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April - 3 
The Taliban are reportedly negotiating with the Ahmedzai Wazir tribes the return of former militant commanders and their foreign fighters to Wana after they were evicted in an operation in 2007. "However, we have told the Taliban that the former comm
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The Taliban are reportedly negotiating with the Ahmedzai Wazir tribes the return of former militant commanders and their foreign fighters to Wana after they were evicted in an operation in 2007. "However, we have told the Taliban that the former commanders are welcome to return, but they cannot bring Uzbek or other foreign militants back to Wana or surrounding areas," said a tribal elder who was part of the jirga. The Taliban leadership had invited influential Ahmedzai Wazir elders to a jirga in Wana on March 31 to discuss possible permission for the return of ex-militant commanders along with foreigners who fled when local Taliban leader Maulana Nazir led a campaign against foreign militants, especially Uzbeks. A Taliban-led parallel government in the FATA is negotiating the return of five key Wazir militant commanders – Ghulam Jan, Maulvi Abbas, Haji Umar, Maulvi Javed Karmazkhel, and Noor Islam – return to Wana, along with foreign militants who accompany Taliban leader Maulvi Nazir.
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April - 3 
Unidentified armed men killed militant commander Maulana Matiur Rehman in the Ladha sub-division of South Waziristan on April 3, Daily Times reported.
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Unidentified armed men killed militant commander Maulana Matiur Rehman in the Ladha sub-division of South Waziristan on April 3, Daily Times reported.
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April - 6 
Another incident, unidentified miscreants attacked the Dhand check-post in Mohmand Agency in the early hours of April 6, according to Dawn. The miscreants fired several rockets from the surrounding hills at the check-post, housing paramilitary troops
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Another incident, unidentified miscreants attacked the Dhand check-post in Mohmand Agency in the early hours of April 6, according to Dawn. The miscreants fired several rockets from the surrounding hills at the check-post, housing paramilitary troops. Troops of the Mohmand Rifles and Khasadar forces retaliated with rockets and large machineguns. However, no causality was reported.
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April - 6 
In the FATA, unidentified terrorists on April 6 blew up six shops, including two selling CD (compact disk), at Khar, headquarters of the Bajaur Agency in the FATA, The News reported. However, no loss of life or injuries was reported. No group has cla
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In the FATA, unidentified terrorists on April 6 blew up six shops, including two selling CD (compact disk), at Khar, headquarters of the Bajaur Agency in the FATA, The News reported. However, no loss of life or injuries was reported. No group has claimed responsibility for the blast so far.
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April - 6 
Sectarian violence broke out on April 6 between Shia and Sunni sects in three villages of Kurram Agency in the FATA after a bomb exploded at Khurmana Pul, killing three people and injuring 22 others, Daily Times reported. A 16-member jirga (council)
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Sectarian violence broke out on April 6 between Shia and Sunni sects in three villages of Kurram Agency in the FATA after a bomb exploded at Khurmana Pul, killing three people and injuring 22 others, Daily Times reported. A 16-member jirga (council) consisting of elders of the two sects intervened and brokered a truce between the warring groups in the villages of Khwar Kalay, Balish Khel and Sangeena, in the presence of political administration officials.
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April - 8 
Unidentified men fired a rocket on a Khasadar (tribal police) check-post in the Ghazi Baig area of Mohmand Agency in the FATA on April 8, according to Daily Times. However, no loss of life or damage was reported.
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Unidentified men fired a rocket on a Khasadar (tribal police) check-post in the Ghazi Baig area of Mohmand Agency in the FATA on April 8, according to Daily Times. However, no loss of life or damage was reported.
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April - 9 
A man was killed and six others sustained injuries on April 9 as sectarian clashes in the Kurram Agency of the FATA continued for the fifth consecutive day, Daily Times reported. A jirga (council) is reportedly attempting to break a truce among rival
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A man was killed and six others sustained injuries on April 9 as sectarian clashes in the Kurram Agency of the FATA continued for the fifth consecutive day, Daily Times reported. A jirga (council) is reportedly attempting to break a truce among rival sects in the Agency and several local elders have announced their support for the deliberations. Elders from Parachinar as well as lower and central Kurram are trying to persuade those engaged in the fighting to stop violence in the area. Reports said that fighting is continuing in the Puar and Mirma areas of Parachinar for the tenth consecutive day.
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April - 11 
A mortar shell hit the Awami Market in the Chinar Chowk of Kurram Agency in the FATA on April 11, killing two people and injuring three others, while two more people died of sectarian violence in other parts of Kurram Agency, Daily Times reported. Th
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A mortar shell hit the Awami Market in the Chinar Chowk of Kurram Agency in the FATA on April 11, killing two people and injuring three others, while two more people died of sectarian violence in other parts of Kurram Agency, Daily Times reported. The people killed in the mortar blast were identified as Muhammad Ismail and Muhammad Wakhan, sons of prominent tribal leader Saleh Khan. Ajmal Khan was injured in the blast and a vehicle was destroyed.
