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October - 1 
A 12-year-old boy was killed in a landmine blast in the Sibi district of Balochistan province on October 1, according to Dawn.
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A 12-year-old boy was killed in a landmine blast in the Sibi district of Balochistan province on October 1, according to Dawn.
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In another incident, an unidentified person lobbed a hand-grenade on the house of one Mohammad Jan Qabrani in the Faisal Town area of Quetta. Another explosion occurred near the house of Major (retd) Safiuulah Khan, head of an NGO. However, no loss o
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In another incident, an unidentified person lobbed a hand-grenade on the house of one Mohammad Jan Qabrani in the Faisal Town area of Quetta. Another explosion occurred near the house of Major (retd) Safiuulah Khan, head of an NGO. However, no loss of life or injuries was reported in these incidents.
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October - 1 
Lashkar-e-Jhangvi (LeJ), the outlawed Sunni group, has reportedly started a recruitment drive and is forming new cells at the district and provincial levels. Intelligence agencies have reported to the Interior Ministry that “notorious terrorist” Mati
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Lashkar-e-Jhangvi (LeJ), the outlawed Sunni group, has reportedly started a recruitment drive and is forming new cells at the district and provincial levels. Intelligence agencies have reported to the Interior Ministry that “notorious terrorist” Matiur Rehman had been tasked with reorganising Lashkar cells, sources told Daily Times. Rehman is believed to have links with the al Qaeda and is one of the prime suspects in the London airline plot. He is also believed to have been involved in the murder of American journalist Daniel Pearl, the multiple assassination plots on President Pervez Musharraf and Prime Minister Shaukat Aziz, and the attack on the US Consulate in Karachi in March 2006. The report added that drug money “from the Taliban” was being used to fund the recruitment drive and re-organisation. Abdullah Faryad, the LeJ chief at Ditta Khel in the Punjab province, has been told to help Rehman reorganise the cells, said the intelligence report. Sheikh Ahmed Saleem, an Arab member of al Qaeda, has given money to Qari Idrees, an LeJ activist based in Sahiwal, to recruit militants for the new cells, the report stated. Abu Khabaib, an Arab explosives expert who had been spotted several times in the hills of Chitral, is helping Saleem find new recruits, the report noted. Abdul Wahab Rashad, wanted for killing over 10 Shias in Shah Najaf Mosque, Rawalpindi, is also helping reorganise the LeJ. Rashad was a close associate of Riaz Basra, a founding member of the Lashkar-e-Jhangvi who was killed in 2002. Nasimul Haq and Salahuddin from Quetta, Muavia from Hangu, Shoaib Khan and Usman Ghani from Hyderabad, and Jamil Khan from Karachi are also involved in the recruitment and reorganisation.
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October - 1 
Meanwhile, a tanker, carrying oil for allied forces in Afghanistan, was blown up near the customs house in the border town of Chaman.
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Meanwhile, a tanker, carrying oil for allied forces in Afghanistan, was blown up near the customs house in the border town of Chaman.
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Police arrested nine Taliban suspects during a raid on Al-Khidmat Hospital, a private hospital, in Quetta, capital of Balochistan province, on October 1, according to Daily Times. Six of the arrested were reportedly injured in a fight in Afghanistan
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Police arrested nine Taliban suspects during a raid on Al-Khidmat Hospital, a private hospital, in Quetta, capital of Balochistan province, on October 1, according to Daily Times. Six of the arrested were reportedly injured in a fight in Afghanistan and were under treatment at the hospital, while three others were there to look after the injured.
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Saboteurs fired two rockets on the scouts’ camp in Garmai Headquarters at Wana in South Waziristan on October 1-morning, according to Dawn. The rockets hit an under-construction building and severely damaged it. However, no casualty was reported.
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Saboteurs fired two rockets on the scouts’ camp in Garmai Headquarters at Wana in South Waziristan on October 1-morning, according to Dawn. The rockets hit an under-construction building and severely damaged it. However, no casualty was reported.
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The Inter-Services Intelligence, Pakistan’s external intelligence agency, has played no role in propping up the renegade Taliban fighters in Afghanistan, President Pervez Musharraf told US television on October 1. Gen. Musharraf, however, added that
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The Inter-Services Intelligence, Pakistan’s external intelligence agency, has played no role in propping up the renegade Taliban fighters in Afghanistan, President Pervez Musharraf told US television on October 1. Gen. Musharraf, however, added that he is investigating possible support to the Taliban from retired ISI officials. Asked whether the ISI has been helping the Taliban, Musharraf, speaking on NBC television’s “Meet the Press” programme, said “No… Nobody in the ISI has.” However he added, “I have some reports that some dissidents, some people, retired people who were in the forefront in ISI during the period of ‘1979 to ‘1989, may be assisting with their links somewhere here and there.” “We are keeping a very tight watch, and we’ll get a hold of them if at all that happens,” he said.
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The News reported that an explosion at Barori road in Quetta on October 1 today, shattered windowpanes of the nearby buildings. A homemade bomb device was planted near a house in Faisal Town in the provincial capital, which exploded. The blast made a
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The News reported that an explosion at Barori road in Quetta on October 1 today, shattered windowpanes of the nearby buildings. A homemade bomb device was planted near a house in Faisal Town in the provincial capital, which exploded. The blast made a crater and shattered windowpanes in nearby buildings but no casualties were reported in the incident.
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A bomb blast shattered windows and damaged walls at a police radio control room in the Khuzdar town of Balochistan province on October 2, according to Daily Times. No one claimed responsibility for the attack, but area police chief Pervez Zahoor said
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A bomb blast shattered windows and damaged walls at a police radio control room in the Khuzdar town of Balochistan province on October 2, according to Daily Times. No one claimed responsibility for the attack, but area police chief Pervez Zahoor said rebel tribesmen were suspected to have carried it out.
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Elsewhere in the province, over 35 commanders of the Marri tribe running fugitive camps surrendered before authorities in Kohlu on October 2, Dawn reported. They handed over anti-aircraft guns, rocket launchers and other heavy arms to the authorities
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Elsewhere in the province, over 35 commanders of the Marri tribe running fugitive camps surrendered before authorities in Kohlu on October 2, Dawn reported. They handed over anti-aircraft guns, rocket launchers and other heavy arms to the authorities. The commanders from 12 branches of the Marri tribe were running four fugitive camps, PTV reported.
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October - 2 
Foreign Office spokesperson Tasnim Aslam said “This is all internal and this is yet another effort to externalise (an) internal malaise.” But she added that Pakistan would cooperate in the investigation if India provided evidence. “If India feels it
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Foreign Office spokesperson Tasnim Aslam said “This is all internal and this is yet another effort to externalise (an) internal malaise.” But she added that Pakistan would cooperate in the investigation if India provided evidence. “If India feels it has some information that suggests links with some people here or some kind of connection, we will take action and help India in the investigation,” Ms. Aslam said.
