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Security agencies arrested two al Qaeda suspects from Zhob in Balochistan on August 1, according to Dawn. Sources said the two suspects, identified as Mohammad Naeem and Abid Khan from the Punjab province, had entered Zhob from Dera Ismail Khan in th
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Security agencies arrested two al Qaeda suspects from Zhob in Balochistan on August 1, according to Dawn. Sources said the two suspects, identified as Mohammad Naeem and Abid Khan from the Punjab province, had entered Zhob from Dera Ismail Khan in the North West Frontier Province (NWFP).
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August - 2 
The United States wants Pakistan to defeat al Qaeda in the battlefield and will not hesitate to use its own forces to achieve this objective, said Under-Secretary of State for Political Affairs Nicholas Burns, according to Dawn. Burns observed that a
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The United States wants Pakistan to defeat al Qaeda in the battlefield and will not hesitate to use its own forces to achieve this objective, said Under-Secretary of State for Political Affairs Nicholas Burns, according to Dawn. Burns observed that al Qaeda had built a safe haven in Pakistan, while the Taliban leadership operated from bases in and around Quetta, capital of Balochistan. The US policy, as explained by Burns, favours a democratic change in Pakistan, which brings a government that is friendly to Washington and is a "judicious custodian of the country’s nuclear weapons." Burns said linking US aid to Pakistan’s performance in the fight against terror was justified because as a friend Washington had the right to expect Islamabad to fight the terrorists who attacked the US on Sept 11, 2001. He also said Pakistani banks were involved in laundering money for al Qaeda and other terrorist outfits. There could be no talks with al Qaeda, which had to be defeated militarily, he said. The US respected Pakistan’s sovereignty but it would not hesitate to use its forces to target what he called al Qaeda hideouts inside Pakistan, he added. "With al Qaeda, we do not believe that there can be reasoned dialogue, so we would prefer the Pakistani government to take it to al Qaeda and defeat them in the battlefield," Burns told C-Span television. Burns said Pakistan should take two immediate steps to fight terrorists: "First, they have got to take stronger military measure in Balochistan against the Taliban and in North and South Waziristan against al Qaeda to defeat those groups inside Pakistan. Second, there is a lot of financing, of course, money that gets laundered through banks that support these terrorist groups. We have asked the Pakistani government to take stronger measures to try to interdict this kind of laundering of money which is vital to support the operations of these terrorist groups."
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August - 5 
The Bush administration deliberately altered an intelligence document to show that Pakistan has allowed al Qaeda to establish a safe haven in Pakistan, The Washington Post reported on August 5, according to Dawn. The claim was made in the US national
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The Bush administration deliberately altered an intelligence document to show that Pakistan has allowed al Qaeda to establish a safe haven in Pakistan, The Washington Post reported on August 5, according to Dawn. The claim was made in the US national intelligence estimate, submitted to President George W. Bush in July 2007. “Drafts of that document were deliberately altered to reveal this conclusion, a move that ‘changed the complexion’ of the nearly finished report,” a senior intelligence official told the Post. “The July 17 US claim sparked outrage in Islamabad but helped yield the result that US officials sought... President Musharraf abandoned his truce with tribal leaders and on July 19 formally launched a military offensive aimed at breaking the terrorists’ grip on the frontier province,” the Post observed.
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August - 6 
The Inter-Services Intelligence (ISI), Pakistan’s external intelligence agency, have ‘detained’ Dawood Ibrahim, along with his lieutenant Chhota Shakeel and the mastermind of the 1993 Mumbai serial blasts Tiger Memon, reports Times of India. Intellig
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The Inter-Services Intelligence (ISI), Pakistan’s external intelligence agency, have ‘detained’ Dawood Ibrahim, along with his lieutenant Chhota Shakeel and the mastermind of the 1993 Mumbai serial blasts Tiger Memon, reports Times of India. Intelligence sources said the trio was rounded up on August 2 from their hideout near the Pakistan-Afghanistan border and taken to a ‘safe-house’ on the outskirts of Quetta, capital of the Balochistan Province. The sources added that the trio are likely to be moved out of Quetta soon. With the US mounting pressure on Islamabad to hand over Dawood and his accomplices who are close to al Qaeda, the ISI is reported to have acted to pre-empt possible proactive steps by Washington. Last week, the US said that Dawood's smuggling routes converge with that used by al Qaeda to move arms.