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April - 11 
On the same day, sectarian clashes continued in various parts of the Agency for the seventh consecutive day. Both sects reportedly used heavy weapons in Balish Khel and Khar Kalay, wounding several people. In an attempt to stop the fighting, security
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On the same day, sectarian clashes continued in various parts of the Agency for the seventh consecutive day. Both sects reportedly used heavy weapons in Balish Khel and Khar Kalay, wounding several people. In an attempt to stop the fighting, security forces used heavy artillery and fired upon hilltop positions of both sects, resulting in the death of one Haji Masood Khan. One of the shells hit the house of Haji Banaat Khan, a prominent tribal leader of the Sadda area, killing his 13-year-old son, Kausar. The shelling also injured his two nephews, Yousuf Khan and Naseeb Khan. According to reports, sectarian violence also continued in various areas of Parachinar on April 11.
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April - 12 
Eight people were killed and 10 others injured in fresh violence between rival groups of the Kurram Agency in FATA on April 12, raising the death toll of the past eight days in the area to 35, reported Daily Times. Five tribesmen — Qadir Gul, Hamid H
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Eight people were killed and 10 others injured in fresh violence between rival groups of the Kurram Agency in FATA on April 12, raising the death toll of the past eight days in the area to 35, reported Daily Times. Five tribesmen — Qadir Gul, Hamid Hussain, Rafique, Taib Khan and Abdul Hanan — were killed, and 10 injured, during a clash in the Marro Khel area of Lower Kurram Agency. Similarly, three people were shot dead by armed rival groups in the areas of Balishkhel, Sadda, Karman, Para Chamkani, Pewar and Teri Mengal. The political administration of the Agency has engaged the local elite and tribal elders to arrange a ceasefire and to restore normalcy to the agency.
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April - 12 
Three dead bodies of security force personnel, who were reported ‘lost’ during a military operation earlier this year in South Waziristan, were found on April 12. “We have recovered three bodies of jawans who were lost early this year,” an unnamed mi
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Three dead bodies of security force personnel, who were reported ‘lost’ during a military operation earlier this year in South Waziristan, were found on April 12. “We have recovered three bodies of jawans who were lost early this year,” an unnamed military source in Wana told Daily Times, adding, “Two FC and one army soldier’s bodies were recovered.”
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April - 14 
According to The News, the death toll in the ongoing sectarian violence rose to 48 as seven more persons were killed and 16 others sustained injuries in Parachinar, the headquarters of Kurram Agency in FATA, on April 14. Five people were killed when
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According to The News, the death toll in the ongoing sectarian violence rose to 48 as seven more persons were killed and 16 others sustained injuries in Parachinar, the headquarters of Kurram Agency in FATA, on April 14. Five people were killed when a mortar shell hit a trench in Parachamkani and one each was killed in the Balashkhel and Sadda areas. Sources said that clashes resumed immediately after the paramilitary forces vacated the Khoshan Gul checkpoint for unknown reasons where the tribal elders gathered on April 14 to effect a cease-fire among the rival groups as agreed on April 13-evening.
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April - 14 
The Tehrik-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) has urged the government to honour its pledge regarding holding negotiations with the Taliban to pave way for durable peace in the FATA, The News reported. This was stated by Maulana Umar, spokesperson for the TTP,
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The Tehrik-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) has urged the government to honour its pledge regarding holding negotiations with the Taliban to pave way for durable peace in the FATA, The News reported. This was stated by Maulana Umar, spokesperson for the TTP, while talking to reporters from an undisclosed location on April 14. He asked the Government to stop use of force for restoration of peace and launch a dialogue process to resolve all the issues. He said the TTP was expected to make an important announcement about peace in the "Ghazi Islam Conference" which will be held in the Lal Masjid (Red Mosque) of the Mohmand Agency on April 15 (today). Umar said top TTP leaders and tribal elders would address the conference and would make an important announcement about peace in the country. "The Ghazi Islam Conference will again prove our loyalty to Pakistan as our struggle is aimed at only expelling the US and coalition forces from Afghanistan", he added. Maulana Umar added that previously the tribesmen in Mohmand Agency used to celebrate the annual Urs, which was against the spirit of Islam and tribal traditions, adding that the Ghazi Islam Conference would be a purely spiritual gathering.
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April - 15 
A cease-fire was enforced in the Balishkhel, Sadda, Khwar Killay and Sangeena areas of the Kurram Agency in FATA on April 15 after 11 days of sectarian violence, which left over 50 people dead and more than 100 wounded, according to Dawn. Sources sai
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A cease-fire was enforced in the Balishkhel, Sadda, Khwar Killay and Sangeena areas of the Kurram Agency in FATA on April 15 after 11 days of sectarian violence, which left over 50 people dead and more than 100 wounded, according to Dawn. Sources said that in the first phase rival groups started vacating their positions in the Sadda and Balishkhel areas of Lower Kurram on April 15-evening and paramilitary forces backed by army troops were seen taking positions in the affected areas. The rival groups agreed to a truce after negotiations with the Kohat Regional Coordination Officer Umar Afridi and Political Agent Syed Zaheerul Islam. Officials said the two factions had agreed to a cease-fire and vacate hilltops in the troubled areas of the Kurram Agency bordering Afghanistan.