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October - 2 
Foreign students studying in around 400 seminaries have yet to get documents from their countries certifying that their Governments have no objection to them studying in Pakistan, and this may lead to their expulsion from the country. Official source
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Foreign students studying in around 400 seminaries have yet to get documents from their countries certifying that their Governments have no objection to them studying in Pakistan, and this may lead to their expulsion from the country. Official sources told Daily Times that the Interior Ministry had sent letters to 51 countries through the Foreign Office seeking confirmation that the students were their nationals and asking them to state in writing that they have no objection to their nationals studying in Pakistani Madrassas. This condition was put in place after the July 7, 2005, bombings in London by British nationals of Pakistani origin. Pakistan was mentioned in connection with the bombing after it emerged that one of the bombers had spent time at a seminary in Pakistan.
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Prime Minister Shaukat Aziz on October 2 rejected Indian allegations of the involvement of Inter-Services Intelligence (ISI) in the Mumbai blasts and said Pakistan had received no evidence so far to support this allegation, according to Dawn. Talking
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Prime Minister Shaukat Aziz on October 2 rejected Indian allegations of the involvement of Inter-Services Intelligence (ISI) in the Mumbai blasts and said Pakistan had received no evidence so far to support this allegation, according to Dawn. Talking to the media in Islamabad, Aziz said: “India has a history of levelling such allegations but has never been able to prove any of them.” India had alleged ISI involvement in the Mumbai blasts and pledged to forward its evidence for investigations on its part.
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October - 2 
Two former chiefs of the Inter-Services Intelligence have rejected as baseless a statement of President Pervez Musharraf about former officials of the agency abetting Taliban. Former ISI directors-general Asad Durrani and Hameed Gul, talking to Dawn,
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Two former chiefs of the Inter-Services Intelligence have rejected as baseless a statement of President Pervez Musharraf about former officials of the agency abetting Taliban. Former ISI directors-general Asad Durrani and Hameed Gul, talking to Dawn, said there was no need to issue such a speculative statement. Durrani said he was at a loss to understand as to what was the need for issuing such a statement. He said some people in their individual capacity might have associated themselves with the Taliban, but it was improper to make such a statement without any concrete evidence. Gul said former officers of the ISI were not involved in helping Taliban. He claimed the Taliban surfaced in 1994, some five years after his tenure as ISI chief was over and about three years after his retirement from the army.
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October - 2 
Two persons were killed while seven others sustained injuries in a sectarian clash between the Ahl-e-Sunnat and Shia sects over a controversial shrine in the Orakzai tribal area of North West Frontier Province (NWFP) on October 2, according to Daily
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Two persons were killed while seven others sustained injuries in a sectarian clash between the Ahl-e-Sunnat and Shia sects over a controversial shrine in the Orakzai tribal area of North West Frontier Province (NWFP) on October 2, according to Daily Times. The clash reportedly erupted when armed tribesmen of one sect tried to enter into the disputed Mian Ziarat shrine situated in Latrey. Consequently, armed tribesmen of the other sect attacked them with heavy machinery due to which Ishaq Ali of the Shia sect and Aslam of the Ahl-e-Sunnat were killed while Alam Syed, Niaz Ali and Qurban of the Shia sect and Aziz, Muqim Khan, Khawaja and Muhammad Khan of the Ahl-e-Sunnat were wounded.
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October - 3 
Meanwhile, according to an official handout, 100 Marri tribesmen have surrendered with their weapons and renounced insurgent activities. They reportedly belonged to the Murghlani, Mehkani and Thangiani sub-clans of Ghazini Narri clan of Marri tribe a
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Meanwhile, according to an official handout, 100 Marri tribesmen have surrendered with their weapons and renounced insurgent activities. They reportedly belonged to the Murghlani, Mehkani and Thangiani sub-clans of Ghazini Narri clan of Marri tribe and had announced support for the Government.
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October - 3 
The Jama’at-ud-Da’awa, political wing of the Lashkar-e-Toiba (LeT), is reported to have issued a fatwa (edict) calling upon Muslims to kill Pope Benedict XVI for his September 12, 2006-speech, where he quoted a remark reportedly made by a Byzantine e
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The Jama’at-ud-Da’awa, political wing of the Lashkar-e-Toiba (LeT), is reported to have issued a fatwa (edict) calling upon Muslims to kill Pope Benedict XVI for his September 12, 2006-speech, where he quoted a remark reportedly made by a Byzantine emperor in 1391 during a conversation with an unnamed Persian scholar, which gave the impression that the Byzantine emperor tended to identify Islam with violence. According to Rediff, a report on the fatwa, carried by the Pakistani journal Ausaf in its September 18, 2006-edition, says: “Pakistan's Jama’at-ud-Da’awa has issued a fatwa asking the Muslim community to kill Pope Benedict for his blasphemous statement about Prophet Mohammad.” The leaders of the Jamaat were reportedly speaking at a Martyrs' Islamic Conference in Karachi.
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October - 3 
The United States on October 3 advised India not to blame Pakistan for the Mumbai blasts without certain proof and suggested that New Delhi should resolve the issue through a ‘direct contact’ with Islamabad, according to Dawn. “India should communica
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The United States on October 3 advised India not to blame Pakistan for the Mumbai blasts without certain proof and suggested that New Delhi should resolve the issue through a ‘direct contact’ with Islamabad, according to Dawn. “India should communicate with Pakistan by having direct contact instead of talking about the Mumbai train blasts in the public,” US Ambassador to Pakistan, Ryan C. Crocker, told a news conference in Islamabad. He also said the United States wanted Indian and Pakistani Governments to discuss all the issues between them, including the Kashmir dispute, to normalise their relations.
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Three security force (SF) personnel were killed and two others sustained injuries when their convoy was ambushed in the Bhombor area of Kohlu district in Balochistan province on October 3, according to Dawn. The SF convoy was reportedly going to the
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Three security force (SF) personnel were killed and two others sustained injuries when their convoy was ambushed in the Bhombor area of Kohlu district in Balochistan province on October 3, according to Dawn. The SF convoy was reportedly going to the Kahan area to defuse landmines planted by tribesmen in a vast area to restrict their movement. When it reached Bhombor mountain range on the border of Dera Bugti and Kohlu districts, unidentified people attacked it, using heavy weapons, including rockets.
