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April - 1 
In America, counter-terror officials are reportedly warning Police of a threat made by the Taliban chief Baitullah Mehsud to attack the US. In response, federal authorities advised Police and other law enforcement officials that Mehsud’s threat was a
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In America, counter-terror officials are reportedly warning Police of a threat made by the Taliban chief Baitullah Mehsud to attack the US. In response, federal authorities advised Police and other law enforcement officials that Mehsud’s threat was an aspiration rather than evidence of an imminent or specific threat against the United States. FBI spokesman Richard Kolko said Mehsud has made similar threats in the past and has no record of striking targets abroad, although he is suspected of being behind a 10-man cell arrested in Barcelona in January 2008 for plotting suicide attacks in Spain.
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April - 1 
More than 70 Taliban militants attacked the famous Gojaro Kalay emerald mine in Shangla District on April 1 and took control of the mining operations, Daily Times reported. The mine had been leased to American firm Luxury International, which had bee
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More than 70 Taliban militants attacked the famous Gojaro Kalay emerald mine in Shangla District on April 1 and took control of the mining operations, Daily Times reported. The mine had been leased to American firm Luxury International, which had been paying Pakistan PKR 40 million a year. The company had left recently because of the security situation. The Taliban took positions around the mine on April 1 after the security guards fled. They announced to take control of mining operations and offered the locals to work with them and share the profits.
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April - 1 
Security Forces (SFs) on April 1 released 10 more Taliban militants. Sources said SFs, under the peace pact signed between the NWFP Government and the banned TNSM, freed 10 more militants. Those released were identified as Maulana Abdul Shakoor, Rohu
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Security Forces (SFs) on April 1 released 10 more Taliban militants. Sources said SFs, under the peace pact signed between the NWFP Government and the banned TNSM, freed 10 more militants. Those released were identified as Maulana Abdul Shakoor, Rohul Amin and his namesake, Amjad, Aftabuddin, Muhammad Sahib, Khan Nawab, Zakria, Fazal Akbar and Gul Akbar. The Government has released a total of 44 Taliban militants so far.
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April - 1 
The US Senate voted on April 1 to boost aid to Pakistan by $4 billion next year, according to Daily Times. As the US lawmakers continued work on a $3.5 trillion budget blueprint for the upcoming fiscal year, Senator John Kerry, a Democrat, won adopti
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The US Senate voted on April 1 to boost aid to Pakistan by $4 billion next year, according to Daily Times. As the US lawmakers continued work on a $3.5 trillion budget blueprint for the upcoming fiscal year, Senator John Kerry, a Democrat, won adoption of a $4 billion increase next year in aid to Pakistan. Earlier, the Associated Press had reported that the Obama administration plans to seek as much as $3 billion over the next five years to train and equip Pakistan’s military and is considering sending 10,000 more troops to battle the Taliban in Afghanistan.
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April - 3 
Dozens of armed Taliban militants on April 3 stormed a NATO supplies container terminal in Peshawar, the NWFP capital, and torched nine vehicles and several offices, Daily Times reported. Police and locals said the terminal, located on the Ring Road
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Dozens of armed Taliban militants on April 3 stormed a NATO supplies container terminal in Peshawar, the NWFP capital, and torched nine vehicles and several offices, Daily Times reported. Police and locals said the terminal, located on the Ring Road in Pishtakhara Police station precincts, was attacked early in the morning, adding that the Taliban and Police exchanged heavy fire, but no casualties were reported. Police officials said there were more than 100 militants who participated in the raid. They said the Taliban also used rockets to target the Police party but failed to hit anyone. Meanwhile, AFP reported the Taliban had destroyed nine vehicles parked at the terminal. The vehicles were bound for international forces in Afghanistan. "There were no casualties in the attack early Friday, but the fire destroyed nine NATO vehicles, including fire-fighting vans and 4x4 jeeps," local Police official Fazal Wahid Khan told AFP.
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April - 3 
Taliban spokesman Muslim Khan acknowledged that his group was responsible for the flogging in public, "because no indoor arrangement for Islamic punishment could be made, as we are at war with the government". The provincial Government spokesman Mian
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Taliban spokesman Muslim Khan acknowledged that his group was responsible for the flogging in public, "because no indoor arrangement for Islamic punishment could be made, as we are at war with the government". The provincial Government spokesman Mian Iftikhar said the flogging took place on January 3, much before the peace deal with the Taliban. "We believe there is a conspiracy to sabotage the peace process by airing a video recorded before the deal," he claimed. Muslim Khan, however, said, "this incident took place nine months ago." Muslim Khan also said the Taliban had handed out a ‘lenient’ punishment to the girl – suggesting she would have been stoned to death had a ‘serious view’ of the ‘crime’ been taken.
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April - 4 
21 people, including 16 Taliban militants, were killed in an overnight clash when local volunteers and Police personnel tried to enter the Gokand Valley to flush out militants who had infiltrated into Buner area on April 4 from the neighbouring Swat
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21 people, including 16 Taliban militants, were killed in an overnight clash when local volunteers and Police personnel tried to enter the Gokand Valley to flush out militants who had infiltrated into Buner area on April 4 from the neighbouring Swat District, Dawn reported. Three policemen and two Lashkar (militia) volunteers were among the dead. When the combined force attempted to enter the area via Rajagaly Kandow from the Pir Baba side and dislodge the militants, Taliban militants took position and reportedly refused to go back. Sources said that the militants had sent 16 bodies and taken 13 of their wounded colleagues to Swat via Kalil Kandow on April 7-morning.
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April - 4 
A suspected US drone fired two missiles on an alleged Taliban hideout in the North Waziristan Agency of FATA on April 4, killing 13 people, according to Daily Times. Unnamed security officials told news agencies that the dead and injured included loc
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A suspected US drone fired two missiles on an alleged Taliban hideout in the North Waziristan Agency of FATA on April 4, killing 13 people, according to Daily Times. Unnamed security officials told news agencies that the dead and injured included local and foreign Taliban militants, but Daily Times could not ascertain the information. The officials said the family of the man who owned the attacked house was also killed. "The missile hit a house where some guests were staying," one intelligence agency official told Reuters. Officials use the word ‘guests’ for foreigners linked to al Qaeda and Taliban militants. A local tribal elder, Dilawar Khan, told Associated Press that the house was in the Data Khel village very close to the Afghan border. He did not know the identities of the people killed or whether there were Taliban militants staying there.
