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December - 1 
A Frontier Constabulary (FC) soldier was killed and six others, including a passer by, sustained injuries in remote controlled blast planted on a parked bicycle on the RCD Highway near Kalat, around 150 kilometres away from the provincial capital of
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A Frontier Constabulary (FC) soldier was killed and six others, including a passer by, sustained injuries in remote controlled blast planted on a parked bicycle on the RCD Highway near Kalat, around 150 kilometres away from the provincial capital of Balochistan on December 1, reported Daily Times.
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December - 1 
Armed assailants attacked and torched an oil tanker carrying fuel for NATO forces in Afghanistan, on National Highway near Khuzdar. However, no loss of life was reported.
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Armed assailants attacked and torched an oil tanker carrying fuel for NATO forces in Afghanistan, on National Highway near Khuzdar. However, no loss of life was reported.
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December - 1 
At least two persons were injured when militants targeted a passenger vehicle carrying volunteers of a lashkar (tribal militia) to Paya Jawaki from Bilitang with a remote controlled bomb in Kohat. Two tribesmen, identified as Fazal Rehman and Fazal R
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At least two persons were injured when militants targeted a passenger vehicle carrying volunteers of a lashkar (tribal militia) to Paya Jawaki from Bilitang with a remote controlled bomb in Kohat. Two tribesmen, identified as Fazal Rehman and Fazal Raheem, residents of Paya area of FR Kohat, sustained injuries while the vehicle was slightly damaged. Eyewitnesses said that a remote controlled explosive device exploded when the vehicle crossed Government High School Bilitang.
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December - 1 
Spanish Police arrested six Pakistanis and a Nigerian suspected of providing forged passports to outfits linked to al Qaeda, including the outfit accused of plotting the November 26, 2008 Mumbai terrorist attacks (also known as 26/11), the Interior M
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Spanish Police arrested six Pakistanis and a Nigerian suspected of providing forged passports to outfits linked to al Qaeda, including the outfit accused of plotting the November 26, 2008 Mumbai terrorist attacks (also known as 26/11), the Interior Ministry said on December 1, reports Daily Times. Three others, two Pakistanis and a Thai national were held in Thailand as part of the same Operation Kampai, which “neutralised a vast cell that helped provide passports for al Qaeda”. Spanish Police detained the seven suspects in raids in and around the north eastern city of Barcelona, which has a large Pakistani community, late on November 30. The gang stole documents, including passports, which were sent to Thailand to be forged and then delivered to al Qaeda-linked “terrorist groups”, in particular the Pakistan-based Lashkar-e-Toiba (LeT) that has been accused of plotting the Mumbai attacks, the ministry said.
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December - 1 
Two militants were killed in an encounter with Security Forces (SFs) at Shakar Darra area in Matta tehsil (revenue unit) of Swat District in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa on December 1, reported Dawn.
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Two militants were killed in an encounter with Security Forces (SFs) at Shakar Darra area in Matta tehsil (revenue unit) of Swat District in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa on December 1, reported Dawn.
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Federal Interior Minister Rehman Malik on December 2 claimed that illegal migrants from Afghanistan are involved in terrorist activities in Pakistan, reports Daily Times. He said that “Terrorists from Afghanistan have entered our country to carry out
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Federal Interior Minister Rehman Malik on December 2 claimed that illegal migrants from Afghanistan are involved in terrorist activities in Pakistan, reports Daily Times. He said that “Terrorists from Afghanistan have entered our country to carry out terrorists activities in Pakistan”. While referring to the law and order situation of Karachi and Sindh, he said that special security steps were being taken for Muharram.
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December - 2 
Five soldiers were seriously injured when a military convoy, going from Mir Ali to Thall garrison, was hit by a remote-controlled bomb in Spinwam tehsil (revenue unit) of North Waziristan in Federally Administered Tribal Areas (FATA) on December 2, r
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Five soldiers were seriously injured when a military convoy, going from Mir Ali to Thall garrison, was hit by a remote-controlled bomb in Spinwam tehsil (revenue unit) of North Waziristan in Federally Administered Tribal Areas (FATA) on December 2, reports Dawn.
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On December 2, Daily Times reported WikiLeaks disclosure of a conversation between United States (US) Senator John McCain and former Pakistan President Pervez Musharraf, in which the latter talked about the possibility of Osama Bin Laden and Aiman Al
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On December 2, Daily Times reported WikiLeaks disclosure of a conversation between United States (US) Senator John McCain and former Pakistan President Pervez Musharraf, in which the latter talked about the possibility of Osama Bin Laden and Aiman Al-Zawahiri being in Bajaur Agency of Federally Administered Tribal Area (FATA), bordering Afghanistan’s Kunar province where US forces were not deployed.
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Security of the National University of Modern Languages (NUML) in Islamabad was beefed up on December 2, and the university closed for three days, after intelligence reports and a threat letter received by the NUML revealed that terrorists planned to
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Security of the National University of Modern Languages (NUML) in Islamabad was beefed up on December 2, and the university closed for three days, after intelligence reports and a threat letter received by the NUML revealed that terrorists planned to attack it, Dawn reported on December 3.
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The driver of a trailer, carrying a ten-wheeler vehicle to NATO forces in Afghanistan, was killed when unidentified assailants attacked it near Sukai village on Peshawar-Islamabad Motorway under Toru Police Station in Mardan District of Khyber Pakhtu
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The driver of a trailer, carrying a ten-wheeler vehicle to NATO forces in Afghanistan, was killed when unidentified assailants attacked it near Sukai village on Peshawar-Islamabad Motorway under Toru Police Station in Mardan District of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa on December 2, reports Dawn. The killed driver was identified as Nimatullah, a resident of Mianwali in Punjab.
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The United States (US) Treasury Department on December 2 sanctioned three Pakistanis who were acting on behalf of terrorist outfits and banned Americans from any dealings with them, reports The News. It was reported that Amanullah Afridi and Matiur-R
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The United States (US) Treasury Department on December 2 sanctioned three Pakistanis who were acting on behalf of terrorist outfits and banned Americans from any dealings with them, reports The News. It was reported that Amanullah Afridi and Matiur-Rehman were supporters of Lashkar-e-Jhangvi (LeJ), and said Abdul Rauf Azhar was acting on behalf of Jaish-e-Mohammed (JeM). Treasury Department described the LeJ and JeM as “Pakistan-based terrorist organizations.” It said LeJ was responsible for the 2002 kidnapping and murder of US journalist Daniel Pearl among other acts and said the JeM has conducted attacks in India and Afghanistan.
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Two Pakistanis were arrested from Nicosia, the capital of Cyprus on suspicion of having links to radical Islamic outfits after a tip-off from a foreign intelligence agency, reported Daily Times on December 3. “The information we have, suggests that t
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Two Pakistanis were arrested from Nicosia, the capital of Cyprus on suspicion of having links to radical Islamic outfits after a tip-off from a foreign intelligence agency, reported Daily Times on December 3. “The information we have, suggests that they are linked to terrorist organisations,” said Police spokesman. The suspects had been under surveillance for several weeks. Police said the suspects had arrived on the Mediterranean island legally but their residence permits expired three months ago.
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December - 3 
A trooper, Noor Rehman, was killed and three others, Riaz Khan, Laqab, and Israr, were injured when military patrol was ambushed on Chamarkand road in Safi tehsil in the Mohmand Agency. The SFs later cordoned off the area and started a search operati
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A trooper, Noor Rehman, was killed and three others, Riaz Khan, Laqab, and Israr, were injured when military patrol was ambushed on Chamarkand road in Safi tehsil in the Mohmand Agency. The SFs later cordoned off the area and started a search operation. Suspected hideouts were also targeted with artillery from Mamad Gat Frontier Corps (FC) camp.
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Four persons, including a paramilitary soldier, were killed and four others sustained injures in an incident of firing in Suni area of Khuzdar District in Balochistan on December 3, reported Daily Times. Frontier Corps (FC) vehicles were going to Khu
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Four persons, including a paramilitary soldier, were killed and four others sustained injures in an incident of firing in Suni area of Khuzdar District in Balochistan on December 3, reported Daily Times. Frontier Corps (FC) vehicles were going to Khuzdar from Surab in Kalat District of Balochistan when unidentified assailants ambushed vehicles near Sunni area entrance of the Khuzdar District. A soldier died on the spot while four others received bullet injuries. FC soldier retaliated and killed all three assailants.
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December - 3 
Thar Express escaped bomb blast on December 3 and the blast could only result in derailment of two compartments of rail at Dhabeji place near Karachi the provincial capital of Sindh, The News reported. Explosives were planted at the up-track en-route
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Thar Express escaped bomb blast on December 3 and the blast could only result in derailment of two compartments of rail at Dhabeji place near Karachi the provincial capital of Sindh, The News reported. Explosives were planted at the up-track en-route to India from Karachi near Dhabeji but after the explosion, two compartments of Thar Express derailed. No loss of life or injury was reported.
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December - 3 
The boundary wall and main gate of the Jamia Benoria Ashkhel Shinwari seminary were blown up in Landi Kotal city of Khyber Agency. However, no casualties were reported.
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The boundary wall and main gate of the Jamia Benoria Ashkhel Shinwari seminary were blown up in Landi Kotal city of Khyber Agency. However, no casualties were reported.
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December - 3 
The Crime Investigation Agency (CIA) on December 3 arrested five suspected Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) militants involved in the suicide attack on Rescue 15 Police and Inter-Services Intelligence (ISI) buildings in Lahore on May 27, 2009, report
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The Crime Investigation Agency (CIA) on December 3 arrested five suspected Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) militants involved in the suicide attack on Rescue 15 Police and Inter-Services Intelligence (ISI) buildings in Lahore on May 27, 2009, reports Dawn. A CIA Police team arrested five militants in a raid carried out after a tip-off from a Ravi Park resident that terrorists were hiding in the area. The militants were identified as Sarfraz Ahmad, Shabbir Ahmad, Umer Hayat, Hafiz Mahmood and Abid Akram. Interrogations revealed that the arrested suspects belonged to Al-Tauheed Wal-Jihad Group of TTP led by Dr Umer Kundi. Four explosive jackets, eight mortar bombs, 13 fuse mortar bombs, one hand grenade, 32 hand grenade pins, one pistol, one SMG rifle, one roll of detonator card, 13 fake number plates and dozens of bullets were recovered from possession of the militants. The arrested men had received terrorist training at Datta Khel area of North Waziristan in Federally Administered Tribal Area (FATA). The attack had claimed lives of 29 people, 19 police officials and a senior officer of an intelligence agency among them, besides injuring 416 others.
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December - 3 
The office of a customs clearing agent was partially damaged in a bomb blast at Torkham border area along Afghanistan-Pakistan border in Khyber Agency. Officials said that they later defused another time device planted at the same place.
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The office of a customs clearing agent was partially damaged in a bomb blast at Torkham border area along Afghanistan-Pakistan border in Khyber Agency. Officials said that they later defused another time device planted at the same place.
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December - 3 
Two Security Force personnel were killed and seven others injured when militants attacked army convoys in Sipah area of Bara tehsil (revenue unit) in Khyber Agency of Federally Administered Tribal Areas (FATA) on December 3, reports Dawn. Later,
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Two Security Force personnel were killed and seven others injured when militants attacked army convoys in Sipah area of Bara tehsil (revenue unit) in Khyber Agency of Federally Administered Tribal Areas (FATA) on December 3, reports Dawn. Later, a civilian, Umar Rafiq, was killed when SFs targeted militant positions in Qamakhel area with artillery.
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December - 3 
Unidentified militants blew up a primary school in Saagi Baala area of Mohmand Agency. The bomb blast brings to 70 the total number of schools destroyed by militants in the Mohmand Agency.
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Unidentified militants blew up a primary school in Saagi Baala area of Mohmand Agency. The bomb blast brings to 70 the total number of schools destroyed by militants in the Mohmand Agency.
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December - 4 
A bomb blast occurred in a mobile market in a bazaar in Landikotal town of Khyber Agency. According to details, a powerful bomb was detonated in a Landikotal bazaar, which damaged at least 15 shops in the market. However, no loss of life was reported
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A bomb blast occurred in a mobile market in a bazaar in Landikotal town of Khyber Agency. According to details, a powerful bomb was detonated in a Landikotal bazaar, which damaged at least 15 shops in the market. However, no loss of life was reported in the blast.
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December - 4 
As the Afghanistan Government engaged the Taliban in talks, the United States assured India that it would not support a power-sharing arrangement between Kabul and the militants, Dawn quoting a WikiLeaks cable release reported on December 4. A cable
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As the Afghanistan Government engaged the Taliban in talks, the United States assured India that it would not support a power-sharing arrangement between Kabul and the militants, Dawn quoting a WikiLeaks cable release reported on December 4. A cable released by WikiLeaks shows that US Special Envoy for Afghanistan and Pakistan Richard Holbrooke told visiting Indian Foreign Secretary Nirupama Rao in January 2010 that the Taliban would not be included in any power arrangement. The Indian foreign secretary had sought US pressure on Pakistan to break its alleged ties with terrorist groups and to permit Afghanistan’s economic links with India to grow. “During the meeting Mr Holbrooke said that some of the anxiety stems from confusion between reintegration and reconciliation,” the cable notes.
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December - 4 
Exactly two years before the November 26, 2008 Mumbai attacks, American officials pressured the Pakistan Government to crack down on the Lashkar-e-Toiba (LeT) and its front organisation Jamaat-ud-Dawa (JuD) but were unable to make much headway, India
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Exactly two years before the November 26, 2008 Mumbai attacks, American officials pressured the Pakistan Government to crack down on the Lashkar-e-Toiba (LeT) and its front organisation Jamaat-ud-Dawa (JuD) but were unable to make much headway, Indian Express quoting a WikiLeaks revelation reported on December 4. A cable sent on November 27, 2006 by former US Ambassador to Pakistan Ryan C Crocker, one of the hundreds released by WikiLeaks, said the US embassy had raised the operations of the two groups with "contacts throughout the Government of Pakistan" after the LeT was designated a terrorist organisation under UN Security Council resolution 1267 the previous year. Crocker took up the activities of LeT, Al AkhtarTrust and Al Rashid Trust - all designated under following the Mumbai attacks, the UN Security Council designated the JuD a front for the LeT and imposed restrictions on its assets and efforts to gain access to weapons. "No (Government of Pakistan) official, however, has committed to taking direct action to close the operations of these entities," Crocker wrote in the cable exactly two years before November 26, 2008 Mumbai attacks.
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December - 4 
One militant was killed and two Security Force (SF) personnel were injured in different incidents of violence in Mohmand Agency in Federally Administered Tribal Areas (FATA) on December 4, reports Dawn. Sources said militants attacked a security post
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One militant was killed and two Security Force (SF) personnel were injured in different incidents of violence in Mohmand Agency in Federally Administered Tribal Areas (FATA) on December 4, reports Dawn. Sources said militants attacked a security post in Zegi Sar area of Ambar tehsil (revenue unit) with heavy weapons. However, they failed to inflict any losses on SFs. SFs retaliated and killed one militant.
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December - 4 
Security Forces (SFs) killed two militants when they tried to escape in Charbagh area of Swat District in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa on December 4, reports Dawn. Sources said that security personnel took suspected militants Akbar Ali and Hidayatullah to a ne
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Security Forces (SFs) killed two militants when they tried to escape in Charbagh area of Swat District in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa on December 4, reports Dawn. Sources said that security personnel took suspected militants Akbar Ali and Hidayatullah to a nearby forest for recovery of weapons. However, instead of pointing out the site of dumped weapons the militants tried to escape from the custody of SFs. The personnel opened firing on them and killed both of them on the spot, sources added.
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December - 4 
The US Embassy in Islamabad warned Washington in 2009 that it would take 10 to 15 years to defeat extremists operating in Pakistan, Dawn quoting a WikiLeaks cable release reported on December 4. “As we work to prevent Pakistan-based attacks on the US
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The US Embassy in Islamabad warned Washington in 2009 that it would take 10 to 15 years to defeat extremists operating in Pakistan, Dawn quoting a WikiLeaks cable release reported on December 4. “As we work to prevent Pakistan-based attacks on the US and its forces, we should be clear that al Qaeda now wants more than just a safe haven in Pakistan,” US envoy to Pakistan Anne Patterson said in a cable she sent to Washington in February 2009. “Defeating a growing witches’ brew of al Qaeda, Taliban, local extremists and criminals will be a long 10-15 year fight,” she wrote. The cable, leaked to WikiLeaks, quoted Ambassador Patterson as telling Washington of the mutual mistrust that has bedevilled US-Pakistan relations. “It also has been based on mutual mistrust,” the envoy wrote, adding, “Pakistan hedges its bets on cooperation because it fears the US will again desert Islamabad after we get Osama bin Laden; Washington sees this hesitancy as duplicity that requires we take unilateral action to protect US interests.”
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December - 4 
Two SF personnel suffered injuries when a convoy was targeted by a landmine planted by militants at a roadside in Mansoor Kor area of Safi tehsil. SFs launched search operation and fired artillery shells from headquarters Ghalanai on the hideouts of
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Two SF personnel suffered injuries when a convoy was targeted by a landmine planted by militants at a roadside in Mansoor Kor area of Safi tehsil. SFs launched search operation and fired artillery shells from headquarters Ghalanai on the hideouts of militants. SFs also established two new checkposts in Lahore Ghundai area of Safi tehsil to beef up security.
