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February - 1 
14 people were injured when a bomb planted on a motorcycle exploded in the town of Dera Murad Jamali, police said. “The bomb detonated by remote control was apparently targeting paramilitary vehicles which narrowly escaped,” senior Police official Sh
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14 people were injured when a bomb planted on a motorcycle exploded in the town of Dera Murad Jamali, police said. “The bomb detonated by remote control was apparently targeting paramilitary vehicles which narrowly escaped,” senior Police official Shahid Nizam Durrani said.
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February - 1 
32 persons, including three soldiers, were killed and 22 others sustained injures as the Security Forces (SFs) intensified the operation in the Charbagh, Matta and Sangota areas of the Swat District on February 1, The News reported. Locals said mo
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32 persons, including three soldiers, were killed and 22 others sustained injures as the Security Forces (SFs) intensified the operation in the Charbagh, Matta and Sangota areas of the Swat District on February 1, The News reported. Locals said most of the people killed in Charbagh and Sangota during shelling were civilians, who were finding it difficult to move to safer places due to the perpetual curfew and escalating clashes. They said SFs targeted suspected positions of militants in Charbagh with artillery before consolidating their position in the town. Eight persons, including four women and two children, were killed and 16 others injured when mortar shells hit several houses in the area. In the Roshanabad area, two persons were shot dead by the SFs when they opened fire on them. Eight bodies of unknown people were retrieved from Shakar Tangay area of Sangota.
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February - 1 
A man was killed and six others sustained injuries when unidentified attackers lobbed a hand grenade at a Police patrol in the Khuzdar District on February 1, Daily Times reported. “The police patrol was the target, but the grenade was tossed over th
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A man was killed and six others sustained injuries when unidentified attackers lobbed a hand grenade at a Police patrol in the Khuzdar District on February 1, Daily Times reported. “The police patrol was the target, but the grenade was tossed over the vehicle’s roof, fell in front of some shops and exploded, killing a passer-by and injuring six others,” senior Police official Rehmatullah told AFP. Another grenade exploded in almost the same spot, but caused no damage, he said.
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February - 1 
A mortar shell hit the house of Rahmat Ali in the Shakro area, killing five persons, including four women. A Police constable, Fazle Mannan, who was abducted by the militants when he was on his way to Rahimabad Police station in Mingora city, was sho
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A mortar shell hit the house of Rahmat Ali in the Shakro area, killing five persons, including four women. A Police constable, Fazle Mannan, who was abducted by the militants when he was on his way to Rahimabad Police station in Mingora city, was shot dead on February 1. The body of an unidentified person was recovered from the Aligrama area of Kabal. Two persons were killed in firing at ambulances belonging to Medicine Sans Frontiers and Edhi, which were shifting the injured to a hospital. Both militants and SFs reportedly blamed each other for the incident.
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February - 1 
According to The News, Security Forces targeted suspected hideouts of militants on February 1 in different areas of Mamond sub-division in Bajaur Agency. Official sources said that several hideouts were destroyed. However, there was no report of any
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According to The News, Security Forces targeted suspected hideouts of militants on February 1 in different areas of Mamond sub-division in Bajaur Agency. Official sources said that several hideouts were destroyed. However, there was no report of any casualty.
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An explosion in the Saddar Town of Karachi on February 1 killed one person and injured two others, Daily Times reported. One unidentified man - who fidgeted with the bomb planted in a garbage dump, which caused the explosion - died and two others sus
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An explosion in the Saddar Town of Karachi on February 1 killed one person and injured two others, Daily Times reported. One unidentified man - who fidgeted with the bomb planted in a garbage dump, which caused the explosion - died and two others sustained injuries. According to a report by the Bomb Disposal Squad, it was a locally-made bomb that weighed one kilogram.
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February - 1 
Reports from other locations in Mohmand Agency said the militants also attacked the Mamad Gat camp with rockets and mortars from the Chamarkand, Chinari and Alingar areas. However, the Security Forces in the Bhai Dag and Nawagai camps retaliated and
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Reports from other locations in Mohmand Agency said the militants also attacked the Mamad Gat camp with rockets and mortars from the Chamarkand, Chinari and Alingar areas. However, the Security Forces in the Bhai Dag and Nawagai camps retaliated and targeted the suspected hideouts of the militants with artillery shelling. There was, however, no report of any casualties from either side.
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Six personnel of the paramilitary Frontier Corps (FC) were injured when their vehicle was hit by an explosives device planted by militants on a road in the Mulakhel area of Lakaro sub-division in the Mohmand Agency on February 1, The News reported. S
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Six personnel of the paramilitary Frontier Corps (FC) were injured when their vehicle was hit by an explosives device planted by militants on a road in the Mulakhel area of Lakaro sub-division in the Mohmand Agency on February 1, The News reported. Sources said the vehicles of an official of the Thall Scouts and troops were passing through the Qayyumabad area and moving towards the Bajaur Agency when a roadside bomb exploded.
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The ISPR-run Swat Media Centre in Mingora claimed that the SFs have killed 16 militants during the last 24 hours.
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The ISPR-run Swat Media Centre in Mingora claimed that the SFs have killed 16 militants during the last 24 hours.
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February - 1 
The militants are reported to have blown up a filling station in the Nawagai area. However, no loss of life or injuries was reported.
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The militants are reported to have blown up a filling station in the Nawagai area. However, no loss of life or injuries was reported.
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February - 1 
Three SF personnel were killed in a clash with the militants in the Sar Banda area of Matta sub-division. During the clash, a militant was also killed which was confirmed by the Taliban spokesman in Swat. Three more SF personnel were injured during t
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Three SF personnel were killed in a clash with the militants in the Sar Banda area of Matta sub-division. During the clash, a militant was also killed which was confirmed by the Taliban spokesman in Swat. Three more SF personnel were injured during the militants’ attack on the Frontier Corps camps in Kanju and Dherai. In the Parri area of Barikot, councillor Muhammad Hanif was shot dead by unidentified assailants.
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Unidentified men on February 1 blew up a pipeline supplying gas to the Sui Purification Plant in Dera Bugti District, Police told APP. Explosives, which were placed under the pipeline, destroyed a two-foot portion of the pipeline. The Balochistan Rep
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Unidentified men on February 1 blew up a pipeline supplying gas to the Sui Purification Plant in Dera Bugti District, Police told APP. Explosives, which were placed under the pipeline, destroyed a two-foot portion of the pipeline. The Balochistan Republican Army spokesman Sarbaz Baloch claimed responsibility for the attack.
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A top United Nations (UN) official was kidnapped and his driver was killed after his vehicle was ambushed in Quetta, capital of Balochistan, on February 2, Dawn reported. John Solecki, head of the UN High Commission for Refugees office in Quetta, was
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A top United Nations (UN) official was kidnapped and his driver was killed after his vehicle was ambushed in Quetta, capital of Balochistan, on February 2, Dawn reported. John Solecki, head of the UN High Commission for Refugees office in Quetta, was going to office from his nearby residence in the Chaman Housing Society when the gunmen in a car opened fire on his vehicle. Even as the driver was seriously wounded as their vehicle crashed into a wall, the gunmen abducted Solecki, who is an American national, at gunpoint. The UN official was reportedly without a police escort. The driver, Syed Hashim Hazara, later succumbed to his injuries in the hospital. Police said no group had claimed responsibility and there were no clues to the identity of the kidnappers. The Deputy Inspector General of Balochistan Police, Wazir Khan Nasir, said it was “too early to say who might be involved” in the abduction, but said authorities had extended adequate security to UN agencies in the area. Another Police official said: “We cannot rule out that Islamist militants were involved given their activities all over the country, especially in the northwest… But it is difficult to say which group may have been involved in the incident because there are many groups as well as the Taliban that are operating in the country.”
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February - 2 
According to The News, at least five militants were killed in a gun-battle with Security Forces (SFs) in the Dasht-e-Goran area of Dera Bugti District on February 2. According to the local Police, a group of armed assailants opened indiscriminate fir
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According to The News, at least five militants were killed in a gun-battle with Security Forces (SFs) in the Dasht-e-Goran area of Dera Bugti District on February 2. According to the local Police, a group of armed assailants opened indiscriminate fire at a vehicle of the SFs and in retaliation, at least five militants were killed by the troops.
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An Army soldier was killed and five others sustained injuries when unidentified militants attacked a military convoy near Khamrang area of South Waziristan on February 2, The News reported. Sources said the military convoy was on its way to Wana, the
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An Army soldier was killed and five others sustained injuries when unidentified militants attacked a military convoy near Khamrang area of South Waziristan on February 2, The News reported. Sources said the military convoy was on its way to Wana, the headquarters of South Waziristan, from Angoor Adda along the Pakistan-Afghanistan border when it was attacked. An explosive device, which the miscreants had planted, went off soon after the military convoy passed through the area. It caused damage to one of the vehicles, resulting in death to a soldier and injuries to five others.
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February - 2 
In Bara, headquarters of Khyber Agency, leader of the outlawed Lashkar-e-Islam (LI), Mangal Bagh, has banned shaving of beards and asked women to wear proper veils. Addressing on his private FM radio station on February 2, Mangal Bagh said: “From now
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In Bara, headquarters of Khyber Agency, leader of the outlawed Lashkar-e-Islam (LI), Mangal Bagh, has banned shaving of beards and asked women to wear proper veils. Addressing on his private FM radio station on February 2, Mangal Bagh said: “From now on, the men are warned to grow breads according to Islam’s teachings and women should be properly veiled while leaving homes”. Last week, the LI enforced Sharia (Islamic law) in the Bara tehsil (revenue division) of Khyber Agency.
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Over 70 militants were killed by Security Forces during clashes in the Swat District in the night of February 2 and February 3, Dawn reported. A group of Taliban militants were attacked and dispersed by troops in the Alam Ganj Waliabad area of Charba
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Over 70 militants were killed by Security Forces during clashes in the Swat District in the night of February 2 and February 3, Dawn reported. A group of Taliban militants were attacked and dispersed by troops in the Alam Ganj Waliabad area of Charbagh on February 2-night. In the evening of February 3, the militants gathered again and were reported to be planning an attack when the SFs cornered them. At least 64 militants were killed and several others were injured.
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February - 2 
The military on February 2 claimed it had killed 70 Taliban militants and injured several others during its assault on a village in the Chaharbagh sub-division of Swat District, Daily Times reported. According to a private TV channel, officials said
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The military on February 2 claimed it had killed 70 Taliban militants and injured several others during its assault on a village in the Chaharbagh sub-division of Swat District, Daily Times reported. According to a private TV channel, officials said residents had already vacated the village on February 1 before troops launched the operation. They said the Security Forces (SFs) targeted Taliban hideouts in the Alamganj and Waliabad areas of Chaharbagh, killing approximately 70 militants. On the same day, Swat Police recovered eight bullet-ridden bodies from the region. “The bullet-ridden bodies of eight local residents were found on Monday morning in various areas of Swat,” said an unnamed Police official. He blamed the killings on the Taliban militants loyal to Maulana Fazlullah.
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February - 2 
Trapped amidst clashes between the Taliban and SFs, residents in Swat have begun a mass exodus from the area. Thousands of civilians were fleeing the fighting in the valley, Reuters reported. The people leaving Swat are joining thousands of villagers
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Trapped amidst clashes between the Taliban and SFs, residents in Swat have begun a mass exodus from the area. Thousands of civilians were fleeing the fighting in the valley, Reuters reported. The people leaving Swat are joining thousands of villagers who have fled fighting in other restive areas, particularly Bajaur Agency. Government officials have blamed the militants for using villagers as human shields, The News reported. “Thousands of people are migrating from the areas of fighting because of the military operations and the militants’ use of civilians as human shields,” the Swat valley’s top administrator, Shaukat Khan Yousafzai, told Reuters.
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February - 2 
Unidentified gunmen killed a Shia trader in Quetta on February 2 in an attack apparently linked to the recent cycle of sectarian killings in the provincial capital, Daily Times reported. Syed Iqbal Zaidi, a resident of Quetta’s Shahbaz Town locality,
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Unidentified gunmen killed a Shia trader in Quetta on February 2 in an attack apparently linked to the recent cycle of sectarian killings in the provincial capital, Daily Times reported. Syed Iqbal Zaidi, a resident of Quetta’s Shahbaz Town locality, was driving home when two men on a motorcycle shot him near Sariab Bridge on Zargoon Road and fled, Police said. Nobody has claimed responsibility for the attack so far.
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February - 2 
Unidentified men shot dead a former secretary general of the banned Sunni group Sipah-e-Sahaba Pakistan (SSP) on February 2, Daily Times reported. Chaudhry Muhammad Yousuf, also a close aide to the local Member of National Assembly Sheikh Waqas Akram
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Unidentified men shot dead a former secretary general of the banned Sunni group Sipah-e-Sahaba Pakistan (SSP) on February 2, Daily Times reported. Chaudhry Muhammad Yousuf, also a close aide to the local Member of National Assembly Sheikh Waqas Akram, was on a morning walk when armed men attacked him near Mohallah Babrana in Jhang. Yousuf, along with Haq Nawaz Jhangvi, had founded the SSP in 1985.
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February - 3 
A man was killed and 18 others injured in a hand grenade attack on a Sunni mosque at Mohallah Joginwala in the Dera Ismail Khan District of NWFP in the evening of February 3, Daily Times reported. The attacker hurled the hand grenade at the worshippe
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A man was killed and 18 others injured in a hand grenade attack on a Sunni mosque at Mohallah Joginwala in the Dera Ismail Khan District of NWFP in the evening of February 3, Daily Times reported. The attacker hurled the hand grenade at the worshippers in Madani mosque during Maghrib prayers, Police said. Local Police officer Yaseen Khan told AFP that the explosion had caused a stampede as panicked people tried to flee.
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February - 3 
According to Dawn, the Spanish Police arrested 13 people on February 3 on suspicion of links to organised crime and terrorism groups. A Police statement said the detainees - 11 Pakistanis, a Nigerian and an Indian - were suspected of belonging to an
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According to Dawn, the Spanish Police arrested 13 people on February 3 on suspicion of links to organised crime and terrorism groups. A Police statement said the detainees - 11 Pakistanis, a Nigerian and an Indian - were suspected of belonging to an international crime gang involved in passport forgery, drug trafficking and people-smuggling. Police said they were investigating whether the group might also have supplied forged documents to international terror groups.
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February - 3 
Another man of Punjabi origin, identified as Haji Muhammad Jamil, was killed at the Quetta Bus Stop in Mastung District on February 3.
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Another man of Punjabi origin, identified as Haji Muhammad Jamil, was killed at the Quetta Bus Stop in Mastung District on February 3.
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February - 3 
Militants surrounded the Shamozai Police post manned by about 30 personnel on February 3. Six militants and three SF personnel were killed and 10 persons, including five militants, were injured in an exchange of fire.
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Militants surrounded the Shamozai Police post manned by about 30 personnel on February 3. Six militants and three SF personnel were killed and 10 persons, including five militants, were injured in an exchange of fire.
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February - 3 
Sarbaz Baloch, a BRA spokesman, told Daily Times the murders had been carried out in reaction to a recent attack by the SFs on a wedding ceremony of a local Baloch couple. He said the attack had resulted in the deaths of the bride and the bridegroom,
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Sarbaz Baloch, a BRA spokesman, told Daily Times the murders had been carried out in reaction to a recent attack by the SFs on a wedding ceremony of a local Baloch couple. He said the attack had resulted in the deaths of the bride and the bridegroom, in addition to nine other people. He charged that around 17 people had also been injured in the incident. “We will carry out attacks on all Punjabis wherever they live in Balochistan. We do not tolerate Punjabis on our land. It is the Punjabi forces attacking our people,” he added.
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February - 3 
Security Forces (SFs) targeted hideouts of militants in the Mamond sub-division and Nawagai with heavy artillery and mortar guns. SFs claimed to have dismantled the hideouts of several militants. However, no casualty was reported in the attacks.
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Security Forces (SFs) targeted hideouts of militants in the Mamond sub-division and Nawagai with heavy artillery and mortar guns. SFs claimed to have dismantled the hideouts of several militants. However, no casualty was reported in the attacks.
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February - 3 
Supplies to the NATO troops in Afghanistan were halted temporarily when militants blew up a 110-year-old bridge on the Pakistan-Afghanistan Highway in the Katakashta area of the Khyber Agency in the wee hours of February 3, The News reported. Sources
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Supplies to the NATO troops in Afghanistan were halted temporarily when militants blew up a 110-year-old bridge on the Pakistan-Afghanistan Highway in the Katakashta area of the Khyber Agency in the wee hours of February 3, The News reported. Sources said explosives were planted beneath the bridge that went off early in the day, damaging the bridge partially. However, the structure collapsed later in the day when the driver of a cement-laden truck tried to cross it, the sources added. The political administration, while terming the incident an act of sabotage, decided to serve notices on Jhandakhel tribesmen under the collective responsibility section of the Frontier Crimes Regulation to hand over those involved in the incident to the Government.
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February - 3 
Suspected militants attacked a military convoy on the Mingora bypass. Troops subsequently cordoned off the area and launched an operation, killing four militants.
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Suspected militants attacked a military convoy on the Mingora bypass. Troops subsequently cordoned off the area and launched an operation, killing four militants.
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February - 3 
The Baloch Republican Army (BRA) admitted on February 3 to having killed five Punjabis in the Noshki and Mastung Districts, saying it was retaliation for the alleged firing by Security Forces (SFs) on a wedding ceremony in Dera Bugti, Daily Times rep
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The Baloch Republican Army (BRA) admitted on February 3 to having killed five Punjabis in the Noshki and Mastung Districts, saying it was retaliation for the alleged firing by Security Forces (SFs) on a wedding ceremony in Dera Bugti, Daily Times reported. Unidentified people riding on a motorcycle opened indiscriminate fire on a welding shop owned by a Punjabi, Muhammad Asif, on Aminuddin Road in Noshki District at around 7pm on February 3. Consequently, four people, including the brother of the shop owner, Muhammad Farooq, were killed on the spot. Several people were injured in the attack. According to sources, the shop had been attacked many times in the past because of its Punjabi link.
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February - 3 
The Jama’at-ud-Da’awa (JuD, the Lashkar-e-Toiba [LeT] front) on February 3 released the appeal it had made to the United Nations pleading its innocence and claiming that it has no link with al Qaeda, Taliban or the Mumbai terrorist attacks, Dawn repo
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The Jama’at-ud-Da’awa (JuD, the Lashkar-e-Toiba [LeT] front) on February 3 released the appeal it had made to the United Nations pleading its innocence and claiming that it has no link with al Qaeda, Taliban or the Mumbai terrorist attacks, Dawn reported. The, appeal signed by JuD chief Hafiz Muhammad Saeed, was released on the eve of UN Secretary General Ban Ki Moon’s visit to Pakistan. The UN imposed a ban on the JuD on the request of India for its involvement in Mumbai attacks in November 2008 that claimed about 170 lives. The appeal said the UN had taken a hasty decision in proscribing the JuD, its chief Hafiz Muhammad Saeed and others members and termed the UN decision detrimental to the interests of Pakistan. It said that millions across the country were directly or indirectly benefiting from JuD’s services particularly in the areas of health, education, water, sanitation, rehabilitation and particularly the provision of food and shelter to the homeless. Saeed requested the UN Secretary General to mobilize his good offices for the lifting of sanctions and delisting of all JuD entities. “We categorically make it clear and declare that Jamaat ud Dawa is neither an associate of Al Qaeda, Osama bin Laden nor the Taliban, hence the embargo imposed is materially in contradiction to that set out in their rules and highly unjustified under the international law of human dignity and freedom,” Saeed said. He said the UN Security Council’s decision was not based on any solid evidence and relied entirely on the one-sided story of the Indian lobby, which was devoid of any material facts provided by an independent and impartial international judicial system. “Jamaat ud Dawa or Hafiz Muhammad Saeed have never ever supplied, sold or transferred arms or any related material to Al Qaeda, Osama Bin Laden or Taliban and recruited any one for or on behalf of Al Qaeda, Osama Bin Laden or Taliban nor have supported their acts or activities or any of their cell, affiliate, splinter group or even derivative group thereof,” he said.
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February - 3 
The Police in Quetta, capital of Balochistan, on February 3 detained as many as 15 suspects in connection with the kidnapping of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) Balochistan chief, The News reported. Police sources told the m
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The Police in Quetta, capital of Balochistan, on February 3 detained as many as 15 suspects in connection with the kidnapping of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) Balochistan chief, The News reported. Police sources told the media that security agencies raided some parts of the city and arrested 15 suspects following the kidnapping of John Peloski on February 2 while he was on his way to office. His driver, identified as Mohammad Hashim Raza, was killed while resisting the kidnapping bid. The suspects were detained from Kuchlak, Kharotabad, Chandni Chowk, Ghousabad and others areas.
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February - 3 
The Takhtaband village on the bypass was deserted with residents having left their homes and moved to other areas fearing retaliatory attack by the army. Thousands of people of Aligrama, Koza and Bara Bandai, Kanju and Akhund Kalley have also reporte
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The Takhtaband village on the bypass was deserted with residents having left their homes and moved to other areas fearing retaliatory attack by the army. Thousands of people of Aligrama, Koza and Bara Bandai, Kanju and Akhund Kalley have also reportedly left their homes and are reported to be going to Mardan, Nowshera, Peshawar and other places. An exodus of about 45,000 people has been reported from Charbagh and adjoining areas. According to official sources, about 300,000 people have left the Swat valley so far and many of them have taken refuge in camps set up by the authorities in different areas.
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February - 3 
Unidentified militants blew up two boys’ schools in the Salarzai sub-division of Bajaur Agency on February 3, The News reported. Sources said militants blew up the Government High School, Pusht, and a primary school in the Salarzai area with explosiv
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Unidentified militants blew up two boys’ schools in the Salarzai sub-division of Bajaur Agency on February 3, The News reported. Sources said militants blew up the Government High School, Pusht, and a primary school in the Salarzai area with explosives. However, no loss of life was reported as both the schools were closed. The militants have so far destroyed 27 schools in the Bajaur Agency.
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February - 4 
A private TV channel reported that a French aid agency has suspended its operations in Swat after two of its Pakistani workers were killed, Daily Times reported.
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A private TV channel reported that a French aid agency has suspended its operations in Swat after two of its Pakistani workers were killed, Daily Times reported.
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February - 4 
Army engineers on February 4 built a temporary alternate route for traffic, including NATO trucks bound for Afghanistan – a day after the Taliban blew up a key bridge in Khyber Agency – as suspected Taliban torched 10 containers they thought were loa
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Army engineers on February 4 built a temporary alternate route for traffic, including NATO trucks bound for Afghanistan – a day after the Taliban blew up a key bridge in Khyber Agency – as suspected Taliban torched 10 containers they thought were loaded with NATO supplies near Landikotal, Daily Times reported. In Landikotal, suspected Taliban militants doused with petrol 10 containers they thought were carrying NATO supplies, and set them ablaze. With most of the containers reportedly empty and only two loaded – four were completely destroyed and the remaining was partially damaged. The containers were torched as a security camp and bunkers in the mountains nearby came under attack. However, no casualty has been reported. According to an intelligence official, more than ten rockets, missiles and mortars were fired at the camp and outside the cantonment.
