FATA: Timeline (Terrorist Activities) -2013

A civilian worker of the Frontier Works Organisation (FWO) was killed and four security men were seriously injured when the vehicle they were travelling in was hit by a remote-controlled bomb near Matches Camp in Miranshah. Read less...

The house of an anti-polio worker was partially damaged in a blast apparently carried out by militants at Vermando Mela in Jamrud tehsil in Khyber Agency. The sources said that militants placed explosives in the backyard of the newly- constructed house of one Ashfaq, who has been working as polio campaigner in the area for last several years, before triggering the explosion. Two rooms and a veranda were destroyed in the explosion, the sources added. Read less...

Two girl students of a seminary were killed and five others injured when a mortar shell landed outside the institution in Akkakhel area of Bara tehsil (revenue unit) in Khyber Agency of Federally Administered Tribal Areas (FATA) on January 1, reports Dawn. The mortar shell fired from an unknown direction fell outside the seminary in Gud Malang locality when the students were leaving the place after attending their classes. The victims were identified as six-year-old daughter of Said Muhammad and seven-year-old daughter of Aziz Khan Zakhakhel. Five other girls injured in the incident were identified as daughters of Zar Malik, Manduz Zakhakhel and Zakir Khan. Read less...

At least two suspected militants were killed and six others injured in an overnight operation by Security Forces in Miranshah of North Waziristan Agency in Federally Administered Tribal Areas (FATA) on January 2, reports Daily Times. According to an official, curfew had been imposed in the area indefinitely. Read less...

Daily Times, quoting local authorities said that a second drone strike targeted other militants, including TTP ‘commander’ Faisal Khan and two Uzbek militants in Mir Ali region of NWA on January 2. Read less...

A jirga (tribal council) of Haleemzai tribe in Mohmand Agency on January 3 decided at Ghallanai to strengthen the local peace committees to protect Government properties in the area. The jirga, held at the hujra (guest house) of local peace committee leader Malik Mohammad Ali Haleemzai at Sangar village, extended cooperation to SFs and political administration in maintenance of peace in the tribal region. Read less...

Dawn reported that helicopter gunships pounded several areas in NWA on January 3, killing three people, including a woman, and injuring four others. Dozens of families fled the area after several houses were damaged by shelling on Matches Camp in Miranshah. Militants were suspected to be hiding in the areas. The administration imposed a curfew in the region for the second day and launched a search operation after a security man and a civilian were killed and four personnel injured in a roadside bomb attack on a vehicle of the Frontier Works Organization. Read less...

In North Waziristan Agency (NWA), six militants, a close associate of the Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan’s (TTP) chief Hakimullah Mehsud among them, were killed in a drone attack in Mir Ali tehsil (revenue unit) on January 3. According to sources, unmanned aircraft fired two missiles at about 9am on a car carrying Shah Faisal and other militants in Mubarak Shahi, some 20 kilometers east of Miranshah. Two others killed in the attack were identified as Israr and Lateef. Read less...