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April - 4 
In the province, the Government freed three more Taliban militants from Mingora on April 4, as part of its peace accord with the Tehreek-e-Nafaz-e-Shariat-e-Mohammadi (TNSM). The total number of released Taliban militants has now reached 47. The men
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In the province, the Government freed three more Taliban militants from Mingora on April 4, as part of its peace accord with the Tehreek-e-Nafaz-e-Shariat-e-Mohammadi (TNSM). The total number of released Taliban militants has now reached 47. The men freed on April 4 have been identified as Munawar Hassan, Abdul Haliq and Qadeem. The Taliban had provided a list of 220 of their men to the Government that they wanted released.
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April - 4 
Security Forces (SFs) killed a suspected Taliban militant in the Dooba area of Hangu District on April 4, Daily Times reported. Locals said some Taliban militants were on their way to Zargari when SF personnel stationed at the Shanwari Zargari check-
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Security Forces (SFs) killed a suspected Taliban militant in the Dooba area of Hangu District on April 4, Daily Times reported. Locals said some Taliban militants were on their way to Zargari when SF personnel stationed at the Shanwari Zargari check-post asked them to stop. When they tried to escape, the troops fired at them, killing one of the militant. The others, however, managed to escape from the incident site.
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April - 5 
Chand Bibi, the young girl who was shown being flogged by the Swat Taliban in a videotape aired on television channels, gave a statement to a Qazi (Islamic judge), on April 5, denying the incident. Mian Iftikhar Hussain, the NWFP Information Minister
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Chand Bibi, the young girl who was shown being flogged by the Swat Taliban in a videotape aired on television channels, gave a statement to a Qazi (Islamic judge), on April 5, denying the incident. Mian Iftikhar Hussain, the NWFP Information Minister, told The News that she made the statement to Mohammad Riaz, the judge of the Qazi Court for Matta Tehsil (revenue division), and the Commissioner of Malakand Division, Syed Mohammad Javed, both of whom visited her village, Kala Killay, in Kabal sub-division on April 5. Quoting the Commissioner, Mian Iftikhar said Chand Bibi made it clear that she was indeed married to Adalat Khan and everyone in the village knew about it. She refuted the reports that both of them were flogged by the Taliban as punishment for maintaining illicit relations and then forcibly married. According to the information minister, the Commissioner and the Judge had visited Kala Killay to record the statements of the couple on the directive of the NWFP Chief Secretary. The Chief Secretary and Inspector General of Police (NWFP) had been directed by Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of Pakistan, Iftikhar Mohammad Chaudhry, to appear before his court and also produce the girl who was flogged. The Chief Justice had taken suo moto notice of the case after the two-minute videotape was shown on TV channels.
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April - 5 
The Taliban on April 5 vowed that they would carry out two suicide attacks per week in Pakistan, according to Daily Times. Taliban chief Baitullah Mehsud’s deputy Hakimullah told Associated Press that the Taliban had carried out the April 4 suicide a
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The Taliban on April 5 vowed that they would carry out two suicide attacks per week in Pakistan, according to Daily Times. Taliban chief Baitullah Mehsud’s deputy Hakimullah told Associated Press that the Taliban had carried out the April 4 suicide attack against a paramilitary camp in Islamabad and vowed more assaults unless the US shelved drone attacks in the FATA. He also said Pakistani troops should withdraw from parts of the northwest. “The Islamabad attack was in retaliation for a drone attack in Orakzai,” Hakimullah told AFP.
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April - 5 
Troops backed by helicopter gunships and jets killed at least 18 Taliban militants in the Mohmand Agency of FATA, officials said on April 5, Daily Times reported. The strikes launched on April 5 continued overnight. “At least 18 Taliban were killed a
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Troops backed by helicopter gunships and jets killed at least 18 Taliban militants in the Mohmand Agency of FATA, officials said on April 5, Daily Times reported. The strikes launched on April 5 continued overnight. “At least 18 Taliban were killed and 20 others wounded in a full-fledged military operation in Mohmand,” an unnamed security official told AFP. The militant death toll could not be confirmed independently as the area is sealed off under military operations. “We have also arrested two suspected militants and recovered five paramilitary soldiers who had been kidnapped by militants few days ago,” the official said. The official added that troops had taken a compound used by the Taliban as their centre, forcing them to flee the area, and had also occupied the key heights on the hills ringing Anbar village.
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April - 6 
In the province, a volunteer of Buner Qaumi Lashkar was killed and another sustained injuries when Taliban militants opened fire in the Gokand area of Buner District on April 6, Daily Times reported. Residents from various villages and sub-divisions
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In the province, a volunteer of Buner Qaumi Lashkar was killed and another sustained injuries when Taliban militants opened fire in the Gokand area of Buner District on April 6, Daily Times reported. Residents from various villages and sub-divisions had formed the Lashkar (militia) to confront around 100 Taliban militants who had entered Buner from Swat on April 5. The Taliban said they would stay in Buner until their chief had had talks with the local chapter of the Tehreek-e-Nafaz-e-Shariat-e-Mohammadi (TNSM).
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April - 6 
The Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) in Bajaur Agency on April 6 declared amnesty for all anti-Taliban tribal elders and appealed to the internally displaced persons (IDPs) living in refugee camps to return to the tribal region, according to Daily Ti
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The Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) in Bajaur Agency on April 6 declared amnesty for all anti-Taliban tribal elders and appealed to the internally displaced persons (IDPs) living in refugee camps to return to the tribal region, according to Daily Times. The TTP also said political parties were creating hurdles in the return of IDPs. In a telephonic conversation with reporters, the TTP central spokesman Maulvi Umer said the Taliban remained committed to a cease-fire they had declared in February 2009 to improve law and order in the agency. Umer said some political parties were inciting the IDPs to demand enforcement of Sharia (Islamic law) in Bajaur after Swat and were using them for vested interests.
