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July - 1 
14 SF personnel, who were abducted the Jamrud sub-division of Khyber a few days ago, were set free on July 1. They were abducted from check-posts on the main Peshawar-Torkham Highway.
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14 SF personnel, who were abducted the Jamrud sub-division of Khyber a few days ago, were set free on July 1. They were abducted from check-posts on the main Peshawar-Torkham Highway.
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July - 1 
According to Daily Times, unidentified gunmen shot dead JamiatAhl-e-Sunnat Wal Jamaat Swat chief Maulvi Samiullah in his native Ningolai village in the Kabal sub-division of Swat district late on July 1. A stray bullet also killed 15-year old Ali She
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According to Daily Times, unidentified gunmen shot dead JamiatAhl-e-Sunnat Wal Jamaat Swat chief Maulvi Samiullah in his native Ningolai village in the Kabal sub-division of Swat district late on July 1. A stray bullet also killed 15-year old Ali Sher in the incident.
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July - 1 
According to Dawn, police arrested seven members of the outlawed Lashkar-i-Islam (LeI) group during an operation on July 1 in various areas of Peshawar, capital of the NWFP. Police personnel, backed by the Frontier Constabulary, raided a number of ho
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According to Dawn, police arrested seven members of the outlawed Lashkar-i-Islam (LeI) group during an operation on July 1 in various areas of Peshawar, capital of the NWFP. Police personnel, backed by the Frontier Constabulary, raided a number of houses in the Hayatabad, Peshtakhara, Daudzai, Chamkani, Ormar and Khazana areas. The recovered weapons included nine Kalashnikovs, three rifles, seven pistols and 328 cartridges.
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July - 1 
Clashes between rival religious groups continued in the remote Tirah Valley of the Khyber tribal region. 44 people have lost their lives in the gun-battles between the activists of LeI and Ansarul Islam over the past 10 days.
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Clashes between rival religious groups continued in the remote Tirah Valley of the Khyber tribal region. 44 people have lost their lives in the gun-battles between the activists of LeI and Ansarul Islam over the past 10 days.
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July - 1 
Lashkar-i-Islam chief Mangal Bagh is reported to have contacted the political authorities and expressed willingness to resolve the issue through dialogue. An official said five elders had approached the administration on behalf of Mangal Bagh on July
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Lashkar-i-Islam chief Mangal Bagh is reported to have contacted the political authorities and expressed willingness to resolve the issue through dialogue. An official said five elders had approached the administration on behalf of Mangal Bagh on July 1 and called for holding talks. He said the Government would hold talks only if Mangal Bagh disbanded his private militia, guaranteed good conduct and accepted the Government’s writ. According to The News, Mangal Bagh said that Federal Environment Minister Hameedullah Jan should own the responsibility for the military operation and resign from the assembly. He said that the operation would not be resisted but the Government should not compel.
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July - 1 
Power supply to Mastung, Kalat and Quetta in Balochistan was suspended after a pylon of the 132-KV Quetta-Mastung transmission line in the Mianghundi area was blown up by the insurgents, according to Dawn. However, no loss of life or injury was repor
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Power supply to Mastung, Kalat and Quetta in Balochistan was suspended after a pylon of the 132-KV Quetta-Mastung transmission line in the Mianghundi area was blown up by the insurgents, according to Dawn. However, no loss of life or injury was reported.
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July - 2 
A man lobbed a hand-grenade on the City Police station in a busy shopping area of provincial capital Quetta. The grenade exploded inside the police station, injuring a sub-inspector.
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A man lobbed a hand-grenade on the City Police station in a busy shopping area of provincial capital Quetta. The grenade exploded inside the police station, injuring a sub-inspector.
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July - 2 
A paramilitary soldier was killed and another injured in attacks on check-posts and a police station in Balochistan on July 2, according to Dawn. Sources said that the soldier of the Frontier Corps was killed when some people attacked a check-post in
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A paramilitary soldier was killed and another injured in attacks on check-posts and a police station in Balochistan on July 2, according to Dawn. Sources said that the soldier of the Frontier Corps was killed when some people attacked a check-post in the Lehri area of Sibi district with rockets and heavy weapons. Further, a check-post in Kohlu also came under rocket attack. The rockets, however, exploded in an open area.
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July - 2 
America’s top military official said on July 2 that he has all the authority he needed for targeting senior al Qaeda and Taliban leaders in Pakistan’s tribal areas, according to Dawn. "I’m comfortable, as the military leader, that I have all the auth
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America’s top military official said on July 2 that he has all the authority he needed for targeting senior al Qaeda and Taliban leaders in Pakistan’s tribal areas, according to Dawn. "I’m comfortable, as the military leader, that I have all the authorities I need," said Admiral Mike Mullen, chairman of the US Joint Chiefs of Staff, when asked if he had the authority to target key terrorist leaders hiding in the FATA.
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July - 2 
Earlier on the same day, The Washington Times reported that the United States has an agreement with President Pervez Musharraf to launch direct attacks targeting elusive al Qaeda leader Osama bin Laden in Pakistani territory without prior permission
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Earlier on the same day, The Washington Times reported that the United States has an agreement with President Pervez Musharraf to launch direct attacks targeting elusive al Qaeda leader Osama bin Laden in Pakistani territory without prior permission from Islamabad. CIA-operated Predator drones may strike Laden’s hideout without taking permission beforehand from Islamabad if the US locates him in the tribal areas, the newspaper reported quoting a source "close to the arrangement." President Musharraf reportedly granted the right to launch attacks to the US when Pakistan joined the war against terrorism in 2001.
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July - 2 
In the NWFP, militants burnt a college and a police post in the Matta sub-division of the Swat district on July 2. However, no loss of life or injuries was reported.
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In the NWFP, militants burnt a college and a police post in the Matta sub-division of the Swat district on July 2. However, no loss of life or injuries was reported.
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Security forces continued their military operations at Bara in the Khyber Agency and rural areas of Peshawar, capital of the NWFP, on July 2, arresting 69 alleged militants, including a top militant commander, The News reported. The arrested commande
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Security forces continued their military operations at Bara in the Khyber Agency and rural areas of Peshawar, capital of the NWFP, on July 2, arresting 69 alleged militants, including a top militant commander, The News reported. The arrested commander was identified as Amal Khan of the Lashkar-e-Islam. Authorities claimed he was arrested in Mandikas area along with his 10 companions when he was allegedly transporting ammunition to the Tirah Valley. "A total of 87 militants have been arrested during the five days of operation Siraat-e-Mustaqeem," said an official communication.
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July - 2 
Security forces on July 2 arrested Jamiat Ulema-e-Islam leader Maulana Samiullah and his son, Sohaib, from the Pai village of Tank district in the NWFP for allegedly training would-be female suicide bombers, Geo TV reported. He was accused of trainin
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Security forces on July 2 arrested Jamiat Ulema-e-Islam leader Maulana Samiullah and his son, Sohaib, from the Pai village of Tank district in the NWFP for allegedly training would-be female suicide bombers, Geo TV reported. He was accused of training female students of the Madrassa Binatul Islam to carry out suicide attacks, according to Daily Times.
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July - 2 
Tehrik-i-Taliban Pakistan chief BaitullahMehsud is reported to have asked the Taliban in Swat to resume peace talks with the NWFP Government after fresh clashes erupted between security forces and the local Taliban in the area on July 2. Muslim Khan,
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Tehrik-i-Taliban Pakistan chief BaitullahMehsud is reported to have asked the Taliban in Swat to resume peace talks with the NWFP Government after fresh clashes erupted between security forces and the local Taliban in the area on July 2. Muslim Khan, spokesman for Maulana Fazlullah, told Dawn that Baitullah had allowed them to resume the talks which were suspended last week. The clashes occurred in the Sra Banda area of Matta sub-division and both sides reportedly used heavy weapons.
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July - 2 
Two people were killed and two others sustained injuries on July 2 when a missile fired from Afghanistan landed near a border post in the Bajaur Agency of FATA, a senior security official Javed Khan said, Daily Times reported. It was not clear if Tal
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Two people were killed and two others sustained injuries on July 2 when a missile fired from Afghanistan landed near a border post in the Bajaur Agency of FATA, a senior security official Javed Khan said, Daily Times reported. It was not clear if Taliban militants in Afghanistan or international forces fighting them had launched the missile, Khan said. An Afghan refugee and a local resident were killed, and two others including a security official and a taxi driver were injured, he said.
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July - 3 
Daily Times reports that law-enforcement agencies on July 3 arrested five suspected militants in Lahore allegedly plotting suicide attacks. The suspects were arrested from an apartment at Akbar Chowk located in the Township locality of Lahore. Suicid
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Daily Times reports that law-enforcement agencies on July 3 arrested five suspected militants in Lahore allegedly plotting suicide attacks. The suspects were arrested from an apartment at Akbar Chowk located in the Township locality of Lahore. Suicide-bomb jackets, explosives, weapons and two vans were also seized in the in raid. According to Reuters, officials of the two main intelligence agencies said that the arrested men belonged to the Lashkar-e-Islam (LI). LI, however, denied that the suspected militants were members of the group, Geo TV reported.
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July - 3 
Five people were killed and several others injured in fresh clashes between Mangal Bagh’s Lashkar-e-Islam (LI) and Maulvi Mehboob’s Ansarul Islam (AI) in the Tirah Valley of Khyber Agency, Daily Times reported. According to locals, clashes have conti
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Five people were killed and several others injured in fresh clashes between Mangal Bagh’s Lashkar-e-Islam (LI) and Maulvi Mehboob’s Ansarul Islam (AI) in the Tirah Valley of Khyber Agency, Daily Times reported. According to locals, clashes have continued for 13 day and both groups have occupied strategic positions in the mountains of Tirah Valley and are attacking each other with heavy ordinance. They said that over 80 people had been killed on both sides since the start of the clashes and the political administration had not been able to stop the fighting.
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July - 3 
Four local workers who were cooks for a foreign media team were injured when unidentified assailants opened fire on them in the Kanak area of Mastung district, the hometown of Balochistan chief minister, some 40-kilometres from Quetta, the Capital of
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Four local workers who were cooks for a foreign media team were injured when unidentified assailants opened fire on them in the Kanak area of Mastung district, the hometown of Balochistan chief minister, some 40-kilometres from Quetta, the Capital of Balochistan, on July 3, according to Daily News. The injured persons have been identified as Sikandar Ali, Muhammad Hussain, Zafar Hussain and Safar Khan. Sources in Mastung district said that the 10-member foreign media journalists are staying in the Kanak area to make a documentary film on Afghanistan and the region.
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July - 3 
Militants abducted two Frontier Corps (FC) drivers who were taking food supplies in two mini trucks for FC personnel deployed in North Waziristan on July 3. They were en route from Miranshah to Dattakhel and were abducted at Kharkamar at around 2 pm
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Militants abducted two Frontier Corps (FC) drivers who were taking food supplies in two mini trucks for FC personnel deployed in North Waziristan on July 3. They were en route from Miranshah to Dattakhel and were abducted at Kharkamar at around 2 pm (PST). The militants shifted the drivers and their vehicle to an undisclosed location. No group has so far claimed responsibility for the abductions.
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July - 3 
Residents of the Khyber Agency have expressed great concern for their personal safety, saying they are trapped between a paramilitary operation on one side, and a clash between two militant groups on the other.
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Residents of the Khyber Agency have expressed great concern for their personal safety, saying they are trapped between a paramilitary operation on one side, and a clash between two militant groups on the other.
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July - 3 
The Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) Mohmand Agency chapter on July 3 ordered women in the agency to observe purdah (veil) and announced a penalty for the male relatives of women in breach of the order. The TTP spokesman Asad told reporters by teleph
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The Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) Mohmand Agency chapter on July 3 ordered women in the agency to observe purdah (veil) and announced a penalty for the male relatives of women in breach of the order. The TTP spokesman Asad told reporters by telephone from an undisclosed location that the orders had been issued by the TTP Mohmand Agency commander Omar Khalid. The TTP also claimed responsibility for the abduction of three locals – Meherban, Momin and Mumtaz – from the Qilagai area of Lakro tehsil in the agency. Asad said that they had taken action against the three locals as they had detained another person. He said they would be dealt with according to Islamic laws. Nobody has however claimed responsibility for the abduction of two other persons Akbar Shah and Nasir Khan who were kidnapped by unidentified men from the Ghazi Baig area.
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July - 4 
A blast damaged the boundary wall of a school in Kohlu, APP reported. Also, two electricity towers were destroyed in the Kohlu and Rakhni areas. Further, a gas pipeline was blown up in the DeraBugti area. A large section of the pipeline was destroyed
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A blast damaged the boundary wall of a school in Kohlu, APP reported. Also, two electricity towers were destroyed in the Kohlu and Rakhni areas. Further, a gas pipeline was blown up in the DeraBugti area. A large section of the pipeline was destroyed, suspending the gas supply to the plant.
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July - 4 
A bomb fixed on a motorcycle exploded outside a bank in Quetta, the provincial Capital of Balochistan on July 4, killing a five-year-old girl and injuring 12 others, including five policemen, police told Daily Times. The explosive-laden motorbike was
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A bomb fixed on a motorcycle exploded outside a bank in Quetta, the provincial Capital of Balochistan on July 4, killing a five-year-old girl and injuring 12 others, including five policemen, police told Daily Times. The explosive-laden motorbike was parked outside a private bank on Manan Chowk, Jinnah Road. Around two-dozen banks and offices of insurance companies and cellular companies are situated in the area. "The deceased girl was a beggar, she succumbed to her wounds during surgery in the Quetta Civil Hospital," Police chief Muhammad Akbar told Reuters. The girl’s father was also injured in the blast, according to staff report. The injured policemen included four traffic constables.
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July - 4 
Daily Times reports that unidentified armed men abducted three security force personnel from SurkhPul in NWFP on July 4. Police constable Sami Ullah and Frontier Corps personnel Hayat Gul and Shah Rehman were going in a vehicle from Doaba Police Stat
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Daily Times reports that unidentified armed men abducted three security force personnel from SurkhPul in NWFP on July 4. Police constable Sami Ullah and Frontier Corps personnel Hayat Gul and Shah Rehman were going in a vehicle from Doaba Police Station to Hangu Saddar Police Station when the abductors intercepted their vehicle. District Co-ordination Officer Syed Shahab Ali Shah has confirmed the incident.
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July - 4 
Malakand Range Deputy Inspector General of Police TanvirulHaq Sipra said a new elite force would be raised for the maintenance of law and order in Swat district. Sipra told a press conference at the Mingora Press Club that after the creation of the f
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Malakand Range Deputy Inspector General of Police TanvirulHaq Sipra said a new elite force would be raised for the maintenance of law and order in Swat district. Sipra told a press conference at the Mingora Press Club that after the creation of the force, police would not need the help of the Frontier Constabulary or other departments. He said that around 1,500 personnel would be deployed at seven centres to be set up in Swat. He said that the number of police stations in Swat is being increased from nine to 22, and the number of policemen, which at present stands at 1,500, will also be doubled. He said that Swat would be divided into rural and settled area administrations, with each area headed by an officer of the senior superintendent of police (SSP) rank. The number of Deputy Superintendents of Police (DSPs) is also being increased from four to 10, with each DSP responsible for two police stations.
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July - 4 
South Korean police said on July 4 that two Pakistanis were among nine people arrested for trying to smuggle tonnes of chemicals for heroin production to Afghanistan’s Taliban insurgents, according to Daily Times. They were detained for trying to use
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South Korean police said on July 4 that two Pakistanis were among nine people arrested for trying to smuggle tonnes of chemicals for heroin production to Afghanistan’s Taliban insurgents, according to Daily Times. They were detained for trying to use South Korea as a shipping point for several tonnes of acetic anhydride destined for southern Afghanistan. The chemical is heated with morphine, an opium derivative, to make heroin.
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July - 4 
Taliban abducted two journalists and a local who entered a militant stronghold in Mohmand Agency in FATA, reports Daily Times. The militants detained freelance reporter Pir Zubair Shah Wazir and photographer Akhtar Soomro in Ziarat village on July 4.
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Taliban abducted two journalists and a local who entered a militant stronghold in Mohmand Agency in FATA, reports Daily Times. The militants detained freelance reporter Pir Zubair Shah Wazir and photographer Akhtar Soomro in Ziarat village on July 4. Taliban spokesman Asad said, "Our council will meet and decide what to do". "If we find there is contradiction in statements of the two men then we will continue investigation for longer time." Agency’s chief official Ahmed Jan said a Jirga (council) has been formed to secure the release of the journalists.
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July - 4 
The government suspended its security operation against suspected militants and criminals in the Khyber Agency for 36 hours to allow Afridi tribesmen to meet Mangal Bagh and conduct peace talks. "The operation has been suspended until Saturday mornin
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The government suspended its security operation against suspected militants and criminals in the Khyber Agency for 36 hours to allow Afridi tribesmen to meet Mangal Bagh and conduct peace talks. "The operation has been suspended until Saturday morning on the request of the tribal jirga and we have relaxed the curfew in Bara to facilitate locals," Khyber Agency Chief Administrator Tariq Hayat Khan told Daily Times. He said that Afridi elders had approached him on July 3 and offered to conduct negotiations with Lashkar-e-Islam chief Mangal Bagh to help restore peace in the area. Khan said the government had provided the jirga members with a list of demands for Bagh, adding that these included surrender of all weapons along with a guarantee that Bagh would not challenge the state’s writ. "If our goals can be achieved through peaceful means, we will certainly pursue them. But, rest assured, we will continue the operation as long as our demands are not met," Khan said. He said security forces had destroyed 16 militant compounds during the past six days of the operation, adding that they had also identified 14 other such compounds. He said the remaining centres would also be destroyed if the Jirga failed to convince Bagh to surrender to the government
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July - 4 
The offensive in Khyber Agency will continue until the writ of the government is restored in the region, said NWFP Governor Owais Ahmed Ghani said. Security forces are carefully pursuing the operation, which is against criminals and militants and com
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The offensive in Khyber Agency will continue until the writ of the government is restored in the region, said NWFP Governor Owais Ahmed Ghani said. Security forces are carefully pursuing the operation, which is against criminals and militants and common people need not worry, the governor told reporters. He said that a security policy had been devised, but it could not be revealed at the moment. He said protecting people was the government’s responsibility and the government would therefore conduct more such operations, if need be.
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July - 4 
United States (US) Homeland Security Secretary Michael Chertoff has said al Qaeda is regrouping in the border areas of Pakistan, according to Daily Times. Talking to BBC on July 4, Chertoff said he feared al Qaeda and other militant organisations cou
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United States (US) Homeland Security Secretary Michael Chertoff has said al Qaeda is regrouping in the border areas of Pakistan, according to Daily Times. Talking to BBC on July 4, Chertoff said he feared al Qaeda and other militant organisations could resume their activities after turning the Pakistani Tribal Areas bordering Afghanistan into their centre. He said Pakistan was so far not a safe haven for al Qaeda as was Afghanistan at one time, but neither the US nor Pakistan should remain indifferent to the problem. "Our biggest apprehension is that Al Qaeda and the likes have the ability to secure such safe havens where not only can they train the recruits but also establish research centres and then use these areas in the attacks against the West," he said. He said the reorganisation of al Qaeda and the similar groups in Pakistan was not only a source of apprehension for the US but also for its European allies, adding that Pakistani authorities must also be concerned.
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July - 5 
An 18-member peace Jirga met Lashkar-e-Islam chief Mangal Bagh at Tirah Valley in the Khyber Agency to discuss measures to end fighting in the region between rival militant groups. During his parleys with the Jirga, Mangal Bagh demanded that the Gove
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An 18-member peace Jirga met Lashkar-e-Islam chief Mangal Bagh at Tirah Valley in the Khyber Agency to discuss measures to end fighting in the region between rival militant groups. During his parleys with the Jirga, Mangal Bagh demanded that the Government should call off the operation by SFs. He also demanded that the SFs should stop demolishing the bases of his group.
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July - 5 
On July 5, Pakistani security forces (SFs) suspended a crackdown against militants for 36 hours in the Khyber Agency bordering Afghanistan to allow local elders to negotiate with them, reports Press Trust of India. The crackdown code named "Sirat-e-M
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On July 5, Pakistani security forces (SFs) suspended a crackdown against militants for 36 hours in the Khyber Agency bordering Afghanistan to allow local elders to negotiate with them, reports Press Trust of India. The crackdown code named "Sirat-e-Mustaqeem" (Righteous Path) had been launched on June 28.
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July - 5 
The NWFP government and Swat Taliban are expected to hold talks on July 5. Taliban spokesman Muslim Khan said that senior provincial minister Bashir Ahmed Bilour and Minister for Forests Wajid Ali Khan have contacted the Swat Taliban leadership for t
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The NWFP government and Swat Taliban are expected to hold talks on July 5. Taliban spokesman Muslim Khan said that senior provincial minister Bashir Ahmed Bilour and Minister for Forests Wajid Ali Khan have contacted the Swat Taliban leadership for the meeting.
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July - 5 
Two more persons were killed in clashes between cadres of Lashkar-e-Islam and Ansar-ul-Islam, taking the toll in recent fighting between the groups to 91.
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Two more persons were killed in clashes between cadres of Lashkar-e-Islam and Ansar-ul-Islam, taking the toll in recent fighting between the groups to 91.
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July - 6 
20 persons, including 15 policemen, were killed and more than 40 persons sustained injuries in a suicide attack near the Melody Market area of capital Islamabad on July 6. According to Daily Times, the suicide bomber targeted policemen deployed at a
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20 persons, including 15 policemen, were killed and more than 40 persons sustained injuries in a suicide attack near the Melody Market area of capital Islamabad on July 6. According to Daily Times, the suicide bomber targeted policemen deployed at a rally observing the first year anniversary of an army raid on the Lal Masjid (Red mosque) in Islamabad. "The whole event at the mosque went smoothly but then the suicide bomber targeted the security," Adviser to the Prime Minister on Interior Rehman Malik told reporters. A policeman at the Aabpara Police Station, which is a few yards from the blast site, said that the explosion occurred after one an inspector had finished a count of the police personnel inside the compound. "A young man walked into the police contingent and apparently blew himself up," a senior security official told AFP. Rehman Malik said that based on eyewitness accounts, the attacker was a man appearing to be "35-37-years-old".
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July - 6 
A head constable, Ahmed Khan, was shot dead by suspected insurgents on the Karakh Road in Khuzdar on July 6, Dawn reported. A spokesman for the outlawed Baloch Liberation Army, who identified himself as Bebargh Baloch, claimed the responsibility for
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A head constable, Ahmed Khan, was shot dead by suspected insurgents on the Karakh Road in Khuzdar on July 6, Dawn reported. A spokesman for the outlawed Baloch Liberation Army, who identified himself as Bebargh Baloch, claimed the responsibility for the killing. He also claimed that his organisation had killed three security force personnel in Kohlu. However, there was no official confirmation.