Taliban leader Maulvi Nazir was among 10 Taliban militants killed in a US-operated drone strike in the South Waziristan Agency of Federally Administered Tribal Areas (FATA) on January 3, reports Daily Times. The drone targeted the Taliban leader’s moving convoy. “Maulvi Nazir was on his way to Wana from Birmal when the convoy was hit in Sarkundi area (in Birmal tehsil), killing him and nine others,” officials sources said. Maulvi Nazir is the second top Taliban leader to be killed in a drone strike after Baitullah Mehsud, who was chief of the Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) when he was killed in 2009. Maulvi Nazir had ‘earned fame’ in spring 2007 when he led a successful uprising against foreign militants in Ahmedzai Wazir-held areas, ousting Uzbek militants along with their local supporters. He linked administration of polio vaccination to cessation of drone strikes and no polio drive could be launched in Ahmedzai Wazir areas since the ban in June 2012. Security agencies warned the Government of likely backlash from the supporters of Maulvi Nazir. “There may be backlash from a Taliban group and the federal government should direct all provincial capitals to increase vigilance against any threat,” security officials spoke on condition of anonymity. The Pentagon (US) welcomed reports that Maluvi Nazir was killed in a drone strike, saying his death would represent a “major development.” Pentagon spokesman George Little did not confirm the reports of the killing, but said, “If the reports are true, then this would be a significant blow, and would be very helpful not just to the United States but also to our Pakistani partners.” Dawn, however, reported that Nazir was killed along with his five guards when a missile hit his vehicle while he was going to Wana from Birmal on January 2. Maulvi Nazir’s key aide Rata Khan was among the other militants killed when the vehicle was attacked near Angoor Adda on the Afghan border, the official said. Nazir had survived a suicide bombing in November 29, 2012. The TTP, the umbrella organisation of Pakistani militant groups, denied its involvement, but Nazir, under pressure from the government, ordered the expulsion of Mehsud tribesmen from Wana. The TTP leadership comes from the Mehsud tribe. He had entered into a peace agreement with the government after his group expelled militants of the Islamic Movement of Uzbekistan, led then by Tahir Uldashev, in 2007 from the area. Nazir’s fighters avoided attacking government and Security Forces’ installations in the tribal region and cooperated with the local administration, an official said. The military is believed to have struck a non-aggression pact with Nazir ahead of its 2009 operation against militants in South Waziristan. Nazir was understood to be close to the al Qaeda-linked Haqqani Network. Nazir had property in both Pakistan and Afghanistan. He earlier used to be a member of the Hizb-i-Islami, an Afghan militant group. Nazir’s group quickly appointed his close aide Bawal Khan as a replacement, according to one of his aides. But a Reuters report named the successor as Salahuddin Ayubi. Read less...

Seven more bullet-riddled bodies were recovered near Sarobi village area on Miranshah-Razmak road in North Waziristan Agency (NWA). The sources said unidentified assailants after killing the seven men placed their bodies near Sarobi village. The residents of Sarobi village went there and saw the seven bodies, but they were not able to recognise them. The villagers said all the seven men were shot dead. They said some of the bodies had several marks of bullet injuries. Nine bullet-riddled bodies were recovered a few days ago from Mir Ali subdivision on December 31. Read less...

Twenty militants were killed and 12 others sustained injuries in air strikes carried out by Army warplanes in the Kukikhel area of Tirah Valley in Khyber Agency of Federally Administered Tribal Areas (FATA) on January 4, reports The News. The sources said that fighter jet bombed the sanctuaries of the Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) in Dwatoy and Bragat areas, killing 20 militants and causing injuries to 12 others. The official sources said that ‘commander’ Abdul Wali alias Umar Khalid, designated head of TTP for Tirah valley, was also present in Dwatoy at the time of the attack. Some reports suggested that he was among the dead. However, it couldn’t be verified from independent sources or the TTP due to lack of communication facilities in the Tirah Valley. The Kukikhel part of the Tirah valley fell to the TTP a few months back after the militant group defeated the Kukikhel Afridi tribal lashkar (tribal militia). The sources said that the ‘commander’ Tariq Afridi-led faction of TTP having bases in the valley had claimed responsibility for the assassination of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Senior Minister Bashir Bilour in Peshawar and also for the killing of 22 kidnapped members of the Levies force in Frontier Region Peshawar. Sources said that TTP cadres had celebrated the death of Bashir Bilour by resorting to festive firing for two hours in Dwatoy and surrounding areas. The fresh airstrikes conducted by the Security Forces (SFs) might be a reaction to the assassination of Bashir Bilour and the deaths of 22 Levies personnel. Read less...

