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February - 1 
Intelligence agencies have arrested 11 militants, including one linked to a Taliban commander, and hope they can lead to a group of suicide bombers operating in Karachi, officials said on February 1, according to AFP. The militants, all from banned J
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Intelligence agencies have arrested 11 militants, including one linked to a Taliban commander, and hope they can lead to a group of suicide bombers operating in Karachi, officials said on February 1, according to AFP. The militants, all from banned Jihadi groups, were arrested during the weekend in Karachi and Hyderabad, a senior official of the Sindh interior department said. The key suspect reportedly has ties to Baitullah Mahsud, a wanted militant commander in North Waziristan, the official added.
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February - 1 
On February 1, the Special Task Force of Uttar Pradesh Police claimed to have arrested an agent of the Pakistan’s Inter-Services Intelligence (ISI) from Varanasi when he was passing certain sensitive information to a person on telephone, reports ANI.
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On February 1, the Special Task Force of Uttar Pradesh Police claimed to have arrested an agent of the Pakistan’s Inter-Services Intelligence (ISI) from Varanasi when he was passing certain sensitive information to a person on telephone, reports ANI. Several sensitive documents including a map of the Harish Chandra Atomic Research Centre in Allahabad, information about Indian army bases and infrastructure in Uttar Pradesh, documents connected to India's planned purchase of T-90 tanks from Russia and Indian troop movements and counter-militancy operations in Punjab were recovered from him. Police claimed that the agent was involved in such activities since 2001. The accused Javed Akhtar is reported be a resident of Allahabad and two of his brothers are living in Lahore. M. S. Shukla, Inspector of Police, Cantonment Police Station, Varanasi said, "We have all his records. He was talking to someone in Pakistan again and again and giving information. He is an agent of ISI and there are no doubts regarding that."
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February - 1 
Suspected militants ambushed a van and killed two government officials and a police personnel in North Waziristan on February 1, according to Daily Times. Two Communication and Works Department officials and police personnel Nekmatullah were on their
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Suspected militants ambushed a van and killed two government officials and a police personnel in North Waziristan on February 1, according to Daily Times. Two Communication and Works Department officials and police personnel Nekmatullah were on their way to Mir Ali when four gunmen in a vehicle fired at their van, killing all three on the spot and wounding three others. AFP reported the government officials’ van was carrying the salaries of tribal police from Miranshah to North Waziristan.
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February - 1 
Two civilians were killed in a bomb blast at Bara in the North West frontier Province (NWFP) on February 1, according to Daily Times. Official sources said a civilian, identified as Dakhan, was inspecting a bomb at home – after his neighbour Bilal fo
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Two civilians were killed in a bomb blast at Bara in the North West frontier Province (NWFP) on February 1, according to Daily Times. Official sources said a civilian, identified as Dakhan, was inspecting a bomb at home – after his neighbour Bilal found it in the nearby fields – when the blast occurred, killing Dakhan and his daughter-in-law and injuring six persons, including five children.
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February - 1 
Unidentified men fired two rockets at the Gwadar port area on February 1-night, suspending power supply to the entire district for several hours, according to Daily Times. Both rockets were fired from Padi Zar, the eastern part of the city, at about
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Unidentified men fired two rockets at the Gwadar port area on February 1-night, suspending power supply to the entire district for several hours, according to Daily Times. Both rockets were fired from Padi Zar, the eastern part of the city, at about 12am. "One of the rockets fell into the sea while the other landed in the port area," Baharam Baloch, a Gwadar-based journalist, told Daily Times. However, no loss of life or injuries was reported.
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February - 2 
According to Daily Times, Islamabad police on February 2 arrested 40 students of a Madrassa (seminary) in connection with a protest demonstration by the banned Jaish-e-Mohammed (JeM) held during the visit of an All Parties Hurriyat Conference (APHC)
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According to Daily Times, Islamabad police on February 2 arrested 40 students of a Madrassa (seminary) in connection with a protest demonstration by the banned Jaish-e-Mohammed (JeM) held during the visit of an All Parties Hurriyat Conference (APHC) delegation. Islamabad Senior Superintendent of Police Sikandar Hayat said the police initially arrested 100 students, of which 40 were identified with the help of a video of the protest. The students had protested against the APHC, which supports resolution of the Kashmir issue through dialogue. Prime Minister Shaukat Aziz and President Pervez Musharraf had reportedly expressed displeasure with the city administration for allowing the banned group to organise the demonstration.
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February - 2 
Security forces on February 2 seized more than 30 surface-to-surface missiles from a insurgent hideout in Sui, Geo Television reported. However, no one was arrested.
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Security forces on February 2 seized more than 30 surface-to-surface missiles from a insurgent hideout in Sui, Geo Television reported. However, no one was arrested.
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A suicide bomber drove his explosives-laden jeep into a military convoy on February 3, killing two soldiers and injuring seven others in the Barakhel area of Tank district in North West Frontier Province (NWFP). The convoy of four vehicles was headed
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A suicide bomber drove his explosives-laden jeep into a military convoy on February 3, killing two soldiers and injuring seven others in the Barakhel area of Tank district in North West Frontier Province (NWFP). The convoy of four vehicles was headed from Dera Ismail Khan. Tank city DSP Muhammad Khan told Daily Times, “It was a suicide attack”. Military spokesman Major General Shaukat Sultan said three wounded soldiers were in critical condition. “I cannot give details about the investigation but they are terrorists who have done this,” he told. No group has claimed responsibility for the attack and authorities suspect pro-Taliban tribal militants from South Waziristan were behind it
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February - 3 
A suspected militant blew himself up while planting a bomb outside a video and music shop in southern Lakki Marwat district of NWFP on February 3. The blast damaged a dozen nearby shops in the town, a settled area near Bannu district.
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A suspected militant blew himself up while planting a bomb outside a video and music shop in southern Lakki Marwat district of NWFP on February 3. The blast damaged a dozen nearby shops in the town, a settled area near Bannu district.
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February - 3 
The Government has ordered the deployment of thousands of paramilitary personnel across Waziristan to neutralize “high value” terrorist targets, according to Daily Times. Sources in the Interior Ministry said the Government had ordered the deployment
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The Government has ordered the deployment of thousands of paramilitary personnel across Waziristan to neutralize “high value” terrorist targets, according to Daily Times. Sources in the Interior Ministry said the Government had ordered the deployment of 2,000 personnel each of the Frontier Corps and Levies in Waziristan to comb the region ahead of the “grand operation”. “Security forces are expected to begin a grand operation in the troubled Waziristan tribal region to hunt down al Qaeda and Taliban militants, including Baitullah Mehsud, who is holed up in the area,” the sources said, citing a decision made at a high-level meeting held late on February 3-night.
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Four suspected Jaish-e-Mohammad (JeM) militants, including a Pakistani national, were arrested on February 4 following an encounter with the Delhi Police under the Ranjit Singh flyover near Connaught Place. The Hindu reports that police recovered thr
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Four suspected Jaish-e-Mohammad (JeM) militants, including a Pakistani national, were arrested on February 4 following an encounter with the Delhi Police under the Ranjit Singh flyover near Connaught Place. The Hindu reports that police recovered three kilograms of RDX, four detonators, a timer, six hand grenades, .30 bore firearm, US $ 10,000 and INR 50,000 from them. The encounter followed a tip off available with the Special Cell of the Delhi Police that some JeM members were in the Capital to carry out a major operation and they would meet near the flyover. Joint Commissioner of Police (Special Cell) Karnal Singh said the militants, identified themselves as Shahid Gafur from Sialkot in Pakistan and Bashir Ahmed, Fayaz Lone and Abdul Mazid from Jammu and Kashmir. The three Kashmiris disclosed that they arrived by the Malwa Express earlier in the day.
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February - 4 
Security forces and political administrations in Waziristan have reportedly been asked to block all entry and exit points and land routes leading to other agencies in the Federally Administered Tribal Areas (FATA) so that no militant could escape or
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Security forces and political administrations in Waziristan have reportedly been asked to block all entry and exit points and land routes leading to other agencies in the Federally Administered Tribal Areas (FATA) so that no militant could escape or sneak into settled areas. “Intelligence reports have pointed to the presence of high value militants like Baitullah Mahsud in the area,” said sources.