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July - 6 
Elsewhere in the FATA, the three organisations that were running parallel governments in the Khyber Agency have been disbanded, bringing normalcy to the area, Adviser to the Prime Minister on Interior Rehman Malik said on July 6, according to Daily T
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Elsewhere in the FATA, the three organisations that were running parallel governments in the Khyber Agency have been disbanded, bringing normalcy to the area, Adviser to the Prime Minister on Interior Rehman Malik said on July 6, according to Daily Times.
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July - 6 
In the provincial capital Quetta, a civilian, identified as Ghulam Mustafa Shah, was killed and two other persons were injured.
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In the provincial capital Quetta, a civilian, identified as Ghulam Mustafa Shah, was killed and two other persons were injured.
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July - 6 
The Tehrik-i-Taliban Pakistan has established Sharia courts in the Bajaur Agency of the FATA and a large number of people are using them to get disputes resolved, instead of waiting for action by the tribal administration, Dawn reported. The courts h
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The Tehrik-i-Taliban Pakistan has established Sharia courts in the Bajaur Agency of the FATA and a large number of people are using them to get disputes resolved, instead of waiting for action by the tribal administration, Dawn reported. The courts have been functioning in the Sewai area, about 20kms northwest of the agency headquarters of Khar, for a couple of weeks. About two dozen ulema (religious scholars) have been designated as ‘Qazis’. "We have set up the courts in accordance with people’s wishes," said Taliban spokesman Maulvi Umar, adding that people were fed up with the previous legal system. He said that the Qaziswere "competent scholars well versed in Islamic jurisprudence". Umar claimed that people were approaching these courts voluntarily to get their long-standing disputes settled and the Taliban had not forced any litigant to go to the courts.
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July - 6 
Unidentified men killed the district president of the Shia group Tehreek-e-Jaferia Pakistan (TJP) and injured a minor boy late on July 6, Daily Times reported. President of the TJP unit in Nasirabad district, Syed Ghulam Mustafa Shah, was killed at t
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Unidentified men killed the district president of the Shia group Tehreek-e-Jaferia Pakistan (TJP) and injured a minor boy late on July 6, Daily Times reported. President of the TJP unit in Nasirabad district, Syed Ghulam Mustafa Shah, was killed at the Sariab Road in the provincial capital Quetta. No group has claimed responsibility for the killing.
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July - 7 
A Pakistani paramilitary soldier was injured on July 7 when attackers from within Afghanistan shot at the Chartanna check-post in the Mohmand Agency of the FATA, Daily Times reported. According to sources, the security forces returned fire but the at
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A Pakistani paramilitary soldier was injured on July 7 when attackers from within Afghanistan shot at the Chartanna check-post in the Mohmand Agency of the FATA, Daily Times reported. According to sources, the security forces returned fire but the attackers escaped.
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July - 7 
A young girl was killed and 13 persons, including five policemen, sustained injuries in a bomb blast at Minan Chowk in Quetta, capital of Balochistan, on July 7, Daily Times reported.
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A young girl was killed and 13 persons, including five policemen, sustained injuries in a bomb blast at Minan Chowk in Quetta, capital of Balochistan, on July 7, Daily Times reported.
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July - 7 
According to Dawn, the local Taliban and tribal elders decided at a meeting on July 7 to expel Uzbek militants and their local collaborators from the areas of Ahmadzai Wazir tribe in South Waziristan. The meeting in Wana was attended by about 500 eld
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According to Dawn, the local Taliban and tribal elders decided at a meeting on July 7 to expel Uzbek militants and their local collaborators from the areas of Ahmadzai Wazir tribe in South Waziristan. The meeting in Wana was attended by about 500 elders and chieftans and representatives of the Taliban Shoora(executive council) from North Waziristan. "The grand jirga [council] of the Ahmedzai Wazirs has approved the agreement between [Ahmedzai Wazir chief] Maulvi Nazir and [Utmanzai Wazir chief] Mullah Gul Bahadar, allowing the two leaders to forge a unity against Mehsud," a tribal elder told Daily Times. Witnesses said that supporters of the pro-government militant commander Maulvi Mohammad Nazir detained tribal elder Malik Baa Khan after he opposed the participation of some Taliban in the jirga. Malik Baa was taken to a private Taliban jail and was released after he paid PKR 500,000. The jirga criticised recent attacks on Maulvi Nazir and the assassination of pro-government elders. It alleged that foreign elements, particularly the Uzbeks, were involved in the attacks. It endorsed the merger of the Taliban groups based in North and South Waziristan and backed the new outfit headed by Hafiz Gul Bahadur. It warned that anyone opposing the merger would be fined one million rupees and his house would be demolished. It was decided at the meeting that taxes would be levied on Government contactors and fruit exporters to finance the Taliban’s bill for securing peace in the Wazir-dominated areas.
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July - 7 
An unidentified assailants shot dead a Punjabi-speaking Shia lawyer, Ghulam Mustafa Qureshi, on the Jan Muhammad Road in Quetta on July 7. Amanullah Baloch, newly elected president of the Balochistan Bar Association, told Daily Times "Mustafa was a P
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An unidentified assailants shot dead a Punjabi-speaking Shia lawyer, Ghulam Mustafa Qureshi, on the Jan Muhammad Road in Quetta on July 7. Amanullah Baloch, newly elected president of the Balochistan Bar Association, told Daily Times "Mustafa was a Punjabi as well as a member of the Shia community. Thus, it is premature to say who could have killed him, but we hope that the government will take the culprits to task."
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July - 7 
At least 50 persons, including seven children, were injured in a series of seven low-intensity explosions in two busy neighbouring areas of Karachi on July 7, Daily Times reported. The blasts occurred within 90 minutes of each other, striking residen
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At least 50 persons, including seven children, were injured in a series of seven low-intensity explosions in two busy neighbouring areas of Karachi on July 7, Daily Times reported. The blasts occurred within 90 minutes of each other, striking residential and commercial areas. No deaths have been reported so far. Two of the blasts occurred in Banaras, injuring 16 people. The third explosion, which injured five people, ripped through a mini-truck in North Nazimabad. The fourth bomb was affixed to a motorcycle in the Qasba Colony. A fifth explosion occurred near a children’s school in Hyderi. A policeman was injured in the sixth blast in Manghopir. The seventh blast occurred in Pak Colony, injuring seven people. The Sindh Police Inspector General, Sallahuddin Babar Khattak, said the blasts were fairly mild. He told AFP "apparently the purpose was to create panic in the city. There is also a possibility that the people who planted the bombs wanted to fan ethnic tensions in the city." He also said that 150-200 grams of explosives were used in each blast. Khattak noted that the areas struck have a predominantly large Pakhtoon population and the headquarters of the Government’s coalition partner Awami National Party is located at Banaras Chowk. Rehman Malik, the prime minister’s adviser, was quoted by APP as saying that the blasts appeared to have been pre-planned and aimed at destabilising the city.
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July - 7 
Prime Minister Syed Yousuf Raza Gilani on July 7 revealed that the Lashkar-e-Islam chief Mangal Bagh, who was involved in terrorist activities in the Khyber Agency, had assured the contesting candidates in the February 18, 2008 elections of success i
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Prime Minister Syed Yousuf Raza Gilani on July 7 revealed that the Lashkar-e-Islam chief Mangal Bagh, who was involved in terrorist activities in the Khyber Agency, had assured the contesting candidates in the February 18, 2008 elections of success if they took oath of facilitating suicide bombing inside parliament, The News reported. "I can tell you with authority that Mangal Bagh assured the candidates that only those who pledged to help carry out suicide bombing on parliament would emerge victorious in the elections," the prime minister said while talking to newsmen on board a special plane en route to the Malaysian capital, Kuala Lumpur, to attend the D-8 summit.
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July - 7 
Taliban spokesman Haji Muslim Khan said he was satisfied with the talks. He said the Taliban would review the recommendations and proposal of the Nifaz-i-Sharia committee. He demanded immediate withdrawal of army from the area and said that 42 detain
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Taliban spokesman Haji Muslim Khan said he was satisfied with the talks. He said the Taliban would review the recommendations and proposal of the Nifaz-i-Sharia committee. He demanded immediate withdrawal of army from the area and said that 42 detained militants should be released. Muslim Khan added that the Taliban would abide by the agreement.
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July - 7 
The NWFP Government and the Tehrik-i-Taliban (TTP) agreed on July 7 to keep their agreement intact and carry forward the dialogue process for lasting peace in the Swat district, according to Dawn. Sources said that about six hours of talks were held
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The NWFP Government and the Tehrik-i-Taliban (TTP) agreed on July 7 to keep their agreement intact and carry forward the dialogue process for lasting peace in the Swat district, according to Dawn. Sources said that about six hours of talks were held in the Taliban office in Saidu Sharif and the two sides discussed each other’s reservations to some provisions of the May 21 accord and agreed that the dialogue would continue. Provincial minister Wajid Ali Khan told journalists that the talks were held in a cordial atmosphere and both sides put forward positive proposals. He said the Government would enforce Sharia (Islamic law) in Swat in three months and the Taliban would be given representation in the committee formed for the purpose. He said the administration would wind up ‘unnecessary’ check-posts and armed patrolling and display of arms would be stopped. He also stated that the Government would release the people associated with Taliban after studying their cases and necessary legal procedure. He said payment of compensation to the families affected by the operation had commenced on July 6.
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Unidentified armed men shot dead a religious leader in the Charbagh division of Swat district in the NWFP on July 7-night, police sources told Daily Times on July 8. Charbagh DarulUloom Administrator Maulvi Masood was killed in an ambush, the officia
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Unidentified armed men shot dead a religious leader in the Charbagh division of Swat district in the NWFP on July 7-night, police sources told Daily Times on July 8. Charbagh DarulUloom Administrator Maulvi Masood was killed in an ambush, the officials said.
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July - 8 
18 boys, aged 12-18, have been abducted from the Charbagh during the last week. The families of the boys informed the media about the kidnappings and suspect militants are carrying out abductions to use the boys for suicide attacks.
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18 boys, aged 12-18, have been abducted from the Charbagh during the last week. The families of the boys informed the media about the kidnappings and suspect militants are carrying out abductions to use the boys for suicide attacks.
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July - 8 
A bomb blast in a residential area of the agency headquarters in Bajaur partially damaged a house. There were no reports of any casualties.
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A bomb blast in a residential area of the agency headquarters in Bajaur partially damaged a house. There were no reports of any casualties.
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July - 8 
A three-member delegation of the Jamiat Ulema-i-Islam (Fazlur Rehman faction) led by Mufti Mohammad Ejaz reached the Tirah Valley on July 8 to broker a ceasefire between the LI and Ansarul Islam, Dawn reported.
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A three-member delegation of the Jamiat Ulema-i-Islam (Fazlur Rehman faction) led by Mufti Mohammad Ejaz reached the Tirah Valley on July 8 to broker a ceasefire between the LI and Ansarul Islam, Dawn reported.
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July - 8 
Elsewhere in the FATA, the local Taliban on July 8 took possession of two girls’ primary schools in the Charmang area of Nawagai sub-division in the Bajaur Agency and announced the conversion of these schools into madrassas (seminaries). The Taliban
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Elsewhere in the FATA, the local Taliban on July 8 took possession of two girls’ primary schools in the Charmang area of Nawagai sub-division in the Bajaur Agency and announced the conversion of these schools into madrassas (seminaries). The Taliban captured Government Girls Primary School Manugi and Government Girls Primary School AzgharCharmang.
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July - 8 
In an incident in DeraBugti, unidentified gunmen attacked a security guard of Mir AhmedanBugti, a member of the National Assembly.
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In an incident in DeraBugti, unidentified gunmen attacked a security guard of Mir AhmedanBugti, a member of the National Assembly.
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July - 8 
In the provincial capital Quetta, police on July 8 arrested two alleged militants involved in firing on police teams. Two pistols were seized from their possession.
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In the provincial capital Quetta, police on July 8 arrested two alleged militants involved in firing on police teams. Two pistols were seized from their possession.
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July - 8 
LI chief Mangal Bagh told a jirga (council), “I will not resist security forces and continue support to the government. The LI will not engage in any act that affects the writ of the state and will only carry out activities concerning the Afridi trib
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LI chief Mangal Bagh told a jirga (council), “I will not resist security forces and continue support to the government. The LI will not engage in any act that affects the writ of the state and will only carry out activities concerning the Afridi tribes.”
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July - 8 
Mangal Bagh denied the involvement of LI in the July 8-attack on a security forces’ convoy in Khyber Agency, Daily Times reported. In a statement, he said those responsible should be given exemplary punishment.
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Mangal Bagh denied the involvement of LI in the July 8-attack on a security forces’ convoy in Khyber Agency, Daily Times reported. In a statement, he said those responsible should be given exemplary punishment.
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July - 8 
The banned Lashkar-e-Islam (LI) deputy chief Misri Khan condemned the attack, calling it an attempt to sabotage the peace process in Bara.
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The banned Lashkar-e-Islam (LI) deputy chief Misri Khan condemned the attack, calling it an attempt to sabotage the peace process in Bara.
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July - 8 
The Federal Information and Broadcasting Minister Sherry Rehman is currently a prime target for terrorists and the Interior Ministry has advised her to restrict her public movements in light of the threat to her life, Daily Times reported. According
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The Federal Information and Broadcasting Minister Sherry Rehman is currently a prime target for terrorists and the Interior Ministry has advised her to restrict her public movements in light of the threat to her life, Daily Times reported. According to a Dawn News report, official sources have said that the Interior Ministry has informed the Information Ministry that she is on the hit list of a would-be suicide bomber.
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July - 8 
The Tehrik-i-Taliban (TTP) threatened on July 8 to carry out suicide attacks in major cities of the country, The News reported. The threat from the militants came after a US unidentified aerial vehicle (UAV) hit yet another town of Bajaur Agency on J
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The Tehrik-i-Taliban (TTP) threatened on July 8 to carry out suicide attacks in major cities of the country, The News reported. The threat from the militants came after a US unidentified aerial vehicle (UAV) hit yet another town of Bajaur Agency on July 8. “This latest US attack in Khar (Bajaur Agency) by US Predator proved that Pakistan is continuously supporting the US air strikes on its territory. We will avenge the killing of our innocent people by the Pakistani security forces and will launch suicide attacks in important cities of the country,” Maulvi Omar, a TTP spokesman, warned. He said a woman sustained injures and two cattle were killed when a US UAV reportedly fired “Hellfire” missile on a house owned by one local tribesman Subhan Khan in Khar, headquarters of the Bajaur Agency. Omar said they had already suspended the peace talks with the Government after the latter failed to stop action against the Taliban in various parts of the FATA and the settled districts of the NWFP. He said the Government, on the one hand, had been giving an impression to the people that it wanted to restore peace in the country through negotiations and peace agreements with the militants but on the other it was still supporting the American forces in Afghanistan to continue attacks in the tribal areas. “We know very well that Pakistani officials have been providing information to the US forces on the whereabouts of our important people and our centres in the tribal areas. If the US troops target us, we will target the Pakistani soldiers and hit their important installations in Islamabad, Lahore, Karachi, etc,” said Omar. He added that though the TTP did not claim responsibility for the recent suicide attack in Islamabad, but it was carried out by their like-minded people who were still angry at the military operation against the Lal Masjid and the Jamia Hafsa in which, according to him, hundreds of students were ruthlessly killed. About the Karachi bomb blasts, the TTP spokesman said the attacks were carried out by the Government only to malign the militants and Pakhtuns living in Karachi.
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July - 8 
Two security force personnel were injured when a landmine exploded in the Suhbatpur area of Jaffarabad district on July 8-morning, Dawn reported. According to the police, Frontier Corps personnel were patrolling the area when the landmine exploded da
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Two security force personnel were injured when a landmine exploded in the Suhbatpur area of Jaffarabad district on July 8-morning, Dawn reported. According to the police, Frontier Corps personnel were patrolling the area when the landmine exploded damaging their vehicle.
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July - 8 
Unidentified men on July 8 blew up a gas pipeline in Nasser Shak in the Jacobabad district of Sindh province, according to Daily Times. However, no loss of life or injuries was reported. Supervisory Police Officer, Asghar Ali Shah, said that the pipe
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Unidentified men on July 8 blew up a gas pipeline in Nasser Shak in the Jacobabad district of Sindh province, according to Daily Times. However, no loss of life or injuries was reported. Supervisory Police Officer, Asghar Ali Shah, said that the pipeline blown up by terrorists was not in use and had been closed for some time.
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July - 8 
Unidentified militants killed five security force personnel and injured three others while attacking their vehicle in the Bara sub-division of Khyber Agency on July 8, according to Daily Times. There were unconfirmed reports about the death of a mili
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Unidentified militants killed five security force personnel and injured three others while attacking their vehicle in the Bara sub-division of Khyber Agency on July 8, according to Daily Times. There were unconfirmed reports about the death of a militant in retaliatory fire, whose body was taken away by the militants.
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July - 9 
A 400-strong force of Taliban militants laid siege to a police station in Hangu in the NWFP on July 9 after the arrest of seven of their associates by security agencies, Dawn reported. According to officials, 35 policemen were present in the Doaba st
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A 400-strong force of Taliban militants laid siege to a police station in Hangu in the NWFP on July 9 after the arrest of seven of their associates by security agencies, Dawn reported. According to officials, 35 policemen were present in the Doaba station when militants encircled it. Heavily-armed Taliban militants were reportedly seen patrolling the Doaba bazaar and taking positions to counter any operation by the security forces. A military spokesman said that an army battalion had been sent from the Thall garrison to Doaba on the request of the provincial Government. Late into the night, three policemen tried to escape, but the militants kidnapped them. Militants also cut power supply to the police station by blowing up a transformer. The militants have also abducted a Pakistan Telecommunication Company Limited official, Qamar ur Zaman, and eight low-ranking officials of the Kurram militia. Officials confirmed the siege of the police station and said the Station House Officer has requested the authorities to move the Frontier Corps or the army to the police station for evacuation of the besieged policemen.
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July - 9 
A landmine exploded at the Sateen Camp area in Kurram Agency in the FATA on July 9, killing a man and injuring another, Daily Times reported.
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A landmine exploded at the Sateen Camp area in Kurram Agency in the FATA on July 9, killing a man and injuring another, Daily Times reported.
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July - 9 
An unidentified people blew up a CD shop and two centres believed to be drug dens in the LandiKotal area of Khyber Agency.
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An unidentified people blew up a CD shop and two centres believed to be drug dens in the LandiKotal area of Khyber Agency.
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July - 9 
Elsewhere in the NWFP, rockets were fired from a hill near Kaka Sahib on the Nowshera cantonment area early in the morning on July 9. One of the rockets hit the residence of Engineer Izat Ali in Gulistan Colony. While a portion of the house was destr
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Elsewhere in the NWFP, rockets were fired from a hill near Kaka Sahib on the Nowshera cantonment area early in the morning on July 9. One of the rockets hit the residence of Engineer Izat Ali in Gulistan Colony. While a portion of the house was destroyed, no casualty was reported. One rocket hit a tree in the Jinnah Bagh in front of the residences of Nowshera District Police Officer and some senior army officers. Another rocket exploded in the Armoured Corps Centre. Bomb disposal personnel who examined the shrapnel said the rockets were of Russian 107 make, which could hit a target 10 kilometers away. The Taliban have claimed responsibility for the attacks. Taliban spokesman Abu Mohammad told journalists that the attack was in retaliation for the military operation in Badrashi. He warned of more attacks if the operation continued.
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July - 9 
Police started vacating all small checkpoints because of fear of attacks by Taliban militants on the Thall-Parachinar road, including Tor Pul and Kurram checkpoint. Earlier, security forces had arrested seven Taliban militants from the Doaba and Kahi
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Police started vacating all small checkpoints because of fear of attacks by Taliban militants on the Thall-Parachinar road, including Tor Pul and Kurram checkpoint. Earlier, security forces had arrested seven Taliban militants from the Doaba and Kahi areas of Hangu district. All the detained militants belong to South Waziristan and one to Paktia province of Afghanistan.
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July - 9 
The Afghan Foreign Minister RanginDadfarSpanta told the UN Security Council on July 9 that a key factor behind the worsening security in his country was “the de facto truce” in neighbouring Pakistan’s tribal areas, according to Daily Times. “One of t
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The Afghan Foreign Minister RanginDadfarSpanta told the UN Security Council on July 9 that a key factor behind the worsening security in his country was “the de facto truce” in neighbouring Pakistan’s tribal areas, according to Daily Times. “One of the main factors contributing to the deterioration of the security situation in the country is the de facto truce in the tribal areas beyond the border,” he said during a council debate on violence-wracked Afghanistan. “Terrorist sanctuaries and an elaborate system of financing, recruiting, arming and systematic training of suicide bombers are at work outside our borders, to keep the terrorist threat alive,” Spanta said.
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July - 9 
The Lahore Police arrested four alleged terrorists with links to banned militant groups early on July 9. Intelligence sources told Daily Times that the police had also seized a large quantity of explosives from the accused. According to the sources,
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The Lahore Police arrested four alleged terrorists with links to banned militant groups early on July 9. Intelligence sources told Daily Times that the police had also seized a large quantity of explosives from the accused. According to the sources, security has been beefed up at all official buildings and sensitive installations following intelligence reports that suspected terrorists have reached Lahore.
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July - 9 July - 10
The political administration and Lashkar-i-Islam (LI) signed an agreement on July 9 making it binding on the banned group to accept the Government’s writ in the Bara subdivision of Khyber Agency in the FATA, according to Dawn. The agreement signed by
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The political administration and Lashkar-i-Islam (LI) signed an agreement on July 9 making it binding on the banned group to accept the Government’s writ in the Bara subdivision of Khyber Agency in the FATA, according to Dawn. The agreement signed by officials of the political administration and six elders of the Afridi tribe prohibits the movement of supporters of the group in Bara town and display of weapons. The group’s chief Mangal Bagh and his men will not attack security forces and Government installations. Haji Shaukat Khan, a member of the jirga (council) which negotiated the agreement, told Dawn that security forces would stop the operation in the area and return to the barracks. He said all the people detained during the operation would be released on July 9. Assistant political Agent of Bara, Khalid Mumtaz Kundi, and two other officials signed the agreement on behalf of the administration. Haji Amal Gul, Haji Momin Khan, Haji Shaukat, Haji Noor Behadur, Rasool Jan and Yaseen Khan of the Afridi tribe signed on behalf of the LI. Under the agreement, the curfew imposed in Bara will be lifted on July 10. The LI will be liable to pay a fine of PKR 30 million and surrender 25 Kalashnikovs in case of violation of the agreement.