At least 17 persons, all believed to be suspected militants, were killed and eight others sustained injuries in three separate US drone attacks in the mountainous Babar area of Ladha subdivision in South Waziristan Agency of Federally Administered Tribal Areas (FATA) on January 6, reports The News. According to sources, the drones fired 10 missiles and hit three different compounds of militants located in the remote mountainous Babar area. The compounds were reportedly inhabited by the militants affiliated with Hakimullah Mehsud’s Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) and cadres of the Punjabi TTP chapter leader Qari Imran. A cousin of the TTP ‘chief’ Hakimullah Mehsud, Wali Mohammad Toofan, was among the killed militants, adds Dawn. Toofan had been recently elevated to head TTP’s ‘Fidayee wing’ (Suicide wing) after its leader Qari Hussain died in a drone strike. Read less...

At least 255 lives were lost in 40 strikes by the CIA-operated drones while 54 people sustained injuries in various parts of North Waziristan Agency (NWA) in Federally Administered Tribal Areas (FATA) in 2012, Daily Times reported on January 7. The US drones carried out at least 40 strikes in North Waziristan and fired 123 missiles at various targets. Along with some known foreign and local militants, innocent tribal people including women and children were also killed in these attacks. Another 54 persons, mostly women and children up to 15 years of age, were injured in the drone attacks. Most of the injured were maimed for life. Read less...

Six persons, including a woman, were killed when unidentified assailants ambushed a car in Dargai area of Jamrud tehsil (revenue unit) in Khyber Agency, reports The News. The sources said that the car was heading to Jamrud Bazaar from Chapri village when armed assailants ambushed it and killed two people and injured four others. All the victims of the shooting belonged to Kukikhel tribe, reports Daily Times. Read less...

Ten militants killed and several others were injured when fighter planes shelled in the militants’ stronghold of Arghanjoo in Mamozai area in Orakzai Agency. Witnesses said that the planes came into action at around 10am and carried out intense shelling on four houses, razing them to the ground. The dead belonged to Uthmankhel, Ferozkhel and Mamozai areas. Read less...

At least two security personnel were killed and another one injured in an improvised explosive device (IED) explosion near Albo security check post in Margano Jalaa area of Khwezai tehsil (revenue unit), some 40 kilometres west of Ghalanai, the main town of Mohmand Agency, on January 7, reports Daily Times. Assistant Political Agent for Khwezai, Ghazi Nawaz, confirmed that two security personnel were killed and one was injured in the blast. Read less...

In Bara tehsil of Khyber Agency, Army jetfighters targeted militant hideouts. Sources said that the hideouts were pounded in Khurma Tung area of Akkakhel. Two hideouts were destroyed while militants escaped unhurt as they had vacated the place before the aerial bombing. Read less...

Security Forces arrested four suspected militants during a search operation in Ghundi area of Jamrud tehsil. Read less...

Tribal elder Malik Amir Nawaz Khan escaped a remote controlled bomb blast at Kassai area of Haleemzai tehsil. Officials said that Malik Amir Nawaz was going to Sangar village to attend a jirga (tribal council) when the blast occurred. He escaped unhurt. Read less...

A member of a peace committee was killed and another injured in an explosion in Bokhar, remote area of Tirah Valley in Khyber Agency of Federally Administered Tribal areas (FATA) on January 8, reports Daily Times. Unidentified assailants had planted the bomb near the road that exploded, killing a member of peace committee, Imran, and injured another person, identified as Noor Muhammad. Read less...

A roadside bombing on January 8 killed a member of peace committee and injured one other in Bokhar area of the Tirah Valley in Khyber Agency in Federally Administered Tribal Areas (FATA), reports Central Asia Online. The deceased was identified Imran and the injured as Noor Muhammad. Read less...

At least eight militants were killed and four others injured on January 8 (today) when US drones fired missiles struck militant compounds in the villages of Haider Khel and Hisokhel, some 25 kilometres east of Miranshah, the main town in the North Waziristan Agency of Federally Administered Tribal Areas (FATA), reports Dawn. “US drones fired missiles on two militant compounds. At least eight militants have been killed,” a security official in Miranshah said, speaking on condition of anonymity. The two attacks occurred within an hour, with four militants killed in each compound, the official added. Legal lobby group Reprieve estimates that up to nearly 900 civilians were among the 2,621 to 3,442 people killed by drones in Pakistan since 2004. Read less...

