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December - 1 
A bomb attached to a motorcycle exploded in the Defence Officers Colony area of Peshawar in North West Frontier Province (NWFP) on December 1-evening, killing one person, according to Dawn. It was not clear if the man died was a suicide bomber or som
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A bomb attached to a motorcycle exploded in the Defence Officers Colony area of Peshawar in North West Frontier Province (NWFP) on December 1-evening, killing one person, according to Dawn. It was not clear if the man died was a suicide bomber or someone else had attached the explosives to the bike, provincial police officer Mohammad Raffat Pasha said. “He had covered his head and, therefore, we suspect that he might be a saboteur,” the officer added.
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December - 2 
A seventeen-year-old boy, Mohammad Younus Baloch, was killed and three other people were injured when a bomb exploded at Nushki in Balochistan on December 2, according to Dawn. Police sources said the powerful bomb had been planted on an electricity
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A seventeen-year-old boy, Mohammad Younus Baloch, was killed and three other people were injured when a bomb exploded at Nushki in Balochistan on December 2, according to Dawn. Police sources said the powerful bomb had been planted on an electricity pylon 200 yards away from the fort of the Chagai Militia, a wing of the Frontier Corps, on the Mess Road.
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December - 3 
According to Daily Times, a police official was killed and another wounded when a foreigner, believed to be an Uzbek national, detonated explosives tied around his body when the police tried to search him in the Domail area of Bannu in North West Fro
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According to Daily Times, a police official was killed and another wounded when a foreigner, believed to be an Uzbek national, detonated explosives tied around his body when the police tried to search him in the Domail area of Bannu in North West Frontier Province (NWFP), police said on December 3. “The police surrounded the Persian-speaking man’s car, a private taxi, when he refused a body search and fired at a constable deployed at a check post on the Kohat-Bannu road,” Bannu Deputy Inspector General of Police, Abid Ali, told reporters. Ali informed that platoon commander Ahmad Khan attempted to remove the explosives fixed around the suspect’s body when he exploded. Police arrested the taxi driver who was driving the suspected militant from Kohat to Bannu.
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December - 3 
Intelligence agencies have unearthed a plan by banned militant groups to hijack helicopters used by courier services and welfare organisations to carry out terrorist acts in Pakistan, Daily Times has reported. Agencies have reportedly submitted repor
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Intelligence agencies have unearthed a plan by banned militant groups to hijack helicopters used by courier services and welfare organisations to carry out terrorist acts in Pakistan, Daily Times has reported. Agencies have reportedly submitted reports to the Interior Ministry warning that militants groups may also try to hijack helicopters used by the Civil Aviation Authority and Maritime Security Agency. These groups have formed a squad tasked with hijacking a helicopter, the intelligence reports warned. They also warn that militants continue to plan to abduct and kill senior government officials, along the lines of incidents reported in Iraq.
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December - 4 
A soldier, identified as Abdul Waheed, was injured in a landmine explosion in the Kahan area of Kohlu district in Balochistan on December 4, Dawn reported. According to official sources, the soldier was going to his camp when the anti-personnel landm
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A soldier, identified as Abdul Waheed, was injured in a landmine explosion in the Kahan area of Kohlu district in Balochistan on December 4, Dawn reported. According to official sources, the soldier was going to his camp when the anti-personnel landmine blew up.
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December - 4 
Insurgents reportedly fired rockets on some areas in Nushki and Mastung on December 4-evening. Three rockets landed in an open place in Nushki, while an equal number exploded in Mastung. However, no loss of life or injuries was reported.
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Insurgents reportedly fired rockets on some areas in Nushki and Mastung on December 4-evening. Three rockets landed in an open place in Nushki, while an equal number exploded in Mastung. However, no loss of life or injuries was reported.
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The Government has rejected a recent report of the Brussels-based International Crisis Group about the Taliban having established their headquarters in Quetta, capital of Balochistan, according to Dawn. "Taliban have not established any office in Que
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The Government has rejected a recent report of the Brussels-based International Crisis Group about the Taliban having established their headquarters in Quetta, capital of Balochistan, according to Dawn. "Taliban have not established any office in Quetta or any other part of the country," Interior Minister Aftab Ahmed Khan Sherpao said on December 4. Talking to the media in Islamabad, he said the Government had been making best possible efforts to stop movement across the Afghan border. "Recently, we held 300 Afghans while entering Pakistan and 200 of them have been repatriated," the minister said. He informed that a biometrics system had been installed on the Afghan border to check infiltration of Taliban, adding that Afghan refugees staying in camps in Chaman had been issued special cards to check presence of Taliban or other elements.
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An Intelligence Bureau (IB) official was arrested with explosives near the Chief Minister’s Secretariat in Peshawar, capital of North West Frontier Province (NWFP) on December 5, with Chief Minister Akram Durrani appearing to suggest that he was the
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An Intelligence Bureau (IB) official was arrested with explosives near the Chief Minister’s Secretariat in Peshawar, capital of North West Frontier Province (NWFP) on December 5, with Chief Minister Akram Durrani appearing to suggest that he was the target of a bomb plot hatched by the IB, according to Daily Times. Durrani told a press conference that Muhammad Tufail, the IB employee, was arrested by police at around 11am outside his Peshawar office while “trying to plant a bomb” in a dustbin. “We are considering whether the IB is directly responsible for it or if it is the outcome of the grudges the federal government has against the NWFP,” he said, and recalled that his house in Bannu had been attacked in the past. “When the case was registered and Tufail was apprehended, Zafarullah, the IB joint director in Peshawar, rushed to the police station and took away Tufail and the bomb with him,” he said.
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Federal prosecutors on December 5 said a Pakistani living in New York wired money and tried to send foot soldiers to a Sikh militant organisation aimed at violently forcing India’s government into letting the group form its own state, according to Da
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Federal prosecutors on December 5 said a Pakistani living in New York wired money and tried to send foot soldiers to a Sikh militant organisation aimed at violently forcing India’s government into letting the group form its own state, according to Daily Times. Khalid Awan knew the $25,000 that two Sikh businessmen gave him to transfer to a Khalistan Commando Force leader in 2001 “was for bad things and that innocent people would die,” federal prosecutor Lawrence Ferazani said. Ferazani spoke in Brooklyn federal court during opening arguments of Awan’s trial on counts of providing material support or resources to terrorists, conspiracy to provide material support or resources to terrorists and money laundering to promote terrorism. If convicted on all counts, Awan faces a maximum of 55 years in prison. Awan was detained shortly after the September 11, 2001, attacks as a material witness. While in prison, Ferazani said Awan recruited fellow inmate Harjit Singh to join the Khalistan Commando Force by introducing him to leader Paramjit Singh Panjwar through phone calls from the prison, Reuters reported.