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The Lahore Police on February 4 announced that it had arrested five militants of the proscribed Sunni group Lashkar-e-Jhangvi (LeJ), including one carrying a head money of PKR One million. Superintendent of Police Umar Virk disclosed that they had ar
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The Lahore Police on February 4 announced that it had arrested five militants of the proscribed Sunni group Lashkar-e-Jhangvi (LeJ), including one carrying a head money of PKR One million. Superintendent of Police Umar Virk disclosed that they had arrested the five militants, including Rizwan – for whom the Punjab and Sindh governments had put a bounty of Rs 500,000 each – from the Sattukatla area. He said that Rizwan had taken charge of the LeJ after Akram Lahori’s arrest. His accomplices were identified as Ziauddin, Alam, Abdul Sattar alias Riaz and Amjad alias Kala.
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February - 5 
A pro-government tribal leader was among two people killed in a landmine explosion in Nawagai tehsil (administrative division) near the border with Afghanistan on February 5, reports Daily News. Malik Kameen and tribesman Jabbar Khan were killed in a
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A pro-government tribal leader was among two people killed in a landmine explosion in Nawagai tehsil (administrative division) near the border with Afghanistan on February 5, reports Daily News. Malik Kameen and tribesman Jabbar Khan were killed in an explosion which the local residents described as remote-controlled blast. Another tribesman, Azeem Khan, was wounded and admitted to a hospital in Peshawar. Kameen reportedly had been receiving threatening letters from an Al Qaeda cell in Bajaur, after an assassination attempt on him on January 10.
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February - 5 
The India-Pakistan Joint Anti-Terrorism Mechanism will hold its first meeting in Islamabad on March 6, the External Affairs Ministry announced in New Delhi on February 5, reports Daily Excelsior. The three-member Indian delegation at the meeting will
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The India-Pakistan Joint Anti-Terrorism Mechanism will hold its first meeting in Islamabad on March 6, the External Affairs Ministry announced in New Delhi on February 5, reports Daily Excelsior. The three-member Indian delegation at the meeting will be led by K C Singh, Additional Secretary (International Organisations), in the External Affairs Ministry. The Joint Anti-Terror mechanism was conceived at a meeting between Prime Minister Manmohan Singh and Pakistan President Pervez Musharraf on September 16, 2006, in Havana on the sidelines of the Non-Aligned Movement (NAM) Summit to identify and implement counter-terrorism initiatives and investigations.
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February - 6 
A suicide attacker blew himself up in the car park of Islamabad airport on February 6 night, killing himself and injuring 10 people, mostly security force personnel, reports Daily News. Police officials said that the attacker arrived at the airport c
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A suicide attacker blew himself up in the car park of Islamabad airport on February 6 night, killing himself and injuring 10 people, mostly security force personnel, reports Daily News. Police officials said that the attacker arrived at the airport close to 8:50 pm in a taxi with two other people and was stopped for checking by Airport Security Force officials who asked for his identification. The man opened fire at the guards and then ran towards the VIP lounge of the airport forcing the security officials to return fire, which led to an explosion. A police official told that the explosion damaged several cars.
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February - 6 
On February 6, suspected militants killed two Afghan nationals they accused of being spies of the United States in North Waziristan, reports Daily News. An administration official told that the two bodies, recovered near Mubarak Shahi village were ke
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On February 6, suspected militants killed two Afghan nationals they accused of being spies of the United States in North Waziristan, reports Daily News. An administration official told that the two bodies, recovered near Mubarak Shahi village were kept in the Town Hall in Miranshah for identification, but were later buried at Sheikh Adam cemetery when nobody came to claim them. No group has claimed responsibility for the killings, but pro-Taliban militants are usually blamed for such attacks.
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February - 7 
Two armed motorcyclists killed an Intelligence Bureau (IB) official on February 7 near Zarghun Khel post near Darra Adam Khel in North West Frontier Province while he was on his way to Peshawar after attending a jirga (tribal grand council). Senior I
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Two armed motorcyclists killed an Intelligence Bureau (IB) official on February 7 near Zarghun Khel post near Darra Adam Khel in North West Frontier Province while he was on his way to Peshawar after attending a jirga (tribal grand council). Senior IB officials told Daily News “The attackers were suspected Taliban militants, and Nazar was a victim of a target killing”. The jirga had been arranged to seek local tribal elders’ support against “wanted criminals”, and Nazar attended it as an “observer” to report details to higher authorities.
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February - 10 
A blast at the office of the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) in Peshawar, capital of the North West Frontier Province (NWFP) at around 4:30am on February 10 damaged four vehicles and some property, but nobody was injured as the office
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A blast at the office of the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) in Peshawar, capital of the North West Frontier Province (NWFP) at around 4:30am on February 10 damaged four vehicles and some property, but nobody was injured as the office was closed, said an ICRC spokesman and police, according to Daily Times.
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February - 10 
A civilian, identified as Abdul Ghani Jan, was killed and two persons wounded during a landmine blast in the Sibi district of Balochistan on February 10, according to Daily Times. Sources said unidentified persons had planted landmines in Lehrai.
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A civilian, identified as Abdul Ghani Jan, was killed and two persons wounded during a landmine blast in the Sibi district of Balochistan on February 10, according to Daily Times. Sources said unidentified persons had planted landmines in Lehrai.
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February - 10 
Gas supply to parts of Quetta, capital of Balochistan, was disrupted for over 12 hours on February 10 after suspected insurgents blew up a major gas pipeline. The 16-inch diameter pipeline was ruptured in the Kili Kambarani locality on the outskirts
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Gas supply to parts of Quetta, capital of Balochistan, was disrupted for over 12 hours on February 10 after suspected insurgents blew up a major gas pipeline. The 16-inch diameter pipeline was ruptured in the Kili Kambarani locality on the outskirts of Quetta, Daily Times reported. The explosion caused a huge fire which forced the suspension of the main centre supplying gas to the city. However, no loss of life or injuries was reported.
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February - 10 
On February 10, the US advised American citizens to avoid crowded markets and public demonstrations in Peshawar, following the blast at the ICRC. “Americans are advised against visiting Peshawar’s Old City and Sadar Bazaar, and restrict movement thro
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On February 10, the US advised American citizens to avoid crowded markets and public demonstrations in Peshawar, following the blast at the ICRC. “Americans are advised against visiting Peshawar’s Old City and Sadar Bazaar, and restrict movement throughout the city, staying mainly in the University Town area,” read a notice issued by the US Embassy in Islamabad.
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February - 10 
The international aid agency said it was suspending all field operations in NWFP, but ICRC spokesman Raza Hamdani told Daily Times from Islamabad that ICRC would continue its operations, and a security review was underway. The spokesman said a gas cy
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The international aid agency said it was suspending all field operations in NWFP, but ICRC spokesman Raza Hamdani told Daily Times from Islamabad that ICRC would continue its operations, and a security review was underway. The spokesman said a gas cylinder was lobbed into the car park, but Peshawar police chief Abdul Majeed Marwat said the blast had been caused by an explosive device planted near a geyser.
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February - 11 
A non-governmental organisation’s office in the main bazaar of Darra Adam Khel in North West Frontier Province (NWFP) was badly damaged in a bomb blast late on February 11-night, according to Daily Times. The attack on NGO Darul Falah’s office comes
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A non-governmental organisation’s office in the main bazaar of Darra Adam Khel in North West Frontier Province (NWFP) was badly damaged in a bomb blast late on February 11-night, according to Daily Times. The attack on NGO Darul Falah’s office comes five days after unidentified motorcyclists shot dead an Intelligence Bureau official on February 7 near the same area. Muhammad Faisal Afridi, chief executive of the NGO working against the spread of drugs and to rehabilitate drug addicts, said the blast occurred around 11:15pm. Over the last week, the offices of two international NGOs – Save the Children in Battagram and the International Committee of the Red Cross in Peshawar – have been attacked in NWFP.