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July - 9 
There has been an increase in mortar and rocket attacks from militants in Pakistan at United States and Afghan border outposts in Afghanistan, the top NATO commander said on July 9, Daily Times reported. US General David D McKiernan said he presumed
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There has been an increase in mortar and rocket attacks from militants in Pakistan at United States and Afghan border outposts in Afghanistan, the top NATO commander said on July 9, Daily Times reported. US General David D McKiernan said he presumed that militants think they were safer because they were firing from the Pakistani territory. But McKiernan, who took command of the 40-nation NATO-led mission in early June 2008, said US and NATO forces have been "returning fire". "I’m not sure that’s the case, that they’re any safer, because we do return those fires," in co-ordination with Pakistan’s military, said McKiernan. He did provide figures, but said "there definitely has been an increase (in cross-border attacks) since I’ve been here in the last 30 days." McKiernan said the number of attacks had increased because militant groups had been free to operate in Pakistan’s Tribal Areas and cross the Afghanistan-Pakistan border unimpeded.
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July - 9 
Two bombs exploded in two shops in LandiKotal early on July 9. There were no casualties reported. A third bomb, which was found by children in the area, was defused safely.
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Two bombs exploded in two shops in LandiKotal early on July 9. There were no casualties reported. A third bomb, which was found by children in the area, was defused safely.
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July - 9 
United States commandos are prepared to stage raids into Pakistan’s Tribal Areas to stem mounting Taliban attacks against US troops in Afghanistan and to disrupt resurgent al Qaeda operatives’ efforts to map strikes against the US, a report published
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United States commandos are prepared to stage raids into Pakistan’s Tribal Areas to stem mounting Taliban attacks against US troops in Afghanistan and to disrupt resurgent al Qaeda operatives’ efforts to map strikes against the US, a report published in The Houston Chronicle said on July 9, according to Daily Times. Congressmen Gene Green, Michael McCaul and Henry Cuellar, who recently visited Pakistan, told Chronicle in separate interviews that the plans for stepped-up US military operations were a response to Pakistan’s failure to disrupt terrorist training camps and cross-border attacks from the FATA. The Bush administration is recalibrating US operations in the region because of a 40 percent increase in violent attacks against US-led forces in Afghanistan, that have pushed US casualties for the month of June beyond the monthly toll in Iraq, the lawmakers said.
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July - 10 
A trustee of the Hussainian Iranian Imambargah in Kharadar in Karachi was shot dead on July 10, Daily Times reported. 25-year old Agha Mansoor Ahmed was attacked while he was sitting with some friends at his restaurant on the MA Jinnah Road. "Accordi
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A trustee of the Hussainian Iranian Imambargah in Kharadar in Karachi was shot dead on July 10, Daily Times reported. 25-year old Agha Mansoor Ahmed was attacked while he was sitting with some friends at his restaurant on the MA Jinnah Road. "According to the initial investigation, this is a case of a sectarian killing," said Saddar Town Superintendent of Police, Ameer Sheikh.
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July - 10 
According to the Assistant Political Agent of Lower Kurram, three people were killed and six others injured when a vehicle carrying vegetables struck a landmine in Arawali village.
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According to the Assistant Political Agent of Lower Kurram, three people were killed and six others injured when a vehicle carrying vegetables struck a landmine in Arawali village.
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July - 10 
An explosion occurred near a Pakistan Army camp in the Kabal sub-division of Swat in the NWFP on July 10 but no casualties have been reported, according to Daily Times. Troops surrounded the area soon after the blast and an unannounced curfew was imp
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An explosion occurred near a Pakistan Army camp in the Kabal sub-division of Swat in the NWFP on July 10 but no casualties have been reported, according to Daily Times. Troops surrounded the area soon after the blast and an unannounced curfew was imposed that was removed a short time later.
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July - 10 
An unidentified militants lobbed a hand-grenade at the house of a female police constable, but no injuries were reported. However, the house was partially damaged.
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An unidentified militants lobbed a hand-grenade at the house of a female police constable, but no injuries were reported. However, the house was partially damaged.
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July - 10 
At least seven people were killed and 12 others were wounded in three separate landmine explosions in different parts of Kurram Agency in the FATA on July 10, The News reported.
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At least seven people were killed and 12 others were wounded in three separate landmine explosions in different parts of Kurram Agency in the FATA on July 10, The News reported.
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July - 10 
Clashes between the two rival groups, the Mangal Bagh-led Lashkar-e-Islam and the Mehboob-led Ansarul Islam, in the remote Tirah Valley of the Khyber Agency n the FATA continued on July 10, The News reported. There were reports that at least three pe
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Clashes between the two rival groups, the Mangal Bagh-led Lashkar-e-Islam and the Mehboob-led Ansarul Islam, in the remote Tirah Valley of the Khyber Agency n the FATA continued on July 10, The News reported. There were reports that at least three persons were killed and nine others injured in the fresh clash between the two groups. Two of the killed were Lashkar activists, who allegedly attacked the Ansar's base in the Malikdin Khel area of the valley, while six of the group's men sustained bullet injuries.
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July - 10 July - 11
Eleven persons, including nine Pakistani soldiers and two civilians, were wounded when two NATO warplanes attacked AngoorAdda, a village on the Pakistan-Afghanistan border in South Waziristan, on the night between July 10 and 11, The News reported. O
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Eleven persons, including nine Pakistani soldiers and two civilians, were wounded when two NATO warplanes attacked AngoorAdda, a village on the Pakistan-Afghanistan border in South Waziristan, on the night between July 10 and 11, The News reported. Official and local residents said several bombs fell inside the Pakistani territory and hit the border towns of ZayaraLeeta and Musa Neeka areas near AngoorAdda. Sources said a joint post of the Pakistan Army and paramilitary Frontier Corps on the border also came under attack, injuring nine soldiers. Two local tribesmen living in AngoorAdda also sustained injuries in the attack. There were also reports that mortar rounds were fired at the Pakistani territory when some militants attacked the US military camp at Birmal area in Afghanistan’s Paktika province. Similarly, residents in Wana said that a US spy plane was seen flying over Wana, Azam Warsak and AngoorAdda towns on July 10-night.
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July - 10 
Four people were killed and five others wounded when a tractor trolley struck a landmine in the Kach area, he added.
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Four people were killed and five others wounded when a tractor trolley struck a landmine in the Kach area, he added.
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July - 10 
Militants fired three rockets at the house of a Bajaur Levies trooper, Sahibzada, in the Salarzai sub-division of Bajaur Agency, killing his 15-year-old daughter Salma Jan and injuring his other two children, daughter Sana and son Samar Gul, on July
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Militants fired three rockets at the house of a Bajaur Levies trooper, Sahibzada, in the Salarzai sub-division of Bajaur Agency, killing his 15-year-old daughter Salma Jan and injuring his other two children, daughter Sana and son Samar Gul, on July 10-night, according to Daily Times.
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July - 10 
More foreign fighters, including al Qaeda militants, are operating in Pakistan’s tribal areas than in the past, the top US military officer said during a visit to Kabul on July 10, according to The News. Adm Mike Mullen said militants are flowing int
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More foreign fighters, including al Qaeda militants, are operating in Pakistan’s tribal areas than in the past, the top US military officer said during a visit to Kabul on July 10, according to The News. Adm Mike Mullen said militants are flowing into Afghanistan more freely this year compared with 2007 because Pakistan’s Government and military are not putting enough pressure on the insurgents. “There’s a clear problem on the border,” Mullen, the chairman of the US Joint Chiefs of Staff, said. “There’s clearly not enough pressure being brought to bear, particularly on the Pakistan side of the border. There’s more freedom there,” he said. “There are clearly more foreign fighters in the FATA (Pakistan’s Federally Administered Tribal Areas) than have been there in the past,” he added.
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July - 10 
On July 10, Taliban leaders visited the offices of the municipal administration to help resolve local residents’ complaints. Taliban spokesman Muslim Khan and other leaders met local administration officials, Anwar Hayat and Shahi Dooran, and informe
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On July 10, Taliban leaders visited the offices of the municipal administration to help resolve local residents’ complaints. Taliban spokesman Muslim Khan and other leaders met local administration officials, Anwar Hayat and Shahi Dooran, and informed them of difficulties being faced by residents of the area. Khan said that they would also inform the provincial Government about the lack of potable water in the area.
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July - 10 
One person sustained injuries when he passed over a landmine in the Magnek village.
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One person sustained injuries when he passed over a landmine in the Magnek village.
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July - 10 
Suspected insurgents on July 10 fired rockets at the Karachi-bound Bolan Express near the Dera Murad Jamali area of Balochistan, damaging its three bogies. According to Daily Times, all the passengers remained safe during the incident.
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Suspected insurgents on July 10 fired rockets at the Karachi-bound Bolan Express near the Dera Murad Jamali area of Balochistan, damaging its three bogies. According to Daily Times, all the passengers remained safe during the incident.
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July - 10 
The body of a doctor killed by suspected militants was found in the Dosli sub-division of North Waziristan on July 10, Daily Times reported. Identified as Dr Farrukh Aftab, a resident of Islamabad, officials said that the man had been shot four times
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The body of a doctor killed by suspected militants was found in the Dosli sub-division of North Waziristan on July 10, Daily Times reported. Identified as Dr Farrukh Aftab, a resident of Islamabad, officials said that the man had been shot four times in the chest. A note pinned to his body read: “He [Dr Farrukh Aftab] was opposing Islam and jihad, and he was a supporter of European countries. He was working for NGOs.” It is yet unknown whether the man was seized while visiting the region, or abducted from Islamabad and brought to Waziristan.
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July - 10 
The Inter-Services Public Relations (ISPR) Director-General Major General Athar Abbas accused Indian forces of violating a 2003 cease-fire in Kashmir on July 10, The News reported. General Abbas said the Indian Army fired mortars and small arms witho
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The Inter-Services Public Relations (ISPR) Director-General Major General Athar Abbas accused Indian forces of violating a 2003 cease-fire in Kashmir on July 10, The News reported. General Abbas said the Indian Army fired mortars and small arms without any provocation in the Battal sector of Kashmir. “The Indian Army opened fire at 2 pm today without any provocation, and our forces deployed there also returned the fire… The Indian Army is to be blamed for the breach of ceasefire,” Abbas claimed. Pakistan’s forces returned the fire, he said. The local Pakistani commander lodged a protest with his Indian counterpart, the ISPR chief said. The Army’s director-general of military operations later spoke to his Indian counterpart to set up a meeting on the matter, he added. However, Indian Army spokesman Lt Col S. D. Goswami denied its forces targeted Pakistani positions, and claimed that Pakistan-based militants had opened fire on Indian forces as the militants tried to slip into the Indian State of Jammu and Kashmir. A group of militants fired on our troops during an infiltration bid. Our army returned the fire and foiled the infiltration bid,” said Goswami. He said that in a separate incident on July 10 in the same area, Pakistani soldiers opened fire on Indian positions but “we didn’t retaliate”. The ISPR chief declined to respond to the Indian allegations.
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July - 10 
US intelligence officials said there has been an increase in foreign fighters traveling to Pakistan to join up with al Qaeda-linked militants in the country’s tribal areas, the New York Times reported on July 10. US intelligence and military sources
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US intelligence officials said there has been an increase in foreign fighters traveling to Pakistan to join up with al Qaeda-linked militants in the country’s tribal areas, the New York Times reported on July 10. US intelligence and military sources told the newspaper that dozens or more Uzbeks, North Africans and Arabs from Gulf states have moved into Pakistan in recent months, shoring up the al Qaeda forces which are backing the Taliban in Afghanistan. A US military spokesman in Baghdad told the New York Times that there has been a corresponding drop in the number of foreign fighters entering Iraq, now less than 40 a month compared to up to 110 a month one year ago. “The flow may reflect a change that is making Pakistan, not Iraq, the preferred destination for some Sunni extremists from the Middle East, North Africa and Central Asia who are seeking to take up arms against the West,” the newspaper wrote, citing the officials. General David McKiernan, the new NATO commander in Afghanistan, said the situation in Pakistan’s northwestern border areas, where al Qaeda and other militants are allegedly based, has worsened. “The porous border has allowed militant groups a greater freedom of movement across that border, as well as a greater freedom to resupply, to allow leadership to sustain stronger sanctuaries, and to provide fighters across that border,” McKiernan told the New York Times.
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July - 11 
A Taliban spokesman has said that militants will start killing a group of hostages if their men detained by the Government are not released by July 12-afternoon, according to Dawn. Maulvi Umar claimed on July 11 that the Taliban had abducted 29 perso
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A Taliban spokesman has said that militants will start killing a group of hostages if their men detained by the Government are not released by July 12-afternoon, according to Dawn. Maulvi Umar claimed on July 11 that the Taliban had abducted 29 persons, most of them security force personnel. However, an official in the Hangu district of the NWFP said that only 16 or 17 people had been held by the Taliban. He said the hostages were taken during a siege of a police station in Hangu on July 9. A 400-strong force of Taliban militants had besieged the Doaba police station after the arrest of seven of their associates by security agencies.
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July - 11 
Elsewhere in the FATA, two civilians, Inayat Khan and Malik Khan, sustained injuries when a tractor hit a landmine in the Sakhi Ahmad Shah village of Lower Kurram Agency on July 11. The incident occurred when the tractor reportedly ran over a landmin
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Elsewhere in the FATA, two civilians, Inayat Khan and Malik Khan, sustained injuries when a tractor hit a landmine in the Sakhi Ahmad Shah village of Lower Kurram Agency on July 11. The incident occurred when the tractor reportedly ran over a landmine planted by militants near the residence of the Jamaat-e-Islami leader Altaf Bangash. It was the fifth explosion in Kurram Agency in the last three days. Six people were killed and nine others injured in three landmine explosions on July 10.
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July - 11 
The local Taliban on July 11 destroyed three police pickets in the Dandopull and Michni road areas of Shabqadar sub-division in Charsadda district, Daily Times reported. The Tehrik-e-Taliban deputy chief in Mohmand Agency, Qari Shakeel, said that Tal
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The local Taliban on July 11 destroyed three police pickets in the Dandopull and Michni road areas of Shabqadar sub-division in Charsadda district, Daily Times reported. The Tehrik-e-Taliban deputy chief in Mohmand Agency, Qari Shakeel, said that Taliban would not accept the presence of police or security forces in the Michni and Shabqadar areas as they are disputed areas. He said these areas were part of the Mohmand Agency and Taliban would neither accept their annexure with the settled districts of Charsadda and Peshawar in NWFP nor any police or security forces’ movement there. According to Dawn News, about 45 police and Frontier Corps personnel were present at the pickets but they did not offer any resistance. Taliban also laid temporary siege to the Sadoklai Police Station in the Shabqadar area for half an hour but left the area after negotiations with local elders.
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July - 11 
The United Nations (UN) has agreed to establish an independent commission to investigate the assassination of former Prime Minister Benazir Bhutto, Foreign Minister Shah Mahmood Qureshi said on July 11, Daily Times reported. The Pakistani request wil
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The United Nations (UN) has agreed to establish an independent commission to investigate the assassination of former Prime Minister Benazir Bhutto, Foreign Minister Shah Mahmood Qureshi said on July 11, Daily Times reported. The Pakistani request will not be referred to the UN Security Council, since the UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon has the authority to appoint a commission. Qureshi told a press conference at the UN after a meeting with Ban, "Responding positively to the issue, the secretary-general indicated that further consultation with Pakistan and others within the organisation would be required to examine the modalities and structure of a commission to determine the circumstances of, and responsibilities for, the assassination of Benazir. The objectives for the commission are to identify the culprits, perpetrators, organisers and financiers of the assassination." He explained that the secretary-general would appoint "well-respected, eminent people" to the independent commission in consultation with the Government of Pakistan. Qureshi’s announcement was later confirmed by the secretary-general’s office.
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July - 12 
According to Daily Times, banned sectarian and jihadi groups are flouting the Government bar and are re-emerging in various parts of Karachi, a television channel reported on July 12. Dawn News stated that sectarian slogans, flags and posters of defu
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According to Daily Times, banned sectarian and jihadi groups are flouting the Government bar and are re-emerging in various parts of Karachi, a television channel reported on July 12. Dawn News stated that sectarian slogans, flags and posters of defunct sectarian groups are visible on walls across the city, indicating re-emergence of the banned groups. The Sunni group Sipah-e-Sahaba Pakistan (SSP), the Shia group Sipah-e-Muhammad Pakistan (SMP) and Mukhtar Force are the most conspicuous groups, the report added. The channel quoted sources as saying that the sealed offices of the groups have reopened, working under different identities. Some of the groups held meetings in Qayyumabad, North Karachi and Soldier Bazaar, the sources said. Jihadi groups have also enhanced their activities, although in a disguised manner. The Sindh Information Minister Shazia Marri, however, told the channel that these groups were still banned and illegal. The outfits are not allowed to carry out any activity in the city, she said, adding the Government would take immediate action if it found any actionable information.
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July - 12 
At least 17 people – including 13 Frontier Constabulary (FC) personnel – were killed on July 12-afternoon in a clash between Taliban and security forces (SFs) in the Hangu district of NWFP, reports Daily Times. The fighting erupted after Taliban mili
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At least 17 people – including 13 Frontier Constabulary (FC) personnel – were killed on July 12-afternoon in a clash between Taliban and security forces (SFs) in the Hangu district of NWFP, reports Daily Times. The fighting erupted after Taliban militants ambushed an FC convoy in the Drori Banda area of Hangu. The dead also included three civilians and a local militant, residents and Taliban sources said. Member of the National Assembly Pir Haidar Shah and the Hangu district nazim said the dead included FC district officer Muhammad Karim Khan. Shah said the FC convoy was heading towards the volatile town of Hangu from its fort in Drori Banda when it came under attack from Taliban at around 5.30 pm (PST). According to Geo News, the FC troops fired mortar shells at the hilly hideouts of the Taliban and called for helicopter gunship to provide air cover. The channel reported that the bodies of FC personnel were still lying in the Drori area and SFs were unable to move the corpses, as the area is under Taliban control. An unnamed FC official said that the FC troops killed in the clash numbered to 17. He said the militants had also taken an FC vehicle after the clash. The district administration declared emergency in nearby hospitals soon after the incident.
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July - 12 
Elsewhere in the province, unidentified gunmen attacked a police van with grenades and Kalashnikovs and injured two Frontier Constabulary soldiers, Muhammad Shafi and Qayyum, on July 12 at Timargarah in the lower Dir district.
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Elsewhere in the province, unidentified gunmen attacked a police van with grenades and Kalashnikovs and injured two Frontier Constabulary soldiers, Muhammad Shafi and Qayyum, on July 12 at Timargarah in the lower Dir district.
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July - 12 July - 13
Militants on July 12 abandoned a hijacked bus and freed all 22 passengers close to the Nag area in the Washak district of Balochistan, according to a Daily Times report on July 13. Dawn News reported that these passengers had been abducted in the lim
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Militants on July 12 abandoned a hijacked bus and freed all 22 passengers close to the Nag area in the Washak district of Balochistan, according to a Daily Times report on July 13. Dawn News reported that these passengers had been abducted in the limits of Nag Police Station when they were traveling in a Khuzdar-bound passenger coach from Panjgur.
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July - 12 
Seven people, including two women, were killed and four others injured on July 12 in clashes between the Lashkar-e-Islam (LI) and Ansar-ul-Islam in the Tirah Valley of Khyber Agency, according to Daily Times. The militants groups exchanged heavy fire
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Seven people, including two women, were killed and four others injured on July 12 in clashes between the Lashkar-e-Islam (LI) and Ansar-ul-Islam in the Tirah Valley of Khyber Agency, according to Daily Times. The militants groups exchanged heavy fire, although a Jirga (council) of the Jamiat Ulema-e-Islam (JUI) led by Shujaul Malik was due on July 12 in the valley to defuse the tension in the area. The two groups have been fighting in the valley on the Pak-Afghan border for a fortnight now. The clashes have already claimed over 100 lives.
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July - 12 
Three people, including two girls, were injured in an attack on an FC patrol in the Zargari area of Hangu.
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Three people, including two girls, were injured in an attack on an FC patrol in the Zargari area of Hangu.
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July - 13 
Armed militants abducted four persons from different areas of the Kurram Agency on July 13, The News reported.
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Armed militants abducted four persons from different areas of the Kurram Agency on July 13, The News reported.
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July - 13 
Daily Times reported on July 13 that the Frontier Corps seized four kilograms of explosives, 52 rounds of anti-aircraft gun, eight hand grenades, four rounds of anti-tank gun, seven rockets of RPG-7, 15 shells of 82mm mortar, eight rounds of 20mm gun
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Daily Times reported on July 13 that the Frontier Corps seized four kilograms of explosives, 52 rounds of anti-aircraft gun, eight hand grenades, four rounds of anti-tank gun, seven rockets of RPG-7, 15 shells of 82mm mortar, eight rounds of 20mm gun and five landmines during a raid in the Gulistan area of Qila Abdullah district.
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July - 13 
Four persons were injured when a suicide bomber blew himself up soon after the concluding session of the Shuhada-e-Islam Conference in Dera Ismail Khan in the NWFP on July 13, The News reported. Eyewitnesses and the police said the participants of th
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Four persons were injured when a suicide bomber blew himself up soon after the concluding session of the Shuhada-e-Islam Conference in Dera Ismail Khan in the NWFP on July 13, The News reported. Eyewitnesses and the police said the participants of the Shuhada-e-Islam Conference of the Shias, held in Kotly Imam Hussain, were returning to their homes when a suicide bomber, aged about 16, blew himself up. The bomber had leapt in front of a car carrying people back from the gathering, in which top Shia leader Allama Sajid Naqvi was also present, said police official Muhammad Qasim Khan, according to Daily Times.
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July - 13 
Militants beheaded a man in North Waziristan on July 13 alleging that he was spying for the US, Daily Times reported. Locals found the beheaded body of Muhammad Ghani, a resident of Bannu, at Kharqamar, 45 kilometers west of Miranshah, headquarters o
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Militants beheaded a man in North Waziristan on July 13 alleging that he was spying for the US, Daily Times reported. Locals found the beheaded body of Muhammad Ghani, a resident of Bannu, at Kharqamar, 45 kilometers west of Miranshah, headquarters of North Waziristan. Eyewitnesses said a note found near the body read: "He was a US spy and anyone found involved in spying for Americans will meet the same fate."