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December - 5 
Pakistan is prepared to give up its claim on Kashmir, the demand for plebiscite in the region and on implementation of UN Resolutions if both countries agree on the four-point solution, according to Pakistani President Pervez Musharraf. In an intervi
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Pakistan is prepared to give up its claim on Kashmir, the demand for plebiscite in the region and on implementation of UN Resolutions if both countries agree on the four-point solution, according to Pakistani President Pervez Musharraf. In an interview to the New Delhi-based NDTV, Gen. Musharraf said self-governance or autonomy did not mean independence and Pakistan is against independence for Kashmir. He said Pakistan was prepared to give up its claim to Kashmir if India and Pakistan agree on the four-point solution. "We will have to. Yes, if this solution comes up," he said when asked if he was prepared to give up claim to Kashmir. Musharraf also made it clear that if the four-point solution, which includes no change in boundaries of Kashmir, making borders and the Line of Control (LoC) irrelevant, staggered demilitarisation and autonomy or self-governance with a joint supervision mechanism, is agreed upon, Pakistan would also give up on the UN resolutions and its long-standing demand for a plebiscite. He said when both sides are negotiating, it meant compromise and compromise could never take place without stepping back.
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December - 7 
Two imams (priests) recently arrested for visa violations and released on bail in Boston are related to Hafiz Mohammed Saeed, chief of the Lashkar-e-Toiba (LeT), now operating as Jamaat-ud-Dawaa, according to Daily Times. The 33 arrests in November 2
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Two imams (priests) recently arrested for visa violations and released on bail in Boston are related to Hafiz Mohammed Saeed, chief of the Lashkar-e-Toiba (LeT), now operating as Jamaat-ud-Dawaa, according to Daily Times. The 33 arrests in November 2006 were part of an operation carried out by US Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents in eight states and the district of Columbia in connection with an ongoing investigation into a specific visa fraud scheme that was designed to help large numbers of illegal aliens, primarily from Pakistan, fraudulently obtain religious worker visas to enter or remain in the United States. The two imams, Hafiz Muhammad Hannan and Hafiz Muhammad Masood, are relatives of Hafiz Muhammad Saeed, Masood being his brother and Hannan being his brother in law. Masood is an imam at the Islamic Centre of New England, Sharon, Massachusetts, while Hannan is an imam at the Islamic Society of Greater Lowell, Massachusetts. Hafiz Masood came on a student exchange visa to Boston University in 1988 and studied there till 1990, but stayed on, violating his visa status. Hafiz Hannan came to the US and applied for a religious worker visa which was granted. He made his application through one Muhammad Khalil of Brooklyn, New York.
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December - 8 
A bomb blast damaged a government rest house in the Muslim Bagh district on the same day. However, there were no reports of casualties.
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A bomb blast damaged a government rest house in the Muslim Bagh district on the same day. However, there were no reports of casualties.
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December - 8 
A powerful explosion was reported on December 8-night from the provincial capital Quetta. Sources said that it was a rocket fired from the Brewery area but it was not clear where it exploded.
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A powerful explosion was reported on December 8-night from the provincial capital Quetta. Sources said that it was a rocket fired from the Brewery area but it was not clear where it exploded.
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December - 8 
Gas supply was suspended to Mastung and adjoining areas in the Balochistan province after a pipeline was blown up near the township on December 8-evening, according to Dawn. According to police, an explosive device planted under the pipeline exploded
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Gas supply was suspended to Mastung and adjoining areas in the Balochistan province after a pipeline was blown up near the township on December 8-evening, according to Dawn. According to police, an explosive device planted under the pipeline exploded, damaging over two feet of the pipeline.
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December - 8 
Unidentified assailants on December 8 threw a hand grenade inside the house of a civilian at Panjgur district in Balochistan, killing a 10 year-old young boy and injuring four others, including two women, according to Daily Times. Police said that th
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Unidentified assailants on December 8 threw a hand grenade inside the house of a civilian at Panjgur district in Balochistan, killing a 10 year-old young boy and injuring four others, including two women, according to Daily Times. Police said that the boy had been playing with a toy inside his house when the grenade detonated, killing him on the spot and injuring two female relatives.
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December - 10 
A man was killed and his mother suffered injuries in a landmine explosion near Punjabi Dob village in the Jaffarabad district of Balochistan on December 10, according to Dawn. Police said that Maroof Bugti and his mother were on their way home when t
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A man was killed and his mother suffered injuries in a landmine explosion near Punjabi Dob village in the Jaffarabad district of Balochistan on December 10, according to Dawn. Police said that Maroof Bugti and his mother were on their way home when their cart hit a landmine. Further, a police patrolling party reportedly came under attack in the same area on the same day. The attackers escaped after a brief crossfire. However, no loss of life or injuries was reported.
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December - 10 
At least four persons were killed and 25 others wounded and four houses demolished in an armed clash between two rival groups at Khyber Agency in the Federally Administered Tribal Areas (FATA) on December 10, Daily Times reported. One of the groups,
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At least four persons were killed and 25 others wounded and four houses demolished in an armed clash between two rival groups at Khyber Agency in the Federally Administered Tribal Areas (FATA) on December 10, Daily Times reported. One of the groups, Lashkar-e-Islami, claimed to have killed several people from the rival Ansarul Islam group. The Lashkar said it had also destroyed the house of Ansarul Islam leader Maulana Mastameen. Mastameen, however, said that his house had been destroyed, but denied that his group had suffered any casualties. “We retaliated successfully and killed four of the attackers,” he said, adding that his group also held a rival hostage. He also said his group had demolished the houses of three people from the Lashkar-e-Islami. The fighting reportedly occurred in Kamarkhel, housing an army camp, close to the Pakistan-Afghan border.
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December - 10 
In the province, police on December 10 seized dynamites and arrested one person near Khuzdar.
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In the province, police on December 10 seized dynamites and arrested one person near Khuzdar.
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December - 11 
Pakistan said on December 11 that it had never claimed Kashmir as an integral part of its territory, that its legal position was based on the United Nations Security Council (UNSC) resolutions, and that it wanted a settlement that would be acceptable
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Pakistan said on December 11 that it had never claimed Kashmir as an integral part of its territory, that its legal position was based on the United Nations Security Council (UNSC) resolutions, and that it wanted a settlement that would be acceptable to itself, to India and to the people of Kashmir, according to The Hindu. Foreign Ministry spokesperson Tasnim Aslam made these remarks when asked to comment on President Pervez Musharraf's statements to the New Delhi-based television channel NDTV that Pakistan would give up its claim on Kashmir if India showed similar flexibility. "First, Pakistan does not claim Kashmir. The dispute is about the aspirations of the Kashmiris. According to the UNSC resolutions, Pakistan and India are parties to this dispute, and Kashmiris have to essentially decide their future," Aslam said at the weekly press briefing in Islamabad. Asked to clarify Pakistan's position, she said it was the legal position based on the UNSC resolutions for a plebiscite in the disputed territory. Pakistan "hoped" the Kashmiris would choose to join it, were a plebiscite to be held.