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February - 12 
At least 700 Taliban activists have crossed from Pakistan into Afghanistan to reinforce militants attacking a key dam, a major source of electricity and irrigation, a provincial governor in Afghanistan said on February 12. "We have got confirmed repo
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At least 700 Taliban activists have crossed from Pakistan into Afghanistan to reinforce militants attacking a key dam, a major source of electricity and irrigation, a provincial governor in Afghanistan said on February 12. "We have got confirmed reports that they are Pakistani, Uzbek and Chechen nationals and have sneaked in," Helmand Governor Asadullah Wafa told Reuters. The Kajaki dam has seen major fighting in recent weeks between the Taliban and NATO forces, mainly British and Dutch, according to Daily Times. Built by the Soviets in 1953, the dam irrigates about 285,000 acres of farmland and two hydroelectric plants built by the United States in 1975 have a capacity of 33 megawatts. Wafa disclosed that the Taliban cadres were brought in by local commanders for a joint operation with the al Qaeda. "They are planning to destroy the Kajaki dam," he said, accusing Pakistan’s external intelligence agency, the Inter-Services Intelligence (ISI), of providing training and logistical support for the militants. "Pakistan is supporting the Taliban in order for them to keep fighting on in Afghanistan. They don’t want Afghanistan’s development and reconstruction," he said.
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February - 12 
Two bomb blasts occurred in Quetta, capital of Balochistan province, on February 12, according to Dawn. According to police sources, unknown people fired a rocket around 11:30pm that landed and exploded in Pashtoonabad area. A portion of the house wa
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Two bomb blasts occurred in Quetta, capital of Balochistan province, on February 12, according to Dawn. According to police sources, unknown people fired a rocket around 11:30pm that landed and exploded in Pashtoonabad area. A portion of the house was damaged due to the explosion. Another powerful explosion was reported from the Balock-5 area of the Satellite town. However, no loss of life or injuries was reported.
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February - 13 
Security agencies on February 13 foiled a terrorist plot and seized six rockets near the site of the multi-purpose Sadpara dam project near Skardu, according to Dawn. Speaking at a press conference, acting station commander of the 52-Brigade, Skardu,
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Security agencies on February 13 foiled a terrorist plot and seized six rockets near the site of the multi-purpose Sadpara dam project near Skardu, according to Dawn. Speaking at a press conference, acting station commander of the 52-Brigade, Skardu, and two senior officials of a security agency said the rockets were found buried under stones on the foothills, about 2.5 kilometers off the Sadpara lake, one of the tourist spots in Baltistan. Four of the 120mm rockets capable of causing destruction on a large scale were live and two were rusted which were later defused.
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February - 14 
A gas pipeline was blown up at Sui in the Balochistan province was blown up by insurgents on February 14, disrupting supply to the main purification plant, Dawn reported. According to Pakistan Petroleum Limited sources, an explosive device was plante
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A gas pipeline was blown up at Sui in the Balochistan province was blown up by insurgents on February 14, disrupting supply to the main purification plant, Dawn reported. According to Pakistan Petroleum Limited sources, an explosive device was planted under the pipeline supply gas to the plant from well No.21 of the Sui field. However, no loss of life or injuries was reported.
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February - 14 
A top US military commander has called for "steady and direct" attacks on Taliban sanctuaries in Pakistan, according to Dawn. Lt-Gen Karl W. Eikenberry, the outgoing commander of the US forces in Afghanistan, warned that the Karzai Government would s
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A top US military commander has called for "steady and direct" attacks on Taliban sanctuaries in Pakistan, according to Dawn. Lt-Gen Karl W. Eikenberry, the outgoing commander of the US forces in Afghanistan, warned that the Karzai Government would suffer an irreversible loss of legitimacy among Afghanis if the internal situation did not improve. He claimed that senior Taliban and al Qaeda leaders have set up training camps and recruiting grounds in Pakistan’s tribal areas, which they use for carrying out attacks in Afghanistan. Since September 2006, when Pakistan signed a peace deal with tribesmen in North Waziristan, "the cross-border attacks have tripled," he said. "Al Qaeda and Taliban leadership presence inside Pakistan remains a very significant problem," Gen Eikenberry told the House Armed Services Committee in Washington, warning of the "growing threat of Talibanization" inside Pakistan. He was supported by senior US lawmakers who also accused Pakistan of continuing to allow the Taliban extremists to operate freely in the tribal areas. "The Taliban regularly ship arms, ammunition, and supplies into Afghanistan from Pakistan. Most suicide bombers came from Afghan refugee camps in Pakistan," said Congressman Hank Johnson. "Components for improvised explosive devices are often smuggled across the Afghan- Pakistan border," he added. "Speaking in private, knowledgeable US, Nato, Afghan, and UN officials are nearly unanimous in asserting that the Pakistani intelligence service continues to collaborate with the Taliban and other insurgent groups operating out of its border regions," he stated.
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February - 14 
An armed man, who was killed during a shootout with security force personnel at the Islamabad airport on February 6, is suspected to have links with a banned militant outfit, security sources told Dawn on February 14. Sources claimed that evidences s
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An armed man, who was killed during a shootout with security force personnel at the Islamabad airport on February 6, is suspected to have links with a banned militant outfit, security sources told Dawn on February 14. Sources claimed that evidences suggest that the attacker, Mohammad Younas, belonging to the Leghari tribe of Dera Ghazi Khan, had links with the Amjad Farooqi group of the banned sectarian outfit. The evidences also suggest that the man was not on a suicide mission but on a target killing mission, although his target did not seem to be a high-profile personality, the sources said.
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February - 14 
In a suspected sectarian incident, two unidentified gunmen killed Shia leader Jawad Hussain in the Dera Ismail Khan city of North West Frontier Province (NWFP) on February 14, Daily Times reported. According to Dawn, Hussain was a local leader of the
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In a suspected sectarian incident, two unidentified gunmen killed Shia leader Jawad Hussain in the Dera Ismail Khan city of North West Frontier Province (NWFP) on February 14, Daily Times reported. According to Dawn, Hussain was a local leader of the Shia group Tehrik Nifaz Fiqa-i-Jafria (TNFJ). Maqbool Hussain, brother of the deceased, registered an FIR at the City Police Station, stating that he had been receiving threats for a couple of days.
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February - 14 
President General Pervez Musharraf has said that the Government will not allow the Talibanisation of Pakistani society, nor allow the Taliban to impede development and prosperity, according to Daily Times. "The Taliban system will not be allowed to c
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President General Pervez Musharraf has said that the Government will not allow the Talibanisation of Pakistani society, nor allow the Taliban to impede development and prosperity, according to Daily Times. "The Taliban system will not be allowed to come to the country and the Taliban will not be allowed to hamper the path to development and prosperity. We will continue to move forward to transform Pakistan into a moderate, enlightened, Muslim welfare state," Gen. Musharraf said in his address at a seminar titled ‘Voices of Asia for the process of peace, cooperation and security’, held in Islamabad on February 14 at the Institute of Strategic Studies. He said Pakistan would continue its war against the Taliban and Qaeda for its survival. "We are fighting this war for our security rather than to appease someone else," he claimed. He said peace deals like the one with tribal elders in North Waziristan should take place "in other areas" too. The president rejected "baseless charges" made by Afghanistan that Pakistan was aiding the Taliban. "No other country has played a more vital role than Pakistan in the war on terror. This blame game against Pakistan despite its pivotal role in the war against terrorism is a blatant denial of facts. Such a strategy has to be devised that the problems are resolved with a pragmatic approach," he said. Peace and stability in the world could not be ensured without addressing the basic problems of Kashmir, Iraq, Afghanistan and Iraq, he claimed. He said the Pakistan-India peace process had made progress on issues like Siachen and Baglihar. "But we cannot overlook the Kashmir issue," he added.
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February - 14 
President Pervez Musharraf has said that the Federally Administrated Tribal Areas (FATA) will be amalgamated into the North West Frontier Province (NWFP) after the Taliban and al Qaeda elements are eliminated from the region, according to Daily Times
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President Pervez Musharraf has said that the Federally Administrated Tribal Areas (FATA) will be amalgamated into the North West Frontier Province (NWFP) after the Taliban and al Qaeda elements are eliminated from the region, according to Daily Times. In an interview with ARY Television aired on February 14, Gen. Musharraf said the Government had started work towards this end in 2000 with the consent of tribal elders, who welcomed this step. "We should have amalgamated FATA into the NWFP province much earlier. We had the same idea when our forces entered the area," he said. Gen. Musharraf also said people sitting in Pakistan undoubtedly planned the September 11 attacks in the US and were still planning more attacks. These elements are trying to spread "Talibanisation" in Pakistan, which would be disastrous and take the country backwards, he said. "These elements want to impose their brand of Islam on us but we don’t want that Islam that takes us towards backwardness," he said. The president said Al Qaeda and Taliban had moved to Pakistan from Afghanistan and hurt Pakistani society. The Taliban are fighting in Afghanistan but are also getting support from sympathisers in Pakistan. "The problem lies in both Afghanistan and Pakistan but the major problem is in Afghanistan and we have clearly told the Afghan government that we have done enough and now it is your turn to do something substantial," he said.
