeda and Taliban, and said Pakistani authorities were misleading the public by saying it was the United States carrying out the attacks. “All these attacks that have happened and are still happening are the work of Pakistan,” he said, according to a transcript of the interview posted on Al-Sahab’s website. Mullah Nazeer Ahmed also blamed the Pakistani military’s Inter-Services Intelligence (ISI) agency for sowing divisions between factions, saying the ISI was the Taliban’s main enemy.
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April - 8 
Police said on April 8 they had arrested five members of the banned Sunni group Lashkar-e-Jhangvi (LeJ) for allegedly plotting to bomb sensitive areas in Karachi, Dawn reported. “We have arrested five terrorists and seized... weapons, explosives and
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Police said on April 8 they had arrested five members of the banned Sunni group Lashkar-e-Jhangvi (LeJ) for allegedly plotting to bomb sensitive areas in Karachi, Dawn reported. “We have arrested five terrorists and seized... weapons, explosives and chemicals required for bomb-making,” Karachi city Police chief Waseem Ahmed told a press conference. He also confirmed the suspects belonged to the LeJ group.
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April - 8 
The mysterious killing of three leading Baloch nationalist leaders - who were allegedly arrested by intelligence agencies on April 3 - have sparked a wave of protests and violence across Balochistan that has so far killed one Police official, Daily T
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The mysterious killing of three leading Baloch nationalist leaders - who were allegedly arrested by intelligence agencies on April 3 - have sparked a wave of protests and violence across Balochistan that has so far killed one Police official, Daily Times reported. Police found the decomposing bodies of the three Baloch leaders - Ghulam Mohammad Baloch and Lala Munir of the Balochistan National Movement and Sher Muhammad Baloch of the Baloch Republican Party - in the Pidrak area of Turbat District on April 8-evening. The Baloch leaders were allegedly arrested by the intelligence agencies from the office of Kachkol Ali Baloch, a former leader of the opposition in the Balochistan Assembly. According to local sources, the Baloch leaders had been shot in the head. Violence and protests broke out across Balochistan soon after the news of the leaders’ killing broke out. Reuters reported that two people had been killed in the violence.
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April - 8 
The newspaper also reported that al Qaeda, Taliban and other militants have been relocating from the Tribal Areas to Pakistan’s overcrowded and impoverished cities, which is likely to make it harder to find and stop them from staging terrorist attack
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The newspaper also reported that al Qaeda, Taliban and other militants have been relocating from the Tribal Areas to Pakistan’s overcrowded and impoverished cities, which is likely to make it harder to find and stop them from staging terrorist attacks. “Putting these guys on the run forces a lot of good things to happen… It gives you more targeting opportunities. The downside is that you get a much more dispersed target set and they go to places where we are not operating,” said a senior US defence official. Officials also pointed out that the strikes by the missile-firing drones are a recruiting issue for extremists because of the civilian casualties.
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April - 8 
The United States has assured Pakistan it will not carry out drone attacks in Balochistan, President Asif Ali Zardari said in an interview with Dunya TV on April 8, Daily Times reported. “Not only the people of Pakistan, but also the government is co
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The United States has assured Pakistan it will not carry out drone attacks in Balochistan, President Asif Ali Zardari said in an interview with Dunya TV on April 8, Daily Times reported. “Not only the people of Pakistan, but also the government is concerned over the drone attacks,” Zardari said. He said the US had incorporated several of Pakistan’s suggestions in its new policy for Afghanistan, but the two countries disagreed on the drone strikes. However, he said Washington “has assured us it will not carry out drone attacks in Balochistan”.
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April - 9 
Dawn has reported that instead of pulling out of Buner District as they had announced on April 9, the Taliban of Swat moved on April 10 to consolidate their hold and took control of new areas, including the shrine of Sufi saint Pir Baba. Security For
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Dawn has reported that instead of pulling out of Buner District as they had announced on April 9, the Taliban of Swat moved on April 10 to consolidate their hold and took control of new areas, including the shrine of Sufi saint Pir Baba. Security Forces reportedly offered no resistance. “They have taken control of vast areas in Buner. They are freely moving around while police and other law-enforcement personnel remain confined to their posts,” said a man who lives near the shrine of Pir Baba. He said that the militants had earlier announced that they would leave after holding a march in various areas. Local people said that the militants, who occupied houses of influential people organising an anti-Taliban militia, were still patrolling the road leading to Daggar, the District headquarters. Militants set on fire TV sets, pictures and paintings and audio and video cassettes before the Friday prayers. They also reportedly locked the shrine, stopping followers of Pir Baba from visiting the place. “We have been asked by our seniors not to interfere with the Taliban,” said an officer of the Pir Baba Police station. He said the Taliban had advanced weapons, some of which he had “never seen before”.
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April - 9 
In the province, the Taliban agreed to leave Buner District unconditionally after successful talks with a peace jirga (council of elders) in Mingora on April 9, Daily Times reported. Malakand Commissioner Syed Muhammad Javed told a private TV channel
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In the province, the Taliban agreed to leave Buner District unconditionally after successful talks with a peace jirga (council of elders) in Mingora on April 9, Daily Times reported. Malakand Commissioner Syed Muhammad Javed told a private TV channel the Taliban had agreed to leave Buner and would completely vacate the area by April 10 (today). He said the Taliban had made no demands for vacating the area. Earlier, the local jirga held talks with the Taliban under the supervision of the commissioner. Javed said Maulana Waliullah mediated between the jirga members and Taliban. A group of Swat Taliban had moved into Buner last week. However, local villagers resisted them, engaging the heavily armed militants and killing 20 of them.
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April - 9 
Maulana Sufi Muhammad, the Tehreek-e-Nafaz-e-Shariat-e-Mohammadi (TNSM) chief, concluded his “peace camp” in Swat on April 9, in protest against the delay in the implementation of Nizam-e-Adl Regulation, according to Daily Times. “But the peace deal
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Maulana Sufi Muhammad, the Tehreek-e-Nafaz-e-Shariat-e-Mohammadi (TNSM) chief, concluded his “peace camp” in Swat on April 9, in protest against the delay in the implementation of Nizam-e-Adl Regulation, according to Daily Times. “But the peace deal with the provincial government is intact,” Sufi Muhammad told a press conference in Mingora before moving out of the District. “If something unpleasant happens after our peace camp has been wrapped up, President Asif Zardari will be held responsible,” Sufi read a written statement in Pushto. He alleged the federal Government was not sincere. TNSM spokesman Amir Izzat Khan said Sufi Muhammad left for Amandara town in Malakand where he will chair a shura (executive council) meeting. “The ball is now in the president’s court,” he told Daily Times. However, the Malakand Commissioner Syed Muhammad Javed said the federal Government would sign the regulation soon.
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April - 9 
One unidentified militant was killed by the Security Forces when a group of Taliban militants attempted to loot the house of a former District official in village Qalagai, The News reported. A group of armed militants raided the house of Ajmeer and l
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One unidentified militant was killed by the Security Forces when a group of Taliban militants attempted to loot the house of a former District official in village Qalagai, The News reported. A group of armed militants raided the house of Ajmeer and loaded the valuable household items in their vehicles, besides taking four people with them. However, soon after the raid of the Taliban, the SFs arrived and opened fire on the Taliban convoy.
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April - 9 
The Taliban dumped the beheaded body of Muhammad Islam Khan, a senior leader of the Awami National Party in Bajaur, in the agency’s Ghundo area. He was abducted on his way home on April 9, Daily Times reported.
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The Taliban dumped the beheaded body of Muhammad Islam Khan, a senior leader of the Awami National Party in Bajaur, in the agency’s Ghundo area. He was abducted on his way home on April 9, Daily Times reported.
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April - 9 
The Taliban spokesman Muslim Khan said peace in the country is only possible through the imposition of Sharia (Islamic law). Talking to Daily Times, he joined Sufi Muhammad in condemning the president for not signing the Nizam-e-Adl Regulation. “We s
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The Taliban spokesman Muslim Khan said peace in the country is only possible through the imposition of Sharia (Islamic law). Talking to Daily Times, he joined Sufi Muhammad in condemning the president for not signing the Nizam-e-Adl Regulation. “We support Sufi Muhammad’s stance against the federal government… If clashes between Taliban and the security forces resume, the president will be responsible,” he said.
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April - 10 
A gas pipeline, supplying gas to the Sui plant, was blown up in the Sui Tehsil (revenue division) of the Dera Bugti District on April 10, The News reported. Some unidentified men had planted explosives, which exploded and damaged a portion of the 16-
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A gas pipeline, supplying gas to the Sui plant, was blown up in the Sui Tehsil (revenue division) of the Dera Bugti District on April 10, The News reported. Some unidentified men had planted explosives, which exploded and damaged a portion of the 16-inch-diameter pipeline. Further, a patrolling vehicle of the troops hit a landmine, which exploded in the Loti area of the Dera Bugti District and damaged the vehicle. However, no one was hurt in the incident.
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April - 10 
A man was killed and two others sustained injuries in a bomb blast in Bannu on April 10, Daily Times reported. According to a private TV channel, a jirga (council of elders) was underway when the blast occurred.
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A man was killed and two others sustained injuries in a bomb blast in Bannu on April 10, Daily Times reported. According to a private TV channel, a jirga (council of elders) was underway when the blast occurred.
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April - 10 
According to another private TV channel, the Taliban extended the cease-fire in Darra Adam Khel for 10 more days. According to the channel, the Taliban announced the extension during a jirga with five local tribes at an undisclosed location. The Tali
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According to another private TV channel, the Taliban extended the cease-fire in Darra Adam Khel for 10 more days. According to the channel, the Taliban announced the extension during a jirga with five local tribes at an undisclosed location. The Taliban also authorised local elders to hold talks with the Government.
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April - 10 
At least 13 people were injured in three blasts in Balochistan on April 10, according to Daily Times. Four persons were injured in a bomb blast in Turbat, when the bomb, which was planted on a motorbike, exploded near a military convoy, a Police offi
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At least 13 people were injured in three blasts in Balochistan on April 10, according to Daily Times. Four persons were injured in a bomb blast in Turbat, when the bomb, which was planted on a motorbike, exploded near a military convoy, a Police official said. Three civilians and a Policeman were injured, he added. Separately, five Security Force personnel were injured when unidentified militants attacked their vehicle with a hand grenade near the Pir Kas area in Hub. In another incident, four people, including a journalist and a Policeman, were wounded in a bomb blast at Double Road in Khuzdar.
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April - 10 
In the province, two police posts were targeted with rockets in the Nowshera District on April 10-evening that partially damaged the buildings. However, no casualty was reported.
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In the province, two police posts were targeted with rockets in the Nowshera District on April 10-evening that partially damaged the buildings. However, no casualty was reported.
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April - 10 
Mian Iftikhar and Afrasiyab, accompanied by Home Secretary Fayaz Toru, Malakand Commissioner Syed Muhammad Javed and District Coordination Officer Malakand Agency Arshad Khan, held talks with the TNSM team, represented by its spokesman Amir Izzat Kha
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Mian Iftikhar and Afrasiyab, accompanied by Home Secretary Fayaz Toru, Malakand Commissioner Syed Muhammad Javed and District Coordination Officer Malakand Agency Arshad Khan, held talks with the TNSM team, represented by its spokesman Amir Izzat Khan, Maulana Syed Wahab, Ghayasuddin, Latif Khan and Multanmir. After negotiations, Mian Iftikhar said they agreed to keep the deal intact. He contradicted some media reports about the scrapping of the accord and said some elements were bent upon sabotaging the agreement but their nefarious designs would be foiled. Talking to reporters, Amir Izzat said their agreement with the provincial Government was intact. “Sufi Muhammad just wound up the peace camp in protest and it is not related to the scrapping of the pact,” he said. The TNSM spokesman said Sufi Muhammad did not take part in the talks in protest and would not hold negotiations with the Government till the implementation of the Nizam-e-Adl Regulation.
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April - 10 
South Waziristan, militants fired rockets at the Frontier Corps’ Scouts Camp in Wana early on April 10 and also targeted the high school in Shakai area, The News reported. Officials of the Political Administration said two rockets hit a high school i
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South Waziristan, militants fired rockets at the Frontier Corps’ Scouts Camp in Wana early on April 10 and also targeted the high school in Shakai area, The News reported. Officials of the Political Administration said two rockets hit a high school in the Shakai area. Separately, two rockets landed in the heavily guarded Scouts Camp in Wana. However, no human or property loss was reported.
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April - 10 
Taliban militants triggered a bomb blast in the Chamkani area, outside provincial capital Peshawar, destroying six tankers supplying fuel to the NATO troops in neighbouring Afghanistan, The News reported. Around 35 tankers were parked at the incident
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Taliban militants triggered a bomb blast in the Chamkani area, outside provincial capital Peshawar, destroying six tankers supplying fuel to the NATO troops in neighbouring Afghanistan, The News reported. Around 35 tankers were parked at the incident site, when militants placed a bomb under one of the vehicles loaded with diesel, petrol and aviation fuel, Police official Asmatullah Khan told AFP. The blast triggered a fire which spread to another five tankers, he said.
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April - 10 
The Taliban beheaded two men they accused of spying for the United States in North Waziristan on April 10, Daily Times reported. The beheaded body of Shahid Mehsud was found along the Miranshah-Razmak Road in Dundin area, 40 kilometers south of Miran
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The Taliban beheaded two men they accused of spying for the United States in North Waziristan on April 10, Daily Times reported. The beheaded body of Shahid Mehsud was found along the Miranshah-Razmak Road in Dundin area, 40 kilometers south of Miranshah, while the body of Gul Mir Jan was found along the Datta Khel-Miranshah Road in Degaan area, 20 kilometers west of Miranshah. Notes found near the bodies warned that anybody found involved in spying for the US would meet the same fate.
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April - 10 
The Taliban had arrested over a dozen people, reportedly belonging to Maulana Fazlur Rahman’s JUI-F and the PPP, who would be dealt with according to Sharia.
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The Taliban had arrested over a dozen people, reportedly belonging to Maulana Fazlur Rahman’s JUI-F and the PPP, who would be dealt with according to Sharia.
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April - 10 
The Taliban has reportedly prepared a special armed force named “Action Group” to ensure the enforcement of Sharia and punish the violators. Faqir said shaving of beards and walking of men without having cap on their heads were practices of the Jews
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The Taliban has reportedly prepared a special armed force named “Action Group” to ensure the enforcement of Sharia and punish the violators. Faqir said shaving of beards and walking of men without having cap on their heads were practices of the Jews and their followers, which, he warned, the Taliban would not allow in Bajaur. Faqir said he would not allow the BISP to operate and “mislead” simple women of the tribal region. He said work on preparation of lists of people supporting the BISP and other NGOs had already been initiated. Faqir threatened that the Action Group would soon produce such people before their Sharia Court. In addition, he strictly warned women against coming out of their homes and acquiring Computerised National Identity Cards, which is reportedly mandatory for getting monetary benefits from the BISP. The militant commander said if the people were found guilty of supporting the BISP or getting its monetary benefits, the violators would be punished according to Sharia in which minimum fine would not be less than PKR 10,000.
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April - 10 
The Taliban on April 10 announced the enforcement of Sharia (Islamic law) in the Bajaur Agency of FATA and stopped women from going outside without male relatives, banned shaving of beard and warned the people against availing assistance from the Ben
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The Taliban on April 10 announced the enforcement of Sharia (Islamic law) in the Bajaur Agency of FATA and stopped women from going outside without male relatives, banned shaving of beard and warned the people against availing assistance from the Benazir Income Support Programme (BISP), The News reported. The announcement was made by Maulvi Faqir Mohammad, Taliban chief in the agency, in his 40-minute speech delivered through his group’s illegal FM radio channel. Faqir, who is deputy leader of the Baitullah Mehsud-led Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP), addressed the tribesmen on the FM radio on weekly basis. He said he and his men would spare no efforts to strictly implement the Islamic laws in the region.
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April - 10 
The Tehreek-e-Nafaz-e-Shariat-e-Mohammadi (TNSM) on April 10 Friday assured the NWFP Government that it would keep the peace deal intact, but warned that the delay by President Asif Ali Zardari in signing the Nizam-e-Adl Regulation could hinder the r
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The Tehreek-e-Nafaz-e-Shariat-e-Mohammadi (TNSM) on April 10 Friday assured the NWFP Government that it would keep the peace deal intact, but warned that the delay by President Asif Ali Zardari in signing the Nizam-e-Adl Regulation could hinder the return of peace to the Swat Valley, The News reported. The NWFP Information Minister Mian Iftikhar Hussain and the peace envoy to the NWFP Government Afrasiyab Khattak reportedly went to Batkhela to meet the TNSM chief Maulana Sufi Muhammad, who wound up the peace camp in Swat on April 9. However, Sufi Muhammad refused to meet the visiting delegation in protest against the delay in the signing of the Nizam-e-Adl Regulation. “We met him (Sufi) during the Friday prayers but he did not participate in the talks,” said Mian Iftikhar.
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April - 11 
Gunmen shot dead eight persons in separate incidents in Balochistan on April 11, amid protests over the killing of three local leaders, Police said, according to Daily Times. Gunmen on a motorbike shot dead a Police official in Quetta, senior Police
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Gunmen shot dead eight persons in separate incidents in Balochistan on April 11, amid protests over the killing of three local leaders, Police said, according to Daily Times. Gunmen on a motorbike shot dead a Police official in Quetta, senior Police officer Rana Khalid told AFP. In another drive-by shooting, gunmen killed one person and wounded another, he said. “Both incidents could be linked to a three-day strike being observed in the province” since the bodies of three separatist politicians were found on April 9, he said. Police also recovered dead bodies of six employees at a coalmine in Margat. “The victims who were abducted on Friday, were killed before dawn on Saturday,” local Police officer Jaffar Hussain said. “They were shot dead,” he said. Meerak Baloch, spokesman for the Baloch Liberation Army (BLA), claimed responsibility for the Margat killings in a phone call to AFP, saying those targeted were people from Punjab and the North West Frontier Province (NWFP).
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April - 12 
According to Daily Times, a security guard was killed and three others injured on April 12 when armed men stormed into three terminals storing NATO supplies in the limits of Yakatoot Police Station in Peshawar, capital of the NWFP. A Police official
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According to Daily Times, a security guard was killed and three others injured on April 12 when armed men stormed into three terminals storing NATO supplies in the limits of Yakatoot Police Station in Peshawar, capital of the NWFP. A Police official said that around 200 suspected Taliban militants, who attacked the Aasim and Amanullah Terminal on Ring Road, also set ablaze 12 vehicles. He said a guard, Arif, had succumbed to his injuries, while three others were injured.