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December - 12 
According to The Hindu, political parties, retired army generals and religious groups have criticized the Foreign Ministry statement that Pakistan has never claimed Kashmir as an integral part of its territory. The Jamaat-e-Islami said President
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According to The Hindu, political parties, retired army generals and religious groups have criticized the Foreign Ministry statement that Pakistan has never claimed Kashmir as an integral part of its territory. The Jamaat-e-Islami said President Pervez Musharraf was not entitled to make a "U-turn" on the issue, and pointed out that father of the nation, Mohammed Ali Jinnah, had described Kashmir as the "jugular vein" of Pakistan. In an interview to BBC, the Jamaat-e-Islami general secretary Munawar Hussain said an "unconstitutional President" and army chief had no right to frame policy on Kashmir. The Jama’at-ud-Da’awa (also known as Lashkar-e-Toiba [LeT]) said the Foreign Ministry statement had "gone so far as to defy the principles of the founder of Pakistan." A statement by the group said India was in "illegal occupation" of Kashmir, and the issue "continues to be part of the unfinished agenda" of Partition. "Kashmir and Pakistan are one entity, not two, and the people of Pakistan stand shoulder to shoulder with their Kashmiri brothers and completely reject such non-serious statements by the Government," it said. Former army chief, Mirza Aslam Beg, described the statement as a "U-turn" and said that the relationship between Pakistan and the Kashmir cause ran deep and to deny it would be to ignore reality.
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December - 12 
Afghan President Hamid Karzai on December 12 accused Pakistan of being “the boss” of the Taliban and said that resolving difficulties with Pakistan would put an end to terrorism in Afghanistan, according to The News. “The problem is not Taliban. We d
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Afghan President Hamid Karzai on December 12 accused Pakistan of being “the boss” of the Taliban and said that resolving difficulties with Pakistan would put an end to terrorism in Afghanistan, according to The News. “The problem is not Taliban. We don’t see it that way. The problem is with Pakistan,” Karzai said in an interview with foreign journalists. “If we resolve the difficulties with Pakistan, the question of Taliban will go away automatically,” stated Karzai. When asked if Pakistan is essentially the boss of the Taliban, Karzai responded, “Absolutely. That has been the case from the very first day. That is how the Taliban came into being. It’s more than a boss… The state of Pakistan was supporting the Taliban, so we presume if there is still any Taliban, that they are being supported by a state element.”
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December - 12 
The US said on December 11 that it was concerned over “safe havens” being established by Islamic militants in Pakistan’s tribal areas bordering Afghanistan, and acknowledged the situation on the Pakistan-Afghanistan border was a “mess”, according to
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The US said on December 11 that it was concerned over “safe havens” being established by Islamic militants in Pakistan’s tribal areas bordering Afghanistan, and acknowledged the situation on the Pakistan-Afghanistan border was a “mess”, according to Daily Times. “Clearly, you still do have cross-border infiltration, and I know that that is a concern for the Pakistanis and the Afghans, but having safe havens and areas where these extremists can operate from is a real concern for us,” said State Department spokesman Sean McCormack. He said “it was too early” to tell if the policy adopted by Pakistan in the tribal areas by signing the peace accords was working or not. Replying to a question based on the New York Times report, McCormack said, “Well, first of all, it’s a Pakistani programme, so you can talk to the Pakistani government about whether or not they feel they’ve met their targets. I do know it’s relatively new, so they’re still working through it. When it first came out, it certainly seemed like a workable model, but as with most things, the true effectiveness of it comes down to its implementation.” He said everybody was aware of the problem of ceding territory to extremists and terrorists, and the Pakistani authorities did not want to do that, which was why they came up with this programme.
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December - 13 
An anti-terrorism court in Rawalpindi on December 13 dropped charges against a British man of Pakistani origin suspected of being a key figure in an alleged plot to blow up trans-Atlantic airliners, according to Dawn. 25-year old Rashid Rauf had been
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An anti-terrorism court in Rawalpindi on December 13 dropped charges against a British man of Pakistani origin suspected of being a key figure in an alleged plot to blow up trans-Atlantic airliners, according to Dawn. 25-year old Rashid Rauf had been arrested in August 2006 and officials had claimed that his detention had led to the uncovering of the conspiracy and that he was linked to the al Qaeda. His lawyer Hashmat Habib said that the court had agreed to his petition that two charges relating to terrorism were “not relevant and this court cannot try him.” “That practically means that Rashid Rauf has been acquitted of charges relating to terrorism,” Habib said, adding that the case would now be sent back to a regular court. Rauf reportedly still faces charges of impersonation, carrying a fake identity card, fake documents and using those documents, Habib informed. “These are minor charges and we hope to see him free,” he said.
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December - 13 
Unidentified assailants blew up a gas pipeline at Mastung in the Balochistan province on December 13, suspending the supply of gas to surrounding areas, reported Geo TV. The channel quoted police sources as saying that an explosive device had been pl
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Unidentified assailants blew up a gas pipeline at Mastung in the Balochistan province on December 13, suspending the supply of gas to surrounding areas, reported Geo TV. The channel quoted police sources as saying that an explosive device had been planted in the main gas pipeline in Mastung. However, no loss of life or injuries was reported.
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December - 15 
A bomb explosion occurred beneath a bridge on the RCD Highway near the Mastung township in Balochistan on December 15, according to Dawn. However, no casualty was reported.
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A bomb explosion occurred beneath a bridge on the RCD Highway near the Mastung township in Balochistan on December 15, according to Dawn. However, no casualty was reported.
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December - 15 
John D. Negraponte, Director of the US National Intelligence, is reported to have blamed Pakistan for the dangerous situation now prevailing in the Pakistan-Afghanistan tribal belt, according to Daily Times. In an interview published by the Washingto
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John D. Negraponte, Director of the US National Intelligence, is reported to have blamed Pakistan for the dangerous situation now prevailing in the Pakistan-Afghanistan tribal belt, according to Daily Times. In an interview published by the Washington Post on December 15, Negraponte said with new fighting expected to break out next spring in Afghanistan, the Pakistani Government would soon have to decide what it could do about the tribal authorities who had not been living up to their agreement to prevent the Taliban and al Qaeda fighters from moving back and forth across the border. "Sooner or later, the government will have to reckon with it," Negroponte said, but added that with elections in coming, the US understood that President Pervez Musharraf "has a domestic political balancing act to perform". Referring to the accord signed by Pakistani government representatives with tribal elders in Waziristan, Negroponte said "tribal authorities are not living up to the deal" and that back-and-forth travel by the Taliban and others "causes serious problems." The Post noted that Negraponte’s "downbeat assessment" was supported by a recent report by Anthony H. Cordesman, a former Pentagon official, who after his return from Afghanistan where he received briefings from a US embassy team, including US military commanders, said the Afghan insurgency grew in the past year because of financial and military aid from a sanctuary in Pakistan, while the weak Kabul government had not received enough military and economic support from NATO and the US. Cordeman said, "A major Al Qaeda and Taliban presence is building up in both Afghanistan and Pakistan" for a new offensive next year. "These groups have de facto sanctuary in Pakistan, a major presence in the east and south, and a growing presence in western Afghanistan."