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February - 15 
Police raided a house on Misrial Road in Rawalpindi on February 15 and arrested two men wanted for sectarian attacks on Shias, according to Daily Times. On information that the two men, Usman Chotu and Arshad Satti, cadres of the outlawed Sunni group
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Police raided a house on Misrial Road in Rawalpindi on February 15 and arrested two men wanted for sectarian attacks on Shias, according to Daily Times. On information that the two men, Usman Chotu and Arshad Satti, cadres of the outlawed Sunni group Lashkar-e-Jhangvi (LeJ), planned to carry out suicide attacks, the city police raided the house and arrested them after a brief scuffle. The police also seized five hand grenades, two Kalashnikovs and some explosive material from them.
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February - 15 
The Government has decided to repatriate all Afghan refugees residing in Pakistan by 2009, Dawn reported. This was announced at a meeting of the Inter-Ministerial Cabinet Committee held in Islamabad on February 15. The committee – headed by Interior
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The Government has decided to repatriate all Afghan refugees residing in Pakistan by 2009, Dawn reported. This was announced at a meeting of the Inter-Ministerial Cabinet Committee held in Islamabad on February 15. The committee – headed by Interior Minister Aftab Ahmed Khan Sherpao –devised a strategy to send all Afghan refugees back to their homeland in three years, from 2007 to 2009. Under the strategy, four camps of Afghan refugees located in Balochistan and the North West Frontier Province (NWFP) will be removed in the ongoing year. In the first phase, two of them -- one in each province -- will be dismantled in March. According to official figures, approximately 2.4 million Afghans are living in Pakistan – one million in camps and 1.4 million in the urban areas. Since 2002, about 2.8 million Afghan refugees have reportedly been repatriated to their homeland.
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February - 16 
According to Daily Times, a bomb blast occurred at the main market of Tank district in the North West Frontier Province (NWFP) on February 16. However, no loss of life or injuries was reported. According to police sources, unknown assailants had plan
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According to Daily Times, a bomb blast occurred at the main market of Tank district in the North West Frontier Province (NWFP) on February 16. However, no loss of life or injuries was reported. According to police sources, unknown assailants had planted the homemade bomb near the house of Akhter Nawaz, a resident of the area. The blast slightly damaged Nawaz’s house, but there were no casualties.
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February - 16 
The Crime Investigation Department of Karachi Police raided a house in the Gulistan-e-Jauhar area on February 16 and arrested three suspected suicide bombers, identified as Muhammad Shahid, Muhammad Farhan and Ghani Subhan, Daily Times reported. The
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The Crime Investigation Department of Karachi Police raided a house in the Gulistan-e-Jauhar area on February 16 and arrested three suspected suicide bombers, identified as Muhammad Shahid, Muhammad Farhan and Ghani Subhan, Daily Times reported. The police also seized three hand grenades, two pistols, one AK-47 assault rifle and a suicide jacket from their possession. Police said that the three suspects belonged to a group headed by al Qaeda leader Qari Zafar and they had been especially sent to Karachi from Wana in South Waziristan to carry out terrorist activities and suicide attacks. The police claimed that the bombers’ first target was Expo 2006, but they changed their plan because of tight security at the venue. The police added that the men then planned to attack Ashura processions in the city, but security agencies tightened security and foiled their plan yet again following intelligence reports that a group of suicide attackers was heading towards Karachi from Dera Ismail Khan. Fayyaz Khan of the Karachi Police said that Shahid and Farhan belonged to Hyderabad while Ghani Subhan was from Wana. Police also recovered a video disc in which an Arabic speaking man explains how to prepare a suicide bomber and how to inflict the maximum number of casualties. "They had plans to carry out attacks in Karachi and Jehlum in Punjab province," Khan said.
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February - 16 
The White House has rejected a suggestion that Pakistan may have faked terrorist attacks on President Pervez Musharraf to win America’s sympathy, according to Dawn. It also defended President Musharraf as "a valuable asset" in the war against terror,
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The White House has rejected a suggestion that Pakistan may have faked terrorist attacks on President Pervez Musharraf to win America’s sympathy, according to Dawn. It also defended President Musharraf as "a valuable asset" in the war against terror, hours after US President George W. Bush vowed to support the Pakistani leader’s efforts to fight terrorism. The issue of al Qaeda’s failed attempts on President Musharraf’s life came up for discussion when an Indian journalist suggested that Islamabad might have faked those attacks "to get US sympathy and money."
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February - 17 
On February 17, 17 people, including a senior civil judge, were killed and 30 others injured in a powerful suicide bombing in the Quetta District Courts compound, reports Daily Times. The blast took place inside the courtroom of Senior Civil Judge Ab
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On February 17, 17 people, including a senior civil judge, were killed and 30 others injured in a powerful suicide bombing in the Quetta District Courts compound, reports Daily Times. The blast took place inside the courtroom of Senior Civil Judge Abdul Wahid Durrani at 11:05am. Tariq Masood Khosa, Balochistan’s inspector general of police said, “It was a suicide bombing which is evident from the recovery of the heads of two persons. One of them entered the courtroom and blew himself up.” He further said police were considering all possible motives for the attack and were not ruling out the involvement of a “foreign hand”.
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February - 18 
Special police teams raided different places in Quetta, capital of Balochistan, and detained around 50 suspects including 25 Afghan nationals, in connection with the suicide bombing incident of February 17 in which at least 16 people were killed. The
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Special police teams raided different places in Quetta, capital of Balochistan, and detained around 50 suspects including 25 Afghan nationals, in connection with the suicide bombing incident of February 17 in which at least 16 people were killed. The suicide bomber who struck in a courtroom of a senior civil judge in Quetta could not be identified and police on February 18 sent parts of his body to Islamabad for DNA tests and for restructuring his face for identification, according to Dawn.
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February - 18 
Suspected insurgents blew up a 16-inch diameter pipeline, supplying gas to the Purification Plant, in the Pir Koh area of Dera Bugti district. However, no loss of life or injuries was reported.
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Suspected insurgents blew up a 16-inch diameter pipeline, supplying gas to the Purification Plant, in the Pir Koh area of Dera Bugti district. However, no loss of life or injuries was reported.
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February - 18 
The Government has ordered immediate closure of all offices of the Al-Rashid Trust (ART) and Al-Akhtar Trust (AAT) throughout Pakistan after the United Nations Security Council declared them to have links to militant groups, according to Daily Times.
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The Government has ordered immediate closure of all offices of the Al-Rashid Trust (ART) and Al-Akhtar Trust (AAT) throughout Pakistan after the United Nations Security Council declared them to have links to militant groups, according to Daily Times. Sources said that the Interior Ministry had directed the four provinces, the chief secretaries of the Northern Areas and Azad Jammu and Kashmir (Pakistan occupied Kashmir) and the Islamabad Capital Territory district administration to close the offices, schools, hospitals and other ongoing projects of ART and AAT in their respective areas. They have also been asked to detain the staff of the two trusts, impound their vehicles and confiscate equipment from their offices. An ART official in Rawalpindi, Maulana Ghiasuddin, criticised the Government’s action and said, “It is cruel. We’ve been doing charity, nothing illegal. Everything is clear and transparent so why this?... Even those who sealed our office had no information on why it was being done.”
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February - 18 
Two children were killed and three security force (SF) personnel wounded in two separate landmine explosions in Balochistan on February 18, according to Daily Times. Two boys, identified as Behram and Hassan, were killed in a landmine explosion a
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Two children were killed and three security force (SF) personnel wounded in two separate landmine explosions in Balochistan on February 18, according to Daily Times. Two boys, identified as Behram and Hassan, were killed in a landmine explosion at Turab Gholato village in the Kashmore area along the Sindh-Balochistan border. Meanwhile, three SF personnel were injured when their vehicle hit a landmine in the Doe Wodh area of Dera Bugti district.