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July - 13 
Six persons were killed and 10 others sustained injuries in fresh clashes between the two warring groups of the Mangal Bagh-led Lashkar-e-Islam and the Mahoob-led Ansar-ul-Islam in the Tirah Valley of the Khyber Agency in FATA on July 13, The News re
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Six persons were killed and 10 others sustained injuries in fresh clashes between the two warring groups of the Mangal Bagh-led Lashkar-e-Islam and the Mahoob-led Ansar-ul-Islam in the Tirah Valley of the Khyber Agency in FATA on July 13, The News reported. Activists of the two groups clashed in the Bar Shalobar area and exchanged gunfire, resulting in the death of six persons.
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July - 13 
The peace jirga (council) of the Jamiat Ulema-i-Islam (Fazlur Rehman faction), which was expected to meet in Hangu in the NWFP after its talks with the leaders of both the factions in the Tirah Valley, has postponed its meeting. Led by Maulana Shujau
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The peace jirga (council) of the Jamiat Ulema-i-Islam (Fazlur Rehman faction), which was expected to meet in Hangu in the NWFP after its talks with the leaders of both the factions in the Tirah Valley, has postponed its meeting. Led by Maulana Shujaul Mulk, provincial Secretary General of the JUI-F, the jirga held meetings with the head of the Lashkar-e-Islam, Haji Mangal Bagh, and the chief of Ansar-ul-Islam MahboobulHaq.
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July - 14 
Afghanistan said on July 14 that it would boycott a series of upcoming meetings with Pakistan unless "bilateral trust" was restored after attacks it blamed on its neighbour’s intelligence and military, according to Daily Times. The cabinet decision w
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Afghanistan said on July 14 that it would boycott a series of upcoming meetings with Pakistan unless "bilateral trust" was restored after attacks it blamed on its neighbour’s intelligence and military, according to Daily Times. The cabinet decision was announced soon after President Hamid Karzai issued statement against a Pakistani intelligence agency last week. "The people of Afghanistan, the world, know very well that Pakistan’s intelligence agency and military have turned that country to the biggest exporter of terrorism and extremism to the world, particularly Afghanistan," the cabinet said in a statement. A cabinet meeting had decided Afghanistan was "compelled" to suspend its involvement in various bilateral and regional meetings due in Dubai, Islamabad and Kabul in July and in August, the statement said. The statement also said that Pakistani intelligence was responsible for "terrorist attacks" that included a suicide bombing against the Indian embassy in Kabul on July 7 and a failed assassination attempt on Karzai in April. Other "destructive attacks are all indicators of [a Pakistani intelligence agency’s] attempts to recapture and destroy our country," the cabinet said.
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July - 14 
Gas supply to the Pirkoh gas purification plant was suspended after suspected insurgents blew up a 16-inch diameter gas pipeline in the Dasht-e-Goran area of DeraBugti district on July 14. The blast destroyed three feet of the pipeline, Daily Times r
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Gas supply to the Pirkoh gas purification plant was suspended after suspected insurgents blew up a 16-inch diameter gas pipeline in the Dasht-e-Goran area of DeraBugti district on July 14. The blast destroyed three feet of the pipeline, Daily Times reported. However, no loss of life or injuries was reported.
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July - 14 
Karzai said on July 14 that Pakistani agents were behind the Indian embassy bombing, the first time he has directly accused Pakistan of involvement in the suicide attack, Reuters reported. Pakistani agents were behind the embassy attack, the beheadin
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Karzai said on July 14 that Pakistani agents were behind the Indian embassy bombing, the first time he has directly accused Pakistan of involvement in the suicide attack, Reuters reported. Pakistani agents were behind the embassy attack, the beheading of two Afghans in Pakistan in June 2008, the killing of two women in Ghazni province and 24 people in a suicide bomb in Uruzgan on July 13, Karzai told reporters.
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July - 14 
Militants blew up a Frontier Constabulary (FC) fort in the Shinawarai area of Hangu district in the NWFP on July 14-night after looting arms and ammunition, Dawn reported. Witnesses said that about 250 militants had besieged the fort, 30kms from Hang
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Militants blew up a Frontier Constabulary (FC) fort in the Shinawarai area of Hangu district in the NWFP on July 14-night after looting arms and ammunition, Dawn reported. Witnesses said that about 250 militants had besieged the fort, 30kms from Hangu town, and asked the FC personnel to vacate it or face action. After the personnel decided to leave the fort, they were given ‘safe passage’ by the militants. The militants subsequently entered the fort and loaded their vehicles with arms and ammunition. "Later, they planted explosives in the fort and blew it up," a local man said.
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July - 14 
NWFP senior minister Bashir Bilour told reporters in the provincial capital Peshawar that so far 25 Taliban prisoners had been released under the agreement. He said the decision about the release of other prisoners would be taken on a case to case ba
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NWFP senior minister Bashir Bilour told reporters in the provincial capital Peshawar that so far 25 Taliban prisoners had been released under the agreement. He said the decision about the release of other prisoners would be taken on a case to case basis. "We are sincere in implementing the deal," he added.
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July - 14 
Security agencies arrested a top al Qaeda operative late on July 14 along with his two accomplices in Punjab’s southern city of Multan, Daily Times reported. Tanzanian national Muhammad Al Misri, Anwar Muawiya and Muhammad Shahid were arrested from a
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Security agencies arrested a top al Qaeda operative late on July 14 along with his two accomplices in Punjab’s southern city of Multan, Daily Times reported. Tanzanian national Muhammad Al Misri, Anwar Muawiya and Muhammad Shahid were arrested from a shutdown ‘Neel Wali Factory’ located on the Abdali Road. Unnamed officials said that Al Misri is closely linked with al Qaeda’s top hierarchy and is also suspected to be behind the series of suicide attacks in Pakistan following the crackdown on the Lal Masjid (Red mosque). Anwar, a resident of Abbotabad, belongs to the banned Sunni group Lashkar-e-Jhangvi (LeJ), the sources said, adding Shahid, another LeJ activist, is a local of Multan.
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July - 14 
The Tehrik-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) on July 14 announced suspension of talks with the NWFP Government due to delay in non-implementation of the May 21 peace accord. Talking to The News, spokesman for the Taliban in Swat, Muslim Khan, said the Governm
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The Tehrik-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) on July 14 announced suspension of talks with the NWFP Government due to delay in non-implementation of the May 21 peace accord. Talking to The News, spokesman for the Taliban in Swat, Muslim Khan, said the Government was not sincere in keeping its commitments made during the talks in the past. "The Government failed to honour its promises made during the last two months of talks and now it will be meaningless to continue the process of dialogue," he said. He also said that it would be waste of time to continue negotiations without the dismantling of roadside checkpoints, withdrawal of all cases against Taliban, withdrawal of Army from Swat and compensation to the victims of the military operations. This is the third time that the Taliban in Swat operating under the command of Maulana Fazlullah have discontinued peace talks. Muslim Khan said if the Government was really sincere in establishing peace through talks, it should translate its promises into action. "We agreed to the provincial Government's request for a three-month time for the enforcement of Shariah, but it had assured the immediate implementation of other promises. Now it is dilly-dallying. The Government should categorically inform us about its position," he stated. However, the NWFP Minister Wajid Ali Khan said the peace pact was still intact and the Government was committed to the implementation of the accord and release of Taliban prisoners.
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July - 14 
The Tehrik-i-Taliban Pakistan has set up Qazi courts in four places in the Mohmand Agency in the FATA. Taliban spokesman Assad told Dawn on July 14 that the Qazi courts had been set up to settle disputes in accordance with the Shariah (Islamic law).
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The Tehrik-i-Taliban Pakistan has set up Qazi courts in four places in the Mohmand Agency in the FATA. Taliban spokesman Assad told Dawn on July 14 that the Qazi courts had been set up to settle disputes in accordance with the Shariah (Islamic law). He said that Mohammad Ziad had been appointed the chief Qazi and other Qazis would be named later. He stated that the courts had been established in Pandialai, Khwezai, Lakaro and Dawezai. Taliban have established similar courts in the adjacent Bajaur Agency.
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July - 15 
A trooper, Khalil Ahmed, was killed when suspected insurgents fired a rocket at a check-post in DeraBugti on July 15, Daily Times reported.
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A trooper, Khalil Ahmed, was killed when suspected insurgents fired a rocket at a check-post in DeraBugti on July 15, Daily Times reported.
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July - 15 
Five soldiers sustained injuries when some suspected militants fired rockets at the Dir Scouts fort in Balambat in the Lower Dir district in the early hours of July 15. At least 10 rockets were fired at the fort from the hills of Safaray village at a
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Five soldiers sustained injuries when some suspected militants fired rockets at the Dir Scouts fort in Balambat in the Lower Dir district in the early hours of July 15. At least 10 rockets were fired at the fort from the hills of Safaray village at about 3 am, The News reported. One of the rockets landed near the main gate of the fort wounding five soldiers on duty. One rocket hit the private residence of a doctor at the DHQ hospital in Timergara, Dr Zahir Rabbani, at the colony and damaged the roof of the house. Two of the rockets landed at the Dir Scouts ground, one near the official residence of the district coordination officer, one near the National Bank branch and telephone exchange while the remaining landed on trees on the bank of Panjkora River.
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July - 15 
In another incident, gas supply to the Pirkoh purification plant was suspended after insurgents blew up an 18-inch diameter gas pipeline in Sui.
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In another incident, gas supply to the Pirkoh purification plant was suspended after insurgents blew up an 18-inch diameter gas pipeline in Sui.
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July - 15 
The Lahore Police arrested three alleged would-be suicide bombers on July 15 and claimed to have foiled a major terrorist attack on the city. Intelligence sources said that the alleged bombers had intended to target important public buildings and for
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The Lahore Police arrested three alleged would-be suicide bombers on July 15 and claimed to have foiled a major terrorist attack on the city. Intelligence sources said that the alleged bombers had intended to target important public buildings and foreign installations and the Chuhng Investigation Centre. Sources added that a week earlier, troops had arrested a group of militants from the country’s Northern Areas. During interrogation, the militants revealed their accomplices’ hideouts. Following the information, police raided a house in Farkhabad on July 15 and arrested Qari Muhammad Basit, Mullah Mir and an unidentified accomplice. Police also seized huge quantities of explosive material, ball bearings, detonators, remote controls and two jackets from the arrested men. Maps of some important buildings in the city were also found.
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July - 15 July - 16
The NATO-led troops in Afghanistan used attack helicopters and artillery to fire into Pakistan after coming under rocket attacks from the Pakistani side of the border, the alliance force said on July 16, Daily Times reported. The counter-attack on Ju
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The NATO-led troops in Afghanistan used attack helicopters and artillery to fire into Pakistan after coming under rocket attacks from the Pakistani side of the border, the alliance force said on July 16, Daily Times reported. The counter-attack on July 15 was launched from Afghanistan’s Paktika province, which adjoins Pakistan’s North Waziristan.
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July - 16 
A gas pipeline was blown up in the Pir Koh area of DeraBugti district on July 16-afternoon. Gas supply was suspended to the plant from the Pir Koh gas filed after the incident. However, no loss of life or injuries was reported.
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A gas pipeline was blown up in the Pir Koh area of DeraBugti district on July 16-afternoon. Gas supply was suspended to the plant from the Pir Koh gas filed after the incident. However, no loss of life or injuries was reported.
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July - 16 
A police constable was killed and 12 persons, including five paramilitary soldiers, were injured when a bomb planted on a bicycle exploded in Mastung on July 16, Dawn reported. Sources said that the bicycle had been parked near a Frontier Corps vehic
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A police constable was killed and 12 persons, including five paramilitary soldiers, were injured when a bomb planted on a bicycle exploded in Mastung on July 16, Dawn reported. Sources said that the bicycle had been parked near a Frontier Corps vehicle outside the town’s main mosque. “Around 1kg of explosive substance was used in the act,” the District Police Officer Malik Arshad Iqbal said, adding that three vehicles were destroyed and several shops were damaged.
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July - 16 
An International Security Assistance Force (ISAF) base had “received multiple rocket attacks from militants inside Pakistan”, ISAF said in a statement. “The troops identified a qalat(mound) as the point of origin of the attacks and responded in self-
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An International Security Assistance Force (ISAF) base had “received multiple rocket attacks from militants inside Pakistan”, ISAF said in a statement. “The troops identified a qalat(mound) as the point of origin of the attacks and responded in self-defence with a combination of firing from attack helicopters and shooting artillery into Pakistan,” it said. Nine Afghan soldiers were wounded by the rocket attacks and ISAF responded immediately, an ISAF spokesman said. ISAF and the Pakistani army “co-ordinated their operation closely from the outset. The Pakistani military agreed to assist and search the area if the border firing continued,” the statement said.
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July - 16 
Elsewhere in the FATA, a militant was killed and three others sustained injuries in a clash between two rival groups in the Khalodag village of Mohmand Agency over the occupation of a madrassa (seminary) on July 16. Sources said that the clash starte
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Elsewhere in the FATA, a militant was killed and three others sustained injuries in a clash between two rival groups in the Khalodag village of Mohmand Agency over the occupation of a madrassa (seminary) on July 16. Sources said that the clash started when the Shah Sahib militant group tried to take control of a madrassa in Khalodag village from the Commander Umer Khalid militant group. Mamor, a militant, was reportedly killed in the ensuing clash and Mansoor, Fayaz and Ayaz were wounded.
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July - 16 
Seven persons were killed and five others injured on July 16 in clashes between the Lashkar-e-Islam (LI) and the Ansar-ul-Islam (AI) militant groups in the Tirah Valley of Khyber Agency, Daily Times reported. Sources said that both groups have occupi
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Seven persons were killed and five others injured on July 16 in clashes between the Lashkar-e-Islam (LI) and the Ansar-ul-Islam (AI) militant groups in the Tirah Valley of Khyber Agency, Daily Times reported. Sources said that both groups have occupied positions in the Tirah Valley mountains and are firing upon each other with heavy weapons. They said that more than 100 people have been killed in the clashes that have been continuing for a month and several more injured.
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July - 16 
The Balochistan Frontier Corps (FC) seized a large cache of drugs and weapons from a vehicle in the Nokandi district on July 16-morning, Daily Times reported. A press release said the FC personnel seized 600 kilograms of opium, a 7 MM rifle, a rocket
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The Balochistan Frontier Corps (FC) seized a large cache of drugs and weapons from a vehicle in the Nokandi district on July 16-morning, Daily Times reported. A press release said the FC personnel seized 600 kilograms of opium, a 7 MM rifle, a rocket launcher, two heavy machineguns with 600 rounds of ammunition, six RPG-7 fuses and bombs, an anti-tank mine and five mortars from the vehicle.
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July - 16 
The Government has accused the Taliban of violating the peace agreement in Swat by abducting law-enforcement personnel and running militant training centres, according to Dawn. In a statement issued on July 16, the district coordination officer and l
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The Government has accused the Taliban of violating the peace agreement in Swat by abducting law-enforcement personnel and running militant training centres, according to Dawn. In a statement issued on July 16, the district coordination officer and local police chief said Taliban militants had abducted policemen Nezar Ali and ZerQias and demanded release of 10 militants in return for their freedom. The officials said the Taliban had not raised the issue of release of the militants during earlier negotiations. “Taliban should respect the peace deal and free the personnel immediately,” they said, adding that the Government had already released 19 militants unconditionally. The officials said the Taliban did not attend a scheduled meeting of the joint implementation committee for the accord on July 16. “Training centres for subversive activities at eight locations in Swat district, including Baila Gut, Malam Jaba, Zora, Dadhara, and Peochar, are still operating and activities at these hideouts have increased in violation of the agreement,” they said. The officials also said the Taliban had renounced militancy and accepted the writ of the government. They had promised not to run a parallel administration or display weapons in the valley. Despite the agreement, there have reportedly been seven attacks on police and five on the army; 10 officials have been killed and three police posts, 15 schools and five private buildings, including a hotel in Malam Jaba, have been set ablaze since May 21. They also said Taliban’s FM radio station was being used from time to time to criticise Government’s policies in violation of the accord.
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July - 16 
The Pakistan Army, the Frontier Constabulary (FC) and the Frontier Police launched an operation on July 16 in the Naryab and Zargari areas of Doaba Town in Hangu district, attacking hideouts of militants with gunship helicopters and artillery fire, T
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The Pakistan Army, the Frontier Constabulary (FC) and the Frontier Police launched an operation on July 16 in the Naryab and Zargari areas of Doaba Town in Hangu district, attacking hideouts of militants with gunship helicopters and artillery fire, The News reported. There were unconfirmed reports that heavy shelling killed one person in Tora Warai while four others sustained injuries in Naryab. Curfew is already in place in Doaba town since July 9 when the police had launched a crackdown on certain groups. Educational institutions, bazaars and roads in the area have been closed for the last one week and the local people are reportedly migrating to safer places. “The Army and the police have launched the operation in Naryab, which was later extended to Zargari and other areas to eliminate groups that are threatening peace in Hangu. So far there is no report of any casualty,” District Police Officer, Mohammad Idrees, told The News from Hangu. The officer said that no hideout had been demolished in the operation. After getting air cover from choppers, the troops reportedly moved to Naryab town with tanks and armoured personnel carriers at around 12 noon to take over the stronghold of the local militants, who had recently killed 17 FC personnel during an ambush in Zargari and occupied the Doaba police station. Spokesman for the militants in Hangu, Maulvi Haider, alleged that the Taliban had assured the Jirga (council) of not carrying out any attack but despite that the Government had moved the security forces against them. According to a local resident, there are about 200 to 300 militants in different villages of Doaba but the rest had come from the adjacent tribal areas.
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July - 17 
Chief Minister Ameer Haider Khan Hoti said the NWFP Government will not resign nor become hostage to any militant group. He was responding to the Tehrik-e-Taliban Pakistan chief BaitullahMehsud who issued on July 17 a five-day ultimatum for the provi
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Chief Minister Ameer Haider Khan Hoti said the NWFP Government will not resign nor become hostage to any militant group. He was responding to the Tehrik-e-Taliban Pakistan chief BaitullahMehsud who issued on July 17 a five-day ultimatum for the provincial Government to resign or "face dire consequences." Hoti said the provincial Government had "sent the army to Hangu as a precautionary measure", and not to target any particular group.
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July - 17 July - 18
Despite a cease-fire brokered by two senior Afghan Taliban commanders on July 17, fighting between two rival militant groups continued on July 18 in which more than 50 militants were killed and dozens injured in the Mohmand Agency of FATA, The News r
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Despite a cease-fire brokered by two senior Afghan Taliban commanders on July 17, fighting between two rival militant groups continued on July 18 in which more than 50 militants were killed and dozens injured in the Mohmand Agency of FATA, The News reported. Two rival militant groups – the BaitullahMehsud-led Tehrik-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) and Commander Shah Khalid-led militants which is considered as pro-government — have been fighting for the past three days for the control of the Mohmand Agency. The two groups were running separate training centres and had set up checkpoints on roadsides. After two days of fighting, a two-member jirga (council) comprising two senior Afghan Taliban commanders — Ustad Mohammad Yasir and Maulvi Sadre Azam — mediated between them and brokered a truce on July 17-night. However, according to sources close to the militants, fighting between the well-armed militants of the two groups started again on July 18-morning when militants associated with Shah Khalid reportedly attacked one of Commander Omar Khalid’s senior commanders, Qari Shakil when he entered Khwezo, a town considered to be a stronghold of the Shah Khalid group. Qari Shakil, who hails from Peshawar’s Michni town, was injured in the attack while his vehicle was destroyed. Consequently, heavy fighting broke out between the two sides in which sophisticated weapons were used. Tribal and militant sources said that both the sides suffered heavy losses and so far 50 people, majority of them from Shah Khalid’s group, were confirmed dead and dozens injured.
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July - 17 
Elsewhere in the province, four mobile phone shops were destroyed and three others were partially damaged in a bomb blast in the Israr Market in Shabqadar near Charsadda district on July 17. Shopkeepers in the market were dealing in ‘obscene’ ring-to
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Elsewhere in the province, four mobile phone shops were destroyed and three others were partially damaged in a bomb blast in the Israr Market in Shabqadar near Charsadda district on July 17. Shopkeepers in the market were dealing in ‘obscene’ ring-tones according to threatening letters they had received from local Taliban prior to the blast.
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July - 17 
Police in the Swat district on July 17 arrested three suspected would-be suicide bombers, including a 13-year old boy who was tasked to attack the security forces, police officials told reporters in Mingora. They were arrested during a routine check
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Police in the Swat district on July 17 arrested three suspected would-be suicide bombers, including a 13-year old boy who was tasked to attack the security forces, police officials told reporters in Mingora. They were arrested during a routine check at the GhatPewchar check-post in the Matta sub-division.
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July - 17 
Security forces on July 17 attacked militants around Hangu district in the NWFP, clearing several Taliban strongholds. "We have cleared Shamana Fort and Zarguri and Naryab areas north of Hangu," military spokesman Major General Athar Abbas told Daily
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Security forces on July 17 attacked militants around Hangu district in the NWFP, clearing several Taliban strongholds. "We have cleared Shamana Fort and Zarguri and Naryab areas north of Hangu," military spokesman Major General Athar Abbas told Daily Times. He added that the "operation will be expanded as some areas are yet to be cleared." In the crackdown launched late on July 16, "the security forces, backed by tanks and gunship helicopters, also secured Naryab Dam", local officials said. The spokesman said there were some casualties on the militants’ side, adding that the exact numbers were not available. Taliban spokesman Mullah Shaheen confirmed the clashes, conceding that four militants had been injured. Official sources said four vehicles of the militants were also hit in Zarguri and Sarmalo. The militants retaliated by firing rocket-propelled grenades at the security forces that called in gunship helicopters and targeted the area near Torawarey, the sources added. "There’s normal resistance and now our troops are advancing," Abbas said, according to AFP.
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July - 17 
The Provincial Information Minister Mian Iftikhar Hussain said people had given the Government a mandate for five years. "This is just nonsense and we know from where they are getting dictation," he said, adding that the statement of BaitullahMehsud
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The Provincial Information Minister Mian Iftikhar Hussain said people had given the Government a mandate for five years. "This is just nonsense and we know from where they are getting dictation," he said, adding that the statement of BaitullahMehsud was regrettable. He said the Government would not step down, nor would it follow the dictates of a person or group.
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July - 17 
The Tehrik-i-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) chief BaitullahMehsud has asked the North West Frontier Province (NWFP) Government to either resign within five days or "prepare itself to face the consequences," according to Dawn. "The NWFP Government is not sinc
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The Tehrik-i-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) chief BaitullahMehsud has asked the North West Frontier Province (NWFP) Government to either resign within five days or "prepare itself to face the consequences," according to Dawn. "The NWFP Government is not sincere about restoring peace, rather it is responsible for lawlessness in the tribal areas, Hangu and Swat," TTP spokesman Maulvi Umar quoted Baitullah as saying on July 17. Umar stated that the Taliban reserved the right to take action against the provincial Government if it did not resign in five days. He said the NWFP Government was a powerless entity and Taliban would not hold talks with a weak Government.