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February - 4 
Eight local Taliban militants were killed in a clash between two rival factions in the Orakzai Agency of FATA on February 4, Daily Times reported. Sources in the political administration said the militants were killed in fighting between Taliban comm
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Eight local Taliban militants were killed in a clash between two rival factions in the Orakzai Agency of FATA on February 4, Daily Times reported. Sources in the political administration said the militants were killed in fighting between Taliban commanders Gul Bahadar and Tariq’s factions in Shan Khel area. They said that all of the casualties were from Bahadar’s faction. The sources also claimed that a power struggle between Taliban factions was underway in Orakzai.
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February - 4 
Farhatullah Babar, the spokesman for President Zardari, told Daily Times that a framework of the commission was being finalised. He said Pakistan had offered to pay all the expenses on the probe, but the UN asked Islamabad to pay only the seed money
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Farhatullah Babar, the spokesman for President Zardari, told Daily Times that a framework of the commission was being finalised. He said Pakistan had offered to pay all the expenses on the probe, but the UN asked Islamabad to pay only the seed money adding it would ask other countries to contribute to the probe. “The people of Pakistan hope that this commission will determine the facts and circumstances of assassination of the former prime minister, and that the findings of the commission will lead to eventually exposing the financers, perpetrators, organisers, sponsors and conspirators of the terrorist act and bring them to justice,” he said.
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February - 4 
In another incident, a militant commander, identified as Noor Rehman, was killed while several others were injured in an exchange of fire between SFs and militants in the Kandeel area of Madyan sub-division, The News reported.
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In another incident, a militant commander, identified as Noor Rehman, was killed while several others were injured in an exchange of fire between SFs and militants in the Kandeel area of Madyan sub-division, The News reported.
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February - 4 
Militants torched the house of a close relative of Awami National Party’s senior leader Afzal Khan in the Bagh Dehri area of Matta sub-division on February 4. Unlike other legislators elected from the Swat valley, Afzal Khan, a former federal ministe
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Militants torched the house of a close relative of Awami National Party’s senior leader Afzal Khan in the Bagh Dehri area of Matta sub-division on February 4. Unlike other legislators elected from the Swat valley, Afzal Khan, a former federal minister, has not left his native Daroshkhela village despite several attempts made by Taliban to kill him and his relatives.
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February - 4 
Nine members of a Bara-based militant group were killed in an encounter with the Police and the Qaumi Lashkar (militia) comprising armed villagers when they allegedly attempted to kidnap the chief official of Bazidkhel union council near Peshawar, th
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Nine members of a Bara-based militant group were killed in an encounter with the Police and the Qaumi Lashkar (militia) comprising armed villagers when they allegedly attempted to kidnap the chief official of Bazidkhel union council near Peshawar, the NWFP capital, on February 4, The News reported. Three Policemen sustained injuries in the first incident of its kind in which the Police and villagers jointly countered the militants operating in Peshawar. Police and villagers said that members of the Mangal Bagh-led Lashkar-e-Islam entered the Bazidkhel village in two cars and a motorbike in a bid to kidnap Faheem, the local union council chief. In the ensuing encounter, seven attackers were killed. A source said two more militants were killed near Badaber when they were escaping on a motorcycle. Meanwhile, Lashkar-e-Islam chief Mangal Bagh threatened the Bazidkhel villagers with reprisal if found to be involved in killing nine of his men. Earlier, a spokesman for the Lashkar-e-Islam denied that the slain men wanted to attack the Badaber Police station. However, spokesman Misri Khan conceded that their men were on their way to Bazidkhel to take action against some criminals and elements opposed to their organisation. “Ours is a peaceful organisation that never attacked the security forces and the police. Had they gone there to attack the Badaber police, they would have first attacked Hayatabad and Sarband police stations,” he claimed. The spokesman alleged that their men were stopped at the Frontier Corps check-post, arrested and later killed by the Police and criminals from Bazidkhel.
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February - 4 
Supporting India’s assessment that the Pakistan-based Lashkar-e-Toiba (LeT) is a security risk for the international community, the US Central Intelligence Agency believes that the terrorist group is among the top security threats for the US, Economi
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Supporting India’s assessment that the Pakistan-based Lashkar-e-Toiba (LeT) is a security risk for the international community, the US Central Intelligence Agency believes that the terrorist group is among the top security threats for the US, Economic Times reported. The outgoing CIA chief Michael Hayden concluded that the LeT was among the top security challenges for the US. Hayden said in a television interview that al Qaeda has been increasing its links with terror organisations around the world and this was pushing the LeT to expand its scope of operation from India to Israel and America. “There was a migration in Lashkar-e-Toiba thinking over the past 6, 12, 18 months, in which it began to identify the United States and Israel as much as being the main enemy as it has historically identified India… That is a troubling development. And this migration of Lashkar-e-Toiba to a merge point (with al Qaeda) is probably taking place,” he said. The CIA Director also admitted that Pakistan is in “difficult circumstances” on all fronts. “You do have the after-effects of Mumbai. You do have what is happening in the tribal region. You do have the instability along the Afghan-Pakistan border. You do have very serious economic problems with the Pakistani state... That is a real devils brew of issues,” he said.
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February - 4 
The Taliban in Swat set free 30 Security Force (SF) personnel in the presence of journalists in the Kotli Dadhara area of Kabal sub-division in Swat District on February 4, after securing written promise from them that they would quit their Governmen
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The Taliban in Swat set free 30 Security Force (SF) personnel in the presence of journalists in the Kotli Dadhara area of Kabal sub-division in Swat District on February 4, after securing written promise from them that they would quit their Government jobs, Dawn reported. “The hostages have been released on humanitarian grounds, but with a condition that they will quit their jobs and never fight against the Taliban,” local Taliban leaders told journalists after a meeting of the Taliban Shura (executive council). The SF personnel were abducted on February 3 when the militants overran a Police checkpoint in Shamozai area adjacent to the Lower Dir district. The area had been under siege for 36 hours. The SF personnel surrendered when they ran out of ammunition and their request for reinforcements from the army base camp in Kabal went unheeded, a freed policeman said. “We fought the Taliban the whole day, but at night we ran out of ammunition and we had no other option but to surrender,” the Policeman said. The Taliban later blew up the checkpoint and took the SF personnel they had captured to their stronghold of Kabal in the morning of February 4. Taliban leaders said the released SF personnel would publish advertisements in local newspapers, announcing their resignation and promising never to take part in any future action against the Taliban.
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February - 4 
The Taliban’s siege of the checkpoint triggered shelling from the military base in Kabal, Swat and Chakdara Fort. Four civilians were consequently killed in the shelling. Local people said the victims were taking breakfast when mortar shells hit thei
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The Taliban’s siege of the checkpoint triggered shelling from the military base in Kabal, Swat and Chakdara Fort. Four civilians were consequently killed in the shelling. Local people said the victims were taking breakfast when mortar shells hit their homes, killing them on the spot.
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February - 4 
The United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon on February 4 announced the establishment of an independent commission to probe the assassination of former Prime Minister Benazir Bhutto, Daily Times reported. “I intend to establish an independent co
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The United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon on February 4 announced the establishment of an independent commission to probe the assassination of former Prime Minister Benazir Bhutto, Daily Times reported. “I intend to establish an independent commission of inquiry to be headed by a distinguished person who will be appointed very shortly,” he said while speaking at a dinner reception hosted by President Asif Ali Zardari in Islamabad. The state-run APP news agency reported that Chile’s UN Ambassador Heraldo Muñoz would head the three-member commission. It said Indonesia’s Marzuki Dar Usman will be a member of the commission, but no decision has been made on its third member, likely to belong to Sweden or Norway.
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February - 5 
A bomb planted by the Taliban damaged a girl’s primary school in the Landikotal sub-division of Khyber Agency on February 5, according to Daily Times. The militants are reported to have planted the explosives near the outer wall of the girl’s school
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A bomb planted by the Taliban damaged a girl’s primary school in the Landikotal sub-division of Khyber Agency on February 5, according to Daily Times. The militants are reported to have planted the explosives near the outer wall of the girl’s school on the Kam Shalman Road. Meanwhile, the Bomb Disposal Squad defused another bomb planted near the Baacha Khan Education Centre and three others in Gagra.
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February - 5 
A main gas pipeline was blown up in the Sardar Karez area in the suburb of Quetta, capital of Balochistan, on February 5, The News reported. However, no loss of life or injuries was reported. Sui Southern Gas Company Limited chief Mushtaq Siddiqi sai
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A main gas pipeline was blown up in the Sardar Karez area in the suburb of Quetta, capital of Balochistan, on February 5, The News reported. However, no loss of life or injuries was reported. Sui Southern Gas Company Limited chief Mushtaq Siddiqi said unknown men planted explosives material in the 18-inch pipeline which went off, resulting in disruption of gas supply to Mastung, Kalat, Pishin and Ziarat and a power-generating plant in the suburb of Quetta.
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February - 5 
A suicide attacker detonated an explosive-laden car near a Police station in the Mingora town, injuring a dozen officers and destroying part of the building, said Dilawar Khan Bangash, the Police chief. Bangash said militants also fired three rockets
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A suicide attacker detonated an explosive-laden car near a Police station in the Mingora town, injuring a dozen officers and destroying part of the building, said Dilawar Khan Bangash, the Police chief. Bangash said militants also fired three rockets before the attack and one damaged a nearby hotel.
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February - 5 
A truck driver was injured when a remote-controlled device, planted by militants on the Mingora-Takhta Band Road, exploded, The News reported. The truck, which was loaded with ration, was part of a convoy of Security Forces.
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A truck driver was injured when a remote-controlled device, planted by militants on the Mingora-Takhta Band Road, exploded, The News reported. The truck, which was loaded with ration, was part of a convoy of Security Forces.
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February - 5 
At least 32 persons were killed and 48 others wounded when a suspected suicide bomber blew himself amidst a crowd of Shia worshippers outside a mosque in Dera Ghazi Khan in the Punjab province on February 5, Daily Times reported. Police said the blas
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At least 32 persons were killed and 48 others wounded when a suspected suicide bomber blew himself amidst a crowd of Shia worshippers outside a mosque in Dera Ghazi Khan in the Punjab province on February 5, Daily Times reported. Police said the blast targeted dozens of people converging on the Al Hussainia Mosque after dark, shortly before a religious gathering. Although there was no immediate claim of responsibility, Police blamed sectarian extremists for the incident. “Ninety-nine percent it looks like a suicide attack… The explosion occurred just 50 feet short of the mosque. It is a terrorist attack aimed at Shias to create unrest,” Shaukat Javed, the Inspector General of Punjab Police, told AFP. “It seems like a suicide blast… If something is planted or hurled, it leaves a crater. There is no crater at the site of the incident,” Javed told a TV channel. “According to eyewitnesses, nothing was thrown from outside… It looks as if someone was standing at the site of the blast and waiting for the procession and he blew himself up as the procession came close to him,” District official Jawed Mehmood Bhatti told Reuters.
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February - 5 
Seven soldiers were injured on February 5 when a roadside bomb exploded near a military convoy in a remote town in the Mohmand Agency of FATA, according to Daily Times. The remote-controlled device was planted in Kandaro town and it exploded while pa
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Seven soldiers were injured on February 5 when a roadside bomb exploded near a military convoy in a remote town in the Mohmand Agency of FATA, according to Daily Times. The remote-controlled device was planted in Kandaro town and it exploded while paramilitary soldiers conducted a routine patrolling mission, a security official said.
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February - 5 
Several banned militant groups on February 5 met in Muzaffarabad, the Pakistan occupied Kashmir capital, and pledged to continue the jihad to “liberate” Kashmir from India, The Hindu reported. The meeting was organised by a previously unknown group,
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Several banned militant groups on February 5 met in Muzaffarabad, the Pakistan occupied Kashmir capital, and pledged to continue the jihad to “liberate” Kashmir from India, The Hindu reported. The meeting was organised by a previously unknown group, Tehreek-e-Azadi Jammu and Kashmir, on the eve of “Kashmir Solidarity Day” observed on February 5. Groups affiliated to the United Jihad Council (UJC), the umbrella organisation of more than a dozen militant outfits, were in attendance including the Hizb-ul-Mujahideen (HM), the Jaish-e-Mohammed (JeM) and the Harkat-ul-Mujahideen (HuM). The meeting took place at Chattar, a neighbourhood that reportedly houses Government offices, top Government functionaries and political VIPs. The local administration did not prevent the event, held under a tent on a main road. However, there was no comment from the Pakistan Government on the meeting. Syed Salahuddin, leader of the HM and the UJC, was the chief guest at the meeting. He accused Indian intelligence agencies of staging the Mumbai attacks to “divert international attention” from the Kashmir issue. He claimed, “I can say with the utmost surety that Lashkar, which has a remarkable role in Kashmir freedom struggle, is not involved, directly or indirectly, in those attacks.” Salahuddin also said, “Pakistan should immediately reverse its decisions which have sent a negative message to the Kashmiris across the divide.” The participants reportedly made cash donations for the Kashmir jihad on the suggestion of a speaker that this would send an effective message that people were not ready to accept such bans. The UJC chief said Kashmiri militants battling Indian forces were, in fact, also fighting for the defence of Pakistan and any compromise on the struggle would harm its interests. “Pakistan has weakened the fighters in Indian Kashmir which has encouraged India to hurl threats against Pakistan. If even today the restrictions are lifted, India can be given a tough time and will never dare hurl threats at Pakistan,” said Mufti Asghar, a JeM leader. Attiqur Rehman, a HuM leader, said: “We will fight [in Kashmir] as long as there is a single drop of blood in our veins.”
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February - 5 
The banned Tehrik-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) on February 5 threatened to intensify attacks on the Government installations and NATO supplies if the military operations in Swat and the tribal areas were not stopped, The News reported. TTP spokesman Maul
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The banned Tehrik-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) on February 5 threatened to intensify attacks on the Government installations and NATO supplies if the military operations in Swat and the tribal areas were not stopped, The News reported. TTP spokesman Maulvi Omar said their men would launch attacks on Government installations if the military operations against the militants in Swat and other tribal areas continued. He claimed that a decision to accelerate attacks on the NATO supplies had already been taken and now the TTP militants would use all means to stop supplies to the US and its allies in Afghanistan. Omar said Taliban would not allow supplies to the US and NATO forces and their militants would blow up containers taking food and other stuff to the foreign forces.
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February - 5 
The house of Police constable Abdul Kamal was set on fire in the Kala Kalley area of Kabal sub-division.
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The house of Police constable Abdul Kamal was set on fire in the Kala Kalley area of Kabal sub-division.
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February - 5 
The militants also blew up two Government schools in the Nazarabad area of Matta sub-division.
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The militants also blew up two Government schools in the Nazarabad area of Matta sub-division.
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February - 5 
Three Frontier Corps (FC) personnel were injured after their vehicle hit a landmine that exploded in the Doba Nokhani area of Dera Bugti District on February 5, Daily Times reported.
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Three Frontier Corps (FC) personnel were injured after their vehicle hit a landmine that exploded in the Doba Nokhani area of Dera Bugti District on February 5, Daily Times reported.
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February - 5 
Three women were killed in Swat District on February 5 as Taliban continued their attack on people they consider to be pro-government, Dawn reported. The women, Zarmina, Zarbibi and Farzana, were killed and three men were kidnapped when militants sto
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Three women were killed in Swat District on February 5 as Taliban continued their attack on people they consider to be pro-government, Dawn reported. The women, Zarmina, Zarbibi and Farzana, were killed and three men were kidnapped when militants stormed their house in Dagai village and accused them of supporting security personnel manning the nearby Wenai bridge post.
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February - 6 
A suicide bomber rammed his explosives-laden car into a trailer carrying supplies for NATO forces in Afghanistan and injured seven persons in the Tedi Bazaar area of Jamrud sub-division. Eyewitnesses told Daily Times the bomber was heading for Landik
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A suicide bomber rammed his explosives-laden car into a trailer carrying supplies for NATO forces in Afghanistan and injured seven persons in the Tedi Bazaar area of Jamrud sub-division. Eyewitnesses told Daily Times the bomber was heading for Landikotal when the troops signaled him to stop. They said that he rammed his car into the trailer instead of stopping. Fida Bangash, a senior political administration official, said the bomber’s likely target were the army engineers repairing a bridge in Landikotal that was blown up on February 2. Taliban spokesman Maulvi Omar claimed responsibility for the attack. “It was our man who martyred himself in Jamrud… We warned the government to stop military operations in Khyber, Swat and other tribal areas, otherwise we will completely shut down the NATO supply line… We have shown that we can do that,” Omar told AFP. Earlier, in the night of February 5, another suicide bomber had rammed a car bomb into a police station in Mingora in the Swat District of NWFP, injuring 11 soldiers.
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February - 6 
According to The News, militants blew up a Government high school in the Salarzai sub-division of Bajaur Agency late on February 6 night, raising the number of destroyed schools to 28. Sources said that the Government High School Batwar was completel
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According to The News, militants blew up a Government high school in the Salarzai sub-division of Bajaur Agency late on February 6 night, raising the number of destroyed schools to 28. Sources said that the Government High School Batwar was completely destroyed in the blast. The militants have reportedly intensified destroying schools as it was the third such incident in the area in a week.
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February - 6 
Army helicopter gunships killed 52 Taliban militants when they targeted hideouts in the Chapri and Feroz Khel areas along the border of Orakzai and Khyber Agencies on February 6, Daily Times reported. “Fifty-two militants were killed and a huge ammun
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Army helicopter gunships killed 52 Taliban militants when they targeted hideouts in the Chapri and Feroz Khel areas along the border of Orakzai and Khyber Agencies on February 6, Daily Times reported. “Fifty-two militants were killed and a huge ammunition depot and eight vehicles were destroyed in an attack by army helicopters,” Khyber Agency Political Agent Tariq Hayat told Reuters.
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February - 6 
Elsewhere in the FATA, Security Forces (SFs) claimed to have arrested a suspect and seized a cache of arms and ammunition during a search operation in different areas of the Safi revenue division of Mohmand Agency on February 6. Sources said the SFs
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Elsewhere in the FATA, Security Forces (SFs) claimed to have arrested a suspect and seized a cache of arms and ammunition during a search operation in different areas of the Safi revenue division of Mohmand Agency on February 6. Sources said the SFs launched search operations in the Karair, Garhai and Mansoor Kor areas of Safi and arrested a suspected militant, identified as Shahzada.
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February - 6 
One passenger was killed and two others were injured when unidentified gunmen opened fire on a passenger coach near Gandiyali area in the Kohat District of NWFP on February 6, The News reported. Sources said that a Rawalpindi-bound coach was attacked
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One passenger was killed and two others were injured when unidentified gunmen opened fire on a passenger coach near Gandiyali area in the Kohat District of NWFP on February 6, The News reported. Sources said that a Rawalpindi-bound coach was attacked when it reached Gumbat area, leaving one Muzammil Hussain dead while Muhammad Shafique Ahmed, a Frontier Corps soldier, and driver Ahmedullah Khan injured. Meanwhile, talking to The News from an undisclosed location by phone, the Darra Adamkhel spokesman for the Tehrik-e-Taliban Pakistan, Muhammad, claimed responsibility for the incident.
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February - 6 
The Balochistan Liberation Army (BLA) spokesman Bibarg Baloch on February 6 denied any BLA role in the abduction of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) head in Balochistan John Solecki. Speaking to Daily Times, Baloch said, "We
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The Balochistan Liberation Army (BLA) spokesman Bibarg Baloch on February 6 denied any BLA role in the abduction of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) head in Balochistan John Solecki. Speaking to Daily Times, Baloch said, "We are not involved in the kidnapping of the US citizen in any way." Unidentified people had kidnapped Solecki on February 2 after murdering his driver in the provincial capital Quetta. The BLA spokesman, however, confirmed the group had kidnapped six officials of the Mari Indus Gas Company. He said they had not decided about the fate of the kidnapped.
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February - 6 
The Islamabad High Court (IHC) on February 6 declared the detained nuclear scientist Dr Abdul Qadeer Khan ‘a free citizen’, and disposed of his writ petition following a ‘mutual agreement’ between him and the federal Government which – according to t
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The Islamabad High Court (IHC) on February 6 declared the detained nuclear scientist Dr Abdul Qadeer Khan ‘a free citizen’, and disposed of his writ petition following a ‘mutual agreement’ between him and the federal Government which – according to the court – cannot be made public in line with a request by the petitioner and the respondent, Daily Times reported. During an in-chamber hearing, Syed Ali Zafar – representing AQ Khan – argued before the IHC Chief Justice Sardar Muhammad Aslam that his client’s detention was unjustified, as “he was not involved in nuclear proliferation.” He asked the court to declare his client a free citizen ‘with due state protection’ in line with the terms of the mutual agreement between AQ Khan and the Government. According to the court’s one-page verdict, Dr Khan’s counsel voluntarily accepted the terms and conditions offered by the Government in exchange for ending the detention of the scientist. According to AP, Government prosecutor Amjad Iqbal Qureshi said that ‘security measures’ for Khan would remain, suggesting that authorities may still limit his movement.
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February - 6 
The Taliban killed two tribesmen on February 6 for allegedly spying for the US in North Waziristan, according to Daily Times. The bullet-ridden bodies of Alam Pir and Muhammad Khan were found at Razmak Ada in Miranshah, headquarters of North Wazirist
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The Taliban killed two tribesmen on February 6 for allegedly spying for the US in North Waziristan, according to Daily Times. The bullet-ridden bodies of Alam Pir and Muhammad Khan were found at Razmak Ada in Miranshah, headquarters of North Waziristan. Separate notes found near the bodies claimed both men had been ‘US spies’ and anyone spying for the US would meet a similar fate. Alam belonged to North Waziristan while Khan was a resident of Bannu in the NWFP. Both were reportedly kidnapped 15 days ago.
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February - 6 
Three US drones were reportedly seen flying over Miranshah on February 6.
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Three US drones were reportedly seen flying over Miranshah on February 6.
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February - 7 
11 civilians and three Security Force (SF) personnel were killed in fierce clashes between the SFs and militants in different areas of the Swat District on February 7, Dawn reported. A group of militants loyal to Maulana Fazlullah ambushed a vehicle
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11 civilians and three Security Force (SF) personnel were killed in fierce clashes between the SFs and militants in different areas of the Swat District on February 7, Dawn reported. A group of militants loyal to Maulana Fazlullah ambushed a vehicle of the SFs in the Aligrama area of Kabal sub-division and killed three soldiers on the spot. Troops subsequently targeted suspected militant hideouts with artillery fire. Four persons were killed in heavy shelling and fire between the SFs and militants in Takhtaband area in the outskirts of Mingora city. Helicopter gunships were reportedly used to target militant positions. Three people were been killed and ten injured as mortar shells hit houses in the Shewar area of Matta sub-division. Further, a father and his son were killed and a woman was injured as mortar shell hit their house in the Sekhbanr area of Matta sub-division. In addition, the decapitated body of Habibullah was recovered in the Alam Ganj area of Khwazakhela sub-division. A motorcyclist was killed in firing in the Dherai area of Kabal.