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December - 5 
A missile fired on a vehicle from an undisclosed location, killed at least five occupants of the vehicle, all militants, in Dutta Khel tehsil (revenue unit), 25 kilometres from Miran Shah, in North Waziristan Agency of Federally Administered Tribal A
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A missile fired on a vehicle from an undisclosed location, killed at least five occupants of the vehicle, all militants, in Dutta Khel tehsil (revenue unit), 25 kilometres from Miran Shah, in North Waziristan Agency of Federally Administered Tribal Areas (FATA) on December 5, reports Daily Times.
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December - 5 
At least seven persons, including a khasadar (a local tribal force), were injured when a passenger vehicle was targeted by a roadside remote controlled bomb in Shindhand area of Frontier Region of Kohat. The injured khasadar was identified as Havalda
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At least seven persons, including a khasadar (a local tribal force), were injured when a passenger vehicle was targeted by a roadside remote controlled bomb in Shindhand area of Frontier Region of Kohat. The injured khasadar was identified as Havaldar Noor Wali. The Suzuki pick-up was returning to the semi-autonomous Shindhand area from Kohat city.
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December - 5 
China, at Islamabad's behest, blocked efforts in the UN Security Council to put sanctions against Jama'at-ud-Da'awa (JuD) and its leader Hafiz Saeed which was operating against India from Pakistan, Times of India on December 6 reported quoting WikiLe
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China, at Islamabad's behest, blocked efforts in the UN Security Council to put sanctions against Jama'at-ud-Da'awa (JuD) and its leader Hafiz Saeed which was operating against India from Pakistan, Times of India on December 6 reported quoting WikiLeaks revelation of American diplomatic cable. A State Department cable signed off by Secretary of State Hillary Clinton released by WikiLeaks also suggests that the JuD continues to operate and raise funds and it was unclear what steps the Pakistan Government has taken to freeze its assets to implement UN sanctions. According to the cable dated August 10, 2009, originating from Clinton, a US request to list Hafiz Saeed on a sanctions list was put on hold before the November 26, 2008 Mumbai terrorist attacks (also known as 26/11) that India blames on the JuD founder. "Prior to the (Mumbai terrorist attacks) attacks, our request to list (Jamaat-ud-Dawa) JUD and (Hafiz Muhammed) Saeed were placed on hold by China at the behest of Pakistan," the cable marked secret and addressed to the US Embassy in Islamabad and the Permanent Mission of the US to the UN, said. China in its capacity as the Permanent Member of the UN Security Council has the veto power and nothing can be approved by this 15-member high-powered body of the United Nations without the consent of Beijing.
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December - 5 
Jamaat-e-Islami (JI) leaders said that an Army operation in North Waziristan Agency would serve to unleash terrorist attacks across the country. Addressing party workers at a sit-in near the Parliament House on December 5, they said that if the Army
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Jamaat-e-Islami (JI) leaders said that an Army operation in North Waziristan Agency would serve to unleash terrorist attacks across the country. Addressing party workers at a sit-in near the Parliament House on December 5, they said that if the Army agreed to launch an operation in North Waziristan Agency it would be asked by the US to launch similar operations in southern Punjab on the pretext of “presence of extremists in the area”. JI Amir (chief) Syed Munawar Hassan warned that any such adventurism would result in disastrous consequences by producing militants in each and every part of the country.
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December - 5 
Militants in Darra Adamkhel and Khyber Agency have threatened to target private and Government vehicles if Indus Highway and Kohat Tunnel are not closed to traffic during night. Mohammad, the spokesman for Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan(TTP) chief of Khy
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Militants in Darra Adamkhel and Khyber Agency have threatened to target private and Government vehicles if Indus Highway and Kohat Tunnel are not closed to traffic during night. Mohammad, the spokesman for Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan(TTP) chief of Khyber Agency and Darra Adamkhel chapter, Tariq Afridi, contacted local journalists by phone from an undisclosed location to convey the warning to the Government.
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December - 5 
Prime Minister Yousaf Raza Gilani on December 5 said the common threat of terrorism could be tackled through enhanced economic ties and increased trade relations between Pakistan and Afghanistan, reports Daily Times. The Prime Minister Yousaf Raza Gi
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Prime Minister Yousaf Raza Gilani on December 5 said the common threat of terrorism could be tackled through enhanced economic ties and increased trade relations between Pakistan and Afghanistan, reports Daily Times. The Prime Minister Yousaf Raza Gilani was talking to the speaker of the Afghanistan Lower House of Parliament, Mohammad Younas Qanooni, during a meeting at the Presidential Palace. He said the improvement of economic relations could lead to development as well as change in the lives of the people, forming a basis to prepare a common strategy to confront the trends of extremism and militancy. Earlier, on December 4, Prime Minister Yousaf Raza Gilani and Afghanistan President Hamid Karzai renewed commitment to continue their joint strategy against terrorism and take their cooperation in the economic sector to a higher level. Addressing a press conference after holding bilateral talks at the Arg Palace, the two leaders opined that there was an increasing realisation that their dream of shared prosperity could only be achieved through sustained joint efforts. Yousaf Raza Gilani said, “Now there is an equal realisation that both the countries are equally suffering because of terrorism and there should be no blame game.”
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December - 5 
Saudi Arabia is the key source of funding for radical Islamist outfits including al-Qaeda , the Taliban, Hamas and Lashkar-e-Toiba (LeT), according to a United States (US) diplomatic cable leaked by WikiLeaks, on December 5, reports Times of India."D
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Saudi Arabia is the key source of funding for radical Islamist outfits including al-Qaeda , the Taliban, Hamas and Lashkar-e-Toiba (LeT), according to a United States (US) diplomatic cable leaked by WikiLeaks, on December 5, reports Times of India."Donors in Saudi Arabia constitute the most significant source of funding to Sunni terrorist groups worldwide," said the document, an assessment from US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton dated December 30, 2009. "Saudi Arabia remains a critical financial support base for al-Qaeda, the Taliban, LeT, and other terrorist outfits, including Hamas, which probably raise million of dollars annually from Saudi sources, often during Hajj and Ramadan," the cable revealed. It said that the Saudis had made "significant progress" under US pressure to deal with the issue, especially disrupting al-Qaeda’s sources of money in Saudi Arabia. However, it added, "Riyadh has taken only limited action" to interrupt the flow of money to Taliban and LeT linked outfits which have launched attacks in Afghanistan, Pakistan and India.
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December - 5 
Suspected militants blew up three Government schools in Utmankhel area near Khar in the Bajaur Agency in the night of December 5. More than 80 government-run schools and other education institutions, both for boys and girls, have been destroyed in th
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Suspected militants blew up three Government schools in Utmankhel area near Khar in the Bajaur Agency in the night of December 5. More than 80 government-run schools and other education institutions, both for boys and girls, have been destroyed in the Bajaur Agency so far.
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December - 5 
Three militants, identified as Azizullah, Ghufranullah and Zakria, were killed in an encounter with the Security Forces (SFs) in the Choorluk Sar village of Khwazakhela area of Swat District in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa on December 5, reports Dawn.
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Three militants, identified as Azizullah, Ghufranullah and Zakria, were killed in an encounter with the Security Forces (SFs) in the Choorluk Sar village of Khwazakhela area of Swat District in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa on December 5, reports Dawn.
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December - 5 
Unidentified militants blew up a girls’ school in the Safi tehsil of the Mohmand Agency. However, no injuries or casualties reported. The militants have targeted schools in the area and the toll of the schools blown up in the area has reached 70.
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Unidentified militants blew up a girls’ school in the Safi tehsil of the Mohmand Agency. However, no injuries or casualties reported. The militants have targeted schools in the area and the toll of the schools blown up in the area has reached 70.
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December - 6 
At least 40 persons, including tribal elders, Security Force personnel and journalists were killed and another 70 injured on December 6 in twin suicide bombings on a jirga (Tribal council) being held outside the office of the assistant political agen
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At least 40 persons, including tribal elders, Security Force personnel and journalists were killed and another 70 injured on December 6 in twin suicide bombings on a jirga (Tribal council) being held outside the office of the assistant political agent of Mohmand Agency at Ghalanai, the headquarters of Mohmand Agency, in Federally Administered Tribal Areas (FATA), reports Daily Times. Among the dead were 12 Government officials and two television journalists –Pervez Khan and Abdul Wahab. Political Agent Zabit Khan is among the injured. According to Mohmand Political Agent Shamsul Islam, a jirga of a peace committee of Alizai and Safi tribes was in progress at the office of Roshan Khan Mehsud to devise a strategy against terrorism in the tribal region when two suicide bombers tried to enter into the premises, but blew themselves up when stopped by security personnel. The ‘chief’ of the Mohmand chapter of Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP), Umer Khalid, claimed responsibility for the attack. “Our two suicide bombers targeted people who were working against the Taliban,” Umer Khalid told AFP by telephone from an unknown location. “Those who will work against us and make lashkars (tribal army) or peace committees will be targeted. Our war is to enforce Sharia and anyone who hinders our way or sides with America will meet the same fate,” Khalid added.
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December - 6 
Eight suspected militants were killed when two missiles fired from US drone hit a car and in Mir Ali tehsil (revenue unit) of North Waziristan Agency of Federally Administered Tribal Areas (FATA) on December 6, reports Dawn. According to sources, fiv
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Eight suspected militants were killed when two missiles fired from US drone hit a car and in Mir Ali tehsil (revenue unit) of North Waziristan Agency of Federally Administered Tribal Areas (FATA) on December 6, reports Dawn. According to sources, five militants were killed when two missiles slammed into the car in Khaisur village. The attack on the shop, about 30 minutes later, killed three militants in Khushali Turikhel area.
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December - 6 
Suspected militants blew up a government-run primary school for girls in Jogian area near Tarnab Farm on Grand Trunk Road of Peshawar in the night.
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Suspected militants blew up a government-run primary school for girls in Jogian area near Tarnab Farm on Grand Trunk Road of Peshawar in the night.
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December - 6 
The oil tanker bearing registration number TLL-684-Lasbella, carrying fuel for NATO forces in Afghanistan, was blown up at Ring Road in the limits of Pishtakhara Police Station in Peshawar of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa in the morning of December 6, reports D
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The oil tanker bearing registration number TLL-684-Lasbella, carrying fuel for NATO forces in Afghanistan, was blown up at Ring Road in the limits of Pishtakhara Police Station in Peshawar of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa in the morning of December 6, reports Dawn. However, the driver and cleaner remained unhurt.
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December - 7 
10 persons, including five Policemen, were injured when a suicide bomber in an attempt to attack the Balochistan Chief Minister Nawab Aslam Raisani blew himself up at the Railway level crossing on Saryab road of Quetta in Balochistan on December 7, r
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10 persons, including five Policemen, were injured when a suicide bomber in an attempt to attack the Balochistan Chief Minister Nawab Aslam Raisani blew himself up at the Railway level crossing on Saryab road of Quetta in Balochistan on December 7, reported Daily Times. The Lashkar-e-Jhangvi - al Alami (LeJ-al Alami) claimed responsibility for the attack. The spokesman of the outfit, Abdullah Jhangvi, called at the Quetta Press Club and vowed to carry out such attacks in the future as well. Meanwhile, the Lashkar-e-Jhangvi (LeJ) denied its involvement in the attack. The head and legs of the suicide bomber were found from the incident site, from which it seemed the bomber was an Uzbek national.
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December - 7 
Army Chief General Ashfaq Parvez Kayani escaped an attempt on his life when the Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) militants fired rockets at an area shortly after his visit in South Waziristan Agency of Federally Administered Tribal Areas (FATA) on De
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Army Chief General Ashfaq Parvez Kayani escaped an attempt on his life when the Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) militants fired rockets at an area shortly after his visit in South Waziristan Agency of Federally Administered Tribal Areas (FATA) on December 7, reports Dawn. The militants fired at least four rockets in Laddha area as soon Kayani left the area. No casualties were reported in the incident. Kayani was accompanied by Air Force Chief Marshal Rao Qamar Suleman on a joint visit.
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December - 7 
Police Constable, Mohammad Iqbal, who was injured in the suicide attack on the Balochistan Chief Minister Nawab Aslam Raisani’s convoy in Quetta on December 7, succumbed to his injuries on December 9, raising the death toll to two, reports Daily Time
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Police Constable, Mohammad Iqbal, who was injured in the suicide attack on the Balochistan Chief Minister Nawab Aslam Raisani’s convoy in Quetta on December 7, succumbed to his injuries on December 9, raising the death toll to two, reports Daily Times.
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December - 7 
Reporters Without Borders (RWB), International media watchdog, after the death of two tribal journalists in December 6 suicide attack in Ghalanai area of Mohmand Agency in Federally Administered Tribal Areas (FATA) has called on Tehreek-e-Taliban Pak
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Reporters Without Borders (RWB), International media watchdog, after the death of two tribal journalists in December 6 suicide attack in Ghalanai area of Mohmand Agency in Federally Administered Tribal Areas (FATA) has called on Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) to stop bombings at public places, reports Daily Times. “We appeal to Taliban [TTP] to immediately stop this repugnant practice of organising suicide bombings at meetings attended by civilians and covered by journalists,” the RWB, a Paris-based media organisation said in a press statement. Journalists Abdul Wahab and Pervez Khan, both of two private TV channels, were among 45 persons killed in twin suicide bombings targeting a jirga in Ghalanai, headquarters of Mohmand Agency.
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December - 7 
Security officials confirmed that wanted TTP ‘commander’, Asmatullah Bhetani, was killed in a clash with Security Forces (SFs) in South Waziristan Agency in the night of December 7. Bhetani had been a reward of PKR 10 million for his arrest.
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Security officials confirmed that wanted TTP ‘commander’, Asmatullah Bhetani, was killed in a clash with Security Forces (SFs) in South Waziristan Agency in the night of December 7. Bhetani had been a reward of PKR 10 million for his arrest.
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December - 7 
The Chief of Army Staff General Ashfaq Parvez Kayani asserted that the entire South Waziristan Agency had been virtually cleared of militants. The Ashfaq Parvez Kayani made the statement during a visit to the tribal agency along with Air Force Chief
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The Chief of Army Staff General Ashfaq Parvez Kayani asserted that the entire South Waziristan Agency had been virtually cleared of militants. The Ashfaq Parvez Kayani made the statement during a visit to the tribal agency along with Air Force Chief Air Marshal Rao Qamar Suleman.
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December - 7 
The commander of US forces in Afghanistan, General David Petraeus, said on December 7 that the United States and Pakistan were involved in efforts that would bring considerable pressure on extremists groups operating in Federally Administered Tribal
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The commander of US forces in Afghanistan, General David Petraeus, said on December 7 that the United States and Pakistan were involved in efforts that would bring considerable pressure on extremists groups operating in Federally Administered Tribal Areas (FATA) but both sides avoided discussing those efforts, reports Dawn. In an interview to ABC News, the General also praised Pakistan for what he called “very impressive counter-insurgency operations”. But “more clearly needs to be done in the tribal areas of Pakistan to weed out al Qaeda”, he said, adding that the US would continue to put “considerable pressure” on these areas.
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December - 7 
The death toll in December 6 suicide bombings in the Ghalanai area of Mohmand Agency in Federally Administered Tribal Areas (FATA) rose to 45 after four injured persons succumbed to injuries on December 7, reports Dawn.
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The death toll in December 6 suicide bombings in the Ghalanai area of Mohmand Agency in Federally Administered Tribal Areas (FATA) rose to 45 after four injured persons succumbed to injuries on December 7, reports Dawn.
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December - 7 
The Rangers Special Force (RSF) launched a search operation at Pirabad (Manghopir) area of Karachi in Sindh on the morning of December 7 and arrested 13 terrorists belonging to Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP), reports Daily Times. According to sourc
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The Rangers Special Force (RSF) launched a search operation at Pirabad (Manghopir) area of Karachi in Sindh on the morning of December 7 and arrested 13 terrorists belonging to Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP), reports Daily Times. According to sources, the operation was launched as a part of Muharram security plan. They said the operation was initiated on the information provided by four arrested assailants during investigations. They revealed that some terrorists from Wana and Waziristanwere residing in various areas of Pirabad in Karachi. The Rangers started a house-to-house search and questioned some 600 persons and arrested 13 militants of the TTP. The Rangers have also identified a camp office of the TTP and recovered a cache of weapons and explosives.
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December - 7 
Three militants were killed in an encounter with the Security Forces in the Shakardara area of Mingora in Swat District of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa on December 7, reported Daily Times.
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Three militants were killed in an encounter with the Security Forces in the Shakardara area of Mingora in Swat District of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa on December 7, reported Daily Times.
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December - 7 
Two Security Force (SFs) personnel were killed and six others injured in a landmine blast at Bala Dhaki area of Barkhan District in Balochistan on December 7, reported Daily Times. A vehicle of SFs travelling towards Chamalang from Kohlu hit a landmi
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Two Security Force (SFs) personnel were killed and six others injured in a landmine blast at Bala Dhaki area of Barkhan District in Balochistan on December 7, reported Daily Times. A vehicle of SFs travelling towards Chamalang from Kohlu hit a landmine planted by militants along a road in Baladhaki area of Barkhan District. The Baloch Liberation Army (BLA) claimed the responsibility for the attack.