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December - 15 
The Supreme Court on December 15 stopped the North West Frontier Province (NWFP) Government from enacting the Hasba bill, according to Dawn. The court issued the stay order on a presidential reference — the second such referral in a year. The provinc
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The Supreme Court on December 15 stopped the North West Frontier Province (NWFP) Government from enacting the Hasba bill, according to Dawn. The court issued the stay order on a presidential reference — the second such referral in a year. The provincial assembly had, on November 13, 2006, passed a revised version of the Hasba Bill proposing the appointment of an ombudsman for enforcing ‘Islam’s morality code’. But NWFP Governor Ali Jan Aurakzai withheld assent, terming the bill unconstitutional, in a letter to the Prime Minister on December 12. On December 15, a five-member Supreme Court bench, headed by Chief Justice Iftikhar Muhammad Chaudhry, asked the NWFP Chief Secretary, the Advocate-General and the assembly’s Speaker to appear before it during the third week of January 2007. Attorney-General Makhdoom Ali Khan said the revised Hasba bill was unconstitutional on the same grounds as those given by the court in 2005. One of the grounds was that the bill was aimed at setting up a parallel judicial system. Khan argued that the new bill also sought to create a parallel judicial system. On August 4, 2005, a nine-member Supreme Court bench had blocked the first version of the bill in response to a presidential reference by declaring as unconstitutional several of the bill’s clauses on the powers of the ombudsman. The court had also advised the Governor not to sign the bill into law. The bill provides for the appointment of an anti-vice ombudsman enjoying sweeping powers to protect Islamic values and "forbid persons, agencies and authorities working under the administrative control of the government to act against Shariah."
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December - 16 
Three brothers, suspected to be linked with the al Qaeda, were arrested at Darra Adam Khel in the North West Frontier Province (NWFP) on December 16, according to Dawn. Security force personnel raided Dalil Khel village and arrested Dil Aram, Fazal R
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Three brothers, suspected to be linked with the al Qaeda, were arrested at Darra Adam Khel in the North West Frontier Province (NWFP) on December 16, according to Dawn. Security force personnel raided Dalil Khel village and arrested Dil Aram, Fazal Rehman and Ahmed Nawaz, all sons of Yaqoob, said sources, adding that their leader escaped. They are believed to be involved in the Dargai suicide blast on November 8, 2006, in which 42 soldiers were killed and 39 others wounded.
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December - 17 
Militants belonging to banned Jihadi outfits are planning suicide attacks on army installations in Pakistan and foreign troops in Afghanistan in revenge for the October 31-aerial strike on a Madrassa (seminary) in Bajaur, Daily Times reported. Accord
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Militants belonging to banned Jihadi outfits are planning suicide attacks on army installations in Pakistan and foreign troops in Afghanistan in revenge for the October 31-aerial strike on a Madrassa (seminary) in Bajaur, Daily Times reported. According to reports submitted by intelligence agencies to the Interior Ministry, Maulvi Inayatur Rehman and Maulana Faqir Mohammad of the Tehreek-e-Nafaz-e-Shariat-e-Mohammadi (TNSM) have pledged before their supporters to target VIPs in Pakistan and US and NATO forces in Afghanistan. The bombed seminary in Bajaur was run by the TNSM and is thought to have been used as a training camp for militants. Sources said that British and U.S. diplomats and nationals were also possible targets of the militants. Leaders of the Harkat-ul-Mujahideen (HuM), Lashkar-e-Jhangvi (LeJ) and Khudam-ul-Islam have also pledged to cooperate with the TNSM and called for a joint strategy, the sources added. These banned groups have reportedly procured explosives and recruited and trained a number of suicide bombers. The training and enrolment of suicide bombers is the sole responsibility of the LeJ, reports indicated. The suicide bombers are most likely to hit targets in the guise of beggars with explosive material weighing 2.5-3.3kg fastened around their bodies. They could also target army installations and units in the tribal areas, Peshawar, Nowshera, Risalpur, Dir, Dera Ismail Khan, Abbottabad, Rawalpindi, Islamabad, Jhelum, Khariaan, Lahore, Multan, Hyderabad and Karachi.
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December - 17 
The al Qaeda is training a 12-member team of westerners in Pakistan for a special mission, including plotting attacks on return to their home countries, according to Newsweek. The team reportedly includes nine British citizens, two Norwegian Muslims
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The al Qaeda is training a 12-member team of westerners in Pakistan for a special mission, including plotting attacks on return to their home countries, according to Newsweek. The team reportedly includes nine British citizens, two Norwegian Muslims and an Australian, the magazine said quoting Taliban's chief al Qaeda liaison for Ghazni province in Afghanistan, Omar Farooqi. The magazine also said some Taliban commanders told of seeing the "English brothers," as foreign recruits are called, in person during the training. Farooqi said he spent roughly five weeks in 2005 helping indoctrinate and train a class of foreign recruits near the Afghanistan border in Waziristan. Their mission, Farooqi said, will be to act as underground organisers and operatives for the al Qaeda in their home countries -- and their year-long training course is just about finished. He said the westerners were not meant to be suicide bombers themselves as they are far too valuable to waste.
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December - 17 
The United Jihad Council (UJC) has decided to step up its political and diplomatic activities to push for Kashmir’s accession to Pakistan, after what it perceives is Pakistan’s shifting stance on Kashmir. Sources privy to a two-day meeting of the UJC
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The United Jihad Council (UJC) has decided to step up its political and diplomatic activities to push for Kashmir’s accession to Pakistan, after what it perceives is Pakistan’s shifting stance on Kashmir. Sources privy to a two-day meeting of the UJC held recently in Muzaffarabad, the capital of Azad Jammu and Kashmir (Pakistan occupied Kashmir [PoK]), told Daily Times that the council’s leadership expressed serious concern over a recent Foreign Office statement that Pakistan has never called Kashmir an integral part of the country. The leaders opined that it was time for the UJC “to come out of its slumber” the sources said. “Most of the council members and close aides of Syed Salahuddin, the chief of the UJC and Hizbul Mujahiddeen, asked him to come forward and play his role,” the sources said. The leaders felt that this would also strengthen Syed Ali Shah Geelani, chief of a hard-line faction of the All Parties Hurriyat Conference (APHC). The meeting also reportedly decided to continue the “freedom movement” in Kashmir regardless of any shift in Pakistan’s Kashmir policy.