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October - 4 
According to Daily Times, a mysterious blast near Army House in Rawalpindi cantonment caused panic on October 4. The blast, which occurred at around 9:20pm, was said to have taken place in Rawalpindi Golf Club, adjacent to Army House, the residence o
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According to Daily Times, a mysterious blast near Army House in Rawalpindi cantonment caused panic on October 4. The blast, which occurred at around 9:20pm, was said to have taken place in Rawalpindi Golf Club, adjacent to Army House, the residence of President Pervez Musharraf. No casualties and no major damage to property were reported. Police sources said it was not clear what had caused the blast. A senior police official said that “explosive material” had been discovered in the park. It was stashed under benches near the Gullistan Gate of the park, said Syed Marwat Ali Shah, Additional Inspector General for Rawalpindi.
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October - 4 
Elsewhere in the province, a bomb explosion was reported from the Sumangli area. “It was a home-made bomb planted with a timer,” a police officer said, adding no loss of life or property was reported.
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Elsewhere in the province, a bomb explosion was reported from the Sumangli area. “It was a home-made bomb planted with a timer,” a police officer said, adding no loss of life or property was reported.
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October - 4 
In another incident, five rockets were fired at a check-post of the Frontier Corps in the Kahan area of Kohlu district, according to Dawn. However, all rockets landed in isolated places without causing any casualty.
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In another incident, five rockets were fired at a check-post of the Frontier Corps in the Kahan area of Kohlu district, according to Dawn. However, all rockets landed in isolated places without causing any casualty.
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October - 4 
Interior Minister Aftab Ahmad Sherpao said on October 4 that registration of 95 per cent of seminaries in the country had been completed, according to Dawn. Talking to PTV, he said there were about 12,000 seminaries in Pakistan and the purpose of the
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Interior Minister Aftab Ahmad Sherpao said on October 4 that registration of 95 per cent of seminaries in the country had been completed, according to Dawn. Talking to PTV, he said there were about 12,000 seminaries in Pakistan and the purpose of the registration was to remove misconceptions that terrorism or extremism was being promoted in seminaries. He said the seminaries should not only provide religious education to their students but their curricula should be such that after these students graduated they could get jobs easily. He said the Government was trying to ensure that there was no such material in the syllabus that promoted extremism or terrorism, adding that action would be taken if any such material were found in the syllabus of any seminary. He also informed that there were about 1,200 foreigners studying in various seminaries but 500 to 600 of them had gone back to their countries.
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October - 4 
Unknown assailants blew up a gas pipeline using a bomb at Mangli in the Balochistan province on October 4, Daily Times reported. However, there was no loss of life or injuries.
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Unknown assailants blew up a gas pipeline using a bomb at Mangli in the Balochistan province on October 4, Daily Times reported. However, there was no loss of life or injuries.
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October - 4 
Would-be suicide bombers detained in Afghanistan claim they have been brainwashed and equipped by Arab, Chechen and Uzbek militants in Pakistan, the Afghan intelligence service said on October 4, according to AFP. The claims were from 17 attackers wh
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Would-be suicide bombers detained in Afghanistan claim they have been brainwashed and equipped by Arab, Chechen and Uzbek militants in Pakistan, the Afghan intelligence service said on October 4, according to AFP. The claims were from 17 attackers who were arrested in the past month before they had the chance to strike, Sayed Ansari, the spokesman for the Afghan National Directorate of Security said. “All of the detained have confessed they received training for suicide attacks, attacks against schools and institutions from Arab, Chechen and Uzbek instructors on the other side of the border (Pakistan),” said Ansari. He said illiterate people, those with a poor religious education or from deprived backgrounds, were being “brainwashed” in Pakistani training camps across the border and sent to Afghanistan. “They focus on religious feelings of people, show them made-up videos of coalition forces in Afghanistan, preach that Islam is in danger in Afghanistan and the government does not have control to make them ready for their inauspicious attempts,” he said. He said the would-be bombers trained in Shamshatoo, an Afghan refugee camp near Peshawar, and at another camp near Data Khel in North Waziristan tribal region. However, Pakistan military spokesperson, Maj. Gen Shaukat Sultan, said Pakistan had no information on the 17 arrests.
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October - 5 
Eight more people were killed as armed clashes between Shias and Sunnis over a shrine in the Kalaya area of Lower Orakzai Agency in North West Frontier Province continued for the third consecutive day on October 5, Daily Times reported. Both sects ar
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Eight more people were killed as armed clashes between Shias and Sunnis over a shrine in the Kalaya area of Lower Orakzai Agency in North West Frontier Province continued for the third consecutive day on October 5, Daily Times reported. Both sects are reportedly attempting to take control of the disputed Mian Anwar shrine. Further, tribesmen of one sect fired several rockets at Mashti Mela village in Sangra, damaging the shrine of Syed Khalil Baba and injuring three persons.
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October - 5 
Security agencies discovered and defused two rockets aimed at the Presidency, Parliament and Cabinet Block on October 5-morning, less than 12 hours after a powerful blast in Rawalpindi’s Ayub National Park, according to Daily Times. Bomb disposal exp
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Security agencies discovered and defused two rockets aimed at the Presidency, Parliament and Cabinet Block on October 5-morning, less than 12 hours after a powerful blast in Rawalpindi’s Ayub National Park, according to Daily Times. Bomb disposal experts said the two rockets were fixed to launchers and hidden in bushes in the green area in front of the important buildings less than a kilometer away. The Russian-made 106mm and 107mm rockets reportedly had a range of 2-3 kilometers. Passers-by spotted the rockets in the green area and informed the police. President Pervez Musharraf was not inside the Presidency when these rockets were found. The police have detained over 200 labourers who were working at a construction site of the National Council of Arts in connection with the incident.
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October - 5 
Suspected insurgents fired rockets at security check-posts in the Kohlu district of Balochistan province on October 5, while a bomb blast in Mustung damaged windows of nearby buildings. However, there were no casualties in any of these incidents, acc
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Suspected insurgents fired rockets at security check-posts in the Kohlu district of Balochistan province on October 5, while a bomb blast in Mustung damaged windows of nearby buildings. However, there were no casualties in any of these incidents, according to Daily Times. Police sources said three suspects had been arrested in connection with the blast.