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April - 15 
A two-day ‘Ghazi Islam Conference’ organized by the Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) began in the Mohmand Agency of the FATA at the mausoleum of Haji Sahib Turangzai on April 15, Daily Times reported. Local ulema (religious scholars), Taliban leaders
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A two-day ‘Ghazi Islam Conference’ organized by the Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) began in the Mohmand Agency of the FATA at the mausoleum of Haji Sahib Turangzai on April 15, Daily Times reported. Local ulema (religious scholars), Taliban leaders and delegations from the Tank and Swat districts of the NWFP, and the North and South Waziristan, Kurram Agency, Orakzai Agency and Bajaur Agency participated in the conference. However, the media has been prevented from reporting their names.
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April - 15 
Hundreds of people, including Taliban spokesman Maulana Umar, attended the event. Umar told Daily Times that Sahib had remained engaged in a jihad against British imperialism throughout his life and that Taliban were his real heirs. He also said that
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Hundreds of people, including Taliban spokesman Maulana Umar, attended the event. Umar told Daily Times that Sahib had remained engaged in a jihad against British imperialism throughout his life and that Taliban were his real heirs. He also said that jirgas held with the Government differ in nature, and that jirgas would be held in the Mohmand Agency, Bajaur, Swat and Wazirstan in the coming days. He expected positive results from these jirgas within a week and said both the Government and TTP want peace. He said that object of the conference was to enable the Taliban to spread the message of jihad. He said that a formal invitation has been extended to TTP naib ameer (deputy chief) Maulana Faqeer Muhammad of Bajaur and he is likely to attend the conference, and added that TTP leader Baitullah Mehsud would not be able to participate in the conference due to personal engagements and security reasons.
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April - 15 
Sources said sporadic clashes continued in Parachamkani and Kirman, and Pewar and Tangi areas on the Pakistan-Afghanistan border. At least one person was killed and six others injured in clashes on April 15-morning. Meanwhile, hundreds of students he
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Sources said sporadic clashes continued in Parachamkani and Kirman, and Pewar and Tangi areas on the Pakistan-Afghanistan border. At least one person was killed and six others injured in clashes on April 15-morning. Meanwhile, hundreds of students held a protest demonstration in Parachinar on April 15 after the authorities postponed matriculation examinations in the region due to the clashes.
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April - 15 
Traders and industrialists said on April 15 that they had been receiving threatening letters from a militant organisation in the Khyber Agency, causing the suspension of night shifts in scores of factories in industrial estates in Hayatabad, Daily Ti
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Traders and industrialists said on April 15 that they had been receiving threatening letters from a militant organisation in the Khyber Agency, causing the suspension of night shifts in scores of factories in industrial estates in Hayatabad, Daily Times reported. They said Lashkar-e-Islam (LI) had issued notices to many factory owners warning them to close their factories or they would not held be responsible for any harm done. “The situation is serious. We (industrialists) are being harassed. A large number of factory owners have closed night shifts as in a situation like this, we cannot invest and run our factories,” said Haji Muhammad Asif, president of the Sarhad Chamber of Commerce and Industry while briefing the NWFP Minister for Industries Syed Ahmed Hasan Shah on the industrial situation. The minister assured the industrialists, investors, exporters and traders that their life and property would be protected at all costs, and that they would be provided with security.
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April - 16 
According to Daily Times, at least 20 persons were killed as fighting erupted between activists of the militant group Lashkar-e-Islam (LI) and Kooki Khel tribesmen of the Khyber Agency in FATA on April 16. "The two sides have started an exchange of f
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According to Daily Times, at least 20 persons were killed as fighting erupted between activists of the militant group Lashkar-e-Islam (LI) and Kooki Khel tribesmen of the Khyber Agency in FATA on April 16. "The two sides have started an exchange of fire," Rasool Khan, Assistant Political Agent of the Jamrud subdivision, confirmed to Daily Times. A tribal elder from Jamrud claimed that the Government had done nothing to avert the clash, despite knowing of hostilities on both sides. Tensions in the Jamrud subdivision surfaced after Kooki Khel tribe refused to surrender to the 30-point agenda of LI. The groups are reported to have targeted each other's positions in the hills using rockets and mortar shells, Geo News channel reported. LI is lead by cleric Mangal Bagh, who follows the puritanical Deobandi form of Sunni Islam. He has reportedly attempted to enforce a strict Taliban-style Islam in the region, provoking the tribesmen. "We can’t implement the Mangal Bagh brand of Islam on ourselves and our people," elders from the Katya Khel sub-tribe of the Kooki Khel tribe, gathered at a meeting, told Daily Times on April 15. They said they were "as much Muslims as Mangal Bagh and his men," adding, "He should not teach us Islam." Representing the sub-tribe Haji Shamshad, Haji Muhammad Ashraf, and Haji Sarfaraz said they were being asked to hoist black flags on their houses and surrender before the LI cadres. "All their demands are absurd as we’ve already taken action against those involved in smuggling, the hashish trade, kidnappings for ransom, and murders," they said.