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August - 7 
President Pervez Musharraf said on August 7 that recent suggestions from the United States that it might launch unilateral strikes against al Qaeda in Pakistan were "counterproductive" to the fight against terrorism, according to Daily Times. General
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President Pervez Musharraf said on August 7 that recent suggestions from the United States that it might launch unilateral strikes against al Qaeda in Pakistan were "counterproductive" to the fight against terrorism, according to Daily Times. General Musharraf told visiting US Senator Richard J. Durbin during a meeting in Karachi that Pakistan remained resolved to fighting terrorism, as it was in the national interest, the Foreign Ministry said in a statement. "He emphasised that only Pakistan’s security forces, which were fully capable of dealing with any situation, would take counter-terrorism action inside Pakistani territory," the statement said, citing the president. "In this regard, the president pointed out that certain recent US statements were counterproductive to the close cooperation and coordination between the two countries in combating the threat of terrorism," it said.
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August - 8 
Some low-level al Qaeda members were identified as having been among the 12 militants killed by an artillery and helicopter attack by the Pakistan Army on two compounds near the Afghan border in North Waziristan, increasing the toll of 10 from August
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Some low-level al Qaeda members were identified as having been among the 12 militants killed by an artillery and helicopter attack by the Pakistan Army on two compounds near the Afghan border in North Waziristan, increasing the toll of 10 from August 7-strike, according to Daily Times. Chechens and Arabs were among the militants killed, an unnamed security official said. As reported earlier, helicopter gun-ships and artillery targeted the two hideouts in Daygan village, about 15 kilometres west of Miranshah, headquarters of North Waziristan.
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August - 9 
Afghan President Hamid Karzai and Prime Minister Shaukat Aziz told a three-day joint Pakistan-Afghan peace Jirga (council) in Kabul on August 9 that both nations could defeat a resurgent al Qaeda and Taliban if they worked together, according to Dawn
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Afghan President Hamid Karzai and Prime Minister Shaukat Aziz told a three-day joint Pakistan-Afghan peace Jirga (council) in Kabul on August 9 that both nations could defeat a resurgent al Qaeda and Taliban if they worked together, according to Dawn. The event, aiming at bringing peace and stability in Afghanistan, was attended by over 600 delegates mostly hailing from the bordering areas of the two countries, The News reported. "The two nations shared a common destiny. I believe... if Afghanistan and Pakistan worked together, we will eliminate in one day oppression against both nations," Karzai said in his opening address. Aziz said the future of Pakistan and Afghanistan were intertwined, and instability in one country affected the other. Karzai told the jirga of the daily woes and suffering that the Afghan people endure as the Taliban take on government and foreign troops. He said militants were abducting and killing women in the name of the Taliban and Islam, while barring the girls from school, a trend that is ''slowly going to the other side'' of the border into Pakistan. "If the problem is from the Afghanistan side, we should seek ways to solve it. If the problem is in Pakistan, we should find solutions for it," he stated. Karzai said he had often asked Pakistan: "Why from your soil and administration is this evil coming to us. Why is it bothering us? Who are they who bother Pakistan and Afghanistan? Who is training them? By whose money are they being trained?" Aziz said it should not be forgotten that "first and foremost the Taliban are Afghans" and Afghanistan cannot blame others for the lack of reconciliation among its people.
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August - 10 
Security force personnel arrested an al Qaeda suspect from Taftan, a small town at the border with Iran, on August 10, according to Dawn. Officials said that the suspect was an Iraqi national identified as Qasim Hameed Yasin. He was arrested after he
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Security force personnel arrested an al Qaeda suspect from Taftan, a small town at the border with Iran, on August 10, according to Dawn. Officials said that the suspect was an Iraqi national identified as Qasim Hameed Yasin. He was arrested after he crossed into the country from Iran through an infrequent route. A large amount of cash in foreign currency was recovered from his possession.