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February - 7 
A previously unknown separatist group claimed responsibility on February 7 for abducting an American working for the UN refugee agency in Balochistan, Dawn reported. John Solecki, head of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) offi
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A previously unknown separatist group claimed responsibility on February 7 for abducting an American working for the UN refugee agency in Balochistan, Dawn reported. John Solecki, head of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) office in provincial capital Quetta, was abducted on February 2, after gunmen ambushed his car and shot dead his driver. A spokesman for a group called Balochistan Liberation United Front told a local news agency they had kidnapped the man to make the United Nations pay attention to the ‘plight’ of the Baluchi people. “We have three demands, and if our demands are not met, then John Solecki will lose his life,” a spokesman, identifying himself as Shahak Baloch, told the agency. “We want the United Nations to secure the release of 141 women in Pakistani torture cells, provide information about more than 6,000 missing persons, and resolve the issue of Baluch independence under the Geneva Convention.”
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February - 7 
Eight Taliban militants were killed as shelling by helicopter gun ships continued in the Bajaur Agency of FATA on February 7, officials said, Daily Times reported. The troops were targeting Taliban hideouts in the Dama Dola, Mataro Sha, Umrai and Shi
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Eight Taliban militants were killed as shelling by helicopter gun ships continued in the Bajaur Agency of FATA on February 7, officials said, Daily Times reported. The troops were targeting Taliban hideouts in the Dama Dola, Mataro Sha, Umrai and Shinkot areas of Mamoond tehsil (revenue division). Residents said the troops advanced from the agency headquarters in Khar and gained control of Siddiqabad, Rehmanabad and Anayat Qalay. They said the Taliban posed no resistance during the army deployment.
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February - 7 
Suspected terrorists shot dead two Policemen and blew up a check post, killing five more, in an attack in the Mianwali District of Punjab on February 7, Police said, according to Daily Times. The attackers first killed the two Police guards and then
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Suspected terrorists shot dead two Policemen and blew up a check post, killing five more, in an attack in the Mianwali District of Punjab on February 7, Police said, according to Daily Times. The attackers first killed the two Police guards and then blew up the check post with explosives in the town bordering the restive NWFP. It was not clear whether the raid was linked to the continued violence in the north-western region, where the army is battling al Qaeda-linked terrorists and the Taliban. “Seven of our men have died in the attack that appears to be part of terrorist activity being carried out by militants across the country,” Malik Tasaddaq Hayat, a senior Police official in Minawali District, told Reuters.
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February - 7 
Taliban kidnapped at least 35 people from the Shahukhel area of Hangu District in the NWFP on February 7, residents told Daily Times. They said several militants arrived in vehicles and abducted 35 people after evicting them from their houses in Hang
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Taliban kidnapped at least 35 people from the Shahukhel area of Hangu District in the NWFP on February 7, residents told Daily Times. They said several militants arrived in vehicles and abducted 35 people after evicting them from their houses in Hangu District near its border with Orakazi Agency in FATA. The kidnapped people belong to the Mushti tribe and the residents said the Taliban claimed to have ‘arrested’ them after public complaints were filed against them. He said the arrested people would be presented before Taliban courts in Orakzai Agency. No relative of the kidnapped people has reportedly approached police with reference to the abduction yet.
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February - 7 
The Taliban said on February 7 they had killed Stancza because the Government had refused to free 60 detained militants. Earlier, a spokesman for the militants in Darra Adamkhel in the NWFP refused to hand over the body of the slain engineer unless t
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The Taliban said on February 7 they had killed Stancza because the Government had refused to free 60 detained militants. Earlier, a spokesman for the militants in Darra Adamkhel in the NWFP refused to hand over the body of the slain engineer unless the Government accepted their demands. A Taliban spokesman told Dawn that they would swap the body of the engineer with “our men in government’s custody”. Stancza was kidnapped in September 2008 when he was on a visit to his company’s site in Attock in the Punjab province.
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February - 8 
A driver was shot dead while his colleague sustained injuries when unknown assailants opened fire on a truck ferrying supplies for the NATO forces in Afghanistan in the Lakorain area on the National Highway in Khuzdar District on February 8, The News
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A driver was shot dead while his colleague sustained injuries when unknown assailants opened fire on a truck ferrying supplies for the NATO forces in Afghanistan in the Lakorain area on the National Highway in Khuzdar District on February 8, The News reported. The truck was coming from Karachi and heading towards Afghanistan via the Chaman border. When it reached the Lakorain area, motorcycle borne attackers opened fire on the truck, killing driver Khan Sawar and injuring Haji Ahmed Khan.
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February - 8 
An official of the Security Forces (SFs) was killed while two others were injured when a remote-controlled bomb exploded near the Sohbatpur area of Quetta, capital of Balochistan, on February 8, The News reported.
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An official of the Security Forces (SFs) was killed while two others were injured when a remote-controlled bomb exploded near the Sohbatpur area of Quetta, capital of Balochistan, on February 8, The News reported.
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February - 8 
Intelligence agencies have detained three men in Karachi over their alleged involvement with Mohammed Ajmal Amir Iman alias Ajmal Kasab, the lone Lashkar-e-Toiba (LeT) militant arrested during the November 2008 terrorist attacks in Mumbai. A source d
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Intelligence agencies have detained three men in Karachi over their alleged involvement with Mohammed Ajmal Amir Iman alias Ajmal Kasab, the lone Lashkar-e-Toiba (LeT) militant arrested during the November 2008 terrorist attacks in Mumbai. A source disclosed that intelligence agencies had taken the men into custody from different areas of Karachi in connection with their alleged affiliation with Kasab, Daily Times reported. They were reportedly taken to Islamabad and an investigation was in progress.
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February - 8 
Security Forces (SFs) killed 22 Taliban militants during a military operation in the Bajaur Agency on February 8, Daily Times reported. According to a private TV channel, SFs targeted Taliban hideouts in the Inayat Qilay area of Khar sub-division on
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Security Forces (SFs) killed 22 Taliban militants during a military operation in the Bajaur Agency on February 8, Daily Times reported. According to a private TV channel, SFs targeted Taliban hideouts in the Inayat Qilay area of Khar sub-division on a tip-off, killing the 22 men. Four men were killed as the SFs targeted suspected hideouts using artillery and mortar shells, locals said, adding a security guard of a girls’ primary school was also
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February - 8 
Taliban militants on February 8 released a videotape showing the beheading of Polish geologist Poitr Stancza and warned other kidnapped foreigners would meet the same fate if their demands were not met, Dawn reported. Before he was killed, the seven-
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Taliban militants on February 8 released a videotape showing the beheading of Polish geologist Poitr Stancza and warned other kidnapped foreigners would meet the same fate if their demands were not met, Dawn reported. Before he was killed, the seven-minute video shows the blindfolded geologist making an appeal to the Polish Government not send troops to Afghanistan. He asked the Polish Government to sever diplomatic relations with Pakistan if it did not try to seek his release. The video includes a statement by the Taliban, claiming they had other foreign nationals in their custody, including a Chinese, who would be beheaded if the Government of Pakistan did not accept their demands.
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February - 8 
The Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) has told President Barack Obama that British-born Pakistani terrorists, who have extensive contacts with the Lashkar-e-Toiba (LeT), are the biggest threat to the US, The Sunday Telegraph reported, according to Th
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The Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) has told President Barack Obama that British-born Pakistani terrorists, who have extensive contacts with the Lashkar-e-Toiba (LeT), are the biggest threat to the US, The Sunday Telegraph reported, according to The News. American intelligence chiefs have told the president that the CIA has launched a vast spying operation in Britain to prevent a repeat of the 9/11 attacks being launched from Britain, the paper said. It said intelligence chiefs believe that a British-born Pakistani extremist entering the US under a current visa waiver program for all Britons is the most likely source of another terrorist attack on the American soil. A former CIA officer who had advised Obama told Sunday Telegraph that the CIA had stepped up its British operations after the November 2008 attacks in Mumbai by the LeT, which has an extensive web of supporters in Britain, and is now as big a threat to the US and Britain as al Qaeda.
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February - 9 
26 persons, including 11 children and a soldier, were killed while 38 others sustained injuries when mortar shells hit some houses during ongoing clashes between Security Forces (SFs) and militants in the Qasimkhel area of Darra Adamkhel on February
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26 persons, including 11 children and a soldier, were killed while 38 others sustained injuries when mortar shells hit some houses during ongoing clashes between Security Forces (SFs) and militants in the Qasimkhel area of Darra Adamkhel on February 9, The News reported. Sources said militants fired three rockets at the Babozai check-post, killing a soldier, Mirdad, and injuring two others. SFs also retaliated and an exchange of fire continued for sometime, during which heavy weapons were reportedly used. Reports said several shells fell at the main gate of the Government Girls Primary School Qasimkhel and nearby houses on the outskirts of Darra Adamkhel, killing at least 13 persons, including 11 children, and injuring about 38 others. Four of the injured died at a hospital in Peshawar. In a statement issued from Kohat, the ISPR said militants fired mortar shells which killed 13 civilians and injured several others when they hit some houses in Darra Adamkhel. An AFP report added that SFs denied involvement in the shelling. “No military operation is currently underway in the area,” an unnamed security official said.
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February - 9 
A Taliban ‘commander’ and key aide to Baitullah Mehsud was injured on February 9 in a bomb attack that killed his driver near the Afghan border, Dawn reported. A remote-controlled bomb exploded by the side of a road in the Tanga area of South Waziris
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A Taliban ‘commander’ and key aide to Baitullah Mehsud was injured on February 9 in a bomb attack that killed his driver near the Afghan border, Dawn reported. A remote-controlled bomb exploded by the side of a road in the Tanga area of South Waziristan when Noor Syed Mehsud was passing in a vehicle en route to Jandola village. “According to reports received here Mehsud was slightly injured, while his driver died in the bomb blast,” an unnamed security official in Wana, the main town of South Waziristan, told AFP. Preliminary reports attributed the bombing to factional fighting between Baitullah Mehsud's men and loyalists of slain militant leader Abdullah Mehsud, he said.
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February - 9 
An APP report added that militants also torched a boy’s school in the Matta sub-division, bringing the number of destroyed schools to 190.
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An APP report added that militants also torched a boy’s school in the Matta sub-division, bringing the number of destroyed schools to 190.
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February - 9 
An artillery shell fired by the Security Forces (SFs) hit the house of one Fazlullah in Chuprial area, killing his two children and injuring his wife and a child.
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An artillery shell fired by the Security Forces (SFs) hit the house of one Fazlullah in Chuprial area, killing his two children and injuring his wife and a child.
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February - 9 
At least 10 people were killed while an unspecified number of them were wounded during clashes between two rival religious groups in the Terra valley of Khyber Agency on February 9, Dawn reported. The groups, Ansar-ul-Islam and Lashkar-e-Islam, were
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At least 10 people were killed while an unspecified number of them were wounded during clashes between two rival religious groups in the Terra valley of Khyber Agency on February 9, Dawn reported. The groups, Ansar-ul-Islam and Lashkar-e-Islam, were reportedly using mortar guns, small missiles, rockets and other arms in the clashes.
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February - 9 
At least 18 Frontier Constabulary (FC) personnel were injured in a suicide attack on the Baran Pul check-post of the Frontier Reserve Police (FRP) in the jurisdiction of Bakkakhel police station in Bannu District early on February 9, The News reporte
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At least 18 Frontier Constabulary (FC) personnel were injured in a suicide attack on the Baran Pul check-post of the Frontier Reserve Police (FRP) in the jurisdiction of Bakkakhel police station in Bannu District early on February 9, The News reported. Sources said a suicide bomber driving an explosives-laden mini truck hit the building of the FRP check-post at Baran Pul, injuring 18 FC soldiers.
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February - 9 
Nine persons, including five militants, were killed and 11 others sustained injuries in artillery shelling and incidents of violence in the Swat District on February 9. Sources told The News that five militants and two civilians were killed and five
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Nine persons, including five militants, were killed and 11 others sustained injuries in artillery shelling and incidents of violence in the Swat District on February 9. Sources told The News that five militants and two civilians were killed and five others sustained injuries when gunship helicopters shelled the Engaro Dherai, Takhta Band and Ogaday areas near Mingora city.
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February - 9 
Security Forces (SFs) continued targeting suspected hideouts of the Taliban, killing six suspected militants and injuring several others, including women, in different parts of the Bajaur Agency on February 9, The News reported. Military gunship heli
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Security Forces (SFs) continued targeting suspected hideouts of the Taliban, killing six suspected militants and injuring several others, including women, in different parts of the Bajaur Agency on February 9, The News reported. Military gunship helicopters targeted suspected hideouts in the Inayat Killay, Bade Samo, Bhai Cheena and Omari villages of the Khar sub-division. An official said six militants were killed in the shelling and several others sustained injuries.
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Security Forces (SFs), backed by helicopter gunships, on February 10 killed 11 Taliban militants and destroyed many of their hideouts in the Bajaur Agency of FATA, Daily Times reported. The operation was launched on February 9 in the Inayat Qillay to
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Security Forces (SFs), backed by helicopter gunships, on February 10 killed 11 Taliban militants and destroyed many of their hideouts in the Bajaur Agency of FATA, Daily Times reported. The operation was launched on February 9 in the Inayat Qillay town, a suspected stronghold of the Taliban and al Qaeda-linked terrorists, after a rocket attack by the militants, military official Mustaqim Shah told AFP. The rocket attack destroyed a shop but caused no casualties, he said. “Troops backed by helicopters retaliated with artillery and mortar fire, and destroyed several suspected locations today [February 10]. At least seven militants were killed,” the official said. In addition, four militants were killed in an encounter with the SFs in Inayat Qilay town.
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February - 9 
SFs were now reportedly moving towards the Mamond subdivision of Bajaur Agency, a stronghold of the tribal militants led by Maulvi Faqir Muhammad - deputy chief of the Baitullah Mehsud-led Tehrik-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP). The troops were reportedly f
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SFs were now reportedly moving towards the Mamond subdivision of Bajaur Agency, a stronghold of the tribal militants led by Maulvi Faqir Muhammad - deputy chief of the Baitullah Mehsud-led Tehrik-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP). The troops were reportedly facing tough resistance from the militants near Inayat Killay who were firing rocket shells on the troops.
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February - 9 
Six soldiers were injured in an encounter between the SFs and militants in the Charbagh area.
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Six soldiers were injured in an encounter between the SFs and militants in the Charbagh area.
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February - 9 
Sources said that unidentified men torched a Basic Health Unit in the Nazarabad area of Matta sub-division. However, no loss of life was reported as no one was present in the building.
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Sources said that unidentified men torched a Basic Health Unit in the Nazarabad area of Matta sub-division. However, no loss of life was reported as no one was present in the building.
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February - 9 
Suspected militants also destroyed the Takhta Band bridge by planting an explosives device.
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Suspected militants also destroyed the Takhta Band bridge by planting an explosives device.
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February - 9 
Taliban militants shot dead an abducted Afghan near Miranshah, accusing him of spying for the United States, an official said on February 9, Daily Times reported. The bullet-riddled body of 30-year-old Islamud Din was found dumped by the road in Sher
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Taliban militants shot dead an abducted Afghan near Miranshah, accusing him of spying for the United States, an official said on February 9, Daily Times reported. The bullet-riddled body of 30-year-old Islamud Din was found dumped by the road in Sheratalla area, 40 kilometers north of Miranshah. “Islam, who was kidnapped two weeks ago, had multiple bullet wounds on his body,” local police official Mehboob Khan told AFP. A note found on the body said he was “spying for the US”, the official said.
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February - 9 
The Defence Committee of the Cabinet (DCC) has said that a dossier of information given by India to Islamabad is ‘insufficient’ to make headway in a conclusive investigation into the Mumbai attacks, and called on India to provide substantial evidence
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The Defence Committee of the Cabinet (DCC) has said that a dossier of information given by India to Islamabad is ‘insufficient’ to make headway in a conclusive investigation into the Mumbai attacks, and called on India to provide substantial evidence, Daily Times reported. The committee met in Islamabad on February 9 under Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani to deliberate on the findings of an inquiry – conducted by the Federal Investigation Agency (FIA) – into the Mumbai attacks. After a briefing on the progress of the inquiry based on the information provided by India, the DCC decided that a case should be registered and further investigations carried out. Sources told Daily Times that the committee was of the unanimous view that the information provided by India was insufficient for the prosecution of the perpetrators.
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February - 9 
The Lashkar-e-Toiba said on February 9 that it has no plans of expanding its operations to the United States or Britain and the outfit posed no threat to Western World. "The CIA report issued after Mumbai attacks which describes Lashkar-e-Toiba as a
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The Lashkar-e-Toiba said on February 9 that it has no plans of expanding its operations to the United States or Britain and the outfit posed no threat to Western World. "The CIA report issued after Mumbai attacks which describes Lashkar-e-Toiba as a threat to the US and Britain is baseless, misleading and far from truth. CIA should not get swayed by the Indian propaganda," LeT spokesman Abdullah Ghaznavi said in a tele-statement. Ghaznavi claimed the LeT had no network in the US or the UK and has no intention of starting armed actions in these countries. “We have made it clear time and again that LeT had no role in the Mumbai attacks. India wants to sabotage the freedom struggle of Kashmiri people by getting it labeled as terrorism at international level,” he said.
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February - 9 
The SFs targeted suspected hideouts of the militants in the Shakar Dara, Kuza Bandai and Bara Bandai areas of Kabal sub-division with gunship helicopters and artillery.
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The SFs targeted suspected hideouts of the militants in the Shakar Dara, Kuza Bandai and Bara Bandai areas of Kabal sub-division with gunship helicopters and artillery.
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February - 10 
A convoy of the SFs was attacked with an explosive device in the Bara Bandai area of Kabal, leaving a soldier injured.
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A convoy of the SFs was attacked with an explosive device in the Bara Bandai area of Kabal, leaving a soldier injured.
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February - 10 
A curfew had been imposed from Khar, the main town in Bajaur, to Inayat Qillay, 10 kilometers north and authorities issued a three-day ultimatum to residents to expel any Taliban militant in hiding, AFP reported.
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A curfew had been imposed from Khar, the main town in Bajaur, to Inayat Qillay, 10 kilometers north and authorities issued a three-day ultimatum to residents to expel any Taliban militant in hiding, AFP reported.
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February - 10 
One soldier was killed and 13 persons, including two civilians, were wounded as Security Forces (SFs) and militants clashed in different areas of the Swat District on February 10, The News reported. Sources said the militants attacked a convoy of the
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One soldier was killed and 13 persons, including two civilians, were wounded as Security Forces (SFs) and militants clashed in different areas of the Swat District on February 10, The News reported. Sources said the militants attacked a convoy of the SFs in the Kanju area of Kabal revenue division, killing a soldier and injuring another. The militants subsequently fled when the SFs retaliated.
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February - 10 
Taliban spokesman Maulvi Omar said they had killed five security officials in a multi-pronged attack on Inayat Qillay. One tank was also destroyed in the attack, he claimed. Security officials, however, denied the claims.
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Taliban spokesman Maulvi Omar said they had killed five security officials in a multi-pronged attack on Inayat Qillay. One tank was also destroyed in the attack, he claimed. Security officials, however, denied the claims.
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February - 10 
The fighting in the Tribal Areas can drive more than 600,000 people from their homes, the UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) said on February 10, Daily Times reported. Spokesman Ron Redmond said the UNHCR would ramp up its relief work in the c
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The fighting in the Tribal Areas can drive more than 600,000 people from their homes, the UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) said on February 10, Daily Times reported. Spokesman Ron Redmond said the UNHCR would ramp up its relief work in the county’s northwest, where security has deteriorated sharply since 2008. “Latest estimates put the number of displaced people in the region at around 450,000, but the UN believes more than 600,000 could be displaced within weeks,” he told a press briefing in Geneva. “UNHCR is encouraged by the safe arrival and return of the first UN convoy of supplies to this dangerous region of Pakistan where curfews and general insecurity hamper relief efforts,” Redmond said. He also said the UNHCR had no news about the fate of the American head of its office in Quetta, John Solecki, who was abducted last week after gunmen ambushed his car and shot dead his driver. He said security officials were investigating a claim from the Balochistan Liberation United Front, a previously unknown group, which said it kidnapped Solecki to draw attention to the ‘plight’ of the Baloch people.
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February - 10 
The local Taliban leadership has decided to send its militants to Islamabad as a reaction to the military operations in Darra Adamkhel and Swat Valley in the NWFP and in this regard chalkings on the walls of Islamabad are already appearing, The News
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The local Taliban leadership has decided to send its militants to Islamabad as a reaction to the military operations in Darra Adamkhel and Swat Valley in the NWFP and in this regard chalkings on the walls of Islamabad are already appearing, The News reported. Many religious scholars in Islamabad have also received messages from the Taliban that they have only two options, either to support the Taliban or leave the capital or they will be considered collaborators of the “pro-American Zardari government” which, they claim, is not different from the previous Musharraf regime. The Taliban have also reportedly accused some militant leaders of the tribal areas and some leaders of the banned Lashkar-e-Toiba (LeT), Harkat-ul-Mujahideen (HuM) and Hizb-ul-Mujahideen (HM) of trying to stop youngsters from fighting the Pakistani forces. Taliban have declared all these “pro-Pakistan” Jihadis as their enemies. The names of Maulvi Nazir from South Wazirastan, Hafiz Gul Bahadur from North Waziristan, Hafiz Muhammad Saeed, Maulana Farooq Kashmiri and Syed Salahuddin have been included in the hit lists of the Taliban, who have threatened some HM leaders in Swat and Dir to leave the areas as soon as possible. In addition, another Taliban leader in the Mohmand Agency, Maulvi Omar Khalid, has threatened LeT cadres to leave the tribal agency or face death. Khalid has claimed that these militants are only interested in fighting against the foreign troops in Afghanistan or against India.
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February - 10 
The militants opened fire on SFs in Charbagh area injuring two more soldiers.
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The militants opened fire on SFs in Charbagh area injuring two more soldiers.
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February - 10 
The Swat-based Taliban leader Maulana Muhammad Alam alias Khalil has asked the people of Malakand division not to pay electricity bills. Announcing this on FM radio, Khalil said his militants would teach a lesson to those who tried to disconnect the
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The Swat-based Taliban leader Maulana Muhammad Alam alias Khalil has asked the people of Malakand division not to pay electricity bills. Announcing this on FM radio, Khalil said his militants would teach a lesson to those who tried to disconnect the power supply in the area. “We are demanding our rights but these are being denied. Therefore, the people of Malakand must not pay utility bills to the Government… We would either implement the Sharia [Islamic law] in Swat or embrace martyrdom,” he said. He vowed to continue efforts for the Sharia enforcement and claimed that the uprising from Swat would spill over to the whole country.
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February - 10 
Two civilians were reportedly wounded in firing by the SFs in the Hazara area of Kabal.
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Two civilians were reportedly wounded in firing by the SFs in the Hazara area of Kabal.
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February - 10 
Two terrorists are reported to have blown up a newly-built police check-post of Kundal at Chashma-Essa Khail Road near Essa Khail city in the Mianwali District of Punjab province at 1 am on February 10. However, no loss of life was reported, accordin
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Two terrorists are reported to have blown up a newly-built police check-post of Kundal at Chashma-Essa Khail Road near Essa Khail city in the Mianwali District of Punjab province at 1 am on February 10. However, no loss of life was reported, according to The News. The duo planted explosive devices in the building after breaking the locks and subsequently blew up the building. They also exchanged fire with the Darra Tang Police as they entered the NWFP but managed to escape.