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April - 12 
On April 12, militants took villages in the Chamla sub-division under their ‘protection’ and faced no resistance from law-enforcement agencies. “We are in touch with their (Taliban) leaders in Swat. The situation will return to normal in a few days,”
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On April 12, militants took villages in the Chamla sub-division under their ‘protection’ and faced no resistance from law-enforcement agencies. “We are in touch with their (Taliban) leaders in Swat. The situation will return to normal in a few days,” the Buner District Co-ordination Officer Jawed Ahmad said, adding that local people had entered into an agreement with the Taliban in Swat through a trible elders’ council. He said: “We are pursuing a policy of restraint. Even a minor mistake can derail the government’s peace initiative. These Taliban are peaceful. Till now they have not harmed anyone in the district.” He also denied that the Swat Taliban was recruiting youths in Buner.
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April - 12 
President Asif Ali Zardari on April 12 referred the Nizam-e-Adl Regulation, 2009 to the Prime Minister with the advice that he may consider placing it before parliament for debate, The News reported. The President has sent an advice to the Prime Mini
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President Asif Ali Zardari on April 12 referred the Nizam-e-Adl Regulation, 2009 to the Prime Minister with the advice that he may consider placing it before parliament for debate, The News reported. The President has sent an advice to the Prime Minister under clause 2 of Article 56 read with clause 1 of Article 48 of the Constitution. Article 56 (2) states: “The President may send message to either House, whether with respect to a bill then pending in the Majlis-e-Shoora (parliament) or otherwise, and a House to which any message is so sent shall with all convenient dispatch consider any matter required by the message to be taken into consideration.” Article 48 (1) reads as, “In exercise of his functions, the president shall act in accordance with the advice of the cabinet (or the prime minister).” Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani has already indicated that the Swat peace deal would be debated in parliament on April 12 and that the President would act according to the decision of parliament.
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April - 12 
Protests against the killing of three Baloch nationalist leaders continued across Balochistan on April 12 for the fourth consecutive day, Daily Times reported. The protests are being held against the assassination of Balochistan National Movement cha
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Protests against the killing of three Baloch nationalist leaders continued across Balochistan on April 12 for the fourth consecutive day, Daily Times reported. The protests are being held against the assassination of Balochistan National Movement chairman Ghulam Muhammad Baloch, vice president Lala Munir Ahmed Baloch and Baloch Republican Party leader Sher Muhammad Baloch, with some blaming state agents for the murders. Political activists and supporters of the slain leaders observed a complete shutter down and wheel jam strike across the province and chanted slogans against the Government. Clashes between the Police and the protesters and arrest of political workers were also reported. Road links between Balochistan and other parts of the country were completely disrupted and passengers were stranded at bus stations and terminals. In addition, protesters in the provincial Quetta set ablaze branch offices of two private banks, two tractors belonging to the Agriculture Department, the office of a special magistrate, and two vans.
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April - 12 
The NWFP, Security Forces targeted Taliban hideouts near the border between Hangu District and Kurram Agency in the FATA on April 12. Official sources said that dozens of houses and a mosque were also damaged in the attack. However, no casualties wer
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The NWFP, Security Forces targeted Taliban hideouts near the border between Hangu District and Kurram Agency in the FATA on April 12. Official sources said that dozens of houses and a mosque were also damaged in the attack. However, no casualties were reported. The operation followed a Taliban attack on the convoy of Kurram Agency Political Agent Arshad Majeed near Tutkas area two days ago in which one trooper was killed and seven were injured.
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April - 12 
The Swat District administration on April 12 released five Taliban militants in accordance with the peace accord signed by the NWFP Government and the Tehreek-e-Nafaz-e-Shariat-e-Mohammadi (TNSM). Official sources said with the latest release, the nu
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The Swat District administration on April 12 released five Taliban militants in accordance with the peace accord signed by the NWFP Government and the Tehreek-e-Nafaz-e-Shariat-e-Mohammadi (TNSM). Official sources said with the latest release, the number of the Taliban militants released after the deal has risen to 53. The sources identified those released as Fazal Qadeer, Misbahur Rehman, Ameer Rehman, Bahadar Khan and Hafeezullha.
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April - 12 
The Taliban from Swat, who have taken control of a number of areas in the Buner District, are converting mosques in Buner into recruitment centres to urge youths to join their ranks, Dawn reported. Almost all mosques in Sultanwas, Pacha, Bhai Kaly, M
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The Taliban from Swat, who have taken control of a number of areas in the Buner District, are converting mosques in Buner into recruitment centres to urge youths to join their ranks, Dawn reported. Almost all mosques in Sultanwas, Pacha, Bhai Kaly, Malkpur, Kalakheelam, Jure, Bagra, Manyarai and Gokand are being used by them to recruit local people to their cause of enforcing Sharia (Islamic law) in the Malakand Division and eventually in the rest of the country.
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April - 12 
The Tehreek-e-Nafaz-e-Shariat-e-Mohammadi (TNSM) and the Swat Taliban on April 12 warned parliamentarians against opposing the Nizam-e-Adl Regulation in the National Assembly. “Even holy prophets had no authority to make religious laws or amend them,
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The Tehreek-e-Nafaz-e-Shariat-e-Mohammadi (TNSM) and the Swat Taliban on April 12 warned parliamentarians against opposing the Nizam-e-Adl Regulation in the National Assembly. “Even holy prophets had no authority to make religious laws or amend them, then how can the National Assembly do it?” TNSM spokesman Amir Izzat Khan told The News. “If members of the National Assembly opposed the judicial system of the Shariat-e-Muhammadi, they will enter the category of non-Muslims and Pakistan will become Darul Harb,” he warned. Explaining Darul Harb, he said when the rulers of a country opposed the Sharia (Islamic law), they did not remain Muslims anymore. “So a country with non-Muslims as its rulers becomes Darul Harb,” he said and added that it made Jihad mandatory on rulers. Muslim Khan, the spokesman for the Swat militants, warned that those opposing the Nizam-e-Adl would be declared Murtad or apostate. “Then, he or she should contest election on minority seat, if he or she remains alive,” he said.
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April - 13 
A Policeman was shot dead and a civilian sustained bullet wounds in Quetta on April 13, a Police official said, Daily Times reported. The official said the Policeman, Niaz Ali, was patrolling on a motorbike, when unidentified armed militants opened f
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A Policeman was shot dead and a civilian sustained bullet wounds in Quetta on April 13, a Police official said, Daily Times reported. The official said the Policeman, Niaz Ali, was patrolling on a motorbike, when unidentified armed militants opened fire at him on Sariab Road. Saeed Ahmed, a passer-by, also sustained bullet injuries.
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April - 13 
A tribal jirga (council) handed over three Jamrud mosque bombing suspects to political authorities in Khyber Agency on April 13, reports Daily Times. On March 27, a bomber had blown himself up during the Juma (Friday prayer) congregation at a crowded
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A tribal jirga (council) handed over three Jamrud mosque bombing suspects to political authorities in Khyber Agency on April 13, reports Daily Times. On March 27, a bomber had blown himself up during the Juma (Friday prayer) congregation at a crowded mosque at Begyari in Jamrud, killing 83 people. Sources said the Khyber Agency’s political administration had sought the custody of eight suspects from the Kokikhel Qaumi Jirga but only three – Khaista Khan, Taj Wali and Muhammad Rafiq – had been handed over to them. They said the jirga had promised remaining suspects’ handover within the next few days. Meanwhile, Khyber Agency’s Political Agent Tariq Hayat Khan distributed the PKR 300,000 cheques to the families of nine dead and one injured by terrorists.
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April - 13 
An explosion at a girls’ primary school in Noor area destroyed the entire building. However, no casualties were reported from explosions.
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An explosion at a girls’ primary school in Noor area destroyed the entire building. However, no casualties were reported from explosions.
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April - 13 
Daily Times reports that Taliban in Swat have renewed efforts to recruit fighters and supporters following delays in the implementation of their peace agreement with the Government. “As long as we were there enforcing peace, they were not recruiting,
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Daily Times reports that Taliban in Swat have renewed efforts to recruit fighters and supporters following delays in the implementation of their peace agreement with the Government. “As long as we were there enforcing peace, they were not recruiting,” Rizwanullah Farooq, son of Sufi Muhammad, told Bloomberg on April 13. He said, “Now recruitment is going on even in Buner because they don’t see a chance for peace. The government must understand this.” The report adds that the drive into Buner brings the Taliban closest to Islamabad in the five years since they began fighting the government for territorial control. The Tehreek Nifaaz-e-Shariat-e-Muhammadi, which signed the two-month-old peace accord with the Government on behalf of the Taliban, abandoned the vigil last week by leaving Swat in protest and has threatened to pull out of the peace accord to protest delay by President Asif Ali Zardari in approving the system of Sufi’s Sharia (Islamic law) courts in the area.
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April - 13 
Officials said that unidentified men had abducted a renowned businessman of the NWFP, Meer Zaki Shah, from Shanawarai area. Police said the armed men abducted the businessman while he was taking his children home from school.
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Officials said that unidentified men had abducted a renowned businessman of the NWFP, Meer Zaki Shah, from Shanawarai area. Police said the armed men abducted the businessman while he was taking his children home from school.
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April - 13 
Pakistan’s Interior Adviser Rehman Malik on April 13 said that information provided by Indian authorities regarding Mumbai terrorist attacks on November 26, 2008 is incomplete and Islamabad has asked New Delhi to provide the missing information for t
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Pakistan’s Interior Adviser Rehman Malik on April 13 said that information provided by Indian authorities regarding Mumbai terrorist attacks on November 26, 2008 is incomplete and Islamabad has asked New Delhi to provide the missing information for the successful prosecution of the culprits, reports Daily Times. “We had sent 32 questions to India on the Mumbai attacks and India sent its response on March 13... We sent it to the investigation team for evaluation. Based on the reservations shown by the Pakistani investigators, we have written to the Indian high commissioner and gave him a briefing on what is missing and what is not provided,” Malik told a press conference. “Pakistan has asked India to provide an attested copy of the judicial statement of Ajmal Kasab,” he said. “We have sought a copy of statement of ATS chief investigator Karkre on the Samjotha Express incident, we have asked Indian authorities to provide details of the SIM cards, the GPRS system, the credentials of those Indian arrested in connection with the attacks, the report on Kasab’s DNA and a copy of charge sheet against the culprits,” Malik said. The interior adviser said the DNA reports of Kasab and another suspect, Ismail, were identical. He said another suspected facilitator of the attacks, Shahid Jamil Riaz, had been arrested.
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April - 13 
President Asif Ali Zardari signed the Nizam-e-Adl Regulation for Swat on April 13, after the National Assembly passed a resolution in favour of the draft regulation, Daily Times reported on April 14. "Yes, the president has signed the Nizam-e-Adl Reg
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President Asif Ali Zardari signed the Nizam-e-Adl Regulation for Swat on April 13, after the National Assembly passed a resolution in favour of the draft regulation, Daily Times reported on April 14. "Yes, the president has signed the Nizam-e-Adl Regulation before leaving for Dubai on a two-day visit," said presidential spokesman Farhatullah Babar. Earlier on April 13, the National Assembly unanimously passed a resolution recommending the President sign the regulation to be imposed in the Malakand Division in accordance with a peace agreement between the NWFP Government and the Tehreek-e-Nafaz-e-Shariat-e-Mohammadi (TNSM). The Muttahida Qaumi Movement had expressed its reservations over the resolution but abstained from voting to allow it to be passed unanimously. Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani told the National Assembly that the issue had been brought before the House to build a broad national consensus and establish the supremacy of Parliament.
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April - 13 
Seven youths were injured in a grenade attack at Killi Ibrahimzai Brewery on the same night, the Police said. According to the officials, unidentified men threw a hand grenade on a group of youths sitting in front of their houses in the area.
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Seven youths were injured in a grenade attack at Killi Ibrahimzai Brewery on the same night, the Police said. According to the officials, unidentified men threw a hand grenade on a group of youths sitting in front of their houses in the area.
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April - 13 
Taliban militants stopped the polio vaccination campaign launched in Darsmand union council area under Tal tehsil (revenue unit) in Hangu District, threatening to abduct health officials if they would go ahead with the campaign, Daily Times reported.
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Taliban militants stopped the polio vaccination campaign launched in Darsmand union council area under Tal tehsil (revenue unit) in Hangu District, threatening to abduct health officials if they would go ahead with the campaign, Daily Times reported. Khan Meer, head of one of the polio teams working in Darsmand, told that around 10 am armed Taliban militants came to the area and told his three-member team to stop vaccinating children. He said he stopped work in the area immediately after the Taliban warning, and “this is the reason the Taliban have not done anything so far”.
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April - 13 
The Criminal Investigation Department (CID), in collaboration with an intelligence agency, arrested an accomplice of banned Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan’s (TTP) chief Baitullah Mehsud in Karachi, reported Daily Times. The Senior Superintendent of Pol
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The Criminal Investigation Department (CID), in collaboration with an intelligence agency, arrested an accomplice of banned Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan’s (TTP) chief Baitullah Mehsud in Karachi, reported Daily Times. The Senior Superintendent of Police (SSP) of the CID, Fayyaz Khan, on April 13 disclosed that 59-year-old Badshah Deen Mehsud, son of Gul Khadeen Mehsud, a resident of Shah Noorani Goth, Karachi and South Waziristan, was arrested from Pyala Hotel within the jurisdiction of Sachal Police station. Badshah, who speaks Urdu and Pashto, is affiliated with the TTP and is a close aide of Baitullah Mehsud. One of his sons, Mehrban is also working for the TTP. Mehrban is currently in Waziristan and comes to Karachi for terror activities. “Basically, Badshah provided logistical support to Mehsud. He was involved in various crimes including robbing money changers and banks, and providing vehicles and shelter to those working for TTP in Karachi,” said Khan, adding that he also provided medical treatment to the injured associates. Badshah was on CID’s wanted list in its Red Book, page No 41. Badshah also helped the TTP members when the Anti Violent Crime Unit and intelligence agency officials conducted a raid in Sohrab Goth area for the arrests of the terrorists involved in the kidnapping of renowned filmmaker and distributor Satish Anand. The filmmaker has now been released from the captivity of Ilyas Kashmiri, who currently is running the banned religious organisation Harkatul Jihadul Islami. “Further investigations are underway into the matter,” the SSP added.
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April - 13 
The Federal Government in Islamabad on April 13 presented the peace accord to lawmakers for approval. Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani had said the deal would be presented in the National Assembly to reach a consensus on the subject.
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The Federal Government in Islamabad on April 13 presented the peace accord to lawmakers for approval. Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani had said the deal would be presented in the National Assembly to reach a consensus on the subject.
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April - 13 
The head of a bomb disposal squad, Gul Sher Khan, was killed when a bomb planted along Ladi Lora Bridge at Bannu in NWFP detonated while he was trying to defuse the explosive on April 13, according to Daily Times. Two other persons were also injured
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The head of a bomb disposal squad, Gul Sher Khan, was killed when a bomb planted along Ladi Lora Bridge at Bannu in NWFP detonated while he was trying to defuse the explosive on April 13, according to Daily Times. Two other persons were also injured in the explosion.
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April - 13 
The local Police arrested over 100 terror suspects during a search operation in Rawalpindi city on April 13, according to Daily Times. Police officials said a heavy contingent of Police led by Senior Superintendent of Police, Operations, Yasin Farooq
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The local Police arrested over 100 terror suspects during a search operation in Rawalpindi city on April 13, according to Daily Times. Police officials said a heavy contingent of Police led by Senior Superintendent of Police, Operations, Yasin Farooq, and law-enforcement agencies jointly launched the operation in the limits of different Police stations after receiving threats of suicide attacks. “The police teams equipped with metal detectors and assisted by sniffer dogs combed markets, hostels, inns, hotels, restaurants, slums and hospitals and checked people living in rented houses,” they said.
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April - 13 
The political administration found two bullet-riddled bodies in the agency. Both were shot dead at point blank range, said Police. The dead men were reportedly residents of Kurry Haider area in Jandola. According to BBC, the bodies appeared to be th
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The political administration found two bullet-riddled bodies in the agency. Both were shot dead at point blank range, said Police. The dead men were reportedly residents of Kurry Haider area in Jandola. According to BBC, the bodies appeared to be those of pro-Mehsud fighters from a group in Jandola led by Asmatullah Shaheen. The group is opposed to a rival one led by Haji Turkistan Bhittani. Bhittani told the BBC his men were not involved in the killings.
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April - 13 
The Taliban are imposing their rule in the mountain valley of Buner that they took over last week, spreading fear in the area only 100 kilometres from the capital Islamabad, said Police and residents on April 13, according to Daily Times. Police said
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The Taliban are imposing their rule in the mountain valley of Buner that they took over last week, spreading fear in the area only 100 kilometres from the capital Islamabad, said Police and residents on April 13, according to Daily Times. Police said authorities were negotiating with the Taliban to persuade them to withdraw, but the group had stayed put and appeared determined to take over the valley. “They are everywhere,” Arsala Khan, a Deputy Superintendent of Police, told Reuters over the telephone from Buner. “They are visiting mosques, they are visiting bazaars asking people to help them enforce sharia,” he said adding, “Buner is fast turning into Swat.” Using loudspeakers installed at mosques, Taliban commanders on April 13 called on young men in Buner to get jihadi training. Residents of Buner said they feared more bloodshed.
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April - 13 
Three people, including an Education Department official, were abducted in two separate incidents at Charsadda. Senior Education Department official, Dil Khan, and Haji Muzaffar Mandni were abducted by unidentified men in Hari Chand. In another incid
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Three people, including an Education Department official, were abducted in two separate incidents at Charsadda. Senior Education Department official, Dil Khan, and Haji Muzaffar Mandni were abducted by unidentified men in Hari Chand. In another incident, a man was abducted while travelling between Mandni and Shabqadar.
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April - 13 
Three Taliban militants from the Mullah Nazir group were reportedly killed in clashes with Security Forces (SFs) in South Waziristan on April 13– marking the first intense clashes with the group since April 2007, according to Daily Times. The politi
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Three Taliban militants from the Mullah Nazir group were reportedly killed in clashes with Security Forces (SFs) in South Waziristan on April 13– marking the first intense clashes with the group since April 2007, according to Daily Times. The political administration said that Taliban attacked two security checkposts in different areas of Wana with rockets and other weapons – injuring one trooper deployed at the Dargai post. The SFs retaliated using mortars and artillery shells, killing three of the attackers.