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December - 18 
According to The News, Afghan intelligence agents have arrested an army general on charges of spying for Pakistan, officials said on December 18. General Khair Mohammad was detained within the past week after he was found to be selling information to
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According to The News, Afghan intelligence agents have arrested an army general on charges of spying for Pakistan, officials said on December 18. General Khair Mohammad was detained within the past week after he was found to be selling information to Pakistan’s Inter-Services Intelligence (ISI), the press office of the Afghan national intelligence agency said. “We’ve arrested Khair Mohammad over an act of treason against his country and working for Pakistan’s ISI,” an unnamed intelligence agency spokesperson said. “Khair Mohammad has confessed to working for ISI and has met ISI officers in Peshawar three times,” the official added. The spokesman said the general who worked in the Afghan Defence Ministry provided Pakistani agents with information about the ministry’s formation, a list of high-ranking officials and their contact numbers. He was also tasked to give details of Western military bases and headquarters in the capital Kabul.
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December - 18 
Maulana Fazlur Rehman, secretary general of the Muttahida Majlis-e-Amal (MMA), has warned President Pervez Musharraf that he will need the help of religious parties for peace in the Pakistan-Afghan border region, and so should avoid alienating religi
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Maulana Fazlur Rehman, secretary general of the Muttahida Majlis-e-Amal (MMA), has warned President Pervez Musharraf that he will need the help of religious parties for peace in the Pakistan-Afghan border region, and so should avoid alienating religious leaders. “We have been helping create agreements throughout the tribal areas and what do we get in return? Musharraf calls us dangerous,” Maulana Fazl said in an interview with The Daily Telegraph. “With his poisonous propaganda against the religious parties, General Musharraf is trying to widen the gap between the religious circles and the liberals in the country,” the Maulana claimed. The MMA leader also said peace in Afghanistan would require talks with the Taliban. “There can only be peace if foreign forces leave Afghanistan and the Afghan government holds talks with the Taliban…They are the sons of the soil,” he stated. He also denied that his seminaries are used by the Taliban as staging posts in their cross-border activities, but admitted that he directs his followers to support Taliban fighters in Afghanistan by providing “humanitarian aid”. “We support anyone who is struggling for the implementation of an Islamic government,” he said, without specifying the type of assistance.
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December - 19 
A former commander of the insurgents was killed in Dera Bugti on December 19 in a landmine blast, according to Daily Times. Former commander Bangan Khan, who was a close associate of slain tribal chief Nawab Akbar Bugti before surrendering to the gov
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A former commander of the insurgents was killed in Dera Bugti on December 19 in a landmine blast, according to Daily Times. Former commander Bangan Khan, who was a close associate of slain tribal chief Nawab Akbar Bugti before surrendering to the government in July 2006, died during a landmine blast in the Ghot Habib Rai area of Dera Bugti district, while his four associates were injured. Azad Baloch, a spokesperson for the banned Balochistan Liberation Army (BLA), claimed responsibility for the attack. He said Khan had been killed using a remote-controlled bomb, not a landmine, to punish him for siding with the government.
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December - 19 
Afghanistan has alleged that its security forces have arrested a Pakistani intelligence officer in Kunar, AFP reported. "A Pakistani national currently working as an officer for ISI [Inter-Services Intelligence] was arrested with convincing documents
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Afghanistan has alleged that its security forces have arrested a Pakistani intelligence officer in Kunar, AFP reported. "A Pakistani national currently working as an officer for ISI [Inter-Services Intelligence] was arrested with convincing documents," Mohammad Karim Rahimi, spokesperson for President Hamid Karzai said on December 19.
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December - 20 
14 civilians were injured when a bomb went off at a cycle stand near the Quetta police station in Balochistan on December 20, according to Dawn. The device was planted on a cycle that exploded at about 6:40pm at a corner of a street on the main bazaa
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14 civilians were injured when a bomb went off at a cycle stand near the Quetta police station in Balochistan on December 20, according to Dawn. The device was planted on a cycle that exploded at about 6:40pm at a corner of a street on the main bazaar of Liaquat road outside Farhan hotel. The explosion smashed windowpanes of the hotel and nearby shops. However, Daily Times reported that seven persons were injured in the blast.
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December - 20 
At least seven persons including Afghan nationals were arrested in connection with December 20 blast wounding 11 persons in Quetta, reports Daily Times. “We have picked up seven persons, mostly Afghan nationals, during raids in Quetta and are interro
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At least seven persons including Afghan nationals were arrested in connection with December 20 blast wounding 11 persons in Quetta, reports Daily Times. “We have picked up seven persons, mostly Afghan nationals, during raids in Quetta and are interrogating them regarding Wednesday’s bomb blast,” said a senior police officer Abdul Qadir Tahibo, adding, “There has been some evidence of involvement of Afghan nationals in sabotage activities in past.”
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December - 21 
An internal assessment made by the United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF) has accused Pakistani authorities of preventing aid groups from helping more than 80,000 people - many of them acutely malnourished children - who were displaced by fighting i
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An internal assessment made by the United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF) has accused Pakistani authorities of preventing aid groups from helping more than 80,000 people - many of them acutely malnourished children - who were displaced by fighting in Balochistan. The report stated that 59,000 of those suffering are women and children and that 28 percent of the children under five were “acutely malnourished”. Six percent of the children, mentioned the report, were so underfed that they would die without immediate medical attention.
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December - 21 
Daily Times quoting an editorial titled ‘Al Qaeda’s last sanctuary’ published by Washington Post on December 21, reports, “Action must be taken against Taliban and Al Qaeda forces in Pakistan before spring, when another major offensive against US an
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Daily Times quoting an editorial titled ‘Al Qaeda’s last sanctuary’ published by Washington Post on December 21, reports, “Action must be taken against Taliban and Al Qaeda forces in Pakistan before spring, when another major offensive against US and NATO forces can be expected unless the enemy bases and supply lines are disrupted.” The report urged President Musharraf to stop allying himself with “Pakistan’s own Muslim fundamentalists” and rehabilitate the secular democratic political parties that he has “repressed” since his 1999 coup. “He could also abolish the colonial governing system in the tribal areas, under which secular political parties are banned and mullahs empowered, and allow representative government. By tolerating the general’s empty promises and excuses, the Bush administration is putting its mission in Afghanistan and homeland security into unacceptable jeopardy,” the report stated.