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April - 6 
The top leadership of the Taliban is hiding in Balochistan province, Admiral Mike Mullen, the US Chairman of Joint Chiefs of Staff, has said, Daily Times reported. He said this while talking informally, along with Richard Holbrooke, the US Special En
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The top leadership of the Taliban is hiding in Balochistan province, Admiral Mike Mullen, the US Chairman of Joint Chiefs of Staff, has said, Daily Times reported. He said this while talking informally, along with Richard Holbrooke, the US Special Envoy to Afghanistan and Pakistan, to a select group of invitees at US Ambassador Anne Patterson’s house in the US embassy in Islamabad on April 6. Asked if the US was winning or losing the war in Afghanistan, Admiral Mullen said that since the US was not winning, it could be said that it was losing it. Admiral Mullen also said that the US was targeting Baitullah Mehsud now because he had established strategic links with al Qaeda in the past year or so and was facilitating al Qaeda’s attacks on NATO forces in Afghanistan.
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April - 7 
Suspected Taliban militants planted a remote-controlled bomb that blew up a music shop and neighbouring stalls at Charsadda bus stand in Peshawar, the NWFP capital, on April 7, Daily Times reported. "A CD and music centre, as well as three other shop
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Suspected Taliban militants planted a remote-controlled bomb that blew up a music shop and neighbouring stalls at Charsadda bus stand in Peshawar, the NWFP capital, on April 7, Daily Times reported. "A CD and music centre, as well as three other shops were destroyed when a locally-made bomb went off in front of a bus stand in Faqirabad area," local Police official Anwar Khan said. No casualties were reported as the shops were closed overnight when the bomb exploded, Police said.
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April - 7 
The top leadership of Afghan Taliban is hiding in Pakistan and controlling the covert war against US-led forces in Afghanistan, the US Special Representative for Afghanistan and Pakistan Richard Holbrooke said on April 7. “The Taliban leadership is i
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The top leadership of Afghan Taliban is hiding in Pakistan and controlling the covert war against US-led forces in Afghanistan, the US Special Representative for Afghanistan and Pakistan Richard Holbrooke said on April 7. “The Taliban leadership is in Pakistan and the Taliban militants are fighting in Afghanistan,” said Holbrooke, accompanied by US Joint Chiefs of Staff Chairman Admiral Mike Mullen. Talking to reporters in Islamabad, he said the US knew from various sources that the Taliban shura (executive council) was hiding in Balochistan and that had serious implications for the new US strategy for the region. He also said the issue had been discussed with the Pakistani leadership. Further, Admiral Mullen said Baitullah Mehsud was a direct threat to the US and his men were crossing into Afghanistan to fight against the NATO and ISAF forces.
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April - 8 
Four suspected militants were killed and five others injured in a drone attack in the Gangikhel village of South Waziristan Agency (SWA) on April 8, The News reported. The village is located 10 kilometers south of Wana, headquarters of the SWA, local
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Four suspected militants were killed and five others injured in a drone attack in the Gangikhel village of South Waziristan Agency (SWA) on April 8, The News reported. The village is located 10 kilometers south of Wana, headquarters of the SWA, locals said. An unnamed senior official said the drone fired two missiles at a vehicle parked by the Taliban in the village graveyard. The official also said the Taliban had fitted heavy weapons on the vehicle to target the CIA-operated spy plane which, he said, was seen hovering over Wana and the adjoining villages at an extremely low altitude. “They fired several shots at the drone, but failed to hit it. The aircraft fired two missiles, blowing both the vehicles and the militants into pieces,” said the official. He added a nearby house and a shop owned by a local tribesman were also partially damaged in the missile strike. Militant sources confirmed the killing of their four colleagues in the attack. They said three among the slain militants belonged to the Punjab and one was affiliated to a group of pro-government militant commander Maulvi Nazeer.
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April - 8 
The newspaper also reported that al Qaeda, Taliban and other militants have been relocating from the Tribal Areas to Pakistan’s overcrowded and impoverished cities, which is likely to make it harder to find and stop them from staging terrorist attack
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The newspaper also reported that al Qaeda, Taliban and other militants have been relocating from the Tribal Areas to Pakistan’s overcrowded and impoverished cities, which is likely to make it harder to find and stop them from staging terrorist attacks. “Putting these guys on the run forces a lot of good things to happen… It gives you more targeting opportunities. The downside is that you get a much more dispersed target set and they go to places where we are not operating,” said a senior US defence official. Officials also pointed out that the strikes by the missile-firing drones are a recruiting issue for extremists because of the civilian casualties.
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April - 9 
Dawn has reported that instead of pulling out of Buner District as they had announced on April 9, the Taliban of Swat moved on April 10 to consolidate their hold and took control of new areas, including the shrine of Sufi saint Pir Baba. Security For
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Dawn has reported that instead of pulling out of Buner District as they had announced on April 9, the Taliban of Swat moved on April 10 to consolidate their hold and took control of new areas, including the shrine of Sufi saint Pir Baba. Security Forces reportedly offered no resistance. “They have taken control of vast areas in Buner. They are freely moving around while police and other law-enforcement personnel remain confined to their posts,” said a man who lives near the shrine of Pir Baba. He said that the militants had earlier announced that they would leave after holding a march in various areas. Local people said that the militants, who occupied houses of influential people organising an anti-Taliban militia, were still patrolling the road leading to Daggar, the District headquarters. Militants set on fire TV sets, pictures and paintings and audio and video cassettes before the Friday prayers. They also reportedly locked the shrine, stopping followers of Pir Baba from visiting the place. “We have been asked by our seniors not to interfere with the Taliban,” said an officer of the Pir Baba Police station. He said the Taliban had advanced weapons, some of which he had “never seen before”.
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April - 9 
In the province, the Taliban agreed to leave Buner District unconditionally after successful talks with a peace jirga (council of elders) in Mingora on April 9, Daily Times reported. Malakand Commissioner Syed Muhammad Javed told a private TV channel
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In the province, the Taliban agreed to leave Buner District unconditionally after successful talks with a peace jirga (council of elders) in Mingora on April 9, Daily Times reported. Malakand Commissioner Syed Muhammad Javed told a private TV channel the Taliban had agreed to leave Buner and would completely vacate the area by April 10 (today). He said the Taliban had made no demands for vacating the area. Earlier, the local jirga held talks with the Taliban under the supervision of the commissioner. Javed said Maulana Waliullah mediated between the jirga members and Taliban. A group of Swat Taliban had moved into Buner last week. However, local villagers resisted them, engaging the heavily armed militants and killing 20 of them.