Four children were injured when a mortar shell fell on the house of Askar Khan Malikdinkhel in Sur Kas area of Bar Qambarkhel. Read less...

SFs with the help of Shalobar Peace Committee arrested four suspected militants during a raid in Nawgazee Baba area, reports Dawn. The arrested men, Mohammad Jan, Khuga Jan, Marjan Khan, Jerman Khan and Zar Mohammad, were accused of having contacts with a Bara-based militant outfit. Read less...

The dead body of a Sikh man, who was abducted by militants over a month ago after accusing him of acting as a “spy” for a rival group, was recovered from Zakhakhel Bazaar in Khyber Agency on January 9, reports Daily Times. Unidentified militants abducted Mohinder Singh from his shop in Tabbai village on November 20. Read less...

Unidentified militants abducted four watchmen at Jandola bazaar in the Frontier Region (FR) Tank, reports The News. The sources said watchmen Sultan Khan, Attaullah Khan Bhittani, Shaukat Khan Bhittani and Samiullah were abducted from a private market in Jandola Bazaar. Read less...

At least six militants were killed in United State (US) drones attack in Heso Khel village on the edge of Mir Ali town, around 35 kilometers east of Miranshah town of North Waziristan Agency of Federally Administered Tribal Areas (FATA), on January 10, reports Daily Times. It was the fifth American drone strike reported in Pakistan in a week. Pakistani security officials said US drones fired four missiles – two at a house and another two at a nearby motorbike, killing four militants in the house and two on the bike. Read less...

Militants blew up a Government school for girls in Hanji Ayub Kallay in Spin Qabar area in the night of January 11. The explosion destroyed the school building and caused damage to two nearby houses. Read less...

Lashkar-e-Islam (LI) on January 12 warned Zakhakhel tribe to either provide it with volunteers or leave the area. Sources said that LI militants distributed pamphlets and made announcements through loudspeakers in Shalobar area, asking Zakhakhel to send them volunteers or leave the area. Read less...

One soldier, Amir Khan, was injured critically when militants fired at a checkpost in Ajali Nadi area of Shalobar in Bara tehsil (revenue unit) of Khyber Agency on January 12. Read less...

The Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) on January 12 said that they would cease their occasional attacks on the Army in their stronghold of North Waziristan Agency (FATA) and concentrate attacks on NATO forces in Afghanistan instead – an announcement possibly designed to head off divisions in the insurgency, reports Daily Times. The ceasefire does not apply to the rest of the country, where there are often fierce clashes between the TTP and security agencies. Thousands of soldiers are stationed in North Waziristan. There have been occasional clashes there between the soldiers and TTP, but a leaflet issued by TTP ‘Chief’ Hakimullah Mehsud ordered those to stop. A senior commander confirmed the pamphlet’s veracity. “O Mujahideen brothers! As you know, the Pakistani and Afghan Taliban under the leadership of Mullah Muhammad Omar Mujahid are engaged in jihad against the crusaders and infidels, and are supporters of each others in the ongoing holy war,” the pamphlet said. Read less...

Two rooms of a private school were badly damaged when a mortar shell hit it. An overhead water tank at the house of Malik Waris Khan, a Former Minister of State, was also damaged when it was hit by a stray mortar shell. Read less...

A roadside bomb killed as many as 14 soldiers and injured 21 others in Dosali village, 50 kilometres south of Miranshah, in North Waziristan Agency of Federally Administered Tribal Areas (FATA) on January 13, reports Daily Times. A ‘spokesman’ for the Mujahideen Ansar, a group dominated by Uzbek fighters, claimed responsibility and said that the attack was retaliation for the Army's complicity in drone strikes. The group is allied to Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP). A senior military official said all the soldiers killed were in one truck and those injured were in vehicles behind it. Read less...