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October - 6 
According to Daily Times, at least 19 more people were killed in an exchange of mortar fire between Shias and Sunnis fighting over control of the Mian Anwar shrine in the Kalay area of Lower Orakzai Agency in North West Frontier Province. 14 Shias
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According to Daily Times, at least 19 more people were killed in an exchange of mortar fire between Shias and Sunnis fighting over control of the Mian Anwar shrine in the Kalay area of Lower Orakzai Agency in North West Frontier Province. 14 Shias were killed and five others wounded when mortars were fired on a Shia gathering at the shrine late on October 5-night, said Orakzai Agency Political Agent Sher Alam Mehsud. He informed that Shias retaliated by firing mortars on a Sunni-populated Sangra village, killing five people of a family. The political administration said that the shrine dispute had resulted in a loss of at least 20 lives so far, while locals say that about 40 people have been killed in the last five days. Locals added that soon after the exchange of mortar fire, heavily armed people from both sects took up positions against each other in the Kalay area. Shia and Sunni followers of the Sufi saint Anwar Shah Baba both claim they are the real custodians of his shrine.
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October - 7 
Police arrested over 45 suspected Taliban operatives during a series of raids in the Balochistan province near the Afghan border on October 7, Reuters reported. The arrests were made in the provincial capital Quetta and in a raid on a hotel in the ne
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Police arrested over 45 suspected Taliban operatives during a series of raids in the Balochistan province near the Afghan border on October 7, Reuters reported. The arrests were made in the provincial capital Quetta and in a raid on a hotel in the nearby town of Kuchlak. "We have arrested around a dozen suspects from Kuchlak and 33 from Quetta," Qazi Abdul Wahid, a senior police official in Quetta, told Reuters.
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October - 7 
Unidentified gunmen shot and killed a Shia tribal elder in the town of Tank in North West Frontier Province (NWFP) on October 7, reports Daily Times. Police sources said that Syed Mqbool Shah was standing on a street when unidentified gunmen opened f
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Unidentified gunmen shot and killed a Shia tribal elder in the town of Tank in North West Frontier Province (NWFP) on October 7, reports Daily Times. Police sources said that Syed Mqbool Shah was standing on a street when unidentified gunmen opened fire, killing him on the scene before fleeing. No one has claimed responsibility for the attack.
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October - 10 
A gas line and water pipeline were reportedly blown up by suspected insurgents in the industrial area of Pir Koh in Balochistan province on October 10, resulting in the suspension of water and gas supply to adjacent areas. The Balochistan Liberation
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A gas line and water pipeline were reportedly blown up by suspected insurgents in the industrial area of Pir Koh in Balochistan province on October 10, resulting in the suspension of water and gas supply to adjacent areas. The Balochistan Liberation Army has claimed responsibility for the blast, according to Daily Times.
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October - 10 
An anti-terrorism court in Karachi indicted on October 10 two activists of the al Qaeda in the US diplomat killing case. The two defendants, Usman Ghani and Anwar Ul Haq, denied the charges. A US diplomat, David Fyfe, his Pakistani driver and a Range
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An anti-terrorism court in Karachi indicted on October 10 two activists of the al Qaeda in the US diplomat killing case. The two defendants, Usman Ghani and Anwar Ul Haq, denied the charges. A US diplomat, David Fyfe, his Pakistani driver and a Rangers official were killed and 54 persons injured in a suicide car bombing near the US consulate in Karachi on March 2, 2006, a day before the US President George W. Bush reached Pakistan. The suicide bomber was later identified as Mohammed Tahir. Subsequently on August 21, the police arrested Usman Ghani and Anwar Ul Haq for masterminding the suicide car bombing.
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October - 10 
Pakistan and the North Atlantic Treaty Organisation (NATO) have agreed to enhance cooperation to defeat the Taliban and terrorism, according to Dawn. The agreement was reached during a meeting of NATO Commander in Afghanistan Gen David Richards with
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Pakistan and the North Atlantic Treaty Organisation (NATO) have agreed to enhance cooperation to defeat the Taliban and terrorism, according to Dawn. The agreement was reached during a meeting of NATO Commander in Afghanistan Gen David Richards with President Pervez Musharraf in Islamabad on October 10. An official told Dawn that Gen. Richards praised Pakistan’s role in the fight against terrorism but suggested that there should be an extended cooperation in this regard. The official said Richards had not come with proof of the Inter-Services Intelligence’s involvement in training or helping the Taliban.
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October - 11 
Police arrested 17 suspected Taliban operatives in two raids on buildings in the Pashtoonabad locality of Quetta, capital of Balochistan province, on October 11, according to Daily Times. Maulana Noor Mohammad, a Member of National Assembly and the c
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Police arrested 17 suspected Taliban operatives in two raids on buildings in the Pashtoonabad locality of Quetta, capital of Balochistan province, on October 11, according to Daily Times. Maulana Noor Mohammad, a Member of National Assembly and the chief of the Jamiat Ulema-e-Islam’s Quetta chapter, confirmed the arrests, but denied that the men had links with the Taliban.
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October - 11 
President Pervez Musharraf said on October 11 that security agencies had detained militants behind two foiled rocket attacks in the capital Islamabad last week and that he may have been the target, according to Reuters. Gen. Musharraf, who survived t
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President Pervez Musharraf said on October 11 that security agencies had detained militants behind two foiled rocket attacks in the capital Islamabad last week and that he may have been the target, according to Reuters. Gen. Musharraf, who survived two al Qaeda-linked assassination attempts in December 2003, said Islamist militants opposed to his support for the U.S.-led war on terrorism were responsible for the attempted rocket attacks. "We have unearthed the whole gang. They are again extremists," he said. However, he did not provide details on the arrests. Musharraf, who held a press conference in Islamabad, said: "I am not an easy target. I can't say for sure whether I was the target. Maybe I was." On October 5, police recovered two Russian-made rockets attached to mobile phones across the road from Pakistan's parliament and presidency. And on October 7, two rockets were found on a hill near the military intelligence headquarters.
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October - 12 
An Afghan fruit vendor, identified as Roohullah, was injured in a bomb explosion in the Haji Camp area of Peshawar on October 12-evening, according to Statesman. A low intensity bomb exploded around 30 minute prior to the Iftari (breaking of the Rama
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An Afghan fruit vendor, identified as Roohullah, was injured in a bomb explosion in the Haji Camp area of Peshawar on October 12-evening, according to Statesman. A low intensity bomb exploded around 30 minute prior to the Iftari (breaking of the Ramadan fast), injuring the Afghan in front of the Daewoo Bus Stop, GT Road. The blast is third of its kind in a row during the holy month of Ramadan and fourth of its kind in the metropolis in the past two months.