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April - 9 
One unidentified militant was killed by the Security Forces when a group of Taliban militants attempted to loot the house of a former District official in village Qalagai, The News reported. A group of armed militants raided the house of Ajmeer and l
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One unidentified militant was killed by the Security Forces when a group of Taliban militants attempted to loot the house of a former District official in village Qalagai, The News reported. A group of armed militants raided the house of Ajmeer and loaded the valuable household items in their vehicles, besides taking four people with them. However, soon after the raid of the Taliban, the SFs arrived and opened fire on the Taliban convoy.
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April - 9 
The Taliban dumped the beheaded body of Muhammad Islam Khan, a senior leader of the Awami National Party in Bajaur, in the agency’s Ghundo area. He was abducted on his way home on April 9, Daily Times reported.
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The Taliban dumped the beheaded body of Muhammad Islam Khan, a senior leader of the Awami National Party in Bajaur, in the agency’s Ghundo area. He was abducted on his way home on April 9, Daily Times reported.
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April - 9 
The Taliban spokesman Muslim Khan said peace in the country is only possible through the imposition of Sharia (Islamic law). Talking to Daily Times, he joined Sufi Muhammad in condemning the president for not signing the Nizam-e-Adl Regulation. “We s
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The Taliban spokesman Muslim Khan said peace in the country is only possible through the imposition of Sharia (Islamic law). Talking to Daily Times, he joined Sufi Muhammad in condemning the president for not signing the Nizam-e-Adl Regulation. “We support Sufi Muhammad’s stance against the federal government… If clashes between Taliban and the security forces resume, the president will be responsible,” he said.
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April - 10 
According to another private TV channel, the Taliban extended the cease-fire in Darra Adam Khel for 10 more days. According to the channel, the Taliban announced the extension during a jirga with five local tribes at an undisclosed location. The Tali
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According to another private TV channel, the Taliban extended the cease-fire in Darra Adam Khel for 10 more days. According to the channel, the Taliban announced the extension during a jirga with five local tribes at an undisclosed location. The Taliban also authorised local elders to hold talks with the Government.
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April - 10 
Taliban militants triggered a bomb blast in the Chamkani area, outside provincial capital Peshawar, destroying six tankers supplying fuel to the NATO troops in neighbouring Afghanistan, The News reported. Around 35 tankers were parked at the incident
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Taliban militants triggered a bomb blast in the Chamkani area, outside provincial capital Peshawar, destroying six tankers supplying fuel to the NATO troops in neighbouring Afghanistan, The News reported. Around 35 tankers were parked at the incident site, when militants placed a bomb under one of the vehicles loaded with diesel, petrol and aviation fuel, Police official Asmatullah Khan told AFP. The blast triggered a fire which spread to another five tankers, he said.
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April - 10 
The Taliban beheaded two men they accused of spying for the United States in North Waziristan on April 10, Daily Times reported. The beheaded body of Shahid Mehsud was found along the Miranshah-Razmak Road in Dundin area, 40 kilometers south of Miran
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The Taliban beheaded two men they accused of spying for the United States in North Waziristan on April 10, Daily Times reported. The beheaded body of Shahid Mehsud was found along the Miranshah-Razmak Road in Dundin area, 40 kilometers south of Miranshah, while the body of Gul Mir Jan was found along the Datta Khel-Miranshah Road in Degaan area, 20 kilometers west of Miranshah. Notes found near the bodies warned that anybody found involved in spying for the US would meet the same fate.
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April - 10 
The Taliban had arrested over a dozen people, reportedly belonging to Maulana Fazlur Rahman’s JUI-F and the PPP, who would be dealt with according to Sharia.
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The Taliban had arrested over a dozen people, reportedly belonging to Maulana Fazlur Rahman’s JUI-F and the PPP, who would be dealt with according to Sharia.
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April - 10 
The Taliban has reportedly prepared a special armed force named “Action Group” to ensure the enforcement of Sharia and punish the violators. Faqir said shaving of beards and walking of men without having cap on their heads were practices of the Jews
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The Taliban has reportedly prepared a special armed force named “Action Group” to ensure the enforcement of Sharia and punish the violators. Faqir said shaving of beards and walking of men without having cap on their heads were practices of the Jews and their followers, which, he warned, the Taliban would not allow in Bajaur. Faqir said he would not allow the BISP to operate and “mislead” simple women of the tribal region. He said work on preparation of lists of people supporting the BISP and other NGOs had already been initiated. Faqir threatened that the Action Group would soon produce such people before their Sharia Court. In addition, he strictly warned women against coming out of their homes and acquiring Computerised National Identity Cards, which is reportedly mandatory for getting monetary benefits from the BISP. The militant commander said if the people were found guilty of supporting the BISP or getting its monetary benefits, the violators would be punished according to Sharia in which minimum fine would not be less than PKR 10,000.
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April - 10 
The Taliban on April 10 announced the enforcement of Sharia (Islamic law) in the Bajaur Agency of FATA and stopped women from going outside without male relatives, banned shaving of beard and warned the people against availing assistance from the Ben
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The Taliban on April 10 announced the enforcement of Sharia (Islamic law) in the Bajaur Agency of FATA and stopped women from going outside without male relatives, banned shaving of beard and warned the people against availing assistance from the Benazir Income Support Programme (BISP), The News reported. The announcement was made by Maulvi Faqir Mohammad, Taliban chief in the agency, in his 40-minute speech delivered through his group’s illegal FM radio channel. Faqir, who is deputy leader of the Baitullah Mehsud-led Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP), addressed the tribesmen on the FM radio on weekly basis. He said he and his men would spare no efforts to strictly implement the Islamic laws in the region.
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April - 12 
According to Daily Times, a security guard was killed and three others injured on April 12 when armed men stormed into three terminals storing NATO supplies in the limits of Yakatoot Police Station in Peshawar, capital of the NWFP. A Police official
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According to Daily Times, a security guard was killed and three others injured on April 12 when armed men stormed into three terminals storing NATO supplies in the limits of Yakatoot Police Station in Peshawar, capital of the NWFP. A Police official said that around 200 suspected Taliban militants, who attacked the Aasim and Amanullah Terminal on Ring Road, also set ablaze 12 vehicles. He said a guard, Arif, had succumbed to his injuries, while three others were injured.