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April - 13 
Tribesmen killed a Taliban leader and injured two others in Mohmand Agency, said the Frontier Corps (FC) in press release on April 13, according to Daily Times. The FC said that Taliban leader Dilbar Khan, accompanied by 17 to 18 other members of the
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Tribesmen killed a Taliban leader and injured two others in Mohmand Agency, said the Frontier Corps (FC) in press release on April 13, according to Daily Times. The FC said that Taliban leader Dilbar Khan, accompanied by 17 to 18 other members of the group, went to Lundi Jawar village in Utmanzai to confront a local over opposition to the group’s activities in the area. However, the villagers engaged the Taliban and killed Dilbar Khan and injured two others. The FC said that after the clash Taliban, a large number of Taliban militants surrendered in the same village.
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April - 14 
According to Daily Times, the State Bank of Pakistan (SBP) on April 14 signed an international accord aimed at blocking financial aid to terrorists. A private TV channel reported that the SBP Governor Salim Raza signed the agreement at a ceremony in
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According to Daily Times, the State Bank of Pakistan (SBP) on April 14 signed an international accord aimed at blocking financial aid to terrorists. A private TV channel reported that the SBP Governor Salim Raza signed the agreement at a ceremony in Karachi. He said the agreement would also help contain money laundering. He said the budget of a special department established to block donations to terrorists had been increased. Raza, however, said the SBP did not have the capability required to stop ‘suspicious transactions’.
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April - 14 
Afghanistan on April 14 warned that the peace deal with Swat Taliban for imposing Islamic law might have "dire consequences" for the region and could harm Pakistan-Afghanistan ties. The criticism came after President Asif Ali Zardari signed the Nizam
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Afghanistan on April 14 warned that the peace deal with Swat Taliban for imposing Islamic law might have "dire consequences" for the region and could harm Pakistan-Afghanistan ties. The criticism came after President Asif Ali Zardari signed the Nizam-e-Adl Regulation. "We do not interfere in Pakistan’s internal affairs," President Hamid Karzai’s spokesman said. However, there were concerns that "dealing with terrorists and handing over parts of one country to terrorists could have dire consequences in the long term", he said.
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April - 14 
Sharia (Islamic law) courts on April 14 formally started functioning in Swat after the enforcement of the Sharia justice system. These courts had started functioning in six Tehsils (revenue divisions) of Swat, including Bari Kot, Kabal, Matta, Khwaza
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Sharia (Islamic law) courts on April 14 formally started functioning in Swat after the enforcement of the Sharia justice system. These courts had started functioning in six Tehsils (revenue divisions) of Swat, including Bari Kot, Kabal, Matta, Khwazakhela, Bahrain and Babozai, from March 12, 2009 but owing to delay in signing of the Nizam-e-Adl Regulation by the president, their powers were very limited. However, after approval of the regulation, these courts will have full powers.
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April - 14 
Terming the Army the defender of the country and the nation, the TNSM chief Maulana Sufi Muhammad on April 14 asked the Taliban to lay down their arms after ratification of the Nizam-e-Adl Regulation 2009 by the president, The News reported. "The TNS
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Terming the Army the defender of the country and the nation, the TNSM chief Maulana Sufi Muhammad on April 14 asked the Taliban to lay down their arms after ratification of the Nizam-e-Adl Regulation 2009 by the president, The News reported. "The TNSM will extend unflinching support to the Army," he said and added that he would continue efforts to bring peace back to Malakand and other parts of the country. He said a general amnesty would be announced for all those prisoners who were in the captivity of the Taliban at a public meeting soon.
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April - 14 
The death toll in the week-long unrest in Balochistan has increased to 20 as another person succumbed to injuries in a local hospital in the provincial capital Quetta on April 14, The News reported. 22-year old Asfandyar Khan Pashtun, a MBA student i
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The death toll in the week-long unrest in Balochistan has increased to 20 as another person succumbed to injuries in a local hospital in the provincial capital Quetta on April 14, The News reported. 22-year old Asfandyar Khan Pashtun, a MBA student in the Balochistan University, was shot dead unidentified assailants while standing outside a house of his relatives in the Jinnah town on April 11. Meanwhile, some armed men shot dead a man on Sariab road on April 14-evening. The victim was identified as Zahoor, an employee of the Civil Defence department.
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April - 14 
The Interior Adviser Rehman Malik on April 14 announced a reward of PKR 5 million for anyone providing information regarding those involved in the killing of three Baloch nationalist leaders in Turbat, Daily Times reported. He also said a committee –
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The Interior Adviser Rehman Malik on April 14 announced a reward of PKR 5 million for anyone providing information regarding those involved in the killing of three Baloch nationalist leaders in Turbat, Daily Times reported. He also said a committee – headed by the Balochistan police chief – would be formed to probe the killings. Malik held the militants responsible for the violence in Balochistan that had occurred after the Turbat killings. He opined that the murder of the Baloch leaders was an attempt to sabotage the reconciliation process initiated by the Pakistan People’s Party.
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April - 14 
The Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) spokesman for Swat, Haji Muslim Khan, asked the militants to lay down arms. "Henceforth, no one is allowed to take weapons even into the Taliban headquarters in Mamdherai," he said. He also directed the Taliban to
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The Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) spokesman for Swat, Haji Muslim Khan, asked the militants to lay down arms. "Henceforth, no one is allowed to take weapons even into the Taliban headquarters in Mamdherai," he said. He also directed the Taliban to cease brandishing any weapons in public places, and anyone defying the orders would not be a Talib. He said that in all the districts of the Malakand Division, Qazis would be deputed and all decisions taken according to Islamic laws. The TTP chief in Swat, Maulana Fazlullah, is reported to have said the federal Government has won the hearts of the people of Malakand and the Taliban with enforcement of Sharia. Talking to a private television channel, Fazlullah said the Taliban will extend full cooperation to the federal Government.
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April - 14 
The White House said on April 14 the Nizam-e-Adl Regulation accord signed by the NWFP Government with the TNSM to introduce Sharia (Islamic law) in Malakand Division and the Kohistan District of NWFP was against human rights and democracy, AFP report
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The White House said on April 14 the Nizam-e-Adl Regulation accord signed by the NWFP Government with the TNSM to introduce Sharia (Islamic law) in Malakand Division and the Kohistan District of NWFP was against human rights and democracy, AFP reported. White House spokesman Robert Gibbs said President Barack Obama’s administration believed that "solutions involving security in Pakistan don’t include less democracy and less human-rights. The signing of that denoting strict Islamic law in Swat valley goes against both those principles". He also said "We are disappointed that parliament did not take into account legitimate concerns around civil and human rights."
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April - 15 
A 28-year-old sectarian worker-turned-lawyer was shot dead near Hamdard Dawakhana off the arterial M.A. Jinnah Road in Karachi on April 15-afternoon, Dawn reported. Police said the victim, Mazharul Islam, was a former member of the banned Sunni outfi
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A 28-year-old sectarian worker-turned-lawyer was shot dead near Hamdard Dawakhana off the arterial M.A. Jinnah Road in Karachi on April 15-afternoon, Dawn reported. Police said the victim, Mazharul Islam, was a former member of the banned Sunni outfit Sipah-e-Sahaba Pakistan (SSP) and was on his way on his bike when at around 3.15pm two attackers on a motorcycle opened fire on him. The victim was a junior attorney with Maqbool Ahmed, a senior criminal lawyer who has mainly appeared as the defence counsel in several sectarian killing cases against the workers of the banned SSP and its militant wing, the Lashkar-e-Jhangvi (LeJ). Area Station House Officer, Inspector Kanson Dean, said “It is definitely a targeted killing.” Meanwhile, sources said the former SSP cadre was arrested in 2002 and released from jail in 2007. They said he was booked in three cases pertaining to possession of explosives, illegal weapons and an attempt to kill Policemen to avoid arrest.
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April - 15 
A three-member Supreme Court bench granted bail to former Lal Masjid chief cleric Abdul Aziz in the last of over two dozen cases against him on April 15, Daily Times reported. Aziz – who was arrested during the Lal Masjid operation as he tried to sne
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A three-member Supreme Court bench granted bail to former Lal Masjid chief cleric Abdul Aziz in the last of over two dozen cases against him on April 15, Daily Times reported. Aziz – who was arrested during the Lal Masjid operation as he tried to sneak out of the mosque dressed in an all-covering burqa (veil) – will be freed within two or three days, according to his lawyer Shaukat Siddiqui. The bench, consisting of Justice Javed Iqbal, Justice Sarmad Jalal Osmany and Justice Zahid Hussain – observed that Aziz deserved bail because there was insufficient material on record against him in the Occupation of Children’s Library case.
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April - 15 
Al Qaeda and other militant groups within its territory pose “an ever more serious threat to Pakistan’s very existence”, General David Petraeus, head of US Central Command (CENTCOM), has said, Daily Times reported. In an interview with Philadelphia I
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Al Qaeda and other militant groups within its territory pose “an ever more serious threat to Pakistan’s very existence”, General David Petraeus, head of US Central Command (CENTCOM), has said, Daily Times reported. In an interview with Philadelphia Inquirer, he said US President Barack Obama had made Afghanistan and Pakistan the focus of his foreign policy because of the presence of al Qaeda in the Tribal Areas of Pakistan. To questions on why troops were being increased in Afghanistan if the real threat were in Pakistan, he said: “You have to ensure that Afghanistan doesn’t become once again a place where Al Qaeda establishes safe havens.” If Taliban ideologues regain control of Afghanistan, it would further destabilise Pakistan, he added. Petraeus said the surge of 17,000 troops would be enough, as Afghanistan was not plagued by a raging insurgency throughout the country, as was the case in Iraq. “Seventy percent of the violence is in 10 percent of the districts,” he said.
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April - 15 
An accused in the Mumbai terrorist attack of November 26, 2008 recorded his statement before the Special Judicial Magistrate Ahmed Masood Janjua on April 15 and confessed that he was involved in the attack, The News reported. The court sent the accus
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An accused in the Mumbai terrorist attack of November 26, 2008 recorded his statement before the Special Judicial Magistrate Ahmed Masood Janjua on April 15 and confessed that he was involved in the attack, The News reported. The court sent the accused to the Adiala Jail in Rawalpindi on 14-day judicial remand and directed the Special Investigation Cell to produce him again on April 28. The accused, Shahid Jamil Riaz alias Muhammad Riaz from Nazir Colony in Bahawalpur in the Punjab province, recorded his statement under section 164 and confessed that he and other four accused, Hamad Ameen Sadiq, Zarar Shah, Zakiur Rehman Lakhvi and Hamza alias Abu Alqa, were involved in the Mumbai attacks.
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April - 15 
At least 18 persons, including nine Policemen, were killed and five others injured when a suicide bomber rammed an explosives-laden vehicle into the Harichand Police Post in Charsadda District on April 15, Daily Times reported. The NWFP Inspector Gen
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At least 18 persons, including nine Policemen, were killed and five others injured when a suicide bomber rammed an explosives-laden vehicle into the Harichand Police Post in Charsadda District on April 15, Daily Times reported. The NWFP Inspector General of Police, Malik Naveed, said Police wanted to stop the suicide bomber’s speeding car and fired at it, but it had reached close to them by the time the explosives went off. The blast also left a crater about three metres wide, damaged windows in nearby buildings and severed power cables, plunging the area into darkness. Naveed said Police had intelligence reports of a possible suicide attack, adding that security had thereafter been heightened. “We had intelligence reports that a car bombing could take place in any of three districts of the province,” he said.
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April - 15 
The Capital City Police Officer Safwat Ghayyur and District Police Officer Muhammad Riaz Khan told reporters that Police had been tipped off that two explosive-laden cars would enter the district from Malakand to carry out terrorist activity, The New
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The Capital City Police Officer Safwat Ghayyur and District Police Officer Muhammad Riaz Khan told reporters that Police had been tipped off that two explosive-laden cars would enter the district from Malakand to carry out terrorist activity, The News reported. District Police Officer Riaz Khan said the attack might be in retaliation to the killing of a suicide bomber by the Charsadda Police a few days ago. The suicide attacker was shot dead by Station House Officer Jehangir Khan, when the bomber was on his way to blew himself up at a public gathering being addressed by the provincial president of the Pakistan People’s Party (Sherpao faction) Sikander Sherpao in Charsadda.
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April - 15 
The court refused to provide information about his confessional statement to the media. The Federal Investigation Agency sources told The News that Shahid Jamil Riaz belongs to the Lashkar-e-Toiba (LeT) and has confessed that he, along with other fou
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The court refused to provide information about his confessional statement to the media. The Federal Investigation Agency sources told The News that Shahid Jamil Riaz belongs to the Lashkar-e-Toiba (LeT) and has confessed that he, along with other four accused, provided all kinds of transportation facilities, accommodation, internet and other facilities to those who carried out Mumbai attacks. However, a junior officer of the Interior Ministry rejected any confession by the accused. He said the accused had given a statement in the court but it could not be called a confession.
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April - 15 
The Government may review the Nizam-e-Adl Regulation 2009 if peace is not restored in Swat, President Asif Ali Zardari said on April 15, according to Daily Times. Addressing the Pakistani community in Tokyo, he said the Nizam-e-Adl, and not Sharia (I
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The Government may review the Nizam-e-Adl Regulation 2009 if peace is not restored in Swat, President Asif Ali Zardari said on April 15, according to Daily Times. Addressing the Pakistani community in Tokyo, he said the Nizam-e-Adl, and not Sharia (Islamic law), had been imposed in Malakand Division, a private TV channel reported. The President was in Japan to attend the Friends of Democratic Pakistan ministerial meeting and a donors’ conference.
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April - 15 
The NWFP Governor Owais Ahmed Ghani signed the Nizam-e-Adl Regulation on April 15, formally enforcing Sharia in Malakand Division and Kohistan District. “Today, it is an historic day,” he told reporters in provincial capital Peshawar after signing th
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The NWFP Governor Owais Ahmed Ghani signed the Nizam-e-Adl Regulation on April 15, formally enforcing Sharia in Malakand Division and Kohistan District. “Today, it is an historic day,” he told reporters in provincial capital Peshawar after signing the law two days after President Asif Ali Zardari approved it following a nod from the National Assembly.
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April - 15 
The Sikh community living in the Orakzai Agency of FATA on April 15 conceded to the Taliban demand to pay them jizia – tax levied on non-Muslims living under Islamic rule – and paid PKR 20 million to Taliban in return for ‘protection’. Officials told
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The Sikh community living in the Orakzai Agency of FATA on April 15 conceded to the Taliban demand to pay them jizia – tax levied on non-Muslims living under Islamic rule – and paid PKR 20 million to Taliban in return for ‘protection’. Officials told Daily Times that the Taliban also released Sikh leader Sardar Saiwang Singh and vacated the community’s houses after the Sikhs accepted the Taliban demand. The officials said the Taliban announced that the Sikhs were now free to live anywhere in Orakzai. They also announced protection for the Sikh community, saying that no one would harm them after they paid jizia. Sikhs who had left the agency would now return to their houses and resume their business in the agency, the officials said.
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April - 15 
The Taliban will not lay down their arms in NWFP as part of the peace deal that included the introduction of Sharia (Islamic law) but will take their “struggle” to new areas, a spokesman of the group said on April 15, Dawn reported. “Sharia doesn’t p
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The Taliban will not lay down their arms in NWFP as part of the peace deal that included the introduction of Sharia (Islamic law) but will take their “struggle” to new areas, a spokesman of the group said on April 15, Dawn reported. “Sharia doesn’t permit us to lay down arms… If a government, either in Pakistan or Afghanistan, continues anti-Muslim policies, it’s out of the question that Taliban lay down their arms,” Taliban spokesman Muslim Khan said by telephone. “When we achieve our goal at one place, there are other areas where we need to struggle for it,” he said. Khan also said militants would go to Afghanistan to fight US-led forces if the Afghan Taliban called for help. “Our struggle is for a cause and that’s to enforce Allah’s rule on Allah’s land. We will send mujahideen to Afghanistan if they demand them,” he said.
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April - 16 
A woman was killed on April 16 when an office of a non-government organisation (NGO) was blown up with explosives in the Hathian area of Mardan District, according to Daily Times. A private TV channel reported that unidentified saboteurs had planted
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A woman was killed on April 16 when an office of a non-government organisation (NGO) was blown up with explosives in the Hathian area of Mardan District, according to Daily Times. A private TV channel reported that unidentified saboteurs had planted the explosives close to the NGO’s office, which killed a woman walking past the building upon detonation.
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April - 16 
The Government on April 16 released Maulana Abdul Aziz, former chief cleric of the Lal Masjid, from a sub-jail in Rawalpindi after the Supreme Court granted him bail in the last case related to the Children’s Library, The News reported. The Supreme C
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The Government on April 16 released Maulana Abdul Aziz, former chief cleric of the Lal Masjid, from a sub-jail in Rawalpindi after the Supreme Court granted him bail in the last case related to the Children’s Library, The News reported. The Supreme Court had on April 15 granted him bail, but the details of his surety bond, worth PKR 200,000, had yet to be worked out. Talking to The News, Maulana Abdul Aziz lauded the decision of the Supreme Court and said he would continue to spread the message of Islam.
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April - 16 
The Karachi Police arrested a suspected militant hailing from Bajaur Agency in the FATA and seized weapons, including a hand grenade, in an encounter within the jurisdiction of Sohrab Goth Police station on April 16, Daily Times reported. The arreste
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The Karachi Police arrested a suspected militant hailing from Bajaur Agency in the FATA and seized weapons, including a hand grenade, in an encounter within the jurisdiction of Sohrab Goth Police station on April 16, Daily Times reported. The arrested man was identified as Ismatullah alias Sino Mehsud. A Kalashnikov, a 0.222 rifle, two TT pistols and a hand grenade were recovered from his possession.
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April - 16 
Two persons were injured in landmine explosions in Upper and Lower Kurram in the FATA on April 16, Dawn reported. A landmine exploded in the Piwar area, west of the Parachinar city, in which one tribesman sustained injuries. Another explosion occurre
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Two persons were injured in landmine explosions in Upper and Lower Kurram in the FATA on April 16, Dawn reported. A landmine exploded in the Piwar area, west of the Parachinar city, in which one tribesman sustained injuries. Another explosion occurred at Tangi in Lower Kurram, injuring a local.