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July - 17 
Three security force personnel were injured when a road-side bomb blew up an army vehicle in the Kahan area of Kohlu district on July 17, Dawn reported. Police sources said that some people had planted the bomb on the Kahan-Tartani road and blew it u
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Three security force personnel were injured when a road-side bomb blew up an army vehicle in the Kahan area of Kohlu district on July 17, Dawn reported. Police sources said that some people had planted the bomb on the Kahan-Tartani road and blew it up with a remote control when a vehicle carrying army personnel was in the area. The Baloch Liberation Army (BLA) claimed responsibility for the blast. Calling from an unspecified location, a BLA spokesman Beebargh Baloch told journalists that security forces had suffered casualties.
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July - 18 
A man died in a bomb blast in the Khyber Agency’s Bara division on July 18, Daily Times reported. But unconfirmed reports put the death toll at over five. The bomb exploded in a cave in the Tindi area, 18 kilometers from Bara. Sources said the bomb w
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A man died in a bomb blast in the Khyber Agency’s Bara division on July 18, Daily Times reported. But unconfirmed reports put the death toll at over five. The bomb exploded in a cave in the Tindi area, 18 kilometers from Bara. Sources said the bomb was kept in a store of the banned militant outfit Lashkar-e-Islam.
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July - 18 July - 19
A meeting of 50 commanders of the Tehrik-i-Taliban Pakistan, Swat chapter, on July 19 discussed a ‘war strategy’ to confront the Government and endorsed all decisions of the central leadership, Dawn reported. The two-day meeting, presided over by loc
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A meeting of 50 commanders of the Tehrik-i-Taliban Pakistan, Swat chapter, on July 19 discussed a ‘war strategy’ to confront the Government and endorsed all decisions of the central leadership, Dawn reported. The two-day meeting, presided over by local Taliban chief Maulana Fazlullah, was held at an undisclosed location on July 18 and 19, Taliban spokesman Muslim Khan told Dawn. He said the meeting discussed the five-day ultimatum given to the ANP-led provincial Government to resign and devised a strategy in case security forces launched an operation in Swat after militants’ operations in different parts of the NWFP. The spokesman rejected the provincial Government’s claim of arrest of a would-be suicide bomber in Swat. He claimed that the detainee was a "mentally-retarded" youth and "he has nothing to do with Taliban movement."
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July - 18 
An unidentified militants shot dead a madrassa (seminary) head in the Mir Ali subdivision of North Waziristan. The attackers shot at Maulana Abdullah while he was standing in front of his seminary before escaping.
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An unidentified militants shot dead a madrassa (seminary) head in the Mir Ali subdivision of North Waziristan. The attackers shot at Maulana Abdullah while he was standing in front of his seminary before escaping.
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July - 18 
In the province, unidentified militants hurled a hand grenade at a shop in the Teetabat village of Swat district on July 18, injuring four civilians.
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In the province, unidentified militants hurled a hand grenade at a shop in the Teetabat village of Swat district on July 18, injuring four civilians.
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July - 18 
Suspected militants three persons in the KarwanManza area of South Waziristan on suspicion of them spying for the US. A note, written in Pashto, was also found near the bodies, accusing the dead of spying for the United States, Daily Times reported.
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Suspected militants three persons in the KarwanManza area of South Waziristan on suspicion of them spying for the US. A note, written in Pashto, was also found near the bodies, accusing the dead of spying for the United States, Daily Times reported. It warned that other "US spies" would face the same fate.
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July - 18 
Ten militants were killed and five soldiers sustained injuries as clashes between militants and the army continued in a search-and-cordon operation launched around the Zarguri town of Hangu district in the NWFP, a military spokesman said on July 18.
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Ten militants were killed and five soldiers sustained injuries as clashes between militants and the army continued in a search-and-cordon operation launched around the Zarguri town of Hangu district in the NWFP, a military spokesman said on July 18. "We have reports of 10 militant casualties and five injured soldiers," Major General Athar Abbas told Daily Times. He said that Zarguri had been cleared of militants and the operation would continue until all affected areas had been cleared. The Taliban confirmed that they had lost five militants, but claimed that they had also inflicted heavy losses to the Government. Spokesman Maulvi Haider said that the militants were still in Zargari and claimed that troops had been driven out of the area, NNI reported. He also claimed that 30 soldiers had been killed during clashes on July 17. Local sources said that the militants had engaged the security forces in clashes in Shanawari and Yakhkandao, resulting in the deaths of nine people. However, there was no official confirmation.
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July - 18 
the local Taliban on July 18 broke windows and punctured the tyres of 22-wheeler trucks loaded with goods for NATO forces in Afghanistan, witnesses said. Armed squads of the Taliban stopped a convoy of trailers carrying goods for NATO forces at the L
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the local Taliban on July 18 broke windows and punctured the tyres of 22-wheeler trucks loaded with goods for NATO forces in Afghanistan, witnesses said. Armed squads of the Taliban stopped a convoy of trailers carrying goods for NATO forces at the Landikotal bypass and damaged their windows using guns and punctured their tyres with iron bars. Unidentified militants had earlier distributed pamphlets warning transporters against taking any goods to NATO forces in Afghanistan. The transporters were threatened that they would be killed and their villages and vehicles set ablaze if they ignored the warning.
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July - 19 
A security force personnel was killed while 10 militants were shot dead in retaliatory fire during a clash in the Och area of Sui on July 19, Daily Times reported. According to Geo News, a team of the Frontier Constabulary (FC) was patrolling the are
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A security force personnel was killed while 10 militants were shot dead in retaliatory fire during a clash in the Och area of Sui on July 19, Daily Times reported. According to Geo News, a team of the Frontier Constabulary (FC) was patrolling the area when unidentified militants attacked their vehicle, killing one FC trooper. The FC personnel returned fire, killing 10 militants, the channel added.
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July - 19 July - 20
Approximately 43 persons, including 33 militants, nine Frontier Corps (FC) soldiers and a Pakistan Petroleum Limited engineer, were killed and many injured during clashes between the security forces and militants in the Toba Sandrani area of DeraBugt
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Approximately 43 persons, including 33 militants, nine Frontier Corps (FC) soldiers and a Pakistan Petroleum Limited engineer, were killed and many injured during clashes between the security forces and militants in the Toba Sandrani area of DeraBugti district on July 20, The News reported. The clashes that started on July 19 continued the next day also in the Uch, Shah Zain and other areas. According to FC sources, nine injured militants were arrested and a large cache of arms and ammunition were recovered from their possession. The FC personnel have also reportedly arrested over two dozen armed men and recovered ammunition from their possession. The situation in Sui and DeraBugti area is reported to have worsened and security has been put on high alert in Naseerabad, Jaffarabad and JhalMagsi also following the military operations. Security forces claimed to have destroyed two camps from where the militants were launching attacks on gas installations and security force personnel, Dawn reported. "The operation has been continuing for two days against militants involved in attacks on gas installations in the Uch area," unnamed official sources said. They said three militant commanders were among those killed.
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July - 19 
At least nine persons were killed and 10 injured in clashes between the Lashkar-e-Islam and Ansar-ul-Islam in the remote Tirah area of Khyber Agency on July 19, Daily Times reported. Sources said the clashes occurred in the Daki, Sangar and Inqilab M
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At least nine persons were killed and 10 injured in clashes between the Lashkar-e-Islam and Ansar-ul-Islam in the remote Tirah area of Khyber Agency on July 19, Daily Times reported. Sources said the clashes occurred in the Daki, Sangar and Inqilab Morcha areas.
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July - 19 
Elsewhere in the province, four persons, including a nine-year-old vendor, were injured in a grenade attack on the Garrison cinema owned by army in the Kohat district on July 19-night, Dawn reported. Security forces arrested a suspect belonging to th
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Elsewhere in the province, four persons, including a nine-year-old vendor, were injured in a grenade attack on the Garrison cinema owned by army in the Kohat district on July 19-night, Dawn reported. Security forces arrested a suspect belonging to the Kurram Agency in FATA soon after the blast.
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July - 19 
Four members of a rival militant group, taken hostage by the Taliban, were executed by their captors in the Mohmand Agency of the FATA on July 19, Dawn reported. The commander of the rival group, Shah Khalid, and his deputy QariUbaidullah, are among
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Four members of a rival militant group, taken hostage by the Taliban, were executed by their captors in the Mohmand Agency of the FATA on July 19, Dawn reported. The commander of the rival group, Shah Khalid, and his deputy QariUbaidullah, are among the dead. The Taliban said that 118 other captives belonging to the Shah group would be penalised ‘in accordance with the Sharia law’. Sources said that both the commanders were shot dead by Taliban at 10am following a verdict of the local Shura(executive council) held at an unspecified location.
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July - 19 
Gunship helicopters pounded militant hideouts in the Zargari town of Hangu district in the early hours of July 19, according to Daily Times. Hangu District Co-ordination Officer Shahab Ali told reporters that the security forces were “combing the are
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Gunship helicopters pounded militant hideouts in the Zargari town of Hangu district in the early hours of July 19, according to Daily Times. Hangu District Co-ordination Officer Shahab Ali told reporters that the security forces were “combing the area” to drive militants out of the town and its suburbs. Interior Secretary Syed Kamal Shah said the situation in Hangu district was under control after the military operation. Talking to reporters in Islamabad after a Senate committee meeting, Shah said Taliban leader BaitullahMehsud was behind the violence in the district. Meanwhile, the NWFP Home Secretary TipuMahabat Khan told reporters in provincial capital Peshawar that the Government would launch further operations were the state writ challenged. Khan added the operation was inevitable to tackle the situation in Hangu as militants were kidnapping people on the roads, obstructing development works and threatening non-government organisations. A military official claimed that the objectives of the Hangu operation codenamed “Operation Zarb-e-Kaleem” have been achieved. According to Dawn News, Major General Khalid Rabbani, the operation commander, said that although troops faced serious resistance in some areas, the operation has achieved its objectives.
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July - 19 
Senior al Qaeda leaders might be diverting fighters from the war in Iraq to the Afghan frontier area, the top American commander in Iraq told The Associated Press on July 19, according to Dawn. General David Petraeus said his information about a poss
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Senior al Qaeda leaders might be diverting fighters from the war in Iraq to the Afghan frontier area, the top American commander in Iraq told The Associated Press on July 19, according to Dawn. General David Petraeus said his information about a possible shift in al Qaeda resources away from Iraq was based on human intelligence. "There are unsubstantiated rumors and reflections that perhaps some foreign fighters originally intended for Iraq may have gone to the Fata," he said. The general also said al Qaeda might be reconsidering Iraq as its highest priority war front. "There is some intelligence that has picked this up," he said in an interview.
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July - 19 
The Baloch Republican Army (BRA) spokesman Sarbaz Baloch accused the security forces of killing innocent tribesmen. He told journalists that 24 tribesmen had been killed and many others injured. He said the BRA militants had attacked the troops on Ju
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The Baloch Republican Army (BRA) spokesman Sarbaz Baloch accused the security forces of killing innocent tribesmen. He told journalists that 24 tribesmen had been killed and many others injured. He said the BRA militants had attacked the troops on July 19 in the Uch area, inflicting heavy losses.
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July - 19 
Two persons were killed and one injured in a landmine explosion near the Och gas fields on July 19. According to the police, two security officials were on routine patrolling near the Och gas fields when one of them stepped over a landmine that explo
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Two persons were killed and one injured in a landmine explosion near the Och gas fields on July 19. According to the police, two security officials were on routine patrolling near the Och gas fields when one of them stepped over a landmine that exploded, killing bystander Muhammad Akbar and injuring two others. One of the injured persons subsequently died while he was being taken to a hospital.
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July - 20 
Former federal tourism minister NilofarBakhtiar said on July 20 that she had received threats of "dire consequences" if she failed "to immediately leave the country along with her family" and sought protection for herself and her family, according to
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Former federal tourism minister NilofarBakhtiar said on July 20 that she had received threats of "dire consequences" if she failed "to immediately leave the country along with her family" and sought protection for herself and her family, according to Dawn. Addressing a press conference in Islamabad, Bakhtiar said she would never leave the country and it was the responsibility of the Government to provide fool-proof security.
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July - 20 
In a report presented to Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani, the latest figure of foreign fighters present in the FATA is estimated to be more than 8,000, The News reported. At a special cabinet briefing on July 20, it was reportedly decided that the
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In a report presented to Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani, the latest figure of foreign fighters present in the FATA is estimated to be more than 8,000, The News reported. At a special cabinet briefing on July 20, it was reportedly decided that the Government will have to use force if the process of dialogue does not produce the results. The Prime Minister and some important ministers will visit Peshawar on July 21 for a special meeting, which could decide the launching of a major operation against foreign fighters in the FATA, Interior Ministry Adviser Rehman Malik told The News on July 20. However, Malik told the newspaper that the number of foreign fighters was only about 1,000. According to the report presented to Gilani, a majority of these foreign fighters are living in North and South Waziristan and Bajaur. The Prime Minister was also informed that some foreign intelligence agencies are pushing their agents into the Pakistani tribal areas from Afghanistan under the cover of Taliban and al Qaeda fighters.
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July - 20 
In another incident in Kohlu, a bomb planted by suspected insurgents next to the wall of an under-construction cantonment exploded. However, no loss of life or injuries was reported.
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In another incident in Kohlu, a bomb planted by suspected insurgents next to the wall of an under-construction cantonment exploded. However, no loss of life or injuries was reported.
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July - 20 
Two main power supply pylons were blown off in the Nasazai area of Kohlu district on July 20. The bombs badly damaged the 132 kV Kahan-Kohlu transmission line. Electricity supply was consequently suspended to the Kohlu district and surrounding villag
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Two main power supply pylons were blown off in the Nasazai area of Kohlu district on July 20. The bombs badly damaged the 132 kV Kahan-Kohlu transmission line. Electricity supply was consequently suspended to the Kohlu district and surrounding villages.
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July - 21 
A man reportedly killed three Taliban militants in the Hassan Khel area near capital Peshawar on July 21, according to Daily Times. Sources said that the militants went to the house of a man called Daud, who reportedly was lending money on interest,
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A man reportedly killed three Taliban militants in the Hassan Khel area near capital Peshawar on July 21, according to Daily Times. Sources said that the militants went to the house of a man called Daud, who reportedly was lending money on interest, to order him to stop his ‘un-Islamic’ business. Daud was, however, drunk at the time and opened fire on his ‘visitors,’ killing them. He managed to escape from the incident site and the militants later attacked his house and destroyed it.
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July - 21 
After the fifth round of the India-Pakistan composite dialogue on peace and security, Jammu and Kashmir and other Confidence Building Measures (CBMs), Foreign Secretary Shiv Shankar Menon told reporters in New Delhi on July 21 that "the composite dia
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After the fifth round of the India-Pakistan composite dialogue on peace and security, Jammu and Kashmir and other Confidence Building Measures (CBMs), Foreign Secretary Shiv Shankar Menon told reporters in New Delhi on July 21 that "the composite dialogue process was under stress," according to Daily Excelsior. Menon said the ongoing investigations into the recent Kabul embassy blast had revealed the hand of “elements in Pakistan,” The Hindu reported. Speaking to the media after meeting his Pakistani counterpart Salman Bashir, Menon said the dialogue process had come “under strain” because in the “recent past several events have vitiated ties” and some of the leaders in Pakistan had reverted to the “old polemics.” “This sequence of events culminated in July 7 [Kabul embassy blast]. All our information in the ongoing investigation, which still has to continue, points to elements in Pakistan behind the blast.” He described the cease-fire as “under stress” but both sides agreed that it must be “maintained and continued.” He further said there were three pillars to the improved relations with Pakistan — absence of violence, addressing all outstanding issues and creating a cooperative atmosphere. On all three counts, the relationship now comes up short and he listed these as the ceasefire violations, increased infiltration and “incitement of violence within the Indian state of J&K”. Interacting with the media later in the evening, Bashir said his Indian counterpart had not given any evidence and described the charge of Pakistani hand in the Kabul embassy blast as “baseless” and “made first elsewhere” (he later said it was made by National Security Adviser M. K. Narayanan). Bashir reportedly cautioned against treating Islamabad as “on probation” since “we don’t have to prove our credentials to anybody. Pakistan is not the epicentre of terrorism. Please understand that.” He added that “It is imperative to refrain from the blame game. Pakistan was among the first to condemn the Kabul attack. I asked India to provide intelligence or evidence.”
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July - 21 
Both sides reiterated the need to keep talking to each other on the outstanding issues with Menon acknowledging that meetings between both sides gave them the opportunity to have “frank discussions on how we can deal with this.” Bashir assured India
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Both sides reiterated the need to keep talking to each other on the outstanding issues with Menon acknowledging that meetings between both sides gave them the opportunity to have “frank discussions on how we can deal with this.” Bashir assured India that Pakistan was committed to “positive constructive engagements that will lead to good results.”
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July - 21 
Daily Times has reported that the security forces on July 21 expanded their operations to 20 other parts of the Dera Bugti district while fierce clashes between security forces and insurgents were also reported from the Naseerabad district. Security
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Daily Times has reported that the security forces on July 21 expanded their operations to 20 other parts of the Dera Bugti district while fierce clashes between security forces and insurgents were also reported from the Naseerabad district. Security forces began a door-to-door search for the insurgents in the Uch, Sajan Wadh, Shai Darbar, Rustum Darbar, Thoba Pian, Shazin, Gazi, Toor, Lakha Mari, Jodair and Zain Koh areas of Dera Bugti on the third day of the operation.
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July - 21 
Elsewhere in the province, four persons were injured when a remote controlled device exploded in the Maidan area of Lower Dir district on July 21, Dawn reported.
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Elsewhere in the province, four persons were injured when a remote controlled device exploded in the Maidan area of Lower Dir district on July 21, Dawn reported.
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July - 21 
Gas supply to the Sui plant from Pir Koh field was suspended after a pipeline was blown up on July 21-night. "A large portion of the 20-inch pipeline was destroyed," sources said.
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Gas supply to the Sui plant from Pir Koh field was suspended after a pipeline was blown up on July 21-night. "A large portion of the 20-inch pipeline was destroyed," sources said.
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July - 21 
Malak Shahjehan Khan, a prominent pro-government tribal leader and chief of the Mamond tribe, was killed and three other people were injured in an ambush near Shandi More, about one kilometer from Khar, headquarters of the Bajaur Agency in FATA, on J
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Malak Shahjehan Khan, a prominent pro-government tribal leader and chief of the Mamond tribe, was killed and three other people were injured in an ambush near Shandi More, about one kilometer from Khar, headquarters of the Bajaur Agency in FATA, on July 21, Dawn reported. Malak Shahjehan and tribal leader Malak Mohammad Ayaz were reportedly going to Peshawar to attend a meeting with Prime Minister Syed Yousuf Raza Gilani. Malak Shahjehan escaped five attempts on his life over the past two years. He was against the presence of foreign militants in the Bajaur Agency and openly supported the political administration. He had also opposed the Government’s plan to abolish or amend the British-era Frontier Crime Regulation and extension of the political parties act to the tribal areas. He was the first tribal elder in the FATA who raised a Lashkar (tribal force) and took action against al Qaeda-backed tribal militants in Bajaur, according to The News.
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July - 21 
Mustafa Ahmad Abu Yazeed alias Sheikh Saeed, al Qaeda commander in Afghanistan and a close aide of Osama bin Laden, said on July 21 that a Saudi member of al Qaeda carried out the suicide attack on Danish embassy in Islamabad on June 2, Daily Times r
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Mustafa Ahmad Abu Yazeed alias Sheikh Saeed, al Qaeda commander in Afghanistan and a close aide of Osama bin Laden, said on July 21 that a Saudi member of al Qaeda carried out the suicide attack on Danish embassy in Islamabad on June 2, Daily Times reported. In an interview to Geo News, Saeed said there was no Muslim present at the Danish embassy at the time of the attack.
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July - 21 
Police claimed on July 21 to have foiled an attempt to carry out a series of car bomb blasts in Quetta, capital of Balochistan, and arrested five persons, including Tajiks from Afghanistan’s Kandahar province, according to Dawn. Apart from defusing t
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Police claimed on July 21 to have foiled an attempt to carry out a series of car bomb blasts in Quetta, capital of Balochistan, and arrested five persons, including Tajiks from Afghanistan’s Kandahar province, according to Dawn. Apart from defusing the explosives packed in the cars, Police also seized 13 live detonators and 10 mobile phones connected with the detonators.
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July - 21 
Security force personnel arrested a suspected Taliban commander from a house in the Kharotabad area of Quetta, capital of Balochistan. Sources told Dawn on July 21 that the arrested commander, Abdul Rahim, belonged to Hilmand province of Afghanistan
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Security force personnel arrested a suspected Taliban commander from a house in the Kharotabad area of Quetta, capital of Balochistan. Sources told Dawn on July 21 that the arrested commander, Abdul Rahim, belonged to Hilmand province of Afghanistan and had come to Quetta a few days ago.
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July - 21 
Six more persons, including two security officials, were killed on July 21 in Sui on the third day of clashes in the Toba Sandrwani and Uch areas, The News reported. According to reports, the military operation is continuing in the province and armou
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Six more persons, including two security officials, were killed on July 21 in Sui on the third day of clashes in the Toba Sandrwani and Uch areas, The News reported. According to reports, the military operation is continuing in the province and armoured Personnel Carriers, helicopters and heavy weapons were being used. Security forces have also destroyed two camps of the insurgents while borders of Jaffarabad, Naseerabad and Sui have been completely sealed off. 24 persons have also been arrested and a large cache of explosives was recovered from their possession.
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July - 21 
Taliban militants on July 21 shot dead two Afghan men in North Waziristan after accusing them of spying for the United States forces in Afghanistan, Daily Times reported. A note left on the bodies in the border village of Lowara Mandi indicated that
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Taliban militants on July 21 shot dead two Afghan men in North Waziristan after accusing them of spying for the United States forces in Afghanistan, Daily Times reported. A note left on the bodies in the border village of Lowara Mandi indicated that the two men were spying for the US forces, an official said, AFP reported. “All those spying for the US will suffer the same fate,” it said. A source identified the slain Afghans as Muhammad Anwar and his son Gul Nawaz Khan.
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July - 21 
The Khasadar Force on July 21 foiled a terrorism bid by seizing an explosive-laden vehicle traveling from Khyber Agency’s Jamrud sub-division to Peshawar, capital of the NWFP.