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October - 12 
Security agencies have arrested eight people allegedly involved in the Ayub Park blast and for planting anti-tank rockets at different locations in Islamabad last week, according to Daily Times. Interior Minister Aftab Ahmed Khan Sherpao told reporte
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Security agencies have arrested eight people allegedly involved in the Ayub Park blast and for planting anti-tank rockets at different locations in Islamabad last week, according to Daily Times. Interior Minister Aftab Ahmed Khan Sherpao told reporters in Islamabad on October 13 that the eight people had been arrested from different areas, including the federal capital. He said a mobile phone connected to one of the recovered rockets had lead to the arrests. He, however, did not identify those arrested and added that preliminary investigations had revealed that the arrested people had links with the al Qaeda and Lashkar-e-Jhangvi (LeJ) and had visited Afghanistan many times. The minister said police had also seized a huge cache of ammunition from various locations and added that the Russian 107mm anti-tank rockets found in Islamabad had been used by the Taliban against the International Security Assistant Force in the past.
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October - 12 
Two bomb blasts in Quetta, capital of Balochistan province, on October 12 damaged Government building windows, but caused no casualties, according to AFP. The first blast damaged the boundary wall of a water pumping station in the Kharotabad area, wh
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Two bomb blasts in Quetta, capital of Balochistan province, on October 12 damaged Government building windows, but caused no casualties, according to AFP. The first blast damaged the boundary wall of a water pumping station in the Kharotabad area, while the second blast near the civil secretariat damaged office windows. Another bomb exploded in the remote town of Naushki near a tile factory, but there were no casualties, a local police official said.
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October - 15 
According to Dawn, gas supply has been suspended to the industrial estate and other areas of the Hub township in Balochistan province after the main pipeline was blown up on October 15. Police said that a 12 inch-diameter pipeline supplying gas to Hu
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According to Dawn, gas supply has been suspended to the industrial estate and other areas of the Hub township in Balochistan province after the main pipeline was blown up on October 15. Police said that a 12 inch-diameter pipeline supplying gas to Hub industrial estate and some parts of the industrial town blew up at around 9:30pm (PST) near the Civic Centre, just a few yards from the Hub police station.
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October - 15 
Further, an explosion occurred in the official residence of a jailer in Zhob on October 15-night, without causing any damage
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Further, an explosion occurred in the official residence of a jailer in Zhob on October 15-night, without causing any damage
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October - 15 
Meanwhile, a hand grenade was thrown into the house of one Mohammad Asif in the Shafi Colony near the Balochistan University. However, no loss of life or injuries was reported.
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Meanwhile, a hand grenade was thrown into the house of one Mohammad Asif in the Shafi Colony near the Balochistan University. However, no loss of life or injuries was reported.
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October - 16 October - 17
Afghan President Hamid Karzai told The Associated Press on October 16 that Mullah Omar, the fugitive Taliban leader, is hiding in Quetta, capital of Balochistan province. Karzai also blamed Pakistan for a surge in Taliban violence in Afghanistan, and
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Afghan President Hamid Karzai told The Associated Press on October 16 that Mullah Omar, the fugitive Taliban leader, is hiding in Quetta, capital of Balochistan province. Karzai also blamed Pakistan for a surge in Taliban violence in Afghanistan, and demanded that President Pervez Musharraf crack down on militant sanctuaries. “We know he is in Quetta,” Karzai said of the fugitive Omar. Karzai claimed the Taliban were also “hiding in Karachi and the tribal town of Miran Shah”. “I don’t think the Taliban have a headquarters, but they have sanctuaries, which are definitely in Pakistan,” Karzai said in the interview. However, the Pakistan on October 17 rejected Karzai’s allegations. “We know he (Omar) is in Afghanistan. The entire world knows that he is in Afghanistan,” said Foreign Ministry spokesperson Tasnim Aslam.
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October - 17 
According to The Hindu, the Foreign Secretaries of India and Pakistan will meet on November 14 and 15 in New Delhi to review the third round of the composite dialogue process, the Pakistan Ministry of Foreign Affairs said on October 17. Apart from re
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According to The Hindu, the Foreign Secretaries of India and Pakistan will meet on November 14 and 15 in New Delhi to review the third round of the composite dialogue process, the Pakistan Ministry of Foreign Affairs said on October 17. Apart from reviewing the third round of the Secretary-level composite dialogue that ended in June 2006, the Foreign Secretaries are likely to fix dates for the fourth round. Another likely issue they may take up is the setting up of the anti-terror joint institutional mechanism, which both countries agreed upon in Havana.
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October - 17 
Justice Muhammad Akhtar Shabbir of the Lahore High Court ordered on October 17 that Jama’at-ud-Da’awa (JD) chief Hafiz Mohammad Saeed be released immediately, rejecting the Government’s charges against him, according to Daily Times. Saeed’s wife had
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Justice Muhammad Akhtar Shabbir of the Lahore High Court ordered on October 17 that Jama’at-ud-Da’awa (JD) chief Hafiz Mohammad Saeed be released immediately, rejecting the Government’s charges against him, according to Daily Times. Saeed’s wife had moved a petition challenging her husband’s detention. Petitioner’s lawyer Ahmad Ghazi rejected the Government’s statement that Pakistan’s relations with neighbouring countries could be “affected by Hafiz Saeed or the JD’s activities”. “Only India has some reservations over Hafiz Saeed, but that country has expressed reservations over the ISI [Inter-Services Intelligence] as well. Does this mean that the ISI should be closed down?” he said. Although Justice Shabbir struck down the detention on a legality, he criticised the grounds of the detention, which included fund-raising by the JD for war victims in Palestine and Lebanon, and the threat its activities posed to relations with "neighbouring countries," according to The Hindu. The second amounted to saying Pakistan's judiciary could be influenced by foreign pressures, the judge observed.
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October - 18 
Police at Mianwali in the Punjab province arrested three alleged terrorists belonging to the defunct Sunni group Sipah-e-Sahaba Pakistan (SSP) on October 18, according to Dawn. Police officer Zarat Kiyani said they were in possession of two hand-gren
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Police at Mianwali in the Punjab province arrested three alleged terrorists belonging to the defunct Sunni group Sipah-e-Sahaba Pakistan (SSP) on October 18, according to Dawn. Police officer Zarat Kiyani said they were in possession of two hand-grenades, a pistol and bullets, adding they wanted to carry out an attack on a Shia shrine in the Sheikhupura district. They were identified as Noor Muhammad, Abdul Waheed and Rao Saifullah.
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October - 18 
Security forces on October 18 arrested Baz Khan Marri, a ‘commander’ of the insurgents belonging to the Marri tribe, along with his three associates after an exchange of fire in the Fazil Chal area of Kohlu district in Balochistan province, according
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Security forces on October 18 arrested Baz Khan Marri, a ‘commander’ of the insurgents belonging to the Marri tribe, along with his three associates after an exchange of fire in the Fazil Chal area of Kohlu district in Balochistan province, according to Dawn. A spokesman for the Frontier Corps (FC) claimed destroying a fugitive camp in the area being used for attacking FC posts and convoys, adding that a huge quantity of arms and ammunition was seized from the camp.