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April - 17 
A man and a woman accused of committing adultery were shot dead by the Taliban militants in the same District in the presence of their relatives, The Hindu reports. Later, unidentified persons sent a video to the Dawn newspaper on April 17 showing a
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A man and a woman accused of committing adultery were shot dead by the Taliban militants in the same District in the presence of their relatives, The Hindu reports. Later, unidentified persons sent a video to the Dawn newspaper on April 17 showing a Taliban firing squad killing the man and woman. In the video, the woman is heard appealing to the Taliban for mercy. "Have mercy on me, please have mercy. The charges against me are false and no man has ever touched me," she is heard saying. The Taliban militants first pumped several bullets into the woman’s chest and then fired a burst from assault rifles at her and the man. As the woman was apparently still alive after being shot, some Taliban are heard shouting: "She is alive, kill her." The newspaper quoted its sources as saying that the incident took place a few days ago.
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April - 17 
Replying to a supplementary question, Mujtaba Kharral said no inquiry report had been submitted to Parliament, but promised that the Government would soon table inquiry reports on all incidents. Replying to a question by Begum Nuzhat Sadiq, the Inter
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Replying to a supplementary question, Mujtaba Kharral said no inquiry report had been submitted to Parliament, but promised that the Government would soon table inquiry reports on all incidents. Replying to a question by Begum Nuzhat Sadiq, the Interior Ministry told the House that 6,007 illegal foreigners were imprisoned in Pakistan during 2008-09. Of these foreigners, 5,087 are in Balochistan, 678 in Sindh, 80 in NWFP and 162 in Punjab. The ministry said that 162 female foreigners with illegal documents had been arrested over the last three years – 143 in Sindh, 3 in NWFP, 10 in Balochistan and 6 in Punjab.
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April - 17 
Security Forces (SFs) blew up a militant headquarters in the Jarma area of Kohat District in NWFP on April 17, Daily Times reported. According to a private TV channel, Police said the militants were planning attacks on Police installations, armed rob
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Security Forces (SFs) blew up a militant headquarters in the Jarma area of Kohat District in NWFP on April 17, Daily Times reported. According to a private TV channel, Police said the militants were planning attacks on Police installations, armed robberies and kidnappings.
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April - 17 
The National Assembly was informed on April 17 that there were 1,842 terrorist attacks from January 2008 to March 2009 that killed at least 1,395 people, Daily Times reported. Replying to two identical questions by Members of National Assembly Marvi
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The National Assembly was informed on April 17 that there were 1,842 terrorist attacks from January 2008 to March 2009 that killed at least 1,395 people, Daily Times reported. Replying to two identical questions by Members of National Assembly Marvi Memon and Nighat Parveen, the Interior Ministry told the Lower House that Balochistan was the worst-hit by terrorism – with a total of 1,122 terrorist attacks that killed 436 people, followed by NWFP with 692 attacks that killed 732 people, Punjab with 12 attacks that killed 119 people, Sindh with nine attacks that killed 21 people and Islamabad with seven attacks that killed 87 people. The ministry provided estimated losses to private properties, but said that losses to public properties, possibly amounted to billions of rupees, had not been calculated yet. The ministry estimated that losses in NWFP amounted to PKR 2,680 million, PKR 25 million in Balochistan and PKR 5 million in Sindh. The ministry also said the loss of property and vehicles in the terrorist attack on the embassy of Denmark amounted to PKR 12.121 million. The ministry told the House that in Balochistan, compensation cheques handed out to families of Police amounted to PKR 99.5 million, while civilian victims of terrorism had been compensated with PKR 40 million. The administration of Islamabad had paid PKR 27.95 million as compensation, Punjab Government PKR 102.92 million, while another PKR 4.45 million had been sanctioned for disbursement to remaining victims in the province, the House was told. The Sindh Government paid PKR 0.67 million to victims of bomb blasts and eight other cases of compensation were being processed. In NWFP, PKR 99.5 million has been paid as compensation to affected Policemen and PKR 40 million to civilians.
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April - 17 
The SFs also raided a seminary in the Kharmatu area and arrested three suspects for allegedly assisting the kidnappers of three Oil and Gas Development Limited employees on April 16.
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The SFs also raided a seminary in the Kharmatu area and arrested three suspects for allegedly assisting the kidnappers of three Oil and Gas Development Limited employees on April 16.
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April - 18 
Army spokesman Major General Athar Abbas confirmed 16 Army and two Police deaths. But hospital sources said dead bodies of 27 SF personnel had been brought to the Combined Military Hospital in Tull and 48 injured wounded had been admitted to the hosp
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Army spokesman Major General Athar Abbas confirmed 16 Army and two Police deaths. But hospital sources said dead bodies of 27 SF personnel had been brought to the Combined Military Hospital in Tull and 48 injured wounded had been admitted to the hospital. Seven injured Policemen were being treated in Hangu Hospital. 16 of the injured were later shifted to other cities by helicopters. Doaba Station House Officer Amal Khan, who was also injured in the bombing, told Daily Times at Hangu Hospital that the Policemen were on their way back from a raid when the vehicle, coming from the Serozai side, hit the check post. A soldier had been killed and seven others injured in a suicide attack on the same check post several months ago. No organisation has so far claimed responsibility for the attack.
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April - 18 
At least 27 Security Force (SF) personnel were killed and 55 others injured in a suicide attack on a security check post in the Doaba area of Hangu District in NWFP on April 18, hospital sources said. Locals told Daily Times that the attack on the ch
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At least 27 Security Force (SF) personnel were killed and 55 others injured in a suicide attack on a security check post in the Doaba area of Hangu District in NWFP on April 18, hospital sources said. Locals told Daily Times that the attack on the checkpoint, about 45 kilometres southwest of Hangu, took place at around 4:15pm (PST) when SF personnel were visiting the area for the inspection. Two Police vehicles were passing by the check post when the suicide bomber driving a double-cabin pickup rammed the vehicle into the structure, they said. The explosion destroyed the check post, adjacent building housing troops and Police, and eight SF’s vehicles. Helicopter gun ships hovered over the area after the blast and security forces sealed the site.
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April - 18 
Four people were killed in a remote-controlled bomb blast in the Tirah Shalobar area of Bara tehsil (revenue division) of Khyber Agency in FATA on April 18. Sources in the area told Daily Times that the dead included Sadiq – a shura member of militan
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Four people were killed in a remote-controlled bomb blast in the Tirah Shalobar area of Bara tehsil (revenue division) of Khyber Agency in FATA on April 18. Sources in the area told Daily Times that the dead included Sadiq – a shura member of militant outfit Ansarul Islam (AI) – and an aide. The men were on their way to Tirah Larbagh when the explosive device – planted on the side of the road – went off. The men were injured by the explosion and died later. No group has claimed responsibility for the attack so far.
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April - 19 
According to Daily Times, at least two people were killed and another injured in a gunfight between Taliban militants and the operatives of the Tehreek-e-Nafaz-e-Shariat-e-Mohammadi (TNSM) in the Mamond sub-division of Bajaur Agency on April 19. The
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According to Daily Times, at least two people were killed and another injured in a gunfight between Taliban militants and the operatives of the Tehreek-e-Nafaz-e-Shariat-e-Mohammadi (TNSM) in the Mamond sub-division of Bajaur Agency on April 19. The reason for the clash - that occurred in the Meena area - could not be ascertained. Taliban spokesman Maulvi Umar confirmed the incident while talking to reporters from an undisclosed location. He said the Taliban would not allow anyone to display weapons in Mamond in accordance with their peace deal with local tribal elders, and that they had held 60 people so far for displaying weapons. Rizwan, a TNSM leader and son of the outfit’s chief Maulana Sufi Muhammad – said the incident was a result of a misunderstanding. Some differences had emerged between the TNSM and the Mamond tribe, he said, and a jirga (council of elders) is attempting to resolve them.
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April - 19 
According to Intelligence sources, the new commanders appointed by the LeT to co-ordinate operations in J&K and other Indian States, include Shahji of Bahawalpur in the Punjab province of Pakistan, who had earlier operated as ‘divisional commander’ o
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According to Intelligence sources, the new commanders appointed by the LeT to co-ordinate operations in J&K and other Indian States, include Shahji of Bahawalpur in the Punjab province of Pakistan, who had earlier operated as ‘divisional commander’ of the outfit for north Kashmir for almost a decade before he was called back to Pakistan, Hyder Bhai, known for several fidayeen attacks, Huzefa and Walid. All of them are Pakistani nationals and have reportedly operated in the Kashmir valley over the last decade before crossing back to Pakistan. According to sources, the initial focus of four new commanders was the Kashmir valley and Doda-Rajouri-Poonch belt in Jammu besides metropolitan and other major cities of India.
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April - 19 
Eight persons were killed and two others sustained injuries when a suspected US spy plane fired missiles at two houses in the Ziyari Noor area near Rustam Adda in South Waziristan Agency on April 19, The News reported. Sources said the US drones cont
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Eight persons were killed and two others sustained injuries when a suspected US spy plane fired missiles at two houses in the Ziyari Noor area near Rustam Adda in South Waziristan Agency on April 19, The News reported. Sources said the US drones continued hovering over the area for hours and one of them fired missiles at the houses of Daim Khan Wazir and Wali Khan Wazir at 10:00 am, leaving eight civilians dead and two others injured. The houses were completely destroyed in the attack and three vehicles parked inside were also damaged.
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April - 19 
Fighter planes and gunship helicopters on April 19 targeted suspected hideouts of militants in different areas of the Orakzai Agency, killing 16 militants, while 10 others, including a soldier and two teachers, sustained injuries. Sources told The Ne
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Fighter planes and gunship helicopters on April 19 targeted suspected hideouts of militants in different areas of the Orakzai Agency, killing 16 militants, while 10 others, including a soldier and two teachers, sustained injuries. Sources told The News that the militants had occupied a rest house, a women’s community centre, the Government Primary School in Ghiljo sub-division and the Government High School in Dabori area. The militants had been using these places as their bases, which came under severe air attack by the Pakistan Air Force fighter planes and gunship helicopters. Suspected hideouts of militants in the Khadizai and Mamuzai areas of Ghiljo were also heavily bombed. Security Forces claimed that 16 militants were killed in the daylong shelling, while eight persons, including a soldier, two teachers and some civilians, sustained injuries.
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April - 19 
Interior Adviser Rehman Malik has said six suspects have so far been arrested in connection with the Mumbai terrorist attacks, The News reported. Talking to the media in Lahore on April 19, Rehman said Pakistan had asked New Delhi to provide it the c
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Interior Adviser Rehman Malik has said six suspects have so far been arrested in connection with the Mumbai terrorist attacks, The News reported. Talking to the media in Lahore on April 19, Rehman said Pakistan had asked New Delhi to provide it the chargesheet against the lone arrested Lashkar-e-Toiba (LeT) militant Ajmal Kasab and his confession before the court.
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April - 19 
The Tehreek-e-Nafaz-e-Shariat-e-Mohammadi (TNSM) chief Maulana Sufi Muhammad declared on April 19 that the country’s superior courts were un-Islamic and could not hear appeals against decisions of the newly set up qazi (Islamic) courts, Daily Times r
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The Tehreek-e-Nafaz-e-Shariat-e-Mohammadi (TNSM) chief Maulana Sufi Muhammad declared on April 19 that the country’s superior courts were un-Islamic and could not hear appeals against decisions of the newly set up qazi (Islamic) courts, Daily Times reported. "There is no room for democracy in Islam," said Sufi while addressing a gathering in the Mingora town of Swat District. Western democracy was a "system of infidels" and had divided the clerics and the people of Pakistan into factions, he said, and the Supreme Court and the high courts were strengthening the system. The TNSM chief told the Government to withdraw all judges from Malakand Division – including from Kohistan District – within four days and set up a Darul Qaza to hear appeals against the decisions of qazi courts. He also demanded the appointment of qazis at the district and tehsil (revenue division) levels throughout the Division. "The government will be responsible for all the consequences if our demands are not implemented," he warned. He also said it was impossible to implement the Nizam-e-Adl Regulation 2009 – promulgated on April 15 following approval from the President and the National Assembly – without support from the Army and Police.
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April - 19 
The US special envoy for Pakistan and Afghanistan, Richard Holbrooke, warned on April 19 that no other place in the world today faced a more dangerous situation than Pakistan, Dawn reported. In an interview to CNN, Holbrooke said Pakistan also faced
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The US special envoy for Pakistan and Afghanistan, Richard Holbrooke, warned on April 19 that no other place in the world today faced a more dangerous situation than Pakistan, Dawn reported. In an interview to CNN, Holbrooke said Pakistan also faced a "very difficult economic situation" and needed immediate help. "This is a really dangerous situation in Pakistan today and we are focussed on this very heavily," said Holbrooke. Asked if the terrorist threat could cause Pakistan to collapse, the US envoy said that President Asif Ali Zardari and other Pakistani leaders too conceded that it was a very dangerous situation. "Swat is not in the tribal areas. It is only 100 miles from Islamabad … it is like East Hampton and Manhattan … people from Islamabad went to Swat for holidays … it is really an extraordinary situation." Ambassador Holbrooke termed the current situation in Pakistan as ‘very perilous’ and claimed that the militants operating from Swat and FATA had already increased their reach to Punjab. "There can be more terrorist attacks in cities like Lahore, Islamabad and Karachi," he warned. He opined the Swat truce always seemed like a confused deal to him. The Pakistani military, he said, felt that it was ‘stretched thin’ and that’s why it concluded this deal. Holbrooke pointed out that if the Pakistani military wanted to persuade the militants to lay down their arms by concluding this deal, it did not succeed in doing so. The chief spokesman for the Swat Taliban "publicly renounced the part of the deal that requires the militants to lay down arms", he said, adding "You cannot deal with these people by giving away territory. They are now getting closer and closer to Islamabad and Punjab."
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April - 19 
Two women were killed on April 19-night as militants blew up a house in Kalaya, headquarters of the Orakzai Agency, to punish a girl and a boy in an honour-related case. The Taliban militants had reportedly planted explosives in the house of the alle
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Two women were killed on April 19-night as militants blew up a house in Kalaya, headquarters of the Orakzai Agency, to punish a girl and a boy in an honour-related case. The Taliban militants had reportedly planted explosives in the house of the alleged paramour of the girl where she was also living. The boy had fled the area leaving behind the girl with his parents after the Taliban got involved in the case. The girl, who belongs to the Bezote area, sustained minor injuries in the blast. Locals told Dawn on April 20 that a Sunni girl had fled with a Shia man from the Bezote area to Kalaya in the lower Orakzai Agency during March 2009. This had infuriated the Taliban who asked the tribesmen to hand over both the girl and the man for "execution under tribal customs". The tribesmen had refused after which the Taliban kidnapped a man of the Kalaya tribe and started killing passengers passing through the area.
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April - 19 
With Lashkar-e-Toiba’s (LeT) top leaders Zaki-ur-Rehman Lakhvi, Yousuf Muzammil, Ahmad Bhai and Zarar Shah in custody of Pakistan police in the aftermath of 26/11 Mumbai terror attack, the LeT is learnt to have replaced them with new commanders to st
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With Lashkar-e-Toiba’s (LeT) top leaders Zaki-ur-Rehman Lakhvi, Yousuf Muzammil, Ahmad Bhai and Zarar Shah in custody of Pakistan police in the aftermath of 26/11 Mumbai terror attack, the LeT is learnt to have replaced them with new commanders to step up their terrorist operations in Jammu and Kashmir (J&K) and other parts of India, Daily Excelsior reported.
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April - 20 
A two-day-old ceasefire in South Waziristan collapsed on April 20 as the Taliban attacked bases of Security Forces (SFs) hours after a drone attack targeted suspected Taliban hideouts, Daily Times reported. Three persons, including a woman and a chil
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A two-day-old ceasefire in South Waziristan collapsed on April 20 as the Taliban attacked bases of Security Forces (SFs) hours after a drone attack targeted suspected Taliban hideouts, Daily Times reported. Three persons, including a woman and a child, were also killed in crossfire between the Taliban and SFs, said locals. According to foreign news agencies, the Taliban attacked at least four security check-posts. The SFs also reportedly shelled and launched air strikes against Taliban positions in Wana, killing eight suspected Taliban militants, said officials.
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April - 20 
Helicopter gunships and jets targeted Taliban positions in the Orakzai Agency on April 20, killing at least 11 militants and injuring five others, Dawn reported. The military operation against militants has reportedly been expanded to the Mamozai, Ma
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Helicopter gunships and jets targeted Taliban positions in the Orakzai Agency on April 20, killing at least 11 militants and injuring five others, Dawn reported. The military operation against militants has reportedly been expanded to the Mamozai, Maidan, Jabba, Samma and Buda Khel areas. Security Forces (SFs) launched operations on April 19 after the Tehrik-i-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) claimed responsibility for the April 18 suicide attack in Doaba in which at least 23 soldiers and five civilians were killed. The SFs are reported to have missed an important target, the house of local TTP chief Hakeemullah Mehsud, during the air raid in Dabori.
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April - 20 
Osama Bin Laden’s top lieutenant Ayman Al-Zawahiri has criticised Pakistan’s Government for its attempts to make deals with the Taliban along its border with Afghanistan, according to Daily Times. In an audio recording on a jihadi Website, Ayman al-Z
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Osama Bin Laden’s top lieutenant Ayman Al-Zawahiri has criticised Pakistan’s Government for its attempts to make deals with the Taliban along its border with Afghanistan, according to Daily Times. In an audio recording on a jihadi Website, Ayman al-Zawahiri accused US President Barack Obama of encouraging Pakistan’s Government to make such deals, calling the strategy "a delusion". "Obama is cheating you, the problem will not end there. It will escalate," AP quoted him as saying.
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April - 20 
The Frontier Corps (FC) troops on April 20 foiled an ambush by suspected Taliban militants on its convoy at Turkama Bhattai in the Thall area of Kurram Agency, injuring two militants, Daily Times reported. According to an FC press release, heavily ar
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The Frontier Corps (FC) troops on April 20 foiled an ambush by suspected Taliban militants on its convoy at Turkama Bhattai in the Thall area of Kurram Agency, injuring two militants, Daily Times reported. According to an FC press release, heavily armed militants ambushed an FC convoy, while moving from the Alizai to the Bhattai post. It said that an intense exchange of fire occurred between FC troops and the Taliban, following which the militants fled. A vehicle in possession of the Taliban was also destroyed, the press release added.