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December - 8 
A Police Constable, Manzoor, was killed and a Sub-Inspector, Naimat Ali, was injured during an encounter with militants in a bid to free abducted school teachers in the Darband area of Hangu District. Policemen freed five school teachers, identified
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A Police Constable, Manzoor, was killed and a Sub-Inspector, Naimat Ali, was injured during an encounter with militants in a bid to free abducted school teachers in the Darband area of Hangu District. Policemen freed five school teachers, identified as Mahboob, Arshad, Hashim, Javed and Akmal. However the militants managed to escape along with two of the teachers - Umer Ali and Javed - and a driver, Sajjad, to the adjoining hills of Orakzai Agency in Federally Administered Tribal Areas (FATA). Militants had abducted seven teachers of the Darband Government School at about 10am (PST).
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December - 8 
At least 18 persons were killed and 32 others were injured when a suicide bomber blew up a passenger van at a bus stand in Tirah bazaar (market) of Kohat in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa on December 8, reports Dawn. The blast took place at around 1.50pm (PST) w
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At least 18 persons were killed and 32 others were injured when a suicide bomber blew up a passenger van at a bus stand in Tirah bazaar (market) of Kohat in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa on December 8, reports Dawn. The blast took place at around 1.50pm (PST) when people were returning home in Lower Orakzai Agency from the bazaar. The explosion damaged 11 other vehicles. The Police media cell said the suicide bomber appeared to be 18 to 20 years old and his jacket contained six kilograms of explosives. The Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) claimed responsibility for the attack. Usman Ali, a spokesman for the TTP Kohat chapter, told on telephone that “One of our Fidayeen has carried out the attack. I cannot disclose his name at this stage. I can only confirm that my superiors ordered the attack.” Kohat division commissioner Khalid Khan Umerzai said that “We have 197,000 internally displaced people in Kohat. I have sent more than 4,400 families over the past four days to Orakzai Agency, but their presence in such a large number is an imminent threat to security.” Daily Times reports that it was a sectarian attack as most of the passengers belonged to Shia community. The daily quoting Usman Ali, the TTP Kohat chapter spokesperson, reports that “Shias were targeted and more such attacks would follow”. Eyewitness Waheed Ahmed said the bus stand was used mainly by passengers from Shia-dominated areas of Orakzai and Kurram, where sectarian violence has rocked the local population.
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December - 8 
Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Minister for Information Mian Iftikhar Hussain on December 8 said that terrorists had their roots in Afghanistan for the past 30 years and now it was the responsibility of the US and the NATO to crush them, reports Daily Times. Ift
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Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Minister for Information Mian Iftikhar Hussain on December 8 said that terrorists had their roots in Afghanistan for the past 30 years and now it was the responsibility of the US and the NATO to crush them, reports Daily Times. Iftikhar said that the Pakistani Security Forces (SFs) had been chasing terrorists across the country including Federally Administered Tribal Areas (FATA) to finish them off. He informed the media that warring factions in Afghanistan were being contacted to restore peace in that country. “Peace will return and soon there will be no terrorist hideouts in Afghanistan,” added Hussain. Regarding the Muharram security arrangements, Iftikhar said that 12 Districts in the province had been declared sensitive, adding that special measures were being taken to protect mosques and Imambargahs (Shia place of worship). He said that hotels were being checked and more checkposts would be set up in sensitive areas. He said that some 647 citizens and 298 Police personnel were killed during 2010. Similarly, he added, about 157 terrorists had been killed during 2010. He said that about 3,600 people had been killed and 1,200 injured since 2007.
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December - 8 
The Balochistan Chief Minister Nawab Aslam Raisani denied the presence of US troops and the Taliban (Quetta shura) leadership in Quetta and termed foreign media reports to that effect false and baseless, reports Dawn. “There is no soldier of the Amer
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The Balochistan Chief Minister Nawab Aslam Raisani denied the presence of US troops and the Taliban (Quetta shura) leadership in Quetta and termed foreign media reports to that effect false and baseless, reports Dawn. “There is no soldier of the American army in Quetta”, said Nawab Aslam Raisani. He also denied the presence of Taliban militants in the city and said: “There is no justification and need for drone attacks on Quetta.”
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December - 8 
The death toll in the suicide attack on a bus stand in Tirah bazaar of Kohat in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa on December 8 rose to 19 after an injured woman succumbed to injuries on December 9. Meanwhile, the investigating team of suicide blast released a sket
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The death toll in the suicide attack on a bus stand in Tirah bazaar of Kohat in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa on December 8 rose to 19 after an injured woman succumbed to injuries on December 9. Meanwhile, the investigating team of suicide blast released a sketch of the bomber to seek public help in his identification.
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December - 8 
Three militants were killed in an encounter with Security Forces (SFs) in the Shakar Dara of Swat District in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa on December 8, reports Dawn.
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Three militants were killed in an encounter with Security Forces (SFs) in the Shakar Dara of Swat District in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa on December 8, reports Dawn.
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December - 8 
Three persons were killed while another was injured when Baloch Liberation Front (BLF) militants opened fire on them in the Parom area of Panjgur District in Balochistan on December 8, reports Daily Times. The deceased were identified as Anayatullah,
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Three persons were killed while another was injured when Baloch Liberation Front (BLF) militants opened fire on them in the Parom area of Panjgur District in Balochistan on December 8, reports Daily Times. The deceased were identified as Anayatullah, Dur Mohammad, both Pashtuns, and Ahmed Allah of Orangi Town of Karachi, the provincial capital of Sindh. The Baloch Liberation Front (BLF) claimed the responsibility for the attack.
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December - 9 
A remote-controlled bomb attack on a Security Force’s (SFs) vehicle injured four SF personnel in the Saro Khel area of Doaba tehsil (revenue unit) in Hangu District of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa on December 9, reports Dawn. The vehicle was on its way to Kurr
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A remote-controlled bomb attack on a Security Force’s (SFs) vehicle injured four SF personnel in the Saro Khel area of Doaba tehsil (revenue unit) in Hangu District of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa on December 9, reports Dawn. The vehicle was on its way to Kurram Agency in Federally Administered Tribal Areas (FATA).
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December - 9 
British Police on December 9 arrested a 34-year-old man on suspicion of murdering Muttahida Qaumi Movement (MQM) leader, Imran Farooq, who was attacked in London on September 17, reports Daily Times. “He has been taken to a North London Police Statio
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British Police on December 9 arrested a 34-year-old man on suspicion of murdering Muttahida Qaumi Movement (MQM) leader, Imran Farooq, who was attacked in London on September 17, reports Daily Times. “He has been taken to a North London Police Station where he will be interviewed by detectives,” the Police headquarters said in a statement. The personnel from Scotland Yard’s counter-terrorism command had taken charge of the murder inquiry due to fears that the killing may be politically motivated.
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December - 9 
The anti-Taliban (Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan) lashkars (tribal militia) threatened to withdraw their support to the Government and Police if their demands were not met within 10 days. Adezai anti-Taliban lashkar chief Dilawar Khan said that chiefs of
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The anti-Taliban (Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan) lashkars (tribal militia) threatened to withdraw their support to the Government and Police if their demands were not met within 10 days. Adezai anti-Taliban lashkar chief Dilawar Khan said that chiefs of all the three anti-Taliban lashkars have decided in a joint meeting that they will withdraw support to the Police and Government if the latter did not fulfil promises made to them within 10 days. He said that the Government had promised arms, ammunition and food for the militias, which didn’t materialise. Neither did the promised compensation package for heirs of the lashkars’ members killed in fighting with the militants.
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December - 10 
A report by Campaign for Innocent Victims in Conflict (CIVIC), a Washington-based NGO, said that civilian casualties in drone strikes are higher than the United States admits. The CIVIC, which works for civilians caught in crossfire, uncovered more t
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A report by Campaign for Innocent Victims in Conflict (CIVIC), a Washington-based NGO, said that civilian casualties in drone strikes are higher than the United States admits. The CIVIC, which works for civilians caught in crossfire, uncovered more than 30 civilian deaths in only nine cases, including at least 14 women and children, all of which took place after January 2009. Documents obtained by CIVIC show Pakistani Government verification of civilian casualties from drone attacks demonstrate that at least in some areas the Government has more capacity to investigate civilian casualties than is commonly suggested.
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December - 10 
At least 13 militants, including a ‘commander’, were killed in different clashes with Security Forces (SFs) in South Waziristan Agency of Federally Administered Tribal Areas (FATA) on December 10, reports Daily Times. According to sources, three SF p
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At least 13 militants, including a ‘commander’, were killed in different clashes with Security Forces (SFs) in South Waziristan Agency of Federally Administered Tribal Areas (FATA) on December 10, reports Daily Times. According to sources, three SF personnel were also injured in the clashes. The militants attacked a Security check post in Sararogha in which three personnel were injured. In retaliation, the SFs killed nine terrorists. In Janta area, the SFs killed militant commander Asmatullah, along with his three accomplices.
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December - 10 
At least 17 persons were killed and over 20 others were injured in a suspected sectarian attack when a suicide bomber rammed his explosives-laden vehicle into an under-construction hospital in the in Pas Kalay area of Hangu District in Khyber Pakhtun
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At least 17 persons were killed and over 20 others were injured in a suspected sectarian attack when a suicide bomber rammed his explosives-laden vehicle into an under-construction hospital in the in Pas Kalay area of Hangu District in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa on December 10, reports Daily Times. Eyewitnesses said an explosives-laden Suzuki van struck a Shia hospital, Al-Zohra, damaging the nearby mud-houses, while several people were trapped under the debris. Local officials said the hospital was run by a private Shia trust, which also operated a nearby Shia mosque and seminary. Emergency has been declared in all hospitals of Hangu District. “It was a vehicle-borne suicide attack targeting an under-construction hospital in Pas Kalay,” the Kohat Commissioner Khalid Khan said.
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December - 10 
Four militants were killed when a US drone fired two missiles in Khadar Khel town,” about 40 kilometres of Miranshah, in North Waziristan Agency. The missiles hit a militant’s vehicle and a house in Khadar Khel town.
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Four militants were killed when a US drone fired two missiles in Khadar Khel town,” about 40 kilometres of Miranshah, in North Waziristan Agency. The missiles hit a militant’s vehicle and a house in Khadar Khel town.
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December - 10 
The Inspector General of Frontier Corps (FC), Balochistan, Major General Ubaidullah Khan warned that violation of Pakistan’s airspace by NATO aircraft and helicopters would not be tolerated. Addressing a gathering of tribal elders during his visit to
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The Inspector General of Frontier Corps (FC), Balochistan, Major General Ubaidullah Khan warned that violation of Pakistan’s airspace by NATO aircraft and helicopters would not be tolerated. Addressing a gathering of tribal elders during his visit to the border town of Chaman, he said that Pakistan would not allow NATO aircraft and helicopters to violate its airspace. Later, talking to journalists Major General Ubaidullah Khan denied that the missing people were in the custody of FC Balochistan. “No missing person is in custody of FC Balochistan,” he said, adding that the allegations were levelled by the people who were involved in cases of cross-border terrorism and were getting financial assistance and weapons from their “foreign masters”.
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December - 10 
The Naib Tehsildar (Deputy-revenue administrative officer) of Mastung District, Sabzal Khan, and four Security personnel were abducted in Margat area of Bolan District in Balochistan in the evening of December 10, reports Dawn. According to sources,
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The Naib Tehsildar (Deputy-revenue administrative officer) of Mastung District, Sabzal Khan, and four Security personnel were abducted in Margat area of Bolan District in Balochistan in the evening of December 10, reports Dawn. According to sources, Naib Tehsildar Sabzal Khan Rind and the four Security personnel had gone to Margat to locate a constable of Balochistan Levies Force who was abducted earlier.
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December - 10 
Three persons were injured when a passenger vehicle hit a landmine planted by suspected militants along roadside in Mantoi village of Shakai tehsil (revenue unit) in South Waziristan Agency of Federally Administered Tribal Areas (FATA) on December 10
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Three persons were injured when a passenger vehicle hit a landmine planted by suspected militants along roadside in Mantoi village of Shakai tehsil (revenue unit) in South Waziristan Agency of Federally Administered Tribal Areas (FATA) on December 10, reports Dawn. The vehicle was on way to Shakai from Mantoi.
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December - 11 
Police on December 11 recovered a pick-up truck packed with a tonne of explosives in Kohat of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, reports Daily Times. Dilawar Bangash, the local Police Chief of Kohat, said the attackers intended to use the truck bomb to target relig
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Police on December 11 recovered a pick-up truck packed with a tonne of explosives in Kohat of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, reports Daily Times. Dilawar Bangash, the local Police Chief of Kohat, said the attackers intended to use the truck bomb to target religious processions in the city of Kohat marking the holy month of Muharram. Two suspects were arrested, Dilawar Bangash said, adding that two suicide vests were also seized in the operation.
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December - 11 
Security Forces (SFs) killed five militants after militants opened fire on a foot patrolling party in Shah Faisal of Swat District in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa on December 11, reports Daily Times.
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Security Forces (SFs) killed five militants after militants opened fire on a foot patrolling party in Shah Faisal of Swat District in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa on December 11, reports Daily Times.
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December - 11 
Security Forces (SFs) killed four militants in the Saagi area of the Safi tehsil (revenue unit) in the Mohmand Agency of Federally Administered Tribal Areas (FATA) on December 11, reports Daily Times. Official sources confirmed that militants attacke
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Security Forces (SFs) killed four militants in the Saagi area of the Safi tehsil (revenue unit) in the Mohmand Agency of Federally Administered Tribal Areas (FATA) on December 11, reports Daily Times. Official sources confirmed that militants attacked the Saagi checkpost with rocket launchers and automatic weapons, but SFs retaliated and killed four militants.
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December - 11 
The Baloch Students Organisation-Azad (BSO-Azad) Central Committee member Abdul Qayyum was whisked away by security agencies from Gwadar town of Balochistan on December 11, reports Daily Times. According to the BSO-Azad’s members, Frontier Corps (FC)
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The Baloch Students Organisation-Azad (BSO-Azad) Central Committee member Abdul Qayyum was whisked away by security agencies from Gwadar town of Balochistan on December 11, reports Daily Times. According to the BSO-Azad’s members, Frontier Corps (FC) entered Qayyum’s house, held his family members hostage at gunpoint, put him in a vehicle and sped away. Sattar Hassan, the brother of Qayyum, addressed the media in front of the Provincial Minister Hamal Kalmati’s house and said Security Agencies abducted Lala Hameed and other Baloch leaders and later sent their bodies.
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December - 11 
Two Police constables, Pir Ghulam and Tayyeb, were killed in a terrorist attack on a Police squad at Shakas Square under Hayatabad Police Station in Peshawar.
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Two Police constables, Pir Ghulam and Tayyeb, were killed in a terrorist attack on a Police squad at Shakas Square under Hayatabad Police Station in Peshawar.
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December - 12 
Three children were killed and seven others received injuries when militants fired mortar shells at an Imambargah (Shia place of worship) in Talozan Tangi area of Kurram Agency in Federally Administered Tribal Areas (FATA) on December 12, reports Daw
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Three children were killed and seven others received injuries when militants fired mortar shells at an Imambargah (Shia place of worship) in Talozan Tangi area of Kurram Agency in Federally Administered Tribal Areas (FATA) on December 12, reports Dawn. Official sources said that militants fired mortar shells apparently at an Imambargah in Talozan Tangi area of Kurram. But the shells landed in residential areas, killing three children and injuring seven others. Residents said a Majlis (place of gathering) of Shia community was in progress in the Imambargah when the mortars were fired.
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December - 12 
Unidentified militants set ablaze a trailer carrying supplies for NATO forces in Afghanistan in Dashti-i-Bado area of Kalat District in Balochistan on December 12, reported Dawn. However, no causalities were reported.
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Unidentified militants set ablaze a trailer carrying supplies for NATO forces in Afghanistan in Dashti-i-Bado area of Kalat District in Balochistan on December 12, reported Dawn. However, no causalities were reported.
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December - 13 
Unidentified militants killed two Policemen, Taseer Khan and Derwaish Khan, in Charsadda area of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa on December 13, reports Daily Times. According to details, two Policemen, who happened to be brothers, were coming for duty on a motor
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Unidentified militants killed two Policemen, Taseer Khan and Derwaish Khan, in Charsadda area of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa on December 13, reports Daily Times. According to details, two Policemen, who happened to be brothers, were coming for duty on a motorcycle when they were shot by the unidentified militants.
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December - 14 
Unidentified militants shot dead Khuzdar Press Club President Muhammad Khan Sasoli in Khuzdar District of Balochistan on December 14, reports Daily Times.
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Unidentified militants shot dead Khuzdar Press Club President Muhammad Khan Sasoli in Khuzdar District of Balochistan on December 14, reports Daily Times.