A soldier was killed when a shell fired by the militants hit a security checkpost in the Nala area of Bara tehsil (revenue unit) of Khyber Agency, reports The News. The killed soldier was identified as Sepoy Rehmat Hussain. Following the attack, Security Forces (SFs) shelled the suspected positions of militants in various areas of Bara. Read less...

One person was killed and eight others were injured on January 13 (today) when a blast struck a passenger coach in Khwar Killay area near Sadda town in Kurram Agency of Federally Administered Tribal Areas (FATA), reports Dawn. A passenger coach, carrying around two dozen passengers, was travelling from Peshawar to Parachinar when it was struck by a remotely detonated improvised explosive device (IED). Read less...

Two children received injuries when a mortar shell fell on the house of Hikmat Khan near Aziz Market of Akkakhel area while in Mandi Kas area one Hazratullah was injured in a similar incident. Read less...

Three khasadar (tribal police) personnel, captured by militants during a clash in Kohikhel area of Shalobar in Bara tehsil (revenue unit) of Khyber Agency in Federally Administered Tribal Areas (FATA) on January 14, were beheaded, reports Dawn. At least seven khasadar personnel were injured during clashes. The fighting erupted in the evening of January 14 after militants attacked three security posts in Kohikhel. The attackers reportedly forced security personnel to retreat from two posts and captured arms and ammunition. Read less...

13 bullet-riddled bodies of local people belonging to three families were also found in Alamgudar and Dogra areas of Bara populated by Sepah Afridi tribe. No group or individual claimed responsibility for the killings. Read less...

197 Pakistani militants surrendered to the Army in the year 2012 in Bajaur Agency, Central Asia Online reports on January 16. Political Agent Syed Abdul Jabbar Shah commented, "During the past five years, more than 6,000 militants have surrendered to the government”. He further added that ex-militants who surrendered have denounced terrorism and joined mainstream society. Peace committees and the general public has been instrumental in forcing militants to lay down arms, he further said. Read less...

Lashkar-e-Islam (LI) militants attacked the house of a Frontier Corps (FC) trooper Shabir in Bara tehsil (revenue unit) of Khyber Agency in Federally Administered Tribal Areas (FATA) and killed his father Abdul Jalil and four brothers on January 15, reports Daily Times. An FC official said that Shabir was not at home at the time of the attack. Read less...

Seven soldiers and four militants were killed in fighting between banned Lashkar-e-Islam (LI) and Security Forces (SFs) in Bara tehsil (revenue unit) in Khyber Agency of Federally Administered Tribal Areas (FATA) on January 15, reports The News. The sources said that dozens of militants of LI attacked the newly-established three security posts manned by personnel of Frontier Corps (FC), Pakistan Army and Khasadar Force in Arjaleen Adey, Machine Dhand and Mashomanu Adeera in Shalobar area of Bara. Following the attack, the SFs shelled the suspected positions of militants in different areas of Bara from nearby bases. Two helicopters shelled the suspected hideouts of militants in Shalobar and Nala area but no casualties were reported. The sources said that dozens of suspected persons were also arrested by SFs in Sepah and Shalobar area of Bara. Read less...

At least five persons, including two women and two children, were killed and nine others were injured when helicopter gunships shelled targets in Mir Ali tehsil (revenue unit) of North Waziristan Agency of Federally Administered Tribal Areas (FATA) on January 17, reports Dawn. Sources said the helicopter gunships attacked targets in Hassamkhel, Haiderkhel, Inzar, Aipee and Khushal Toorikhel villages in Mir Ali. Several houses were destroyed in the shelling. According to the sources, the shelling was in retaliation to a remote-controlled bomb attack on security personnel. Read less...

At least five volunteers of Aman Lashkar (peace militia) sustained injuries when a bomb exploded in the Shalobar area of Khyber Agency in Federally Administered Tribal Areas (FATA) on January 20, reports Daily Times. An improvised explosive device (IED) was planted on a roadside which exploded. However, no loss of life was reported. Read less...