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October - 19 
A police personnel was injured in a hand-grenade attack in Quetta, capital of Balochistan province on October 19, according to Dawn.
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A police personnel was injured in a hand-grenade attack in Quetta, capital of Balochistan province on October 19, according to Dawn.
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October - 19 
Further, two bomb blasts were reported from Gwadar and Zhob.
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Further, two bomb blasts were reported from Gwadar and Zhob.
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October - 19 
In the Bajaur Agency, security force personnel escaped unhurt after their check post came under rocket attack while an explosion destroyed a video shop in the agency’s headquarters.
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In the Bajaur Agency, security force personnel escaped unhurt after their check post came under rocket attack while an explosion destroyed a video shop in the agency’s headquarters.
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October - 19 
Meanwhile, Baz Khan Marri, a Marri militant commander, arrested in an injured condition on October 18 from Kohlu district, is reported to have died at the hospital on October 19.
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Meanwhile, Baz Khan Marri, a Marri militant commander, arrested in an injured condition on October 18 from Kohlu district, is reported to have died at the hospital on October 19.
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October - 19 
Suspected insurgents also fired rockets and gunshots on the Quetta-bound Chiltan Express near Panir railway station in the Bolan district. However, an alert engine driver drove the train into a nearby tunnel, thereby averting a major disaster.
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Suspected insurgents also fired rockets and gunshots on the Quetta-bound Chiltan Express near Panir railway station in the Bolan district. However, an alert engine driver drove the train into a nearby tunnel, thereby averting a major disaster.
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October - 19 
Two soldiers were killed and three others were wounded when militants attacked a check post in South Waziristan on October 19-evening, Daily Times reported. “Militants fired mortars late on Thursday at the Ganji Tekri check post in the Shakai Valley,
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Two soldiers were killed and three others were wounded when militants attacked a check post in South Waziristan on October 19-evening, Daily Times reported. “Militants fired mortars late on Thursday at the Ganji Tekri check post in the Shakai Valley,” officials said, adding that the soldiers returned fire and the clash continued until dawn but there were no reports of any militant casualties.
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October - 20 
A powerful bomb exploded in a crowded market on October 20 near the headquarters of a paramilitary force at Peshawar in the North West Frontier Province killing seven people and injuring more than 30, according to Daily Times. The bomb, which had bee
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A powerful bomb exploded in a crowded market on October 20 near the headquarters of a paramilitary force at Peshawar in the North West Frontier Province killing seven people and injuring more than 30, according to Daily Times. The bomb, which had been left in a fruit cart exploded in the markets 10 minutes before the evening prayers, said Senior Superintendent of Police (Operations) Iftikhar Ahmed. Inspector General of Police Raffat Pashah said it was “a terrorist act” and the bomb was “locally made.” Nobody has claimed responsibility for the blast so far.
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October - 20 
Ahle Tashai, a Shia organisation, said on October 20 that Taliban cadres from Afghanistan and Arab nationals were “involved” in the recent sectarian clashes between Shias and Sunnis over a disputed shrine in the Orakzai Agency, according to Daily Tim
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Ahle Tashai, a Shia organisation, said on October 20 that Taliban cadres from Afghanistan and Arab nationals were “involved” in the recent sectarian clashes between Shias and Sunnis over a disputed shrine in the Orakzai Agency, according to Daily Times. Around 50 people were killed in violence before a ceasefire could be brokered between the two sides. “We (Shias) have proof that foreign Taliban and Arabs fighters joined the local Taliban against Shias in the dispute over the shrine of Mir Anwar Shah in Kalaya tehsil,” Syed Hamayun Shah and Rafique Hussain, members of Ahle Tashai, told a press conference at the Peshawar Press Club. “We noticed Arab nationals and foreign Taliban at a nearby madrassa of Sunnis,” they said, and demanded that the federal Government take action against foreign militants “who compelled the local Taliban to violate a peace accord between the two sects, and disrupted the agency’s peace”.
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October - 23 
Afghan militants are planning to launch deadly attacks on civilians in Europe in revenge for the 2001 invasion by United States-led forces, a Taliban commander said on Sky News television on October 23. Mullah Mohammed Amin said resurgent militants h
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Afghan militants are planning to launch deadly attacks on civilians in Europe in revenge for the 2001 invasion by United States-led forces, a Taliban commander said on Sky News television on October 23. Mullah Mohammed Amin said resurgent militants had built up stockpiles of weapons and were bent on vengeance against “the foreign invaders”. The Taliban, overthrown by the invasion, now wanted to export terror to the West, he said. “It’s acceptable to kill ordinary people in Europe because these are the people who have voted in the government,” he said. “They came to our home and attacked our women and children,” he added. According to him: “The ordinary people of these countries are behind this – so we will not spare them. We will kill them and laugh over them like they are killing us and laughing at us.” Amin said the Taliban were inspired by tactics used by insurgents in Iraq, namely remote-controlled bombs, land mines and suicide bombers. “They are our best tactic,” he said. Fighters were sheltering in Pakistan and being aided by sympathetic locals, he said in an interview with the British TV channel in the Pakistani border region.
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October - 23 
Suspected insurgents blew up a 14-inch diameter pipeline at Sui in the Balochistan province, suspending the supply of gas to the plant from well No 8. According to Daily Times, a 7-foot part of the pipeline was completely destroyed. Sources said that
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Suspected insurgents blew up a 14-inch diameter pipeline at Sui in the Balochistan province, suspending the supply of gas to the plant from well No 8. According to Daily Times, a 7-foot part of the pipeline was completely destroyed. Sources said that industrial zones in Sindh and Punjab had been affected because of low gas pressure after the blast.
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October - 24 
A bomb blast was reported from the Wahdat Colony area of Quetta, capital of Balochistan, on October 24-night. The explosive device had been planted in the backyard of a house in the Government Employees’ Colony. However, no casualty was reported.
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A bomb blast was reported from the Wahdat Colony area of Quetta, capital of Balochistan, on October 24-night. The explosive device had been planted in the backyard of a house in the Government Employees’ Colony. However, no casualty was reported.