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April - 16 
The conference participants have established three check-posts on a two-kilometer-long stretch of road leading to the mausoleum in Ghazi Abad area on the Main Peshawar-Mohmand Highway, and guards armed with rocket launchers and Kalashnikovs surrounde
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The conference participants have established three check-posts on a two-kilometer-long stretch of road leading to the mausoleum in Ghazi Abad area on the Main Peshawar-Mohmand Highway, and guards armed with rocket launchers and Kalashnikovs surrounded the venue. The concluding session of the conference will be held on April 16 (today). The urs (death anniversary) of Haji Sahib Turangzai traditionally held on April 14, 15 and 16 every year have been cancelled this year and replaced with the Ghazi Islam Conference, due to the reservations of local Taliban who said that the urs was ‘un-Islamic’. The Taliban has occupied the mausoleum since July 29, 2007.
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April - 16 
The Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) Mohmand Agency chief Umar Khalid announced a six-point agenda to run the affairs of the tribal agency, Daily Times reported. Addressing the concluding session of a two-day ‘Ghazi Islam Conference’ on April 16, the
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The Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) Mohmand Agency chief Umar Khalid announced a six-point agenda to run the affairs of the tribal agency, Daily Times reported. Addressing the concluding session of a two-day ‘Ghazi Islam Conference’ on April 16, the Taliban leader said they would "fight against the oppressors and stand by the oppressed." He declared a general amnesty for the people who left the area fearing their lives and ordered women to observe the pardah (veil). Umar also warned those dealing in interest-based business to stop un-Islamic practices. Only local Taliban would be authorised to take any action in the area, he stated. He also announced the establishment of a complaint cell to hear complaints against the Taliban.
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April - 17 
According to Daily Times, the United States Government Accountability Office (GAO) has said that terrorists are still operating freely in Pakistan along its Afghanistan border. According to a report released this week - Combating Terrorism: The Unite
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According to Daily Times, the United States Government Accountability Office (GAO) has said that terrorists are still operating freely in Pakistan along its Afghanistan border. According to a report released this week - Combating Terrorism: The United States Lacks Comprehensive Plan to Destroy the Terrorist Threat and Close the Safe Haven in Pakistan’s Federally Administered Tribal Areas – GAO said since 2002, destroying the terrorist threat and closing the terrorist safe haven have been key national security goals. The US has provided Pakistan, the agency pointed out, a key ally in the war on terror, more than $10.5 billion for military, economic, and development activities. The GAO was asked to assess firstly the progress in meeting these national security goals for Pakistan’s FATA, and secondly the status of US efforts to develop a comprehensive plan for the FATA. To address these objectives, GAO compared national security goals against assessments conducted by US agencies and reviewed available plans. According to its findings, the United States has not met its national security goals to destroy terrorist threats and close the safe haven in Pakistan’s FATA. Since 2002, the US relied principally on the Pakistan military to address US national security goals. Of the approximately $5.8 billion the US provided for efforts in the FATA and border region from 2002 through 2007, about 96 percent reimbursed Pakistan for military operations there. According to the Department of State, GAO noted, Pakistan deployed 120,000 military and paramilitary forces in the FATA and helped kill and capture hundreds of suspected Al Qaeda operatives; these efforts cost the lives of about 1,400 members of Pakistan’s security forces. However, GAO found broad agreement, as documented in the National Intelligence Estimate, State, and embassy documents, as well as Defence officials in Pakistan, that al Qaeda had regenerated its ability to attack the US and had succeeded in establishing a safe haven in the FATA. No comprehensive plan for meeting US national security goals in the FATA has been developed, as stipulated by the National Strategy for Combating Terrorism in 2003, which called for by an independent commission, mandated by congressional legislation in 2007.
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April - 17 
According to The Post, the Lashkar-e-Islam chief, Mangal Bagh, has said that his outfit is fighting against terrorism, crime and gambling and has 180000 volunteers in the Khyber Agency of FATA. In an interview to Channel Five on April 17, he said tha
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According to The Post, the Lashkar-e-Islam chief, Mangal Bagh, has said that his outfit is fighting against terrorism, crime and gambling and has 180000 volunteers in the Khyber Agency of FATA. In an interview to Channel Five on April 17, he said that "We established Lashkar to counter criminals and also contact religious scholars before the foundations of the organisation… We firstly started working for seminaries and only for religious people… We are working for religion besides our businesses." "Allah Almighty reveals in the Holy Quran not for any particular region but for whole world and we are His men to spread His message," Mangal said. "We will only accept this rule of law prescribed by Allah Almighty and not those that were made by Jews," he stated. To a question, he said their manifesto comprised of 30 clauses. He also said their organisation had 180000 volunteers. Mangal Bagh also claimed that his outfit had no contacts with al Qaeda and any other organisation.
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April - 17 
Suspected militants shot dead a female health worker stationed at a clinic in the Baytha area of Safi sub-division in the Mohmand Agency late on April 17-night. Eyewitnesses blamed the local Taliban for the killing of Nihar Begum, AFP reported. Local
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Suspected militants shot dead a female health worker stationed at a clinic in the Baytha area of Safi sub-division in the Mohmand Agency late on April 17-night. Eyewitnesses blamed the local Taliban for the killing of Nihar Begum, AFP reported. Local official Haseeb Khan confirmed the incident but could not confirm whether the attackers were local Taliban. "We have arrested three suspects," he added.