One Frontier Constabulary personnel was killed and another received injuries when militants fired at their vehicle in Zakhakhel Bazaar area in Bara tehsil in Khyber Agency. Officials said that a group of security men was attacked by militants when they were fetching water from a natural spring in the area. Read less...

Two security personnel were killed and 11 others injured when a landmine exploded during a search operation in Kanra village under Pandyali tehsil (revenue unit) of Mohmand Agency in Federally Administered Tribal Areas (FATA) on January 21, reports Dawn. Security Forces (SFs) with the help of Khasadars (tribal police) and volunteers of a peace Lashkar were conducting the search operation in Kanra village, when the landmine planted by militants went off. Lance Naik Abdul Mehmood and Ziaullah were killed and five security personnel, four Khasadars and two volunteers were injured. Read less...

Unidentified militants blew up a Government school in Merikhel village of Akkakhel in Bara. The explosion caused damage to a major portion of the school structure, one of the oldest Government buildings in the area. Read less...

Four personnel of the Frontier Corps (FC) were seriously injured when unidentified militants attacked a convoy of the Security Forces on the Thall-Mir Ali Road in North Waziristan Agency of Federally Administered Tribal Areas (FATA on January 22, reports The News. Sources said a convoy of the Thall Scouts, a wing of the FC, was on its way to Spinwam in Mir Ali subdivision from Thall subdivision in the Hangu District (Khyber Pakhtunkhwa) when it was targeted through an improvised explosive device (IED). Read less...

Militants dumped the mutilated body of a purported Afghan spy accused of collaborating on United States (US) drone strikes that killed Mullah Nazir on January 2, reports Daily Times. The body of the man, identified as Asmatullah Kharoti, was found in Wana, the main town of the South Waziristan Agency, which borders Afghanistan. Local officials said he had been shot dead and there were wounds on his neck. Two notes on the body ordered the remains to be left on the roadside until 10am “so that everyone could see the fate of spies”, and the second accusing him of being a spy and being responsible for US drone attacks. “He is a spy and was giving information to US and ISAF forces in Afghanistan about our activities,” a local official quoted the note as saying. “He is responsible for the killing of five of our senior members, including Mullah Nazir, in drone attacks.” Read less...

Seven militants were killed and four others were injured in a blast in Jandary Killay in Orakzai Agency of Federally Administered Tribal Areas (FATA) on January 23, reports The News. The sources said that the militants had been using the abandoned house as hideout in Jandary Killay area. Unidentified persons, the sources added, had placed explosive device at the house, which went off at 10 am, leaving seven militants dead and four others injured. The sources said that the house comprising four rooms was destroyed in the blast. Read less...

Jet fighters bombarded suspected positions of the TTP in the Kukikhel area of Tirah valley in the night of January 25, killing nine people, including six militants. Read less...

At least 31 persons were killed when Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) militants attacked Ansarul Islam (AI), a pro-Government militants group, in Tirah Valley of Khyber Agency in Federally Administered Tribal Areas (FATA) on January 26, reports Daily Times. About 300 TTP militants, armed with mortars and Rocket-Propelled Grenades (RPGs), launched the overnight assault in the Maiden area of Tirah Valley, a maze of valleys on a route from Afghanistan to Peshawar. The AI cadres retaliated, killing 15 TTP militants and capturing eight others, while three villagers, including an elderly woman, were killed in crossfire. TTP militants also killed 13 AI cadres. Read less...

A roadside bomb, apparently planted to target a convoy of the Security Forces on Kohat-Hangu road in Utman Khel area in Orakzai Agency, went off on January 27, reports The News. However, the explosion caused no damage or casualty. Read less...

On January 27, the death toll in the fighting between Tariq Afridi faction of the Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) and pro-Government militant group Ansar-ul-Islam (AI) in Tirah valley of Khyber Agency in Federally Administered Tribal Areas (FATA) climbed to 71, reports Frontier Post. The violence began in Tirah valley three days ago after cadres of the Tariq Afridi faction, who operate in Khyber Agency, captured a building belonging to AI. "The Ansar-ul-Islam group re-took their centre after intense fighting. A senior security official confirmed the approximate death toll and said fighting was ongoing. The area is cut off to journalists and aid workers so it was not possible to confirm the death toll independently. As reported earlier, least 31 persons were killed when TTP militants attacked AI militants on January 26. Read less...