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October - 24 
According to Daily Times, the son of a retired Pakistani Brigadier is among three al Qaeda-linked terrorists arrested for masterminding attempted rocket attacks near the president’s house and parliament. The suspects, Ali Ahmed, Muneer and Khalil, we
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According to Daily Times, the son of a retired Pakistani Brigadier is among three al Qaeda-linked terrorists arrested for masterminding attempted rocket attacks near the president’s house and parliament. The suspects, Ali Ahmed, Muneer and Khalil, were arrested on October 23 from Islamabad, based on information provided by eight alleged militants detained earlier this month after the three foiled attacks, Islamabad’s Inspector General of Police Iftikhar Ahmed Chaudhry said. “They are educated. One of them is son of a retired army brigadier, one of them is an engineer who was technically aware of making circuits… They are hardcore terrorists,” Chaudhry told AFP. Senior Superintendent of Police Sikandar Hayat said the men “appear to be al Qaeda-linked militants… They were inspired by al Qaeda. They had al Qaeda literature in their car.” One rocket exploded late on October 4 in the Ayub public park in Rawalpindi, a garrison city adjoining Islamabad, near military ruler President Musharraf’s army residence. Another three were found nearby. Two more rockets were found close to the official presidency building and parliament in Islamabad on October 5, followed by another two near the Inter-Services Intelligence headquarters in the capital two days later. Terrorists had planned to launch all of them simultaneously but only the one in Rawalpindi worked, Interior Minister Aftab Sherpao has said.
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October - 24 
Another blast was reported from the Nushki town on October 24-evening in which a house was partially damaged.
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Another blast was reported from the Nushki town on October 24-evening in which a house was partially damaged.
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October - 24 
In other incidents, suspected insurgents damaged a power pylon after detonating an explosive device in the Dasht area of Mastung district while armed men fired rockets at a Frontier Corps check-post in Mand, a small town bordering Iran in the Turbat
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In other incidents, suspected insurgents damaged a power pylon after detonating an explosive device in the Dasht area of Mastung district while armed men fired rockets at a Frontier Corps check-post in Mand, a small town bordering Iran in the Turbat district.
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October - 25 
A day earlier, security forces fired rockets in two clashes with insurgents in the Dera Bugti district but there were no casualties.
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A day earlier, security forces fired rockets in two clashes with insurgents in the Dera Bugti district but there were no casualties.
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October - 25 
On the same day, insurgents exploded bombs attached to three legs of an electricity pylon near Quetta.
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On the same day, insurgents exploded bombs attached to three legs of an electricity pylon near Quetta.
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October - 25 
The Foreign Ministry confirmed on October 25 that Muhsin Musa Matwalli Atwah, a key al Qaeda member, was killed in North Waziristan during an air strike by Pakistani forces near the border with Afghanistan, according to Times of India. Atwah, wanted
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The Foreign Ministry confirmed on October 25 that Muhsin Musa Matwalli Atwah, a key al Qaeda member, was killed in North Waziristan during an air strike by Pakistani forces near the border with Afghanistan, according to Times of India. Atwah, wanted by the United States (U.S.) Federal Bureau of Investigation in connection with the 1998 U.S. embassy bombings, was killed in April 2006, according to the statement. Atwah, the 42-year old Egyptian, was indicted in connection with al Qaeda's suicide bombings of U.S. embassies in Nairobi and Dar es Salaam in Tanzania.
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October - 26 
Insurgents are reported to shot at a passenger train in the Balochistan province on October 26, injuring two people, according to AFP. They opened machinegun fire from surrounding mountains when the Rawalpindi-bound Quetta Express reached Mashkaf tow
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Insurgents are reported to shot at a passenger train in the Balochistan province on October 26, injuring two people, according to AFP. They opened machinegun fire from surrounding mountains when the Rawalpindi-bound Quetta Express reached Mashkaf town, 100 kilometers south of the provincial capital Quetta, a railway official said. They also launched two rockets but they did not hit the train, the official added.
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October - 28 
A bicycle bomb exploded outside a police barracks in Quetta, capital of Balochistan province, on October 28, killing at least one person and injuring 12, according to Daily Times. The blast reportedly occurred near Global Plaza on the Police Line in
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A bicycle bomb exploded outside a police barracks in Quetta, capital of Balochistan province, on October 28, killing at least one person and injuring 12, according to Daily Times. The blast reportedly occurred near Global Plaza on the Police Line in the highly sensitive area of Quetta Cantonment.
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October - 29 
Pakistan has received billions of dollars in reimbursement for its support of US-led counter-terrorism operations, while Congress has appropriated billions of dollars to reimburse Pakistan for its support of counter-terrorism operations, Daily Times
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Pakistan has received billions of dollars in reimbursement for its support of US-led counter-terrorism operations, while Congress has appropriated billions of dollars to reimburse Pakistan for its support of counter-terrorism operations, Daily Times reported on October 29. According to an updated version of a Congressional Research Service (CRS) report on Pakistan, “As of September 2006, a total of $6.64 billion had been appropriated for FY2002-FY2007 Defence Department spending for coalition support payments to Pakistan and other cooperating nations. Pentagon documents indicate that disbursements to Islamabad account for the great majority of these funds: about $3.6 billion for operations from January 2002 through August 2005, an amount roughly equal to one-quarter of Pakistan’s total military expenditures during that period. The Defence Department Appropriations Act, 2007 would allow that up to $900 million in Pentagon funds be used for FY2007 reimbursements.” Pakistan is among the world’s leading recipients of US aid, obtaining more than $3.5 billion in direct US assistance for FY2002-FY2006, including $1.5 billion in security-related aid. The CRS report says US concerns regarding Pakistan include regional terrorism, Pakistan-Afghanistan relations, weapon proliferation, the ongoing Kashmir problem and Pakistan-India tensions, human rights protection and economic development. It recalls that a US-Pakistan relationship marked by periods of both cooperation and discord was transformed by the September 2001 terrorist attacks on the United States and the ensuing enlistment of Pakistan as a key ally in US-led counter-terrorism efforts. The report adds, “Top US officials regularly praise Islamabad for its ongoing cooperation, although doubts exist about Islamabad’s commitment to some core US interests. Pakistan is identified as a base for terrorist groups and their supporters operating in Kashmir, India, and Afghanistan.”
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October - 29 
The movement of militants from Pakistan into Afghanistan has increased since Islamabad signed a deal with tribal elders in September 2006, said NATO’s top military commander on October 28, according to Daily Times. The International Security Assistan
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The movement of militants from Pakistan into Afghanistan has increased since Islamabad signed a deal with tribal elders in September 2006, said NATO’s top military commander on October 28, according to Daily Times. The International Security Assistance Force (ISAF) was monitoring the situation after the agreement with pro-Taliban elders in North Waziristan, General James Jones told reporters. He said the ISAF, however, was still evaluating the situation and the first indications might not be conclusive. However, Pakistani Foreign Office spokesperson Tasneem Aslam rejected General James’s statement. She called the Afghan situation quite “complex and complicated for NATO to handle”, and said the force itself had signed two deals modeled on the North Waziristan accord.