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April - 20 
The Islamabad Police late on April 20 announced the arrest of two hard-core terrorists from the federal capital who were acting as planners and facilitators for carrying out terrorist acts in the city, The News reported. The Senior Superintendent of
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The Islamabad Police late on April 20 announced the arrest of two hard-core terrorists from the federal capital who were acting as planners and facilitators for carrying out terrorist acts in the city, The News reported. The Senior Superintendent of Police (SSP), Tahir Alam Khan, said Khairullah Mehsud, a resident of South Waziristan, who was living in Sector G-9/2, was arrested from F-9 Park. Intelligence agencies have reportedly traced his links with terrorist groups in South Waziristan, which he developed after the Lal Masjid incident. "He was in contact with Gul Bahadur in South Waziristan and Misal Khan in Akora Khattak. During the course of investigations Khairullah made certain revelations, which eventually led to the arrest of another terrorist identified as Khurram Shahzad son of Lal Afzal who had undergone terrorism training at the camp of a banned terrorist organization," the SSP said. He said Khurram Shahzad had visited the tribal areas as well as Hangu, Bara and Peshawar quite frequently and during those visits he had taken ‘recruits’ from Islamabad for training in camps established by the terrorist groups there. The SSP also said Khurram Shahzad and other ‘recruits’ who accompanied him on those visits, got training to handle explosive materials, especially making lethal ‘oil canister’ bombs.
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April - 20 
The Northern Areas Legislative Assembly Deputy Speaker, Syed Asad Zaidi, was killed on the Park Link Road in Gilgit on April 20 when unidentified gunmen ambushed his official vehicle, The News reported. A senior Police official said one person died o
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The Northern Areas Legislative Assembly Deputy Speaker, Syed Asad Zaidi, was killed on the Park Link Road in Gilgit on April 20 when unidentified gunmen ambushed his official vehicle, The News reported. A senior Police official said one person died on the spot, while the Deputy Speaker and another man sustained critical injuries. They were shifted to the DHQ Hospital where he succumbed to injuries.
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April - 20 
The Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) and Tehreek-e-Nafaz-e-Shariat-e-Mohammadi (TNSM) announced to ban political parties and politics in the Bajaur Agency after talks on April 20, Daily Times reported. Both the outfits also banned the assembly of mor
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The Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) and Tehreek-e-Nafaz-e-Shariat-e-Mohammadi (TNSM) announced to ban political parties and politics in the Bajaur Agency after talks on April 20, Daily Times reported. Both the outfits also banned the assembly of more than three people at a place. The ban was enforced following a jirga (council of elders), after four persons were killed in a clash between the activists of the both the outfits.
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April - 20 
The Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) spokesman Muslim Khan has said Sharia (Islamic law) would not be restricted to the Malakand Division in Swat District, and that the Taliban will not lay down weapons unconditionally, Daily Times reported. Asked wh
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The Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) spokesman Muslim Khan has said Sharia (Islamic law) would not be restricted to the Malakand Division in Swat District, and that the Taliban will not lay down weapons unconditionally, Daily Times reported. Asked whether the Taliban would extend Sharia to other areas of Pakistan, Khan said: "Sure, because [the holy] Quran is not only for Malakand division. It is for all humanity, for all Muslims and we will go for the implementation of Sharia in other parts of Pakistan as well." He also said Taliban would not lay down their weapons unconditionally. "We are Pakhtuns and every Pakhtun has a gun. We have no tanks, no helicopters or jets," he said. Muslim Khan said the Taliban would keep their weapons if the qazi courts allowed them to. He said nobody had asked American forces to keep their weapons on the other side of the Atlantic Ocean or to surrender, but everyone had been asking the Taliban to lay down their arms. About international criticism that the Nizam-e-Adl Regulation 2009 is a parallel system of Government, the Taliban spokesman said: "We don’t care about the reaction of the government in Pakistan or abroad."
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April - 20 
Unidentified men kidnapped six Security Force personnel and a driver from Swat in separate incidents on April 20. Official sources told Daily Times that two of the troops and the driver of an ambulance were kidnapped from Charbagh area when they were
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Unidentified men kidnapped six Security Force personnel and a driver from Swat in separate incidents on April 20. Official sources told Daily Times that two of the troops and the driver of an ambulance were kidnapped from Charbagh area when they were returning from Khwazakhela. The four other soldiers were abducted from Khwazakhela sub-division. No group has claimed responsibility for the abductions.
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April - 21 
Taliban militants from Swat took control of Buner on April 21 and started patrolling bazaars, villages and towns in the District, Dawn reported. The militants, who had sneaked into Gokand valley of Buner on April 4, were reported to have been on
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Taliban militants from Swat took control of Buner on April 21 and started patrolling bazaars, villages and towns in the District, Dawn reported. The militants, who had sneaked into Gokand valley of Buner on April 4, were reported to have been on a looting spree for the past five days. They have robbed Government and NGO offices of vehicles, computers, printers, generators, edible oil containers, and food and nutrition packets. Sources said that leading political figures, businessmen, NGO officials and Khawaneen (feudal lords), who had played a role in setting up a Lashkar (militia) to stop the Taliban from entering Buner, had been forced to move to other areas. The Taliban have extended their control to almost all tehsils (revenue divisions) of the District and law-enforcement personnel remained confined to Police stations and camps. The Taliban, equipped with advanced weapons, were reported to be advancing towards border areas of Swabi, Malakand and Mardan, the hometown of NWFP Chief Minister Amir Haider Khan Hoti. The militants have reportedly set up check-posts and camp bases in Kangar Gali village, along the Malakand border; Naway Dhand village, along the Mardan border; and Tootalai village, along the Swabi border. Officials of the Frontier Corps camp in Jorh had asked people to vacate their homes in view of threats of an attack. The militants have started digging trenches and setting up bunkers on heights in strategic towns of Gadezi, Salarzai, Osherai and other sub-divisions. After occupying Buner District and setting up their headquarters in the bungalow of businessman Syed Ahmed Khan in Sultanwas, the militants started patrolling the streets and roads. Led by Fateh Mohammad, the militants were reportedly asking local people, particularly youngsters, to join them in their campaign to enforce Sharia (Islamic law).
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April - 21 
Five rockets hit areas near army pickets in the Shagai mountain of Jamrud in Khyber Agency on April 21, Daily Times reported. However, no loss of life or injuries was reported. Official sources confirmed that five rockets were fired from the Sheen Gh
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Five rockets hit areas near army pickets in the Shagai mountain of Jamrud in Khyber Agency on April 21, Daily Times reported. However, no loss of life or injuries was reported. Official sources confirmed that five rockets were fired from the Sheen Ghar side in Shagai mountain.
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April - 21 
Interior Adviser Rehman Malik on April 21 warned of stern action if the TNSM violated the peace agreement it had made with the NWFP Government. He said that the Nizam-e-Adl was invoked in 1994, under which a session judge was named Qazi. "No one shou
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Interior Adviser Rehman Malik on April 21 warned of stern action if the TNSM violated the peace agreement it had made with the NWFP Government. He said that the Nizam-e-Adl was invoked in 1994, under which a session judge was named Qazi. "No one should create the ambiguity that any maulvi (cleric) will hold the charge of a judge," he said. Malik also ruled out lifting the ban on the TNSM.
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April - 21 
Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) is reported to have warned lawyers in the Shangla District of NWFP on April 21 of serious consequences if they continued to appear in un-Islamic courts (civil and district courts) from April 22. "Lawyers are warned th
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Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) is reported to have warned lawyers in the Shangla District of NWFP on April 21 of serious consequences if they continued to appear in un-Islamic courts (civil and district courts) from April 22. "Lawyers are warned through this notice not to appear before civil and district courts," a member of the Shangla District Bar Association quoted the letter as saying.
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April - 21 
The Netherlands’ national intelligence agency is reported to have stated that a growing number of West Europeans are attending terror training camps in the border region between Pakistan and Afghanistan, according to Daily Times. The General Intellig
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The Netherlands’ national intelligence agency is reported to have stated that a growing number of West Europeans are attending terror training camps in the border region between Pakistan and Afghanistan, according to Daily Times. The General Intelligence and Security Service chief Gerard Bouman said Al Qaeda is boosting its capacity to carry out attacks by increasing co-operation with other extremist groups. He also said there is still a real threat of attacks in the region, AP reported.
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April - 21 
The Nizam-e-Adl Regulation 2009 was challenged in the Supreme Court on April 21 and the court was asked to stop its enforcement as it trespassed the jurisdiction of the apex court and breached the fundamental rights of security of a person guaranteed
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The Nizam-e-Adl Regulation 2009 was challenged in the Supreme Court on April 21 and the court was asked to stop its enforcement as it trespassed the jurisdiction of the apex court and breached the fundamental rights of security of a person guaranteed by the Constitution, The News reported. The petition was filed by Shahid Orakzai under the Article 184(3) of the Constitution, making the Secretary of Law and the NWFP Governor as respondents. He prayed to the court to take immediate steps for the reinforcement of the Article 9 of the Constitution that says: "No person shall be deprived of life or liberty except in accordance with law." The petitioner stated that under the regulation, the new forum called ‘Darul-Qaza’ will seemingly exercise the appellate jurisdiction of the apex court. "Under what authority the governor of the NWFP transplanted the jurisdiction of the apex court?" the petitioner questioned. He said in the eyes of the Constitution, the writers of the Nizam-e-Adl Regulation were not to be taken as Muslims until they acknowledged the Qur’anic rules and amended the flawed regulation.
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April - 21 
The Taliban in Swat have said they are not bound to honour the peace accord between the Government and Tehreek-e-Nafaz-e-Shariat-e-Mohammadi (TNSM) Maulana Sufi Muhammad, Daily Times reported. According to a private TV channel, they said the NWFP Gov
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The Taliban in Swat have said they are not bound to honour the peace accord between the Government and Tehreek-e-Nafaz-e-Shariat-e-Mohammadi (TNSM) Maulana Sufi Muhammad, Daily Times reported. According to a private TV channel, they said the NWFP Government had signed the deal with the TNSM, and not with the Taliban. Taliban spokesman Muslim Khan in a telephone interview with the CNN demanded the imposition of the Taliban’s model of Sharia (Islamic law) throughout Pakistan and beyond, "even in America". He also denounced any Pakistanis who disagreed with his interpretation of Islam, calling them "non-Muslims". He also called for the imposition of jiziya, a tax to be levied on all non-Muslims in Pakistan. In an Associated Press interview, he said Osama bin Laden was welcome in Swat. "Yes, we will help them and protect them," he stated. Muslim Khan counted the Lashkar-e-Toiba (LeT), the Jaish-e-Mohammed (JeM), the Islamic Movement of Uzbekistan, Al Qaeda, and the Taliban of Afghanistan among his allies. "If we need, we can call them and if they need, they can call us," he said.
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April - 22 
Brahamdagh Bugti has said the Baloch want independence irrespective of Pakistan’s own existence, a private TV channel reported on April 22. Talking to the channel over the phone, the Baloch leader denied the allegations leveled against him by Rehman
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Brahamdagh Bugti has said the Baloch want independence irrespective of Pakistan’s own existence, a private TV channel reported on April 22. Talking to the channel over the phone, the Baloch leader denied the allegations leveled against him by Rehman Mailk. He said if there was any record of his stay in Afghanistan or international telephone calls related to UN official John Solecki’s abduction, it should be made public. He said he would appeal to foreign countries, including India and the US, for help in achieving Baloch objectives. He, however, denied that any foreign country, especially India, was supporting him.
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April - 22 
Jamhoori Watan Party (JWP), the Balochistan National Party and the National Party have branded Rehman Malik’s Senate statement on Balochistan as ‘a bundle of lies’, according to Daily Times. JWP leader Talal Bugti told a private TV channel that the G
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Jamhoori Watan Party (JWP), the Balochistan National Party and the National Party have branded Rehman Malik’s Senate statement on Balochistan as ‘a bundle of lies’, according to Daily Times. JWP leader Talal Bugti told a private TV channel that the Government should pay attention to the problems of the Baloch and claimed that a military operation was underway in Balochistan.
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April - 22 
Maulana Fazlur Rehman, chief of his own faction of the Jamiat Ulema-I-Islam (JuI-F) warned in a speech in the National Assembly on April 22 that the Taliban were closing in on Islamabad. "You talk about Swat and Buner, but according to my information
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Maulana Fazlur Rehman, chief of his own faction of the Jamiat Ulema-I-Islam (JuI-F) warned in a speech in the National Assembly on April 22 that the Taliban were closing in on Islamabad. "You talk about Swat and Buner, but according to my information, they have reached Kala Dhaka and Tarbela. And if they continue advancing, there will be only Margalla Hills between them and the federal capital," he said. He blamed the "civil war-like situation" on former president Pervez Musharraf’s decision to join the US-led war on terror. The Swat peace deal was "based on defeat, not success", he said, adding there was no writ of the state in the NWFP.
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April - 22 
Meanwhile, regular courts stopped functioning in Buner on April 22 after judicial officers went on leave for an indefinite period in compliance with directives of the Peshawar High Court, Dawn reported. The Tehreek-e-Nafaz-e-Shariat-e-Mohammadi (TNSM
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Meanwhile, regular courts stopped functioning in Buner on April 22 after judicial officers went on leave for an indefinite period in compliance with directives of the Peshawar High Court, Dawn reported. The Tehreek-e-Nafaz-e-Shariat-e-Mohammadi (TNSM) chief, Maulana Sufi Mohammad, had asked the Government on April 19 to abolish regular courts and set up Darul Qaza for appeal by April 23. In the neighbouring Shangla District also, judges could not perform their duties because lawyers did not appear in courts after they received a threat against doing so. In a letter pasted near the bar room, militants had warned lawyers against appearing before courts. Buner and Shangla are two of the seven districts of Malakand Division where the Nizam-e-Adl Regulation 2009 will be enforced. An unnamed official of the Peshawar High Court told Dawn "Safety of our officials is of supreme importance for us. How is it possible for judges to perform their duty when personnel of law-enforcement agencies and administration are not present in the district." District Coordination Officer Javed Ahmed Khan, District Police Officer Abdur Rashed Khan and Assistant Coordination Officer Pervez Khan Yousafzai had reportedly already left the District more than a week ago. A judicial officer confirmed that the District police officer had categorically told them that he could not guarantee safety to court officials.
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April - 22 
Security agencies have imposed a curfew in Sarjani Town after four persons were injured in a cross-fire between two groups after pro-Taliban slogans were found painted on the walls of a church in Karachi on April 22, Daily Times reported. At least tw
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Security agencies have imposed a curfew in Sarjani Town after four persons were injured in a cross-fire between two groups after pro-Taliban slogans were found painted on the walls of a church in Karachi on April 22, Daily Times reported. At least two houses, over half a dozen shops, pushcarts and roadside stalls were set ablaze by unidentified men. However, Police officials declined the presence of Taliban in the area and believed it to be a conspiracy by elements that wanted to disturb the peace of the city.
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April - 22 
The Government on April 22 informed the Senate that Russia and India were supporting the Balochistan Liberation Army (BLA) in its secession bid, saying the same outfit had kidnapped the UNHCR official John Solecki from Quetta, The News reported. Maki
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The Government on April 22 informed the Senate that Russia and India were supporting the Balochistan Liberation Army (BLA) in its secession bid, saying the same outfit had kidnapped the UNHCR official John Solecki from Quetta, The News reported. Making a policy statement at the end of the five-day debate on the killing of there Baloch leaders and the deteriorating law and order in Balochistan, Adviser to Prime Minister on Interior, Rehman Malik, claimed they had proof of foreign involvement in the province. While talking to the media later, Malik called on India to stop its interference in Balochistan, dubbing it an open enemy of Pakistan. He noted that the proposal of reviving the ‘Sardari system’ in the province was being considered. He added the Frontier Corps (FC) had been put under the chief minister and all the 36 FC check-posts had been removed. Malik also revealed that the BLA chief Brahamdagh Khan Bugti lived close to Afghan President Hamid Karzai’s presidential palace in Kabul and enjoyed local support. He added thousands of Baloch students had got training in Russia and were present in Balochistan. He claimed that 4,000 to 5,000 Baloch people had got training in several centres there. Malik noted that the BLA had kidnapped Solecki in order to highlight what he called their totally unjustified and uncalled for demand of freedom from Pakistan. "Solecki was abducted two days before UN Secretary General’s Pakistan visit to project BLA’s bid for freedom. On the basis of evidence, I met Karzai and sought his help for the repatriation of Brahamdagh or stopping him from what he was doing back in Pakistan, but he expressed his government’s ignorance about his presence there," the adviser said.
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April - 22 
The Security Forces (SFs) claimed to have killed eight militants and destroyed their ammunition depot during operation in different parts of the Kohat region on April 22-night, Dawn reported. SFs said that they launched a major operation against mili
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The Security Forces (SFs) claimed to have killed eight militants and destroyed their ammunition depot during operation in different parts of the Kohat region on April 22-night, Dawn reported. SFs said that they launched a major operation against militants in the Jammu, Jawaki, and Bulai Khand areas and helicopter gunships killed eight militants during shelling in the mountains of Darra Adamkhel. In addition, the ground troops and helicopters targeted a huge ammunition storage facility of militants in Bulai Khand.
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April - 22 
The Taliban have said they will not leave Buner District until the Nizam-e-Adl was implemented in Malakand Division, Daily Times reported. "The Taliban will leave Buner after enforcement of the Nizam-e-Adl," the Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan spokesman M
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The Taliban have said they will not leave Buner District until the Nizam-e-Adl was implemented in Malakand Division, Daily Times reported. "The Taliban will leave Buner after enforcement of the Nizam-e-Adl," the Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan spokesman Muslim Khan told AFP from Swat. "The government writ is not being challenged" in Buner and the Taliban were not creating problems for the administration there, he claimed. "We went into Buner because the administration there had totally failed to provide justice to the people and resolve the problems being faced by them," he added.
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April - 22 
Unidentified militants threw a hand grenade at Policemen deployed on the outskirts of Quetta, the capital of Balochistan, on April 22, injuring four Policemen and a passer by, Daily Times reported. Officials said Police personnel were on duty in the
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Unidentified militants threw a hand grenade at Policemen deployed on the outskirts of Quetta, the capital of Balochistan, on April 22, injuring four Policemen and a passer by, Daily Times reported. Officials said Police personnel were on duty in the Hazar Ganji area when unidentified militants lobbed a hand grenade at them. Policemen Baqir Ali, Rajab Ali, Nadir Ali and Muhammad Asif, and passer by Islamud Dun, were injured in the attack. The assailants managed to escape from the incident site.