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February - 19 
President Pervez Musharraf said on February 19 that the attack on the Samjhauta Express would not be allowed to sabotage the ongoing peace process with India, Daily Times reported. “Such wanton acts of terrorism will only serve to further strengthen
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President Pervez Musharraf said on February 19 that the attack on the Samjhauta Express would not be allowed to sabotage the ongoing peace process with India, Daily Times reported. “Such wanton acts of terrorism will only serve to further strengthen the resolve to attain the mutually desired objective of sustainable peace between Pakistan and India,” Gen. Musharraf said in a statement. As reported earlier, at least 66 people, including some Pakistani nationals, were killed in explosions reportedly set off by improvised explosive devices (IEDs) in two coaches of the Delhi-Attari special train for Lahore in Deewana near Panipat (in the Haryana State of India), about 100 kilometers from Delhi. The train runs non-stop from Delhi to Attari where the passengers are shifted to the Samjhauta Express, which goes to Lahore after customs and immigration clearances.
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February - 19 
Senior leaders of the al Qaeda, allegedly operating from Pakistan have re-established significant control over their network and over the past year have set up a band of training camps in the tribal regions near the Afghan border, according to Americ
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Senior leaders of the al Qaeda, allegedly operating from Pakistan have re-established significant control over their network and over the past year have set up a band of training camps in the tribal regions near the Afghan border, according to American intelligence and counter-terrorism officials, according to Daily Times. A report in the New York Times on February 19 said that according to American officials there is mounting evidence that Osama bin Laden and his deputy had been steadily building an operations hub in the Pakistani tribal area of North Waziristan. The United States has also identified several new al Qaeda compounds in North Waziristan, including one that officials said might be training operatives for strikes against targets beyond. American analysts told the newspaper that recent intelligence showed that the compounds functioned under a loose command structure and were operated by groups of Arab, Pakistani and Afghan militants allied with the al Qaeda. They receive guidance from their commanders and Ayman al Zawahri, the analysts said. According to US officials, the training camps had yet to reach the size and level of sophistication of the Qaeda camps established in Afghanistan under Taliban rule, but groups of 10 to 20 men are being trained at the camps and the al Qaeda infrastructure in the region is gradually becoming more mature. American officials and analysts said that several factors in Pakistan have come together to allow “core Al Qaeda” to regain some of its strength. The emergence of a relative haven in North Waziristan and the surrounding area has helped senior operatives communicate more effectively with the outside world via courier and the Internet. The linkage between the London bombers and Pakistani training facilities is also being cited as additional evidence of Pakistan’s complicity.
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February - 20 
According to Daily Times, an Islamist “fanatic” shot dead the Social Welfare Minister of Punjab province, Zile Huma Usman, in an open court in her hometown of Gujranwala on February 20. Police said Muhammad Sarwar shot dead the minister during a brie
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According to Daily Times, an Islamist “fanatic” shot dead the Social Welfare Minister of Punjab province, Zile Huma Usman, in an open court in her hometown of Gujranwala on February 20. Police said Muhammad Sarwar shot dead the minister during a brief power cut during the open court at Pakistan Muslim League House. Police arrested Sarwar immediately after the shooting and later said he was a religious fanatic opposed to women being independent, and had been implicated in four murders and two attempted murders in Gujranwala. “He considers it contrary to the teachings of Allah for a woman to become a minister or a ruler. That’s why he committed this action,” the police said in a statement. Punjab province Law Minister Raja Basharat said “He (Sarwar) is basically a fanatic.” The minister had reportedly been the target of several death threats since she had tried to organise a “mini-marathon” for men and women in Gujranwala in 2005. The race was attacked by Islamist extremists who consider it un-Islamic for men and women to run together. She was also attempting to organise another marathon in Gujranwala in late March 2006, and had again received death threats. “He killed her because she was not observing the Islamic code of dress. She was also campaigning for emancipation of women,” local police officer Nazir Ahmad told AFP.
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February - 20 
According to Dawn, a tribal elder was shot dead in the Tank district of North West Frontier Province (NWFP) on February 21. Police said armed men intruded into the house of Malik Karim Khan in the Totkai locality of Tank on February 20-night and shot
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According to Dawn, a tribal elder was shot dead in the Tank district of North West Frontier Province (NWFP) on February 21. Police said armed men intruded into the house of Malik Karim Khan in the Totkai locality of Tank on February 20-night and shot him dead. Malik Karim belonged to South Waziristan and had shifted to Tank due to the security situation in Waziristan.
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February - 20 
An Afghan refugee was beheaded on February 20 for allegedly being a US spy in North Waziristan, according to Daily Times. The decapitated body of Nek Amal, a 35-year old man from Zozak village in the Afghan province of Khost, was found in Saidgey vil
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An Afghan refugee was beheaded on February 20 for allegedly being a US spy in North Waziristan, according to Daily Times. The decapitated body of Nek Amal, a 35-year old man from Zozak village in the Afghan province of Khost, was found in Saidgey village, near the Pakistan-Afghanistan border in North Waziristan. A note found near the body read, “Whoever spies for America will meet the same fate.” The militants, suspected to be pro-Taliban elements, also cut off his hands and feet.
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February - 20 
An eight-member bench of the Supreme Court on February 20 ruled that the office of the Mohtasib (ombudsman), as envisaged in the North West Frontier Province (NWFP) Assembly’s Hasba Bill, could not be delegated judicial powers and a seminary-qualifie
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An eight-member bench of the Supreme Court on February 20 ruled that the office of the Mohtasib (ombudsman), as envisaged in the North West Frontier Province (NWFP) Assembly’s Hasba Bill, could not be delegated judicial powers and a seminary-qualified person could not be graded an ‘aalim’ for appointment as a provincial Mohtasib, according to Daily Times. The court said the NWFP Assembly should review the Hasba Bill to exclude controversial sections, otherwise the rest of the bill was okay. The bench was giving its ruling on a reference filed by President Pervez Musharraf, who had sought the court’s opinion on Hasba Bill’s validity. The NWFP Assembly passed the first Hasba Bill on July 14, 2005, but the Supreme Court, on a presidential reference, declared that several sections of the bill were unconstitutional. The NWFP Assembly passed a fresh bill in November 2006, and claimed it had been drafted in accordance with the SC recommendations. However, the president filed another reference in the court under the Supreme Court’s advisory jurisdiction challenging the new bill in December 2006. On December 15, 2006, the Supreme Court directed the provincial governor not to assent the bill in its present form. The Hasba Bill envisages an office of the Mohtasib at the provincial level and in each district.
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February - 20 
Federal Minister for Frontier Regions, Sardar Yar Mohammad Rind, survived an attempt on his life in the Sani area of Bolan district in Balochistan province on February 20, Dawn reported. The minister was reportedly going to Sibi from his native town
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Federal Minister for Frontier Regions, Sardar Yar Mohammad Rind, survived an attempt on his life in the Sani area of Bolan district in Balochistan province on February 20, Dawn reported. The minister was reportedly going to Sibi from his native town of Shoran to attend a meeting. According to officials, the caravan of the minister was attacked near Landow village. Deputy Inspector General of Police (Sibi Range) told Dawn that the assailants were the same people who had attacked a security forces’ convoy in the same area about two months ago, adding that he suspected some local people’s involvement.
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February - 20 
Police arrested two suspected suicide bombers in the Baldia police station area of Hyderabad in the Sindh province on February 20, Dawn reported. Deputy Superintendent of Police Hyder Bux Khoso identified the two as Mohammad Ali and Mohammad Shoaib K
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Police arrested two suspected suicide bombers in the Baldia police station area of Hyderabad in the Sindh province on February 20, Dawn reported. Deputy Superintendent of Police Hyder Bux Khoso identified the two as Mohammad Ali and Mohammad Shoaib Khan. Two hand grenades, two pistols, chemical bottles, explosive material, five kilograms of ball-bearings, two batteries and two table watches were seized during the operation. He said that it was learnt during initial questioning that they had been brought to Hyderabad by their gang leader and that they had been trained in Waziristan. He alleged that they were members of the banned outfit, Harkat-ul-Mujahideen (HuM).