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February - 10 
Two US spy planes violated the Pakistani airspace and entered the limits of Landikotal sub-division of Khyber Agency in the evening of February 10, The News reported. Eyewitnesses said two drones were seen hovering over Landikotal at about 7 pm, whic
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Two US spy planes violated the Pakistani airspace and entered the limits of Landikotal sub-division of Khyber Agency in the evening of February 10, The News reported. Eyewitnesses said two drones were seen hovering over Landikotal at about 7 pm, which continued flying for about half an hour.
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February - 10 
US President Barack Obama on February 10 asserted that his administration would not allow ‘safe havens’ for al Qaeda and the Taliban operating with ‘impunity’ in the Tribal Areas bordering Afghanistan, Daily Times reported. “My bottom line is that we
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US President Barack Obama on February 10 asserted that his administration would not allow ‘safe havens’ for al Qaeda and the Taliban operating with ‘impunity’ in the Tribal Areas bordering Afghanistan, Daily Times reported. “My bottom line is that we cannot allow al Qaeda to operate. We cannot have those safe havens in that region,” said Obama at his first press conference after assuming office. “You’ve got the Taliban and Al Qaeda operating in the FATA and these border regions between Afghanistan and Pakistan… What we haven’t seen is the kind of concerted effort to root out those safe havens that would ultimately make our mission successful,” he added. The President also noted that “It’s not acceptable for Pakistan or for us to have folks who, with impunity, will kill innocent men, women and children. And you know, I believe that the new government of Pakistan ... cares deeply about getting control of this situation, and we want to be effective partners with them on that issue.”
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A close aide of Baitullah Mehsud and senior commander of the banned Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) on February 12 claimed responsibility for the suicide attack on the Awami National Party (ANP) Member of Provincial Assembly, Alam Zeb Khan, in Pesha
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A close aide of Baitullah Mehsud and senior commander of the banned Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) on February 12 claimed responsibility for the suicide attack on the Awami National Party (ANP) Member of Provincial Assembly, Alam Zeb Khan, in Peshawar, Daily Times reported. “We carried out this attack and will continue such attacks on ANP leaders in future,” Hakeemullah Mehsud, who heads the TTP in Orakzai, Kurram and Khyber tribal regions, said in telephone calls to media offices in Peshawar. Alam Zeb Khan died when a powerful bomb exploded near his car in Peshawar on February 11. He became the first target of the Taliban since the Pukhtoon nationalist party took power in 2008.
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February - 11 
A New Zealander was arrested at the Manzai Fort check-post in South Waziristan on February 11, according to Dawn. Investigators suspect that Mark Taylor may have links with al Qaeda and Taliban. Tank District Coordination Officer Barkatullah said the
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A New Zealander was arrested at the Manzai Fort check-post in South Waziristan on February 11, according to Dawn. Investigators suspect that Mark Taylor may have links with al Qaeda and Taliban. Tank District Coordination Officer Barkatullah said the foreigner possessed valid documents and informed them he was going to Wana. According to Barkatullah, Taylor told Police he was going to Waziristan to get married. However, an official of the New Zealand High Commission in Islamabad said that nobody by the name of Mark Taylor had got himself registered with the High Commission.
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February - 11 
According to Daily Times, a British court has acquitted Baloch nationalist leader Khair Buksh Marri’s son, Harbiyar Marri, and his close aide Faiz Baloch of all cases against them. A private TV channel reported on February 11 that they were arrested
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According to Daily Times, a British court has acquitted Baloch nationalist leader Khair Buksh Marri’s son, Harbiyar Marri, and his close aide Faiz Baloch of all cases against them. A private TV channel reported on February 11 that they were arrested in London on charges of carrying out terrorism and sabotage activities in Balochistan. Harbiyar Marri was a provincial minister during the last regime of the Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz but went to London and sought asylum there after former president Pervez Musharraf took over in 1999.
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February - 11 
Alamzeb Khan, a Member of Provincial Assembly from the ruling Awami National Party (ANP), was killed in a remote-controlled bomb blast in Momin Town in Peshawar, the NWFP capital, on February 11, The News reported. Nobody has claimed responsibility f
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Alamzeb Khan, a Member of Provincial Assembly from the ruling Awami National Party (ANP), was killed in a remote-controlled bomb blast in Momin Town in Peshawar, the NWFP capital, on February 11, The News reported. Nobody has claimed responsibility for the blast so far. The blast, which also injured seven others, including the driver, the gunman and personal assistant of the legislator, occurred on the day the newly-appointed special US envoy for Pakistan and Afghanistan, Richard Holbrooke, was paying a visit to the city and the adjacent Khyber Agency. Locals said Khan was on his way to attend a function in the city when his car was hit by a huge explosion at around 11:20 am on the main road of the Momin Town, close to his residence. "It was triggered through a remote control," Capital City Police Officer Safwat Ghayyur told journalists. Alamzeb Khan was elected a member of the NWFP Assembly from the PF-1 in the general elections in 2008.
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February - 11 
Austria’s interior ministry said on February 11 it had no evidence that the Mumbai terrorist attacks of November 2008 might have been planned in Austria, as reported in the media, according to Dawn. "We have nothing that would justify our launching a
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Austria’s interior ministry said on February 11 it had no evidence that the Mumbai terrorist attacks of November 2008 might have been planned in Austria, as reported in the media, according to Dawn. "We have nothing that would justify our launching an investigation," ministry spokesman Rudolf Gollia said. "We have not been informed (of these claims) by either Pakistan or India and moreover, we have not received any requests for an investigation," he added. An Austrian newspaper quoted Indian media reports according to which Pakistan’s investigation into the attacks had found that they were planned in Austria and Dubai. An Austrian link to the attacks was also mentioned in December 2008 following reports that the militants had used an Austrian telephone number.
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February - 11 
Five attackers who targeted the Afghan Justice Ministry building amid a wave of coordinated suicide attacks on February 11 had contacted Pakistan shortly before being shot dead, the Afghan intelligence chief said, Daily Times reported. Mobile phones
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Five attackers who targeted the Afghan Justice Ministry building amid a wave of coordinated suicide attacks on February 11 had contacted Pakistan shortly before being shot dead, the Afghan intelligence chief said, Daily Times reported. Mobile phones found at the scene showed the attackers had "sent three messages to Pakistan calling for the blessings of their mastermind" as they entered the building, Afghan intelligence chief Amrullah Saleh said, according to AFP. All five attackers were shot dead, the Defence Ministry said. The five attackers were aged between 20 and 25, Saleh added.
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February - 11 
Five suspected militants and a soldier were killed and several persons sustained injuries in clashes and bombing by the Pakistan Air Force fighter planes in Bajaur Agency on February 11, The News reported. Military sources said warplanes targeted pos
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Five suspected militants and a soldier were killed and several persons sustained injuries in clashes and bombing by the Pakistan Air Force fighter planes in Bajaur Agency on February 11, The News reported. Military sources said warplanes targeted positions of militants in Inayat Killay, Bhai Cheena and Mamond subdivision, a stronghold of the militants led by Tehrik-i-Taliban deputy chief Maulvi Faqir Muhammad. Sources said the troops had also cleared major parts of Inayat Killay and Bhai Cheena towns of militants. Independent sources reported fierce fighting between the militants and Security Forces around Inayat Killay in which officials said five militants and a soldier were killed. Militant positions in the Mamond sub-division were also targeted with artillery and mortar guns from the agency’s regional headquarters, Khar. Suspected militants reportedly fired rockets at Khar sub-division, where a mortar fell in a residential area, killing a woman and a child.
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February - 11 
Gas supply was suspended in some parts of the Sariab area when unidentified assailants blew up a pipeline in the night of February 11 while a house was attacked with a hand-grenade. Police said the assailants planted the explosive device under the pi
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Gas supply was suspended in some parts of the Sariab area when unidentified assailants blew up a pipeline in the night of February 11 while a house was attacked with a hand-grenade. Police said the assailants planted the explosive device under the pipeline in the Killi Mengalabad area and blew it up, disrupting gas supply to several areas on the outskirts of Quetta.
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February - 11 
Militants kidnapped the provincial chief of the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) along with others but freed them after ‘investigation’. The militants abducted the ICRC provincial chief, Daniel Romali, along with his teammates, during
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Militants kidnapped the provincial chief of the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) along with others but freed them after ‘investigation’. The militants abducted the ICRC provincial chief, Daniel Romali, along with his teammates, during ‘checking’ in the Qambar area. However, they were later freed after ‘questioning’. Daniel Romali belongs to Switzerland while his associates were Pakistanis. In addition, the militants kidnapped the driver of Swat District and Sessions Judge, Sher Zaman, and shifted him to an undisclosed location. His vehicle was also seized by the militants.
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February - 11 
Security Force personnel raided a house on the outskirts of Quetta, capital of Balochistan, on February 11 and arrested six suspected Taliban militants, Dawn reported. A security official said that the raid on the rented house in Pashtoonabad had bee
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Security Force personnel raided a house on the outskirts of Quetta, capital of Balochistan, on February 11 and arrested six suspected Taliban militants, Dawn reported. A security official said that the raid on the rented house in Pashtoonabad had been carried out on a tip-off. The identity of the arrested people, however, could not be ascertained.
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February - 11 
Taliban militants wearing suicide vests stormed the Justice Ministry and another Government building in Afghanistan’s capital, killing 26 persons, The Hindu reported. Eight attackers also died in the assaults, including an attacker outside a third Go
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Taliban militants wearing suicide vests stormed the Justice Ministry and another Government building in Afghanistan’s capital, killing 26 persons, The Hindu reported. Eight attackers also died in the assaults, including an attacker outside a third Government building, Defence Ministry spokesman General Mohammad Zahir Azimi said.
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February - 11 
The chief of the banned outfit Ansar-ul-Islam (AI), Qazi Mehboobul Haq, on February 11 claimed to have taken complete control of Bar Qambar Khel after burning several houses of the opponents at the remote Tirah Valley in Khyber Agency, The News repor
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The chief of the banned outfit Ansar-ul-Islam (AI), Qazi Mehboobul Haq, on February 11 claimed to have taken complete control of Bar Qambar Khel after burning several houses of the opponents at the remote Tirah Valley in Khyber Agency, The News reported. Addressing on his private FM radio, he said the flag of AI was hoisted on Tortoot in the Bara sub-division, as the area of Qambarkhel came under the control of his group. He also said a cache of sophisticated arms and ammunition left by the opponents at Toray seminary was seized. He also said the houses of the people who voluntarily migrated from Tirah Qambarkhel would not be demolished.
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February - 11 
The Swat-based Taliban leader and FM radio presenter Maulana Muhammad Alam alias Khalil claimed during an address that the Taliban had the addresses and names of children of the SF personnel engaged in fighting with Taliban in Swat. He read out some
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The Swat-based Taliban leader and FM radio presenter Maulana Muhammad Alam alias Khalil claimed during an address that the Taliban had the addresses and names of children of the SF personnel engaged in fighting with Taliban in Swat. He read out some of the names of officials, their addresses and names of their children and the educational institutes in which they were studying.
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February - 11 
The Tehrik-i-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) threatened on February 11 to destroy all educational institutions in Bajaur Agency if the Government did not withdraw Security Forces (SFs) stationed in Government schools in the region within three days, Dawn repo
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The Tehrik-i-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) threatened on February 11 to destroy all educational institutions in Bajaur Agency if the Government did not withdraw Security Forces (SFs) stationed in Government schools in the region within three days, Dawn reported. Talking to reporters on the phone, TTP spokesman Maulvi Omar said SFs had set up check-posts and bunkers in almost all Government schools to attack Taliban positions. He said the Government had forced the Taliban leadership to act like the Swat Taliban and attack educational institutions in Bajaur. "Not a single school building will be spared after three days," he added. In reply to a question, he said that talks with Swat Taliban were going on and the ‘ban’ on girls’ education would be lifted soon. The TTP spokesman also threatened to target Government installations and said Khar, the headquarters of Bajaur Agency, would be turned into a battlefield if the military operation continued. He said attacks on SFs would be intensified, even in Khar. Omar said that attacks on schools in other tribal regions would also be launched if the military operation was not stopped.
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February - 11 
Thousands of protesters set a three-day deadline to the Government to implement the Sharia (Islamic law) or they would march towards Islamabad. The protesters staged a rally at Barikot in favour of the Sharia implementation. The protesters, who had c
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Thousands of protesters set a three-day deadline to the Government to implement the Sharia (Islamic law) or they would march towards Islamabad. The protesters staged a rally at Barikot in favour of the Sharia implementation. The protesters, who had come from surrounding villages and gathered in the Barikot Square, warned that if the Sharia was not enforced within three days, they would march towards Islamabad on foot.
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February - 11 
Three soldiers were killed and several others were injured during clashes between Security Forces (SFs) and militants in the Charbagh area of Swat District on February 11, The News reported. Sources said the militants besieged and attacked a SFs’ cam
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Three soldiers were killed and several others were injured during clashes between Security Forces (SFs) and militants in the Charbagh area of Swat District on February 11, The News reported. Sources said the militants besieged and attacked a SFs’ camp in Darul Uloom Charbagh with heavy weaponry. The attack triggered a fierce gun-battle between the troops and militants, which was reportedly continuing till last reports were filed. Militants claimed that three SF personnel were killed and several others sustained injuries in the encounter while the camp building was also damaged. The adjacent houses and shops were also reportedly damaged in the attack. The militants’ sources claimed that they had inflicted heavy losses on SFs in Charbagh, but the Swat-based spokesman for the military rebutted the claim.
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February - 12 
A Police officer was killed and another wounded when Taliban militants fired rockets at a Police station in North Waziristan Agency early on February 12, Police official Noor Khan said, Daily Times reported. The attack targeted the Shahbazkhel Police
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A Police officer was killed and another wounded when Taliban militants fired rockets at a Police station in North Waziristan Agency early on February 12, Police official Noor Khan said, Daily Times reported. The attack targeted the Shahbazkhel Police station, 70 kilometers east of Miranshah, the North Waziristan headquarters. Taliban spokesman Ahmadullah Ahmadi said in a statement, “We will launch attacks in neighbouring towns if the US drone attacks are not stopped.” Ahmadi also claimed responsibility for a suicide attack on February 9 that killed five Policemen at Baran Pul, about 50 kilometers east of Miranshah.
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February - 12 
A trooper was killed in an attack on the Takhtaband area, while several others sustained injuries. The militants claimed to have inflicted heavy losses on SFs, but the latter have rejected this claim.
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A trooper was killed in an attack on the Takhtaband area, while several others sustained injuries. The militants claimed to have inflicted heavy losses on SFs, but the latter have rejected this claim.
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February - 12 
A United Nations (UN) official on February 12 expressed satisfaction with the steps taken by Pakistan in compliance with the UN’s sanctions on Jama’at-ud-Da’awa (JuD), Daily Times reported. Security Council Coordinator Richard Barrett said he had dis
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A United Nations (UN) official on February 12 expressed satisfaction with the steps taken by Pakistan in compliance with the UN’s sanctions on Jama’at-ud-Da’awa (JuD), Daily Times reported. Security Council Coordinator Richard Barrett said he had discussed the implementation of the Security Council’s decision to sanction the JuD with Pakistani officials. He said he would visit Islamabad soon to make an assessment of Pakistan’s actions. Earlier, he told reporters at a press conference that it was difficult to implement the sanctions completely, adding that the group was involved in charitable activities and running schools and clinics.
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February - 12 
After the attack on the Frontier Corps (FC) camp in Kanju, the SFs targeted Takhtaband, Qamber and Charbagh with artillery.
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After the attack on the Frontier Corps (FC) camp in Kanju, the SFs targeted Takhtaband, Qamber and Charbagh with artillery.
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February - 12 
Five persons were killed and 12 others sustained injuries during the ongoing military operation in Swat District on February 12, The News reported. One person was killed in the Shahdara area of Mingora town when Security Forces (SFs) opened fire on h
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Five persons were killed and 12 others sustained injuries during the ongoing military operation in Swat District on February 12, The News reported. One person was killed in the Shahdara area of Mingora town when Security Forces (SFs) opened fire on him. In another incident, a man was shot dead in the Spairdar area of Matta sub-division. Sources said 12 persons were injured during the shelling in Kanju area. A child, peering out of windows of a house, was hit by a bullet, killing him on the spot. The mother of the child, who rushed to pick the body, was also killed in the firing. Sources said SF personnel resorted to indiscriminate firing after a remote-controlled bomb attack on their convoy in Kanju. They said one soldier sustained injuries in the attack.
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February - 12 
Gas supply to a large number of consumers was suspended after unidentified men blew up a gas pipeline in the Kirani area of provincial capital Quetta on February 12, according to The News. According to Police, the militants blew up a gas pipeline in
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Gas supply to a large number of consumers was suspended after unidentified men blew up a gas pipeline in the Kirani area of provincial capital Quetta on February 12, according to The News. According to Police, the militants blew up a gas pipeline in Kirani by planting an explosive device, suspending gas supply to over 1,000 households in the area.
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February - 12 
Interior Adviser Rehman Malik has said that a money exchange company in Islamabad was involved in transferring money to a suspect of the Mumbai attacks in Spain, Daily Times reported. According to a private TV channel, the money was transferred throu
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Interior Adviser Rehman Malik has said that a money exchange company in Islamabad was involved in transferring money to a suspect of the Mumbai attacks in Spain, Daily Times reported. According to a private TV channel, the money was transferred through Paracha International Exchange’s Euro 2005 branch in Islamabad to Javed Iqbal in Barcelona. The branch was later found sealed. Representatives of other branches have, however, denied that such a transaction took place. But one of the two owners confirmed the transaction, and blamed his partner for it.
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February - 12 
Pakistan on February 12 acknowledged for the first time that the Mumbai terrorist attacks were partly planned in Pakistan and that it has arrested six suspects, including the “main operator”, The News reported. In its first detailed response to the d
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Pakistan on February 12 acknowledged for the first time that the Mumbai terrorist attacks were partly planned in Pakistan and that it has arrested six suspects, including the “main operator”, The News reported. In its first detailed response to the dossier provided by India, Pakistan said criminal cases had been registered against nine suspects on charges of “abetting, conspiracy and facilitation” of a terrorist act. However, it said more evidence is required from India, including DNA samples of Ajmal Kasab, the lone Lashkar-e-Toiba (LeT) militant arrested during the attack, to establish his identity. Addressing a press conference in Islamabad, Interior Adviser Rehman Malik told the media that FIR No: 01/009 had been lodged with the Special Investigation Group in the Federal Investigation Agency against nine suspects. The Pakistani investigators have identified Hammad Amin Sadiq as the alleged ‘mastermind’ of the whole conspiracy. Malik said the cases against nine persons had been registered under the Anti-Terror Act and the Cyber Crime Act and they would be tried under these two sets of laws. He said six of the nine accused named in the FIR have already been arrested and being interrogated, two have been identified but not arrested so far while investigations are still under way into the possible involvement of the ninth accused. He identified those arrested as Zakiur Rehman Lakhvi, a LeT ‘commander’ who was arrested from Muzaffarabad soon after the Indian Government alleged that the LeT was responsible for the Mumbai attacks, Javed Iqbal, who was arrested from Barcelona in Spain, Hammad Amin Sadiq, believed to be the main operator belonging to southern Punjab, Zarar Shah, Mohammad Ashfaq and Abu Hamza. The name of Ajmal Kasab is reportedly not included in the FIR. He also said some of those arrested by the security agencies of Pakistan for possible involvement in the Mumbai attacks belong to the LeT. Malik said Javed Iqbal, who was based in Barcelona, was the person who paid $200 for the ‘Internet Domain’ that was also used for communication and planning for the Mumbai attacks. “Having ascertained the involvement of Javed Iqbal, we somehow lured him into coming to Pakistan and he was arrested on his arrival,” Malik said. He also said the e-mail sent by ‘Deccan Mujahideen’ claiming responsibility for the Mumbai attacks was believed to be prepared and sent by Zarar Shah, who was responsible for communication link in the whole operation. Mailk disclosed that the money to fund these attacks was transferred from Pakistan and was received in Italy. This money transaction was made through a Pakistani bank. He also said after thorough investigations by the Pakistani security and intelligence agencies it was learnt that these alleged terrorists operated from two bases — one inside Karachi and the other outside but not very far away from Karachi. He also disclosed that the terrorists used three boats for traveling to Mumbai, one named ‘Al-Hussaini’ and the other ‘Al-Ghaus’. For communication, they used ‘Call Phonic’ system and they also bought Indian cell phone SIMs for communication from inside India. He also pointed out that the satellite phone connection that was used for communication during the Mumbai attack was registered in the Middle East and not in Pakistan. Malik said the findings have already been shared with India. The Indian high commissioner in Islamabad was called to the foreign office and the report was handed over to him officially. “We also have forwarded a set of 30 questions for which we would need answers as early as possible to support and further the investigation process on our side. We have asked the Indian government to provide us the DNA samples of the lone surviving terrorist, Ajmal Kasab, to ascertain his nationality, as we don’t have any record of the individual with Nadra (National Database Registration Authority)… At the same time we would like to have the statement given by Ajmal Kasab to the Indian investigators, how this group of terrorists managed to sneak past the Indian security and intelligence agencies guarding their coastal lines, and how these nine persons managed to travel in a small boat and reach the Indian coast.”
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February - 12 
Police defused a powerful bomb planted outside the Jannat Market in the Gwadar town on February 12.
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Police defused a powerful bomb planted outside the Jannat Market in the Gwadar town on February 12.
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February - 12 
SFs continued targeting suspected hideouts of militants in different areas of the Khar sub-division, including Inayat Kellay, Bychena and areas of Mamond sub-division. The SFs used heavy artillery and mortar guns to target the positions of militants.
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SFs continued targeting suspected hideouts of militants in different areas of the Khar sub-division, including Inayat Kellay, Bychena and areas of Mamond sub-division. The SFs used heavy artillery and mortar guns to target the positions of militants. However, there were no reports of casualties.
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February - 12 
The banned Lashkar-e-Toiba (LeT) is reported to have condemned the Government on February 12 for filing a case against some of the group’s top operatives, according to Daily Times. “We strongly condemn the lodging of the FIR [First Information Report
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The banned Lashkar-e-Toiba (LeT) is reported to have condemned the Government on February 12 for filing a case against some of the group’s top operatives, according to Daily Times. “We strongly condemn the lodging of the FIR [First Information Report] against LeT,” Lashkar spokesman Abdullah Ghaznavi told AFP over the telephone. The case was brought to ‘win appreciation’ from India and the US and to “implement India’s agenda of suppressing the people’s struggle for freedom in Kashmir”, said Ghaznavi. The Government has lodged a FIR against eight suspects, including the presumed mastermind Zakiur Rehman Lakhvi.