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August - 12 
Afghanistan and Pakistan pledged on August 12 to eliminate terrorist sanctuaries in their respective tribal regions and fight the opium trade financing militants, according to Dawn. A statement at the close of the four-day Joint Peace Jirga in Kabul
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Afghanistan and Pakistan pledged on August 12 to eliminate terrorist sanctuaries in their respective tribal regions and fight the opium trade financing militants, according to Dawn. A statement at the close of the four-day Joint Peace Jirga in Kabul also agreed to push for reconciliation with the ‘opposition’. Participants pledged they would “not allow sanctuaries/ training centres for terrorists in their respective countries”, according to the declaration. They acknowledged the “nexus between narcotics and terrorism” and called upon the two governments to wage an “all-out war against this menace”. They also agreed to establish a council, comprising 25 delegates from each country, to promote reconciliation with the ‘opposition’ and cooperation between the neighbours. In an address to the concluding session of the Jirga, President Pervez Musharraf said both Afghanistan and Pakistan had to get away from what he called the backwardness and violence of Islamic extremism. “These forces are disrupting peace and harmony, impeding our progress and development,” he observed. The president conceded that there was support from Pakistani tribal areas for the insurgency in Afghanistan, extremism and ‘Talibanisation’. “We must understand the environment. Taliban are a part of Afghan society. Most of them may be ignorant and misguided, but all of them are not diehard militants and fanatics who even defy the most fundamental values of our culture and our faith Islam,” General Musharraf said. He said that military action was necessary against al Qaeda militants and Taliban diehards who refused to reconcile, but a more comprehensive political and development approach was needed to defeat extremism and ‘Talibanisation’, Daily Times reported. “Talibanisation and extremism ... represent a state of mind and require a more comprehensive long-term strategy where military action must be combined with a political approach and socio-economic development,” he said.
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August - 15 
Pakistani tribal elders have been threatened with reprisals for attending the August 9-12 Joint Peace Jirga at Kabul aimed at ending support for al Qaeda and Taliban militants, officials said on August 15, according to Daily Times. An anonymous lette
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Pakistani tribal elders have been threatened with reprisals for attending the August 9-12 Joint Peace Jirga at Kabul aimed at ending support for al Qaeda and Taliban militants, officials said on August 15, according to Daily Times. An anonymous letter sent to the elders at Bajaur in the Federally Administered Tribal Areas (FATA) threatened unspecified "action" against them for attending the Jirga. "Your participation at the Jirga was not a good decision… Action will be taken against you," officials quoted the letter as saying. Security official Adalat Khan said at least four tribal elders in a remote town in the region had received the warnings.
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August - 19 
At least 15 militants were killed during military operations that targeted militant hideouts near the Mir Ali town in North Waziristan on August 19, according to The News. Military spokesperson Major General Waheed Arshad said the military attacked h
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At least 15 militants were killed during military operations that targeted militant hideouts near the Mir Ali town in North Waziristan on August 19, according to The News. Military spokesperson Major General Waheed Arshad said the military attacked hideouts of the militants on August 19-morning after security checkpoints near Mir Ali came under attack. “We have credible information that the two compounds have been destroyed and 15 miscreants, including 10 Uzbeks, have been killed in the strike,” Arshad said. There were unconfirmed reports that an Iraqi national Abu Akasha, a suspected al Qaeda operative, may have been the target of the military operation.
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August - 20 
A man accused of using his computer skills to help al Qaeda has been released after three years in custody, a government official and the man’s lawyer said on August 20, Dawn reported. Mohammed Naeem Noor Khan, an engineering graduate, was suspected
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A man accused of using his computer skills to help al Qaeda has been released after three years in custody, a government official and the man’s lawyer said on August 20, Dawn reported. Mohammed Naeem Noor Khan, an engineering graduate, was suspected of having sent coded e-mails to al Qaeda operatives possibly planning attacks in the United States, Britain and South Africa. Khan, who was arrested from Lahore in July 2004, has also been linked with terrorist plots in the US and Britain, and to the arrests of suspects in Britain. Deputy Attorney-General Naheeda Mehboob Ilahi said in the Supreme Court on August 20 that Khan, believed to be in his late 20s, had been released and had returned to his home in Karachi.