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February - 20 
Security agencies have sealed the only office of the Al-Akhtar Trust in the Kashroot locality of Gilgit and frozen its account, according to Dawn. However, the local in-charge of the trust, Maulana Ataullah Shahab, said they would continue their welf
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Security agencies have sealed the only office of the Al-Akhtar Trust in the Kashroot locality of Gilgit and frozen its account, according to Dawn. However, the local in-charge of the trust, Maulana Ataullah Shahab, said they would continue their welfare work.
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February - 20 
The Government on February 20 claimed to have traced a network of terrorists allegedly involved in the killings of former Member of National Assembly Maulana Azam Tariq (chief of the outlawed Sipah-e-Sahaba Pakistan [SSP], provincial minister Pir Bin
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The Government on February 20 claimed to have traced a network of terrorists allegedly involved in the killings of former Member of National Assembly Maulana Azam Tariq (chief of the outlawed Sipah-e-Sahaba Pakistan [SSP], provincial minister Pir Binyamin and 41 other people in various incidents that occurred in Punjab and Islamabad between 2003 and 2006. “Two members of the network have been arrested by Islamabad Police’s CID department from Sector G-6/2 and efforts are being made to catch their six accomplices who are reported to be hiding in the capital,” a senior official of the interior ministry told Dawn. The arrested were identified as Mudassar Ali alias Usman Chaudhry and Mohammad Ali alias Abbas. The official informed that in October 2003, the accused had intercepted Azam Tariq’s car near Golra More Toll Plaza in Islamabad and opened fire, killing Tariq, his three security guards and a driver.
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February - 20 
The rail link between provincial capital Quetta and the rest of the country was cut off as insurgents reportedly blew up a main railway line near Quetta late on February 20-night. According to police sources, some people planted explosives under the
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The rail link between provincial capital Quetta and the rest of the country was cut off as insurgents reportedly blew up a main railway line near Quetta late on February 20-night. According to police sources, some people planted explosives under the main railway track in the Parkaniabad area of Sariab and blew it up. As a result, the railway traffic between Quetta and Sibi was suspended. Railway authorities confirmed that all Quetta-bound trains coming from Lahore, Karachi, Rawalpindi and Peshawar would be stopped at different stations till the track was repaired.
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February - 20 
The supply of gas to four districts of Balochistan and a private power plant was disrupted on February 20 as insurgents blew up a main pipeline in Akhtarabad, a suburb of Quetta. According to police sources, militants planted a powerful explosive dev
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The supply of gas to four districts of Balochistan and a private power plant was disrupted on February 20 as insurgents blew up a main pipeline in Akhtarabad, a suburb of Quetta. According to police sources, militants planted a powerful explosive device beneath the pipeline near Killi Raisani of the Akhtarabad area and blew it up.
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February - 21 
Armed men reportedly snatched an official vehicle from an employee of the Tribal Electric Supply Company near Tank on February 21.
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Armed men reportedly snatched an official vehicle from an employee of the Tribal Electric Supply Company near Tank on February 21.
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February - 21 
A report, submitted to the Interior Ministry, said that the current wave of suicide attacks in Pakistan indicates that terrorists are targeting senior security officials and politicians who support President Pervez Musharraf’s policy of "enlightened
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A report, submitted to the Interior Ministry, said that the current wave of suicide attacks in Pakistan indicates that terrorists are targeting senior security officials and politicians who support President Pervez Musharraf’s policy of "enlightened moderation".
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February - 21 
At least seven people were injured in two separate landmine explosions in the Balochistan province on February 21, according to Daily Times. In the first incident, police said that three men, including two brothers, were injured when their motorbike
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At least seven people were injured in two separate landmine explosions in the Balochistan province on February 21, according to Daily Times. In the first incident, police said that three men, including two brothers, were injured when their motorbike hit a landmine while they were travelling towards Dera Bugti. In the second incident, four people were injured at Dera Allah Yar when their vehicle hit a landmine.
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February - 21 
In the province, an 18-inch diameter gas pipeline was blown up by suspected insurgents in Dera Bugti.
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In the province, an 18-inch diameter gas pipeline was blown up by suspected insurgents in Dera Bugti.
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February - 21 
Intelligence agencies indicated that Taliban commanders plan to carry out 12 suicide attacks in various parts of Pakistan, according to Daily Times. According to intelligence reports submitted to the Interior Ministry, the attacks have been planned b
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Intelligence agencies indicated that Taliban commanders plan to carry out 12 suicide attacks in various parts of Pakistan, according to Daily Times. According to intelligence reports submitted to the Interior Ministry, the attacks have been planned by Taliban commanders such as Baitullah Mehsud, Abdullah Mehsud, Sheikh Khalid Mahmood and Nazir Wazir. The reports also name five of the 12 expected suicide bombers and their targets. They say that Nurani, a resident of Ghazni district in Afghanistan, has been given the task to carry out a suicide attack in Islamabad or Sargodha. Gul Jan, who belongs to the Mehsud tribe in South Waziristan, has reportedly been tasked with an attack in Lahore. Miatol, who belongs to a Punjabi tribe, is stated to be planning an attack in Dera Ismail Khan. Ziaul Haq, a resident of Shand Estate, is reported to be preparing a suicide blast in the Bahawalpur region. Mohammad Zaman, a resident of Waziristan, is said to be planning attacks in Lahore and Rawalpindi.
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February - 21 
One person, identified as Ghulam Khan Megalkhel, was killed in the Badar area of South Waziristan on February 21, Dawn reported. No group has claimed responsibility for the killing so far. Relatives said Ghulam Khan had no personal enmity.
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One person, identified as Ghulam Khan Megalkhel, was killed in the Badar area of South Waziristan on February 21, Dawn reported. No group has claimed responsibility for the killing so far. Relatives said Ghulam Khan had no personal enmity.
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February - 21 
Osama bin Laden and his al Qaeda network continue to operate from the area that straddles the Durand Line, said the US State Department without specifying whether the alleged Al Qaeda camps are on the Afghan or Pakistan side of the border, according
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Osama bin Laden and his al Qaeda network continue to operate from the area that straddles the Durand Line, said the US State Department without specifying whether the alleged Al Qaeda camps are on the Afghan or Pakistan side of the border, according to Dawn. "We continue to be concerned about the existence of Al Qaeda’s leadership that’s out there, Osama bin Laden among others," the department’s deputy spokesperson Tom Casey told a briefing in Washington. "And we continue to be concerned as you know, about cross-border activities from Pakistan to Afghanistan," he added. Casey was commenting on a New York Times report earlier this week that the al Qaeda leadership has successfully revived the terrorist network, working from bases in North Waziristan.
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February - 22 
Police in Quetta, capital of Balochistan province, seized eight kilograms of explosive material, a detonator and a remote-controlled bomb from the Hazar Gangi area on February 22, but no arrests were made, according to Daily Times.
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Police in Quetta, capital of Balochistan province, seized eight kilograms of explosive material, a detonator and a remote-controlled bomb from the Hazar Gangi area on February 22, but no arrests were made, according to Daily Times.
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February - 22 
Security agencies claimed on February 22 to have averted at least four major terrorist attacks in different parts of the country and said that 19 suspects, who were being controlled by some people in tribal areas near the Afghan border, had been arre
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Security agencies claimed on February 22 to have averted at least four major terrorist attacks in different parts of the country and said that 19 suspects, who were being controlled by some people in tribal areas near the Afghan border, had been arrested. An interior ministry official told Dawn that seven people had been arrested from Dera Ismail Khan on January 29. They were local Taliban and belonged to the Mehsud tribe from South Waziristan. Further, 12 Afghan nationals were arrested for suspected links with militants in Faisalabad on January 29, he added. The interior ministry official informed that a countrywide terror alert, especially in capital Islamabad, had been issued after investigations revealed presence of some suicide bombers in various parts of the country. The terror threat level had not been lowered from ‘red alert’, he added.