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April - 18 
Four youths were killed in two incidents of violence in the Kurram Agency of FATA on April 18, Daily Times reported. According to eyewitness accounts, two students were killed when suspected militants opened fire in Alizai. Separately, security force
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Four youths were killed in two incidents of violence in the Kurram Agency of FATA on April 18, Daily Times reported. According to eyewitness accounts, two students were killed when suspected militants opened fire in Alizai. Separately, security forces near Parachinar allegedly killed two youngsters, Dawn News reported.
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April - 18 
Militants of Bajaur Agency in the FATA on April 18 offered shelter to Osama bin Laden and Mullah Mohammad Omar, should they ask for it, The News reported. Militant commander Maulana Faqir Mohammad also offered a general amnesty to all their opponents
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Militants of Bajaur Agency in the FATA on April 18 offered shelter to Osama bin Laden and Mullah Mohammad Omar, should they ask for it, The News reported. Militant commander Maulana Faqir Mohammad also offered a general amnesty to all their opponents, except alleged US spies and those involved in adultery, and announced the formation of various committees for settling people's conflicts. Tribal sources said that the militants for the first time invited their once-harsh opponents, including the tribal elders, former and present parliamentarians and some clerics, to their stronghold in Barkhalozo area in the Mohmand subdivision to assure them that they should no more consider the militants a threat.
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April - 18 
Suspected militants released 16 security force personnel who were abducted during the clashes, Dawn News reported.
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Suspected militants released 16 security force personnel who were abducted during the clashes, Dawn News reported.
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April - 18 
The Lashkar-e-Islam on April 18 ended clashes with the Kooki Khel tribe in the Jamrud subdivision of Khyber Agency in FATA after the tribe accepted the militant group’s demands to end illegal businesses, according to Daily Times. The Peshawar-Torkham
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The Lashkar-e-Islam on April 18 ended clashes with the Kooki Khel tribe in the Jamrud subdivision of Khyber Agency in FATA after the tribe accepted the militant group’s demands to end illegal businesses, according to Daily Times. The Peshawar-Torkham Highway was opened for traffic after five days of closure due to fighting between the two sides. The Lashkar-e-Islam reportedly captured the houses of tribesmen late on April 16, and told them to stop extorting money from vehicles on the highway and end illegal businesses, including the sale of liquor and the sheltering of criminals. Tribal elders said Iqtidar Shah, the elder son of the late Malik Zahir Shah, had surrendered to the Lashkar-e-Islam late on April 17, during a jirga (council). They said that Kooki Khel elder Guli Shah had accepted the Lashkar-e-Islam’s 30-point agenda during a similar jirga held at the Shah Kas area on April 18. Haji Misri Khan, a close aide of Lashkar-e-Islam chief Mangal Bagh, said the tribe had accepted all their demands. He said the Kooki Khel tribe had agreed that they would eradicate distilleries from the area and stop the sale of hashish and the extortion of money from commuters, adding that they would also expel criminals from the area.
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April - 18 
The militants spoke about the abolition of the Frontier Crimes Regulations (FCR) by Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani and told the jirga (council) members they wanted the Shariah to replace the FCR. All the jirga members backed the militants’ proposa
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The militants spoke about the abolition of the Frontier Crimes Regulations (FCR) by Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani and told the jirga (council) members they wanted the Shariah to replace the FCR. All the jirga members backed the militants’ proposal and assured them to support their struggle for enforcing the Islamic laws in the FATA. Maulana Faqir Mohammad in his speech offered general amnesty to all their opponents and said they were now free in their movements in the tribal region. However, he explained there would be no change in their policy for alleged US spies and those engaged in adultery and un-Islamic activities. Osama bin Laden and Mullah Omar, he claimed, were the true heroes of the Muslim world, adding he and his followers would lay down their lives for them. Faqir Mohammad remarked: "Sheikh Osama has become an ideology now and America's $50 million bounty for his head is not even worthy for his turban." The militant commander also said they would not tolerate President Pervez Musharraf in any form in the country as "he detained their guests (Arab fighters) and sold them like animals to America."
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April - 19 
In Miranshah Bazaar, the Taliban paraded two alleged thieves through the bazaar in a pick-up truck after painting their faces black and shaving their heads. The ‘thieves’ were forced to shout, “Whoever will steal and disobey their parents will get si
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In Miranshah Bazaar, the Taliban paraded two alleged thieves through the bazaar in a pick-up truck after painting their faces black and shaving their heads. The ‘thieves’ were forced to shout, “Whoever will steal and disobey their parents will get similar punishment.” A Taliban ‘commander’ who was accompanying the accused said that one of the ‘thieves’ was from Miranshah, while the other was from the Mir Ali tehsil (administrative division) of North Waziristan Agency. He alleged that Muhammad Khalid, 30, and Rasool Badshah, 40, robbed people in Afghanistan and that the Taliban had seized four ‘stolen’ vehicles from their possession.
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April - 19 
Local Taliban in South Waziristan Agency on April 19 publicly ‘executed’ three people who had allegedly killed a teenager, Intezar Mehsud, APP reported, according to Daily Times. The deceased, identified as Janan Mehsud, Farooq Wazir and an Afghan na
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Local Taliban in South Waziristan Agency on April 19 publicly ‘executed’ three people who had allegedly killed a teenager, Intezar Mehsud, APP reported, according to Daily Times. The deceased, identified as Janan Mehsud, Farooq Wazir and an Afghan national, had allegedly murdered the boy who belonged to the Bandkhel tribe, after robbing him of PKR 60,000. The local Taliban held an investigation and subsequently executed the ‘criminals’ at Makeen Ada, report said. Laddha Assistant Political Agent Yayha Wazir confirmed the incident.