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October - 29 
Two rocket attacks were reported from Quetta, capital of Balochistan, on October 29. According to Dawn, the rockets were fired from an unknown place in the west of Quetta city with brief interval causing panic among the residents of these areas. Howe
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Two rocket attacks were reported from Quetta, capital of Balochistan, on October 29. According to Dawn, the rockets were fired from an unknown place in the west of Quetta city with brief interval causing panic among the residents of these areas. However, no casualty was reported. The rockets landed in open areas near the Jinnah Market and Chaman railway crossing.
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October - 30 
Pakistani troops backed by helicopters firing missiles neutralized an al Qaeda-linked training facility in the Bajaur Agency of Federally Administered Tribal Areas near the Afghan border during the early hours of October 30 (today), killing "many" mi
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Pakistani troops backed by helicopters firing missiles neutralized an al Qaeda-linked training facility in the Bajaur Agency of Federally Administered Tribal Areas near the Afghan border during the early hours of October 30 (today), killing "many" militants, The Associated Press reported. The operation targeted a Madrassa (seminary) holding 70-80 militants in a village near the town of Khar, the main town in Bajaur, said military spokesperson Maj. Gen. Shaukat Sultan. He said the facility was destroyed but it was not immediately clear how many people had been killed. "We received confirmed intelligence reports that 70-80 militants were hiding in a Madrassa used as a terrorist-training facility, which was destroyed by an army strike, led by helicopters," Sultan said. Soldiers on the ground were tallying the number of dead, he informed. Helicopters fired four to five rockets into the seminary, which was run by Liaquat Hussain, a local cleric who is believed to have been sheltering al Qaeda militants, Sultan said.
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October - 30 
President Pervez Musharraf has vowed to “crush” militancy with force and insisted that the Bajaur Madrassa (seminary) targeted in an air strike on October 30 was a training camp for Taliban militants, according to Daily Times. “We will crush militanc
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President Pervez Musharraf has vowed to “crush” militancy with force and insisted that the Bajaur Madrassa (seminary) targeted in an air strike on October 30 was a training camp for Taliban militants, according to Daily Times. “We will crush militancy with force and no one will be allowed to challenge the writ of the government,” Gen. Musharraf said in his address at a seminar on ‘Security in South Asia in the Non-Traditional Spheres and Human Security’ on October 31 in Islamabad. He added that the targeting of the training camp was a manifestation of the Government’s resolve to crush militants. “Anyone who says that they were innocent people are telling lies. The compound was being used for training of militants,” Gen Musharraf disclosed. “They were being monitored for the last seven days. We knew exactly who they are, what they are doing. They were all militants, using weapons, doing military training within the compound,” he added.
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October - 30 
Pro-Taliban militants loyal to Maulana Faqir Muhammad have reportedly “executed” a tribesman for his suspected role in the October 30-air strikes on a Madrassa (seminary) in Bajaur Agency. Jan Muhammad Buneri was taken from his home, not far away fro
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Pro-Taliban militants loyal to Maulana Faqir Muhammad have reportedly “executed” a tribesman for his suspected role in the October 30-air strikes on a Madrassa (seminary) in Bajaur Agency. Jan Muhammad Buneri was taken from his home, not far away from the seminary, by militants’ moments after the air strikes, sources close to Maulana told Daily Times. “We had been suspecting that he was spying on us and our suspicion proved right,” the sources quoted militants as saying.
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October - 30 
The Madrassa (seminary) in Bajaur Agency destroyed in an aerial strike on October 30, killing around 82 people, was an isolated terrorist training facility frequently visited by top al-Qaeda leader Ayman al-Zawahiri, The News has reported. At a brief
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The Madrassa (seminary) in Bajaur Agency destroyed in an aerial strike on October 30, killing around 82 people, was an isolated terrorist training facility frequently visited by top al-Qaeda leader Ayman al-Zawahiri, The News has reported. At a briefing in Islamabad on October 31, top security sources said the facility, known as Maulvi Liaquat’s Madrassa, was actually used for imparting training to new recruits with the second and third-tier leadership of al-Qaeda, by Dr al-Zawahiri, head of al-Qaeda’s operation in Afghanistan’s Kunar province Abu Obaida al-Misri and Abu Farrah Libbi.
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October - 30 
The officials showed stills and videos of the early morning training sessions at the destroyed seminary with participants drawn from Swat, Dir, Bajaur and Afghanistan. The video and still photos taken through infrared cameras clearly show that people
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The officials showed stills and videos of the early morning training sessions at the destroyed seminary with participants drawn from Swat, Dir, Bajaur and Afghanistan. The video and still photos taken through infrared cameras clearly show that people, aged between 20 and 30, were carrying out exercises with no arms or weapons being used. The timing of the training was generally in and around 4:30 a.m. at the isolated seminary, which has a large portion for training, an undamaged mosque and spacious living area, said the security source.
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October - 31 
On the same day, rockets were fired on the village of a former speaker of the Balochistan Assembly near Dera Murad Jamali.
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On the same day, rockets were fired on the village of a former speaker of the Balochistan Assembly near Dera Murad Jamali.
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October - 31 
Two activists of the banned Sunni group Sipah-e-Sahaba Pakistan (SSP) were sentenced on October 31 to death by a Karachi court for killing six employees of the Pakistan Space and Upper Atmosphere Research Commission (SUPARCO) during an attack on thei
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Two activists of the banned Sunni group Sipah-e-Sahaba Pakistan (SSP) were sentenced on October 31 to death by a Karachi court for killing six employees of the Pakistan Space and Upper Atmosphere Research Commission (SUPARCO) during an attack on their vehicle in October 2003, according to Dawn. The judge also sentenced Shahnawaz alias Shani and Shaukat alias Javed alias Chand multiple terms, totaling 54 years, for injuring seven SUPARCO employees and damaging their vehicle. The two SSP activists were tried for attacking the SUPARCO van with automatic weapons on Hub River Road on October 3, 2003, when it was carrying the employees for Friday prayers.
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October - 31 
Two Frontier Corps soldiers were killed and another sustained injuries when a landmine exploded in the Pirkoh area of Dera Bugti district in Balochistan province on October 31, Dawn reported. According to official sources, Frontier Corps personnel we
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Two Frontier Corps soldiers were killed and another sustained injuries when a landmine exploded in the Pirkoh area of Dera Bugti district in Balochistan province on October 31, Dawn reported. According to official sources, Frontier Corps personnel were defusing landmines planted by the insurgents in the Doie Wadh area, some 15 km north of the Pir Koh gas field, when a vehicle was hit by a landmine, killing soldiers Javed Afzal and Mohammad Saeed.
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*Data till , April 23, 2024
Source:Compiled from news reports and are provisional.
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