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April - 22 
US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton said on April 22 she believed the Pakistani Government was abdicating to the Taliban and other militants, Dawn reported. In a testimony before the House Foreign Affairs Committee, she warned that nuclear-armed Pa
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US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton said on April 22 she believed the Pakistani Government was abdicating to the Taliban and other militants, Dawn reported. In a testimony before the House Foreign Affairs Committee, she warned that nuclear-armed Pakistan was becoming a "mortal threat" to the world. "I think that the Pakistani government is basically abdicating to the Taliban and to the extremists," Clinton said. According to her, "Pakistan poses a mortal threat to the security and safety of our country and the world… And I want to take this occasion ... to state unequivocally that not only do the Pakistani government officials, but the Pakistani people and the Pakistani Diaspora ... need to speak out forcefully against a policy that is ceding more and more territory to the insurgents." "(We) cannot underscore the seriousness of the existential threat posed to the state of Pakistan by the continuing advances now within hours of Islamabad that are being made by a loosely confederated group of terrorists and others who are seeking the overthrow of the Pakistani state," Clinton said.
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April - 23 
46 militants have been killed and 26 injured in the four-day military operation in the Orakzai Agency, tribal and official sources said on April 23, The News reported. The sources said jet fighters and gunship helicopters targeted the militants’ hide
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46 militants have been killed and 26 injured in the four-day military operation in the Orakzai Agency, tribal and official sources said on April 23, The News reported. The sources said jet fighters and gunship helicopters targeted the militants’ hideouts in Balozai area of the Kalaya Tehsil (revenue division) on April 23 at 2:00 pm, killing five militants and a civilian. A number of hideouts and bunkers of the militants were reportedly destroyed on Shawazar mountain. Several Government and private installations were also damaged during the shelling by the jet fighters and gunship helicopters on April 22.
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April - 23 
A power supply pylon transmission line was blown up through a bomb in the suburb of Quetta, capital of Balochistan, on April 23, according to The News. Suspected insurgents had reportedly planted the bomb which went off by the tower and completely de
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A power supply pylon transmission line was blown up through a bomb in the suburb of Quetta, capital of Balochistan, on April 23, according to The News. Suspected insurgents had reportedly planted the bomb which went off by the tower and completely destroyed the 132 KV Quetta-Mastung transmission line. However, no loss of life or injuries was reported.
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April - 23 
At the request of the NWFP Government, the TNSM chief Maulana Sufi Mohammad agreed to defer the deadline of April 23 he had set for setting up Darul Qaza (Islamic courts) in Malakand. A meeting of the TNSM Shura (executive council) held at its headqu
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At the request of the NWFP Government, the TNSM chief Maulana Sufi Mohammad agreed to defer the deadline of April 23 he had set for setting up Darul Qaza (Islamic courts) in Malakand. A meeting of the TNSM Shura (executive council) held at its headquarters in Amandara endorsed Sufi Mohammad’s decision to extend the deadline for an indefinite period. TNSM spokesman Amir Izzat Khan told Dawn that the Maulana had accepted the provincial Government’s request to withdraw his decision of pulling out of the peace accord if Darul Qaza was not set up by April 23.He said the Government was sincere in the enforcement of Nizam-e-Adl Regulation and hoped Darul Qaza and Qazi courts would be set up soon.
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April - 23 
Eight Frontier Constabulary platoons were rushed to Buner on April 23 to protect vital state installations in the northwestern town now virtually under Taliban control, while the Taliban entered the adjacent Shangla District, Daily Times reported. Lo
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Eight Frontier Constabulary platoons were rushed to Buner on April 23 to protect vital state installations in the northwestern town now virtually under Taliban control, while the Taliban entered the adjacent Shangla District, Daily Times reported. Local residents and Police in the Poran tehsil (revenue division) of Shangla said around 30 armed Taliban militants arrived in the town on April 23-morning. “They entered the tehsil in cars and are still in the area,” a Police official said. The movement to Shangla came after the District administration recognised Taliban’s control over Buner District by holding a jirga (council of elders) with a local commander to lay down procedures to govern the District. “We will not display weapons in public, and we will stay away from undue interference in the district administration,” Taliban commanders Mufti Bashir and Ustad Yasir told the jirga which local administration officials and jirga elders attended. However, moments after the Taliban pledged to stay peaceful, a convoy of the Frontier Constabulary was attacked in the Totalai area. Two escorting Police officers were killed and another was wounded. While no group has claimed responsibility so far, the Taliban’s role is being suspected. In a second attack, armed men robbed a truck carrying supplies for the Security Forces in the Baboo area in Khawazakhela sub-division of Swat and abducted three soldiers, local residents said.
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April - 23 
Nine members of a family, including two women and seven children, were killed when a house in the Storikhel area of Khyber Agency was allegedly attacked by jet fighters and gunship helicopters on April 23, The News reported. Sources said jet fighters
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Nine members of a family, including two women and seven children, were killed when a house in the Storikhel area of Khyber Agency was allegedly attacked by jet fighters and gunship helicopters on April 23, The News reported. Sources said jet fighters and gunship helicopters, which were busy in the operations against militants in the neighbouring Orakzai Agency, fired two missiles at a house owned by Gul Zarin, Shah Zarin and Niaz Amin in Storikhel, killing two women and seven children.
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April - 23 
President Asif Ali Zardari vowed on April 23 not to allow anybody to challenge the Government’s writ or run a parallel Government in any part of the country, and said the Government is aware of the problems emanating from extremism and terrorism, Dai
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President Asif Ali Zardari vowed on April 23 not to allow anybody to challenge the Government’s writ or run a parallel Government in any part of the country, and said the Government is aware of the problems emanating from extremism and terrorism, Daily Times reported. The pledge came during talks with the US President’s special envoy to Pakistan and Afghanistan, Richard Holbrooke, who had called the president over the telephone. Zardari and Holbrooke discussed the threat of increasing Taliban influence in Pakistan. Holbrooke’s call coincided with a two-day visit to Pakistan by US Joint Chiefs of Staff Chairman Admiral Mike Mullen, who has held talks with the military leadership on the Taliban threat.
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April - 23 
Six tankers supplying fuel to the NATO forces in Afghanistan were set ablaze and a guard sustained injuries after suspected Taliban militants opened fire on them on April 23. A Chamkani Police official told Daily Times that five militants equipped wi
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Six tankers supplying fuel to the NATO forces in Afghanistan were set ablaze and a guard sustained injuries after suspected Taliban militants opened fire on them on April 23. A Chamkani Police official told Daily Times that five militants equipped with sophisticated weapons and rocket launchers entered the Pakistan Oil Tanker terminal at Jhagra Chowk at around 3am and opened fire on the tankers parked there. He said the guard, Razam Khan, sustained injuries and six tankers were charred. He said at least three blasts were also heard, but the cause was not certain yet.
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April - 23 
Taliban spokesman in Darra Adamkhel claimed to have killed 35 SF personnel during a clash in Kohat. The spokesman, Mohammad, told Dawn by telephone on April 22-night that the Government took their cease-fire decision as their weakness whereas they ha
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Taliban spokesman in Darra Adamkhel claimed to have killed 35 SF personnel during a clash in Kohat. The spokesman, Mohammad, told Dawn by telephone on April 22-night that the Government took their cease-fire decision as their weakness whereas they had announced a unilateral truce keeping in view the sufferings of the tribesmen.
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April - 23 
Tehrik-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP), Orakzai chapter commander, Hakimullah Mehsud, told reporters by phone from an undisclosed location that the TTP was not responsible for the killing of civilians. “Until the government stops operations and ensures a ha
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Tehrik-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP), Orakzai chapter commander, Hakimullah Mehsud, told reporters by phone from an undisclosed location that the TTP was not responsible for the killing of civilians. “Until the government stops operations and ensures a halt to the drone attacks in the tribal areas, the TTP will continue attacking the government installations,” he added. The residents of Dabori, Khadizai and Ghiljo Tehsil have started to migrate to safer locations in tractors, vans and carts. They complained that no camp had been set up in the Hangu District of NWFP for the migrating people by the political authorities. “We have no proper place to accommodate the internally displaced persons (IDPs) in Hangu and have requested the provincial government to allot us a place for setting up a camp for the affected people,” Political Agent Orakzai Agency Abdul Baseer said, adding the political authorities had also sought funds from the central government on an emergency basis for the rehabilitation of the affected people in the District.
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April - 23 
The Army spokesman Major General Athar Abbas claimed the situation in Buner was not as dire as some have portrayed. He told the Associated Press that Taliban were in control of less than 25 percent of the District, mostly its north. “We are fully awa
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The Army spokesman Major General Athar Abbas claimed the situation in Buner was not as dire as some have portrayed. He told the Associated Press that Taliban were in control of less than 25 percent of the District, mostly its north. “We are fully aware of the situation,” Abbas said.
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April - 23 
The Government issued a brief statement saying that Holbrooke discussed with President Zardari the situation in the region and Zardari’s visit to the US early May 2009 to attend a trilateral meeting.
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The Government issued a brief statement saying that Holbrooke discussed with President Zardari the situation in the region and Zardari’s visit to the US early May 2009 to attend a trilateral meeting.
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April - 23 
The Inter-Services Public Relations media cell said the Security Forces (SFs) had killed 11 militants in the Orakzai Agency on April 23 after striking militants’ hideouts in the Chapri, Ferozkhel, Khwajakhizar and Bizoti areas. It further said that t
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The Inter-Services Public Relations media cell said the Security Forces (SFs) had killed 11 militants in the Orakzai Agency on April 23 after striking militants’ hideouts in the Chapri, Ferozkhel, Khwajakhizar and Bizoti areas. It further said that the SFs in operations on April 21 and 22 killed 27 militants in Ghiljo Tehsil.
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April - 24 
The banned Lashkar-e-Toiba (LeT) is planning to create further unrest, the commander of US forces in the Middle East said on April 24, Daily Times reported. “We should observe that the Lashkar-e-Tayyaba ... are trying to do more damage and they’re tr
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The banned Lashkar-e-Toiba (LeT) is planning to create further unrest, the commander of US forces in the Middle East said on April 24, Daily Times reported. “We should observe that the Lashkar-e-Tayyaba ... are trying to do more damage and they’re trying to carry out additional attacks,” General David Petraeus told US lawmakers. Petraeus said the US expected that “extremists that are trying to cause that kind of tension and also to take (Pakistan’s) focus off of the internal extremist threat would indeed strive to do that.”
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April - 24 
The chairman of the US Joint Chiefs of Staff said in an interview broadcast on April 24 that he was “extremely concerned” that Pakistan could be overtaken. “We’re certainly moving closer to the tipping point where Pakistan could be overtaken by extre
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The chairman of the US Joint Chiefs of Staff said in an interview broadcast on April 24 that he was “extremely concerned” that Pakistan could be overtaken. “We’re certainly moving closer to the tipping point where Pakistan could be overtaken by extremists”, Admiral Mike Mullen said in the interview with NBC Television. Mullen said he hoped the arrival soon of an additional 17,000 American combat troops in Afghanistan will stabilise things there and in Pakistan.
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April - 24 
The Chief of Army Staff, General Ashfaq Parvez Kayani, on April 24 rejected the notion that the peace deal through Sufi Mohammed amounted to giving any “concession” to the armed Islamists, and declared that not only the Army had the resolve to take o
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The Chief of Army Staff, General Ashfaq Parvez Kayani, on April 24 rejected the notion that the peace deal through Sufi Mohammed amounted to giving any “concession” to the armed Islamists, and declared that not only the Army had the resolve to take on the militants but, according to him, “victory against terror and militancy will be achieved at all costs”. Speaking at a meeting of top military commanders at the General Headquarters in Rawalpindi, the army chief acknowledged that doubts were being voiced about the intent and capability of the army to defeat the militants, Dawn reported. But, he added, the army “never has and never will hesitate to sacrifice, whatever it may take, to ensure safety and well-being of the people and country’s territorial integrity”. He described the recent peace deal with Maulana Fazlullah’s Swat-based militants as an “operational pause” that was meant to give the “reconciliatory forces” a chance, but declared that it “must not be taken for a concession to militants”.
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April - 24 
The Taliban announced its withdrawal from the Buner District in NWFP on April 24 after a meeting between the Tehreek-e-Nafaz-e-Shariat-e-Mohammadi (TNSM) chief Maulana Sufi Muhammad and key Government officials. “All the Taliban who have come from [o
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The Taliban announced its withdrawal from the Buner District in NWFP on April 24 after a meeting between the Tehreek-e-Nafaz-e-Shariat-e-Mohammadi (TNSM) chief Maulana Sufi Muhammad and key Government officials. “All the Taliban who have come from [outside Buner] will go back,” Amir Izzat Khan, a spokesman of Sufi Muhammad, told Daily Times. However, sources close to the Taliban said that the “local Taliban will stay in Buner”. It was not clear if those who stay will surrender weapons. Witnesses in the Poran sub-division of Shangla District also reported a Taliban withdrawal. The Malakand Commissioner Syed Muhammad Javed told Daily Times the withdrawal was a result of the peace talks with Sufi.
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April - 24 
There is no evidence that India is supporting violence in Pakistan, the US Special Representative on Afghanistan and Pakistan Richard Holbrooke said on April 24, Daily Times reported. “If the Indians were supporting those miscreants in Pakistan that
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There is no evidence that India is supporting violence in Pakistan, the US Special Representative on Afghanistan and Pakistan Richard Holbrooke said on April 24, Daily Times reported. “If the Indians were supporting those miscreants in Pakistan that would be extraordinarily bad, really dangerous, but they are not doing so. There is no evidence that Indians are support miscreants in western parts of Pakistan or in Balochistan,” he said in an interview with a private TV channel. He also said India was the second largest country in the world and one of the most important. “If we are interested in helping Pakistan, we will have to talk to its neighbours, which include China, India and Afghanistan,” he added. He said India had given about $1 billion assistance to Afghanistan, and it should not be a cause of concern for Pakistan. “Pakistan does not need to worry about India in Afghanistan, but it has to be worried about miscreants and militants in its western parts,” he added.
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April - 25 
According to Dawn, at least five militants and a Frontier Corps (FC) soldier were killed on April 25 in an alleged armed clash and a landmine explosion in the Dera Bugti area. The spokesman for the Baloch Republican Army, Sirbaz Baloch, claimed that
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According to Dawn, at least five militants and a Frontier Corps (FC) soldier were killed on April 25 in an alleged armed clash and a landmine explosion in the Dera Bugti area. The spokesman for the Baloch Republican Army, Sirbaz Baloch, claimed that five militants had been killed while Security Forces (SFs) lost 19 troopers. He said 25 others were injured in clashes and the landmine explosion. Officials, however, said that no armed clash occurred between the SFs and militants in the area. They said that six soldiers were injured in a landmine explosion in the Marvi area. “An FC vehicle was blown up in the landmine blast,” officials said. According to reports from provincial capital Quetta, soldier Mohammad Arif who was wounded in the blast died of his injuries late in the evening. The spokesman for the Baloch Republican Army said: “We have destroyed three vehicles of security forces and damaged a helicopter.” He identified the militants who were killed in the clash as Saifuddin Bugti, Ali Nawaz Bugti, Razi Bugti, Mosam Bugti and Mehmood. He said the clash occurred when SFs were carrying out a search operation in the Marvi area after the landmine explosion.
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April - 25 
On April 25, 12 children were killed and four others injured when girls of a local primary school in the in the Luquman Banda area of Lower Dir District in North West Frontier Province (NWFP) had found the toy bomb and were playing with it when it ex
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On April 25, 12 children were killed and four others injured when girls of a local primary school in the in the Luquman Banda area of Lower Dir District in North West Frontier Province (NWFP) had found the toy bomb and were playing with it when it exploded, according to Daily Times. The dead girls were aged between four and 12 years. Seven of the 12 dead children were from the same family, a private TV channel said. A woman and three children were injured.
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April - 26 
A 15-year-old boy was injured after one of two rockets exploded near a small house on the Major Tufail Road in the Quetta Cantonment area. The other rocket exploded inside a security official’s bungalow, causing some damage. Another blast was reporte
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A 15-year-old boy was injured after one of two rockets exploded near a small house on the Major Tufail Road in the Quetta Cantonment area. The other rocket exploded inside a security official’s bungalow, causing some damage. Another blast was reported from the Dera Bugti town. A house was damaged in the Bugti Colony after a homemade explosive device went off. However, no casualty was reported.
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April - 26 
A man was killed in a landmine explosion in the Dera Bugti District on April 26. Police said two Bugti tribesmen riding a motorcycle hit a landmine in the Gandoi area. While one man died on the spot, the other sustained serious injuries. Further, a 1
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A man was killed in a landmine explosion in the Dera Bugti District on April 26. Police said two Bugti tribesmen riding a motorcycle hit a landmine in the Gandoi area. While one man died on the spot, the other sustained serious injuries. Further, a 10-yearold boy was wounded when a toy bomb exploded near the Satellite Town in Quetta.
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April - 26 
A spokesman for the Tehrik-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP), Dir chapter, said the military operation in Dir was unjustified and against the Swat peace deal, The News reported. Talking to a private TV channel, Mullah Mansoor Dadullah, the TTP spokesman for D
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A spokesman for the Tehrik-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP), Dir chapter, said the military operation in Dir was unjustified and against the Swat peace deal, The News reported. Talking to a private TV channel, Mullah Mansoor Dadullah, the TTP spokesman for Dir, said the Taliban would retaliate to the SFs with full force. The government, he said, has no intention to ensure the implementation of the Swat peace deal. We have not violated the deal and, therefore, the operation is unjustified, he claimed, adding the Taliban would attack those who had ordered operation against them in Dir. In addition, the TNSM spokesman Izatt Khan said the operation by SFs in Lower Dir is a ‘violation’ of the Swat peace deal, Daily Times reported. Talking to a private TV channel, the spokesman claimed that the house and a seminary owned by TNSM chief Maulana Sufi Muhammad had also been damaged in the operation.
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April - 26 
At least 26 Taliban militants, including an important commander, and a trooper were killed after Security Forces launched an operation in the Maidan area of Lower Dir on April 26, according to Daily Times. “At least 26 bodies of Taliban were found fr
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At least 26 Taliban militants, including an important commander, and a trooper were killed after Security Forces launched an operation in the Maidan area of Lower Dir on April 26, according to Daily Times. “At least 26 bodies of Taliban were found from Lal Qila. The FC [Frontier Corps] has taken control of Lal Qila,” said the SFs, after the Government decided to establish the writ of the state in areas bordering Swat. An Inter-Services Public Relations statement said, “On the request of the provincial government and the people of Dir, the Frontier Corps launched the operation early on Sunday against suspected Taliban positions in Islampura and Lal Qila in Lower Dir. An exchange of fire took place in Kala Dag and scores of Taliban were killed.” It said that a soldier was also killed and four others were injured.