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The Khasadar Force on July 21 foiled a terrorism bid by seizing an explosive-laden vehicle traveling from Khyber Agency’s Jamrud sub-division to Peshawar, capital of the NWFP.
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July - 21 
The Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) Mohmand Agency commander Omar Khalid said on July 21 that he has ‘arrested’ 80 activists of the Shah Sahib group, along with two intelligence personnel. Speaking to reporters from an undisclosed location, he said
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The Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) Mohmand Agency commander Omar Khalid said on July 21 that he has ‘arrested’ 80 activists of the Shah Sahib group, along with two intelligence personnel. Speaking to reporters from an undisclosed location, he said that the Taliban would reveal the identities of the intelligence personnel to the media after they had completed their investigation. He said that the Mohmand Agency Taliban had suspended their peace talks with the Government, adding that they would cease their attacks on officials when the Government stopped arresting their people at check-posts.
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July - 21 
Two militants were killed and several others sustained injuries as security forces and the local Taliban militants traded fire near Sarbanda and Shawar valley of Matta division in the Swat district on July 21, Dawn reported. According to military sou
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Two militants were killed and several others sustained injuries as security forces and the local Taliban militants traded fire near Sarbanda and Shawar valley of Matta division in the Swat district on July 21, Dawn reported. According to military sources, Taliban militants attacked a bunker of the security forces with mortars and heavy guns at 4pm (PST). In retaliation, the troops targeted the militants’ hideouts with heavy artillery and consequently, two militants were confirmed dead and several others feared dead or wounded. However, the Taliban spokesman Muslim Khan claimed that only two children were injured as an artillery shell hit a house in the area and not a single militant was killed. He said the Taliban reserved the right to retaliate in self-defence wherever and whenever attacked by the security forces.
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July - 21 
Two security force personnel sustained injuries when vehicle hit a landmine in the Dasht-e-Goran area of Dera Bugti district on July 21. In the Jaffarabad district, seven persons, including a trooper, were wounded as insurgents targeted a security fo
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Two security force personnel sustained injuries when vehicle hit a landmine in the Dasht-e-Goran area of Dera Bugti district on July 21. In the Jaffarabad district, seven persons, including a trooper, were wounded as insurgents targeted a security forces’ vehicle with a remote-controlled bomb in the Suhbatpur area.
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July - 22 
A Taliban spokesman has warned that if the NWFP Government does not stop the military operation in Hangu, Swat and other areas, the Tehreek-i-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) will launch severe attacks, Dawn reported. The threat was issued on July 22 at the ex
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A Taliban spokesman has warned that if the NWFP Government does not stop the military operation in Hangu, Swat and other areas, the Tehreek-i-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) will launch severe attacks, Dawn reported. The threat was issued on July 22 at the expiry of a five-day ultimatum issued by TTP chief Baitullah Mehsud to the provincial Government to resign. TTP spokesman Maulvi Umar told journalists on phone from an unspecified location that the NWFP Government was responsible for the military operation in the areas under its control. He regretted the response of the provincial Government to the TTP’s deadline. Due to sensitivity of the situation, the Government should have shown flexibility and given a positive response to Taliban’s ultimatum, he said. He ruled out talks with the government until military actions in Hangu and Swat were halted. Taliban, he said, had prepared a plan which would be implemented after a decision by the Shura (executive council).
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July - 22 
A trooper sustained injuries in an attack on a check-post on the Sui-Kashmore road.
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A trooper sustained injuries in an attack on a check-post on the Sui-Kashmore road.
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July - 22 
Daily Times stated that a decision has been taken to stop the military operation in Hangu at the request of the NWFP Government, a private television channel reported on July 22. According to Aaj TV, the federal Government accepted the provincial Gov
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Daily Times stated that a decision has been taken to stop the military operation in Hangu at the request of the NWFP Government, a private television channel reported on July 22. According to Aaj TV, the federal Government accepted the provincial Government’s request and decided to stop the Hangu operation. The channel quoted an NWFP minister as saying that the provincial Government wanted to resolve the problems though negotiations. However, the security forces continued a search operation in the Doaba area of Hangu district although no arrests were made. The continuous curfew in Hangu city and Doaba has reportedly resulted in a food crisis as edible items and medicine are in short supply in the markets.
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July - 22 
In Sui, three SF personnel were injured when their vehicle was blown up in the Mohammadi Colony.
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In Sui, three SF personnel were injured when their vehicle was blown up in the Mohammadi Colony.
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July - 22 
ISPR spokesman Major General Athar Abbas said the operation carried out against Taliban in Hangu has achieved all desired results. Talking to the BBC, he declared that all troubled areas in Hangu district have been cleared of militants.
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ISPR spokesman Major General Athar Abbas said the operation carried out against Taliban in Hangu has achieved all desired results. Talking to the BBC, he declared that all troubled areas in Hangu district have been cleared of militants.
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July - 22 
Mangal Bagh, chief of the banned Lashkar-e-Islam (LI) in the Khyber Agency, on July 22 escaped an attempt on his life after three persons armed with remote controlled bombs were intercepted by his personal guards, The News reported. Khalid Khan, a lo
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Mangal Bagh, chief of the banned Lashkar-e-Islam (LI) in the Khyber Agency, on July 22 escaped an attempt on his life after three persons armed with remote controlled bombs were intercepted by his personal guards, The News reported. Khalid Khan, a local LI commander at Bara division, said three persons managed to reach very close to Mangal Bagh in the disguise of being part of a special squad guarding him. "One of the Mujahids, upon suspicion, demanded his identity. He was arrested for failing to justify his presence near the Amir [chief]. Two more of his accomplices were also detained later," he said. The spokesman claimed that all the three attackers were armed with remote-controlled explosive devices.
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July - 22 
Police on July 22 defused four explosive devices in different areas of Matta division in the Swat district, The News reported.
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Police on July 22 defused four explosive devices in different areas of Matta division in the Swat district, The News reported.
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July - 22 
The Saddar police station in the Tali Mat area was damaged by a rocket attack.
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The Saddar police station in the Tali Mat area was damaged by a rocket attack.
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July - 22 
Three militants were killed and four security force (SF) personnel were injured in a clash in the Nodhan Bugti village of Jaffarabad district on July 22, according to Dawn. The clash occurred during an operation launched by the SFs on the basis of re
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Three militants were killed and four security force (SF) personnel were injured in a clash in the Nodhan Bugti village of Jaffarabad district on July 22, according to Dawn. The clash occurred during an operation launched by the SFs on the basis of reports about presence of militants in the village.
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July - 22 
Unidentified gunmen killed a senior security officer of the Pakistan People’s Party (PPP) Co-chairman Asif Ali Zardari in Karachi on July 22, Daily Times reported. Ejaz Durrani, a spokesman for Zardari, said unidentified gunmen opened fire on Khalid
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Unidentified gunmen killed a senior security officer of the Pakistan People’s Party (PPP) Co-chairman Asif Ali Zardari in Karachi on July 22, Daily Times reported. Ejaz Durrani, a spokesman for Zardari, said unidentified gunmen opened fire on Khalid Shahenshah’s vehicle outside his home in the Khayaban-e-Bukhari area. Shahenshah, a senior PPP activist, was among a coterie of party security guards who was at the incident site when former Prime Minister Benazir Bhutto was assassinated in Rawalpindi on December 27, 2007.
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July - 23 
Police arrested 10 alleged militants from the Kashmirabad area of provincial capital Quetta and recovered two kilograms of explosive materials from their possession, Daily Times reported.
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Police arrested 10 alleged militants from the Kashmirabad area of provincial capital Quetta and recovered two kilograms of explosive materials from their possession, Daily Times reported.
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July - 23 
Six security force (SF) personnel were killed in an encounter with the insurgents in the Uch area of Dera Bugti district on July 23, The News reported. A Balochistan Frontier Corps (FC) spokesman Lt Col Shahid Mahmood said the SFs pursued the insurge
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Six security force (SF) personnel were killed in an encounter with the insurgents in the Uch area of Dera Bugti district on July 23, The News reported. A Balochistan Frontier Corps (FC) spokesman Lt Col Shahid Mahmood said the SFs pursued the insurgents who opened fire at the FC party into the mountains located some 16 kilometers away from the Uch power plant where they discovered two temporary hideouts of the insurgents. At least 50 insurgents, equipped with heavy weapons, were holed up there. In response to the SFs bid to arrest them, they opened fire, which killed six soldiers and injured nine others. The security forces retaliated and killed and injured several militants. The FC spokesman said he was unaware of the exact number of the militants’ causalities as they took the bodies of their dead and injured along with them before escaping. A large cache of heavy arms and ammunition, including antitank and antipersonnel mines, rockets, rocket launchers, detonators, found in the camps was seized.
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July - 23 
The Army wound up its week-long operation in the Hangu district of the NWFP on July 23-evening after flushing out militants and taking control of the area, said the military spokesman, Dawn reported. The Director-General of the Inter Services Public
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The Army wound up its week-long operation in the Hangu district of the NWFP on July 23-evening after flushing out militants and taking control of the area, said the military spokesman, Dawn reported. The Director-General of the Inter Services Public Relations (ISPR), Major General Athar Abbas, said: "Security forces have achieved the desired objectives and operation was halted on Wednesday evening." He stated that the army had accomplished its task, but would stay in the violence-hit district as long as the provincial Government wanted. The army spokesman also said the Government’s writ had been re-established, possession of all police stations and check points had been retaken and the area was now under the control of the security forces. Army and paramilitary forces had launched a joint operation against militants in several parts of Hangu district on the request of the provincial Government on July 14 two days after the Taliban ambushed a convoy of the Frontier Constabulary in Dorai, near Zargari, killing 15 soldiers. Gen Abbas said that approximately 20 militants had been killed in the operation and 30 others were arrested. However, many of them had been released, he added. He said that security forces had destroyed hideouts of the militants in the Zargari, Doaba and Neryab areas of Hangu. On July 15, the Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan had given a deadline to the NWFP Government to wind up the operation by July 23 or face action.
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July - 23 
The Baloch Liberation Army (BLA) claimed on July 23 to have killed a security official in Khuzdar. BLA spokesman Beebargh Baloch warned that more attacks would be carried out in retaliation for the Dera Bugti operation.
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The Baloch Liberation Army (BLA) claimed on July 23 to have killed a security official in Khuzdar. BLA spokesman Beebargh Baloch warned that more attacks would be carried out in retaliation for the Dera Bugti operation.
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July - 23 
The chief engineer of a construction company was shot dead in Khuzdar on July 23, Dawn reported. Police said Abdul Rafiq Soomro was standing in a shop near the old bus terminal when the motorcycle borne assailants opened fire on him.
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The chief engineer of a construction company was shot dead in Khuzdar on July 23, Dawn reported. Police said Abdul Rafiq Soomro was standing in a shop near the old bus terminal when the motorcycle borne assailants opened fire on him.
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July - 23 
The intelligence and law enforcement agencies have been put on high alert based on the information that the Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) chief Baitullah Mehsud has prepared a hit list of around 300 high-profile figures, including political leader
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The intelligence and law enforcement agencies have been put on high alert based on the information that the Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) chief Baitullah Mehsud has prepared a hit list of around 300 high-profile figures, including political leaders, Daily Times reported. Sources close to an intelligence agency said that it was assumed that the leadership of the Pakistan People’s Party, Muttahida Qaumi Movement, Awami National Party, anti-Taliban Shia, Sunni clerics, personnel from the intelligence and law enforcement agencies, officials from the interior and provincial ministries and journalists could be targeted by the TTP. Their families were also believed to be at risk.
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July - 24 
A bomb blast occurred outside the Nawab Nauroz Stadium in Mastung on July 24 but caused no casualties, Daily Times reported. According to Dawn News, the blast occurred at a time when Balochistan Chief Minister Nawab Aslam Raisani and six other cabine
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A bomb blast occurred outside the Nawab Nauroz Stadium in Mastung on July 24 but caused no casualties, Daily Times reported. According to Dawn News, the blast occurred at a time when Balochistan Chief Minister Nawab Aslam Raisani and six other cabinet ministers were watching a football match inside the stadium. Police officials confirmed that the chief minister and others remained unhurt and the blast damaged only a portion of a wall of the stadium.
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July - 24 
A grand jirga (a large congress), representing the Taliban, and Kohat’s regional coordination officer, who represented the authorities, signed a cease-fire agreement on July 24 and decided to resolve through talks all disputes arising out of the mili
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A grand jirga (a large congress), representing the Taliban, and Kohat’s regional coordination officer, who represented the authorities, signed a cease-fire agreement on July 24 and decided to resolve through talks all disputes arising out of the military operation in Hangu district, Dawn reported. The jirga held a meeting with Orakzai Agency’s political agent Kamran Zeb and informed him that Taliban would be allowed to stay in the tribal area on condition that they would stop meddling in the affairs of state and refrain from imposing their own laws and punishments. Member of National Assembly, Pir Haider Ali Shah, said concerns of both sides would be discussed at various levels from time to time and disputes would be resolved for restoration of normality in the region. "The first priority of the jirga will be to get hostages released from the custody of Taliban and to free their three high-profile comrades out of the seven arrested from Doaba," he said, adding that "the next step will be to ask the military to withdraw from the area if Taliban give assurance that they will not challenge the writ of the Government again".
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July - 24 
Armed supporters of Tehreek Islami Khyber, a new militant group, led by Gul Rehman Afridi raided the Landikotal headquarters hospital in Khyber Agency on July 24 and called for the immediate removal of the "corrupt" medical superintendent, Dr Zar Ala
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Armed supporters of Tehreek Islami Khyber, a new militant group, led by Gul Rehman Afridi raided the Landikotal headquarters hospital in Khyber Agency on July 24 and called for the immediate removal of the "corrupt" medical superintendent, Dr Zar Alam Shinwari.
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July - 24 
In another incident on the same day, unidentified militants attacked the Bajaur Levies check-post at Rarang, 30 kilometers from Khar, and abducted Levies officer Hayatullah.
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In another incident on the same day, unidentified militants attacked the Bajaur Levies check-post at Rarang, 30 kilometers from Khar, and abducted Levies officer Hayatullah.
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July - 24 
Police in Hyderabad arrested an activist of the proscribed Sunni group Lashkar-e-Jhangvi (LeJ) on July 24, Dawn reported. The accused, identified as Shakeel Burney, was allegedly involved in several bomb blasts in Karachi, the murder of two policemen
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Police in Hyderabad arrested an activist of the proscribed Sunni group Lashkar-e-Jhangvi (LeJ) on July 24, Dawn reported. The accused, identified as Shakeel Burney, was allegedly involved in several bomb blasts in Karachi, the murder of two policemen and two members of Shia community in Karachi.
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July - 24 
Two mortar shells fired from across the border in Afghanistan hit a house in the Bajaur Agency of the FATA on July 24 causing injuries to a tribesman. Bajaur Agency political administration officials told Daily Times that two mortar shells fired from
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Two mortar shells fired from across the border in Afghanistan hit a house in the Bajaur Agency of the FATA on July 24 causing injuries to a tribesman. Bajaur Agency political administration officials told Daily Times that two mortar shells fired from across the border at 1pm (PST) hit Islam Gul’s house in Charmang Hashim, 40 kilometers from Khar, the headquarters of Bajaur Agency.
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July - 25 
A Balochistan Frontier Constabulary (FC) vehicle was damaged when a remote-controlled bomb planted on the roadside exploded in the Khuzdar town on July 25, according to Daily Times. However, no casualty was reported. FC troops subsequently conducted
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A Balochistan Frontier Constabulary (FC) vehicle was damaged when a remote-controlled bomb planted on the roadside exploded in the Khuzdar town on July 25, according to Daily Times. However, no casualty was reported. FC troops subsequently conducted a search operation in the area and detained 15 suspects for interrogation.
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July - 25 
As the peace accord between the NWFP Government and the Taliban in Swat district has virtually become ineffective, violence in the Swat Valley is gradually increasing, The News reported. On July 25, suspected militants bombed a government girls’ high
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As the peace accord between the NWFP Government and the Taliban in Swat district has virtually become ineffective, violence in the Swat Valley is gradually increasing, The News reported. On July 25, suspected militants bombed a government girls’ high school in the Tutano Banda area of Kabal division, a cloth market in Charbagh and a barbershop in Golibagh. However, no loss of life was reported in these incidents. The eight-room building of the girls’ high school completely caved in after the blast. With it, the total number of destroyed schools in the Swat valley has reached 60. According to officials, 62 girls’ schools have been closed due to the refusal of female teaching staff and students to attend school on account of the precarious security situation in the valley while another 10 have been occupied by the troops. Taliban spokesman Muslim Khan said his group was not behind the blast and laid blame on a ‘third party’. He said that local Taliban were not against girls’ education although they opposed the system of women’s education in Pakistan.
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July - 25 
Pakistan needs to do more to help curb the flow of militants across its border into Afghanistan as the Taliban had increased their terrorist activities, United States Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice said on July 25, Daily Times reported. "What we
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Pakistan needs to do more to help curb the flow of militants across its border into Afghanistan as the Taliban had increased their terrorist activities, United States Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice said on July 25, Daily Times reported. "What we need to do is to look hard at how the Taliban is regrouping, why the Taliban is fighting in the way that they are now… everybody needs to do more, but Pakistan does need to do more," Rice told a news conference in Perth in Australia. She also said, "We understand that the northwest frontier area is difficult, but militants cannot be allowed to organise there and plan there and engage across the border."
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July - 25 
Taliban militants took control on July 25 of three security posts abandoned by the paramilitary forces along the Afghan border in the Bajaur Agency of the FATA, Dawn reported. Sources said that the Bajaur Scouts had vacated the posts in Kaga Pass, Da
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Taliban militants took control on July 25 of three security posts abandoned by the paramilitary forces along the Afghan border in the Bajaur Agency of the FATA, Dawn reported. Sources said that the Bajaur Scouts had vacated the posts in Kaga Pass, Da Mangi Pass and Laiti in the Mammond division. An unnamed official said that the posts were located in areas which had no strategic importance and that logistically it was difficult to maintain these posts. Paramilitary soldiers moved out of the area and the Taliban immediately took over the posts and reportedly deployed their men.
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July - 25 
The Balochistan Liberation Army (BLA) on July 25 claimed responsibility for a bomb blast at a football stadium in Mastung on July 24. BLA spokesman Bibarg Baloch told Daily Times that the blast was meant to "request" Balochistan Chief Minister Nawab
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The Balochistan Liberation Army (BLA) on July 25 claimed responsibility for a bomb blast at a football stadium in Mastung on July 24. BLA spokesman Bibarg Baloch told Daily Times that the blast was meant to "request" Balochistan Chief Minister Nawab Aslam Raisani, who was watching a football match, to review his performance. The bomb blast occurred outside the Noroz Khan Football Stadium in Mastung district, creating panic and damaging the boundary wall of the stadium. No one was, however, hurt in the blast. The BLA spokesman said that the bomb was deliberately planted outside the stadium, since it was not meant to attack the chief minister but to warn him. He said, "The purpose of the blast was to request Raisani not to side with the Pakistani establishment. While he is serving as the chief minister of the province, a new phase of military operation has been launched in Balochistan."
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July - 25 
The security forces arrested 10 suspected militants during a search operation in the Sherpalam area of Kabal.
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The security forces arrested 10 suspected militants during a search operation in the Sherpalam area of Kabal.
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July - 25 
The Taliban on July 25 freed eight Government employees in the Orakzai Agency as a "goodwill gesture" in response to the Government’s move to halt the military operation in Hangu district, according to Dawn. However, the Taliban claimed that 19 Gover
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The Taliban on July 25 freed eight Government employees in the Orakzai Agency as a "goodwill gesture" in response to the Government’s move to halt the military operation in Hangu district, according to Dawn. However, the Taliban claimed that 19 Government employees were still in their custody.
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July - 25 
The Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) said it will not launch operation against the NWFP Government after the expiry of the deadline that they had issued, Daily Times reported. TTP spokesman Maulvi Omar said they had decided to "sincerely review the b
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The Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) said it will not launch operation against the NWFP Government after the expiry of the deadline that they had issued, Daily Times reported. TTP spokesman Maulvi Omar said they had decided to "sincerely review the behaviour of the NWFP Government". He said that the decision was taken during a session of the Taliban Shura (executive council) presided over by TTP chief Baitullah Mehsud.
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July - 25 
Up to 40 commanders of al Qaeda were arrested during military operations in Hangu and Bara, while 17 security force personnel had been killed, Adviser to Prime Minister on Interior Affairs, Rehman Malik, said on July 25, Daily Times reported. He said
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Up to 40 commanders of al Qaeda were arrested during military operations in Hangu and Bara, while 17 security force personnel had been killed, Adviser to Prime Minister on Interior Affairs, Rehman Malik, said on July 25, Daily Times reported. He said that suicide attacks had come to "zero level" in the Punjab and Sindh provinces, adding that such attacks were down by 80 percent in the NWFP. The adviser said the operation in the Hangu district had been carried out successfully and desired objectives had been achieved with the minimum use of force. Rehman said the Government had employed the "three-Ds" (dialogue, development and deterrence) and "three-Ps" (prevent, protect and pursue) policy to contain terrorism in the country. He also said the Government would prefer negotiations to sort out problems in the FATA, but warned that stern action would be taken if the peace deals between the NWFP Government and the tribal militants failed.
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July - 26 
12 militants and three Frontier Constabulary (FC) men were killed in a clash near Loti Gas Field in Toba Nokhani in Dera Bugti on July 26, Aaj TV reported. FC Inspector General Maj Gen Saleem Nawaz told the channel that the militants fired long-range
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12 militants and three Frontier Constabulary (FC) men were killed in a clash near Loti Gas Field in Toba Nokhani in Dera Bugti on July 26, Aaj TV reported. FC Inspector General Maj Gen Saleem Nawaz told the channel that the militants fired long-range weapons on the FC troops deployed in Toba Nokhani. The troops returned fire killing 12 militants. He said that three FC men were also injured in the clash who later succumbed to their injures.
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July - 26 
A police constable, Khalid Mehmood, was gunned down by unidentified assailants on Quetta’s Masjid Road. A spokesman for the Balochistan Republican Army (BRA) claimed responsibility for the attack. The group also claimed responsibility for the killing
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A police constable, Khalid Mehmood, was gunned down by unidentified assailants on Quetta’s Masjid Road. A spokesman for the Balochistan Republican Army (BRA) claimed responsibility for the attack. The group also claimed responsibility for the killing of four security officials in an attack on a security officials’ camp in Kohlu Kahan.