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April - 20 
The Lashkar-e-Islam chief Mangal Bagh has claimed that he was repeatedly asked by Taliban militants in Waziristan and elsewhere in the FATA to make his armed group part of the Tehrik-i-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) but he rejected the demand, as he didn’t w
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The Lashkar-e-Islam chief Mangal Bagh has claimed that he was repeatedly asked by Taliban militants in Waziristan and elsewhere in the FATA to make his armed group part of the Tehrik-i-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) but he rejected the demand, as he didn’t want to do anything that could harm the country. In an interview with The News at his base in a remote part of Bara in the Khyber Agency, he said that he has never fought Pakistan’s security forces and had no intention of doing so in future. "There is a Pakistan Army camp in Bara area and we also have Frontier Corps troops and Khasadars operating here. We have had no problem with the presence of these forces in our area," he said. Mangal Bagh also said he had no links with al Qaeda or Afghan and Pakistani Taliban. He said he didn’t send his fighters to fight on the side of Taliban in Waziristan, Swat and Darra Adam Khel. Mangal Bagh stated that "Ours is a reformist organization trying to promote virtue and prevent vice. We have rid Bara of drug-traffickers, gamblers, kidnappers, car-snatchers and other criminals and we want to cleanse Jamrud as well of those selling drugs and liquor and running gambling dens. That was the reason for us to send our mujahideen to Jamrud to accomplish the job." He claimed that the Lashkar-e-Islam was now able to enforce its code of conduct in almost the whole of Khyber Agency except parts of Jamrud inhabited by the Kukikhel tribe and a two-kilometer stretch of territory in the Maidan area of Tirah valley. "We have 120,000 men under arms who at a short notice would be able to assemble in case of need. All I have to do is to make an announcement on our FM radio channel and my mujahideen volunteers would be ready to fight for the Lashkar-e-Islam," he maintained. He added that about 70 vehicles, almost all double-door pickups, had been donated by pious and wealthy tribesmen for use by Lashkar-e-Islam volunteers.
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April - 21 
According to Dawn, militants took eight militiamen hostage after the Frontier Corps (FC) foiled an attempt by them on April 21 to abduct two employees of the World Wood Programme in the FATA. The eight hostages, all belonging to the Mehsud Scouts, we
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According to Dawn, militants took eight militiamen hostage after the Frontier Corps (FC) foiled an attempt by them on April 21 to abduct two employees of the World Wood Programme in the FATA. The eight hostages, all belonging to the Mehsud Scouts, were freed by their captors after the Frontier Corps raided a lair of the group and arrested a number of militants. Earlier during the day, paramilitary forces rescued from the militants two employees of the World Food Programme abducted in Zakhakhel area after a gun-battle. According to officials, at least five FC personnel and two Khasadar force soldiers were injured in the clash.
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April - 21 
An FC spokesman stated that around 50 to 60 militants riding in three pick-up trucks ambushed a group of Frontier Corps militiamen near Prang Sam, in the Jamrud sub district, on April 21-morning. A heavy exchange of fire between the two sides left tw
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An FC spokesman stated that around 50 to 60 militants riding in three pick-up trucks ambushed a group of Frontier Corps militiamen near Prang Sam, in the Jamrud sub district, on April 21-morning. A heavy exchange of fire between the two sides left two FC troops dead and five others wounded. The spokesman said in the afternoon, the militants made another attempt against security force personnel, attacking a post of the Mehsud Scouts (MS). They abducted eight soldiers, making them hostage. The FC subsequently raided a hideout of the militants, who agreed to exchange the troops for their own detained associates.
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April - 21 
Militants have warned the Government that they would resume fighting if it does not stop the military operations in Swat, South Waziristan and other Tribal Areas, according to Daily Times. Taliban spokesman Maulana Omar told reporters on the phone th
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Militants have warned the Government that they would resume fighting if it does not stop the military operations in Swat, South Waziristan and other Tribal Areas, according to Daily Times. Taliban spokesman Maulana Omar told reporters on the phone that they [Taliban] had nothing to do with the abduction of Tariq Azizuddin, Pakistan’s Ambassador to Afghanistan. He also said the Government had violated the "ceasefire".
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April - 23 
A Frontier Constabulary (FC) soldier died and another sustained injuries on April 23 in an exchange of fire between Pakistani security forces and the Afghan army "due to a misunderstanding" at the Pakistan-Afghanistan border at Nawa Pass in the Bajau
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A Frontier Constabulary (FC) soldier died and another sustained injuries on April 23 in an exchange of fire between Pakistani security forces and the Afghan army "due to a misunderstanding" at the Pakistan-Afghanistan border at Nawa Pass in the Bajaur Agency of FATA, Daily Times reported. Up to 10 militants of a group which attacked the Afghan check-post and caused the "misunderstanding" were also killed in the clash. A press release issued by the Inter-Services Public Relations (ISPR) said that militants had attacked the Daud Qilla check-post in Afghanistan early on April 23-morning. The Afghan army started firing in the direction of Pakistani forces with heavy weapons and Pakistani troops reportedly retaliated and the exchange of fire continued for some time. The ISPR said the exchange of fire occurred due to a "misunderstanding" between the Afghan troops and the FC personnel.