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February - 23 
A bomb exploded in the Mastung town of Balochistan province on February 23-night, without causing any loss of life or injuries, Dawn reported. According to police sources, a home-made bomb planted along the wall of the office of the Public Safety Com
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A bomb exploded in the Mastung town of Balochistan province on February 23-night, without causing any loss of life or injuries, Dawn reported. According to police sources, a home-made bomb planted along the wall of the office of the Public Safety Commission with timer exploded at around 10.30pm (PST). The wall of the Public Safety Commission office collapsed while windowpanes of many nearby houses were destroyed in the explosion.
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February - 23 
A new survey has shown that 86 percent of Pakistanis believe that terrorist attacks on civilians are never justified, while only 46 percent of Americans hold the same view, according to Daily Times. The survey conducted in December 2006 by the Univer
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A new survey has shown that 86 percent of Pakistanis believe that terrorist attacks on civilians are never justified, while only 46 percent of Americans hold the same view, according to Daily Times. The survey conducted in December 2006 by the University of Maryland in the US and four Muslim countries - Pakistan, Indonesia, Bangladesh and Nigeria - showed 74 percent of respondents in Indonesia agreeing that terrorist attacks were "never justified", compared with 81 percent in Bangladesh. As many as 24 percent of Americans said that such attacks were "sometimes justified." According to Christian Science Monitor, public opinion surveys in the United States and Europe show that nearly half of Westerners associate Islam with violence and Muslims with terrorism.
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February - 23 
According to Daily Times, after the recent wave of suicide attacks in Pakistan, a Karachi-based Urdu daily newspaper conducted a survey seeking Fatwas (religious decrees) on suicide attacks. In the survey, clerics from all schools of thought have dec
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According to Daily Times, after the recent wave of suicide attacks in Pakistan, a Karachi-based Urdu daily newspaper conducted a survey seeking Fatwas (religious decrees) on suicide attacks. In the survey, clerics from all schools of thought have declared suicide attacks un-Islamic and forbidden them under the Shariah. They said that killing a non-Muslim without a legitimate cause was against the Islamic way of life. Maulana Ameer Hamza of the Jama’at-ud-Da’awa said that a suicide attack was, beyond doubt, an act of terrorism. He said that someone who kills himself to kill others also "recounts for the sins of those who (he has) killed." The Jamiat Ulema-e-Islam’s Hafiz Hussain Ahmed said that since Islam did not permit the killing of innocent people, it was necessary to figure out why suicide bombers went to such extremes. He said that since there was no way of effectively stopping a suicide bomber, the only solution was to eliminate the causes which gave rise to such resentment that people resorted to suicidal tactics. He added that no final Fatwa could be given on the issue, since a suicidal defence strategy was employed by the Pakistani Army at Chawinda to repel an Indian attack during the 1965 war, a strategy that was approved by the religious scholars of the time. However, he said that an Islamic war by an Islamic state could not be compared to the recent wave of suicide attacks that targeted innocent civilians. Former minister and Sunni cleric Dr Mehmood Ahmad Ghazi reportedly said, "A suicide attack was clearly murder and its legality was further called into question by the fact that they occurred in a Muslim state which was not occupied by infidels." Other clerics quoted in the report included Sunni scholars Mufti Muneeb-ur-Rehman and Allama Jamil Ahmed Naeemi and Shia clerics Allama Abass Hussain, Allama Sheryar Aabidi, Allama Shehnshah Naqvi and Allama Ather Mashhadi.
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February - 23 
Daily Times reported that at least five private English medium schools providing co-education remained closed in Peshawar, capital of North West Frontier Province (NWFP), on February 23 after security agencies advised their management to make securit
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Daily Times reported that at least five private English medium schools providing co-education remained closed in Peshawar, capital of North West Frontier Province (NWFP), on February 23 after security agencies advised their management to make security arrangements for themselves. The institutions are reportedly in the grip of rumours that suicide bombers may target private schools that provide co-education. The five educational institutions – the City School, Peshawar Grammar School, Frontier Education Foundation, four branches of the Beacon House School in various parts of the city and a branch of Bloomfield School in the University Town – were closed by their respective administrations after receiving instructions from security agencies that terrorists may target them. "Police have advised the private schools’ management to make security arrangements on the own in the aftermath of terrorist activities," said Senior Superintendent of Police (SSP-Operations) Iftikhar Khan, adding that nobody had threatened the schools.
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February - 23 
Security agencies warned on February 23 that a female suicide bomber in fashionable clothes and sunglasses might target Pakistan Air Force (PAF) installations in Peshawar, capital of North West Frontier Province, to avenge an air strike on a Madrassa
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Security agencies warned on February 23 that a female suicide bomber in fashionable clothes and sunglasses might target Pakistan Air Force (PAF) installations in Peshawar, capital of North West Frontier Province, to avenge an air strike on a Madrassa (seminary) in Bajaur on October 31, 2006. "This suicide bomber will be different from others. This one will not have a beard... it will be a good-looking girl with the aim to avenge the air strike," official sources told Daily Times. Sources said that the would-be suicide bomber would target PAF-run schools and colleges to kill as many male and female students as possible. However, PAF spokesperson Air Commodore Sarfraz Ahmed Khan said "We got no special threat." The PAF might have been selected as a potential target after suspected militants warned earlier that they would attack its facilities in the same manner that "jets took off from Peshawar base to bomb the Madrassa in Bajaur." 82 people, including 12 teenagers, were killed during an air strike that targeted a seminary at Damadola in the Bajaur tribal region.
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February - 24 
The power supply to several parts of Quetta, capital of Balochistan province, was disrupted on February 24-night after some unidentified people fired a rocket at the Sheik Mandha grid station near Askari Park, Daily Times reported.
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The power supply to several parts of Quetta, capital of Balochistan province, was disrupted on February 24-night after some unidentified people fired a rocket at the Sheik Mandha grid station near Askari Park, Daily Times reported.
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February - 24 
Three suspected militants were killed at Chichawatni near Multan in the Punjab province on February 24 when the explosives they were carrying on a bicycle detonated, The Hindu reported. Police said that two of the men were from a Madrassa (seminary)
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Three suspected militants were killed at Chichawatni near Multan in the Punjab province on February 24 when the explosives they were carrying on a bicycle detonated, The Hindu reported. Police said that two of the men were from a Madrassa (seminary) that had links with the banned Sunni group Sipah-e-Sahiba Pakistan (SSP).
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February - 25 
“Police have arrested 40 students and six teachers of Aziz-ul-Aloom, a seminary in Chichawatni,” a police official said, according to Daily Times. “Maulana Alam Tariq, the late Maulana Azam Tariq’s brother, is among the arrested,” he informed. “The s
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“Police have arrested 40 students and six teachers of Aziz-ul-Aloom, a seminary in Chichawatni,” a police official said, according to Daily Times. “Maulana Alam Tariq, the late Maulana Azam Tariq’s brother, is among the arrested,” he informed. “The suspects were members of the Sunni extremist group, Lashkar-e-Jhangvi [LeJ],” police sources said.
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February - 25 
A bomb blast was reported outside a security force’s check post on February 25-morning. However, no loss of life or injuries was reported.
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A bomb blast was reported outside a security force’s check post on February 25-morning. However, no loss of life or injuries was reported.
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February - 25 
A woman and her two children were killed when insurgents fired a rocket at their house in the Kahan area of Kohlu district in Balochistan province on February 25, according to Daily Times. Government officials, however, did not confirm the report.
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A woman and her two children were killed when insurgents fired a rocket at their house in the Kahan area of Kohlu district in Balochistan province on February 25, according to Daily Times. Government officials, however, did not confirm the report.
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February - 25 
Another rocket was fired at the Balochistan Constabulary’s check post in the Khuzdar district. The rocket missed the intended target and landed a few meters away from the check post. No damage was reported.
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Another rocket was fired at the Balochistan Constabulary’s check post in the Khuzdar district. The rocket missed the intended target and landed a few meters away from the check post. No damage was reported.
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February - 25 
Insurgents also blew up a two-foot section of the railway track near the provincial capital Quetta with a powerful bomb. Further, police defused three other bombs found near the blast’s site.
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Insurgents also blew up a two-foot section of the railway track near the provincial capital Quetta with a powerful bomb. Further, police defused three other bombs found near the blast’s site.
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February - 26 
On February 26-night, a bomb exploded near the house of the Mastung DCO.
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On February 26-night, a bomb exploded near the house of the Mastung DCO.