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April - 12 
On April 12, militants took villages in the Chamla sub-division under their ‘protection’ and faced no resistance from law-enforcement agencies. “We are in touch with their (Taliban) leaders in Swat. The situation will return to normal in a few days,”
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On April 12, militants took villages in the Chamla sub-division under their ‘protection’ and faced no resistance from law-enforcement agencies. “We are in touch with their (Taliban) leaders in Swat. The situation will return to normal in a few days,” the Buner District Co-ordination Officer Jawed Ahmad said, adding that local people had entered into an agreement with the Taliban in Swat through a trible elders’ council. He said: “We are pursuing a policy of restraint. Even a minor mistake can derail the government’s peace initiative. These Taliban are peaceful. Till now they have not harmed anyone in the district.” He also denied that the Swat Taliban was recruiting youths in Buner.
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April - 12 
The NWFP, Security Forces targeted Taliban hideouts near the border between Hangu District and Kurram Agency in the FATA on April 12. Official sources said that dozens of houses and a mosque were also damaged in the attack. However, no casualties wer
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The NWFP, Security Forces targeted Taliban hideouts near the border between Hangu District and Kurram Agency in the FATA on April 12. Official sources said that dozens of houses and a mosque were also damaged in the attack. However, no casualties were reported. The operation followed a Taliban attack on the convoy of Kurram Agency Political Agent Arshad Majeed near Tutkas area two days ago in which one trooper was killed and seven were injured.
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April - 12 
The Swat District administration on April 12 released five Taliban militants in accordance with the peace accord signed by the NWFP Government and the Tehreek-e-Nafaz-e-Shariat-e-Mohammadi (TNSM). Official sources said with the latest release, the nu
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The Swat District administration on April 12 released five Taliban militants in accordance with the peace accord signed by the NWFP Government and the Tehreek-e-Nafaz-e-Shariat-e-Mohammadi (TNSM). Official sources said with the latest release, the number of the Taliban militants released after the deal has risen to 53. The sources identified those released as Fazal Qadeer, Misbahur Rehman, Ameer Rehman, Bahadar Khan and Hafeezullha.
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April - 12 
The Taliban from Swat, who have taken control of a number of areas in the Buner District, are converting mosques in Buner into recruitment centres to urge youths to join their ranks, Dawn reported. Almost all mosques in Sultanwas, Pacha, Bhai Kaly, M
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The Taliban from Swat, who have taken control of a number of areas in the Buner District, are converting mosques in Buner into recruitment centres to urge youths to join their ranks, Dawn reported. Almost all mosques in Sultanwas, Pacha, Bhai Kaly, Malkpur, Kalakheelam, Jure, Bagra, Manyarai and Gokand are being used by them to recruit local people to their cause of enforcing Sharia (Islamic law) in the Malakand Division and eventually in the rest of the country.
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April - 12 
The Tehreek-e-Nafaz-e-Shariat-e-Mohammadi (TNSM) and the Swat Taliban on April 12 warned parliamentarians against opposing the Nizam-e-Adl Regulation in the National Assembly. “Even holy prophets had no authority to make religious laws or amend them,
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The Tehreek-e-Nafaz-e-Shariat-e-Mohammadi (TNSM) and the Swat Taliban on April 12 warned parliamentarians against opposing the Nizam-e-Adl Regulation in the National Assembly. “Even holy prophets had no authority to make religious laws or amend them, then how can the National Assembly do it?” TNSM spokesman Amir Izzat Khan told The News. “If members of the National Assembly opposed the judicial system of the Shariat-e-Muhammadi, they will enter the category of non-Muslims and Pakistan will become Darul Harb,” he warned. Explaining Darul Harb, he said when the rulers of a country opposed the Sharia (Islamic law), they did not remain Muslims anymore. “So a country with non-Muslims as its rulers becomes Darul Harb,” he said and added that it made Jihad mandatory on rulers. Muslim Khan, the spokesman for the Swat militants, warned that those opposing the Nizam-e-Adl would be declared Murtad or apostate. “Then, he or she should contest election on minority seat, if he or she remains alive,” he said.
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April - 13 
Daily Times reports that Taliban in Swat have renewed efforts to recruit fighters and supporters following delays in the implementation of their peace agreement with the Government. “As long as we were there enforcing peace, they were not recruiting,
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Daily Times reports that Taliban in Swat have renewed efforts to recruit fighters and supporters following delays in the implementation of their peace agreement with the Government. “As long as we were there enforcing peace, they were not recruiting,” Rizwanullah Farooq, son of Sufi Muhammad, told Bloomberg on April 13. He said, “Now recruitment is going on even in Buner because they don’t see a chance for peace. The government must understand this.” The report adds that the drive into Buner brings the Taliban closest to Islamabad in the five years since they began fighting the government for territorial control. The Tehreek Nifaaz-e-Shariat-e-Muhammadi, which signed the two-month-old peace accord with the Government on behalf of the Taliban, abandoned the vigil last week by leaving Swat in protest and has threatened to pull out of the peace accord to protest delay by President Asif Ali Zardari in approving the system of Sufi’s Sharia (Islamic law) courts in the area.
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April - 13 
Taliban militants stopped the polio vaccination campaign launched in Darsmand union council area under Tal tehsil (revenue unit) in Hangu District, threatening to abduct health officials if they would go ahead with the campaign, Daily Times reported.
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Taliban militants stopped the polio vaccination campaign launched in Darsmand union council area under Tal tehsil (revenue unit) in Hangu District, threatening to abduct health officials if they would go ahead with the campaign, Daily Times reported. Khan Meer, head of one of the polio teams working in Darsmand, told that around 10 am armed Taliban militants came to the area and told his three-member team to stop vaccinating children. He said he stopped work in the area immediately after the Taliban warning, and “this is the reason the Taliban have not done anything so far”.