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December - 15 
The Frontier Corps (FC) foiled a possible terror attack on Muharram (Islamic holy month) processions in the Quetta, the provincial capital of Balochistan, and recovered a cache of arms and ammunitions and suicide jackets in Chaman town near the Pakis
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The Frontier Corps (FC) foiled a possible terror attack on Muharram (Islamic holy month) processions in the Quetta, the provincial capital of Balochistan, and recovered a cache of arms and ammunitions and suicide jackets in Chaman town near the Pakistan-Afghanistan border. FC Deputy Inspector General Shahzad Akhtar said three persons were arrested in this connection. The recovery includes 28 hand grenades, three suicide jackets, 20 kilogrammes of explosive materials and other ammunition
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December - 15 
Unidentified militants blew up a primary girls’ school in Adezai area of Matani, a suburb of Peshawar, in the night of December 15.
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Unidentified militants blew up a primary girls’ school in Adezai area of Matani, a suburb of Peshawar, in the night of December 15.
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December - 16 
A child was killed while 25 mourners, including eight women and three children, sustained injuries when militants threw a hand grenade at a Muharram (Islamic holy month) mourning procession at Yadgar Chowk in Peshawar, the provincial capital of Khybe
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A child was killed while 25 mourners, including eight women and three children, sustained injuries when militants threw a hand grenade at a Muharram (Islamic holy month) mourning procession at Yadgar Chowk in Peshawar, the provincial capital of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa on December 16, reports Daily Times. The low-intensity explosion occurred when the mourning procession brought out from Imambargah (Shia place of worship) Sakhi Munwar Shah was heading towards Mohala Khudadad. District Co-ordination Officer (DCO) of Peshawar Siraj Ahmed Khan said that the child, Qamar Abbas, succumbed to his injuries at the Lady Reading Hospital
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December - 16 
A person was killed and three others were injured in a landmine explosion in Kohlu town of Balochistan on December 16, reports Daily Times.
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A person was killed and three others were injured in a landmine explosion in Kohlu town of Balochistan on December 16, reports Daily Times.
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December - 16 
At least seven Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) militants were killed in a US drone attack in Speen Drang area of Tirah valley in Khyber Agency of Federally Administered Tribal Areas (FATA) on December 16, reports Daily Times. Sources said that of th
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At least seven Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) militants were killed in a US drone attack in Speen Drang area of Tirah valley in Khyber Agency of Federally Administered Tribal Areas (FATA) on December 16, reports Daily Times. Sources said that of the seven killed, two were of the TTP Swat chapter and five were of Hafiz Gul Bahadar faction of TTP, which dominates the North Waziristan Agency. This was the second drone attack on Khyber Agency. In the first drone attack on May 15, at least 13 militants besides two civilians were killed in the Zakha Khel area.
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December - 16 
Declaring significant progress in disrupting al Qaeda and combating the Taliban, US President Barack Obama said on December 16 said that the US will start withdrawing US troops from Afghanistan in July 2010 as promised, reports Daily Times. He still
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Declaring significant progress in disrupting al Qaeda and combating the Taliban, US President Barack Obama said on December 16 said that the US will start withdrawing US troops from Afghanistan in July 2010 as promised, reports Daily Times. He still warned of sobering days, saying the war will remain a “very difficult endeavour”. Assessing the war one year after he ordered a major increase in troops, Barack Obama said the goal is not to defeat every threat to Afghanistan’s security or to build up the nation. Rather, he said, the US continues to shed blood in the war to dismantle the al Qaeda network and push back the Taliban. “We are on track to achieve our goals,” Barack Obama said from the White House.
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December - 16 
Interior Minister Rehman Malik on December 16 said that foolproof security arrangements have been made during Muharram (Islamic holy month) for protection of citizens and to avert any terrorist activity in the country, reports Daily Times. Rehman Mal
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Interior Minister Rehman Malik on December 16 said that foolproof security arrangements have been made during Muharram (Islamic holy month) for protection of citizens and to avert any terrorist activity in the country, reports Daily Times. Rehman Malik said standard operating procedures (SOPs) have been prepared for Muharram and these SOPs are being implemented in true spirit in the federal capital and other parts of the country. He added cooperation between Ulema of both Sunni and Shia sects is exemplary, who have practically evinced unity and integrity. He said last night there were reports of an attempt of act of terrorism on a Muharram procession in Gujranwala town of Punjab, however, the Interior Ministry immediately conveyed this information to the local security officials and security had been enhanced keeping in view the situation and the procession was concluded safely.
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December - 16 
Military will find increased support from the people in case it goes for an operation against the Haqqani network in North Waziristan, a recent opinion poll by Community Appraisal and motivation Programme revealed on December 16, reports Daily Times.
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Military will find increased support from the people in case it goes for an operation against the Haqqani network in North Waziristan, a recent opinion poll by Community Appraisal and motivation Programme revealed on December 16, reports Daily Times. “Support for military operations against militants increased dramatically over the last year. In 2009, only 16.8 percent respondents supported the army/security forces operation in Swat but this year 66.8 percent of the respondents supported the operation,” the opinion poll - Understanding FATA - by Community Appraisal and motivation Programme revealed.
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December - 16 
Security Forces (SFs) averted a sabotage bid by defusing powerful bombs, planted on roadside in Warr Mamond tehsil In Bajaur Agency, reports Dawn.
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Security Forces (SFs) averted a sabotage bid by defusing powerful bombs, planted on roadside in Warr Mamond tehsil In Bajaur Agency, reports Dawn.
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December - 16 
Security Forces (SFs) recovered three powerful bombs and blew up the house of a militant in Kabal tehsil of Swat District on December 16, reports Dawn. Sources said that SFs raided the house of Rashid Ahmad and recovered three bombs. The house was bl
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Security Forces (SFs) recovered three powerful bombs and blew up the house of a militant in Kabal tehsil of Swat District on December 16, reports Dawn. Sources said that SFs raided the house of Rashid Ahmad and recovered three bombs. The house was blown up by SFs.
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December - 16 
Separately, a woman was killed and a child was injured in a landmine explosion in Tor Kor area of Safi tehsil (revenue unit) in Mohmand Agency. Sources said that wife of Yar Jan stepped on the landmine in Tor Kor area. She was killed on the spot whil
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Separately, a woman was killed and a child was injured in a landmine explosion in Tor Kor area of Safi tehsil (revenue unit) in Mohmand Agency. Sources said that wife of Yar Jan stepped on the landmine in Tor Kor area. She was killed on the spot while the child received injuries in the blast, sources added.
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December - 16 
The Foreign Office on December 16 said that it was looking into media reports that two British nationals, possibly Muslim converts, were killed in a drone strike near Datta Khel town in the North Waziristan Agency of Federally Administered Tribal Are
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The Foreign Office on December 16 said that it was looking into media reports that two British nationals, possibly Muslim converts, were killed in a drone strike near Datta Khel town in the North Waziristan Agency of Federally Administered Tribal Areas (FATA) on December 10, reports Daily Times. “We are aware of media reports of the death of two British nationals in Pakistan. Our High Commission in Pakistan is seeking further information on these reports,” an unnamed British spokeswoman said. The men were aged 48 and 25 and reportedly had English names but used pseudonyms. If confirmed, they would be the first white British converts to have been killed in the area, the Guardian said.
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December - 16 
The Jama'at-ud-Da'wah (JuD) ‘chief’ and November 26, 2008 Mumbai attacks mastermind Hafiz Saeed made his first public appearance since his release in 2009, on December 16 in the national capital, Islamabad, in the company of leading Pakistani politic
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The Jama'at-ud-Da'wah (JuD) ‘chief’ and November 26, 2008 Mumbai attacks mastermind Hafiz Saeed made his first public appearance since his release in 2009, on December 16 in the national capital, Islamabad, in the company of leading Pakistani politicians, and stoutly opposed Pakistani Government's move to repeal the country's controversial blasphemy law, reports Times of India. Several hardliners were present on the stage along with the JuD chief, while politicians like former caretaker Prime Minister (PM) Shujaat Hussain and Federal Minister Ijaz-ul-Haq, too, showed up. Hafiz Saeed called for a ''well-organized media campaign'' in favour of the law. Saeed, who earlier addressed rallies across Punjab province, was put under house arrest in December 2008 after the UN banned JuD following the 26/11 attack on Mumbai. Islamabad also acknowledged that part of the conspiracy was hatched in Pakistan and blamed the JuD, a front of Lashkar-e-Toiba (LeT), for the attacks on Mumbai that left 166 persons dead.
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December - 16 
US Defence Secretary Robert Gates said on December 16 that Pakistan needs to do more to control the flow of terrorists along its porous border with Afghanistan, reports Daily Times. He said he hoped that as progress increased in Afghanistan, the with
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US Defence Secretary Robert Gates said on December 16 that Pakistan needs to do more to control the flow of terrorists along its porous border with Afghanistan, reports Daily Times. He said he hoped that as progress increased in Afghanistan, the withdrawal of US troops to begin in July 2011 could accelerate. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, commenting on diplomatic efforts during a White House briefing, said the US will continue to work to “close the gap” between Kabul and Islamabad. She said the US would not repeat history and abandon the Afghan people as combat troops withdrew, adding that the US would continue to support people in the region when the US pullout began in July 2011.
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December - 17 
At least six persons were killed and eight others were injured in mortar shell attack in different areas of Hangu District in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa on December 17, reports The News. Sources said around eight mortars were fired from the mountains of Orak
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At least six persons were killed and eight others were injured in mortar shell attack in different areas of Hangu District in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa on December 17, reports The News. Sources said around eight mortars were fired from the mountains of Orakzai Agency in Federally Administered Tribal Areas (FATA) to Qazi Talab, Khori Kalay, Hangu market and Mulkabad areas.
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December - 17 
On the day, 32 militants, including commanders, were killed when a missile hit a compound in Speen Darang village where the Lashkar-e-Islam (LI), a TTP affiliate outfit known to be strong in Khyber Agency, militants were gathered for a meeting. The t
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On the day, 32 militants, including commanders, were killed when a missile hit a compound in Speen Darang village where the Lashkar-e-Islam (LI), a TTP affiliate outfit known to be strong in Khyber Agency, militants were gathered for a meeting. The third strike took place in Narai Baba village and killed 15 militants, the officials sources said
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December - 17 
Security Forces (SFs) shot dead a suspected militant who tried to enter the Ashura procession along with a bag in a village near Khanpur in Shikarpur District of Sindh on December 17, reports Dawn. The attacker managed to explode a grenade before he
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Security Forces (SFs) shot dead a suspected militant who tried to enter the Ashura procession along with a bag in a village near Khanpur in Shikarpur District of Sindh on December 17, reports Dawn. The attacker managed to explode a grenade before he died, injuring four persons, including a Police official
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December - 17 
The Joint Chiefs of Staff Admiral Mike Mullen said on December 17 that he thinks it is possible that the Pakistani Army can shut down militant hideouts on its soil to prevent terrorists from moving back and forth across the long, porous border with A
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The Joint Chiefs of Staff Admiral Mike Mullen said on December 17 that he thinks it is possible that the Pakistani Army can shut down militant hideouts on its soil to prevent terrorists from moving back and forth across the long, porous border with Afghanistan, reports Daily Times. A day after President Barack Obama released a review of the US war strategy, Admiral Mike Mullen told reporters in Kabul that fixing the problem was critical to making progress in the war. But he said he was encouraged by what Pakistan had already done to go after terrorists on its side of the border. “I certainly think it is very possible that the Pakistani military will achieve the goal,” he added. Admiral Mike Mullen spoke to reporters in Kabul, the capital of Afghanistan alongside Karl Eikenberry, the US ambassador to Afghanistan, who said the existence of terrorist sanctuaries in Pakistan “makes delivery of peace and stability here in Afghanistan very difficult”. General David Petraeus, the top commander of US and NATO forces, praised Pakistan’s efforts to rout terrorists inside the country, and its new willingness to cooperate with NATO forces on the Afghanistan side of the border
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December - 17 
Three US drone attacks killed 54 persons, most of them alleged militants, in Khyber Agency of Federally Administered Tribal Areas (FATA) close to the Afghan border on December 17, reports Dawn. The first strike targeted two vehicles in the Sandana ar
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Three US drone attacks killed 54 persons, most of them alleged militants, in Khyber Agency of Federally Administered Tribal Areas (FATA) close to the Afghan border on December 17, reports Dawn. The first strike targeted two vehicles in the Sandana area of the Tirah Valley, killing seven Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) militants and injuring another nine.
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December - 17 
Two bodies were recovered from Koshak area of Khuzdar District. They were identified as Noor Mohammad and Mohammad Ibrahim
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Two bodies were recovered from Koshak area of Khuzdar District. They were identified as Noor Mohammad and Mohammad Ibrahim
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December - 17 
Unidentified militants set ablaze a NATO oil tanker and shot and injured driver and the cleaner near Pinjra Pul area in Mach town of the Bolan District. The assailants set the oil tanker on fire and managed to escape from the place of incident. The d
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Unidentified militants set ablaze a NATO oil tanker and shot and injured driver and the cleaner near Pinjra Pul area in Mach town of the Bolan District. The assailants set the oil tanker on fire and managed to escape from the place of incident. The driver was identified as Sarfraz, and the cleaner as Aminullah, residents of Peshawar.
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December - 18 
Another body was found in Mastung District on December 18. The Levies Forces sources said that the body was thrown in an abandoned place in the outskirts of the town. His identification could not be ascertained. "All the five victims were hit in the
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Another body was found in Mastung District on December 18. The Levies Forces sources said that the body was thrown in an abandoned place in the outskirts of the town. His identification could not be ascertained. "All the five victims were hit in the heads," they said.
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December - 18 
Five bullet-riddle bodies were found in different areas of Balochistan during the last two days, Dawn reported on December 18. Levies Forces sources said that two bodies were found in Padak area of Turbat District in the morning of December 17. The b
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Five bullet-riddle bodies were found in different areas of Balochistan during the last two days, Dawn reported on December 18. Levies Forces sources said that two bodies were found in Padak area of Turbat District in the morning of December 17. The bodies were identified as of Mohammad Yousuf and Abdul Razaq.
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December - 18 
Security Forces recovered a cache of arms and ammunition, including 89 missiles, during a raid in Akakhel in the Khyber Agency, and arrested four terrorists. Colonel Sadiq of the Frontier Corps said that 89 missiles, 31 rocket launchers of 40-mm and
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Security Forces recovered a cache of arms and ammunition, including 89 missiles, during a raid in Akakhel in the Khyber Agency, and arrested four terrorists. Colonel Sadiq of the Frontier Corps said that 89 missiles, 31 rocket launchers of 40-mm and light machine guns were recovered during a raid conducted at Akakhel. The Russian-origin arms were brought from Tirah valley for subversive activities and would have been smuggled to Peshawar and other Districts, he added. Four persons were arrested and investigations are underway.
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December - 18 
The driver and conductor of a NATO oil tanker were injured when unidentified assailants opened fire at them near Soor Kamar Jamrud of Khyber Agency in Federally Administered Tribal Areas (FATA) in the night of December 18, reports Daily Times. The ta
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The driver and conductor of a NATO oil tanker were injured when unidentified assailants opened fire at them near Soor Kamar Jamrud of Khyber Agency in Federally Administered Tribal Areas (FATA) in the night of December 18, reports Daily Times. The tanker was on its way to Peshawar from Bagram when it was attacked, as a result of which driver Abdur Rehman and conductor Ziaur Rehman were injured.
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December - 18 
The relationship with Pakistan is central to US efforts in Afghanistan, and Washington should continue to prove its commitment to lasting relations with the key regional country, Michele Flournoy, the Under-Secretary of Defence for Policy of Pentagon
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The relationship with Pakistan is central to US efforts in Afghanistan, and Washington should continue to prove its commitment to lasting relations with the key regional country, Michele Flournoy, the Under-Secretary of Defence for Policy of Pentagon, said on December 18, reports Daily Times. “Pakistan is central to our efforts to defeat al Qaeda and prevent its regeneration in the region,” Michele Flournoy said during a Pentagon news briefing on the findings of a one-year review of President Barack Obama’s strategy in Afghanistan. The US and coalition troops will continue to focus on al Qaeda sanctuaries along the Pakistan-Afghanistan border. “We remain relentlessly focused on Pakistan-based al Qaeda because of the strategic nature of the threat they pose, and in particular, the group’s continued pursuit of large-scale attacks against the West and its influence on global terrorism,” Michele Flournoy said. “Our posture and efforts to counter these threats will continue unabated,” she added.
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December - 19 
A Police constable who participated in the Operation Clean-up (also known as Operation Blue Fox) of 1992, was shot dead on December 19 by unidentified assailants in Malir town in the eastern part of Karachi in Sindh, reports Dawn. The Operation Clean
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A Police constable who participated in the Operation Clean-up (also known as Operation Blue Fox) of 1992, was shot dead on December 19 by unidentified assailants in Malir town in the eastern part of Karachi in Sindh, reports Dawn. The Operation Clean-up was a military operation led by Pakistan Army and Karachi Police that lasted from 1992-1994. The main target of the operation was the Mohajir Qaumi Movement (now renamed Muttahida Qaumi Movement).