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April - 26 
Banned terrorist groups in Pakistan’s Punjab province are gaining strength after joining hands on a new platform called the Muslim United Army (MUA), Daily Excelsior reported. The Lashkar-e-Toiba (LeT), Jaish-e-Mohammed (JeM) and Lashkar-e-Jhangvi (L
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Banned terrorist groups in Pakistan’s Punjab province are gaining strength after joining hands on a new platform called the Muslim United Army (MUA), Daily Excelsior reported. The Lashkar-e-Toiba (LeT), Jaish-e-Mohammed (JeM) and Lashkar-e-Jhangvi (LeJ) have a common cause under the banner of MUA and their activities are also in line with those of the Taliban, according to a report drawn up by the Crime Investigation Department (CID). The report also said militancy has been rapidly taking roots in Punjab province, especially in the five districts of Muzaffarghar, Dera Ghazi Khan, Bahawalpur, Rahim Yar Khan and Bhakkar. "As several members of the three banned groups have taken part in the Afghan war, they have developed a nexus with the Taliban," a senior CID officer said. "In the suicide bombings of the Naval War College and Federal Investigation Agency office in Lahore and the terrorist attacks on the Sri Lankan cricket team and police training school in Manawan, the facilitators of the perpetrators were from these organisations operating in Punjab," the officer said. Police officials also believe the three groups had joined hands primarily to target the security forces. Though the main actors of Lashkar-e-Jhangvi - Malik Ishaq and Akram Lahori - are in jails in Multan and Karachi respectively, they are operating their group from behind bars in connivance with the prison staff, sources said. Though both are being tried in a number of cases, they are yet to be convicted in a single case due to lack of evidence. Police claim people are afraid of giving testimony against them. The CID official said the LeJ is currently at the forefront in carrying out attacks in Punjab along with the banned Tehrik-e-Taliban Pakistan. He also said the MUA has developed a core group in five Districts as the three proscribed groups had their seminaries there. "The function of the core groups is to ensure maximum recruitment from seminaries, give the recruits training and equip them with weapons. The extremists then start intimidating security forces, terrorising people, occupying roads and targeting wealthy people, whom they consider exploiters of the poor people," the officer explained.
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April - 26 
Five members of a family, including three women, were killed and four children sustained injuries when an explosive device went off inside a vehicle in the Smalkhel area of Datakhel sub-division in the North Waziristan Agency on April 26, The News re
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Five members of a family, including three women, were killed and four children sustained injuries when an explosive device went off inside a vehicle in the Smalkhel area of Datakhel sub-division in the North Waziristan Agency on April 26, The News reported. Sources said the family members of Faizullah were on their way home in the vehicle when the explosion occurred, killing two women, driver Islahuddin and a boy on the spot and injuring a woman and four children. While the injured children admitted to the Miranshah Hospital, the wounded woman succumbed to her injuries en route to hospital. The vehicle was completely destroyed in the blast. It was unclear whether the family was carrying the explosive device or someone had placed it in the vehicle.
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April - 26 
Interior Adviser Rehman Malik said on April 26 the Government has no option but to take action against the Taliban. Malik said citizens “cannot bear such unwanted elements in the country that compel the government to take action against them”. In Isl
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Interior Adviser Rehman Malik said on April 26 the Government has no option but to take action against the Taliban. Malik said citizens “cannot bear such unwanted elements in the country that compel the government to take action against them”. In Islamabad, the Presidential spokesman Farhatullah Babar said the Government’s peace deal with the Taliban in Swat is ‘intact’ despite the launch of a military operation in Lower Dir. Babar said the operation did not void the pact. Lower Dir is part of the Malakand Division, which is covered by the agreement.
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April - 26 
Markets and businesses remained closed in Quetta and other major cities of Balochistan on April 26 on a call given by the Baloch National Front to protest the killing of three Baloch leaders in Turbat. A complete shutter-down and wheel-jam strike was
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Markets and businesses remained closed in Quetta and other major cities of Balochistan on April 26 on a call given by the Baloch National Front to protest the killing of three Baloch leaders in Turbat. A complete shutter-down and wheel-jam strike was observed on Sariab Road, Barhoi Road, Jinnah Road and Shahbaz Town in the provincial capital and public transport remained off the road. A man was injured when a mob blocked the Quetta-Karachi highway, set a vehicle on fire, pelted stones at and damaged several vehicles. The strike was also observed in Hub, Gadani, Othal, Bela, Mastung, Kalat, Haran, Lasbela, Noshki, Turbat, Gawader and Makran while protesters blocked the Quetta-Karachi highway for traffic.
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April - 26 
Sources said the troops entered Lal Qila after an intense battle. The SFs reportedly used helicopter gunships and artillery in the operations, and shelled the Tokri and Kal Dherai areas in Maidan, the ancestral village of the Tehreek-e-Nafaz-e-Sharia
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Sources said the troops entered Lal Qila after an intense battle. The SFs reportedly used helicopter gunships and artillery in the operations, and shelled the Tokri and Kal Dherai areas in Maidan, the ancestral village of the Tehreek-e-Nafaz-e-Shariat-e-Mohammadi (TNSM) chief Maulana Sufi Muhammad. The SFs fired mortar shells from Chakdara Fort – killing eight Taliban militants, including Lower Dir ‘commander’ Maulana Shahid, and injuring scores of others. Troops and the Taliban also engaged in crossfire. The NWFP Information Minister Iftikhar Hussain told Daily Times, “The situation was such that the security forces had no option but to launch an operation … the district police officer (DPO), the district nazim and other officials have already been killed and a number of troops and people kidnapped.” Iftikhar said the SFs had been coming under attack, and they had to take action under the circumstances. The minister, however, said that the operation would not affect the Nizam-e-Adl Regulation 2009, and SFs were still present in Malakand.
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April - 26 
The Inter-Services Public Relations (ISPR) Director General, Major General Athar Abbas has said that certain splinter groups are not even under the control of the Tehreek-e-Nafaz-e-Shariat-e-Mohammadi (TNSM) or the Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP), a
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The Inter-Services Public Relations (ISPR) Director General, Major General Athar Abbas has said that certain splinter groups are not even under the control of the Tehreek-e-Nafaz-e-Shariat-e-Mohammadi (TNSM) or the Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP), and “these are the groups creating problems,” Daily Times reported. Abbas, however, told a foreign television channel on April 26 that the Government was confident of implementing the Swat peace deal. He rubbished as baseless reports that the Taliban could also enter Islamabad. “It is impossible for a group of 200 Taliban, who have come to Buner from Swat, to storm Islamabad despite its close proximity to Buner district. No doubt, Buner is situated within a radius of 100 miles of the federal capital ... [but] the threat cannot be measured in terms of distance, rather it has to be measured in terms of counter capabilities,” he said, adding that it would be ridiculous to say that the Taliban were a threat to Islamabad. He claimed that there were no more than 50 Taliban militants in Buner District. “They were recruited by the Swat Taliban, who left them behind after ... they left Buner,” he added. He also said the Security Forces would flush out those left in Buner if they created further problems.
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April - 26 
The Taliban in Buner District shaved the heads and moustaches of four men as ‘punishment for listening to music’, said one of the victims on April 26, according to Daily Times. “I was with three other friends in my car, listening to music when armed
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The Taliban in Buner District shaved the heads and moustaches of four men as ‘punishment for listening to music’, said one of the victims on April 26, according to Daily Times. “I was with three other friends in my car, listening to music when armed Taliban stopped us and, after smashing cassettes and the cassette player, they shaved half our heads and moustaches,” he said. “The Taliban also beat us up and asked us not to listen to music ever again,” said the man. The local Police, however, said they had no information of the incident. The victim said the friends had decided not to file a complaint with Police, as this would have been ‘useless’. “It might have annoyed the Taliban further and I fear for my life,” said the man. Residents of Mingora in Swat said Taliban posters had been put up in streets and markets ordering women not to go shopping.
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April - 27 
According to Daily Times, the NWFP Information Minister Mian Iftikhar on April 27 warned the Taliban of military action if they did not leave Buner district. “Leave Buner or face action,” the minister said while addressing a news conference in Timerg
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According to Daily Times, the NWFP Information Minister Mian Iftikhar on April 27 warned the Taliban of military action if they did not leave Buner district. “Leave Buner or face action,” the minister said while addressing a news conference in Timergara where new Malakand Commissioner Fazal Rahim Khattak was also present. The minister said the provincial Government has received reports of presence of “foreign militants” in Buner, where some of the Taliban had been speaking languages the locals could not understand. The foreigners are likely Uzbeks, Chechens or Arabs. The minister said there was no military operation going on in Lower Dir, the APP reported, adding that the clashes there were “retaliation to the attack by miscreants on the security forces”. The armed forces were present in Malakand division “only to maintain peace and harmony”.
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April - 27 
Daily Times quoting a survey conducted by Community Appraisal and Motivation Programme (CAMP) with the help of the British High Commission in Islamabad reports that 56 percent respondents described Afghanistan’s Taliban as “Islamic heroes fighting we
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Daily Times quoting a survey conducted by Community Appraisal and Motivation Programme (CAMP) with the help of the British High Commission in Islamabad reports that 56 percent respondents described Afghanistan’s Taliban as “Islamic heroes fighting western occupation”. A paltry 12.1 percent called them “a terrorist group”. More than 54 percent respondents said they were “dissatisfied with life” in FATA in general. The number of satisfied people stood at 18.15 percent, according to the survey, and 17.5 percent said they were neither satisfied nor dissatisfied. Some 73.25 percent tribesmen referred to provision of justice as “the most important service” that the Government should provide in their areas followed by 64.6 percent voting for education, 52.1 percent for health and 47 percent for tackling terrorism. Just 2.95 percent respondents referred to the United States as a “very favourable” country, compared with 66.2 percent who called it “very unfavourable”.
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April - 27 
Frontier Corps (FC) personnel killed 26 Taliban militants, including key commanders, as Operation Toar Tander-I (Black Thunderstorm-I) continued in the Maidan area of Lower Dir of North West Frontier Province (NWFP) for the second day on April 27, re
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Frontier Corps (FC) personnel killed 26 Taliban militants, including key commanders, as Operation Toar Tander-I (Black Thunderstorm-I) continued in the Maidan area of Lower Dir of North West Frontier Province (NWFP) for the second day on April 27, report Daily Times. “Forty (Taliban), including commanders Maulana Shahid and Qari Quraish, have been killed in the last two days of operation,” FC said in a press statement. Officials said the Security Forces (SFs) were gaining ground against the Taliban and their hideouts in Kalkot, Islam Dara and Hoshyari Dara were targeted. “After a stiff encounter with the [Taliban], the Frontier Corps soldiers regained control of Lal Qila and flushed them out from Maidan valley,” the FC statement added. Paramilitary troops and helicopter gunships bombed suspected Taliban bases during the operation, an unnamed military official told AFP. “Eight security officials were also killed in two days of operation,” another military official said. The operation was launched on April 26 after the Taliban militants attacked SFs and Government officials and closed roads for the movement of government and FC convoys. A day earlier, at least 11 schoolchildren were killed by toy bomb.
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April - 27 
The Tehreek-e-Nafaz-e-Shariat-e-Mohammadi (TNSM) has suspended talks with the NWFP Government to protest against the military action in Dir, the TNSM spokesman Amir Izzat Khan told Daily Times in Mingora city on April 27. “We, however, still adhere t
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The Tehreek-e-Nafaz-e-Shariat-e-Mohammadi (TNSM) has suspended talks with the NWFP Government to protest against the military action in Dir, the TNSM spokesman Amir Izzat Khan told Daily Times in Mingora city on April 27. “We, however, still adhere to the February deal,” he told AFP, referring to the accord that sought Taliban disarmament in return for the imposition of sharia law in Malakand division. “We will not hold any talks until the operation ends,” he told Associated Press. “The agreements with the Pakistan government are worthless because Pakistani rulers are acting to please Americans,” Muslim Khan, spokesman for Taliban in Swat valley said. A Taliban spokesman identified as Umar said to Associated Press that the Taliban would agree to talks about the situation in Dir, but only if the military operation is halted. “We were living peacefully in Dir,” Umar added further.
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April - 27 
Two persons, including Lakki Marwat Headquarters Deputy Superintendent of Police (DSP), Asmatullah Khan, were killed when a bomb targeting a Police van exploded in Lakki Marwat. “The remote-controlled bomb was planted near a bridge. It went off when
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Two persons, including Lakki Marwat Headquarters Deputy Superintendent of Police (DSP), Asmatullah Khan, were killed when a bomb targeting a Police van exploded in Lakki Marwat. “The remote-controlled bomb was planted near a bridge. It went off when a police van was crossing the bridge,” Lakki Marwat town’s Police officer Habibullah Khan told AFP. “We received two bodies, one of them was a Police officer,” said Doctor Muhammad Shakirullah of the local hospital.
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April - 28 
A portion of the railway track linking Quetta, capital of Balochistan, with the rest of the country was blown up in Quetta on April 28-night, according to Dawn. Sources said an explosive device had been placed under the track near the degree college
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A portion of the railway track linking Quetta, capital of Balochistan, with the rest of the country was blown up in Quetta on April 28-night, according to Dawn. Sources said an explosive device had been placed under the track near the degree college in the Sariab area. However, no loss of life or injuries was reported.
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April - 28 
Armed militants on April 28 occupied three houses and 10 shops of the Sikh community in Orakzai Agency who failed to arrange the protection money, The News reported. Sources said the houses of Sikh cloth merchants were located in the Qasimkhel while
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Armed militants on April 28 occupied three houses and 10 shops of the Sikh community in Orakzai Agency who failed to arrange the protection money, The News reported. Sources said the houses of Sikh cloth merchants were located in the Qasimkhel while the shops were in the Ferozkhel area of Kalaya Tehsil (revenue division).
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April - 28 
Evidence is reportedly growing that Taliban are filtering out of havens along the Pakistan-Afghanistan border and into East Africa, bringing sophisticated terror tactics including suicide attacks, according to Daily Times. The shift, according to US
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Evidence is reportedly growing that Taliban are filtering out of havens along the Pakistan-Afghanistan border and into East Africa, bringing sophisticated terror tactics including suicide attacks, according to Daily Times. The shift, according to US military and counter-terrorism officials, fuels worries that Somalia is on a path to become the next Afghanistan, a sanctuary where Al Qaeda-linked groups could train and plan their attacks against the West. So far, officials said the number of foreign fighters who had moved from southwest Asia and the Pakistan-Afghanistan border region to the Horn of Africa was two to three dozen. “There is a level of activity that is troubling, disturbing,” US Gen William “Kip” Ward, head of US Africa Command, told AP, adding that American officials already were seeing extremist factions in East Africa sharing information and techniques.
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April - 28 
Gen Abbas also said the soldiers had freed 18 of some 70 police and militiamen kidnapped by the Taliban on April 28. However, BBC Urdu reported that the Taliban had freed the hostages at the Pir Baba police station “under a deal” on April 28.
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Gen Abbas also said the soldiers had freed 18 of some 70 police and militiamen kidnapped by the Taliban on April 28. However, BBC Urdu reported that the Taliban had freed the hostages at the Pir Baba police station “under a deal” on April 28.
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April - 28 
Maulana Mohammad Alam, deputy chief of the TNSM, has said his organistation is not ready to resume talks with the Government on the Swat accord or the ongoing military operation in the absence of Maulana Sufi Mohammad. Talking to Dawn at the TNSM’s A
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Maulana Mohammad Alam, deputy chief of the TNSM, has said his organistation is not ready to resume talks with the Government on the Swat accord or the ongoing military operation in the absence of Maulana Sufi Mohammad. Talking to Dawn at the TNSM’s Amandara office in Batkhela on April 28, he said: “We don’t know where and how he (Sufi Mohammad) is. Before leaving his home in Maidan on Sunday he told me that he was going to the party office but he did not reach here.” Sources said that Sufi Mohammad was still in Maidan (Lower Dir) and he had rejected a Government offer to move him to his party’s headquarters by helicopter. They said the TNSM chief had told the authorities that he would proceed to Amandara if the Government stopped military operation in Lower Dir. Earlier, addressing a press conference at the TNSM head office, Maulana Alam accused the Government of violating the peace deal by launching a fresh military operation in Maidan. “We ask the government to stop the military operation immediately,” he said. He claimed the Taliban had neither violated the peace deal nor damaged any public property. “The present situation is the result of the delay in appointment of Qazis and establishment of Darul Qaza,” Alam said. He also stated: “The government has already lost its control over 80 per cent of Swat and if the deal is not honoured the government may lose its control over the entire Malakand division.”
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April - 28 
Militants in Swat warned media personnel on April 28 of dire consequences if they did not ‘mend their ways’, Dawn reported. According to a private TV channel, pamphlets sent to the offices of newspapers and TV channels asked them to review their role
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Militants in Swat warned media personnel on April 28 of dire consequences if they did not ‘mend their ways’, Dawn reported. According to a private TV channel, pamphlets sent to the offices of newspapers and TV channels asked them to review their role and avoid following “an anti-Taliban agenda”. It was signed by the ‘commander’ of the Fidayeen (suicide squad) section of the Tehrik-i-Taliban. The pamphlets accused the media of following a new trend over the past week which showed that “everybody is following a pro-western policy under pressure or for greed”. The Taliban also warned that they would move the Sharia (Islamic law) courts if the media did not follow their instructions.
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April - 28 
Official sources confirmed the air strikes but there was no information on any loss of life. The SFs also shelled suspected hideouts of the militants with artillery from Bajkata area. The house of Ayaz Badshah was completely destroyed when a shell hi
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Official sources confirmed the air strikes but there was no information on any loss of life. The SFs also shelled suspected hideouts of the militants with artillery from Bajkata area. The house of Ayaz Badshah was completely destroyed when a shell hit the structure. However, no casualty was reported. Militants destroyed a bridge connecting the Mardan and Buner Districts near Ambaila area, besides blowing up a Police post in the same vicinity. The militants later occupied the Paacha Police Station near the shrine of Sufi Saint Pir Baba. A private TV channel reported that 60 Policemen and troops were inside the Police station. Unconfirmed reports said that three FC platoons and a Station House Officer were disarmed and captured by Taliban in Buner.