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April - 23 
In FATA, two workers of a non-governmental organisation (NGO) were abducted from the Karapa area of Ghalanai, headquarters of the Mohmand Agency, on April 23, according to Dawn. Officials said that Noorul Haq, logistics officer of Save the Children,
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In FATA, two workers of a non-governmental organisation (NGO) were abducted from the Karapa area of Ghalanai, headquarters of the Mohmand Agency, on April 23, according to Dawn. Officials said that Noorul Haq, logistics officer of Save the Children, and his driver Amir Mohammad were going from the agency headquarters hospital in Ghalanai to Peshawar. The NGO is running a family health project in Mohmand Agency for training women doctors and paramedics and is also providing life-saving drugs for children.
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April - 23 
Militants shot dead a man, identified as Gul Zali Khan, near Miranshah in North Waziristan for "spying for the United States", an official said on April 23, according to Daily Times. Locals found the bullet-riddled body the victim hailing from Birmal
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Militants shot dead a man, identified as Gul Zali Khan, near Miranshah in North Waziristan for "spying for the United States", an official said on April 23, according to Daily Times. Locals found the bullet-riddled body the victim hailing from Birmal village along with a note that read, "This man has met his fate because he was spying for the American and Afghan forces and giving them help". He was abducted from a bus stop last week just outside Miranshah by the militants, residents said.
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April - 23 
The leader of Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP), Baitullah Mehsud, has ordered his militants to "immediately cease their activities" in the FATA and NWFP, Dawn reported. "Baitullah Mehsud has issued directives to all his comrades that in order to rest
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The leader of Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP), Baitullah Mehsud, has ordered his militants to "immediately cease their activities" in the FATA and NWFP, Dawn reported. "Baitullah Mehsud has issued directives to all his comrades that in order to restore peace in the region, they should cease their activities forthwith both in the tribal region as well as the settled districts of the NWFP," said a pamphlet released on April 23. "He has warned that his directives should be complied with and those violating them will be publicly punished," it said. A spokesman for Baitullah confirmed the contents of the pamphlet circulated in South Waziristan in FATA and the adjoining districts of Tank and Dera Ismail Khan in the NWFP. The development follows negotiations between the TTP and the Government, conducted through tribal interlocutors. A 15-point draft agreement, to be signed between the Mehsud tribe of South Waziristan and the local political administration, calls for an end to militancy, exchange of prisoners, withdrawal of the military and resolution of issues in accordance with local customs and the Frontier Crimes Regulation. TTP spokesman Maulana Omar told Dawn that the military had begun pulling out of the Mehsud area as a result of the talks. The draft agreement envisages the Frontier Corps would replace the military in the area. A military spokesman, however, denied that any orders had been issued to pull out the army. "Not yet… So far we have not received any orders from the government," Major General Athar Abbas said. Omar said talks between the two sides were "coming to fruition". The agreement would incorporate demands from the two sides, he added. He claimed that the TTP had in custody more than 100 military, paramilitary and Government officials. They would be released after the signing of the peace accord through a grand tribal jirga. He said the Government had released three of their people, including TNSM chief Maulana Sufi Mohammad. He expressed the hope that the Government would also withdraw forces from other areas.
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April - 26 
A jirga (council) is currently negotiating for a peace deal after two other jirgas failed to broker a truce in the area on April 26-night between the Dadukhel tribe and Taliban, according to Daily Times. The Taliban have also handed the locals a list
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A jirga (council) is currently negotiating for a peace deal after two other jirgas failed to broker a truce in the area on April 26-night between the Dadukhel tribe and Taliban, according to Daily Times. The Taliban have also handed the locals a list of wanted people, who are accused of being criminals.
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April - 26 
Three Taliban and four suspected criminals were killed and several others, including women and children, injured in a clash in the Dadukhel area of the Mohmand Agency in FATA on April 26. Assistant Political Agent Yakaghund Shahidullah Khan told Dawn
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Three Taliban and four suspected criminals were killed and several others, including women and children, injured in a clash in the Dadukhel area of the Mohmand Agency in FATA on April 26. Assistant Political Agent Yakaghund Shahidullah Khan told Dawn that the casualties’ figure could be increased because firing which started in the evening continued till late night. According to sources, people belonging to the local Taliban besieged a house where they alleged some 10 to 12 people were planning for some criminal activities. An exchange of fire took place in which three people from Taliban’s side — one of them identified as Zahid Khan of Michni — and four from other side — two of them identified as Noor Sham and Amjad — were killed. Rockets and Kalashnikovs were used in the fighting, sources added.