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December - 19 
Al Qaeda is trying to “bring down” nuclear-armed Pakistan, United States (US) Vice President Joe Biden warned on December 19, reported Daily Times. “Our overarching goal and our rationale for being there is to dismantle, ultimately defeat al Qaeda, t
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Al Qaeda is trying to “bring down” nuclear-armed Pakistan, United States (US) Vice President Joe Biden warned on December 19, reported Daily Times. “Our overarching goal and our rationale for being there is to dismantle, ultimately defeat al Qaeda, to make sure that terrorists do not, in fact, bring down the Pakistani Government, which is a nuclear power,” Biden said, promising that “we are going to be totally out of there, come hell or high water, by 2014”. Al Qaeda’s strength, he said, “has been significantly degraded” as US forces have gone after the terrorist network’s leadership. But, he added there has been less success in countering the Afghan insurgency, dealing with the safe havens in Pakistan and creating a stable Afghanistan. “We are going to, come July, begin to draw down US forces” and begin to transfer responsibility to the Afghans, added Biden.
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December - 19 
The report claimed that local sources in Waziristan had reported seeing many “white skin” militants, most of them German, in the tribal areas. “One tribesman said he had spoken to two young Germans with ‘golden beards' who told him in broken Pashto:
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The report claimed that local sources in Waziristan had reported seeing many “white skin” militants, most of them German, in the tribal areas. “One tribesman said he had spoken to two young Germans with ‘golden beards' who told him in broken Pashto: ‘We are here for jihad.' Witnesses say the militants wear local clothes and travel in small groups in vehicles or on motorcycles, flaunting weapons including AK-47 assault rifles, rocket launchers and rocket-propelled grenades,” sources said
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December - 19 
The reported deaths of two British militants in a drone attack on December 10 in Dattakhel area of North Waziristan raised fears that western Muslim converts are being targeted by al Qaeda in its search for “white jihadis” to mount November 26, 2008
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The reported deaths of two British militants in a drone attack on December 10 in Dattakhel area of North Waziristan raised fears that western Muslim converts are being targeted by al Qaeda in its search for “white jihadis” to mount November 26, 2008 Mumbai (also known as 26/11)-style attacks in Europe, The Hindu quoting The Sunday Times reported on December 19. The Sunday Times quoted western intelligence agencies as saying that Ilyas Kashmiri, recently named as al Qaeda's chief military strategist in Pakistan and Afghanistan and dubbed the “new Bin Laden,” had been “assigned to bring western recruits” into the organisation. The 46-year-old “one-eyed terrorist,” reportedly described by one Pakistani Army officer as the “most dangerous man for Pakistan, Europe and the United States,” was said to be “plotting” attacks in Britain and other European countries, including France and Germany.
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December - 20 
A senior Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) ‘leader’ Ibn-e-Amin who commanded one of al Qaeda's military units in north-western Pakistan is said to be among the 32 people killed in December 17's drone attacks in Speen Darang village of Khyber Agency in
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A senior Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) ‘leader’ Ibn-e-Amin who commanded one of al Qaeda's military units in north-western Pakistan is said to be among the 32 people killed in December 17's drone attacks in Speen Darang village of Khyber Agency in Federally Administered Tribal Areas (FATA), The Hindu quoting Long War Journal reported on December 20. Though there was no official confirmation, the Long War Journal — which has embedded reporters covering the war on terror in Afghanistan — reported the killing of Ibn-e-Amin in detail. The US drone strike killed Ibn-e-Amin who was reportedly present in the meeting of the Lashkar-e-Islam (LI), a TTP off-shoot in Khyber Agency. Commander Ibn-e-Amin belongs to the TTP Swat chapter. Ibn-e-Amin was ‘second-in-command’ to Mullah Fazlullah, who used to control the Swat Valley of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa till the Army regained ground after a military operation 2009. Ibn-e-Amin was also commander of the Tora Bora Brigade, one of the six formations in al Qaeda's Shadow Army and was legendary for his brutality.
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December - 20 
Daily Times on December 20 confirmed that two al Qaeda operatives who were arrested in Sohrab Goth area of Karachi, the capital of Sindh, during a joint operation by Pakistani and American Special Forces in November 17 were Umar Misri, a top aide of
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Daily Times on December 20 confirmed that two al Qaeda operatives who were arrested in Sohrab Goth area of Karachi, the capital of Sindh, during a joint operation by Pakistani and American Special Forces in November 17 were Umar Misri, a top aide of al Qaeda’s number two Ayman al Zawahiri and Muhammad Muhammad, the operational manager of al Qaeda. From the same Sohrab Goth area an American al Qaeda member, Adam Gadanhn (Abu Azzam Amriki), was arrested with another unnamed Arab individual connected to al Qaeda. Adam and an associate are reported to have been captured during a raid by Pakistani Special Forces at the Super Highway in Karachi.
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December - 20 
Four persons were killed, including a father and his son, in two separate firing incidents in Dera Bugti District and Awaran District of Balochistan on December 20, reported Daily Times. Unidentified militants entered a local hotel and opened fire, k
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Four persons were killed, including a father and his son, in two separate firing incidents in Dera Bugti District and Awaran District of Balochistan on December 20, reported Daily Times. Unidentified militants entered a local hotel and opened fire, killing a father, Ali Mohammad Bugti and his son, Pir Baksh, on the spot in Dera Bugti District.
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December - 20 
In the same District, one Ilyas Baloch, an active member of Baloch Students Organisation-Azad (BSO-A), was abducted by suspected persons near coastal highway of Ormara town on December 20. Sources said that Ilyas, who is also a student of the Univers
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In the same District, one Ilyas Baloch, an active member of Baloch Students Organisation-Azad (BSO-A), was abducted by suspected persons near coastal highway of Ormara town on December 20. Sources said that Ilyas, who is also a student of the University of Balochistan, was going to Ormara from Pasni in a passenger van when suspected persons intercepted him and took him away at gunpoint. His relatives, however, claimed that he was abducted by Security Force personnel
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December - 20 
Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad on December 20 told his Pakistani counterpart Asif Ali Zardari to arrest and hand over Jandullah militants, reports Dawn. In a telephone call, the Iranian president “asked Zardari to order his country’s Security
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Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad on December 20 told his Pakistani counterpart Asif Ali Zardari to arrest and hand over Jandullah militants, reports Dawn. In a telephone call, the Iranian president “asked Zardari to order his country’s Security Forces to quickly arrest known terrorists and hand them over to the Islamic Republic of Iran,” Ahmadinejad’s office said in a statement posted on its website. The phone call followed a suicide attack on December 15 in the Iranian city of Chabahar that killed 39 persons.
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December - 20 
Police arrested 12 suspected persons on December 20 aimed at thwarting a major new terrorism plot against Britain, reports Daily Times. The arrested suspects are British nationals but have with links to Bangladesh and Pakistan, according to a counter
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Police arrested 12 suspected persons on December 20 aimed at thwarting a major new terrorism plot against Britain, reports Daily Times. The arrested suspects are British nationals but have with links to Bangladesh and Pakistan, according to a counter-terrorism official, who spoke on condition of anonymity. John Yates, Britain’s senior counter terrorism Police official said that “the suspects were detained in London, Stoke-on-Trent and Cardiff. “The operation is in its early stages, so we are unable to go into detail at this time about the suspected offences”.
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December - 20 
The alleged militant safe havens in Pakistan’s tribal areas and Kabul’s reconciliation with the Taliban will be on the top of the agenda for this week’s Pakistan-Afghanistan-Turkey summit in Istanbul, reports Dawn on December 20.
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The alleged militant safe havens in Pakistan’s tribal areas and Kabul’s reconciliation with the Taliban will be on the top of the agenda for this week’s Pakistan-Afghanistan-Turkey summit in Istanbul, reports Dawn on December 20.
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December - 20 
Top US military commanders in Afghanistan are seeking to expand ground raids by Special Operations Forces across the border in Pakistan’s tribal areas, Dawn quoting The New York Times reported on December 20. Amid growing US frustration with Pakistan
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Top US military commanders in Afghanistan are seeking to expand ground raids by Special Operations Forces across the border in Pakistan’s tribal areas, Dawn quoting The New York Times reported on December 20. Amid growing US frustration with Pakistan’s lacklustre efforts at removing militants from strongholds in the tribal areas, the officials are proposing to escalate military activities in the nuclear-armed nation, The New York Times said in its online edition. US forces have been largely restricted to limited covert operations and unmanned drone strikes in Pakistan due to fears of retaliation from a population that often holds strong anti-American sentiment in a country rife with militants.
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December - 20 
Two people were killed when unidentified militants riding a motorcycle, opened fire on them in the Kushak area of Awaran District.
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Two people were killed when unidentified militants riding a motorcycle, opened fire on them in the Kushak area of Awaran District.
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December - 21 
A Hindu spiritual leader, Maharaja Luckmi Chand Garji (82) was abducted along with four of his companions, Sajan Das, Ram Chand, Babo Lal and Vinod Kumar on the RCD Highway near Surab area of Kalat District in the night of December 21. The abductors
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A Hindu spiritual leader, Maharaja Luckmi Chand Garji (82) was abducted along with four of his companions, Sajan Das, Ram Chand, Babo Lal and Vinod Kumar on the RCD Highway near Surab area of Kalat District in the night of December 21. The abductors later released three of them at a deserted place. The whereabouts of Maharaja Luckmi Chand and Vinod Kumara, the son of a trader, are still not known.
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December - 21 
Chief of Army Staff (COAS) General Ashfaq Kayani on December 21 promised jobs for former Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) militants, reports Daily Times. Addressing youths at Rastoon, a rehabilitation training centre for youths involved in terrorism,
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Chief of Army Staff (COAS) General Ashfaq Kayani on December 21 promised jobs for former Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) militants, reports Daily Times. Addressing youths at Rastoon, a rehabilitation training centre for youths involved in terrorism, the COAS said a peaceful Swat (Khyber Pakhtunkhwa) was in the best interest of all. He said that Security Forces had fought the war against terrorism for the people of Swat to secure them from terrorists
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December - 21 
General Ashfaq Parvez Kayani said that Army would stay in Swat till restoration of confidence among the locals. Interacting with locals during his visit to Swat, he said that Army would continue to contribute in the development and rehabilitation of
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General Ashfaq Parvez Kayani said that Army would stay in Swat till restoration of confidence among the locals. Interacting with locals during his visit to Swat, he said that Army would continue to contribute in the development and rehabilitation of the Swat valley.
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December - 21 
Militants abducted at least 10 tribesmen in central tehsil (revenue unit) area of Orakzai Agency in Federally Administered Tribal Areas (FATA) on December 21, reports Dawn. Sources said that militants attacked a vehicle of local tribesmen, who had re
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Militants abducted at least 10 tribesmen in central tehsil (revenue unit) area of Orakzai Agency in Federally Administered Tribal Areas (FATA) on December 21, reports Dawn. Sources said that militants attacked a vehicle of local tribesmen, who had recently returned to the area from an Internally Displaced Person (IDP) camp, and whisked away at least 10 persons. Mohammad Nazir, Noor Khan and other elders of Meshti tribe told journalists that the tribesmen would be forced to go back to IDP camps if Government failed to provide them security
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December - 21 
One Siddique Eido, along with his companion, Yousaf Baloch, were abducted by unidentified assailants when they were returning home to Pasni after appearing in a court in Gwadar. According to a press released issued by Human Right commission of Pakist
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One Siddique Eido, along with his companion, Yousaf Baloch, were abducted by unidentified assailants when they were returning home to Pasni after appearing in a court in Gwadar. According to a press released issued by Human Right commission of Pakistan (HRCP) Balochistan chapter Chairman Mehdi Hassan, the secret agencies of taking hostage one of HRCP’s activists, Siddiq Eido. "Four Police personnel were also in the vehicle and they humiliated and manhandled them when they put up resistance," Mehdi Hassan stated in the press release
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December - 21 
Pakistan on December 21 ruled out the notion of any foreign troops operating on its soil, with its top diplomat in Washington stressing that Pakistani forces are capable of handling terrorist threats within the country’s borders, reports Daily Times.
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Pakistan on December 21 ruled out the notion of any foreign troops operating on its soil, with its top diplomat in Washington stressing that Pakistani forces are capable of handling terrorist threats within the country’s borders, reports Daily Times. "Pakistani forces are capable of handling the terrorist threat within our borders and no foreign forces are allowed or required to operate inside our sovereign territory," Pakistan’s Ambassador to the US Husain Haqqani said. Commenting on a story in The New York Times, which claimed that US commanders based in Afghanistan are pushing for special forces raids on targets across the border into Pakistani territory, Haqqani said the "US and Pakistani forces understand each other’s terms of engagement well" and have a very high-level of cooperation.
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December - 21 
Two persons were injured when some unidentified assailants opened fire on two NATO containers heading towards Chaman (Balochistan) from Karachi (Sindh), carrying hardware for NATO forces stationed in Afghanistan, near Wadh area of Khuzdar District in
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Two persons were injured when some unidentified assailants opened fire on two NATO containers heading towards Chaman (Balochistan) from Karachi (Sindh), carrying hardware for NATO forces stationed in Afghanistan, near Wadh area of Khuzdar District in Balochistan on December 21, reports Daily Times.
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December - 21 
Unidentified militants abducted a senior official of a foreign oil exploring company in Hangu District of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa on December 21, reports Dawn. Officials said that Fayaz Khattak, a senior official of Hungarian company MOL, was travelling n
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Unidentified militants abducted a senior official of a foreign oil exploring company in Hangu District of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa on December 21, reports Dawn. Officials said that Fayaz Khattak, a senior official of Hungarian company MOL, was travelling near an exploration site when unidentified militants abducted him and his driver, Said Kalam, along with the vehicle. Police recovered the vehicle abandoned in Chamba Gul area.
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An anti-terrorism court on December 23 remanded provincial chief of the Jamhoori Watan Party (JWP) Shahzain Bugti and his 26 personal guards to Police custody for seven days, reported Daily Times. The Frontier Corps (FC) arrested Shahzain and his men
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An anti-terrorism court on December 23 remanded provincial chief of the Jamhoori Watan Party (JWP) Shahzain Bugti and his 26 personal guards to Police custody for seven days, reported Daily Times. The Frontier Corps (FC) arrested Shahzain and his men were arrested on December 22 along with a cache of arms and ammunition from four vehicles of his caravan during a checking at Buleli checkpost in the outskirts of Quetta. Shahzain denied that the arms and ammunition belonged to him. “I was not going for a jihad or waging a war that I had to carry that much arms and ammunition,” he told reporters outside the court.
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December - 22 
Former City Police Officer (CPO) Rawalpindi Saud Aziz and former Superintendent of Police (SP) Khurram Shahzad were arrested from a courtroom in the case of Benazir Bhutto’s assassination of December 27, 2007, after the Anti-Terrorism Court rejected
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Former City Police Officer (CPO) Rawalpindi Saud Aziz and former Superintendent of Police (SP) Khurram Shahzad were arrested from a courtroom in the case of Benazir Bhutto’s assassination of December 27, 2007, after the Anti-Terrorism Court rejected bails to the two former Police officials on December 22, reports Daily Times. Two points were raised during the hearing that as to why the persons deputed on the former Prime Minister’s security were removed from the scene and why the post-mortem was not conducted. Charges against the accused were framed that they were involved in the murder of the former Pakistan People’s Party (PPP) chairperson and former Prime Minister Benazir Bhutto. The counsels of the accused showed a statement that President Asif Ali Zardari had directed not to conduct the post-mortem. However, in April 2007, a United Nations (UN) panel accused the Government of failing to provide Benazir with adequate protection and said investigations were hampered by intelligence agencies and other officials who impeded “an unfettered search for the truth”.
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December - 22 
Four Arab nationals and two Afghan nationals were arrested after crossing over into Pakistani territory from across the border near Chaman in Balochistan in the night of December 22, reports Dawn. “They crossed over into Pakistan using an unfrequente
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Four Arab nationals and two Afghan nationals were arrested after crossing over into Pakistani territory from across the border near Chaman in Balochistan in the night of December 22, reports Dawn. “They crossed over into Pakistan using an unfrequented route and failed to present legal travelling documents for crossing the border,” official sources said. “They may have links with al Qaeda,” the official sources said, adding that the suspects had been booked under the Foreigners` Act.
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December - 22 
One civilian was killed and three others were injured in a roadside bomb blast in Ziarat Chowk of Safi tehsil (revenue unit) in Mohmand Agency of Federally Administered Tribal Areas (FATA) on December 22, reports Dawn. According to sources, the explo
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One civilian was killed and three others were injured in a roadside bomb blast in Ziarat Chowk of Safi tehsil (revenue unit) in Mohmand Agency of Federally Administered Tribal Areas (FATA) on December 22, reports Dawn. According to sources, the explosive device went off in Ziarat Chowk and destroyed the jeep of a local marble contractor. One Irshad was killed while Haider Zaman, Zahir Shah and Hazrat Ali were seriously injured in the blast.
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December - 22 
The Frontier Corps (FC) personnel arrested Jamhoori Watan Party (JWP) chief, Shahzain Bugti, along with his 27 personal guards at the Buleli checkpost in Balochistan and recovered a cache of arms and ammunition from his motorcade on December 22, repo
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The Frontier Corps (FC) personnel arrested Jamhoori Watan Party (JWP) chief, Shahzain Bugti, along with his 27 personal guards at the Buleli checkpost in Balochistan and recovered a cache of arms and ammunition from his motorcade on December 22, reports Daily Times. Shahzain was returning from Chaman, a border town with Afghanistan, after offering fateha (a short prayer too begin a religious obligation) for the late Jilani Khan, an Awami National Party (ANP) leader, when his motorcade was stopped for identification and search, which Shahzain reportedly refused. The FC personnel smashed the windscreen of the vehicle and dragged him out forcibly. The weapons and ammunition recovered from the vehicles included two 14.5 mm anti-aircraft, 14 explosive material boxes of anti-aircraft guns, 42,000 rounds, landmines, two grenade launchers, 43 Kalashnikovs and 16 illegal vehicles.