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February - 12 
The CIA’s unmanned Predator aircraft striking terrorist targets in the Federally Administered Tribal Areas (FATA) are flown from an airbase inside Pakistan, a senior US lawmaker said on February 12, Daily Times reported. The disclosure by Senator Dia
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The CIA’s unmanned Predator aircraft striking terrorist targets in the Federally Administered Tribal Areas (FATA) are flown from an airbase inside Pakistan, a senior US lawmaker said on February 12, Daily Times reported. The disclosure by Senator Dianne Feinstein, chairwoman of the Senate Intelligence Committee, marked the first time a US official had publicly commented on where the Predator aircraft patrolling Pakistan take off and land. At a hearing during testimony before the Senate Intelligence Committee by US Director of National Intelligence Dennis Blair, she said, "As I understand it, these are flown out of a Pakistani base." The CIA, however, declined to comment. A spokesman for Feinstein said her comment was based solely on previous news reports that Predators were operated from bases near Islamabad. However, the Defence Minister Ahmad Mukhtar has denied that US drone attacks in the FATA are being carried out from Pakistani airbases. "We do have the facilities from where they can fly, but they are not being flown from Pakistani territory. They are being flown from Afghanistan," he told a private TV channel. About comments by Senator Dianne Feinstein, Mukhtar said, "I do not know on what she based all this."
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February - 12 
The militants also set ablaze the furniture of the destroyed Government Girls’ High School in Odigram.
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The militants also set ablaze the furniture of the destroyed Government Girls’ High School in Odigram.
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February - 12 
The militants have again taken control of Charbagh sub-division, while the SFs fired about 400 mortar shells on the area. Sources said two women were killed due to the firing of mortar shells by the SFs on Charbagh. Earlier, the militants attacked fi
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The militants have again taken control of Charbagh sub-division, while the SFs fired about 400 mortar shells on the area. Sources said two women were killed due to the firing of mortar shells by the SFs on Charbagh. Earlier, the militants attacked five positions of the SFs late on February 12. They attacked the troops at Zarai Tehqiqati Farm, Takhtaband, Matta Police station, Charbagh Darul Uloom, Kanju post and FC camp in Kanju with rockets and small arms.
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February - 12 
The militants kidnapped a Police official during checking of vehicles and shifted him to an undisclosed location. The militants are reportedly stopping vehicles at Qamber, question passengers and examine their national identity cards. Such checking h
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The militants kidnapped a Police official during checking of vehicles and shifted him to an undisclosed location. The militants are reportedly stopping vehicles at Qamber, question passengers and examine their national identity cards. Such checking has reportedly been increasing despite the military operations.
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February - 12 
The Security Forces (SFs) on February 12 claimed to have killed four militants during a clash following an attack on a check-post in the Shandai Mor area of Bajaur Agency, The News reported. Military sources said the militants attacked the check-post
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The Security Forces (SFs) on February 12 claimed to have killed four militants during a clash following an attack on a check-post in the Shandai Mor area of Bajaur Agency, The News reported. Military sources said the militants attacked the check-post with rocket launchers and other heavy weapons. The SFs deployed at the check-post repulsed the attack and the ensuing clashes between Taliban militants and troops left four militants dead.
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February - 12 
Train service between northern Balochistan and other parts of the country was suspended when unidentified saboteurs blew up a railway track near the Bakhtyarabad area of Sibi District in the early hours of February 12, Daily Times reported. The sabot
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Train service between northern Balochistan and other parts of the country was suspended when unidentified saboteurs blew up a railway track near the Bakhtyarabad area of Sibi District in the early hours of February 12, Daily Times reported. The saboteurs had strapped explosive materials to the railway track near Chukra Railway Station that affected some ten feet of the track.
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February - 12 
Two would-be suicide bombers were arrested by the Security Forces (SFs) in the main bazaar of Yakaghund sub-division in Mohmand Agency on February 12, The News reported. Sources said the Levies forces were on routine patrol in the main bazaar of Yaka
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Two would-be suicide bombers were arrested by the Security Forces (SFs) in the main bazaar of Yakaghund sub-division in Mohmand Agency on February 12, The News reported. Sources said the Levies forces were on routine patrol in the main bazaar of Yakaghund when they intercepted two suspected persons. On thorough search, the SF personnel recovered 24 kilograms of explosive materials and vests from their possession. The duo was identified as Shaukat and Shahidullah, residents of Sagi area of Lakaro sub-division.
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February - 13 
A bomb exploded near a helipad in Landikotal in the Khyber Agency early in the morning on February 13, Daily Times reported. However, no loss of life or injuries was reported. The powerful bomb blast made a large hole near one of the helipads in Land
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A bomb exploded near a helipad in Landikotal in the Khyber Agency early in the morning on February 13, Daily Times reported. However, no loss of life or injuries was reported. The powerful bomb blast made a large hole near one of the helipads in Landikotal, near the army camp. While a Police officer said no arrests had been made, unidentified sources said the Taliban carried out the blast to make the helipads unsafe.
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February - 13 
An extremist group has issued threatening emails to public warning them not to celebrate Valentine’s Day or otherwise they would face its wrath, according to Daily Times. A newly formed militant organisation that calls itself ‘Allah Army’, that claim
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An extremist group has issued threatening emails to public warning them not to celebrate Valentine’s Day or otherwise they would face its wrath, according to Daily Times. A newly formed militant organisation that calls itself ‘Allah Army’, that claimed responsibility for the recent bomb blasts at Al-Hamra theatre in Lahore, has threatened to sabotage the Valentine’s Day celebrations. The Federal Interior Ministry has reportedly asked the provincial Governments to take relevant precautionary steps and gather information about the newly formed extremist outfit. ‘Allah Army’ has warned public not to celebrate Valentine’s Day and spots where people would gather to celebrate the event would be targeted by various means.
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February - 13 
Five persons, including a security official, were killed and several others sustained injuries in the Swat District on February 13, according to The News. Sources said the militants attacked the Security Forces (SFs) at Zarai Tehqiqati Farm Takhtaban
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Five persons, including a security official, were killed and several others sustained injuries in the Swat District on February 13, according to The News. Sources said the militants attacked the Security Forces (SFs) at Zarai Tehqiqati Farm Takhtaband, killing one soldier and injuring many others. Further, a soldier sustained injuries during a clash with the militants in Khwazakhela. In addition, three civilians, Taj Muhammad, Malik Zada and Gul Rahman, were killed and an unidentified person was wounded during shelling by the SFs. They reportedly targeted suspected positions of the militants in the Bedara area of Matta sub-division. A man, identified as Mulla Jan, was killed when a soldier in a convoy of the SFs opened fire in the Kanju area of Kabal sub-division.
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February - 13 
In continuation of their protest, residents in Mingora, the district headquarters of Swat, took to streets, demanding enforcement of Sharia (Islamic law).
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In continuation of their protest, residents in Mingora, the district headquarters of Swat, took to streets, demanding enforcement of Sharia (Islamic law).
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February - 13 
Kidnappers of an American working for the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) in Pakistan on February 13 released a video in which he pleaded for the United Nations (UN) to help secure his release, The News reported. John Solecki, h
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Kidnappers of an American working for the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) in Pakistan on February 13 released a video in which he pleaded for the United Nations (UN) to help secure his release, The News reported. John Solecki, head of the office of the UNHCR in Quetta, capital of Balochistan, was abducted on February 2, after gunmen ambushed his car and shot dead his driver. Solecki appeared blindfolded and said his message was to the UN. "I am not feeling well. I am sick. I am in trouble. Please help to resolve the problem soon so I can gain my release," he said. The video was delivered by mail to the office of a local news agency and seen by a Reuters reporter. The video, recorded in the memory card of a cellular phone, was accompanied a letter from the Baloch Liberation United Front in which they demanded the release within 72 hours of 141 ethnic Baloch women detained by the Pakistani authorities. The group said it would also shortly issue a list of male activists in the Government jails.
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February - 13 
Security agencies raided a house and arrested five suspected suicide bombers in the Pashtoonabad area of Quetta, capital of Balochistan, on February 13, The News reported. Religious paraphernalia and pictures of Taliban leaders were confiscated from
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Security agencies raided a house and arrested five suspected suicide bombers in the Pashtoonabad area of Quetta, capital of Balochistan, on February 13, The News reported. Religious paraphernalia and pictures of Taliban leaders were confiscated from the rented house, an unnamed official said, adding that, the arrested persons are being interrogated at a secret location. "Preliminary investigation reveals that three of the suspected bombers are residents of Waziristan and two are locals," the official said. He said the five would-be bombers had links with the banned Tehrik-e-Taliban Pakistan.
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February - 13 
The Government has no alternative except to use force against the Taliban to end militancy in the country, President Asif Ali Zardari said on February 13 while vowing to eliminate the insurgents, according to Daily Times. He was addressing a meeting
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The Government has no alternative except to use force against the Taliban to end militancy in the country, President Asif Ali Zardari said on February 13 while vowing to eliminate the insurgents, according to Daily Times. He was addressing a meeting jointly presided over by the president and Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani to review the situation in FATA and Swat. Zardari said the Taliban wanted to impose their political agenda on the people of Pakistan through use of force, adding that the Government and the people would never allow a handful of insurgents to do so.
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February - 13 
The Taliban on February 13 killed two veil-clad women in the Kohat District of NWFP and dumped the bodies by a roadside, Daily Times reported. Police official Riaz Khan said the slain women had a ‘bad reputation’ and were warned by people about a yea
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The Taliban on February 13 killed two veil-clad women in the Kohat District of NWFP and dumped the bodies by a roadside, Daily Times reported. Police official Riaz Khan said the slain women had a ‘bad reputation’ and were warned by people about a year ago to abandon their ‘immoral ways’. The bullet-riddled bodies of the women, about 25 and 40 years old, were dumped on a roadside.
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February - 13 
The Taliban, who killed Polish national Piotr Stanczak last week, are now demanding US$200,000 for return of the body, The News reported. According to sources in the Interior Ministry, the Taliban have not directly contacted the Government but convey
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The Taliban, who killed Polish national Piotr Stanczak last week, are now demanding US$200,000 for return of the body, The News reported. According to sources in the Interior Ministry, the Taliban have not directly contacted the Government but conveyed to Poland through a private negotiator that they will not hand over the body until they are paid the amount. The official confirmation of the Polish engineer’s killing came late on February 13-night from the Foreign Ministry after the authorities were able to verify through a number of independent sources that he was beheaded by his captors last week. This fact was also formally conveyed to Warsaw, which had been awaiting official confirmation from Islamabad. "The Government and the people of Pakistan are outraged at the gruesome killing of Polish national Mr Piotr Stanczak and condemn this heinous crime and brutal act of terrorism in the strongest possible terms," Foreign Office Spokesperson Abdul Basit said in a statement.
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February - 14 
Militants have set free a Chinese engineer they had kidnapped six months ago from Lower Dir District, according to Dawn. Long Xiaowei, who worked for a Chinese mobile phone company, was handed over to officials in the Shamozai area of Bari Kot subdiv
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Militants have set free a Chinese engineer they had kidnapped six months ago from Lower Dir District, according to Dawn. Long Xiaowei, who worked for a Chinese mobile phone company, was handed over to officials in the Shamozai area of Bari Kot subdivision of Swat District in the evening of February 14 and he was immediately taken to Islamabad where the Chinese Embassy confirmed his release. Press officer of the embassy, Li Ming, said that Xiaowei had safely arrived and he would go to China soon. Sources told Dawn in Peshawar that Xiaowei had been released on payment of a huge amount of money as ransom, but the militants’ spokesman Muslim Khan said in Swat that the engineer had been freed as a goodwill gesture. Xiaowei was in good health when he was handed over to officials in presence of negotiators, the sources said. Xiaowei and his colleague Zhang Guo were abducted on August 29, 2008 from Khal area of Lower Dir where they were inspecting a telecommunication tower. Guo, however, managed to escape in October 2008 when Security Forces launched an operation in Swat. He was assisted by a local man named Liaquat Ali who was later shot dead by the militants.
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February - 14 
Two missiles fired by the suspected US drones killed 28 Taliban militants, including foreign nationals, at South Waziristan in the Federally Administered Tribal Areas (FATA) on February 14, official sources and local residents said, reports Daily Tim
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Two missiles fired by the suspected US drones killed 28 Taliban militants, including foreign nationals, at South Waziristan in the Federally Administered Tribal Areas (FATA) on February 14, official sources and local residents said, reports Daily Times. “We lost 28 mujahideen in the missile attack,” Taliban sources in Ladah said. “The drone fired two missiles and several ‘guests’ are among the dead,” they added. According to AFP, the term ‘guest’ is usually used to refer to foreign al Qaeda operatives. Two Arab nationals, some local Taliban militants and a number of Uzbek nationals were reportedly killed in the strike.
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February - 15 
A vehicle of the Frontier Corps escaped a bomb blast in Khuzdar District. Police sources said a bomb had been planted at a bus stand which exploded when the vehicle was passing through the area.
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A vehicle of the Frontier Corps escaped a bomb blast in Khuzdar District. Police sources said a bomb had been planted at a bus stand which exploded when the vehicle was passing through the area.
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February - 15 
Hours after the meeting, the Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) leader Mullah Fazlullah announced a 10-day cease-fire in Swat through his illegal FM channel, Daily Times reported. “The Swat chapter of Taliban agrees with talks between the provincial Go
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Hours after the meeting, the Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) leader Mullah Fazlullah announced a 10-day cease-fire in Swat through his illegal FM channel, Daily Times reported. “The Swat chapter of Taliban agrees with talks between the provincial Government and TNSM chief Sufi Muhammad, and ceases hostilities for a temporary period of 10 days,” locals quoted Fazlullah’s broadcast. They said he had elaborated the Taliban would review the progress of Sharia implementation after 10 days and decide their future course of action. He said the TTP fully respected the TNSM chief’s decisions.
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February - 15 
Suspected militants also destroyed a school in the Charbagh sub-division. A private TV channel reported that the school was already in the custody of the Taliban, who were using it as a base camp.
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Suspected militants also destroyed a school in the Charbagh sub-division. A private TV channel reported that the school was already in the custody of the Taliban, who were using it as a base camp.
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February - 15 
The militants attacked Saidu Sharif airport with rockets and heavy weapons, which triggered a clash with the SFs. However, there were no reports about casualties.
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The militants attacked Saidu Sharif airport with rockets and heavy weapons, which triggered a clash with the SFs. However, there were no reports about casualties.
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February - 15 
The militants snatched a truck supplying ration for the SFs in the Koza Bandai area of Kabal.
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The militants snatched a truck supplying ration for the SFs in the Koza Bandai area of Kabal.
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February - 15 
The Taliban of Swat announced a 10-day cease-fire on February 15 after the Government and the Tehreek-e-Nafaz-e-Shariat-e-Mohammadi (TNSM) reached an understanding about promulgating Sharia (Islamic law), termed ‘Nizam-i-Adl Regulation’, in Malakand
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The Taliban of Swat announced a 10-day cease-fire on February 15 after the Government and the Tehreek-e-Nafaz-e-Shariat-e-Mohammadi (TNSM) reached an understanding about promulgating Sharia (Islamic law), termed ‘Nizam-i-Adl Regulation’, in Malakand region, Dawn reported. “Taliban have declared a unilateral cease-fire for 10 days as a goodwill gesture. Our fighters will not attack security personnel and Government installations,” Taliban spokesman Muslim Khan said. However, he said, the militants would hold their positions and defend themselves if attacked. He welcomed the move to enforce Sharia regulations in Malakand, but added: “We will see how sincere the Government is in their enforcement.” When asked about the possibility of the militants disarming themselves, the spokesman said everything would depend on the line of action of the authorities in Swat. According to sources, a five-point draft accord was signed after negotiations between the Government and TNSM teams held at the Timergara rest-house where the outfit had set up a ‘protest camp’ on October 9, 2008. A formal announcement about enforcement of the regulations is likely to be made by the NWFP Chief Minister Amir Haider Khan in provincial capital Peshawar on February 16 at a meeting to be attended by provincial ministers, a delegation of the TNSM and leaders of political parties. During the talks on February 15, the NWFP Government team was led by Information Minister Mian Iftikhar, Livestock Minister Haji Hidayatullah, the Awami National Party spokesman Zahid Khan and Hazara Commissioner Javed Khan, while the TNSM was represented by Maulana Sufi Mohammad, spokesman Amir Izzat, Maulana Mohammad Alam and Badshah Sardar. Amir Izzat and Sufi Mohammad’s son Rizwanullah said “both sides have signed the accord” and an announcement regarding the enforcement of Nizam-i-Adl Regulation in Malakand division would be made by the Chief Minister after a meeting with a jirga (council of elders) of the TNSM in Peshawar on February 16. “The NWFP government has accepted TNSM’s demand for enforcement of Shariat-i-Muhammadi in accordance with Quran, Sunnah, Ijma and Qias,” they said.
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February - 16 
A bomb blast in the Wahdat Colony of provincial capital Quetta on February 16 destroyed the windows of nearby houses within the jurisdiction of Saddar Police station, Daily Times reported. Unidentified men had placed the bomb in a bag and planted it
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A bomb blast in the Wahdat Colony of provincial capital Quetta on February 16 destroyed the windows of nearby houses within the jurisdiction of Saddar Police station, Daily Times reported. Unidentified men had placed the bomb in a bag and planted it in Wahdat Colony, they said. No loss of life or injuries was reported.
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February - 16 
According to Dawn, two Security Force (SF) personnel were killed when a check-post near the Lehri area of Nasirabad District was attacked on February 16. According to official sources, some men opened indiscriminate fire on the Frontier Corps post, s
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According to Dawn, two Security Force (SF) personnel were killed when a check-post near the Lehri area of Nasirabad District was attacked on February 16. According to official sources, some men opened indiscriminate fire on the Frontier Corps post, set up to protect a railway track linking Balochistan with the rest of the country, killing two soldiers.
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February - 16 
At least 30 suspected militants were killed and three others sustained injuries in a missile strike on a refugee camp in the Kurram Agency on February 16. According to Daily Times, the three missiles believed to have been fired from a US unmanned air
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At least 30 suspected militants were killed and three others sustained injuries in a missile strike on a refugee camp in the Kurram Agency on February 16. According to Daily Times, the three missiles believed to have been fired from a US unmanned aircraft destroyed a house used by a local Taliban commander. It was the first known drone strike in Kurram, AP reported. An unnamed intelligence official said field informants reported that Taliban showed up at the village bazaar and ordered 30 caskets. However, political authorities have only confirmed 18 deaths from four missiles fired by two unmanned aircraft, while the local Taliban have claimed a death toll of 12. “Afghan Taliban were holding an important meeting there when the missiles were fired,” an intelligence official in the area told Reuters. After the attack, the Taliban surrounded the area and were not allowing anyone near, witnesses said. “They have taken nine bodies to Afghanistan while the rest of them are being buried here,” one intelligence official said. According to local sources, former Afghan premier Gulbuddin Hekmatyar’s Hizb-e-Islami was running the refugee camp. Kurram’s top administrator, Arshad Majeed Mohmand, confirmed the strike and said according to his information three missiles were fired, but he had no details about the casualties, Reuters added. Surkh Pul, the locality of the drone attack, was once reserved for Afghan refugees and a school was built for their children, The News reported. After the forced repatriation of the Afghan refugees from the area, the militants reportedly started arriving there and rebuild some of the damaged houses. Sources said the US planes targeted the school and the adjacent house, where around three dozen militants were residing. Taliban commanders said majority of the slain militants belonged to Afghanistan’s Khost province and they were secretly laid to rest at Ahmadi Shama graveyard near the Pakistan-Afghanistan border in Lower Kurram.
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February - 16 
Eight persons, including six Taliban militants, were killed and four injured during an operation launched by the Security Forces (SFs) in the Mamond sub-division of Bajaur Agency on February 16, Daily Times reported. According to a private TV channel
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Eight persons, including six Taliban militants, were killed and four injured during an operation launched by the Security Forces (SFs) in the Mamond sub-division of Bajaur Agency on February 16, Daily Times reported. According to a private TV channel, the SFs bombed the Taliban hideouts with jet fighters and destroyed several hideouts during the operation.
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February - 16 
Eight students were injured when a remote-controlled device planted on roadside near a school playground exploded in Rustam Adda in South Waziristan Agency on February 16, The News reported. Sources said the explosion occurred minutes before a convoy
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Eight students were injured when a remote-controlled device planted on roadside near a school playground exploded in Rustam Adda in South Waziristan Agency on February 16, The News reported. Sources said the explosion occurred minutes before a convoy of the Security Forces (SFs) passed through the area. The SFs subsequently fired at the suspected hideouts of the militants after the blast but there were no reports of casualties. They are alos reported to have arrested a number of students, who were playing in the school ground after the incident.
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February - 16 
Four members of a family, including a minor, were killed in the Swat District of NWFP on February 16, The News reported. Sources said a shell fired by the Security Forces (SFs) hit a house in the Hazara area of Kabal sub-division, killing four member
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Four members of a family, including a minor, were killed in the Swat District of NWFP on February 16, The News reported. Sources said a shell fired by the Security Forces (SFs) hit a house in the Hazara area of Kabal sub-division, killing four members and wounding 10 others of a family.
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February - 16 
Four rockets fired from across the border in Afghanistan’s Khost province landed at Ghulam Khan, a border town of North Waziristan Agency, in the evening of February 16. Residents of the border village told The News that the rockets fired from Khost
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Four rockets fired from across the border in Afghanistan’s Khost province landed at Ghulam Khan, a border town of North Waziristan Agency, in the evening of February 16. Residents of the border village told The News that the rockets fired from Khost caused heavy explosions without leading to any loss of life or damage to property.
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February - 16 
President Asif Ali Zardari will not sign documents of the Nizam-e-Adl Regulation 2009 until peace is restored in Swat, Malakand, and other troubled areas, Federal Information Minister Sherry Rehman said on February 16, Daily Times reported. “The Gove
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President Asif Ali Zardari will not sign documents of the Nizam-e-Adl Regulation 2009 until peace is restored in Swat, Malakand, and other troubled areas, Federal Information Minister Sherry Rehman said on February 16, Daily Times reported. “The Government will monitor the situation, as security and well-being of Swat is top priority,” Sherry said in a statement following an agreement between the NWFP Government and the Tehreek-e-Nafaz-e-Shariat-e-Mohammadi (TNSM). However, she said, “The will of the population of the Swat… should be taken into account while debating the merits of this agreement.” Meanwhile, the Pakistan army said it will abide by the deal between the NWFP Government and TNSM. The Inter-Service Public Relations spokesman Major General Athar Abbas told a private TV channel that the military had been asked to retreat, but it would only respond if attacked. He said the situation in Swat was not satisfactory, but the Government had adopted another strategy. To a question whether the army was consulted before the deal, Abbas said, “Consultation is always there.”
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February - 16 
Security Forces (SFs) are reported to have killed five militants and injured several others during shelling by jetfighters in various parts of the Bajaur Agency on February 16. Five suspected militants were killed and several others injured when jetf
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Security Forces (SFs) are reported to have killed five militants and injured several others during shelling by jetfighters in various parts of the Bajaur Agency on February 16. Five suspected militants were killed and several others injured when jetfighters of the Pakistan Air Force targeted hideouts in the Khar and Mamond sub-divisions, The News reported. Several underground bunkers of the militants were also destroyed in the attack. SFs and militants continued to exchange fire in various parts of Khar, including in Inayat Kellay, Rehmanabad, Shinkot and Byecheena. However, there were no reports about any causality. Curfew remained imposed in different parts of Bajaur Agency for the twelfth consecutive day.