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April - 27 
A man was executed in public by Taliban militants in the Rahim Korona area of the Mohmand Agency in the FATA on April 27, Dawn reported. The Taliban had ‘sentenced’ Zaiver Khan to death after finding him guilty of hijacking vehicles and killing a num
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A man was executed in public by Taliban militants in the Rahim Korona area of the Mohmand Agency in the FATA on April 27, Dawn reported. The Taliban had ‘sentenced’ Zaiver Khan to death after finding him guilty of hijacking vehicles and killing a number of people. The execution was carried out in a field where a large number of militants had gathered around. With the execution, the death toll in the ongoing clashes between the local militants and tribesmen rose to 13. Three militants, three children and a woman were among the dead.
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April - 27 
Local people said the militants had set ablaze houses of several people belonging to the Dadukhel tribe and abducted six tribesmen. Over 1,000 militants with heavy weapons mounted on trucks besieged a locality near Michni and reportedly carried out h
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Local people said the militants had set ablaze houses of several people belonging to the Dadukhel tribe and abducted six tribesmen. Over 1,000 militants with heavy weapons mounted on trucks besieged a locality near Michni and reportedly carried out house-to-house searches for alleged criminals. Militants’ spokesman Maulana Umar informed journalists that the Taliban from Khyber and Bajaur agencies had also taken part in the clashes. He claimed that they were fighting with people who were involved in kidnapping and other anti-social activities.
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April - 28 
An unnamed senior official said it was a "pressure tactic" and Baitullah wanted to extract maximum benefit, according to Dawn. Sources said that Baitullah was demanding release of his supporters detained on charges of terrorist activities before reac
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An unnamed senior official said it was a "pressure tactic" and Baitullah wanted to extract maximum benefit, according to Dawn. Sources said that Baitullah was demanding release of his supporters detained on charges of terrorist activities before reaching an agreement with the Government.
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April - 28 
Baitullah Mehsud, chief of the Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP), has temporarily suspended talks with the Government over the army’s refusal to withdraw from the Federally Administered Tribal Areas (FATA), his spokesman announced on April 28, Daily T
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Baitullah Mehsud, chief of the Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP), has temporarily suspended talks with the Government over the army’s refusal to withdraw from the Federally Administered Tribal Areas (FATA), his spokesman announced on April 28, Daily Times reported. The cease-fire announced by Mehsud last week would continue, spokesman Maulana Umar added. The truce was declared after officials announced that a peace agreement had been drafted that included the withdrawal of Government soldiers from some border areas, as well as the exchange of captives on both sides and a pledge not to launch attacks, AFP reported. "TTP chief Baitullah Mehsud ordered the cancellation of negotiations with the Government through a tribal jirga [council]," Umar told reporters by telephone. He said that Mehsud had taken the decision after learning of the continued presence of troops in the FATA. "Some hidden hands are not sincere in (a) deal with the Taliban and there are elements that do not want peace," Umar quoted Mehsud. He said the negotiating team had been ‘disappointed’ by the Government’s inaction. He said the Taliban would resume dialogue if their demands were accepted, adding that the Taliban required the Government to show that it was committed to the peace agreement. He warned that the Taliban would "take revenge" if the Government launched any military operation, Reuters reported. Separately, AP quoted the Awami National Party’s Muhammad Adeel as saying that the Taliban’s demand of a "symbolic" gesture had caused the breakdown in talks.
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April - 28 
If the Government does not remove all military check-posts from the Mohmand Agency in FATA within three days, the Taliban will not accept any peace agreement with the Government, militants’ spokesman Asad warned on April 28. He told Daily Times by te
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If the Government does not remove all military check-posts from the Mohmand Agency in FATA within three days, the Taliban will not accept any peace agreement with the Government, militants’ spokesman Asad warned on April 28. He told Daily Times by telephone that if the Government did not remove the check-posts, the Taliban would destroy them themselves. He also warned all criminals, including murderers, proclaimed offenders and robbers, to immediately leave the Agency or be prepared to face judgement in accordance with Islamic laws. To a question, he said that the Government had failed to tackle crime in the area, alleging that some Government officials were supporting the criminals.
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April - 28 
Pro-Taliban militants beheaded a police officer on April 28 in South Waziristan after accusing him of spying for the security forces, AFP reported. The body of 35-year-old Shaukat Khan was found in a field at Dabar village a day after he was abducted
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Pro-Taliban militants beheaded a police officer on April 28 in South Waziristan after accusing him of spying for the security forces, AFP reported. The body of 35-year-old Shaukat Khan was found in a field at Dabar village a day after he was abducted by gunmen, reported senior police officer Mumtaz Zarin. A note found near the body reportedly said he was involved in the killing of warlord Nek Muhammad in a suspected US missile strike in June 2004 in the region. "He had admitted his role in providing intelligence to the authorities... We have repeatedly said we will teach such people a lesson", the note said.
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April - 29 
Suspected militants abducted three Government employees in the Mohmand Agency of the FATA on April 29, Daily Times reported. The employees – two drivers and a clerk – were commuting to work from Yaka Ghund to Ghallanai when their vehicle was ambushed
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Suspected militants abducted three Government employees in the Mohmand Agency of the FATA on April 29, Daily Times reported. The employees – two drivers and a clerk – were commuting to work from Yaka Ghund to Ghallanai when their vehicle was ambushed. No one has claimed responsibility for the abduction so far.
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*Data till , April 22, 2024
Source:Compiled from news reports and are provisional.
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