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December - 22 
Two passengers were injured when militants ambushed a convoy in Chhapari area of Kurram Agency. Sources said the convoy, escorted by Security Forces, was on its way from Parachinar to Peshawar (Khyber Pakhtunkhwa) when militants attacked it. The inju
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Two passengers were injured when militants ambushed a convoy in Chhapari area of Kurram Agency. Sources said the convoy, escorted by Security Forces, was on its way from Parachinar to Peshawar (Khyber Pakhtunkhwa) when militants attacked it. The injured persons were identified as Syed Sajid Ali Shah and Khan
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December - 22 
Two persons were killed in an incident of firing on Saryab Road of Quetta, the provincial capital of Balochistan on December 22, reports Daily Times. According to official sources, Police recovered two bodies near Ghafoor Colony of Saryab Road. The s
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Two persons were killed in an incident of firing on Saryab Road of Quetta, the provincial capital of Balochistan on December 22, reports Daily Times. According to official sources, Police recovered two bodies near Ghafoor Colony of Saryab Road. The slain persons were as Muhammad Rahim and Dhani Baksh, both residents of Mehar Gahr in Bolan District. Police recovered a pistol from the possession of one of the slain person.
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December - 23 
Abdulrauf Rigi, a senior member of the Jundallah, was arrested from Islamabad on December 23, reports The News. Jundallah was involved in the December 15 terrorist attack at the Imam Hussein Mosque in Chabahar in Sistan-Baluchestan Province of Iran w
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Abdulrauf Rigi, a senior member of the Jundallah, was arrested from Islamabad on December 23, reports The News. Jundallah was involved in the December 15 terrorist attack at the Imam Hussein Mosque in Chabahar in Sistan-Baluchestan Province of Iran where at least 38 persons were killed and more than 89 others were injured.
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December - 23 
An anti-terrorism court Judge Rana Nisar Ali Khan gave a six-day physical remand of the accused to the FIA. The FIA had pleaded that the agency wanted to recover the mobile phones used by the accused at the time of killing of Benazir Bhutto. Khan ord
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An anti-terrorism court Judge Rana Nisar Ali Khan gave a six-day physical remand of the accused to the FIA. The FIA had pleaded that the agency wanted to recover the mobile phones used by the accused at the time of killing of Benazir Bhutto. Khan ordered the FIA to produce the accused before the court on January 7, 2011
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December - 23 
At least 24 militants and three soldiers were killed in clashes when a group of 150 Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) militants attacked a Frontier Corps (FC) checkposts in Baidnami village near the border with Afghanistan in Mohammad Agency of Federa
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At least 24 militants and three soldiers were killed in clashes when a group of 150 Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) militants attacked a Frontier Corps (FC) checkposts in Baidnami village near the border with Afghanistan in Mohammad Agency of Federally Administered Tribal Areas (FATA) on December 23, reports Dawn. An unnamed senior FC official said that “The attack was repulsed leaving 24 militants dead and three of our men (paramilitary soldiers) embraced martyrdom”.
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December - 23 
Former Police officers arrested for their alleged involvement in the Benazir Bhutto murder case have named four Intelligence officials, who could be interrogated in the case, Daily Times reported on December 23. Former city Police officer, Syed Saud
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Former Police officers arrested for their alleged involvement in the Benazir Bhutto murder case have named four Intelligence officials, who could be interrogated in the case, Daily Times reported on December 23. Former city Police officer, Syed Saud Aziz, and former Rawal Town Superintendent of Police (SP), Khurram Shehzad, who were arrested by the Federal Investigation Agency (FIA) from the premises of an anti-terrorism court on December 22 after their pre-arrest bail pleas were rejected by the court, had during investigations named four Military Intelligence (MI) and Inter-Services Intelligence (ISI) officials, who could also be interrogated in the murder case.
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December - 23 
Members of an alleged terrorist cell planning Mumbai type suicide attacks on Christmas shoppers in London received their training in Pakistan; Indian Express quoting The Telegraph reported on December 23. It was reported that the cell is described as
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Members of an alleged terrorist cell planning Mumbai type suicide attacks on Christmas shoppers in London received their training in Pakistan; Indian Express quoting The Telegraph reported on December 23. It was reported that the cell is described as “al Qaeda inspired” because no specific information has emerged about the links they may have made with the terrorist outfits in Pakistan. Investigators believe that it is significant that although most of the cell is British with Bangladeshi origins, its members chose to travel to Pakistan. The cell is thought to be associated with the banned extremist groups al-Muhajiroun and Islam4UK in Britain, as well as being followers of the Yemen-based al Qaeda preacher Anwar al-Awlaki.
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December - 23 
One person died while another sustained injuries in a landmine blast at Nana Sab area in Dukki tehsil (revenue unit) of Loralai District of Balochistan on December 23, reports Daily Times. According to the local administration, two persons, identifie
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One person died while another sustained injuries in a landmine blast at Nana Sab area in Dukki tehsil (revenue unit) of Loralai District of Balochistan on December 23, reports Daily Times. According to the local administration, two persons, identified as Murtaza and Nasrullah, were on their way home when their motorbike hit a landmine at Nana Sab area. As a result, Nasrullah died on the spot while Murtaza sustained serious injuries.
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December - 23 
Prime Minister Syed Yusuf Raza Gilani on December 23 asserted that the Inter Services Intelligence (ISI) chief Shuja Pasha would never be asked to appear before a United States (US) court, stated The Hindu. He was responding to concerns expressed in
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Prime Minister Syed Yusuf Raza Gilani on December 23 asserted that the Inter Services Intelligence (ISI) chief Shuja Pasha would never be asked to appear before a United States (US) court, stated The Hindu. He was responding to concerns expressed in the National Assembly about reports suggesting that a U.S. court had issues summons to ISI chief Shuja Pasha and others in a lawsuit filed by relatives of two Americans killed in the Mumbai terror attack. Saying the ISI was an extremely important and sensitive organisation, Gilani also said if a decision needed to be taken, it would be done through consensus.
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December - 23 
Security Forces (SFs) recovered ammunition worth PKR 25 million during a search operation in Bara area of Khyber Agency. 1,000 boxes of cartridges were recovered from a house. The cartridges included that of sub-machineguns and light machineguns. SFs
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Security Forces (SFs) recovered ammunition worth PKR 25 million during a search operation in Bara area of Khyber Agency. 1,000 boxes of cartridges were recovered from a house. The cartridges included that of sub-machineguns and light machineguns. SFs also arrested a suspected militant from the same locality.
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December - 23 
Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) militants attacked five checkpoints in the Mohmand Agency of Federally Administered Tribal Areas (FATA) after December 23 midnight, sparking a clash which left 11 paramilitary soldiers and 24 militants dead, reports D
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Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) militants attacked five checkpoints in the Mohmand Agency of Federally Administered Tribal Areas (FATA) after December 23 midnight, sparking a clash which left 11 paramilitary soldiers and 24 militants dead, reports Dawn. Officials sources said that at least 150 militants launched coordinated attacks on the five checkpoints — three in Safi tehsil (revenue unit) and two in Baizai — at about 1.30am (PST). Political agent Amjad Ali Khan said on December 24 that the bodies of seven militants had been found. But the TTP denied the claim and said they had lost only two men in the clash which followed the midnight attack. Sajjad Mohmand, a spokesman for the TTP Mohmand chapter, claimed that two soldiers had been captured. "We have killed 12 soldiers and occupied a checkpost," TTP spokesman Sajjad Mohmand added. However, Security officials rejected the TTP’s claim of capturing two paramilitary soldiers and said that no-one was missing.
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December - 23 
Unidentified assailants shot dead an Education Department official, Sanaullah, near the Salim Nasar Bagh locality of Loralai.
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Unidentified assailants shot dead an Education Department official, Sanaullah, near the Salim Nasar Bagh locality of Loralai.
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December - 24 
A manhunt was under way in Mumbai on December 24 for four alleged cadres of the Lashkar-e-Toiba (LeT) outfit that attacked the city in 2008 (November 26), amid warnings of a strike on foreign targets over Christmas and New Year, reports Daily Times.
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A manhunt was under way in Mumbai on December 24 for four alleged cadres of the Lashkar-e-Toiba (LeT) outfit that attacked the city in 2008 (November 26), amid warnings of a strike on foreign targets over Christmas and New Year, reports Daily Times. Roads were closed in and around the Taj Mahal Palace hotel, the focus of the militant siege two years ago that killed 166 people, while armed Police were out in force at high-profile sites, including overseas consulates. Mumbai Police warned that four operatives of the LeT were preparing a "violent attack" during the festive season and called for residents to be vigilant. "The four recently sneaked into the city to carry out extremely dangerous activity," joint Police commissioner Himanshu Roy said, adding, "It is going to be a violent attack." Roy had no information about the nationalities of the four men but they were identified as Abdul Karim Musa, Noor Abdul Elahi, Walid Jinnah and Mehfooz Alam. "If they have issued an alert of this level it will be credible," homeland security specialist Ajai Sahni, the executive director of the Institute of Conflict Management in New Delhi, said, adding, "Alerts are issued fairly frequently. They might not have names attached to them as clearly. There seems to be more specific information than there usually is."
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December - 24 
A school student was killed during a search operation launched by the Security Forces (SFs) in Jamrud area of Khyber Agency on December 24. Sources said that Niaz Ali, a 9th class student of Bagram Model School, and two of his brothers were arrested
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A school student was killed during a search operation launched by the Security Forces (SFs) in Jamrud area of Khyber Agency on December 24. Sources said that Niaz Ali, a 9th class student of Bagram Model School, and two of his brothers were arrested during the operation. Locals claimed that the boy was shot dead when he tried to resist arrest.
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December - 24 
A sub-inspector was killed and five others were injured in a remote-controlled bomb attack on Qambrani Road of Quetta in Balochistan on December 24, reported Daily Times. An official vehicle of the Rapid Response Group (RRG) was patrolling the Qambra
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A sub-inspector was killed and five others were injured in a remote-controlled bomb attack on Qambrani Road of Quetta in Balochistan on December 24, reported Daily Times. An official vehicle of the Rapid Response Group (RRG) was patrolling the Qambrani area when a remote controlled device attached with a bicycle went off in Habibabad area. As a result, Sub-Inspector Dawood Shawani died on the spot while five others received splinter injuries.
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December - 24 
A total of 1,224 people were killed and 2,157 more injured in 52 suicide attacks across Pakistan since January, making 2010 one of the bloodiest years since the turn of the century, Times of India reported on December 24. Though the total number of s
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A total of 1,224 people were killed and 2,157 more injured in 52 suicide attacks across Pakistan since January, making 2010 one of the bloodiest years since the turn of the century, Times of India reported on December 24. Though the total number of suicide bombings decreased 35 per cent this year as against the past year, 2010 was the bloodiest year since 2001 in terms of the number of the people killed in such attacks. Pakistan witnessed 80 suicide attacks in 2009 that killed 1,217 people and injured 2,305 others. On an average, suicide bombers killed 102 persons a month this year, compared to last year's average of 101 killings a month. The bombers, on an average, killed more than 23 Pakistanis every week and over three persons every day in 2010. Over four suicide attacks were carried out every month this year, compared to six assaults every month in 2009. Civilian casualties accounted for 49 per cent of the total deaths caused by suicide bombings this year. The remainder were personnel from security forces and law enforcement agencies, including the Police, military, Frontier Constabulary (FC), Pakistan Rangers, Inter-Services Intelligence (ISI) and Khasadar militia. Twelve per cent of casualties were Shias, eight per cent were Ahmedis and six per cent were Barelvi Muslims. The largest number of deaths in suicide attacks, 416 was reported in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province of Pakistan.
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December - 24 
Militant toll rises to 40 in Mohmand Agency clash that started since December 24 midnight. “Since yesterday Pakistani security forces helped by helicopter gunships carried out raids on suspected militant hideouts and killed 40 militants,” Mohmand Ag
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Militant toll rises to 40 in Mohmand Agency clash that started since December 24 midnight. “Since yesterday Pakistani security forces helped by helicopter gunships carried out raids on suspected militant hideouts and killed 40 militants,” Mohmand Agency’s top administration official Amjad Ali Khan said.
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December - 24 
Nasiruddin Haqqani, son of Jalaluddin Haqqani and the Haqqani network’s key fundraiser and financial operative in the Middle East, was arrested on December 24, according to Taliban and Pakistani Government sources, Daily Times quoting the Newsweek re
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Nasiruddin Haqqani, son of Jalaluddin Haqqani and the Haqqani network’s key fundraiser and financial operative in the Middle East, was arrested on December 24, according to Taliban and Pakistani Government sources, Daily Times quoting the Newsweek reported. Nasiruddin Haqqani, who goes by the codename Dr. Khan, and was a frequent visitor to the Gulf, travelling on various Pakistani passports to raise large cash donations for the Afghan war, was reportedly travelling by car with four fellow terrorists from Peshawar to North Waziristan when he was arrested by Pakistani security personnel. One of the person travelling with him was a senior Haqqani commander named Mullah Muhammad Jan, sources added.
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December - 24 
Pakistan, Afghanistan and Turkey reiterated their determination to cooperate in the fight against terrorism and extremism in all its forms during the fifth Trilateral Summit meeting held in the Turkish capital, Istanbul, on December 24, reports Daily
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Pakistan, Afghanistan and Turkey reiterated their determination to cooperate in the fight against terrorism and extremism in all its forms during the fifth Trilateral Summit meeting held in the Turkish capital, Istanbul, on December 24, reports Daily Times. The three nations also vowed to continue their cooperation and engagement on multiple tracks. According to a joint statement issued after the meeting between Pakistan President Asif Ali Zardari, Afghanistan President Hamid Karzai and Turkish President Abdullah Gul, the presidents recalled that the Trilateral Summit Process had been providing an increasingly efficient and robust platform for taking forward the multi-dimensional dialogue, cooperation and partnership among the three countries.
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December - 24 
Two students and a teacher sustained injuries when a bomb planted outside a Model Collegiate School went off at Palosai in the suburbs of Peshawar, the provincial capital of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa at 11.30 am (PST) on December 24. The injured students we
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Two students and a teacher sustained injuries when a bomb planted outside a Model Collegiate School went off at Palosai in the suburbs of Peshawar, the provincial capital of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa at 11.30 am (PST) on December 24. The injured students were identified as Mohammad Ibrahim (19) and Naveed Akhtar (18) and their teacher Sajjad Ali (29). As results of the blast, two rooms were destroyed completely and one partially, while windowpanes of the rest of rooms were also smashed. An official of the Bomb Disposal Squad (BDS) said that 3 kilogrammes explosive was used in the blast.
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December - 24 
Two unidentified militants and a Frontier Corps (FC) trooper were killed on December 24 when militants attacked the Bara Press Club in Khyber Agency that the paramilitary force was using as a security post, reports Dawn. Sources said that more then a
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Two unidentified militants and a Frontier Corps (FC) trooper were killed on December 24 when militants attacked the Bara Press Club in Khyber Agency that the paramilitary force was using as a security post, reports Dawn. Sources said that more then a dozen militants launched the attack on the building around 4.30 pm (PST). FC trooper Sabir Khattak and two unidentified militants were killed in the exchange of fire. A third militant was injured. The Bara Press Club was closed in September 2009 due to the military operation in the area. Since then the club building was being used as a security post. In August 2010, the militants had tried to blow up the building.
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December - 25 
A woman suicide bomber on December 25 blew herself up at a distribution centre of the World Food Programme at Khar in Bajaur Agency of Federally Administered Tribal Areas (FATA), killing 45 persons who had queued for aid and injured another 80 person
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A woman suicide bomber on December 25 blew herself up at a distribution centre of the World Food Programme at Khar in Bajaur Agency of Federally Administered Tribal Areas (FATA), killing 45 persons who had queued for aid and injured another 80 persons, reports Dawn. The dead included six Levies Force personnel. A number of Levies personnel were among the injured. According to officials, most of the victims belonged to the Salarzai tribe, which had raised a lashkar against militants in Bajaur. The Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) claimed responsibility for the Bajaur suicide attack. Azam Tariq, a spokesman for TTP, told by phone from an unspecified place that they would carry out more attacks in the near future. Without mentioning whether the blast was carried out by a woman, he said the organisation had a large number of women suicide bombers who would be used in attacks.
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December - 25 
Five militants were killed when Army helicopter gunships pounded militants` hideouts in Malangyar area of Safi tehsil (revenue unit) in Mohmand Agency
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Five militants were killed when Army helicopter gunships pounded militants` hideouts in Malangyar area of Safi tehsil (revenue unit) in Mohmand Agency
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December - 25 
Lakki Marwat Police claimed to have foiled a bid arms smuggling and recovered seven Kalashnikovs, a G-III rifle, five pistols and 4,090 bullets from a car near Naurang Town in the night of night of December 25, reports Dawn.