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April - 13 
The Taliban are imposing their rule in the mountain valley of Buner that they took over last week, spreading fear in the area only 100 kilometres from the capital Islamabad, said Police and residents on April 13, according to Daily Times. Police said
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The Taliban are imposing their rule in the mountain valley of Buner that they took over last week, spreading fear in the area only 100 kilometres from the capital Islamabad, said Police and residents on April 13, according to Daily Times. Police said authorities were negotiating with the Taliban to persuade them to withdraw, but the group had stayed put and appeared determined to take over the valley. “They are everywhere,” Arsala Khan, a Deputy Superintendent of Police, told Reuters over the telephone from Buner. “They are visiting mosques, they are visiting bazaars asking people to help them enforce sharia,” he said adding, “Buner is fast turning into Swat.” Using loudspeakers installed at mosques, Taliban commanders on April 13 called on young men in Buner to get jihadi training. Residents of Buner said they feared more bloodshed.
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April - 13 
Three Taliban militants from the Mullah Nazir group were reportedly killed in clashes with Security Forces (SFs) in South Waziristan on April 13– marking the first intense clashes with the group since April 2007, according to Daily Times. The politi
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Three Taliban militants from the Mullah Nazir group were reportedly killed in clashes with Security Forces (SFs) in South Waziristan on April 13– marking the first intense clashes with the group since April 2007, according to Daily Times. The political administration said that Taliban attacked two security checkposts in different areas of Wana with rockets and other weapons – injuring one trooper deployed at the Dargai post. The SFs retaliated using mortars and artillery shells, killing three of the attackers.
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April - 13 
Tribesmen killed a Taliban leader and injured two others in Mohmand Agency, said the Frontier Corps (FC) in press release on April 13, according to Daily Times. The FC said that Taliban leader Dilbar Khan, accompanied by 17 to 18 other members of the
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Tribesmen killed a Taliban leader and injured two others in Mohmand Agency, said the Frontier Corps (FC) in press release on April 13, according to Daily Times. The FC said that Taliban leader Dilbar Khan, accompanied by 17 to 18 other members of the group, went to Lundi Jawar village in Utmanzai to confront a local over opposition to the group’s activities in the area. However, the villagers engaged the Taliban and killed Dilbar Khan and injured two others. The FC said that after the clash Taliban, a large number of Taliban militants surrendered in the same village.
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April - 14 
Afghanistan on April 14 warned that the peace deal with Swat Taliban for imposing Islamic law might have "dire consequences" for the region and could harm Pakistan-Afghanistan ties. The criticism came after President Asif Ali Zardari signed the Nizam
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Afghanistan on April 14 warned that the peace deal with Swat Taliban for imposing Islamic law might have "dire consequences" for the region and could harm Pakistan-Afghanistan ties. The criticism came after President Asif Ali Zardari signed the Nizam-e-Adl Regulation. "We do not interfere in Pakistan’s internal affairs," President Hamid Karzai’s spokesman said. However, there were concerns that "dealing with terrorists and handing over parts of one country to terrorists could have dire consequences in the long term", he said.
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April - 14 
Terming the Army the defender of the country and the nation, the TNSM chief Maulana Sufi Muhammad on April 14 asked the Taliban to lay down their arms after ratification of the Nizam-e-Adl Regulation 2009 by the president, The News reported. "The TNS
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Terming the Army the defender of the country and the nation, the TNSM chief Maulana Sufi Muhammad on April 14 asked the Taliban to lay down their arms after ratification of the Nizam-e-Adl Regulation 2009 by the president, The News reported. "The TNSM will extend unflinching support to the Army," he said and added that he would continue efforts to bring peace back to Malakand and other parts of the country. He said a general amnesty would be announced for all those prisoners who were in the captivity of the Taliban at a public meeting soon.
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April - 14 
The Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) spokesman for Swat, Haji Muslim Khan, asked the militants to lay down arms. "Henceforth, no one is allowed to take weapons even into the Taliban headquarters in Mamdherai," he said. He also directed the Taliban to
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The Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) spokesman for Swat, Haji Muslim Khan, asked the militants to lay down arms. "Henceforth, no one is allowed to take weapons even into the Taliban headquarters in Mamdherai," he said. He also directed the Taliban to cease brandishing any weapons in public places, and anyone defying the orders would not be a Talib. He said that in all the districts of the Malakand Division, Qazis would be deputed and all decisions taken according to Islamic laws. The TTP chief in Swat, Maulana Fazlullah, is reported to have said the federal Government has won the hearts of the people of Malakand and the Taliban with enforcement of Sharia. Talking to a private television channel, Fazlullah said the Taliban will extend full cooperation to the federal Government.
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April - 15 
Al Qaeda and other militant groups within its territory pose “an ever more serious threat to Pakistan’s very existence”, General David Petraeus, head of US Central Command (CENTCOM), has said, Daily Times reported. In an interview with Philadelphia I
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Al Qaeda and other militant groups within its territory pose “an ever more serious threat to Pakistan’s very existence”, General David Petraeus, head of US Central Command (CENTCOM), has said, Daily Times reported. In an interview with Philadelphia Inquirer, he said US President Barack Obama had made Afghanistan and Pakistan the focus of his foreign policy because of the presence of al Qaeda in the Tribal Areas of Pakistan. To questions on why troops were being increased in Afghanistan if the real threat were in Pakistan, he said: “You have to ensure that Afghanistan doesn’t become once again a place where Al Qaeda establishes safe havens.” If Taliban ideologues regain control of Afghanistan, it would further destabilise Pakistan, he added. Petraeus said the surge of 17,000 troops would be enough, as Afghanistan was not plagued by a raging insurgency throughout the country, as was the case in Iraq. “Seventy percent of the violence is in 10 percent of the districts,” he said.
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April - 15 
The Sikh community living in the Orakzai Agency of FATA on April 15 conceded to the Taliban demand to pay them jizia – tax levied on non-Muslims living under Islamic rule – and paid PKR 20 million to Taliban in return for ‘protection’. Officials told
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The Sikh community living in the Orakzai Agency of FATA on April 15 conceded to the Taliban demand to pay them jizia – tax levied on non-Muslims living under Islamic rule – and paid PKR 20 million to Taliban in return for ‘protection’. Officials told Daily Times that the Taliban also released Sikh leader Sardar Saiwang Singh and vacated the community’s houses after the Sikhs accepted the Taliban demand. The officials said the Taliban announced that the Sikhs were now free to live anywhere in Orakzai. They also announced protection for the Sikh community, saying that no one would harm them after they paid jizia. Sikhs who had left the agency would now return to their houses and resume their business in the agency, the officials said.