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July - 26 
An electricity tower was blown up in Zahri town on July 26. The explosion suspended electricity supply to the town and its peripheries
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An electricity tower was blown up in Zahri town on July 26. The explosion suspended electricity supply to the town and its peripheries
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July - 26 
Eight tribes of Hangu district on July 26 decided not to provide shelter to the Taliban or any other militant outfit and to co-operate with the Government, Daily Times reported. According to BBC Urdu, the decision was made at a jirga (council) held a
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Eight tribes of Hangu district on July 26 decided not to provide shelter to the Taliban or any other militant outfit and to co-operate with the Government, Daily Times reported. According to BBC Urdu, the decision was made at a jirga (council) held at the office of the Hangu district co-ordination officer and attended by representatives from numerous tribes.
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July - 26 
One security official, identified as Raheemullah, was killed and another, Fayyaz Ahmed, injured when their vehicle was blown up in a remote-controlled explosion in the Pirkoh area of Dera Bugti on the same day.
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One security official, identified as Raheemullah, was killed and another, Fayyaz Ahmed, injured when their vehicle was blown up in a remote-controlled explosion in the Pirkoh area of Dera Bugti on the same day.
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July - 26 
PM Gilani, who is on his first official visit to the United States, said that Pakistan is fighting al Qaeda and the Taliban in its own. “Extremism and terrorism are our own problems. This is our own fight. My priority is to maintain law and order in
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PM Gilani, who is on his first official visit to the United States, said that Pakistan is fighting al Qaeda and the Taliban in its own. “Extremism and terrorism are our own problems. This is our own fight. My priority is to maintain law and order in the country ... and that’s why it is in our own interest that extremism and terrorism is contained,” he said. Further, the President Pervez Musharraf has said that Pakistan is committed to fight the war on terror and it is in Pakistan’s interest to root out extremism, according to a Foreign Ministry press release issued on July 26.
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July - 26 
The government on July 26 placed the country’s external intelligence agency, the Inter-Services Intelligence (ISI), and the Intelligence Bureau (IB), under civilian control, according to Daily Times. According to a memorandum issued by the Cabinet Di
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The government on July 26 placed the country’s external intelligence agency, the Inter-Services Intelligence (ISI), and the Intelligence Bureau (IB), under civilian control, according to Daily Times. According to a memorandum issued by the Cabinet Division under Rule 3(3) of the Rules of Business, 1973, Prime Minister (PM) Yousuf Raza Gilani has approved conferring control of the two agencies’ administrative, financial and operational functions to the Interior Division with immediate effect. The Interior Ministry had formally asked the PM, shortly after he took oath of office, to place the IB under its purview. A summary had been subsequently dispatched to the premier requesting the transfer of the IB’s administrative control from the PM’s Secretariat to the ministry. In light of the new orders, the Interior Ministry would appoint and transfer all IB officials except its chief, whose appointment would continue to be the prime minister’s prerogative. The summary’s approval also gives the ministry access to all IB intelligence reports forwarded to the premier. According to sources privy to the development, the step has been taken to create harmony and improve co-ordination between civilian authorities and intelligence agencies. They said that improved co-ordination and input from civilian authorities was needed to implement the decisions made by higher authorities in light of the challenges posed by the war against terrorism to the Pakistan government.
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July - 27 
A bomb blast damaged the switch room of a cell-phone tower in the Bilitang area, a stronghold of the Taliban, on Rawalpindi Road in Kohat on late July 26-night, according to Dawn.
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A bomb blast damaged the switch room of a cell-phone tower in the Bilitang area, a stronghold of the Taliban, on Rawalpindi Road in Kohat on late July 26-night, according to Dawn.
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July - 27 
A boy was killed and seven persons were wounded in a bomb blast at a market in the Charbagh division of Swat district on July 27, The News reported. Four shops were completely destroyed while eight others were partially damaged in the blast.
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A boy was killed and seven persons were wounded in a bomb blast at a market in the Charbagh division of Swat district on July 27, The News reported. Four shops were completely destroyed while eight others were partially damaged in the blast.
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July - 27 
A minor boy, Rahmat Ali, was injured and two bridges destroyed when two bombs exploded in the Khareray and Seen Pora areas of the Matta division in Swat. The security forces later shelled suspected hideouts of militants in the Kharery area. However,
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A minor boy, Rahmat Ali, was injured and two bridges destroyed when two bombs exploded in the Khareray and Seen Pora areas of the Matta division in Swat. The security forces later shelled suspected hideouts of militants in the Kharery area. However, no casualty was reported.
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July - 27 
A top leader of the banned Lashkar-e-Jhangvi (LeJ) was arrested from Quetta, capital of Balochistan, on July 27 for his alleged involvement in several acts of sectarian terrorism, Dawn reported. Shafiq-ur-Rehman was involved in suicide bombings on an
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A top leader of the banned Lashkar-e-Jhangvi (LeJ) was arrested from Quetta, capital of Balochistan, on July 27 for his alleged involvement in several acts of sectarian terrorism, Dawn reported. Shafiq-ur-Rehman was involved in suicide bombings on an mosque in 2003 and on an Ashura procession in 2004. The two attacks left over 100 people dead and about 180 injured, Capital City Police Officer (CCPO) Mohammad Akbar told a press conference. The CCPO said that Shafiq and his accomplice Usman Saifullah, who is still at large, had killed 12 police cadets in 2003. Besides, he said, the two were involved in the murders of Dr Saqlain Naqvi, Abdul Ghafoor Zargar and in the recent killing of some people of the Shia community. He said the Court for Suppression of Terrorist Activities had sentenced him to life imprisonment. Shafiq was arrested in 2003 during a raid in Mastung, but he and Usman Saifullah escaped from Anti-Terrorist Force’s cantonment area jail in January 2008.
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July - 27 
Hafiz Gul Bahadur was unanimously reappointed the Taliban chief in North Waziristan on July 27, Daily Times reported. A decision to this effect was made at a meeting of the local Taliban, which was held at Razmak, 75 kilometers south of Miranshah. Ov
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Hafiz Gul Bahadur was unanimously reappointed the Taliban chief in North Waziristan on July 27, Daily Times reported. A decision to this effect was made at a meeting of the local Taliban, which was held at Razmak, 75 kilometers south of Miranshah. Over 800 Taliban militants attended the meeting, which was presided over by Bahadur, who hails from the Ahmadzai Wazir tribe. He accused the Government and security agencies of creating rifts among various militant groups to weaken what he said ‘their movement against imperialist forces’, according to Dawn.
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July - 27 
Militants in the Swat valley have decided to release a compact diskette (CD) covering their activities against the law-enforcers and the alleged injustices committed by the security forces in the valley. "The CD is in the making and will take time,"
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Militants in the Swat valley have decided to release a compact diskette (CD) covering their activities against the law-enforcers and the alleged injustices committed by the security forces in the valley. "The CD is in the making and will take time," Swat Taliban spokesman Muslim Khan told The News.
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July - 27 
On July 27-morning, the Government reversed its decision to place the country’s external intelligence agency - the Inter-Services Intelligence (ISI) - under the administrative, financial and operational control of the Interior Division, Daily Times r
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On July 27-morning, the Government reversed its decision to place the country’s external intelligence agency - the Inter-Services Intelligence (ISI) - under the administrative, financial and operational control of the Interior Division, Daily Times reported. The Press Information Department issued a memorandum late on July 26-night stating that the ISI and the Intelligence Bureau (IB) have been placed under the Interior Division’s control. The Pakistan People’s Party (PPP)-led Government, however, later ‘clarified’ the earlier notification, saying the ISI would continue to operate at the prime minister’s discretion. Under the new notification, the ISI will continue to perform its functions under the prime minister. It said: "The said notification only re-emphasises more co-ordination between the Ministry of Interior and the ISI in relation to the war on terror and internal security." However, the Government stood by its decision to place the IB under the Interior Division.
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July - 27 
The Swat-based militant chief Mullah Fazlullah on July 27 warned of a series of suicide bombings if the Government re-launched military operations against his supporters, Daily Times reported. Addressing a press conference in the Kabal division of Sw
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The Swat-based militant chief Mullah Fazlullah on July 27 warned of a series of suicide bombings if the Government re-launched military operations against his supporters, Daily Times reported. Addressing a press conference in the Kabal division of Swat district, the Taliban leader claimed that he had prepared a brigade of suicide bombers who would be unleashed in case of a military operation. He said the attacks on official installations were in reaction to the Government’s action against the Taliban and denied reports that the Taliban in Swat were using child bombers. Fazlullah alleged that the Pakistan Army was involved in anti-Islam activities, adding that these would not be tolerated.
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July - 27 
The Taliban have directed the traders living on both sides of the Pakistan-Afghanistan border to terminate cross-border trade, Daily Times reported on July 27. They said the Taliban distributed pamphlets among the traders living on both sides of the
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The Taliban have directed the traders living on both sides of the Pakistan-Afghanistan border to terminate cross-border trade, Daily Times reported on July 27. They said the Taliban distributed pamphlets among the traders living on both sides of the Durand Line, warning them of ending trade across the Afghanistan-Pakistan border. They said the pamphlets warned the traders of loss, if they continued to trade after the declaration.
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July - 27 
Two persons, including a minor boy, sustained injuries as a watchman of oil tankers and suspected Taliban militants traded heavy gunfire in the Sultankhel area of Landikotal division in the Khyber Agency on July 27, The News reported. Sources said th
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Two persons, including a minor boy, sustained injuries as a watchman of oil tankers and suspected Taliban militants traded heavy gunfire in the Sultankhel area of Landikotal division in the Khyber Agency on July 27, The News reported. Sources said the incident occurred when the militants entered a private parking lot to dynamite the empty oil tankers. On resistance by the watchman, Zamoor Afridi, militants opened fire on him which was retaliated by the family members of the watchman from nearby houses. Consequently, a 12-year old child of the watchman and an alleged Taliban militant, Mujeer, sustained injuries. Later, the injured militant was handed over to the political administration.
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July - 28 
A missile apparently fired from a Predator drone killed at least six persons on July 28 in a compound in South Waziristan near the Afghan border, Dawn reported. An unnamed security official said the strike might have killed a senior al Qaeda trainer
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A missile apparently fired from a Predator drone killed at least six persons on July 28 in a compound in South Waziristan near the Afghan border, Dawn reported. An unnamed security official said the strike might have killed a senior al Qaeda trainer known for his expertise in explosives and chemicals. The official put the death toll at 12. "Our report suggests that the missile strike might have killed Abu Khabab Al Misri, an Egyptian. But it remains unconfirmed," the official said. A resident of Wana said two missiles struck a seminary and an adjoining compound in the Zyara Leetha area of Azam Warsak early in the morning, killing six people and wounding a woman and her two children. A local militant commander, Maulvi Nazir, said the strike killed left seven persons, including the head of a seminary and students. However, military spokesman Major General Athar Abbas said "There is a problem at the local level. We have not received a detailed report. No one has been able to reach there and get details of the information. Therefore, I cannot really make a comment". The 55-year-old Midhat Mursi As-Sayid Umar alias Abu Khabab was earlier reported to have been killed in a US missile strike in the Damadola area of Bajaur Agency in the FATA in Jan 2006. However, later reports showed that he was not among those killed. He was a trainer at an al Qaeda facility in Darunta near Jalalabad in Afghanistan in the late 1990s. A graduate in science from an Egyptian university, Abu Khabab was considered to be an expert in conventional explosives and some western media reports said he headed a project named Al Zabadi, or ‘curdled milk’, for making chemical and biological weapons. The US had offered a $5 million reward on information leading to his capture.
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July - 28 
In another incident in NWFP, a remote-controlled bomb blast damaged a police mobile van, killing a boy and injuring 12 policemen and a passer-by in the Kohat district on July 28. Police officials said the bomb was planted on a bicycle. The bomb appar
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In another incident in NWFP, a remote-controlled bomb blast damaged a police mobile van, killing a boy and injuring 12 policemen and a passer-by in the Kohat district on July 28. Police officials said the bomb was planted on a bicycle. The bomb apparently targeted the police van which was on its way to take prisoners to court for hearings, police spokesman Fazal Naeem told reporters. There was no immediate claim of responsibility.
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July - 28 
Militants on July 28 executed a man in the Mohmand Agency of the FATA for allegedly spying for the United States, Daily Times reported. Locals found the body of 60-year old Ibrahim at Kundao in the Ambaar Sarlara division. They also found a note writ
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Militants on July 28 executed a man in the Mohmand Agency of the FATA for allegedly spying for the United States, Daily Times reported. Locals found the body of 60-year old Ibrahim at Kundao in the Ambaar Sarlara division. They also found a note written in Urdu and Pushto near the body, which read that the deceased was spying for America. Ibrahim was a resident of Ghabri in the Bajaur Agency. No group has claimed responsibility for the killing so far.
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July - 28 
Militants set off explosives and damaged the Government Boys Primary School in Bad Siah. However, no loss of life or injuries was reported.
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Militants set off explosives and damaged the Government Boys Primary School in Bad Siah. However, no loss of life or injuries was reported.
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July - 28 
The Afghan intelligence agency on July 28 accused the Inter-Services Intelligence, Pakistan’s external intelligence agency, of training thousands of militants to attack Indian road projects in Afghanistan, Dawn reported. "Pakistan’s ISI (agents) are
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The Afghan intelligence agency on July 28 accused the Inter-Services Intelligence, Pakistan’s external intelligence agency, of training thousands of militants to attack Indian road projects in Afghanistan, Dawn reported. "Pakistan’s ISI (agents) are determined to hamper the activities of Indian companies in various parts of Afghanistan," the National Directorate of Security said in a statement. "The spy agency have some 3,000 terrorists, most of them foreigners, under sabotage training to attack Indian construction projects inside Afghanistan," it said.
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July - 28 
The Government has declared eight districts of the North West Frontier Province (NWFP) as "high security zones" with emphasis on beefing up security in these zones to avert any possible attack from the Taliban, The News reported. "We have received cr
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The Government has declared eight districts of the North West Frontier Province (NWFP) as "high security zones" with emphasis on beefing up security in these zones to avert any possible attack from the Taliban, The News reported. "We have received credible reports that after pulling out of the peace accord, the local Taliban are planning to launch attacks in these districts," said a senior official on July 28. These eight districts are Peshawar, Mardan, Kohat, Bannu, Dera Ismail Khan, Nowshera, Abbottabad and Tank. The Interior Ministry has advised extra security and vigilance at all the entry and exit points of these cities.
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July - 28 
The Taliban in the Bajaur Agency of the FATA has split into two factions after infighting between two militant organisations in the Mohmand Agency led to the killing of eight members of one group on July 18, Daily Times reported. Pro-Baitullah Mehsud
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The Taliban in the Bajaur Agency of the FATA has split into two factions after infighting between two militant organisations in the Mohmand Agency led to the killing of eight members of one group on July 18, Daily Times reported. Pro-Baitullah Mehsud Taliban leader Umer Khalid killed eight members from the Shah Sahib militant group, including its chief and deputy chief, on July 18. "We, four commanders, are resigning from the Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) over the killing of mujahideen in Mohmand Agency," Salar Masood, a spokesman for the four commanders, told Daily Times on July 28. "We will form our own group – Tehreek-e-Taliban Al Jihad – to continue jihad against the United States," Masood said on the phone from an undisclosed location in Bajaur. Maulvi Munir, Dr Abdul Wahab and Maulvi Abdul Hameed are the three other commanders who left the TTP. "Innocent mujahideen were killed in Mohmand. This is against shariah. Mujahideen do not kill innocent people," Masood said. He charged the Baitullah Mehsud-led TTP with "deviating" from the real cause of fighting the Americans inside Afghanistan. "We took up the matter with Baitullah Mehsud but he did not take our concern seriously," he claimed.
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July - 28 
The Taliban on July 28 took over a Pakistan Television booster in the Barang division of Bajaur Agency. Dawn News reported that the political administration of Bajaur Agency confirmed that a jirga (council) was negotiating with the Taliban to have th
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The Taliban on July 28 took over a Pakistan Television booster in the Barang division of Bajaur Agency. Dawn News reported that the political administration of Bajaur Agency confirmed that a jirga (council) was negotiating with the Taliban to have the compound vacated where the TV booster is located. Earlier, the Taliban had caused a partial damage to the same booster, and it was being repaired.
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July - 28 
The TTP in Swat will reconstruct all damaged girls’ schools at its own expenditure, spokesman Muslim Khan said on July 28, according to Daily Times. He claimed that the Taliban would reconstruct the burnt and bombed girls’ schools in Swat, but demand
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The TTP in Swat will reconstruct all damaged girls’ schools at its own expenditure, spokesman Muslim Khan said on July 28, according to Daily Times. He claimed that the Taliban would reconstruct the burnt and bombed girls’ schools in Swat, but demanded a trial of those involved in the killings of the Jamia Hafsa students. He said the TTP would resume peace talks with the NWFP Government only if it imposed the Shariah (Islamic law) immediately and put the peace agreement to practice. He said TTP was not against the administration of polio drops to children if their parents agreed to it and directed women not to come out of their houses without male relatives.
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July - 28 
Three officials of an intelligence agency were shot dead by the Taliban militants in Matta in the Swat district on July 28, The News reported. The slain men were identified as Sher Abbas Khattak, Malikdad and Riaz Ahmed. The three officials were en r
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Three officials of an intelligence agency were shot dead by the Taliban militants in Matta in the Swat district on July 28, The News reported. The slain men were identified as Sher Abbas Khattak, Malikdad and Riaz Ahmed. The three officials were en route to Mingora from Matta when the militants opened fire on them at Badshah Chinar in Matta, killing them on the spot. The Tehrik-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP), Swat chapter spokesman, Muslim Khan, claimed responsibility for the killings. He said, "The Taliban wanted to capture the officials alive, but the sleuths were killed while offering resistance."
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48 militants, including a commander, and five soldiers were killed and an unspecified number of people were injured as fierce clashes continued in the Swat Valley of the NWFP for the second consecutive day on July 30, The News reported. The fight
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48 militants, including a commander, and five soldiers were killed and an unspecified number of people were injured as fierce clashes continued in the Swat Valley of the NWFP for the second consecutive day on July 30, The News reported. The fighting erupted on July 29 after the militants attacked a security post in their stronghold in the Matta sub-division and took about 25 security force (SF) personnel hostage. After the overnight targeting of various militants’ positions, the SFs, backed by gunship helicopters, carried out an operation and shelled suspected militant positions in several parts of the valley, including Peuchar, Namal, Ronial, Sarbanda and Chuprial that left 48 persons dead and as many injured. The Taliban militants also claimed killing 25 SF personnel, but the claim could not be confirmed independently. A military spokesman said in the daylong clashes with the militants, one officer, a junior officer and three soldiers were killed. The two sides clashed in the Sijbanr area of Matta in which, according to the military spokesman, approximately 25 militants were killed. In the Sarbanda area of Matta, hundreds of militants attacked the troops and claimed killing 30 SF personnel. The claim was rejected by the military, which said that only two officers and three soldiers were killed in the attack. Further, SFs also killed 12 militants and injured several others when they attacked the militants, who had laid siege to the Matta police station. The militants targeted the Wenai check-post with rockets and one militant was killed when the troops retaliated. Backed by gunship helicopters, the SFs also attacked suspected positions of the militants in the mountainous area of Peuchar, killing ‘commander’ Maulvi Hussain Ali alias Tor Mulla and 10 others. The attack also left six militants, including commander Nisar, injured. In the Jura area of Matta, shelling by the Army gunship helicopters injured 13 people. In the Shangwatai area of Matta, two persons were killed as the peach orchard, they were working in, was targeted by military gunship helicopters. In addition, approximately 24 mortar shells landed in Nihag Darra area on the Swat-Dir border injuring two persons. The militants also blew up a Government hotel in Malam Jabba, which they had torched earlier, and an Army rest house in the Charbagh sub-division. They also blew up a Government girls’ school in Gulibagh and bridges in the Gurra, Ronial and other areas of Matta. The local military officials said curfew across the Swat Valley would remain in place till further notice. The militants also blocked roads in Kabal sub-division, Chota Kalam, Ningwalai and other mountainous areas with huge boulders and tree trunks suspending traffic on the Matta-Mingora road. Muslim Khan, spokesman for the local Taliban, told Associated Press that only five militants had been killed in the clashes and claimed that they had killed more than 30 soldiers. "The morale of our Taliban is high and security forces are retreating in several areas," he claimed. He said the militants were fighting in self-defence and blamed the Government for "not honouring" the May 2008 peace agreement. "If the Government doesn’t announce a formal end to this deal, neither will we," Khan said. Talks, for the moment, were out of question, he added.
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July - 29 
A main pipeline supplying gas to the Pir Koh plant from the Loti gas field was blown up on July 29, Dawn reported. The Baloch Republican Army has claimed responsibility for blowing up the pipeline.
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A main pipeline supplying gas to the Pir Koh plant from the Loti gas field was blown up on July 29, Dawn reported. The Baloch Republican Army has claimed responsibility for blowing up the pipeline.
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July - 29 
Eleven militants and two security force (SF) personnel, including a Pakistan Army captain, were killed during day-long clashes between the SFs and the Maulana Fazlullah-led militants in the Swat Valley of NWFP on July 29, The News reported. The milit
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Eleven militants and two security force (SF) personnel, including a Pakistan Army captain, were killed during day-long clashes between the SFs and the Maulana Fazlullah-led militants in the Swat Valley of NWFP on July 29, The News reported. The militants also abducted 25 SF personnel after taking over a security post in the Dewlai area which, the officials claimed, was recaptured later in the day. A total of 19 people, including six women, sustained injuries during the clashes. Sources said some 500 militants laid siege to the Dewlai police post and after SF surrendered they were subsequently driven away to an unknown location. An ISPR spokesman in a statement confirmed the abduction of 25 SF personnel. The militants briefly occupied the police post before being driven out by the troops that clamped a curfew after establishing their control over the town. The Tehrik-e-Taliban (TTP) spokesman in Swat, Muslim Khan, confirmed the kidnapping and said they would only be released after complete withdrawal of the SFs from Swat.
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July - 29 
Four rooms were completely destroyed when militants set ablaze a girls’ school in the Chamtalai area of Khwazakhela division in the early hours of July 29.
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Four rooms were completely destroyed when militants set ablaze a girls’ school in the Chamtalai area of Khwazakhela division in the early hours of July 29.
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July - 29 
Militants also attacked a patrolling police party in the Shakardarra area of Kabal and the vehicle of a non-government organization in the Ronyal area of Matta. However, no casualty was reported in these incidents.
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Militants also attacked a patrolling police party in the Shakardarra area of Kabal and the vehicle of a non-government organization in the Ronyal area of Matta. However, no casualty was reported in these incidents.