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February - 26 
The main railway track near Dera Murad Jamali was blown up late on February 26-night, severing rail link between Quetta, capital of Balochistan province, and rest of the country for a second time in 24 hours, according to Dawn. "At least three feet o
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The main railway track near Dera Murad Jamali was blown up late on February 26-night, severing rail link between Quetta, capital of Balochistan province, and rest of the country for a second time in 24 hours, according to Dawn. "At least three feet of the rail track near village Sona Khan Bugti was blown up when an explosive device went off," said Nasirabad District Police Officer Qazi Hussain Ahmad.
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February - 27 
A militant was killed and his accomplice wounded during a clash with police at Tank in the North West Frontier Province (NWFP) on February 27 after a gang had taken away the city’s fire engine from Wazirabad locality, according to Dawn. Witnesses sai
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A militant was killed and his accomplice wounded during a clash with police at Tank in the North West Frontier Province (NWFP) on February 27 after a gang had taken away the city’s fire engine from Wazirabad locality, according to Dawn. Witnesses said three police personnel were injured when the militants hurled a hand grenade on them.
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February - 27 
According to Dawn, a grenade was hurled at the home of the Kalat District Coordination Officer (DCO) on February 27. However, the grenade exploded in the backyard of the house and caused no damage.
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According to Dawn, a grenade was hurled at the home of the Kalat District Coordination Officer (DCO) on February 27. However, the grenade exploded in the backyard of the house and caused no damage.
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February - 27 
Al Qaeda is re-establishing training camps in Pakistan’s tribal areas along the border with Afghanistan and Osama bin Laden and his deputy Ayman al-Zwahiri are probably there too, the new US intelligence chief said on February 27, according to AFP. "
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Al Qaeda is re-establishing training camps in Pakistan’s tribal areas along the border with Afghanistan and Osama bin Laden and his deputy Ayman al-Zwahiri are probably there too, the new US intelligence chief said on February 27, according to AFP. "To the best of our knowledge the senior leadership [of Al Qaeda], number one and number two, are there," retired admiral Michael McConnell, the new Director of National Intelligence, told a Congressional hearing.
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February - 27 
At least two American states have clamped restrictions on a Pakistani bank on terror finance-related suspicions, according to Daily Times. "Two US states have restricted this bank from dealing in transactions in foreign exchange, transfers of credits
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At least two American states have clamped restrictions on a Pakistani bank on terror finance-related suspicions, according to Daily Times. "Two US states have restricted this bank from dealing in transactions in foreign exchange, transfers of credits to foreign banks and importing and exporting currency or securities," sources claimed, without naming the bank or the two US states that have subjected the bank to this action. Asked what had prompted the US states to take this action, the sources said that it was a news report carried by a section of the Pakistani press accusing this bank and others of involvement in terrorist money transfers from the UK. According to the press reports, UK-based charities had allegedly transferred funds through this bank’s branch in Pakistan occupied Kashmir, and this money landed in the hands of alleged terrorists who helped finance the UK-bombing plot in 2006.
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February - 27 
Director of United States National Intelligence Mike McConnell told the Senate Armed Services Committee on February 27 that Al Qaeda and the Taliban maintain "critical sanctuaries" in Pakistan's northwestern tribal regions bordering Afghanistan, repo
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Director of United States National Intelligence Mike McConnell told the Senate Armed Services Committee on February 27 that Al Qaeda and the Taliban maintain "critical sanctuaries" in Pakistan's northwestern tribal regions bordering Afghanistan, reports IANS. He said that while 75 percent of Al-Qaida's leadership has been killed or captured, a new generation of terrorists is training in Iraq, the Afghanistan-Pakistan border region and East Africa. Criticising Pakistan President Pervez Musharraf for making agreements with local tribal leaders who since have allowed the Taliban and Al Qaeda to regroup, McConnell said, "The president of Pakistan believed that he could be more effective by signing this peace agreement. And in our point of view, capabilities of Al Qaeda for training and so on increased." He added, "We believe (Pakistan) could do more."
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February - 27 
In Balochistan, a bomb explosion was reported from the Mastung town on February 27-night. However, no loss of life or injuries was reported.
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In Balochistan, a bomb explosion was reported from the Mastung town on February 27-night. However, no loss of life or injuries was reported.
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February - 27 
In NWFP, a police station was partially damaged in a rocket attack at Bannu in the early hours of February 27, Daily Times reported. However, no casualties were reported. "The Mandan police station was attacked the night between Sunday and Monday," s
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In NWFP, a police station was partially damaged in a rocket attack at Bannu in the early hours of February 27, Daily Times reported. However, no casualties were reported. "The Mandan police station was attacked the night between Sunday and Monday," said police officials.
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February - 27 
Police arrested at least 15 suspects in connection with a rocket attack in which a grid station along the Quetta-Chaman road was destroyed on February 25. The Quetta Electricity Supply Company reportedly suffered a loss of around PKR 30 million in th
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Police arrested at least 15 suspects in connection with a rocket attack in which a grid station along the Quetta-Chaman road was destroyed on February 25. The Quetta Electricity Supply Company reportedly suffered a loss of around PKR 30 million in the attack as power supply to six of 13 feeders was suspended.
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February - 27 
Security forces captured a high-ranking Taliban leader, Mullah Obaidullah Akhund in Quetta, capital of Balochistan, reports Daily Times. An unidentified security official said that Akhund, the third most senior member of the Taliban’s 10-member leade
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Security forces captured a high-ranking Taliban leader, Mullah Obaidullah Akhund in Quetta, capital of Balochistan, reports Daily Times. An unidentified security official said that Akhund, the third most senior member of the Taliban’s 10-member leadership council, was arrested late on February 27, hours after a visit to Pakistan by United States Vice-President Dick Cheney. The head of the Interior Ministry’s Crisis Management Unit, retired Brigadier Javed Iqbal Cheema, however, denied that Akhund had been detained.
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February - 28 
A madrassa (seminary) teacher, identified as Akhtar Usmani, was killed by suspected Taliban militants for allegedly spying for the United States and his beheaded body was found in Jandola – a town in Tank, near the border of South Waziristan. Tribal
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A madrassa (seminary) teacher, identified as Akhtar Usmani, was killed by suspected Taliban militants for allegedly spying for the United States and his beheaded body was found in Jandola – a town in Tank, near the border of South Waziristan. Tribal officials aid that the slain teacher had also made recordings of anti-Taliban speeches. Urdu word ‘munafiq’ (hypocrite) was scrawled across his forehead.
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February - 28 
Officials said that five Afghans with suspected links to the Taliban have been arrested during a raid in a hotel in Quetta on February 28. Police official Qazi Abdul Wahid said, “They appeared to be affiliates of the Taliban and we are interrogating
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Officials said that five Afghans with suspected links to the Taliban have been arrested during a raid in a hotel in Quetta on February 28. Police official Qazi Abdul Wahid said, “They appeared to be affiliates of the Taliban and we are interrogating the suspects about their links.”
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February - 28 
Police arrested a suspected cadre of Lashkar-e-Jhangvi (LeJ) and seized seven kilograms of explosives in a raid in Hyderabad on February 28, reports Daily Times. Khalid Korai, a police officer said, “Azimud Din was arrested from a home in Sarfaraz Co
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Police arrested a suspected cadre of Lashkar-e-Jhangvi (LeJ) and seized seven kilograms of explosives in a raid in Hyderabad on February 28, reports Daily Times. Khalid Korai, a police officer said, “Azimud Din was arrested from a home in Sarfaraz Colony neighbourhood in Hyderabad.”
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February - 28 
President Pervez Musharraf warned foreign terrorists hiding in Pakistan’s mountainous tribal areas to leave the country or face the consequences. Speaking at a large public gathering at Larkana on February 28 he said, "People come to Pakistan from ou
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President Pervez Musharraf warned foreign terrorists hiding in Pakistan’s mountainous tribal areas to leave the country or face the consequences. Speaking at a large public gathering at Larkana on February 28 he said, "People come to Pakistan from outside – they are living in our mountains and spreading terror not just in Pakistan, but the world over." He added, "These people are endangering Pakistan’s image and its security and should leave, or they will be dealt with."
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*Data till , April 24, 2024
Source:Compiled from news reports and are provisional.
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