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April - 15 
The Taliban will not lay down their arms in NWFP as part of the peace deal that included the introduction of Sharia (Islamic law) but will take their “struggle” to new areas, a spokesman of the group said on April 15, Dawn reported. “Sharia doesn’t p
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The Taliban will not lay down their arms in NWFP as part of the peace deal that included the introduction of Sharia (Islamic law) but will take their “struggle” to new areas, a spokesman of the group said on April 15, Dawn reported. “Sharia doesn’t permit us to lay down arms… If a government, either in Pakistan or Afghanistan, continues anti-Muslim policies, it’s out of the question that Taliban lay down their arms,” Taliban spokesman Muslim Khan said by telephone. “When we achieve our goal at one place, there are other areas where we need to struggle for it,” he said. Khan also said militants would go to Afghanistan to fight US-led forces if the Afghan Taliban called for help. “Our struggle is for a cause and that’s to enforce Allah’s rule on Allah’s land. We will send mujahideen to Afghanistan if they demand them,” he said.
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April - 17 
A man and a woman accused of committing adultery were shot dead by the Taliban militants in the same District in the presence of their relatives, The Hindu reports. Later, unidentified persons sent a video to the Dawn newspaper on April 17 showing a
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A man and a woman accused of committing adultery were shot dead by the Taliban militants in the same District in the presence of their relatives, The Hindu reports. Later, unidentified persons sent a video to the Dawn newspaper on April 17 showing a Taliban firing squad killing the man and woman. In the video, the woman is heard appealing to the Taliban for mercy. "Have mercy on me, please have mercy. The charges against me are false and no man has ever touched me," she is heard saying. The Taliban militants first pumped several bullets into the woman’s chest and then fired a burst from assault rifles at her and the man. As the woman was apparently still alive after being shot, some Taliban are heard shouting: "She is alive, kill her." The newspaper quoted its sources as saying that the incident took place a few days ago.
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April - 19 
According to Daily Times, at least two people were killed and another injured in a gunfight between Taliban militants and the operatives of the Tehreek-e-Nafaz-e-Shariat-e-Mohammadi (TNSM) in the Mamond sub-division of Bajaur Agency on April 19. The
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According to Daily Times, at least two people were killed and another injured in a gunfight between Taliban militants and the operatives of the Tehreek-e-Nafaz-e-Shariat-e-Mohammadi (TNSM) in the Mamond sub-division of Bajaur Agency on April 19. The reason for the clash - that occurred in the Meena area - could not be ascertained. Taliban spokesman Maulvi Umar confirmed the incident while talking to reporters from an undisclosed location. He said the Taliban would not allow anyone to display weapons in Mamond in accordance with their peace deal with local tribal elders, and that they had held 60 people so far for displaying weapons. Rizwan, a TNSM leader and son of the outfit’s chief Maulana Sufi Muhammad – said the incident was a result of a misunderstanding. Some differences had emerged between the TNSM and the Mamond tribe, he said, and a jirga (council of elders) is attempting to resolve them.
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April - 19 
Two women were killed on April 19-night as militants blew up a house in Kalaya, headquarters of the Orakzai Agency, to punish a girl and a boy in an honour-related case. The Taliban militants had reportedly planted explosives in the house of the alle
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Two women were killed on April 19-night as militants blew up a house in Kalaya, headquarters of the Orakzai Agency, to punish a girl and a boy in an honour-related case. The Taliban militants had reportedly planted explosives in the house of the alleged paramour of the girl where she was also living. The boy had fled the area leaving behind the girl with his parents after the Taliban got involved in the case. The girl, who belongs to the Bezote area, sustained minor injuries in the blast. Locals told Dawn on April 20 that a Sunni girl had fled with a Shia man from the Bezote area to Kalaya in the lower Orakzai Agency during March 2009. This had infuriated the Taliban who asked the tribesmen to hand over both the girl and the man for "execution under tribal customs". The tribesmen had refused after which the Taliban kidnapped a man of the Kalaya tribe and started killing passengers passing through the area.
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April - 20 
A two-day-old ceasefire in South Waziristan collapsed on April 20 as the Taliban attacked bases of Security Forces (SFs) hours after a drone attack targeted suspected Taliban hideouts, Daily Times reported. Three persons, including a woman and a chil
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A two-day-old ceasefire in South Waziristan collapsed on April 20 as the Taliban attacked bases of Security Forces (SFs) hours after a drone attack targeted suspected Taliban hideouts, Daily Times reported. Three persons, including a woman and a child, were also killed in crossfire between the Taliban and SFs, said locals. According to foreign news agencies, the Taliban attacked at least four security check-posts. The SFs also reportedly shelled and launched air strikes against Taliban positions in Wana, killing eight suspected Taliban militants, said officials.
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April - 20 
Helicopter gunships and jets targeted Taliban positions in the Orakzai Agency on April 20, killing at least 11 militants and injuring five others, Dawn reported. The military operation against militants has reportedly been expanded to the Mamozai, Ma
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Helicopter gunships and jets targeted Taliban positions in the Orakzai Agency on April 20, killing at least 11 militants and injuring five others, Dawn reported. The military operation against militants has reportedly been expanded to the Mamozai, Maidan, Jabba, Samma and Buda Khel areas. Security Forces (SFs) launched operations on April 19 after the Tehrik-i-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) claimed responsibility for the April 18 suicide attack in Doaba in which at least 23 soldiers and five civilians were killed. The SFs are reported to have missed an important target, the house of local TTP chief Hakeemullah Mehsud, during the air raid in Dabori.
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April - 20 
Osama Bin Laden’s top lieutenant Ayman Al-Zawahiri has criticised Pakistan’s Government for its attempts to make deals with the Taliban along its border with Afghanistan, according to Daily Times. In an audio recording on a jihadi Website, Ayman al-Z
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Osama Bin Laden’s top lieutenant Ayman Al-Zawahiri has criticised Pakistan’s Government for its attempts to make deals with the Taliban along its border with Afghanistan, according to Daily Times. In an audio recording on a jihadi Website, Ayman al-Zawahiri accused US President Barack Obama of encouraging Pakistan’s Government to make such deals, calling the strategy "a delusion". "Obama is cheating you, the problem will not end there. It will escalate," AP quoted him as saying.