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February - 16 
The Bajaur chapter of the Tehreek-e-Nafaz-e-Shariat-e-Mohammadi (TNSM) on February 16 demanded immediate implementation of the Sharia (Islamic law) in the Agency and in return assured the Government of its co-operation to establish a complete writ of
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The Bajaur chapter of the Tehreek-e-Nafaz-e-Shariat-e-Mohammadi (TNSM) on February 16 demanded immediate implementation of the Sharia (Islamic law) in the Agency and in return assured the Government of its co-operation to establish a complete writ of the state, demanding the Army to stay in the region till reconstruction work was completed. TNSM Bajaur chief Ismail Muhammadi made this demand while reacting to the finalisation of a five-point agreement for enforcement of Sharia in the Malakand division after successful talks between the NWFP Government and TNSM chief Maulana Sufi Muhammad. “We assure the Government of complete cooperation for a lasting peace and for establishing writ of the state in the troubled agency if people’s demand of enforcement of Shariah is met,” Ilyas told The News. “After people’s major demand of the enforcement of Shariah is met, the restoration of peace and purging the area of miscreants will become easier and the TNSM will be in a position to help establish writ of the government,” he added.
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February - 16 
The Balochistan Liberation United Front (BLUF), which claims to have kidnapped American UN official John Solecki, said on February 16 it had extended a 72-hour deadline for the Government to meet demands for his release, Daily Times reported. “We hav
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The Balochistan Liberation United Front (BLUF), which claims to have kidnapped American UN official John Solecki, said on February 16 it had extended a 72-hour deadline for the Government to meet demands for his release, Daily Times reported. “We have decided to extend the deadline on the appeal of our honourable Baloch leaders,” a BLUF spokesman told reporters via telephone at the Quetta Press Club. “A new deadline will be announced later,” AFP quoted the spokesman as saying. UN officials have reportedly initiated contact with important Baloch leaders to persuade them to ask the kidnappers to release Solecki, sources said.
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February - 16 
The centre has released PKR 623 million to the NWFP and FATA administration to provide compensation to the victims of militancy, an official announcement said, Dawn reported. President Asif Zardari is reported to have termed the victims of militancy
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The centre has released PKR 623 million to the NWFP and FATA administration to provide compensation to the victims of militancy, an official announcement said, Dawn reported. President Asif Zardari is reported to have termed the victims of militancy as national heroes and advised the NWFP Government to immediately undertake payment of compensation to their families. PKR 283 million have been released for the FATA and another PKR 340 million for the NWFP Government to compensate the families of the victims of suicide bombings and acts of terror. Under the compensation programme, PKR 300,000 will be paid for every fatality and PKR 100,000 for the injured.
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February - 16 
The Foreign Minister Shah Mehmood Qureshi said on February 16 that the Samjhauta Express incident and Mumbai attacks were interconnected and the investigation process could only proceed if India responds to questions asked by Pakistan, Dawn reported.
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The Foreign Minister Shah Mehmood Qureshi said on February 16 that the Samjhauta Express incident and Mumbai attacks were interconnected and the investigation process could only proceed if India responds to questions asked by Pakistan, Dawn reported. Talking to journalists at the Multan Airport, he said if India wanted to punish the culprits of the Mumbai attack it should reply to the 30 questions raised by Pakistan because answers to these questions were necessary for completion of investigation.
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February - 16 
The NWFP Government formally announced on February 16 the implementation of Sharia (Islamic law) known as the Nizam-e-Adl Regulations 2009 in Malakand Division and Kohistan District, Daily Times reported. “The provincial Government in consultation wi
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The NWFP Government formally announced on February 16 the implementation of Sharia (Islamic law) known as the Nizam-e-Adl Regulations 2009 in Malakand Division and Kohistan District, Daily Times reported. “The provincial Government in consultation with all political parties, Sufi Muhammad and ulema with the approval of Federal Government introduced changes in the 1999 Nizam-e-Adl Regulation. Today I announce promulgation of Nizam-e-Adl Regulation (Amended) 2009… The regulations will be implemented in Malakand following the return of peace and restoration of writ of the Government,” NWFP Chief Minister Amir Haider Khan Hoti told a press conference after chairing a jirga (council of elders) in Peshawar. The jirga was attended by a 29-member Tehreek-e-Nafaz-e-Shariat-e-Mohammadi (TNSM) delegation from Dir, leaders and representatives of political and religious parties, members of the NWFP cabinet and senior bureaucrats. He said the Nizam-e-Adl Regulation 2009 had been approved by President Asif Zardari following consultation with TNSM representatives, APP added. “We will reciprocate the militants’ 10-day armistice with a cease-fire for good,” the Chief Minister said. Hoti also said troops would remain in “reactive mode” instead of “proactive mode” and would not target anyone unless threatened. He said the army should be removed only after peace has been restored. Troops would play their role in reconstruction and rehabilitation, he added. He said the Nizam-e-Adl Regulations 2009 were in line with the Constitution of Pakistan as it was the amended form of the regulations proposed for Malakand in 1994 and 1999. He said the new system had been devised to provide easy and speedy justice for the people. He said both the qazi and the police department would be held accountable for any delay. He announced that all civil cases would be resolved within six months and all criminal cases would be decided within a maximum of four months. For its implementation, Hoti said, a task force comprising the federal secretary interior, the NWFP chief secretary, the provincial presidents of the ANP and the PPP, the law and home secretaries, would be established, The News reported. Sources told Daily Times that the TNSM chief Sufi Muhammad would head a jirga to Swat in the next two days to discuss the restoration of peace with the residents and Taliban. Earlier, the NWFP Information Minister Iftikhar Hussain read an ‘announcement’ signed by three TNSM leaders and six NWFP Government officials that declared “null and void” all laws “contrary to Quran and Hadith” in Malakand Division and Kohistan District of Hazara Division. The Malakand Division comprises seven districts of Swat, Buner, Shangla, Dir Upper, Dir Lower, Chitral and Malakand. The announcement also requested the TNSM chief to co-operate with the Government for the restoration of peace in Malakand and promised the Nizam-e-Adl Regulations would be implemented there after peace was fully restored.
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February - 16 
The Taliban on February 16 killed an Afghan man in North Waziristan Agency, after accusing him of spying for the United States, Daily Times reported. The body of Imdad Khan, 35, was dumped on a roadside in Karamkot village, 20 kilometers east of Mira
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The Taliban on February 16 killed an Afghan man in North Waziristan Agency, after accusing him of spying for the United States, Daily Times reported. The body of Imdad Khan, 35, was dumped on a roadside in Karamkot village, 20 kilometers east of Miranshah, the agency’s main town, a local administration official told AFP. A security official said the victim was an Afghan refugee. A note near the bullet-riddled body said Khan was ‘spying for the US’, the official added. Residents said the note also warned local people not remove the body until late afternoon so that a maximum number of people could see that ‘this is the fate of spies’.
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February - 16 
The Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) has reportedly welcomed the agreement between the TNSM and NWFP Government for the enforcement of Sharia in Malakand Division and Kohistan District. Talking to a private TV channel, TTP spokesman Maulvi Omar said
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The Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) has reportedly welcomed the agreement between the TNSM and NWFP Government for the enforcement of Sharia in Malakand Division and Kohistan District. Talking to a private TV channel, TTP spokesman Maulvi Omar said the Taliban would try their best for the enforcement of Islamic system in the country and FATA. When asked if the TTP would lay down their arms and renounce violence in the FATA and Swat, he said they would accept every decision taken by Maulana Sufi Muhammad.
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February - 17 
Elsewhere in the province, suspected Taliban militants on February 17 patrolled the Harichand Bazaar in Charsadda and threatened barbers, Internet café and CD shop owners to close their “un-Islamic businesses”, Daily Times reported. According to a pr
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Elsewhere in the province, suspected Taliban militants on February 17 patrolled the Harichand Bazaar in Charsadda and threatened barbers, Internet café and CD shop owners to close their “un-Islamic businesses”, Daily Times reported. According to a private TV channel, the militants also destroyed CDs at some shops they visited. They ordered women to wear veils and asked people to support them in the implementation of Sharia (Islamic law) in the area. The Police arrested one of the men and shifted him to an undisclosed location for interrogation.
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February - 17 
Five people were killed and 17 injured in a car bomb blast outside the Hujra (male guest house) of the union council chief in Bazidkhel village of Peshawar in the afternoon of February 17, The News reported. Faheemur Rahman, the union council chief o
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Five people were killed and 17 injured in a car bomb blast outside the Hujra (male guest house) of the union council chief in Bazidkhel village of Peshawar in the afternoon of February 17, The News reported. Faheemur Rahman, the union council chief of Bazidkhel, eight kilometres south of Peshawar on Kohat Road, alleged that the Mangal Bagh-led Lashkar-e-Islam (LI) was involved in this “cheap act” of terrorism. Eyewitnesses said the blast occurred in a car parked on a street near the Hujra of Rahman. The blast also destroyed two cars and damaged six buildings. “It could be linked to the killing of nine tribesmen in Bazidkhel. Nine members of the LI were killed by a Qaumi Lashkar (militia), comprising residents of Bazidkhel and the nearby villages, when they reportedly made a failed attempt to kidnap Rahman on February 4. Mangal Bagh had warned through his FM radio of revenge, directing the villagers to hoist black flags atop their houses or every villager would be considered equally involved in the murder of his men. The villagers of the nearby towns had constituted a Qaumi Lashkar after threats from the Bara-based militant group and other militant organisations.
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February - 17 
Intelligence sources on February 17 confirmed that Taliban pose a threat to India, reports Times of India. Sources revealed that the Taliban have plans to attack western cultural centres in Indian cities. However, no specific intelligence inputs on t
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Intelligence sources on February 17 confirmed that Taliban pose a threat to India, reports Times of India. Sources revealed that the Taliban have plans to attack western cultural centres in Indian cities. However, no specific intelligence inputs on the nature of the threat, the specific target, the timing or the group have been received. In the view of current security situation prevailing in Pakistan, security has been increased in foreign mission and other places of interest of western countries in India, the report said.
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February - 17 
Nine key commanders of the slain Baloch leader Nawab Akbar Bugti surrendered before authorities in the Pat Feeder area of Dera Murad Jamali on February 17, Frontier Post reported. The commanders - Arz Muhammad Bugti, Deh Lakh Bugti, Kerghi Bugti, Mar
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Nine key commanders of the slain Baloch leader Nawab Akbar Bugti surrendered before authorities in the Pat Feeder area of Dera Murad Jamali on February 17, Frontier Post reported. The commanders - Arz Muhammad Bugti, Deh Lakh Bugti, Kerghi Bugti, Marri Khan Bugti, Chekar Bugti, Sher Muhammad Bugti, Penju Bugti, Zehro Bugti - surrendered to the authorities under the leadership of ‘Commander’ Gulzar Bugti. They also announced support for the Government.
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February - 17 
Security agencies on February 17 arrested three suspected terrorists from the walled city area of Lahore and seized explosive material from their possession, according to Daily Times. The terrorists were arrested near Lohari Gate and two hand grenade
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Security agencies on February 17 arrested three suspected terrorists from the walled city area of Lahore and seized explosive material from their possession, according to Daily Times. The terrorists were arrested near Lohari Gate and two hand grenades, some live detonators, and other explosive material were recovered. The three persons hail from the Northern Areas and were arrested on information received from some terrorists arrested earlier. The three were allegedly involved in attacking NATO supply trucks and came to Lahore to create unrest in the city.
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February - 17 
Security Forces on February 17 killed six Taliban militants during their ongoing operation to target suspected hideouts in Bajaur Agency, Daily Times reported. “Six militants were killed and scores injured during shelling by gunship helicopters in In
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Security Forces on February 17 killed six Taliban militants during their ongoing operation to target suspected hideouts in Bajaur Agency, Daily Times reported. “Six militants were killed and scores injured during shelling by gunship helicopters in Inayat Qilay, Bhaicheena and Umerey areas in Mamoond tehsil,” an unnamed official said.
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February - 17 
The implementation of the Nizam-e-Adl Regulations 2009 in Malakand Division will not affect the Government’s policy on the war against terror, President Asif Ali Zardari said on February 17, Daily Times reported. During a meeting with the visiting Au
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The implementation of the Nizam-e-Adl Regulations 2009 in Malakand Division will not affect the Government’s policy on the war against terror, President Asif Ali Zardari said on February 17, Daily Times reported. During a meeting with the visiting Australian Foreign Minister Stephen Smith, he said the agreement between the Taliban and the NWFP Government was one part of an overall strategy for peace, a private TV channel reported.
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February - 17 
The Taliban fired several rockets on the agency headquarters Khar, killing one woman and injuring four other people. According to AFP, three more civilians, in addition to the woman, were also killed after Taliban rockets hit houses, paramilitary bar
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The Taliban fired several rockets on the agency headquarters Khar, killing one woman and injuring four other people. According to AFP, three more civilians, in addition to the woman, were also killed after Taliban rockets hit houses, paramilitary barracks and a school. A security official and an intelligence official confirmed the death tolls, it added.
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February - 17 
US President Barack Obama has ordered an additional 17,000 US soldiers to be sent to Afghanistan, saying “the situation in Afghanistan and Pakistan demands urgent attention and swift action,” Daily Times reported. In an interview with the Canadian Br
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US President Barack Obama has ordered an additional 17,000 US soldiers to be sent to Afghanistan, saying “the situation in Afghanistan and Pakistan demands urgent attention and swift action,” Daily Times reported. In an interview with the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation on February 17, he said the war against the Taliban was ‘still winnable’. He also said he was ‘absolutely convinced’ that military means alone “cannot solve the problem of Afghanistan, the Taliban, the spread of extremism in that region”. The US president said only a ‘comprehensive strategy’ that also relies on diplomacy and development could succeed. In a statement released separately by the White House, Obama said the troop dispatch is “necessary to stabilise a deteriorating situation in Afghanistan, which has not received the strategic attention, direction and resources it urgently requires”. The increase doesn’t “pre-determine the outcome” of a review of the war in Afghanistan, he said.
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February - 18 
A meeting of the Swat chapter of the Tehrik-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) was held on February 18 at an unidentified location in Matta in which top commanders and Fazlullah’s lieutenants participated. They reportedly constituted a committee to hold talks
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A meeting of the Swat chapter of the Tehrik-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) was held on February 18 at an unidentified location in Matta in which top commanders and Fazlullah’s lieutenants participated. They reportedly constituted a committee to hold talks with the TNSM. Further, speaking at a press conference in Mingora, the NWFP Senior Minister Bashir Bilour said the Nizam-e-Adl Regulation 2009 could also be replicated in other districts following its success in the Malakand Division. The provincial government wanted to solve problems through dialogue as use of force was not a solution to problems, he added. He said that courts in Malakand would not be like that of Afghanistan’s Taliban but the regulation was aimed at providing speedy justice. A 14-member TNSM delegation headed by Safiullah met Bilour and reportedly discussed the regulation in detail.
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February - 18 
A North Waziristan Agency Taliban ‘commander’ on February 18 ordered the Taliban to halt sabotage activities in the settled districts of the NWFP to facilitate a religious congregation in the Bannu District of the province. Taliban commander Gul Baha
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A North Waziristan Agency Taliban ‘commander’ on February 18 ordered the Taliban to halt sabotage activities in the settled districts of the NWFP to facilitate a religious congregation in the Bannu District of the province. Taliban commander Gul Bahadar’s spokesman, Ahmedullah Ahmedi, announced the directive in Miranshah, the headquarters of North Waziristan. “All Taliban have been directed to stop attacks on Government installations to facilitate the congregation in Bannu District,” Ahmedi said in a press statement. According to the Taliban spokesman, a unilateral cease-fire would be in place until March 5.
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February - 18 
A TV and print media journalist was found dead on February 18 hours after he was abducted in Swat, according to Daily Times. Musa Khankhel, correspondent for The News and a private TV channel, Geo News, was covering a ‘peace march’ led by Maulana Suf
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A TV and print media journalist was found dead on February 18 hours after he was abducted in Swat, according to Daily Times. Musa Khankhel, correspondent for The News and a private TV channel, Geo News, was covering a ‘peace march’ led by Maulana Sufi Mohammed, chief of the Tehreek-e-Nafaz-e-Shariat-e-Mohammadi (TNSM) in Matta when he was kidnapped and later found dead, Mingora-based journalists told Daily Times. No group has so far claimed responsibility for the murder.
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February - 18 
According to Daily Times, the CIA is using the Shamsi airbase in Balochistan to launch the Predator drones that attack al Qaeda and Taliban targets in Pakistan, the London-based The Times has claimed. According to The Times, the CIA has been using th
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According to Daily Times, the CIA is using the Shamsi airbase in Balochistan to launch the Predator drones that attack al Qaeda and Taliban targets in Pakistan, the London-based The Times has claimed. According to The Times, the CIA has been using the airfield - originally built by Arab sheikhs for falconry expeditions - for at least a year. In its investigation, the newspaper is reported to have focused on the unexplained delivery of 730,000 gallons of F34 aviation fuel to Shamsi in 2008. The Defence Energy Support Centre Website reportedly shows that a civilian company was contracted to deliver the fuel, worth $3.2 million, from Pakistan Refineries near Karachi. However, the CIA and Pentagon declined to comment on the issue. Major General Athar Abbas, the chief military spokesman of Pakistan, confirmed that US forces were using Shamsi. “The airfield is being used only for logistics,” he said.
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February - 18 
Elsewhere in the FATA, unidentified men blew up the building of the Wana Press Club in South Waziristan Agency. The Wana Press Club Chairman Hafiz Wazir told Daily Times that the attackers had planted explosives around the building, which destroyed t
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Elsewhere in the FATA, unidentified men blew up the building of the Wana Press Club in South Waziristan Agency. The Wana Press Club Chairman Hafiz Wazir told Daily Times that the attackers had planted explosives around the building, which destroyed the structure completely. Hover, no loss of life or injuries was reported.
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February - 18 
In a suspected sectarian incident, unidentified men killed the Jamaat Ahl-e-Sunnat Wal Jamaat-Noorani provincial leader Maulana Iftikhar Ahmed Habibi in Quetta, capital of Balochistan, on February 18. According to Daily Times, Police said Habibi, who
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In a suspected sectarian incident, unidentified men killed the Jamaat Ahl-e-Sunnat Wal Jamaat-Noorani provincial leader Maulana Iftikhar Ahmed Habibi in Quetta, capital of Balochistan, on February 18. According to Daily Times, Police said Habibi, who was also a regular Islamic commentator on the Pakistan Television, was killed by unidentified men when he was on his way to work. No group has claimed responsibility for the murder so far. “This is an act of sectarianism carried out by those who had previously threatened to kill Habibi,” Mir Abdul Qudoos Sasooli, the provincial president of the Jamiat Ulema-e-Pakistan, said. “The murder was carried out by the activists of banned organisations which are operating now under new names,” he said, giving the Balochistan Government a 72-hour ultimatum to arrest the murderers.
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February - 18 
More than 300,000 people in the northwest region of the country have been displaced over the last six months because of fighting between Taliban and Security Forces, officials said on February 18, The News reported. A total of 55,729 displaced famili
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More than 300,000 people in the northwest region of the country have been displaced over the last six months because of fighting between Taliban and Security Forces, officials said on February 18, The News reported. A total of 55,729 displaced families, or 337,772 individuals, have been registered by the authorities, Shaukat Tahir, a senior official from the National Disaster Management Authority, told a press conference in Islamabad. Around 70 per cent of the internally displaced persons (IDPs) were from the Federally Administered Tribal Areas (FATA) on the border with Afghanistan, Tahir said, stressing that people were now beginning to return. He said people had left their homes because of an “ongoing operation in tribal areas”. They were now returning “because roads have mostly been reopened and the military authorities have cleared the mines,” he said. Amnesty International has estimated that 200,000-500,000 people have been displaced from the Swat valley over the past year. However, Tahir put the number for the past six months at 2,085 people. “International agencies threw around controversial figures about IDPs which were picked up by the media. Our figures are documented and came after a proper registration mechanism which can be verified,” he said. In terms of aid, some 67,756 individuals were provided with shelter in 12 camps in the North West Frontier Province (NWFP), while 269,836 individuals were moved elsewhere, Tahir added. Nine emergency camps were set up in Swat alone, he claimed. Tahir said 13 UN aid agencies, the International Committee of the Red Cross and the Pakistani Red Crescent were participating in relief efforts.
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February - 18 
Police in Peshawar, the NWFP capital, recovered 100 kilograms of explosive material from a vehicle on February 18, Daily Times reported. Police Sources said a suspicious vehicle that was chasing the vehicle of the Provincial Sports Minister Syed Aqil
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Police in Peshawar, the NWFP capital, recovered 100 kilograms of explosive material from a vehicle on February 18, Daily Times reported. Police Sources said a suspicious vehicle that was chasing the vehicle of the Provincial Sports Minister Syed Aqil Shah was intercepted and even as occupants of the van fled abandoning their vehicle, Police recovered more than 100kg of explosive material from the vehicle.
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February - 18 
Security Forces (SFs) on February 18 claimed killing nine Taliban militants by bombing their suspected hideouts in the Mamoond sub-division of Bajaur Agency, Daily Times reported. Another militant was killed and three more injured in a separate clash
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Security Forces (SFs) on February 18 claimed killing nine Taliban militants by bombing their suspected hideouts in the Mamoond sub-division of Bajaur Agency, Daily Times reported. Another militant was killed and three more injured in a separate clash with the SFs in the Shandai area of Khar, official sources said.
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February - 18 
Suspected Taliban militants blew up two boys’ primary schools in the Salarzai sub-division.
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Suspected Taliban militants blew up two boys’ primary schools in the Salarzai sub-division.
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February - 18 
The Baloch Liberation United Front (BLUF) has rejected a plea by the United Nations for direct negotiations for the release of John Solecki, the head of the UNHCR in Balochistan who was abducted two weeks ago. Mir Shahak Baloch, who claimed to be the
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The Baloch Liberation United Front (BLUF) has rejected a plea by the United Nations for direct negotiations for the release of John Solecki, the head of the UNHCR in Balochistan who was abducted two weeks ago. Mir Shahak Baloch, who claimed to be the spokesman for the previously unheard of BLUF, called reporters from an undisclosed location and said the UN official’s health had worsened in the last few days. He said the group had provided details of the missing persons to the Government along with a video of John Solecki released last week. “Instead of cooperating with us, the Government is trying to move the missing persons to more secretive places. We want the UN to formulate a team and come to Balochistan to see the actual situation about the missing persons,” the BLUF spokesman said.
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February - 18 
The Jaish-e-Mohammed (JeM) chief Maulana Masood Azhar and gangster Dawood Ibrahim are not in Pakistan, the Interior Ministry chief Rehman Malik said on February 18, Times of India reported. Pakistan will not provide protection and refuge to any crimi
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The Jaish-e-Mohammed (JeM) chief Maulana Masood Azhar and gangster Dawood Ibrahim are not in Pakistan, the Interior Ministry chief Rehman Malik said on February 18, Times of India reported. Pakistan will not provide protection and refuge to any criminal, including Ibrahim, Malik told reporters on the sidelines of an official function in Lahore. He said both Ibrahim and Masood Azhar are not in the country.