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December - 21 
On December 21, the United States federal jury convicted Khalid Awan, a Pakistani national living in New York for links with the Khalistan Commando Force (KCF), reports Press Trust of India. Awan is said to have provided money and financial services
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On December 21, the United States federal jury convicted Khalid Awan, a Pakistani national living in New York for links with the Khalistan Commando Force (KCF), reports Press Trust of India. Awan is said to have provided money and financial services to the KCF. The attorney's office in New York and the FBI began investigation in 2003 after an inmate at a detention centre in Brooklyn where Awan was incarcerated for credit card fraud told authorities that Awan had boasted his relationship with Paramjit Singh Panjwar, the leader of the KCF. Awan will be sentenced on March 7, 2007, and faces a maximum of 45 years in prison. The conviction was announced by US Attorney Roslyn Mauskopf of the eastern district of New York and Assistant Director in charge of the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) in New York Mark Mershon. "The war on terror is a global battle. We will not permit individuals in our jurisdictions to finance terrorist groups responsible for murder and violence in any part of the world," Mauskopf said.
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December - 21 
President Pervez Musharraf, while addressing a gathering of the 17th annual dinner of the Pakistani Americans Public Affairs Committee (PAK-PAC) at Islamabad on December 21, stated militancy was an Afghan problem whose solution lies in Afghanistan. T
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President Pervez Musharraf, while addressing a gathering of the 17th annual dinner of the Pakistani Americans Public Affairs Committee (PAK-PAC) at Islamabad on December 21, stated militancy was an Afghan problem whose solution lies in Afghanistan. This solution should be similar to the solution Pakistan was trying it in its tribal areas through political and administrative measures, he added. “Any perception being created that the problem is in Pakistan and the solution is in Pakistan, and Afghanistan happens to be only a sideshow, is absolutely opposite,” said Musharraf, by adding, “The problem is in Afghanistan and its solution lies in Afghanistan ... there is no doubt in my mind, and this is the issue.”
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December - 21 
Seminaries rejected a Government offer to give them financial assistance under the Madrassa Reforms Project and refused to fill forms seeking details about the annual breakdown of the decrees issued by each of them, reports Daily Times. “Ulema of Isl
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Seminaries rejected a Government offer to give them financial assistance under the Madrassa Reforms Project and refused to fill forms seeking details about the annual breakdown of the decrees issued by each of them, reports Daily Times. “Ulema of Islamabad, belonging to the Wafaqul Madaras Al Arabia, have refused to take financial assistance from the government for teaching formal subjects. It was decided during a meeting that the seminaries will not give the government any information on the number of foreign students and the annual breakdown of decrees issued by them,” sources told Daily Times. The sources said the Madrassa Reforms Project wing of the Education Ministry had issued letters to all seminaries offering them financial assistance.
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December - 21 
The Government, on December 21, reportedly sought intervention of the United Nations (UN) to help avert nutrition crisis among 84,000 displaced persons in Balochistan. They were displaced due to instability in the province. A senior UN official, spea
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The Government, on December 21, reportedly sought intervention of the United Nations (UN) to help avert nutrition crisis among 84,000 displaced persons in Balochistan. They were displaced due to instability in the province. A senior UN official, speaking to Dawn, said that this is the first official acknowledgement of the deteriorating nutritional situation among internally displaced persons (IDPs) in Balochistan. Earlier, the Government had rejected the presence of IDPs in the province, and had prevented aid groups from helping them. Among the 84,000 IDPs, 26,000 were women and 33,000 were children, according to UN estimates.
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December - 22 
A bomb placed in a garbage box exploded on New Najmuddin Road in Quetta in Balochistan province on December 22, reports Daily Times.
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A bomb placed in a garbage box exploded on New Najmuddin Road in Quetta in Balochistan province on December 22, reports Daily Times.
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December - 22 
A Khasadar (tribal police personnel), identified as Akal Noor, was killed and two others were injured when unidentified gunmen opened fire at a Government official’s vehicle in North Waziristan, according to Daily Times. It was not clear whether Ehsa
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A Khasadar (tribal police personnel), identified as Akal Noor, was killed and two others were injured when unidentified gunmen opened fire at a Government official’s vehicle in North Waziristan, according to Daily Times. It was not clear whether Ehsanullah, the assistant political agent (APA) of Mir Ali, was in the vehicle near a check post, nine kilometers east of Miranshah. “The Mir Ali assistant political agent’s vehicle was attacked, and Khasadar Akal Noor died, while Muhammad Saadat and Rehmatullah were wounded,” security sources told Daily Times. The sources said the APA was on his way to Miranshah when the vehicle was attacked, but he escaped unhurt, whereas the political administration denied that the official was in the vehicle. Shah Zaman Khan, a spokesman for the Federally Administered Tribal Areas Secretariat in Peshawar, confirmed the incident, but denied that the APA was in the vehicle. It is the first attack on government officials after the September 5 peace deal in the agency between militants and the Government, adds Dawn.
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December - 22 
President Pervez Musharraf ordered a marked improvement in the law and order situation in the country, particularly in Balochistan, well before the 2007 general elections, official sources told Daily Times on December 22. The sources said that at a m
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President Pervez Musharraf ordered a marked improvement in the law and order situation in the country, particularly in Balochistan, well before the 2007 general elections, official sources told Daily Times on December 22. The sources said that at a meeting held last week, senior security officials reviewed the law and order situation in Balochistan, particularly after the killing of the late Nawab Akbar Khan Bugti. They added that Musharraf had directed the Interior Ministry to keep a close watch over Baloch tribal and political leaders who had frequently visited Afghanistan and met with Indian agents based there. The sources said that the meeting was informed that some Baloch politicians were suspected of having links with anti-state individuals across the border and were creating unrest in Balochistan. They added that the ministry ordered the law enforcement agencies to monitor the activities of members of the Bugti family and the supporters of Mir Hamdan Bugti. The sources said that according to intelligence reports, heavy monetary transactions had been tracked in the bank accounts of Mir Hamadan Bugti and his close aide Ali Nawaz. The intelligence agencies are investigating the matter, they added.
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December - 22 
Seven people were abducted by armed men in two separate incidents in Balochistan’s Jafferabad district and Nautal area. In the first incident, four people, identified as Khurram Hayat, Riaz Ahmed, Papoo Khan and Abdul Rasheed, were abducted from the
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Seven people were abducted by armed men in two separate incidents in Balochistan’s Jafferabad district and Nautal area. In the first incident, four people, identified as Khurram Hayat, Riaz Ahmed, Papoo Khan and Abdul Rasheed, were abducted from the Hamidpur Police area in Jafferabad district when they were going to Uch power plant to meet their friend. In another incident, three traders, Ratan Kumar, Naresh Kumar and Suneel Kumar, were kidnapped from the Nautal area of the Bhag Police area when they were going to Sindh from Balochistan’s Bhag area in a car.