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April - 28 
Security Forces (SFs), backed by artillery, gunship helicopters and jet fighters, launched a full-fledged operation against the militants in Buner District of NWFP on April 28, targeting their suspected hideouts in different areas, besides placing th
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Security Forces (SFs), backed by artillery, gunship helicopters and jet fighters, launched a full-fledged operation against the militants in Buner District of NWFP on April 28, targeting their suspected hideouts in different areas, besides placing the whole District under curfew, The News reported. “Today at 4pm, the Frontier Corps (FC) and military troops launched a joint operation against the militants in Buner,” the Inter-Services Public Relations Director General Major General Athar Abbas said at a press briefing in Islamabad. He said FC Inspector General Major General Tariq Khan is commanding the operation. Nearly 300 Taliban entered Buner from April 2 to 4 and began to terrorise the locals, in violation of the Swat deal, Gen Abbas said. “The government warned the militants but they refused to listen and staged only a symbolic withdrawal. They government was left with no option expect to use force,” he said. According to several news agencies, he said it would take up to a week to clear an estimated 500 Taliban militants from Buner.
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April - 28 
Security Forces opened fire on a suspected Taliban militant in a bazaar in the Datta Khel sub-division of North Waziristan on April 28, killing him on the spot, Daily Times reported. An army convoy was passing through the Datta Khel bazaar when they
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Security Forces opened fire on a suspected Taliban militant in a bazaar in the Datta Khel sub-division of North Waziristan on April 28, killing him on the spot, Daily Times reported. An army convoy was passing through the Datta Khel bazaar when they spotted Umer Nawaz and shot him dead on suspicion.
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April - 28 
The Inter-Services Public Relations Director General, Major General Athar Abbas, told a news conference in Rawalpindi on April 28 that the military operation in Lower Dir, which started on April 26, had been completed. “The operation in Dir has succe
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The Inter-Services Public Relations Director General, Major General Athar Abbas, told a news conference in Rawalpindi on April 28 that the military operation in Lower Dir, which started on April 26, had been completed. “The operation in Dir has successfully been completed, during which 70 to 75 militants were killed,” he said. Ten personnel of the Security Forces were also killed during the operation. He said over 300 militants had started entering Lower Dir on April 2 and 3. Despite warning from the Government officials, they did not stop their unlawful activities, he added. “They were involved in kidnapping for ransom, killing police and other security officials and other unlawful acts,” he said. He also said no foreign militant was found during the Dir operation.
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April - 28 
The militants, on the other hand, blew up a bridge, a Police post in Ambaila and occupied the Paacha Police Station, sources said. Sources told The News that large contingents of SFs entered the District from Mardan at 3 pm after clamping an unannoun
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The militants, on the other hand, blew up a bridge, a Police post in Ambaila and occupied the Paacha Police Station, sources said. Sources told The News that large contingents of SFs entered the District from Mardan at 3 pm after clamping an unannounced curfew on the Ambaila area. “Fighter planes bombed Kalil, Sherataraf, Kandao areas located on the mountainous boundary of Swat and Buner districts,” the sources said, adding the militants had taken shelter in these areas. However, no casualty was reported so far. Two houses were destroyed when jet fighters targeted Mashkipur, a village near the boundary of Buner and Mardan Districts.
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April - 28 
The NWFP Government is all set to establish the Darul Qaza appeals court in Malakand and appoint qazis in the area, Provincial Information Minister Mian Iftikhar Hussain said on April 28, inviting the Tehreek-e-Nafaz-e-Shariat-e-Mohammadi (TNSM) chie
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The NWFP Government is all set to establish the Darul Qaza appeals court in Malakand and appoint qazis in the area, Provincial Information Minister Mian Iftikhar Hussain said on April 28, inviting the Tehreek-e-Nafaz-e-Shariat-e-Mohammadi (TNSM) chief Maulana Sufi Muhammad for talks to implement the Nizam-e-Adl Regulation 2009, Daily Times reported. “It’s the last opportunity. I request Sufi Muhammad and his companions through this press conference to come forward for consultations with the government as all arrangements for the implementation of the system are complete,” said the spokesman while addressing a press conference. The minister said the TNSM chief had suspended peace talks after a military operation in Dir that he opposed and that Government emissaries could not contact him as he had gone to Taimer Gara and refused to talk to them. He said the Government believed in dialogue and not in use of force because only dialogue could solve problems. The minister warned that the provincial Government would take strict action against all those challenging the writ of the state, forming a parallel Government, endangering the life and property of citizens and patrolling troubled areas with weapons. “There were some technical problems in the establishment of Darul Qaza and appointment of qazis. We have now done the homework and are fully ready to implement the system after consultations with Sufi Muhammad,” said Iftikhar.
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April - 28 
The TNSM has warned of a ‘storm’ across Pakistan if the Malakand peace deal collapses, Daily Times reported. “The peace accord has weakened and is shaky,” Sufi Muhammad’s son Rizwanullah Farooq said by telephone from Swat on April 28. “If it breaks,
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The TNSM has warned of a ‘storm’ across Pakistan if the Malakand peace deal collapses, Daily Times reported. “The peace accord has weakened and is shaky,” Sufi Muhammad’s son Rizwanullah Farooq said by telephone from Swat on April 28. “If it breaks, there will be a storm in the whole country.” Meanwhile, TNSM spokesman Ameer Izzat Khan said at a press conference that the Taliban had neither destroyed public property in Maidan nor declared war. He said there was no justification for the operation in Maidan.
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April - 29 
According to Dawn, suspected militants blew up about 25 shops at Adezai bazaar in the suburb of Peshawar, capital of the NWFP, on April 29. A Police official of the Matani Police station said unidentified miscreants had planted explosives which went
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According to Dawn, suspected militants blew up about 25 shops at Adezai bazaar in the suburb of Peshawar, capital of the NWFP, on April 29. A Police official of the Matani Police station said unidentified miscreants had planted explosives which went off at about 1am. Many of the shops were owned by one Mohammad Kalam. However, chief of the local Union Council, Haji Asad Khan, said the shops were owned by poor people who were selling items of daily use. In the past, he said, people used to sell CDs and cassettes in different areas but after threats by the Taliban they had abandoned the business.
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April - 29 
At least six people were killed and two injured when two missiles were fired by a suspected US drone at Kani Garam village in South Waziristan on April 29. “Six people were killed when a moving vehicle was hit by one [of the] missiles fired by a US s
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At least six people were killed and two injured when two missiles were fired by a suspected US drone at Kani Garam village in South Waziristan on April 29. “Six people were killed when a moving vehicle was hit by one [of the] missiles fired by a US spy plane,” tribesmen told Daily Times. They said that all of those killed were locals. The Associated Press said that four people had also been injured in the strike. The AFP reported that a local administration official and intelligence officials confirmed the missile strike. Meanwhile, a private TV channel reported that US spy planes were also seen flying over various areas of Swat District in NWFP. The channel said drones were seen flying over Mingora and also in Swat’s adjoining areas.
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April - 29 
Four militants were killed and two others sustained injuries in artillery shelling by the Security Forces (SFs) in the Khwaizai Baizai area of Mohmand Agency in FATA on April 29, Dawn reported. SFs are reported to have targeted suspected locations of
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Four militants were killed and two others sustained injuries in artillery shelling by the Security Forces (SFs) in the Khwaizai Baizai area of Mohmand Agency in FATA on April 29, Dawn reported. SFs are reported to have targeted suspected locations of the militants in different areas early in the morning, killing four militants and wounding two others. The troops also seized a pickup truck in the area and recovered rockets, mortar shells and explosives.
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April - 29 
In the NWFP, artillery fire on suspected Taliban hideouts continued in the Maidan area of Lower Dir on April 29, despite an announcement by the military that the operation had been completed, residents told Daily Times. The Security Forces set up a n
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In the NWFP, artillery fire on suspected Taliban hideouts continued in the Maidan area of Lower Dir on April 29, despite an announcement by the military that the operation had been completed, residents told Daily Times. The Security Forces set up a new check-post in Rehanpur village, and army troops were positioned on the Zulam Bridge linking Lower Dir with the Bajaur Agency in FATA. Amnesty International estimated on April 29 that at least 33,000 civilians have fled their homes in Lower Dir.
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April - 29 
Police defused explosives which were planted near the main gate of the Peshawar High Court. Police officials said the explosives weighed about two kilograms and were packed in a plastic bottle. Detonator, cable and batteries were also recovered from
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Police defused explosives which were planted near the main gate of the Peshawar High Court. Police officials said the explosives weighed about two kilograms and were packed in a plastic bottle. Detonator, cable and batteries were also recovered from the site.
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April - 29 
Political Agent Amjad Ali Khan claimed that the situation had improved in Safi subdivision of Mohmand Agency after the military operation. He urged the elders to fulfill their territorial and collective responsibilities and not to allow miscreants to
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Political Agent Amjad Ali Khan claimed that the situation had improved in Safi subdivision of Mohmand Agency after the military operation. He urged the elders to fulfill their territorial and collective responsibilities and not to allow miscreants to reestablish their hideouts in the area.
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April - 29 
The military estimated some 500 militants were in the Buner Valley and that it might take a week to clear them out, The News reported. Jet fighters and helicopter gunships provided air support for army and paramilitary troops leading the offensive on
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The military estimated some 500 militants were in the Buner Valley and that it might take a week to clear them out, The News reported. Jet fighters and helicopter gunships provided air support for army and paramilitary troops leading the offensive on April 29.
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April - 29 
The military spokesman said an Arab correspondent of Al Jazeera TV, Abdul Rehman Matar, was injured after his vehicle was caught in crossfire in Daggar. According to APP, Abbas said Taliban were getting weapons and assistance through the Afghan borde
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The military spokesman said an Arab correspondent of Al Jazeera TV, Abdul Rehman Matar, was injured after his vehicle was caught in crossfire in Daggar. According to APP, Abbas said Taliban were getting weapons and assistance through the Afghan border.
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April - 29 
The Taliban in Swat have announced that they will ‘reform’ the banking system and journalism in the areas they control, shifting the focus from barbers and CD shops, Daily Times reported. According to Dunya News, Taliban spokesman Haji Muslim Khan sa
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The Taliban in Swat have announced that they will ‘reform’ the banking system and journalism in the areas they control, shifting the focus from barbers and CD shops, Daily Times reported. According to Dunya News, Taliban spokesman Haji Muslim Khan said Taliban’s next target would be the banking system “where un-Islamic affairs are being carried out”. He said the Taliban would penalise the media with the Sharia (Islamic law) punishment for telling lies. The Taliban would take action against the people “who are trying to conceal facts by publishing and broadcasting false reports”. He admitted that Taliban had issued posters warning the media in Swat.
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April - 29 
Three children were killed and their mother injured when they stepped on a landmine at a village near the border of Dera Bugti District on April 29, Dawn reported. Police said the landmine had been planted in Goth Metha Bugti in the Sobatpur area. A
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Three children were killed and their mother injured when they stepped on a landmine at a village near the border of Dera Bugti District on April 29, Dawn reported. Police said the landmine had been planted in Goth Metha Bugti in the Sobatpur area. A Police officer said the woman and her children were on their way to a dispensary.
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April - 29 
Troops took control of the main Daggar town, headquarters of the Buner District, on April 29 after being dropped by helicopter behind Taliban lines, killing over 50 Taliban militants in two days of fighting, the military said, Daily Times reported. T
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Troops took control of the main Daggar town, headquarters of the Buner District, on April 29 after being dropped by helicopter behind Taliban lines, killing over 50 Taliban militants in two days of fighting, the military said, Daily Times reported. Troops were operating on three axis – Ambaila, Malandar and Karakar – military spokesman Major General Athar Abbas told reporters in Rawalpindi on April 29. “Two high-value targets — Maulvi Shahid and Qari Quresh — are among the 50 militants killed so far in Buner when gunship helicopters targeted militants’ positions during the operation launched on Tuesday afternoon,” Abbas stated. “The security forces are facing stiff resistance, particularly around Ambaila heights,” a key gateway to the mountainous region where the Taliban detonated three roadside bombs, he said. One soldier had been killed in the operation and three were injured. “The airborne forces have linked up to police and Frontier Constabulary in Daggar,” the spokesman said. The Army spokesman informed the media that Daggar has been cleared of the militants while Sultanwala, Nawagai and Pir Baba Ziarat are still in the militants’ control.
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April - 30 
A roadside bomb blast in the Kohat District of NWFP killed a Shia man and wounded six others traveling in a mini-bus in an apparent sectarian attack on April 30, Daily Times reported. "Seven people were injured in the bomb blast," local Police offici
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A roadside bomb blast in the Kohat District of NWFP killed a Shia man and wounded six others traveling in a mini-bus in an apparent sectarian attack on April 30, Daily Times reported. "Seven people were injured in the bomb blast," local Police official Shafiq Khan said. "It appears to be a sectarian attack as all the passengers in the van were Shias," he said, adding the blast was caused by a crude, makeshift device.
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April - 30 
A trooper was wounded when gunmen fired at the FC mess in the Khatan area of Khuzdar District. Even as the FC personnel retaliated, the assailants escaped from the incident site.
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A trooper was wounded when gunmen fired at the FC mess in the Khatan area of Khuzdar District. Even as the FC personnel retaliated, the assailants escaped from the incident site.
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April - 30 
According to Dawn, a soldier, Murtaza, was killed and three others sustained injuries when armed men ambushed a convoy of the Frontier Corps (FC) near Kahan in the Kohlu District on April 30. The convoy was reportedly going to Kahan from Kohlu.
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According to Dawn, a soldier, Murtaza, was killed and three others sustained injuries when armed men ambushed a convoy of the Frontier Corps (FC) near Kahan in the Kohlu District on April 30. The convoy was reportedly going to Kahan from Kohlu.
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April - 30 
Commander of the US Central Command, General David Petraeus, has told American officials that the next two weeks are critical to determining whether the Pakistani Government will survive, FOX News reported on April 30, according to The News. “The Pak
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Commander of the US Central Command, General David Petraeus, has told American officials that the next two weeks are critical to determining whether the Pakistani Government will survive, FOX News reported on April 30, according to The News. “The Pakistanis have run out of excuses” and are “finally getting serious” about combating the threat from Taliban and al Qaeda extremists operating out of northwest Pakistan, the general added. But Petraeus also said that “we’ve heard it all before” from the Pakistanis and he is looking to see concrete action by the Government to destroy the Taliban in the next two weeks before determining the United States’ next course of action.
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April - 30 
He said the militants attacked SFs’ post in the Jawari Pass area and in the retaliatory action four militants were killed, while the rest fled from the scene. During the crossfire, one FC trooper sustained injuries, he said. Further, according to Daw
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He said the militants attacked SFs’ post in the Jawari Pass area and in the retaliatory action four militants were killed, while the rest fled from the scene. During the crossfire, one FC trooper sustained injuries, he said. Further, according to Dawn, militants blew up a camp of the Frontier Constabulary and took away weapons, while jets and helicopters continued heavy bombing on their suspected positions in different parts of Buner District on April 30. However, no casualty among militants was reported in the attacks by helicopter gunships.
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April - 30 
Major General Abbas said the Government and SFs had been exercising maximum restraint despite clear violations of peace deal by the Taliban in Swat. He claimed the Taliban were carrying out patrolling, setting up check-posts, kidnapping for ransom an
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Major General Abbas said the Government and SFs had been exercising maximum restraint despite clear violations of peace deal by the Taliban in Swat. He claimed the Taliban were carrying out patrolling, setting up check-posts, kidnapping for ransom and killing and damaging private properties, violating the peace deal.
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April - 30 
Pakistan’s top military leaders resolved to support the Government in showing "zero tolerance" towards militancy in the Malakand Division of NWFP in a meeting of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Committee (JCSC) on April 30, Daily Times reported. "While exa
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Pakistan’s top military leaders resolved to support the Government in showing "zero tolerance" towards militancy in the Malakand Division of NWFP in a meeting of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Committee (JCSC) on April 30, Daily Times reported. "While examining the prevailing situation in Malakand division, the JCSC expressed satisfaction over the progress of operations in Lower Dir, Buner and adjoining areas and resolved to extend maximum support to the government in stamping out any spillover of militancy in these areas with zero tolerance," an ISPR spokesman said after the meeting.
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April - 30 
Security Forces on April 30 Thursday targeted suspected positions of the militants in the remote Narai Dara area of Khyber Agency, Dawn reported. Bombing with heavy weaponry was reportedly carried out from the bordering town of Ghalanai, the headquar
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Security Forces on April 30 Thursday targeted suspected positions of the militants in the remote Narai Dara area of Khyber Agency, Dawn reported. Bombing with heavy weaponry was reportedly carried out from the bordering town of Ghalanai, the headquarters of Mohmand Agency. Officials said they had information of militants’ infiltration from Mohmand Agency into Loe Shalman areas of Narai Dara, Ghund Sar and Ugday Sar. Residents also confirmed movement of the Taliban militants in these areas and said they had occupied a joint hujra (guest house) in Narai Dara besides establishing hideouts in the nearby mountains. However, there were no reports of any loss of life or injuries in the military action.
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April - 30 
The Inter-Services Public Relations (ISPR) Director-General Major General Athar Abbas said on April 30 that 24 militants had been killed so far in the military operation in Buner and Security Forces (SFs) had cleared the District headquarters Daggar
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The Inter-Services Public Relations (ISPR) Director-General Major General Athar Abbas said on April 30 that 24 militants had been killed so far in the military operation in Buner and Security Forces (SFs) had cleared the District headquarters Daggar of the militants, The News reported. Addressing a press conference in Islamabad, he said due to the successful operation, launched jointly by the Frontier Corps (FC) and Pakistan Army, life was returning to normalcy in Lower Dir. He also said the number of casualties might increase in Buner and Lower Dir. Abbas added that the militants were still holding positions at Sultanwas and Pir Baba.
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April - 30 
The ISPR Director-General Major General Athar Abbas dismissed a report in The New York Times that claimed that Pakistan had agreed to move 6,000 troops from its Indian border to its western border with Afghanistan. "The story is not correct," he told
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The ISPR Director-General Major General Athar Abbas dismissed a report in The New York Times that claimed that Pakistan had agreed to move 6,000 troops from its Indian border to its western border with Afghanistan. "The story is not correct," he told Daily Times.
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April - 30 
The Taliban in Orakzai Agency of FATA have banished 50 Sikh families from the agency for not paying Jizia, a tax levied on non-Muslims living under Islamic law, Daily Times reported. According to a private TV channel, Taliban militants occupied house
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The Taliban in Orakzai Agency of FATA have banished 50 Sikh families from the agency for not paying Jizia, a tax levied on non-Muslims living under Islamic law, Daily Times reported. According to a private TV channel, Taliban militants occupied houses and shops of the Sikhs and auctioned their valuables for PKR 0.8 million in the Qasim Khel and Feroz Khel areas. The Taliban had demanded PKR 12 million from the Sikh community but they had only paid PKR 6.7 million to the Taliban, the channel said.
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*Data till , April 23, 2024
Source:Compiled from news reports and are provisional.
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