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February - 18 
The TNSM chief Sufi Mohammed led hundreds of supporters and activists in a march to plead peace with the leadership of the Swat-based Taliban. Before leaving for the Matta sub-division of Swat District, Sufi and his activists staged a rally in Mingor
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The TNSM chief Sufi Mohammed led hundreds of supporters and activists in a march to plead peace with the leadership of the Swat-based Taliban. Before leaving for the Matta sub-division of Swat District, Sufi and his activists staged a rally in Mingora town. The rally passed through streets to give the message of peace to the people of Swat. In the afternoon, the rally left for Matta where Sufi was hoping to meet his son-in-law Maulana Fazlullah and other Taliban leaders in an effort to persuade them to disarm, AFP quoted his spokesman, Amir Izzat, as saying. However, no date for any meeting had been announced. Police and witnesses estimated that 15,000 people marched in the crowd, waving black and white flags as they paraded through the town, AFP reported. The TNSM spokesman said Sufi Mohammad would stay in Swat District till the complete restoration of peace in the valley and surrender by the Taliban, The News reported.
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February - 18 
Unidentified men blew up a gas pipeline in the Pirkoh area of Dera Bugti District on February 18. Local administration officials said a 16-inch portion of the pipeline had been blown up by explosive devices, causing suspension of gas supply to a puri
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Unidentified men blew up a gas pipeline in the Pirkoh area of Dera Bugti District on February 18. Local administration officials said a 16-inch portion of the pipeline had been blown up by explosive devices, causing suspension of gas supply to a purification plant in the area.
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February - 19 
14 militants were killed and several others injured when Security Forces (SFs) shelled suspected hideouts of militants in different areas of the Bajaur Agency on February 19, The News reported. Official sources said that SFs targeted hideouts of mili
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14 militants were killed and several others injured when Security Forces (SFs) shelled suspected hideouts of militants in different areas of the Bajaur Agency on February 19, The News reported. Official sources said that SFs targeted hideouts of militants in the Inayat Killay, Bhai Cheena and Shinkot areas of Khar sub-division with gunship helicopters and artillery.
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February - 19 
A bomb exploded at the Government Degree College in Peshawar, the NWFP capital, on February 19. However, no casualties were reported. An unnamed Police official told Daily Times that it was a low intensity device, which was only meant to create panic
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A bomb exploded at the Government Degree College in Peshawar, the NWFP capital, on February 19. However, no casualties were reported. An unnamed Police official told Daily Times that it was a low intensity device, which was only meant to create panic. The device was planted on the building’s second floor and exploded around 12pm.
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February - 19 
Militants blew up another Government school building. Sources said that militants dynamited the building of the Government Primary School at Tali in the Salarzai sub-division, raising the number of schools destroyed so far to 31. Talking to the media
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Militants blew up another Government school building. Sources said that militants dynamited the building of the Government Primary School at Tali in the Salarzai sub-division, raising the number of schools destroyed so far to 31. Talking to the media, spokesman of the Tehrik-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP), Bajaur chapter, Maulvi Omar, claimed responsibility for blowing up the school and threatened that their fighters would destroy all educational institutions in the Agency if SFs did not stop the ongoing operation against them. Omar said that buildings of schools and colleges were being used by the troops as their camps to launch operations against the Taliban. "We would take action and destroy all the buildings of educational institutions if security forces continued their operation against our fighters," he warned.
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February - 19 
Suspected militants on February 19 shot dead a prominent tribal elder in the Chamarkand area of Lakaro sub-division in Mohmand Agency, The News reported. The Mohmand-based Taliban spokesman Ikramullah claimed that their fighters killed Malik Ameer Ra
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Suspected militants on February 19 shot dead a prominent tribal elder in the Chamarkand area of Lakaro sub-division in Mohmand Agency, The News reported. The Mohmand-based Taliban spokesman Ikramullah claimed that their fighters killed Malik Ameer Rahman for getting perks and facilities from the Government. "All the pro-government elements would meet the same fate", he warned.
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February - 19 
The commandant of Mohmand Rifles warned militants and miscreants of stern action if they tried to challenge the Government’s writ in the agency. Addressing a ceremony held in connection with distribution of relief goods and free medical camp for the
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The commandant of Mohmand Rifles warned militants and miscreants of stern action if they tried to challenge the Government’s writ in the agency. Addressing a ceremony held in connection with distribution of relief goods and free medical camp for the affected people in Darwazgai-II Camp and Lakaro, Colonel Saifullah said no one would be allowed to impose their personal agenda on the people and make them hostage. He claimed that they had achieved the set objectives in the military operation and warned that those destroying Government installations would be dealt with an iron hand.
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February - 19 
The militants involved in 9/11, the Mumbai attacks and unrest in Swat have common roots, US special envoy Richard Holbrooke told a meeting in Washington on February 19, Daily Times reported. In the meeting to review the Afghanistan-Pakistan situation
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The militants involved in 9/11, the Mumbai attacks and unrest in Swat have common roots, US special envoy Richard Holbrooke told a meeting in Washington on February 19, Daily Times reported. In the meeting to review the Afghanistan-Pakistan situation, he said the US was troubled and confused about the development in the Swat valley. According to a TV channel, Holbrook said in an interview that progress in the Swat valley was not an encouraging trend and that the US would not like militants to get hold of any territory in Pakistan. According to another news channel, Holbrooke also said victory in Afghanistan was not achievable in purely military terms. Reducing tensions between India and Pakistan was imperative to get Pakistan more focused on the terrorism war along the border with Afghanistan, Holbrooke reportedly told a US TV channel.
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February - 19 
The Swat Taliban chief Mullah Fazlullah discussed with the Tehreek-e-Nafaz-e-Shariat-e-Mohammadi (TNSM) chief Maulana Sufi Muhammad the Swat peace deal in a meeting at an undisclosed location in the Matta sub-division of the Swat District on February
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The Swat Taliban chief Mullah Fazlullah discussed with the Tehreek-e-Nafaz-e-Shariat-e-Mohammadi (TNSM) chief Maulana Sufi Muhammad the Swat peace deal in a meeting at an undisclosed location in the Matta sub-division of the Swat District on February 19. TNSM spokesman Izzat Khan told Daily Times Sufi and his delegation tried to convince Fazlullah and other Taliban leaders to disarm. He also said the TNSM chief told the Taliban that he too had given up his protest after the announcement that Sharia (Islamic law) would be implemented in the Malakand Division. The spokesman said Fazlullah has sought one day for consultation with his Shura (council). He would talk to his associates after the Friday prayer today (February 20) to make a decision, Izzat Khan said.
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February - 19 
The US special envoy to Afghanistan and Pakistan said he called President Asif Ali Zardari on February 19 expressed US concern over the Swat peace deal, which he said was ‘hard to understand’, Daily Times reported. Richard Holbrooke said in an interv
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The US special envoy to Afghanistan and Pakistan said he called President Asif Ali Zardari on February 19 expressed US concern over the Swat peace deal, which he said was ‘hard to understand’, Daily Times reported. Richard Holbrooke said in an interview with CNN that Zardari assured him the pact was an “interim arrangement” to stabilise the restive region. “He (Zardari) does not disagree that the people who are running Swat now are murderous thugs and militants and they pose a danger not only to Pakistan but to the United States,” said Holbrooke. “I am concerned, and I know that Secretary [of State Hillary] Clinton is and the president is, that this deal which is portrayed in the press as a truce does not turn into a surrender… President Zardari has assured us this is not the case,” said Holbrooke.
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February - 19 
The US State Department said the US was interested in seeing results of anti-terrorism efforts in Pakistan and will continue to stay in touch with Pakistani officials over the Swat peace arrangement. Deputy spokesman Gordon Duguid said: "These types
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The US State Department said the US was interested in seeing results of anti-terrorism efforts in Pakistan and will continue to stay in touch with Pakistani officials over the Swat peace arrangement. Deputy spokesman Gordon Duguid said: "These types of deals have happened before and (in that context) the direction of events in Swat valley are not in going in a positive way. What we do want to see is results."
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February - 20 
Security Forces (SFs) on February 20 fired mortar shells at suspected hideouts of the Taliban in various areas of the Mamoond and Khar sub-divisions of Bajaur Agency, Daily Times reported. They said the firing had killed four Taliban militants, inc
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Security Forces (SFs) on February 20 fired mortar shells at suspected hideouts of the Taliban in various areas of the Mamoond and Khar sub-divisions of Bajaur Agency, Daily Times reported. They said the firing had killed four Taliban militants, including a commander, and injured several others. They said SFs had gained control of Inayat Kalay and Bhai Cheena in Khar and were advancing.
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February - 20 
, A roadside remote-controlled bomb exploded at Tilli in the Salarzai sub-division. However, no loss of life or property was reported.
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, A roadside remote-controlled bomb exploded at Tilli in the Salarzai sub-division. However, no loss of life or property was reported.
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February - 20 
32 persons were killed and 145 others injured when a suicide bomber exploded himself in the funeral procession of a slain employee of the Tehsil Municipal Administration near the busy Shubra Square in Dera Ismail Khan on February 20, The News reporte
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32 persons were killed and 145 others injured when a suicide bomber exploded himself in the funeral procession of a slain employee of the Tehsil Municipal Administration near the busy Shubra Square in Dera Ismail Khan on February 20, The News reported. Sources said the funeral procession of local Shia community leader Sher Zaman alias Shera, who was killed in firing by unidentified persons on February 19, was heading towards Kotly Imam Hussain for his Namaz-e-Janaza (funeral prayer) and burial when a suicide bomber ran into the mourners and blew himself up. While there was no immediate claim for the blast, Police and witnesses blamed sectarian extremists. “We cannot immediately say who could be behind the bombing but it appeared to be linked with the ongoing sectarian attacks,” said Saadullah Khan, the local police station chief. “The head and a foot of the suicide bomber has been found at the scene. The bomber appeared to be 20 years old with a beard,” he added. The suicide bombing consequently led to rioting and firing in the air by some angry funeral participants. They reportedly targeted an approaching Police patrol vehicle, prompting the authorities to impose an indefinite curfew in the city. In the Sikligara area, a Police mobile van was also fired at. However, the Policemen in the vehicle escaped unhurt, sources said. Riots broke out in the city following the blast, and Police confirmed that two people were killed in the firing that followed the suicide bombing, according to Daily Times. Separately, Police said they had arrested three of the four people suspected of killing Sher Zaman.
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February - 20 
A breakthrough is reported to have occurred during talks between the Tehreek-e-Nafaz-e-Shariat-e-Mohammadi (TNSM) chief Maulana Sufi Mohammed and Swat Taliban chief Maulana Fazlullah on February 20, Dawn quoted a TNSM spokesman as saying. Separately,
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A breakthrough is reported to have occurred during talks between the Tehreek-e-Nafaz-e-Shariat-e-Mohammadi (TNSM) chief Maulana Sufi Mohammed and Swat Taliban chief Maulana Fazlullah on February 20, Dawn quoted a TNSM spokesman as saying. Separately, the Taliban said they would probably extend the cease-fire in Swat. Sufi Mohammad is seeking to persuade the Taliban to eschew violence and accept the Government's offer to introduce Sharia (Islamic law) in the Malakand Division and Kohistan District. Taliban spokesman Muslim Khan said “Hopefully, you'll hear good news in one or two days.” “They met and discussed how peace will return here and what actions need to be taken for it,” said Khan, adding that Sufi Mohammed was expected to make the Taliban's case to the Government. According to The News, Sufi Mohammed accompanied by thousands of his activists on February 20 continued to rally through the strife-torn towns and villages of the Swat Valley. He also met his son-in-law, Maulana Fazlullah, to persuade the militants to lay down their arms.
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February - 20 
Elsewhere in the FATA, a bomb blast near a bridge in Walikhel Khyber on February 20 briefly held up trucks carrying NATO supplies to Afghanistan. Sources said a timed bomb was used in the attack which slightly damaged the bridge and injured one soldi
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Elsewhere in the FATA, a bomb blast near a bridge in Walikhel Khyber on February 20 briefly held up trucks carrying NATO supplies to Afghanistan. Sources said a timed bomb was used in the attack which slightly damaged the bridge and injured one soldier. Two other bombs failed to explode. Trailers carrying NATO supplies were reportedly forced to make a one-hour stop because of the damaged bridge.
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February - 20 
The US Defence Secretary Robert Gates said on February 20 that Washington could accept a political agreement between the Afghan Government and the Taliban militants along the lines of a truce in neighbouring Pakistan, The News reported. When asked if
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The US Defence Secretary Robert Gates said on February 20 that Washington could accept a political agreement between the Afghan Government and the Taliban militants along the lines of a truce in neighbouring Pakistan, The News reported. When asked if Pakistan succeeds in pacifying the militant activity in Swat, the United States would allow Afghans to make a similar type of agreement, Gates replied: “If there is a reconciliation, if insurgents are willing to put down their arms, if the reconciliation is essentially on the terms being offered by the government, then I think we would be very open to that. We have said all along that ultimately some sort of political reconciliation has to be part of the long-term solution in Afghanistan.”
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February - 20 
Top Taliban leaders from North and South Waziristan met on February 20 to forge an alliance, Daily Times reported. Sources said that the Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) chief Baitullah Mehsud and Taliban leaders Maulvi Nazir and Hafiz Gul Bahadar me
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Top Taliban leaders from North and South Waziristan met on February 20 to forge an alliance, Daily Times reported. Sources said that the Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) chief Baitullah Mehsud and Taliban leaders Maulvi Nazir and Hafiz Gul Bahadar met at an undisclosed location in Waziristan and agreed to form an alliance. The three Taliban leaders have reportedly formed a 13-member committee and authorised it to make ‘all decisions’. They also agreed that they would jointly defend attacks against them, and make plans in consultation with the committee. An unnamed senior militant commander of the Nazir group told The News that all the three commanders in a meeting held somewhere in South Waziristan Agency resolved all their differences and promised to live peacefully with each other in future. He said senior Pakistani and Afghan Taliban commanders played role in resolving differences among the three. He also said a 14-member Shura (executive council) was formed later after their final meeting that would comprise Baitullah Mehsud, Hafiz Gul Bahadur, Maulvi Nazir and militants commander in South Waziristan, while 10 other people had been drawn from Baitullah Mahsud’s tribe, Gul Bahadur’s Utmanzai Wazir tribe and Maulvi Nazir’s Ahmadzai Wazir tribe.
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February - 21 
At least two people were killed and five others injured in Dera Ismail Khan in the NWFP on February 21, as curfew remained in place and the army and Police continued to patrol the streets, the District administration said, according to Daily Times. T
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At least two people were killed and five others injured in Dera Ismail Khan in the NWFP on February 21, as curfew remained in place and the army and Police continued to patrol the streets, the District administration said, according to Daily Times. The District Nazim (local official), Haji Abdul Rauf, said armed men opened fire on members of the funeral procession of those who died in February 20 bombing, injuring the seven persons two of whom died later in the hospital.
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February - 21 
Eight suspected Taliban militants were killed in firing by helicopter gun ships and artillery shelling by the Security Forces in the Bajaur Agency of FATA on February 21, officials claimed, according to Daily Times. The troops targeted Taliban positi
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Eight suspected Taliban militants were killed in firing by helicopter gun ships and artillery shelling by the Security Forces in the Bajaur Agency of FATA on February 21, officials claimed, according to Daily Times. The troops targeted Taliban positions in various areas of the agency and more casualties are feared, they said, adding forces has advanced in Inayat Killay.
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February - 21 
In Salarzai tehsil (revenue division), rockets were fired on the house of Hazrat Gul, a close associate of Pakistan People’s Party member in the National Assembly, Akhunzada Chitan, but no casualties were reported.
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In Salarzai tehsil (revenue division), rockets were fired on the house of Hazrat Gul, a close associate of Pakistan People’s Party member in the National Assembly, Akhunzada Chitan, but no casualties were reported.
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February - 21 
Pakistani authorities and the local Taliban have agreed to a cease-fire in the troubled Swat valley in the NWFP following peace talks between militants and religious hardliners, an unnamed top official said on February 21, reports Daily Times.
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Pakistani authorities and the local Taliban have agreed to a cease-fire in the troubled Swat valley in the NWFP following peace talks between militants and religious hardliners, an unnamed top official said on February 21, reports Daily Times.
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The Taliban said on February 22 they would decide within days whether to call a permanent cease-fire in Swat after the Government agreed to allow Sharia (Islamic law) in the valley, Daily Times reported. Muslim Khan, spokesman for Taliban leader Maul
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The Taliban said on February 22 they would decide within days whether to call a permanent cease-fire in Swat after the Government agreed to allow Sharia (Islamic law) in the valley, Daily Times reported. Muslim Khan, spokesman for Taliban leader Maulana Fazlullah, said they would review their current 10-day truce in the Swat valley when it expires on February 25. “We declared a 10-day cease-fire just after the agreement was signed and you will see an exemplary peace prevail in the valley once Sharia is enforced… In the next five or six days, our Shura [executive council] is meeting and it will decide about a permanent ceasefire,” Khan told AFP. Fazlullah said the cease-fire would be made permanent provided the militants were confident about the Government’s intentions. He was speaking after talks with Tehreek-e-Nafaz-e-Shariat-e-Mohammadi (TNSM) chief Maulana Sufi Mohammed, who signed the deal with the Government. Sufi held a meeting with close aides in Mingora on February 22 to review the situation, his spokesman Ameer Izzat said. Earlier on February 21, the Government and the Swat chapter of Tehrik-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) agreed to a permanent cease-fire in Swat after Fazlullah accepted the Nizam-e-Adl Regulation 2009, leading the Government to announce the reopening of schools and return of the internally-displaced persons. Speaking on his FM channel, Fazlullah indicated that he would give up fighting in Swat but would not surrender. Fazlullah also stated that he would continue his struggle at the international level and the fight against the US till Washington was defeated. Commissioner of the Malakand Division, Syed Muhammad Javed, told the media that the cease-fire would now be permanent. “Yes, both sides will observe a permanent cease-fire,” Javed told The News. Fazlullah also reportedly made the same announcement on the truce in his address. After the agreement, Javed said all the schools would be reopened by February 23. Fazlullah has also reportedly allowed girls’ students to appear in examinations in proper purdah (veil). The Government also urged the internally displaced persons (IDPs) to return to their homes, declaring that it would provide them assistance and compensation. The commissioner said the Government had provided funds in this regard and PKR 300,000 and PKR 100,000 would be given to those killed and wounded during the violence, respectively. He asked those police officials who had deserted the force during the conflict to rejoin their duty and announced promotion for policemen who had bravely performed duty during the conflict, besides double salary of all the turbulent months. He added that the Chief Minister would soon announce a development package for Swat.
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February - 21 
Two suicide bombers were killed when their explosives-laden car blew up before hitting its intended target in the Lakki town of Bannu District in the NWFP on February 21, Police said, according to Daily Times. The bombers intended to ram the vehicle
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Two suicide bombers were killed when their explosives-laden car blew up before hitting its intended target in the Lakki town of Bannu District in the NWFP on February 21, Police said, according to Daily Times. The bombers intended to ram the vehicle into a Police post but it exploded a few metres short of its target, Police officer Muhammad Habibullah said. “We have found body parts of two bombers from the blown up vehicle,” the officer told AFP, adding, there were no Police casualties.
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February - 22 
A jirga (council of elders), formed to bring the Government and militants to the negotiating table in Bajaur, failed to broker a cease-fire. “Yes, the Jirga has stopped its efforts to broker a cease-fire,” an unnamed source said.
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A jirga (council of elders), formed to bring the Government and militants to the negotiating table in Bajaur, failed to broker a cease-fire. “Yes, the Jirga has stopped its efforts to broker a cease-fire,” an unnamed source said.
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February - 22 
Four militants were killed and three others sustained injuries in the ongoing military operation in different areas of Khar and Mamond sub-divisions of the Bajaur Agency on February 22, The News reported. Sources said Security Forces (SFs) shelled su
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Four militants were killed and three others sustained injuries in the ongoing military operation in different areas of Khar and Mamond sub-divisions of the Bajaur Agency on February 22, The News reported. Sources said Security Forces (SFs) shelled suspected hideouts of militants in the Inayat Kellay, Bad-e-Samor, Bhai Cheena and Shinkot areas of Khar sub-division and some areas of Mamond subdivision with gunship helicopters, artillery and mortar guns. At least four militants were killed and three others injured in the latest military action, the sources said.
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February - 22 
Taliban abducted and later released the new District Co-ordination Officer (DCO) in Swat and his six bodyguards to secure the release of their three aides on February 22, Daily Times reported. “We have released the official and his six guards in exch
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Taliban abducted and later released the new District Co-ordination Officer (DCO) in Swat and his six bodyguards to secure the release of their three aides on February 22, Daily Times reported. “We have released the official and his six guards in exchange for the release of our two colleagues,” Taliban spokesman Muslim Khan told AFP. “The Government has released two (of) our men and soon they will release the third. The Government violated the agreement by arresting our men in Peshawar and killing in Dir (district) that is why we had to do this,” Khan said. Government officials said they could not confirm the claim by Khan, saying they had not yet heard from the kidnapped official. “I have received some information about the release of the Government official and his guards, but we have not heard from him yet,” the NWFP Information Minister Mian Iftikhar Hussain told AFP. DCO Khushhal Khan and six bodyguards were taken away at gunpoint from a Taliban check-post in Mingora earlier on February 22.
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February - 22 
Taliban have formed a new alliance, Shura Ittihad-ul-Mujahideen, in the North and South Waziristan as formal announcement to this effect came on February 22. Sources told The News that the new alliance would comprise the groups led by central chief o
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Taliban have formed a new alliance, Shura Ittihad-ul-Mujahideen, in the North and South Waziristan as formal announcement to this effect came on February 22. Sources told The News that the new alliance would comprise the groups led by central chief of banned Tehrik-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP), Baitullah Mahsud, and the two reportedly pro-government commanders Maulvi Nazir of South Waziristan and Hafiz Gul Bahadur of North Waziristan. The three, according to sources, met at an undisclosed location and decided to resolve their differences to foil the external forces’ designs for dividing the multiple Taliban groups based in Pakistan. They formed a 13-member Shura (executive council) to run the affairs of the new alliance.
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February - 22 
The NWFP Government would arm 30,000 civilians in an attempt to counter criminal gangs operating across the province as authorities formally approved the setting up of an Elite Police Force (EPF) by sanctioning 2,657 vacancies, The News reported. The
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The NWFP Government would arm 30,000 civilians in an attempt to counter criminal gangs operating across the province as authorities formally approved the setting up of an Elite Police Force (EPF) by sanctioning 2,657 vacancies, The News reported. The Government would give 30,000 rifles to civilians after proper scrutiny by a committee, headed by respective district co-ordination officers. The respective station house officer would recommend the names of civilians for the village defence committees (VDCs), which would assist law-enforcement agencies in maintaining law and order in their respective areas. “After going through a thorough process, the government will provide rifles and permits to 30,000 members of the VDCs to counter criminal gangs in the area with the help of the public,” said an official. In addition, the Government has formally approved the establishment of the EPF by creating 2,657 vacancies. The force has already been launched and over 1,000 policemen have been assigned duties. Initially, the Chief Minister has directed officials to release PKR 200 million for the EPF that would cost the state exchequer PKR 3.27 billion. Around 1,022 of these police commandos had passed out from the Punjab Regimental Centre in Mardan while a batch of over 521 others had been trained in Karachi recently. The rest would be passed out in June 2009. The newly-trained EPF commandos would be deputed in various towns of the Frontier to cope with the extraordinary law and order situation. Around 600 commandos of the EPF had refused to be posted in the Swat Valley when they were given their first assignment in January 2009.