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August - 24 
Some soldiers of the Frontier Corps (FC) are reportedly deserting the force due to regular and violent attacks by the militants in the tribal areas bordering Afghanistan, sources told Daily Times on August 24. An FC soldier reportedly said he had d
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Some soldiers of the Frontier Corps (FC) are reportedly deserting the force due to regular and violent attacks by the militants in the tribal areas bordering Afghanistan, sources told Daily Times on August 24. An FC soldier reportedly said he had deserted from the force days before his deployment to North Waziristan because he did not "want to fight his own people." The soldier claimed that he did not desert the force because he feared death, but it was difficult for him to understand whether the fighting in Waziristan was "Islamic or not". According to him, "This question is haunting several other soldiers and this confusion is stopping them from putting up a tough fight… We ask ourselves that if we die fighting in Waziristan will we be martyrs? No one is here to give an answer." The deserter hails from a poor eastern suburb of Peshawar, capital of the North West Frontier Province (NWFP) where around six FC personnel reportedly deserted the force – the first line of defence against the Taliban and al Qaeda elements in North and South Waziristan. Another deserter said that insufficient salary was also one of the reasons the soldiers had deserted the force. "I was being paid Rs 4,500 only," he said. There are also reports of desertion among army soldiers in Waziristan, but these desertions don’t reflect the overall situation prevailing among the security forces. Military spokesperson Major General Waheed Arshad, however, called the desertion of a "few jawans insignificant incidents." He said that small-scale desertions could take place in any force and in any country for one reason or another. He claimed that thousands of people had enrolled for recruitment in the FC recently.
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August - 27 
According to Daily Times, security forces arrested a local doctor and the wife of an Arab al Qaeda explosives expert in a pre-dawn raid on a house in the Dir Lower district of North West Frontier Province (NWFP) on August 27, triggering protests from
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According to Daily Times, security forces arrested a local doctor and the wife of an Arab al Qaeda explosives expert in a pre-dawn raid on a house in the Dir Lower district of North West Frontier Province (NWFP) on August 27, triggering protests from the Jamaat-e-Islami party which termed the arrests as “American agenda.” “We foiled a subversive act,” Dir Lower District Coordination Officer Attaur Rehman told reporters as Jamaat-e-Islami activists blocked Chakdara Road to protest the raid, which also resulted in the arrest of pediatrician Dr Muhammad Rasool. Four suicide jackets, a Kalashnikov, a rifle and explosives were seized in the raid, Rehman informed. “We had actionable intelligence that Muhammad Yousaf alias Abdur Rahim, a Saudi Arabian national, was in the house but he fled before we conducted the raid,” he added.
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August - 28 
Former Prime Minister Benazir Bhutto has alleged that elements of the Inter-Services Intelligence (ISI) “continue the alliance with both the Taliban and al Qaeda to this very day” on the premise that Pakistan’s security requires “strategic depth” in
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Former Prime Minister Benazir Bhutto has alleged that elements of the Inter-Services Intelligence (ISI) “continue the alliance with both the Taliban and al Qaeda to this very day” on the premise that Pakistan’s security requires “strategic depth” in the shape of a friendly or pliant Afghanistan, Daily Times reported. In an interview to YaleGlobal, Bhutto said that the ISI was continuing to adhere to the old arrangement, “even if it means supporting fanatics.” She claimed that it was not a premise she or her party shared. “We believe it is essential for Pakistan to support democracy in Afghanistan. We want an end to that policy of strategic depth. Afghanistan has traditionally been viewed either as a buffer state or as a forward policy state where there is strategic depth... I think for us it is much better to have an Afghanistan that is peaceful, that allows us to trade with it, that has good relations with all its neighbours,” she added. Asked about the US criticism that President Musharraf was not doing enough to capture al Qaeda suspects hiding in Pakistan and if it was fair criticism, she replied, “As a Pakistani, it certainly hurts me very much when I see that inevitably the trail of terrorists leads back to my country... We feel that our tribal areas have been ceded to the foreign elements, to Afghan Taliban and Arab and Chechen militants. And now those groups actually administer parts of our territory, holding our people hostage. They dispense their own form of justice. They teach little 12-year-old boys to behead those they accuse of being spies.”
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