13 suspected militants were killed and 16 others were injured when Army warplanes targeted TTP hideouts in Arghanjoo and Mir Qalamkhel area in Mamozai tehsil (revenue unit) of Orakzai Agency on January 28. Six militant camps and an explosive-laden vehicle were reportedly destroyed in the bombardment. The military offensive during the past few months has cleared Orakzai Agency of up to 90 percent of its militant presence, security officials said. Read less...

With 10 more deaths on January 28, the death toll in the fighting between Tariq Afridi faction of the Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) and pro-Government militant group Ansar-ul-Islam (AI) in Tirah valley of Khyber Agency in Federally Administered Tribal Areas (FATA) climbed to 81, reports The News. As reported earlier, 71 persons had died till January 27 in the clashes that erupted on January 25. Due to the volatile situation, thousands of families have been displaced. Read less...

At least 24 militants were killed when Army warplanes bombed militant positions in Tirah valley of Khyber Agency in Federally Administered Tribal Areas (FATA) on January 29, reports Dawn. Officials said the planes attacked targets in Dwa Thoe, Bara Gatt, Wocha Wona and Nakai areas where Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) and Lashkar-e-Islam (LI) have their bases or hideouts. Sources said that stores of food and arms were destroyed. A statement issued by Security Forces said militant hideouts were busted during the 24-hour target operation and 24 terrorists, some of them belonging to the TTP and LI, were killed. Read less...

10 mortar shells fired from across the border in Afghanistan landed in Loli Faqeeran village of Ghulam Khan Area in NWA. Read less...

Six members of a family were killed when a mortar fell on the house of one Ghani Gul in Sponrhai area of Kukikhel in Tirah valley of Khyber Agency in Federally Administered Tribal Areas (FATA) on January 30, reports Dawn. Meanwhile, Security Forces (SFs) said that curfew would be imposed in the entire Bara subdivision of Khyber Agency from January 31 (today) morning. They made announcements through loudspeakers in most parts of Bara, advising local people to remain inside their houses till next order. The SFs didn’t cite any reason for imposition of the indefinite curfew in the entire Bara. Read less...

Three soldiers were injured when unidentified militants attacked a military convoy with an improvised explosive device (IED) on Bannu-Miranshah road in Miranshah town of North Waziristan Agency (NWA), reports The News. The IED planted on the main road went off when the military convoy was passing through the area. A military vehicle was damaged and three soldiers sustained injuries in the blast. Read less...

A bomb blast killed two polio vaccination workers in Mali Khel village in Kurram Agency, reports Daily Times. There has been no claim of responsibility for the killings. “The two-men team was visiting Mali Khel village in upper Kurram tribal region when an improvised explosive device planted along the roadside went off, killing them on the spot,” Jawad Ali, in- charge of the campaign in Kurram Agency said. Read less...

Eight volunteers of a peace committee were killed when a mortar shell went off accidentally in a bunker used by volunteers of the Kamarkhel peace committee at Takhtakai when ammunitions were being shifted to another base. Kamarkhel is a neutral tribe and doesn’t want to indulge in fighting but recently it has taken up arms to keep Takhtakai from the influence of any militant group. Lashkar-e-Islam (LI) has been carrying out sporadic attacks on the Kamarkhel tribesmen to take control of the important location to which the Kamarkhel volunteers are offering resistance. AI wants to push back fighters of LI from Takhtakai area because it is close to Bagh Maidan, the headquarters of AI. Read less...

In a clash with Kamarkhel volunteers in the area LI ‘commander’ Mehar Gul was killed and four of his associates were injured as fierce fighting continued in Takhtakai. Read less...