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February - 22 
The Swat Private School Management Association Chairman Ahmed Shah said all the private educational institutions would be opened on February 23 (today), but girls would go to schools in veil.
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The Swat Private School Management Association Chairman Ahmed Shah said all the private educational institutions would be opened on February 23 (today), but girls would go to schools in veil.
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February - 23 
A Police guard was killed on February 23 when he flung himself onto a suicide bomber to prevent him from entering a compound in Bannu, Daily Times reported. The attacker was trying to enter the compound, where judges and senior police officials live
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A Police guard was killed on February 23 when he flung himself onto a suicide bomber to prevent him from entering a compound in Bannu, Daily Times reported. The attacker was trying to enter the compound, where judges and senior police officials live and work, when the guard intercepted him. “The suicide bomber tried to enter the compound. Then the police guard saw him, grabbed him and he exploded himself,” local Police official Ghafar Ali told AFP by telephone. Two other police guards were wounded in the attack.
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February - 23 
Maulana Sufi Muhammad, chief of the banned Tehreek-e-Nafaz-e-Shariat-e-Mohammadi (TNSM), announced a 10-point peace plan for Swat in a press conference in Mingora on February 23, Daily Times reported. Sufi asked the Taliban to remove all their check-
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Maulana Sufi Muhammad, chief of the banned Tehreek-e-Nafaz-e-Shariat-e-Mohammadi (TNSM), announced a 10-point peace plan for Swat in a press conference in Mingora on February 23, Daily Times reported. Sufi asked the Taliban to remove all their check-posts and not to display arms in the Swat valley. He asked the Government to withdraw troops from schools and other buildings and stop all military operations immediately. He also called on the Taliban and Government to release each others prisoners. The TNSM chief asked employees of the District administration to resume their duties, and the Government to reinstate such Frontier Corps, Police and Government officials who had been dismissed during the past few years. He also demanded immediate compensation for the people of Swat, inviting the NWFP Chief Minister to visit the valley to make an announcement in this regard.
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February - 23 
Police deployment on the road had been increased especially after an attack on Baloch intellectual and provincial Secretary for Mines and Minerals Jan Muhammad Dashti on February 23. The banned Sunni group Lashkar-e-Jhangvi (LeJ) had claimed responsi
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Police deployment on the road had been increased especially after an attack on Baloch intellectual and provincial Secretary for Mines and Minerals Jan Muhammad Dashti on February 23. The banned Sunni group Lashkar-e-Jhangvi (LeJ) had claimed responsibility for the attack saying Dashti was targeted because of his ‘anti-Islam’ opinions. The official was seriously injured in the attack.
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February - 23 
Schools reopened in Mingora and other areas of Swat, but girls’ attendance at both the Government and private schools remained thin. The Swat District Coordination Officer Khushhal Khan said arrangements would soon be made to rebuild the schools that
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Schools reopened in Mingora and other areas of Swat, but girls’ attendance at both the Government and private schools remained thin. The Swat District Coordination Officer Khushhal Khan said arrangements would soon be made to rebuild the schools that had been destroyed.
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February - 23 
Suspected Taliban militants blew up five houses in Adezai village near Darra Adam Khel early on February 23. An official of the Mattani Police station told Daily Times that the suspected Taliban militants had planted explosives near the houses. Three
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Suspected Taliban militants blew up five houses in Adezai village near Darra Adam Khel early on February 23. An official of the Mattani Police station told Daily Times that the suspected Taliban militants had planted explosives near the houses. Three vehicles were also damaged in the explosion. However, no casualties were reported.
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February - 23 
The chief of the US Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) has said that the ‘main threat of global terrorism’ is coming from the tribal areas of Pakistan and Afghanistan, Daily Times reported. According to a Voice of America programme, FBI Director R
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The chief of the US Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) has said that the ‘main threat of global terrorism’ is coming from the tribal areas of Pakistan and Afghanistan, Daily Times reported. According to a Voice of America programme, FBI Director Robert Mueller said on February 23 that another threat could come from militants recruited on US soil. He said the Mumbai terror attacks in November 2008 had raised concern about whether a similar attack could be carried out elsewhere. "This type of an attack reminds us that terrorists with large agendas and little money can use rudimentary weapons to maximise their impact," said Mueller at the Council on Foreign Relations. He said the tribal areas of Afghanistan and Pakistan posed the ‘greatest threat’ of terror attacks.
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February - 23 
The Lashkar-e-Islam (LI) chief Mangal Bagh on February 23 escaped unhurt as the headquarters of his banned outfit came under attack from Army helicopters in the Spin Qabar area in Bara subdivision of the Khyber Agency, The News reported. Sources said
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The Lashkar-e-Islam (LI) chief Mangal Bagh on February 23 escaped unhurt as the headquarters of his banned outfit came under attack from Army helicopters in the Spin Qabar area in Bara subdivision of the Khyber Agency, The News reported. Sources said eight persons, including two children, were injured in the attack. The LI, however, said three persons were killed and 13 more wounded. Its spokesman Misri Gul admitted at least one of the three dead was an LI activist, while the other two were civilians. However, the paramilitary officials claimed killing 10 militants and injuring 15 others in the strike. “Security forces have destroyed the main communication centre in the Khyber Agency, used by criminal elements,” said a statement issued from the Frontier Corps headquarters. The statement said they had received confirmed intelligence reports that the militants present in the compound under attack were planning to target some areas in main cities. Locals said Mangal Bagh and his Shura (executive council) members were present inside the compound when it was aerially targeted.
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February - 23 
The military operation in Swat has been stopped and the Pakistan Army fully supports the peace deal as an instrument to find a non-military solution to the problem, the Inter-Services Public Relations Director-General Major General Athar Abbas said w
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The military operation in Swat has been stopped and the Pakistan Army fully supports the peace deal as an instrument to find a non-military solution to the problem, the Inter-Services Public Relations Director-General Major General Athar Abbas said while addressing a seminar on February 23. “Pakistan Army ... has backed the Swat peace deal to strengthen the hands of the political government,” he said, adding that the security of the state was the military’s top priority.
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February - 23 
The Taliban on February 23 announced a unilateral cease-fire and secretly signed a peace accord with the Government, pledging to remain peaceful, The News reported. Following the signing of the accord, in which the Government reportedly announced amn
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The Taliban on February 23 announced a unilateral cease-fire and secretly signed a peace accord with the Government, pledging to remain peaceful, The News reported. Following the signing of the accord, in which the Government reportedly announced amnesty for the Taliban, Maulvi Faqir Mohammad, Taliban commander in Bajaur and deputy leader of the Baitullah Mehsud-led Tehrik-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP), announced a unilateral cease-fire through his FM radio on the evening of February 23. He directed his cadres to stop fighting the Security Forces and help restore peace in Bajaur as an understanding had been reached with the Government. Military spokesman Major General Athar Abbas said they had heard about the militants’ announcement of a truce but the Government had not yet reciprocated. He said the chief of the Frontier Corps, after discussions with the civilian administration, would decide about the Government’s stance on February 24 (today) in response to the militants’ cease-fire. Official and tribal sources said that besides pro-government militant commanders, prominent tribal elders, including Malik Abdul Aziz, Malik Ayaz and Malik Manjapar, helped in peace talks between the Government and the Faqir Mohammad-led Taliban in Bajaur. Sources said that after a few rounds of talks between the two sides through the tribal jirga, the two warring sides agreed to resolve their major differences through dialogue instead of fighting. The sources said senior militant commanders, including Faqir Mohammad and TTP spokesman Maulvi Omar, signed the peace agreement on behalf of the Taliban while Political Agent of Bajaur Agency Shafeerullah Khan, Commissioner of Malakand Syed Muhammad Javed and a few other senior Government and military officials inked the truce from the Government’s side.
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February - 24 
A Shia trader and three of his sons were shot dead in an apparent sectarian attack in Quetta, capital of Balochistan, on February 24, according to Daily Times. Ghulab Shah, a hardware trader of Afghan origin, was returning home with his six sons at a
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A Shia trader and three of his sons were shot dead in an apparent sectarian attack in Quetta, capital of Balochistan, on February 24, according to Daily Times. Ghulab Shah, a hardware trader of Afghan origin, was returning home with his six sons at about 8pm when four gunmen ambushed his car on the high-security Sariab Road. Shah and three of his sons died instantly, while two of them were injured. No one has claimed responsibility for the attack so far.
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February - 24 
More than 500 police officials returned to their duties in the valley following last week’s agreement between the NWFP Government and the Tehreek-e-Nafaz-e-Shariat-e-Mohammadi (TNSM) that includes the implementation of Sharia in Malakand Division and
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More than 500 police officials returned to their duties in the valley following last week’s agreement between the NWFP Government and the Tehreek-e-Nafaz-e-Shariat-e-Mohammadi (TNSM) that includes the implementation of Sharia in Malakand Division and Kohistan District. More Policemen are expected to return to their offices in two days, the state-run APP news agency reported. The move follows Malakand police chief’s announcement of ‘amnesty’ for the officials who had quit their jobs as Taliban took control of parts of the Swat valley.
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February - 24 
The Security Forces suspended their operations in Bajaur Agency on February 24 and agreed to hold fire for four days, Daily Times reported. "Security forces have decided to observe a four-day ceasefire across Bajaur," Political Agent Safirullah Khan
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The Security Forces suspended their operations in Bajaur Agency on February 24 and agreed to hold fire for four days, Daily Times reported. "Security forces have decided to observe a four-day ceasefire across Bajaur," Political Agent Safirullah Khan told reporters. He described the decision as a "goodwill gesture" made at the request of tribal elders. A source said tribal leaders wanted to hold talks with Taliban in order to negotiate a permanent peace in the area. "The security forces reserve the right to retaliate if they come under attack," Khan said. The Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) leader Maulvi Faqir Muhammad had declared a unilateral truce in Bajaur late on February 23. He said in a radio broadcast that his men had vacated Inayat Killay, a Taliban stronghold outside Bajaur’s main town of Khar.
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February - 24 
The Taliban in Swat declared an indefinite cease-fire in the valley on February 24, Daily Times reported. The decision was made in a meeting of the Taliban shura (executive council) on February 24, Taliban spokesman Muslim Khan said. Taliban chief Mu
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The Taliban in Swat declared an indefinite cease-fire in the valley on February 24, Daily Times reported. The decision was made in a meeting of the Taliban shura (executive council) on February 24, Taliban spokesman Muslim Khan said. Taliban chief Mullah Fazlullah announced the decision in a speech that was reportedly cut short when the security forces blocked the transmission of his FM radio channel. A private TV channel said the Security Forces had imported equipment to jam the radio transmission and used it for the first time on February 24. Fazlullah asked his men to stop displaying weapons, end their armed patrols and not to attack security convoys or abduct Government officials, according to copies of the speech sent to the media. He urged the Government to restore all officials removed during the unrest in Swat. Fazlullah ordered his commanders to disband their checkpoints, which he said created "unnecessary problems" for residents. The Taliban chief also stopped all non-government organisations (NGOs) from operating in the valley until the implementation of Sharia (Islamic law). "All NGOs should leave Swat because they are creating problems for peace," Fazlullah said in the speech. But he added that emergency medical crews were exempt from the order. Fazlullah called on soldiers deployed in Swat to remain at their bases, vowing to retaliate against any troop increases.
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February - 24 
Two civilians were killed in a bomb blast targeting Police near the garrison town of Kohat in the NWFP on February 24, Daily Times reported. "An improvised explosive device planted on the Kohat-Rawalpindi Road went off as a police van passed," Distri
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Two civilians were killed in a bomb blast targeting Police near the garrison town of Kohat in the NWFP on February 24, Daily Times reported. "An improvised explosive device planted on the Kohat-Rawalpindi Road went off as a police van passed," District Police Officer Abdullah Khan said. The Policemen were unhurt but the blast killed two motorcyclists in the Bahadurkot area, he said.
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February - 25 
Aali Khan Bugti, a grandson of slain Baloch nationalist leader Nawab Akbar Bugti, has formed a tribal lashkar (militia) for protecting national installations and restoring peace in the Dera Bugti District, according to Daily Times. Shaier Bugti, spok
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Aali Khan Bugti, a grandson of slain Baloch nationalist leader Nawab Akbar Bugti, has formed a tribal lashkar (militia) for protecting national installations and restoring peace in the Dera Bugti District, according to Daily Times. Shaier Bugti, spokesman for the lashkar, told reporters that the militia had been formed to stop target killings of Bugti tribesmen and maintain peace in the area. Armed supporters of Aali Bugti on February 25 set up pickets on a number of roads and started patrolling the District.
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February - 25 
Taliban on February 25 disbanded checkpoints and stopped carrying weapons in public a day after announcing an indefinite cease-fire in the Swat valley, Daily Times reported. Taliban commander Mullah Fazlullah ordered his followers to disband checkpoi
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Taliban on February 25 disbanded checkpoints and stopped carrying weapons in public a day after announcing an indefinite cease-fire in the Swat valley, Daily Times reported. Taliban commander Mullah Fazlullah ordered his followers to disband checkpoints in a speech on his illegal FM radio station late on February 24 and asked them not to carry weapons in public. “The Taliban have removed their checkpoints in and around Mingora,” Irfan Ahmad, a resident of Swat, said. Another Swat resident, Mushtaq Khan, said checkpoints have been removed from Matta, Charbagh and Kabal, all Taliban strongholds. “We adhere to the announcement made by Mullah Fazlullah on Tuesday night… We will completely remove all checkpoints after army troops withdraw from the area,” Taliban spokesman Muslim Khan told AFP. Fazlullah announced that the Taliban would not attack army vehicles carrying rations or moving between bases. Khan also said girls could go to schools if they are properly veiled.
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February - 25 
The Taliban in Swat valley received PKR 480 million ($6 million) in compensation from the Government after agreeing to a cease-fire with the Security Forces, Italian news agency AKI reported, according to Times of India. The amount was paid from a sp
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The Taliban in Swat valley received PKR 480 million ($6 million) in compensation from the Government after agreeing to a cease-fire with the Security Forces, Italian news agency AKI reported, according to Times of India. The amount was paid from a special fund of President Asif Ali Zardari, a senior security official said. “It is compensation for those who were killed during military operations and compensation for the properties destroyed by the security forces”, he added. “The amount has been paid through a backchannel,” he added.
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February - 25 
The Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) on February 25 announced full support to the Lashkar-e-Islam (LI) if the Security Forces (SFs) started an operation against the LI in Khyber Agency, Daily Times reported. The Bara-based TTP leader Hamza Afridi tol
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The Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) on February 25 announced full support to the Lashkar-e-Islam (LI) if the Security Forces (SFs) started an operation against the LI in Khyber Agency, Daily Times reported. The Bara-based TTP leader Hamza Afridi told reporters by telephone from an undisclosed location that they would support the LI in the agency if the SFs launched an operation against it. He also said the Taliban would not abandon LI chief Mangal Bagh.
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February - 26 
A vendor was killed after his bicycle hit a landmine in the Jaffarabad District on February 26, Daily Times reported. According to local Police, Gul Muhammad, a resident of Sibi, was on his way to the town when his bicycle hit a landmine planted by u
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A vendor was killed after his bicycle hit a landmine in the Jaffarabad District on February 26, Daily Times reported. According to local Police, Gul Muhammad, a resident of Sibi, was on his way to the town when his bicycle hit a landmine planted by unidentified miscreants in RD-238 area of the District, killing him on the spot.
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February - 26 
According to Statesman, two persons were killed while six others were taken hostage by militants during a clash with local residents in the Pindyali sub-division of Mohmand Agency on February 26. The clash started when militants tried to enter Milk E
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According to Statesman, two persons were killed while six others were taken hostage by militants during a clash with local residents in the Pindyali sub-division of Mohmand Agency on February 26. The clash started when militants tried to enter Milk Eilam Khan’s guest house with the intention to kidnap him but the watchman offered resistance which led to a fierce clash. In the ensuing encounter, two persons, identified as Pehlawan Khan and Bacha Khan, were killed while six others were taken to an unknown location as hostages.
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February - 26 
Over 700 policemen have so far rejoined their duties and those suspended are trying to restore their services. The APP reported that all major trading centres, markets, bazaars, commercial banks, Government and semi-government offices and educational
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Over 700 policemen have so far rejoined their duties and those suspended are trying to restore their services. The APP reported that all major trading centres, markets, bazaars, commercial banks, Government and semi-government offices and educational institutions were opened on February 26
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February - 26 
Sufi Muhammad said he was ready to play his role for restoration of peace in Waziristan and Bajaur. He said he was in consultation with the Malakand Commissioner, Deputy Inspector General of Police (Malakand Range), and senior military officials for
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Sufi Muhammad said he was ready to play his role for restoration of peace in Waziristan and Bajaur. He said he was in consultation with the Malakand Commissioner, Deputy Inspector General of Police (Malakand Range), and senior military officials for restoration of peace in Swat. He said he was also in contact with the Taliban leadership. He called on the people of Malakand Division and Kohistan District to withdraw all the cases pending before the courts in order to file them afresh under the proposed Nizam-e-Adl Regulation 2009.
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February - 26 
Suspected insurgents blew up a railway track near Galangore in the Noshki District on February 26. According to Frontier Post, unknown persons planted an explosive device on the track at Machi Landi near Galangore. While the track was blown up, no lo
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Suspected insurgents blew up a railway track near Galangore in the Noshki District on February 26. According to Frontier Post, unknown persons planted an explosive device on the track at Machi Landi near Galangore. While the track was blown up, no loss of life or injuries was reported.
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February - 26 
Suspected Taliban militants stopped a Security Forces’ (SFs) convoy from entering Mingora in the Swat District by planting a roadside bomb in Balogram area on February 26. Sources said the Malakand Division Commissioner, TNSM chief Maulana Sufi Moham
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Suspected Taliban militants stopped a Security Forces’ (SFs) convoy from entering Mingora in the Swat District by planting a roadside bomb in Balogram area on February 26. Sources said the Malakand Division Commissioner, TNSM chief Maulana Sufi Mohammed and representatives of the Taliban had started talks to sort out the matter.
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February - 26 
Taliban beheaded an Afghan in the FATA after accusing him of spying for the United States, Police said on February 26, Daily Times reported. The 35-year-old man was kidnapped a week ago and his body found in Razmak, some 65 kilometers south of Mirans
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Taliban beheaded an Afghan in the FATA after accusing him of spying for the United States, Police said on February 26, Daily Times reported. The 35-year-old man was kidnapped a week ago and his body found in Razmak, some 65 kilometers south of Miranshah, the main town in North Waziristan Agency. A note found on the body of the man, identified as Shafiq Gul, said he was "spying for the US". "Whoever spies for the US will face the same fate. This is a gift to Obama," the note said.
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February - 26 
The Inspector General of Frontier Corps (FC), Major General Salim Nawaz, has said terrorist activities are still being carried out in Balochistan despite Government efforts for reconciliation, Geo TV reported. Addressing a press conference in Quetta,
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The Inspector General of Frontier Corps (FC), Major General Salim Nawaz, has said terrorist activities are still being carried out in Balochistan despite Government efforts for reconciliation, Geo TV reported. Addressing a press conference in Quetta, he said the FC has foiled a major terrorist act in the province by seizing a heavy stock of weapons. These weapons were to be smuggled to different parts of the country from Afghanistan. He also said no operation is being carried out in any part of Balochistan for the recovery of UN official John Solecki because it is feared that his abductors might kill Solecki on seeing the troops approaching. The officer also claimed that Brahamdagh Bugti is reported to have links with the abduction of John Solecki.
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February - 26 
The News has reported that SFs have vacated all checkpoints in the Swat valley as part of the ongoing efforts to restore peace and stopped checking vehicles forthwith. Sufi Muhammad had asked the troops to demolish all the checkpoints to ensure free
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The News has reported that SFs have vacated all checkpoints in the Swat valley as part of the ongoing efforts to restore peace and stopped checking vehicles forthwith. Sufi Muhammad had asked the troops to demolish all the checkpoints to ensure free movement of the people. He had also asked the Taliban to direct their fighters to stop their activities and display of weapons at public places. However, the sources said militants were still blocking the movement of SFs in Qamber and Takhtaband. The militants reportedly forced eight vehicles of the military to move back to Barikot on February 26. Locals told The News from Mingora that militants were still patrolling public places in Qamber, a town situated three kilometers from Mingora. In addition, the Taliban have ‘arrested’ five of their fighters for flouting the directives of their leadership of non-interference and announced to award them punishment in line with Sharia (Islamic law).
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February - 26 
Three rockets fired from the Bara area of Khyber Agency landed in fields near the Mattani Police station in Peshawar on February 26, Daily Times reported. However, there was no loss of life or damage to property. Three rockets had landed in the Pisht
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Three rockets fired from the Bara area of Khyber Agency landed in fields near the Mattani Police station in Peshawar on February 26, Daily Times reported. However, there was no loss of life or damage to property. Three rockets had landed in the Pishtakhara area of the NWFP capital on February 25, without causing any damage.
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February - 27 
According to Times of India, the Government of India on February 27 rejected the Pakistan Navy chief’s claim. “The dossier handed over to Pakistan was irrefutable and solid on facts,” Home Minister P. Chidambaram was quoted as saying at a press confe
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According to Times of India, the Government of India on February 27 rejected the Pakistan Navy chief’s claim. “The dossier handed over to Pakistan was irrefutable and solid on facts,” Home Minister P. Chidambaram was quoted as saying at a press conference. According to AFP, the Union Minister of External Affairs, Anand Sharma, also rejected the naval chief’s claim, and said Pakistan was engaging in ‘multiple speak, duplicity and denial’ and had ‘created this confusion’.
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February - 27 
Naval Chief of Staff Admiral Nauman Bashir said on February 27 he had no proof that Mohammad Ajmal Amir Iman alias Kasab - the lone Lashkar-e-Toiba (LeT) militant arrested after the Mumbai terrorist attacks of November 2008 - used Pakistani waters to
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Naval Chief of Staff Admiral Nauman Bashir said on February 27 he had no proof that Mohammad Ajmal Amir Iman alias Kasab - the lone Lashkar-e-Toiba (LeT) militant arrested after the Mumbai terrorist attacks of November 2008 - used Pakistani waters to reach India. “I do not have any proof, so I cannot confirm that claim,” said Nauman while addressing a press conference in Karachi, Daily Times reported. “The Indian navy is much larger than ours, and if Ajmal Kasab had gone from here, then what were their coastguards doing and why they did not stop the terrorists?” the naval commander was quoted as saying by AFP. Nauman declined further comment on the Mumbai attacks. “There are many questions about the Mumbai attacks which need to be answered and until then, we cannot make any comment,” he said.
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*Data till , April 17, 2024
Source:Compiled from news reports and are provisional.
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