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Lakki Marwat Police claimed to have foiled a bid arms smuggling and recovered seven Kalashnikovs, a G-III rifle, five pistols and 4,090 bullets from a car near Naurang Town in the night of night of December 25, reports Dawn.
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December - 25 
Security Forces (SFs) neutralised a terrorist plot by recovering a car full of explosives in Doaba area of Hangu on December 25, reports Daily Times. Acting on a tip off, a Police party signalled to stop a suspected car for searching at Maroofi Banda
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Security Forces (SFs) neutralised a terrorist plot by recovering a car full of explosives in Doaba area of Hangu on December 25, reports Daily Times. Acting on a tip off, a Police party signalled to stop a suspected car for searching at Maroofi Banda. During an exchange of fire with SFs, three suspected militants, Abu Bakar, Anwar and Saeed Gul, sustained injuries and were arrested.
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December - 25 
Security officials have confirmed that a deadly attack on a World Food Programme’s distribution centre at Khar in Mohammad Agency on December 25 was carried out by a woman, in the country’s first known case of a female suicide attack. The officials s
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Security officials have confirmed that a deadly attack on a World Food Programme’s distribution centre at Khar in Mohammad Agency on December 25 was carried out by a woman, in the country’s first known case of a female suicide attack. The officials said that they believed the woman bomber belonged to Swat District (Khyber Pakhtunkhwa). “The bomber entered from Swat and she stayed for two nights near Khar,” said an official.
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December - 25 
The US and NATO commander in Afghanistan General David Petraeus on December 25 said there will be more coordinated military operations on either side of the Afghanistan-Pakistan border, and commended Pakistan on its “impressive” counterinsurgency eff
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The US and NATO commander in Afghanistan General David Petraeus on December 25 said there will be more coordinated military operations on either side of the Afghanistan-Pakistan border, and commended Pakistan on its “impressive” counterinsurgency efforts, reports Dawn. The Taliban in Afghanistan and other extremist groups use safe havens across the border in Pakistan, and the US has been pushing Islamabad to clear the tribal belt that runs along the frontier. The pressure has often strained US-Pakistani relations, with Islamabad bristling at suggestions it should do more. “We want to do more hammer and anvil operations,” General David Petraeus said, in an interview aboard a military transport aircraft as he flew around the country on Christmas visits to bases and combat outposts dotted across north, west, south and east Afghanistan. Pakistan recognized “the need to do more to solidify their gains in (Pakistan’s Federally Administered Tribal Areas), and we are going to coordinate with them to help their operations,” he added.
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December - 25 
Unidentified militants killed Khan Mohammad, a renegade commander of Lashkar-e-Islam (LI) in Bara tehsil of Khyber Agency. Sources said that Khan Mohammad was abducted on December 22 and later his bullet ridden body was found from Nala area. Khan Moh
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Unidentified militants killed Khan Mohammad, a renegade commander of Lashkar-e-Islam (LI) in Bara tehsil of Khyber Agency. Sources said that Khan Mohammad was abducted on December 22 and later his bullet ridden body was found from Nala area. Khan Mohammad had shifted his family to Jhagra in Peshawar after the start of military operation in September 2009. Sources added that he had developed differences with LI ‘chief’ Mangal Bagh and distanced himself from the outfit.
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December - 26 
A high ranking Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) commander, Shah Jehan, was killed when cadres of Lashkar-e-Islam (LI) and TTP exchanged fire in Tirah valley of Khyber Agency on December 26
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A high ranking Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) commander, Shah Jehan, was killed when cadres of Lashkar-e-Islam (LI) and TTP exchanged fire in Tirah valley of Khyber Agency on December 26
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December - 26 
A local leader and a worker of the Balochistan National Party-Mengal (BNP-M) were shot dead in Khuzdar, reports Dawn. Police said that Abdul Latif Shahwani, a District office-bearer of the BNP-M, was going home along with a party worker when assailan
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A local leader and a worker of the Balochistan National Party-Mengal (BNP-M) were shot dead in Khuzdar, reports Dawn. Police said that Abdul Latif Shahwani, a District office-bearer of the BNP-M, was going home along with a party worker when assailants on a motorcycle attacked them.
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December - 26 
A militant, identified as Hashim Khan, was killed in a clash with Security Forces (SFs) in Takhti Khel area of Lakki Marwat District in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa on December 26, reports Dawn. “Security forces were patrolling in the area bordering the tribal
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A militant, identified as Hashim Khan, was killed in a clash with Security Forces (SFs) in Takhti Khel area of Lakki Marwat District in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa on December 26, reports Dawn. “Security forces were patrolling in the area bordering the tribal region when they came under attack by a group of militants,” sources said. The force retaliated and killed Hashim Khan.
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December - 26 
A soldier was killed and three others were injured when a convoy was targeted by an improvised explosive device (IED) in Sra Rogha area of South Waziristan Agency on December 26.
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A soldier was killed and three others were injured when a convoy was targeted by an improvised explosive device (IED) in Sra Rogha area of South Waziristan Agency on December 26.
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December - 26 
A Subedar-major of FC, identified as Sharifullah Bitani, was killed and his colleagues Abid Ali and Farman Ali sustained injuries when they fall prey to a landmine in Shwa Farsh area of Anbar tehsil (revenue unit) of Mohammad Agency.
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A Subedar-major of FC, identified as Sharifullah Bitani, was killed and his colleagues Abid Ali and Farman Ali sustained injuries when they fall prey to a landmine in Shwa Farsh area of Anbar tehsil (revenue unit) of Mohammad Agency.
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December - 26 
Azam Tariq warned that they will take "severe action" against any persons who form "lashkars" or militias to take on the militants in the restive tribal belt bordering Afghanistan, reports Indian Express. He threatened that his group would take "seve
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Azam Tariq warned that they will take "severe action" against any persons who form "lashkars" or militias to take on the militants in the restive tribal belt bordering Afghanistan, reports Indian Express. He threatened that his group would take "severe action whenever and wherever peace committees" or anti-Taliban militias are formed.
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December - 26 
Police recovered two bodies from the Dasht area of Mastung District. The slain persons were identified as Shadin Marri and Subhat Marri.
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Police recovered two bodies from the Dasht area of Mastung District. The slain persons were identified as Shadin Marri and Subhat Marri.
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December - 26 
Prime Minister (PM) Yousuf Raza Gilani on December 26 condemned US drone attacks, stating them counterproductive, reports Dawn. The PM Yousuf Raza Gilani said that the drone attacks were increasing Pakistan’s problems instead of solving them and that
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Prime Minister (PM) Yousuf Raza Gilani on December 26 condemned US drone attacks, stating them counterproductive, reports Dawn. The PM Yousuf Raza Gilani said that the drone attacks were increasing Pakistan’s problems instead of solving them and that the US should pass over the drone technology to Pakistan. Speaking to the media in Multan, Yousuf Raza Gilani said that the Baloch people were patriotic Pakistanis and that the Government did not want any innocent person to be get punished.
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December - 26 
The dead bodies of four missing Baloch were found in Quetta and Mastung of Balochistan on December 26, reports Daily Times. Two dead bodies found from Qambrani Road under Shalkot Police Station in Quetta. They were identified as Zubair Sarpara and Ta
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The dead bodies of four missing Baloch were found in Quetta and Mastung of Balochistan on December 26, reports Daily Times. Two dead bodies found from Qambrani Road under Shalkot Police Station in Quetta. They were identified as Zubair Sarpara and Tariq of Quetta from the paper found from their pockets.
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December - 26 
The driver of a container carrying supplies for NATO forces, Mohammad Aslam, was shot dead at the Khadkocha area of Mastung, reports Daily Times.
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The driver of a container carrying supplies for NATO forces, Mohammad Aslam, was shot dead at the Khadkocha area of Mastung, reports Daily Times.
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December - 26 
The fate of 23 tribesmen of North Waziristan Agency will be decided by a TTP court, Dawn reported on December 26. The tribesmen, members of a committee of displaced persons, are in the custody of TTP in South Waziristan Agency. Talking to Dawn from a
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The fate of 23 tribesmen of North Waziristan Agency will be decided by a TTP court, Dawn reported on December 26. The tribesmen, members of a committee of displaced persons, are in the custody of TTP in South Waziristan Agency. Talking to Dawn from an undisclosed location, a TTP spokesman Azam Tariq said that the 23 tribesmen were in their custody. “We will also produce them before the media,” he said. He said that the Taliban had 22 bases in South Waziristan Agency. He said that that seven new `Sharia courts` had also been established in the area. “The detained members of the IDPs committee will be produced before one such court,” he added.
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December - 26 
The Khasadar Force backed by Army heavily pounded the hideouts of militants in nearby mountains of Prang Sang in Jamrud tehsil (revenue unit) of Khyber Agency
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The Khasadar Force backed by Army heavily pounded the hideouts of militants in nearby mountains of Prang Sang in Jamrud tehsil (revenue unit) of Khyber Agency
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December - 26 
Two children received injuries when they stepped on a landmine in Safi tehsil (revenue unit) of Mohammad Agency.
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Two children received injuries when they stepped on a landmine in Safi tehsil (revenue unit) of Mohammad Agency.
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December - 26 
Unidentified militants attacked Pran Sam checkpost in Jamrud of Khyber Agency. No loss of life was reported in the attack. The checkpost was slightly damaged. The line officer of Khasadar, Jahangir Afridi, said that the personnel deployed at the post
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Unidentified militants attacked Pran Sam checkpost in Jamrud of Khyber Agency. No loss of life was reported in the attack. The checkpost was slightly damaged. The line officer of Khasadar, Jahangir Afridi, said that the personnel deployed at the post retaliated and kept the militants at a distance. A vehicle was damaged by the rocket fire while another one was taken away by the militants, sources said.
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December - 27 
A Security Force (SF) official was killed in a remote-controlled bomb blast on a convoy in Malik Din area of Bara tehsil (revenue unit) in Khyber Agency. The bomb exploded when the convoy was conducting a search operation in Malik Din village, as a r
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A Security Force (SF) official was killed in a remote-controlled bomb blast on a convoy in Malik Din area of Bara tehsil (revenue unit) in Khyber Agency. The bomb exploded when the convoy was conducting a search operation in Malik Din village, as a result of which Sanobar Khan Bhitini died and a SF vehicle was also damaged in the attack.
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December - 27 
A trailer carrying goods for NATO forces in Afghanistan was set on fire in Mastung District in Balochistan on December 27, reports Dawn.
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A trailer carrying goods for NATO forces in Afghanistan was set on fire in Mastung District in Balochistan on December 27, reports Dawn.
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December - 27 
Daily Times reported that the NATO forces in Afghanistan, led by the US, violated the Pakistani airspace, when its helicopters entered the Torkham border in Landikotal town of Khyber Agency. However, US Embassy on refuted reports of the NATO helicopt
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Daily Times reported that the NATO forces in Afghanistan, led by the US, violated the Pakistani airspace, when its helicopters entered the Torkham border in Landikotal town of Khyber Agency. However, US Embassy on refuted reports of the NATO helicopters crossing into Pakistani airspace. "NATO commanders in Kabul confirmed that no NATO helicopters crossed the border into Pakistan," a statement issued by the US Embassy said.
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December - 27 
Five persons, including a minor girl, were killed and three others were injured on December 27 in sectarian violence in different parts of Karachi, the provincial capital of Sindh, reports Daily Times. A cadre of Sipah-e-Sahaba Pakistan (SSP) was kil
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Five persons, including a minor girl, were killed and three others were injured on December 27 in sectarian violence in different parts of Karachi, the provincial capital of Sindh, reports Daily Times. A cadre of Sipah-e-Sahaba Pakistan (SSP) was killed and two others of the Sunni Tehreek (ST) were injured in New Karachi area in Sindh, while an activist of Jaish-e-Muhammad (JeM) and his minor daughter were shot dead near the Karachi airport. Two SSP activists, Shoaib, son of Ilyas, and Mustafa, son of Yaqoob, were sitting in a shop in New Karachi when two assailants opened fire on Shoaib, killing him on the spot. Meanwhile, Mustafa managed to escape from the place of incident, but was again targeted along with another SSP activist Yaqoob. Later, Mustafa succumbed to his injuries.
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December - 27 
Nine persons, mostly of Pakistani and Bangladeshi origin appeared in a court on December 27 and were remanded to custody, reports Indian Express. Police said they have charged the persons, all aged between 19 and 28, with plotting an explosion "of a
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Nine persons, mostly of Pakistani and Bangladeshi origin appeared in a court on December 27 and were remanded to custody, reports Indian Express. Police said they have charged the persons, all aged between 19 and 28, with plotting an explosion "of a nature likely to endanger life or cause serious injury to property" between October 2010 and December 2010, in a run up to Christmas. The militants have also been charged with involvement in preparation of an attack by having downloaded and researched methods, materials and scouted potential targets. However, one of the accused, Gurukanth Desai, arrested from Cardiff city in Wales, was of Indian origin.
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December - 27 
US drones fired six missiles on three vehicles at the vehicles in Shera Tala village in between Mir Ali and Thall areas of in North Waziristan Agency of Federally Administered Tribal Areas (FATA) on December 27, killing 25 militants and injuring four
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US drones fired six missiles on three vehicles at the vehicles in Shera Tala village in between Mir Ali and Thall areas of in North Waziristan Agency of Federally Administered Tribal Areas (FATA) on December 27, killing 25 militants and injuring four others, reports Dawn. Two pickup trucks destroyed in an attack at around 10 am (PST) were carrying arms and ammunition, to Afghanistan. The identities of the dead were not immediately known, but officials believed that most were Pakistani, rather than Afghan or Arab Nationals.
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December - 28 
A key terror suspect, Qari Saifullah Akhtar, accused of masterminding a suicide attack on former Pakistani Prime Minister Benazir Bhutto's homecoming rally in Karachi on October 18, 2007, in which 144 persons were killed and another 550 injured, has
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A key terror suspect, Qari Saifullah Akhtar, accused of masterminding a suicide attack on former Pakistani Prime Minister Benazir Bhutto's homecoming rally in Karachi on October 18, 2007, in which 144 persons were killed and another 550 injured, has resurfaced in Punjab as a free man, reported Indian Express. Akhtar is described as a "fugitive" leader of the Taliban-linked Harkat-ul-Jehad Islami (HuJI) outfit.
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December - 28 
A low-intensity blast at the cafeteria lawn of Karachi University in Karachi left four students of the Imamia Students Organisation (ISO) injured, reports Daily Times. The explosion occurred when ISO activists were preparing for noon prayers in the l
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A low-intensity blast at the cafeteria lawn of Karachi University in Karachi left four students of the Imamia Students Organisation (ISO) injured, reports Daily Times. The explosion occurred when ISO activists were preparing for noon prayers in the lawn of the main cafeteria of the university. The bomb was planted at the ISO stall where ISO workers offer their daily prayers. The blast was low intensity, in which terrorists used some 150 to 200 grams of explosive material.
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December - 28 
A security official was injured when he stepped on a landmine in Ambar tehsil (revenue unit) of the Mohmand Agency.
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A security official was injured when he stepped on a landmine in Ambar tehsil (revenue unit) of the Mohmand Agency.
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December - 28 
A US military commander says there is no practical way to seal Afghanistan’s vast border with Pakistan and stop all Taliban fighters from slipping through, so troops are focusing on defending vulnerable towns and fighting insurgents on Afghan soil, D
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A US military commander says there is no practical way to seal Afghanistan’s vast border with Pakistan and stop all Taliban fighters from slipping through, so troops are focusing on defending vulnerable towns and fighting insurgents on Afghan soil, Daily Times quoting US commander Colonel Viet Luong reported on December 28. US Army commander Colonel Viet Luong, who oversees US forces in a section of eastern Afghanistan that includes the Khost province, said that “to secure the border in the traditional sense” would “take an inordinate amount of resources.” He said it also would also require far more cooperation from the tribes inside Pakistan who often provide Taliban safe passage.
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December - 28 
At least 18 persons, mostly militants, were killed in US drone attacks in the North Waziristan Agency of Federally Administered Tribal Areas (FATA) on December 28, reported Dawn. Local officials said that two missiles were fired at two suspected comp
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At least 18 persons, mostly militants, were killed in US drone attacks in the North Waziristan Agency of Federally Administered Tribal Areas (FATA) on December 28, reported Dawn. Local officials said that two missiles were fired at two suspected compounds at around 10 am (PST) in Sherkhel area, an abandoned Afghan refugee camp, in Ghulam Khan Tehsil (revenue unit). Four persons were killed. Local people were searching the place for survivors when the drone fired two missiles, killing four more persons and injuring three others. In the third strike, a pickup truck carrying the wounded persons from Ghulam Khan was targeted near another abandoned refugee camp called Nawab camp. Two missiles were fired in which four persons were killed. Sources said that two cars were heading towards the destroyed truck when the drone fired another missile, leaving another six persons dead. The death toll from seven back-to-back strikes in the region adjacent to the border with Afghanistan during the past 24 hours jumped to 43. Around 115 US drone strikes have been launched in 2010 – more than doubling 2009’s total.