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July - 29 
Police defused two landmines in Dera Murad Jamali. In provincial capital Quetta, police recovered a grenade placed outside a beauty parlour in the Industrial Police Station jurisdiction.
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Police defused two landmines in Dera Murad Jamali. In provincial capital Quetta, police recovered a grenade placed outside a beauty parlour in the Industrial Police Station jurisdiction.
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July - 29 
Security forces also clashes with the Taliban militants in Akhun Killay of Kabal sub-division early on July 29. In the ensuing fighting between the two sides, a captain and a non-commissioned officer of the Army were killed while 10 persons sustained
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Security forces also clashes with the Taliban militants in Akhun Killay of Kabal sub-division early on July 29. In the ensuing fighting between the two sides, a captain and a non-commissioned officer of the Army were killed while 10 persons sustained injuries. There were also reports of nine militants being killed and several others injured in the encounter. However, none of the two sides confirmed the fatalities.
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July - 29 
Security forces have reportedly launched a renewed search operation in pursuit of the militants in different parts of the valley. A military spokesman said that six militants were arrested and two were killed in the operation. A large quantity of aut
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Security forces have reportedly launched a renewed search operation in pursuit of the militants in different parts of the valley. A military spokesman said that six militants were arrested and two were killed in the operation. A large quantity of automatic weapons and ammunition was also recovered. He added that the arrested militants were believed to be close associates of Fazlullah.
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July - 29 
Security forces on July 29 arrested 10 militants after an exchange of fire in parts of the Dera Bugti district, according to Daily Times.
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Security forces on July 29 arrested 10 militants after an exchange of fire in parts of the Dera Bugti district, according to Daily Times.
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July - 29 
Security forces on July 29 targeted Taliban positions after militants seized a Pakistan Television booster in the Bajaur Agency, Daily Times reported. Bajaur Scouts troops used artillery to bomb a hilltop in the Koi Sar area where armed Taliban milit
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Security forces on July 29 targeted Taliban positions after militants seized a Pakistan Television booster in the Bajaur Agency, Daily Times reported. Bajaur Scouts troops used artillery to bomb a hilltop in the Koi Sar area where armed Taliban militants had taken control of the booster. The Taliban withdrew after the artillery shelling, the authorities said. Armed militants had taken control of the booster in Bajaur on July 28.
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July - 29 
Senior leaders of the Tehrik-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) in Bajaur Agency on July 29 denied any differences in the Taliban ranks, and said they had no disagreement with TTP chief Baitullah Mehsud and Maulana Faqeer Muhammad. Addressing a press conferenc
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Senior leaders of the Tehrik-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) in Bajaur Agency on July 29 denied any differences in the Taliban ranks, and said they had no disagreement with TTP chief Baitullah Mehsud and Maulana Faqeer Muhammad. Addressing a press conference, the four senior TTP leaders in Bajaur Agency –Abdul Wahab, Maulvi Abdul Hameed, Commander Hamza and Maulvi Muhammad Munir – said they had no differences with the TTP chief or other leaders and strongly condemned media reports about differences between them. On July 28, media had reported resignations of the four Taliban leaders and differences in the Taliban ranks in Bajaur over infighting between two militant organisations in the adjacent Mohmand Agency, which had killed eight members of one group. "We are part of the TTP. We neither have differences with the TTP nor resigned from it," the leaders said, adding that they had full confidence in the leadership of Mehsud and Faqir Muhammad. The TTP leaders claimed that they would continue ‘jihad’ against the US and the policies of President Musharraf and will take revenge for killing of tribesmen in US attacks.
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July - 29 
Suspected insurgents killed a traffic policeman and injured another in Quetta, capital of Balochistan, on July 29, Daily Times reported. Though no group has claimed responsibility for the attack, the incident is reportedly part of the ongoing series
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Suspected insurgents killed a traffic policeman and injured another in Quetta, capital of Balochistan, on July 29, Daily Times reported. Though no group has claimed responsibility for the attack, the incident is reportedly part of the ongoing series of target killings of policemen by the Baloch nationalists. So far, around fifty personnel from the police and other security agencies have been killed in such attacks in Balochistan.
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July - 29 
The SFs continued shelling suspected militant hideouts in the Kabal and Matta subdivisions. A mortar shell hit a house in Akhun Killay of Kabal, killing a two-year-old girl, Asma and injuring eight people, including six women of the same family. Furt
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The SFs continued shelling suspected militant hideouts in the Kabal and Matta subdivisions. A mortar shell hit a house in Akhun Killay of Kabal, killing a two-year-old girl, Asma and injuring eight people, including six women of the same family. Further, a mortar shell fell on another house that injured two persons. In addition, bodies of two persons, allegedly shot dead, were recovered from the Akhun Killay. Several houses and a mosque were also partially damaged in Ronial, Chapparial and Sar Banda as SFs targeted the hideouts of suspected militants in these areas. A person identified as Syed Haleem was killed and five others were injured in the shelling.
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July - 29 
Unidentified militants opened fire with automatic weapons at a check-post in Ghori Sangsila in the Dera Bugti district. In addition, police seized a huge cache of explosives from a house in Dera Murad Jamali. A deputy superintendent of police told AP
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Unidentified militants opened fire with automatic weapons at a check-post in Ghori Sangsila in the Dera Bugti district. In addition, police seized a huge cache of explosives from a house in Dera Murad Jamali. A deputy superintendent of police told APP that a police party raided a house and seized more than 100 kilograms of explosives and instruments used for manufacturing remote-control bombs.
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July - 30 
A 15-member peace jirga (council) comprising ulema (religious scholars) from the Hangu district increased their efforts for a peace agreement between the local Taliban and the Hangu administration.
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A 15-member peace jirga (council) comprising ulema (religious scholars) from the Hangu district increased their efforts for a peace agreement between the local Taliban and the Hangu administration.
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July - 30 
A senior Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) official visited Pakistan earlier in July 2008 and confronted Pakistani officials with evidence of ties between the country’s intelligence service and militants in the Federally Administered Tribal Areas, Th
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A senior Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) official visited Pakistan earlier in July 2008 and confronted Pakistani officials with evidence of ties between the country’s intelligence service and militants in the Federally Administered Tribal Areas, The New York Times reported on July 30, according to Daily Times. Citing defence and intelligence sources, New York Times said that the trip by CIA Deputy Director Stephen Kappes demonstrated a harder line being taken against Pakistani ties to those responsible for the surge of violence in Afghanistan, including militant Jalauddin Haqqani. A US official said there was no evidence of official Pakistani support for Al Qaeda, but there was "genuine and longstanding concerns about Pakistan’s ties to the Haqqani network, which of course has ties to Al Qaeda." The CIA spokesperson Marie Harf, however, refused to comment on the New York Times report.
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July - 30 
According to Dawn, militants fired rockets on a security check-post near Sibi in Balochistan on July 30. According to sources, three rockets fired from mountains exploded near the check-post. However, no casualties were reported.
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According to Dawn, militants fired rockets on a security check-post near Sibi in Balochistan on July 30. According to sources, three rockets fired from mountains exploded near the check-post. However, no casualties were reported.
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July - 30 
An organisation of Afghan Ulema (religious scholars) living in the provincial capital Quetta have rejected a proposal for talks with western diplomats and pledged to continue their fight against US-led allied forces. The Quetta-based organisation, It
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An organisation of Afghan Ulema (religious scholars) living in the provincial capital Quetta have rejected a proposal for talks with western diplomats and pledged to continue their fight against US-led allied forces. The Quetta-based organisation, Ittehad-i-Ulema of Afghanistan, said in a statement issued on July 30 that talks could be held only after the US withdrew its troops and paid compensation to Afghans for the war losses.
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July - 30 
Elsewhere in the FATA, militants holding talks with a tribal jirga (council) in the Orakzai Agency released on July 30 two hostages they had kidnapped along with eight officers of the Water Management Board on June 30. The militants, who are still ho
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Elsewhere in the FATA, militants holding talks with a tribal jirga (council) in the Orakzai Agency released on July 30 two hostages they had kidnapped along with eight officers of the Water Management Board on June 30. The militants, who are still holding 23 persons captive, have demanded release of their seven commanders and withdrawal of troops from the area in return for their freedom. The two hostages released on July 30 were identified as Jan Akbar and Abdul Wahab.
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July - 30 
Elsewhere in the NWFP, an explosive-laden car, meant for carrying out suicide bombings, was seized by the police on the Peshawar-Islamabad Motorway in Charsadda district, Dawn reported. Sources said that the car had been stolen from Islamabad a few d
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Elsewhere in the NWFP, an explosive-laden car, meant for carrying out suicide bombings, was seized by the police on the Peshawar-Islamabad Motorway in Charsadda district, Dawn reported. Sources said that the car had been stolen from Islamabad a few days earlier. The car was carrying some rockets and explosive-filled cylinders, which had been inter-connected with electric wires.
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July - 30 
India and Afghanistan are stirring troubles in the FATA and Balochistan, Rehman Malik, Adviser to the Prime Minister on Interior, told journalists on July 30, according to Dawn. Malik also blamed India for indulging in "baseless propaganda" against P
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India and Afghanistan are stirring troubles in the FATA and Balochistan, Rehman Malik, Adviser to the Prime Minister on Interior, told journalists on July 30, according to Dawn. Malik also blamed India for indulging in "baseless propaganda" against Pakistan although Pakistan itself was a victim of terrorism. "The time has come for us to reveal the facts and tell the world how outside forces are creating troubles in Pakistan," he claimed. When asked to identify the outside forces, he named India, Afghanistan’s Northern Alliance, Chechens and Uzbeks who he said were using Pakistan to serve their vested interests. Malik said that India and Afghanistan had direct links to people like Brahamdagh Bugti and "one call from outside leads to the death of four people in Balochistan".
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July - 30 
Militants shot dead an Afghan woman accused of being a US spy in North Waziristan, and dumped her body in a sewer, a witness and intelligence officials said on July 30, The News reported. The body of Gulzada Bibi, a woman in her mid-thirties, was fou
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Militants shot dead an Afghan woman accused of being a US spy in North Waziristan, and dumped her body in a sewer, a witness and intelligence officials said on July 30, The News reported. The body of Gulzada Bibi, a woman in her mid-thirties, was found with three bullet wounds in her chest near Degan village, some 35 km west of Miranshah, the main town of North Waziristan.
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July - 30 
Mortar shells and rockets fired from across the Afghan side of the border landed in the Spin Wam area of North Waziristan on July 30, Dawn reported. Local people said that seven rockets and nine mortar shells landed in the area, but did not cause any
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Mortar shells and rockets fired from across the Afghan side of the border landed in the Spin Wam area of North Waziristan on July 30, Dawn reported. Local people said that seven rockets and nine mortar shells landed in the area, but did not cause any damage.
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July - 30 
Pakistan’s peace talks with extremists have resulted in a 40 percent rise in militant activity in Afghanistan, where there are more foreigners on the battlefield, NATO said on July 30, The News reported. It is up to the international community to put
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Pakistan’s peace talks with extremists have resulted in a 40 percent rise in militant activity in Afghanistan, where there are more foreigners on the battlefield, NATO said on July 30, The News reported. It is up to the international community to put pressure on Pakistan to root out the "cause" of the unrest, with NATO’s military force not able to pursue militants over the border, spokesman Captain Mike Finney told reporters. "There is also evidence that the activities increased by some 40 per cent since... tribal areas became unregulated following the negotiations between the Pakistan government and Baitullah Mehsud," he said.
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July - 30 
Talking to Geo News, the NWFP Information Minister Iftikhar Hussain said the Government believed in dialogue but the use of force was the only recourse if the state writ was constantly challenged.
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Talking to Geo News, the NWFP Information Minister Iftikhar Hussain said the Government believed in dialogue but the use of force was the only recourse if the state writ was constantly challenged.
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July - 30 
The Baloch Liberation Army claimed that its men had attacked a camp of the security forces in the Bhambor area of Kohlu district and killed three soldiers. But officials denied that any such incident had occurred in the area.
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The Baloch Liberation Army claimed that its men had attacked a camp of the security forces in the Bhambor area of Kohlu district and killed three soldiers. But officials denied that any such incident had occurred in the area.
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July - 30 
The Taliban militants in the Swat district of NWFP on July 30 warned members of the national and provincial assemblies from the district to resign from their seats or face attacks, Daily Times reported. Militant spokesman Muslim Khan said that they w
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The Taliban militants in the Swat district of NWFP on July 30 warned members of the national and provincial assemblies from the district to resign from their seats or face attacks, Daily Times reported. Militant spokesman Muslim Khan said that they would take revenge for the military operation from the parliamentarians if they did not resign from their seats in the assemblies. He said the military operation was started by the provincial Government to appease the United States. The Taliban would respond with full might, he warned.
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July - 30 
The Taliban militants on July 30 re-occupied a PTV booster and a Levies check post in the Barang sub-division of the Bajaur Agency, Daily Times reported. According to Aaj TV, security forces had earlier taken control of the booster compound and the c
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The Taliban militants on July 30 re-occupied a PTV booster and a Levies check post in the Barang sub-division of the Bajaur Agency, Daily Times reported. According to Aaj TV, security forces had earlier taken control of the booster compound and the check post vacated by Taliban but on July 30 the Taliban regained control.
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July - 30 
The Tehreek-e-Islami Taliban Pakistan (TITP) has distributed a 15-days notice to several "un-Islamic" businesses in the Kot Addu city of Muzaffargarh district in Punjab province to shut down or face dire consequences, Daily Times reported. The TTIP w
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The Tehreek-e-Islami Taliban Pakistan (TITP) has distributed a 15-days notice to several "un-Islamic" businesses in the Kot Addu city of Muzaffargarh district in Punjab province to shut down or face dire consequences, Daily Times reported. The TTIP wrote threatening letters to owners of CDs shops, Internet cafes and cable service providers urging them to close down their activities. Similarly, the group warned that women must wear hijab (veil) to ensure their safety.
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July - 30 
The Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) threatened on July 30 to mount attacks across Pakistan because of the renewed military action in Swat. "We will start operations in the entire country, in the entire province... because we consider this an action
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The Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) threatened on July 30 to mount attacks across Pakistan because of the renewed military action in Swat. "We will start operations in the entire country, in the entire province... because we consider this an action against all Taliban," TTP spokesman Maulvi Umar said. "We will soon take a decision on starting operations," he said.
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July - 30 
Unidentified militants killed the Dera Ismail Khan District Account Officer Syed Arif Hussain Shah, police said on July 30, Daily Times reported. Two motorcycle borne gunmen opened fire at Shah, who hailed from the Shia community, near the Pir Zakori
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Unidentified militants killed the Dera Ismail Khan District Account Officer Syed Arif Hussain Shah, police said on July 30, Daily Times reported. Two motorcycle borne gunmen opened fire at Shah, who hailed from the Shia community, near the Pir Zakori graveyard on Zhob Road, when he was en route to office. The police termed the incident a possible act of sectarian violence. While the gunmen escaped after the firing, no group has claimed responsibility for the killing so far. Angry people blocked the road in front of the District Hospital in protest and reportedly shouted slogans against the banned Sunni militant outfit Sipah-e-Sahaba Pakistan (SSP) and the local administration. Soon after the incident, unidentified persons reportedly opened fire and wounded two activists of the Ansarullah, a branch of the Harkat-ul-Mujahideen (HuM), at Din Pur Chowk, The News reported.
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July - 30 
Unidentified militants on July 30 kidnapped four employees of the Khushhali Bank from the bank’s premises in Lower Aurakzai Agency, Daily Times reported. Armed militants entered the bank situated near Kalaya, kidnapped branch manager Mohammad Jenan a
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Unidentified militants on July 30 kidnapped four employees of the Khushhali Bank from the bank’s premises in Lower Aurakzai Agency, Daily Times reported. Armed militants entered the bank situated near Kalaya, kidnapped branch manager Mohammad Jenan and three staff members at gunpoint, and shifted them to an undisclosed location.
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July - 30 
US President George W Bush said Washington is reluctant to share intelligence with Islamabad because people in Pakistan’s premier intelligence agency are sharing intelligence with militants, Defence Minister Ahmad Mukhtar said on July 30. Talking to
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US President George W Bush said Washington is reluctant to share intelligence with Islamabad because people in Pakistan’s premier intelligence agency are sharing intelligence with militants, Defence Minister Ahmad Mukhtar said on July 30. Talking to Geo News, Mukhtar said the US president, during a meeting with a Pakistani delegation, expressed concerns over the role of the Inter-Services Intelligence (ISI). He said Bush had complained that the intelligence shared with Pakistan got leaked much before any action was taken.
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July - 31 
A bomb blast outside the Pakistani consulate in the western Afghan city of Herat wounded three persons on July 31, The News reported. The explosives were attached to a bicycle near a police kiosk outside the consulate, wounding a police guard and a w
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A bomb blast outside the Pakistani consulate in the western Afghan city of Herat wounded three persons on July 31, The News reported. The explosives were attached to a bicycle near a police kiosk outside the consulate, wounding a police guard and a woman and a child. There was no damage to the consulate. "The government of Pakistan holds the government of Afghanistan responsible for the safety and security of its personnel in its embassy in Kabul and consulates in Herat, Kandahar, Jalalabad and Mazar-e-Sharif… We hope that the government of Afghanistan will take its responsibility seriously. The ambassador of Afghanistan is being summoned to the Foreign Office to convey the grave concerns of the government of Pakistan," the Foreign Office said in a statement.
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July - 31 
Following threats from the Taliban and the ongoing military operation in Swat, police in the provincial capital Peshawar beefed up security and established at least 20 checkpoints, eight of them in city areas, to check entry of suicide bombers, Dawn
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Following threats from the Taliban and the ongoing military operation in Swat, police in the provincial capital Peshawar beefed up security and established at least 20 checkpoints, eight of them in city areas, to check entry of suicide bombers, Dawn reported. "The police have fully concentrated on checking vehicles especially at the entry points. Earlier they avoided checking the vehicles with women on board, but now all the vehicles are being checked even if the lady police are not available on the occasion," Superintendent of Police (Cantonment Circle), Abdul Qadir Qamar, said during a press conference at the Police Lines on July 31.
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July - 31 
Fresh fighting erupted between security forces (SFs) and Taliban militants in the Swat valley of the NWFP on July 31, leaving 13 civilians and approximately 20 militants dead, Daily Times reported. Residents said shells hit a house in the Deolai area
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Fresh fighting erupted between security forces (SFs) and Taliban militants in the Swat valley of the NWFP on July 31, leaving 13 civilians and approximately 20 militants dead, Daily Times reported. Residents said shells hit a house in the Deolai area, killing five children and their parents, including two women. Officials said it was not clear if the munitions were fired by security forces or militants. In separate incidents, five civilians were killed in shelling, they said, adding that a total of 25 people were also wounded in the fighting. A senior security official said that 45 militants had been killed in fighting over the past two days. The overall death toll reached 63 that included five troops, he said.
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July - 31 
In a search operation in the Mingora city on July 31, SFs arrested 10 suspected militants, officials said.
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In a search operation in the Mingora city on July 31, SFs arrested 10 suspected militants, officials said.
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July - 31 
In another incident, unidentified militants set ablaze three more girls’ schools in Sakhara. Militants also blew up a NGO office in Dargai and a vacant police check-post in Malam Jabbah.
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In another incident, unidentified militants set ablaze three more girls’ schools in Sakhara. Militants also blew up a NGO office in Dargai and a vacant police check-post in Malam Jabbah.
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July - 31 
NWFP Government spokesman Mian Iftikhar Hussain said the provincial Government was requesting the federal Government for more army troops, to "bring peace and protect the lives, property and honour of the people for Swat."
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NWFP Government spokesman Mian Iftikhar Hussain said the provincial Government was requesting the federal Government for more army troops, to "bring peace and protect the lives, property and honour of the people for Swat."
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July - 31 
Police seized a large quantity of explosives from a vehicle on the Peshawar-Islamabad road in Charsadda district on July 31, but those inside the vehicle managed to escape the scene, Daily Times reported. The recovery included 21 bombs, nine rockets,
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Police seized a large quantity of explosives from a vehicle on the Peshawar-Islamabad road in Charsadda district on July 31, but those inside the vehicle managed to escape the scene, Daily Times reported. The recovery included 21 bombs, nine rockets, 15kg of explosives and four cylinders filled with explosive material.
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July - 31 
Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani said US concerns about collusion between members of Pakistan’s intelligence agency and terrorists are being taken seriously and "will be resolved", according to a report in The Washington Times. Gilani told the newsp
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Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani said US concerns about collusion between members of Pakistan’s intelligence agency and terrorists are being taken seriously and "will be resolved", according to a report in The Washington Times. Gilani told the newspaper that he had seen no evidence to support allegations that the Inter-Services Intelligence (ISI) is compromised, Daily Times reported. Asked whether he was confident that the ISI contained no pockets of Taliban sympathy, Gilani said, "I’m pretty sure about it." He however added, "We still have to look into [the accusations]. ... It will be resolved."
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July - 31 
Separately, a bomb disposal squad defused two bombs in the district.
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Separately, a bomb disposal squad defused two bombs in the district.
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July - 31 
Taliban militants set ablaze two girls’ schools overnight, according to AFP.
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Taliban militants set ablaze two girls’ schools overnight, according to AFP.
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July - 31 
The Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) on July 31 dismissed as baseless a statement made by Adviser to the Prime Minister on Interior, Rehman Malik, in which he had said that TTP chief Baitullah Mehsud had connections with India, Daily Times reported.
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The Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) on July 31 dismissed as baseless a statement made by Adviser to the Prime Minister on Interior, Rehman Malik, in which he had said that TTP chief Baitullah Mehsud had connections with India, Daily Times reported. The TTP said Malik’s statement was absolutely unfounded and that it was an attempt to malign the Taliban. Talking to the media from an undisclosed location, TTP spokesman Maulvi Umer said Malik’s statement alleging that the Taliban had links with India and were getting financial assistance from the country was deplorable and silly and was not based on facts. They said Mehsud had no connections with India and was not receiving any financial aid from it. The spokesman said the TTP came into existence in the name of jihad and its aim was to fight a holy war against India and the United States forces in Afghanistan. Umer said the TTP had damaged India’s interests in Afghanistan in many actions. He said the TTP could not even think of taking financial assistance from India, an enemy, to create chaos and law and order problems in Pakistan. The spokesman said India was the worst enemy of Pakistan. He said a responsible person like Rehman Malik should avoid issuing statements that were not based on facts as such statements were not in the interests of Pakistan.
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July - 31 
Three civilians and five militants were killed in shelling in the Swat valley, security officials said on August 1.
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Three civilians and five militants were killed in shelling in the Swat valley, security officials said on August 1.
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*Data till , April 23, 2024
Source:Compiled from news reports and are provisional.
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