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December - 22 
Unidentified assailants lobbed an explosive device at a hotel on Jinnah Road. However, no casualties were reported in these incidents.
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Unidentified assailants lobbed an explosive device at a hotel on Jinnah Road. However, no casualties were reported in these incidents.
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December - 24 
Militants blew up two electricity towers in the Dera Bugti, suspending electricity supply to the area.
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Militants blew up two electricity towers in the Dera Bugti, suspending electricity supply to the area.
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December - 24 
Suspected Baloch militants blew up a pipeline supplying gas to Dera Bugti from Loti Gas Field, in the Balochistan province on December 24, Aaj Television reported. Gas supply to Dera Bugti and adjoining areas was suspended after the explosion.
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Suspected Baloch militants blew up a pipeline supplying gas to Dera Bugti from Loti Gas Field, in the Balochistan province on December 24, Aaj Television reported. Gas supply to Dera Bugti and adjoining areas was suspended after the explosion.
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December - 25 
A bomb explosion damaged a girls’ school in the Noor Ali Kalay area of Darra Adamkhel on December 25, Dawn reported. Extremists had earlier sent letters to several middle and high schools, threatening the schools’ managements to expel girls after the
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A bomb explosion damaged a girls’ school in the Noor Ali Kalay area of Darra Adamkhel on December 25, Dawn reported. Extremists had earlier sent letters to several middle and high schools, threatening the schools’ managements to expel girls after they passed class IV, otherwise they would destroy the building and kill the principal. An official said on December 26 that the blast, sixth in a row against girls’ schools and video markets during the past four months, was the handiwork of the local Taliban. The blast, which occurred at 12:45am, completely destroyed three rooms in the school building. Haji Mumtaz Khan, a relative of the school owner, said that people were terrified and traders had closed down CD shops after two markets were attacked by the local Taliban.
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December - 25 
The United States (U.S.) has asked Pakistan to launch fresh military operations in its tribal regions against suspected al-Qaeda and Taliban militants. "The Bush administration has provided satellite images and other intelligence evidence to Pakistan
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The United States (U.S.) has asked Pakistan to launch fresh military operations in its tribal regions against suspected al-Qaeda and Taliban militants. "The Bush administration has provided satellite images and other intelligence evidence to Pakistan about alleged hideouts of foreign and local militants in South and North Waziristan," reported The Nation quoting diplomatic sources. They said that Pakistan's security officials were minutely examining those images and other evidence provided by the U.S. A source said the Bush administration has increased its pressure over Islamabad for the new military operation in the tribal area across Pak-Afghan border while alleging that local and foreign militants were freely roaming there and illegal cross border movement was on. He said the uneasiness of Afghanistan-based U.S. and NATO officials with the peace deal between Islamabad and tribesmen in North Waziristan had led to the demand of new military operations in Waziristan. Nothing could be said as of now about the possibility of major military offensive but Governor Ali Mohammad Jan Aurakzai of North West Frontier Province had started consultations with the tribal leaders on the issue, he said.
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December - 26 
According to Dawn, Pakistan has decided to put in place landmines and a fence along the Pakistan-Afghanistan border as a last resort to stop cross-border movement of terrorists, Interior Minister Aftab Ahmed Khan Sherpao said on December 26. “By taki
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According to Dawn, Pakistan has decided to put in place landmines and a fence along the Pakistan-Afghanistan border as a last resort to stop cross-border movement of terrorists, Interior Minister Aftab Ahmed Khan Sherpao said on December 26. “By taking such steps we want to show our intention to those who have been blaming Pakistan for not controlling the infiltration of the Taliban into Afghanistan,” he said in Islamabad. Sherpao also said the Government had already deployed 80,000 troops and established over 800 check posts on the border.
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December - 26 
AFP reported that the blast occurred approximately 40 minutes after another bomb exploded at a cobbler’s shop in the town of Tausa in the Punjab province. “It was a low intensity bomb which damaged some shops but caused no casualties as the market wa
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AFP reported that the blast occurred approximately 40 minutes after another bomb exploded at a cobbler’s shop in the town of Tausa in the Punjab province. “It was a low intensity bomb which damaged some shops but caused no casualties as the market was yet to open,” local police officer Malik Liaquat said.
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December - 26 
Interior Secretary Syed Kamal Shah told Dawn that fencing and land mining would not be done at the whole 27,000kms border but at the most critical patches from where the movement of the Taliban could be possible.
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Interior Secretary Syed Kamal Shah told Dawn that fencing and land mining would not be done at the whole 27,000kms border but at the most critical patches from where the movement of the Taliban could be possible.
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December - 26 
One person was killed and two were injured when a powerful time bomb, planted in a car, exploded in a parking area outside the Peshawar airport in the North West Frontier Province (NWFP) on December 26, according to Daily Times. Police said the bomb,
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One person was killed and two were injured when a powerful time bomb, planted in a car, exploded in a parking area outside the Peshawar airport in the North West Frontier Province (NWFP) on December 26, according to Daily Times. Police said the bomb, weighing around two kilograms, completely destroyed the car it was planted in, in addition to razing the boundary wall of Risalla Lane of the Pakistan Army ground.
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December - 26 
The Balochistan National Party (Mengal) chief, Sardar Akhtar Mengal, was on December 26 sent to jail till January 5 by an anti-terrorism court (ATC) in the army personnel hostage-taking case, according to Dawn. “Akhtar Mengal was remanded to judicial
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The Balochistan National Party (Mengal) chief, Sardar Akhtar Mengal, was on December 26 sent to jail till January 5 by an anti-terrorism court (ATC) in the army personnel hostage-taking case, according to Dawn. “Akhtar Mengal was remanded to judicial custody in the army personnel hostage taking case till January 5,” defence counsel Wazeer Hussain Khoso said. The former Chief Minister of Balochistan, who was earlier declared a proclaimed offender by the ATC on July 11, was shifted to Karachi from Hub where he had been under house arrest since November 25. He and four of his employees are charged with the abduction of two army personnel, Qurban Hussain and Fayaz Ahmed, on April 5, making them hostage at the house of Akhtar Mengal in Karachi and torturing them. The two army personnel were released after police besieged the house of Akhtar Mengal.