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December - 28 
Other senior US military officials have said they hope the Pakistan military does more to shut down Taliban hideouts. But the US denied reports that American forces are pushing to expand special operations raids inside Pakistan’s Tribal Areas to targ
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Other senior US military officials have said they hope the Pakistan military does more to shut down Taliban hideouts. But the US denied reports that American forces are pushing to expand special operations raids inside Pakistan’s Tribal Areas to target terrorists. Luong said his troops are still trying to control the border. But he recently shut down one platoon-sized checkpoint known as “Combat Outpost Spera”.
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December - 28 
Qadir Khan, a resident of Bajaur Agency in the Federally Administered Tribal Areas (FATA), who had apparently provided vital information to Law Enforcement Agencies (LEA) that led to the arrest of several militants of the banned Tehreek-e-Taliban Pak
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Qadir Khan, a resident of Bajaur Agency in the Federally Administered Tribal Areas (FATA), who had apparently provided vital information to Law Enforcement Agencies (LEA) that led to the arrest of several militants of the banned Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) in the tribal areas, was shot dead by unidentified assailants inside his small tea stall in Pak Colony area near SITE town in Karachi, the provincial capital of Sindh, on December 28, reports Dawn.
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December - 28 
Six militants, including a ‘commander’ of an unidentified militant outfit were killed while three paramilitary troops were injured in several incidents of encounter in Swat District of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Daily Times reported on December 28.
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Six militants, including a ‘commander’ of an unidentified militant outfit were killed while three paramilitary troops were injured in several incidents of encounter in Swat District of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Daily Times reported on December 28.
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December - 28 
The Army helicopter gunships shelled suspected locations in Rambat and Ghiljo Darra areas of Ambar tehsil.
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The Army helicopter gunships shelled suspected locations in Rambat and Ghiljo Darra areas of Ambar tehsil.
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December - 28 
Three members of a family were shot dead by unidentified assailants in Sohbatpur tehsil (revenue unit) of Jaffarabad District in Balochistan on December 28, reported Dawn. The slain persons were identified as Hasan, Bhanal and Palo.
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Three members of a family were shot dead by unidentified assailants in Sohbatpur tehsil (revenue unit) of Jaffarabad District in Balochistan on December 28, reported Dawn. The slain persons were identified as Hasan, Bhanal and Palo.
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December - 28 
Two militants were killed and four others injured in an encounter with Security Forces (SFs) in Ziarat area of Safi tehsil in Mohmand Agency. Sources said that militants attacked a checkpost in Ziarat area in the night. Security Forces retaliated and
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Two militants were killed and four others injured in an encounter with Security Forces (SFs) in Ziarat area of Safi tehsil in Mohmand Agency. Sources said that militants attacked a checkpost in Ziarat area in the night. Security Forces retaliated and repulsed the attack. Two militants were killed in the retaliatory firing
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December - 28 
Two Pakistani brothers, accused of collecting money and recruiting jihadis (holy fighter) for al Qaeda, have gone on trial in the United Arab Emirates (UAE), Daily Times quoting The National reported on December 28. The Pakistanis appeared in court o
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Two Pakistani brothers, accused of collecting money and recruiting jihadis (holy fighter) for al Qaeda, have gone on trial in the United Arab Emirates (UAE), Daily Times quoting The National reported on December 28. The Pakistanis appeared in court on December 27. The pair, charged with “running a jihadi organisation and aiding and abetting al Qaeda”, has confessed to having links with the jihadi network, the court was told according to the report. They also “had direct communication with a senior member of al Qaeda”, The National said without elaborating. The report only identified the suspects as “AkW”, a 49-year-old project manager, and “AsW”, a 43-year-old marketing manager, and said they arrived in the Gulf emirate in 2008.
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December - 29 
A cadre of Sipah-e-Sahaba Pakistan (SSP), identified as Imran, was shot dead by unidentified assailants in Sector 11-G near Nullah Stop in the limits of New Karachi Industrial Area Police Station on December 29, reports Daily Times.
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A cadre of Sipah-e-Sahaba Pakistan (SSP), identified as Imran, was shot dead by unidentified assailants in Sector 11-G near Nullah Stop in the limits of New Karachi Industrial Area Police Station on December 29, reports Daily Times.
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December - 29 
An anti-terrorism court on December 29 sent former city Police officer Syed Saud Aziz and former Rawal Town Superintendent of Police (SP) Khurram Shahzad, who were arrested on December 22, to jail on a 14-day judicial remand while rejecting an Federa
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An anti-terrorism court on December 29 sent former city Police officer Syed Saud Aziz and former Rawal Town Superintendent of Police (SP) Khurram Shahzad, who were arrested on December 22, to jail on a 14-day judicial remand while rejecting an Federal Investigation Agency (FIA) plea for extension of nine days in the physical remand of the Police officers held in the Benazir Bhutto murder case (December 27, 2007), reports Daily Times. Special judge Rana Nisar Ahmed Khan had granted the FIA a six-day physical remand of the Police officers on December 23. On expiry of the remand, the FIA presented them before the court amid tight security measures. The FIA assistant director pleaded for a nine-day extension in the physical remand of the officers, but the court turned down his request and put both the Police officers on a judicial remand.
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December - 29 
Rival militant outfits on both sides of the Afghanistan-Pakistan border have increasingly been teaming up in raids against United States (US) and allied forces, Indian Express reported on December 29. New intelligence assessments from the region asse
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Rival militant outfits on both sides of the Afghanistan-Pakistan border have increasingly been teaming up in raids against United States (US) and allied forces, Indian Express reported on December 29. New intelligence assessments from the region assert that militant factions now are setting aside their historic rivalries to behave like “a syndicate,” joining forces in ways not seen before. After one recent attack on a remote base in eastern Afghanistan, a check of the dead insurgents found evidence that the militants were from three different factions - the Quetta Shura Taliban of Mullah Muhammad Omar; the network commanded by the Haqqani family and militants loyal to the Hekmatyar clan, military officials said. An unnamed US military official said it was “a wake-up call” to find evidence, after the attack on the forward operating base, that the terrorists were partisans from three factions with long histories of feuding,.
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December - 29 
Security Forces on December 29 targeted militant hideouts in the Chinarak area of Kurram Agency in the Federally Administered Tribal Areas (FATA) near the Afghan border, killing seven Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) militants, injuring many others
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Security Forces on December 29 targeted militant hideouts in the Chinarak area of Kurram Agency in the Federally Administered Tribal Areas (FATA) near the Afghan border, killing seven Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) militants, injuring many others and destroying three hideouts, including an ammunition depot, reported Daily Times.
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December - 29 
The TTP attacked two NATO supply trucks in Landikotal of Khyber Agency killing a driver and injured two helpers.
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The TTP attacked two NATO supply trucks in Landikotal of Khyber Agency killing a driver and injured two helpers.
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December - 29 
Unidentified assailants shot at and critically injured one Aslam, a Sunni Tehreek worker in Godhra Camp in the jurisdiction of New Karachi Industrial Area Police Station.
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Unidentified assailants shot at and critically injured one Aslam, a Sunni Tehreek worker in Godhra Camp in the jurisdiction of New Karachi Industrial Area Police Station.
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December - 29 
Unidentified militants destroyed one tanker, carrying oil for the NATO forces in Afghanistan, in Ganchadori area of Mastung District on December 29, reports Daily Times.
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Unidentified militants destroyed one tanker, carrying oil for the NATO forces in Afghanistan, in Ganchadori area of Mastung District on December 29, reports Daily Times.
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December - 30 
A journalist, Afaq Ahmed, escaped unhurt when three unidentified assailants attacked him at the Market Chowk in Mirpurkhas. Local people overpowered one of the assailants, Abdul Nasir Khan and handed him over to Police.
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A journalist, Afaq Ahmed, escaped unhurt when three unidentified assailants attacked him at the Market Chowk in Mirpurkhas. Local people overpowered one of the assailants, Abdul Nasir Khan and handed him over to Police.
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December - 30 
At least 25 militants were killed and 18 others injured when helicopter gunships targeted their hideouts in Chinarak area of Kurram Agency of Federally Administered Tribal Areas (FATA) on December 30, reports Dawn. Sources said three hideouts and an
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At least 25 militants were killed and 18 others injured when helicopter gunships targeted their hideouts in Chinarak area of Kurram Agency of Federally Administered Tribal Areas (FATA) on December 30, reports Dawn. Sources said three hideouts and an explosive-laden vehicle were destroyed in the shelling.
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December - 30 
Levies Forces arrested four suspected persons from a house in Ghancha Doori area of Mastung District, some 30 kilometres off Quetta, who were allegedly involved in carrying out attacks on NATO suppliers on RCD highway. Arrested four suspects belong t
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Levies Forces arrested four suspected persons from a house in Ghancha Doori area of Mastung District, some 30 kilometres off Quetta, who were allegedly involved in carrying out attacks on NATO suppliers on RCD highway. Arrested four suspects belong to South Waziristan Agency of Federally Administered Tribal Areas (FATA). The literatures of banned sectarian outfit were recovered from their possession. It was reported that 139 oil tankers and containers had so far been attacked in Balochistan during 2010.
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December - 30 
One driver was killed when unidentified assailants attacked two tankers carrying fuel for NATO forces in Afghanistan near Dhadar in Bolan District of Balochistan on December 30, reports Dawn.
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One driver was killed when unidentified assailants attacked two tankers carrying fuel for NATO forces in Afghanistan near Dhadar in Bolan District of Balochistan on December 30, reports Dawn.
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December - 30 
one person suffered injuries when an oil tanker carrying fuel for NATO forces in Afghanistan was blown up with a remote control bomb in Chaman town on Pakistan-Afghanistan border.
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one person suffered injuries when an oil tanker carrying fuel for NATO forces in Afghanistan was blown up with a remote control bomb in Chaman town on Pakistan-Afghanistan border.
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December - 30 
One person was killed and two others were injured in a bomb blast on a roadside near the Police Line Colony in Lakki Marwat town of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa on December 31.
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One person was killed and two others were injured in a bomb blast on a roadside near the Police Line Colony in Lakki Marwat town of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa on December 31.
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December - 30 
Pakistan was the deadliest country for reporters where 11 were killed this year, International media watchdog Reporters Without Borders said on December 30, reports Daily Times. A total of 57 journalists were killed worldwide this year, the group sai
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Pakistan was the deadliest country for reporters where 11 were killed this year, International media watchdog Reporters Without Borders said on December 30, reports Daily Times. A total of 57 journalists were killed worldwide this year, the group said, adding that fewer reporters were being killed in war zones while more were targeted by criminals or traffickers. The death toll was down 25 percent from 2009, when 76 journalists were killed in connection with their jobs. Last year’s record number of deaths was so high because of a massacre in the Philippines that saw more than two dozen journalists and their staff gunned down. In its annual report, the Paris-media advocacy group said that organised crime groups and militias have become the biggest dangers for journalists.
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December - 30 
Seven militants were killed and three others sustained injuries when two group of militants clashed with each other in Marandi area of Kurram Agency.
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Seven militants were killed and three others sustained injuries when two group of militants clashed with each other in Marandi area of Kurram Agency.
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December - 30 
The plot behind the 2007 assassination of former Prime Minister Benazir Bhutto was laid out at the home of a Pakistani Army brigadier, reveals a media report, which was dismissed as "totally concocted" by Interior Minister Rehman Malik, reports India
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The plot behind the 2007 assassination of former Prime Minister Benazir Bhutto was laid out at the home of a Pakistani Army brigadier, reveals a media report, which was dismissed as "totally concocted" by Interior Minister Rehman Malik, reports Indian Express on December 31. Quoting the Express Tribune, Indian Express reports that a fresh probe uncovered the role of nine persons, including the brigadier in whose residence the plot was hatched. The probe’s findings are in the possession of Interior Minister Rehman Malik and had been seen only by President Asif Ali Zardari in its entirety. However, the Interior Minister Rehman Malik dismissed the report. "It is a totally concocted story, a false story. No conspiracy was hatched in any brigadier’s home," Interior Minister Rehman Malik told reporters in Karachi, adding, "The conspiracy to assassinate Bhutto was hatched in militant hideouts and not in the home of any brigadier."
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December - 30 
Three Security Force (SF) personnel were injured in a hand grenade attack in Kharan District of Balochistan on December 31, reports Daily Times. The three SF personnel were going to a Frontier Constabulary (FC) check post on a motorcycle when unident
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Three Security Force (SF) personnel were injured in a hand grenade attack in Kharan District of Balochistan on December 31, reports Daily Times. The three SF personnel were going to a Frontier Constabulary (FC) check post on a motorcycle when unidentified assailants hurled a hand grenade at them.
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December - 30 
Two intelligence personnel and a Police constable were killed in an ambush near Bago Jatoi village of Ratodero area in Larkana District of Sindh on December 30, reports Dawn. According to sources, Hawaldar Fida Hussain Khoso of Naushahro Feroze and L
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Two intelligence personnel and a Police constable were killed in an ambush near Bago Jatoi village of Ratodero area in Larkana District of Sindh on December 30, reports Dawn. According to sources, Hawaldar Fida Hussain Khoso of Naushahro Feroze and Lance Naik Fateh Mohammed Jarwar of Naudero were killed and Constable Aftab Soho, were killed when their vehicle came under attack near Bago Jatoi village.
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December - 30 
US drone missile attack killed at least four militants when it targeted a vehicle in Ghulam Khan Town of North Waziristan Agency close to the Afghanistan border on December 31, reports Daily Times. Security officials in Miranshah and Peshawar said th
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US drone missile attack killed at least four militants when it targeted a vehicle in Ghulam Khan Town of North Waziristan Agency close to the Afghanistan border on December 31, reports Daily Times. Security officials in Miranshah and Peshawar said that militants killed in the strike were associated with the al Qaeda-linked Haqqani network.
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December - 31 
A so-called “Sharia” court of the Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) ordered on December 31 released of 23 Mehsud elders who had been kidnapped from the Razmak area of North Waziristan Agency on December 4. The elders of the Mehsud Peace Committee were
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A so-called “Sharia” court of the Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) ordered on December 31 released of 23 Mehsud elders who had been kidnapped from the Razmak area of North Waziristan Agency on December 4. The elders of the Mehsud Peace Committee were accused of meeting Army Chief Gen Ashfaq Parvez Kayani in Makeen during his visit to South Waziristan. TTP spokesman Azam Tariq told journalists by phone that the 23 members of the peace committee had been released and they had gone to their homes. He said that `courts` had been set up in the Mehsud area of South Waziristan where over 300 displaced families had been brought from camps since December 4.
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December - 31 
At least 11 suspected militants were killed in two US drone attacks in North Waziristan Agency of Federally Administered Tribal Areas (FATA) on January 1 (today), reports Dawn. One of the drone attacks fired four missiles at a house and vehicle in Mi
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At least 11 suspected militants were killed in two US drone attacks in North Waziristan Agency of Federally Administered Tribal Areas (FATA) on January 1 (today), reports Dawn. One of the drone attacks fired four missiles at a house and vehicle in Mir Ali tehsil (revenue unit).
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December - 31 
Prime Minister (PM) Yousuf Raza Gilani on December 31 stressed the need for improving the country’s anti-terror laws because "thousands of terrorists, who were apprehended by law enforcement agencies, had been bailed out from courts and had again ind
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Prime Minister (PM) Yousuf Raza Gilani on December 31 stressed the need for improving the country’s anti-terror laws because "thousands of terrorists, who were apprehended by law enforcement agencies, had been bailed out from courts and had again indulged in terrorist activities", reports Daily Times. Prime Minister said that ineffective anti-terror laws were making it easy for terrorists to get bails from courts and resume their activities. "I don’t want to allege the judiciary for the release of terror suspects," the PM said, and subsequently called on Parliament to outline effective anti-terror laws that could prevent terror suspects from getting relief.
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December - 31 
The Public Prosecution Department (PPD) claimed on December 31 to have convicted 34 persons in 20 cases of suicide attacks and bombing in the province in 2010, reports Dawn. Issuing the annual report of 2010, Department’s spokesman Muhammad Mumtaz sa
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The Public Prosecution Department (PPD) claimed on December 31 to have convicted 34 persons in 20 cases of suicide attacks and bombing in the province in 2010, reports Dawn. Issuing the annual report of 2010, Department’s spokesman Muhammad Mumtaz said public prosecutors across the province followed eight cases of acid throwing on women in Anti-Terrorism Courts (ATCs) and got all of them convicted. He said ATCs sentenced to death and life imprisonment 377 people, including 34 for bomb blasts. He said the department also got convicted five United States citizens for a plot to attack sensitive places in Pakistan. Sessions court handed down death sentence to 961 people and life imprisonment to 826.
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December - 31 
Three US missile strikes hours apart killed 18 persons in a terrorist stronghold near the Afghanistan border in North Waziristan Agency of Federally Administered Tribal Areas (FATA) on January 1, reports Daily Times. A total of 118 such strikes, carr
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Three US missile strikes hours apart killed 18 persons in a terrorist stronghold near the Afghanistan border in North Waziristan Agency of Federally Administered Tribal Areas (FATA) on January 1, reports Daily Times. A total of 118 such strikes, carried out by unmanned aircraft, were launched in 2010 in the Tribal areas, killing up to 2,100 people, most of them terrorists, according to the Washington-based policy think-tank New America Foundation.
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*Data till , April 23, 2024
Source:Compiled from news reports and are provisional.
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