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December - 26 
The Taliban have established a command and control structure in the tribal areas and are using their "sanctuary" for regrouping, said a senior US official on December 26, according to Dawn. Assistant Secretary of State Richard Boucher said the presen
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The Taliban have established a command and control structure in the tribal areas and are using their "sanctuary" for regrouping, said a senior US official on December 26, according to Dawn. Assistant Secretary of State Richard Boucher said the presence of Taliban forces in the tribal region was "one of the key items" on the US agenda. Boucher, however, acknowledged at a briefing in Ottawa, Canada, that Pakistan was aware of the problem and was making concerted efforts to deal with it.
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December - 27 
A bomb explosion on December 27-night damaged a sewerage pipeline in the Saddar police station area of the Hub town.
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A bomb explosion on December 27-night damaged a sewerage pipeline in the Saddar police station area of the Hub town.
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December - 27 
A text of the statement, issued by the State Department on December 27, quoted him as saying that "the Taliban have been able to use these areas for sanctuary and for command and control and for regrouping and supply." The United States, he said, was
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A text of the statement, issued by the State Department on December 27, quoted him as saying that "the Taliban have been able to use these areas for sanctuary and for command and control and for regrouping and supply." The United States, he said, was not only alarmed by this development but had also conveyed its concerns to Pakistan. "We have been very clear with the Pakistani government that this is one of the key items on all our agendas – on our own agenda, on the Pakistani agenda, the Afghan agenda," he said.
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December - 27 
A vehicle coming from the Loti gas field area was blown up near Sui when it hit a landmine. However, no loss of life or injuries was reported.
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A vehicle coming from the Loti gas field area was blown up near Sui when it hit a landmine. However, no loss of life or injuries was reported.
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December - 27 
According to Dawn, a bomb blast on December 27-morning damaged a bridge on the RCD highway near Tarkhali area. However, no loss of life or injuries was reported. Traffic between Wadh and Karachi reportedly remained suspended for some time following t
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According to Dawn, a bomb blast on December 27-morning damaged a bridge on the RCD highway near Tarkhali area. However, no loss of life or injuries was reported. Traffic between Wadh and Karachi reportedly remained suspended for some time following the explosion.
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December - 28 
Afghan President Hamid Karzai on December 28 urged Pakistan to do more to stop Taliban and other militants sheltering and training on its territory rather than separating families with an impractical border fence and landmines, according to Daily Tim
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Afghan President Hamid Karzai on December 28 urged Pakistan to do more to stop Taliban and other militants sheltering and training on its territory rather than separating families with an impractical border fence and landmines, according to Daily Times. Karzai said the plan announced by Pakistan this week would do nothing to stop cross-border incursions by militants and would merely divide families already split by the British-drawn frontier. "It’s going to be, in effect, a separation of tribes and families from each other, not a prevention of terrorism," he told reporters at his palace in Kabul. "If we want to prevent terrorism as a whole, forever eradicate them, defeat them, then you must remove their sanctuaries, then you must remove the places where they get training, their sources of finances and equipment and training… That’s the best way," he said.
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December - 29 
On December 29, police arrested a tribal militant wanted in connection with bomb blasts, and also killed his accomplice on the outskirts of provincial capital Quetta, according to Daily Times.
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On December 29, police arrested a tribal militant wanted in connection with bomb blasts, and also killed his accomplice on the outskirts of provincial capital Quetta, according to Daily Times.
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December - 29 
Pakistani troops backed by military helicopters on December 29 dismantled several bases of the insurgents in Balochistan, according to Associated Press. At least eight helicopters reportedly took part in an operation against the tribesmen at Zain Koh
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Pakistani troops backed by military helicopters on December 29 dismantled several bases of the insurgents in Balochistan, according to Associated Press. At least eight helicopters reportedly took part in an operation against the tribesmen at Zain Koh near Dera Bugti, said a security official. "The helicopters achieved their target by destroying the positions of miscreants," the official told AFP. He said that it was an early morning operation and "we have no information about any casualties". However, an unnamed spokesperson for the insurgents said they suffered no casualties. Calling reporters from an undisclosed location, he claimed that one helicopter fell during the raid and a dozen people were "believed killed", but security officials rejected the claim.
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December - 29 
Suspected militants fired two rockets targeting a security check-post in the Damadola area on December 29-night, according to Daily Times. The rockets, however, missed the target and landed in a nearby mosque in Damadola where a US air strike killed
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Suspected militants fired two rockets targeting a security check-post in the Damadola area on December 29-night, according to Daily Times. The rockets, however, missed the target and landed in a nearby mosque in Damadola where a US air strike killed 13 people on January 13, 2006. “There was an unsuccessful rocket attack on the Levy check-post at 11:00 pm Friday night and no damage or loss of life was recorded due to the attack,” said unnamed sources.
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December - 29 
Unidentified assailants lobbed two hand grenades into the servant quarter of the Saddar police station and Quetta District Jail, but there were no casualties, reported Aaj TV.
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Unidentified assailants lobbed two hand grenades into the servant quarter of the Saddar police station and Quetta District Jail, but there were no casualties, reported Aaj TV.
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December - 31 
In the province, two electricity pylons were blown up, suspending power supply to Dera Bugti.
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In the province, two electricity pylons were blown up, suspending power supply to Dera Bugti.
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December - 31 
The intelligence agencies have unearthed a plan of the outlawed Sunni group Lashkar-e-Jhangvi (LeJ) to target prominent Shia leaders and scholars and carry out suicide attacks on Shia worship places in various parts of the country, Daily Times report
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The intelligence agencies have unearthed a plan of the outlawed Sunni group Lashkar-e-Jhangvi (LeJ) to target prominent Shia leaders and scholars and carry out suicide attacks on Shia worship places in various parts of the country, Daily Times reported. In a report to the Interior Ministry, the agencies said that the LeJ has reactivated its activists for attacks on Shias and their mosques and Imambargahs. The report indicated that LeJ activists could target Shia leaders and scholars in Lahore, Rawalpindi, Gujranwala, Multan, Khanewal, Layya, Bhakkar, Jhang, Sargodha, Rahimyar Khan, Karachi, Dera Ismail Khan, Bannu, Kohat, Parachinar, Hangu, Hyderabad, Nawabshah, Mirpur Khas and Quetta.
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December - 31 
Two security force personnel were injured when armed insurgents opened fire at a vehicle of the Makran Scouts near Mand in the Balochistan province on December 31. According to Dawn, a vehicle carrying personnel of the Makran Scouts was on its way to
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Two security force personnel were injured when armed insurgents opened fire at a vehicle of the Makran Scouts near Mand in the Balochistan province on December 31. According to Dawn, a vehicle carrying personnel of the Makran Scouts was on its way to Turbat from Mand, a border town between Pakistan and Iran. When it crossed Mand, armed men opened fire at it and in the ensuing encounter, two soldiers were wounded.
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*Data till , April 22, 2024
Source:Compiled from news reports and are provisional.
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