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April - 20 
The Frontier Corps (FC) troops on April 20 foiled an ambush by suspected Taliban militants on its convoy at Turkama Bhattai in the Thall area of Kurram Agency, injuring two militants, Daily Times reported. According to an FC press release, heavily ar
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The Frontier Corps (FC) troops on April 20 foiled an ambush by suspected Taliban militants on its convoy at Turkama Bhattai in the Thall area of Kurram Agency, injuring two militants, Daily Times reported. According to an FC press release, heavily armed militants ambushed an FC convoy, while moving from the Alizai to the Bhattai post. It said that an intense exchange of fire occurred between FC troops and the Taliban, following which the militants fled. A vehicle in possession of the Taliban was also destroyed, the press release added.
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April - 21 
The Taliban in Swat have said they are not bound to honour the peace accord between the Government and Tehreek-e-Nafaz-e-Shariat-e-Mohammadi (TNSM) Maulana Sufi Muhammad, Daily Times reported. According to a private TV channel, they said the NWFP Gov
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The Taliban in Swat have said they are not bound to honour the peace accord between the Government and Tehreek-e-Nafaz-e-Shariat-e-Mohammadi (TNSM) Maulana Sufi Muhammad, Daily Times reported. According to a private TV channel, they said the NWFP Government had signed the deal with the TNSM, and not with the Taliban. Taliban spokesman Muslim Khan in a telephone interview with the CNN demanded the imposition of the Taliban’s model of Sharia (Islamic law) throughout Pakistan and beyond, "even in America". He also denounced any Pakistanis who disagreed with his interpretation of Islam, calling them "non-Muslims". He also called for the imposition of jiziya, a tax to be levied on all non-Muslims in Pakistan. In an Associated Press interview, he said Osama bin Laden was welcome in Swat. "Yes, we will help them and protect them," he stated. Muslim Khan counted the Lashkar-e-Toiba (LeT), the Jaish-e-Mohammed (JeM), the Islamic Movement of Uzbekistan, Al Qaeda, and the Taliban of Afghanistan among his allies. "If we need, we can call them and if they need, they can call us," he said.
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April - 22 
Maulana Fazlur Rehman, chief of his own faction of the Jamiat Ulema-I-Islam (JuI-F) warned in a speech in the National Assembly on April 22 that the Taliban were closing in on Islamabad. "You talk about Swat and Buner, but according to my information
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Maulana Fazlur Rehman, chief of his own faction of the Jamiat Ulema-I-Islam (JuI-F) warned in a speech in the National Assembly on April 22 that the Taliban were closing in on Islamabad. "You talk about Swat and Buner, but according to my information, they have reached Kala Dhaka and Tarbela. And if they continue advancing, there will be only Margalla Hills between them and the federal capital," he said. He blamed the "civil war-like situation" on former president Pervez Musharraf’s decision to join the US-led war on terror. The Swat peace deal was "based on defeat, not success", he said, adding there was no writ of the state in the NWFP.
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April - 22 
Security agencies have imposed a curfew in Sarjani Town after four persons were injured in a cross-fire between two groups after pro-Taliban slogans were found painted on the walls of a church in Karachi on April 22, Daily Times reported. At least tw
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Security agencies have imposed a curfew in Sarjani Town after four persons were injured in a cross-fire between two groups after pro-Taliban slogans were found painted on the walls of a church in Karachi on April 22, Daily Times reported. At least two houses, over half a dozen shops, pushcarts and roadside stalls were set ablaze by unidentified men. However, Police officials declined the presence of Taliban in the area and believed it to be a conspiracy by elements that wanted to disturb the peace of the city.
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April - 22 
The Taliban have said they will not leave Buner District until the Nizam-e-Adl was implemented in Malakand Division, Daily Times reported. "The Taliban will leave Buner after enforcement of the Nizam-e-Adl," the Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan spokesman M
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The Taliban have said they will not leave Buner District until the Nizam-e-Adl was implemented in Malakand Division, Daily Times reported. "The Taliban will leave Buner after enforcement of the Nizam-e-Adl," the Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan spokesman Muslim Khan told AFP from Swat. "The government writ is not being challenged" in Buner and the Taliban were not creating problems for the administration there, he claimed. "We went into Buner because the administration there had totally failed to provide justice to the people and resolve the problems being faced by them," he added.
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April - 22 
US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton said on April 22 she believed the Pakistani Government was abdicating to the Taliban and other militants, Dawn reported. In a testimony before the House Foreign Affairs Committee, she warned that nuclear-armed Pa
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US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton said on April 22 she believed the Pakistani Government was abdicating to the Taliban and other militants, Dawn reported. In a testimony before the House Foreign Affairs Committee, she warned that nuclear-armed Pakistan was becoming a "mortal threat" to the world. "I think that the Pakistani government is basically abdicating to the Taliban and to the extremists," Clinton said. According to her, "Pakistan poses a mortal threat to the security and safety of our country and the world… And I want to take this occasion ... to state unequivocally that not only do the Pakistani government officials, but the Pakistani people and the Pakistani Diaspora ... need to speak out forcefully against a policy that is ceding more and more territory to the insurgents." "(We) cannot underscore the seriousness of the existential threat posed to the state of Pakistan by the continuing advances now within hours of Islamabad that are being made by a loosely confederated group of terrorists and others who are seeking the overthrow of the Pakistani state," Clinton said.
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April - 23 
Eight Frontier Constabulary platoons were rushed to Buner on April 23 to protect vital state installations in the northwestern town now virtually under Taliban control, while the Taliban entered the adjacent Shangla District, Daily Times reported. Lo
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Eight Frontier Constabulary platoons were rushed to Buner on April 23 to protect vital state installations in the northwestern town now virtually under Taliban control, while the Taliban entered the adjacent Shangla District, Daily Times reported. Local residents and Police in the Poran tehsil (revenue division) of Shangla said around 30 armed Taliban militants arrived in the town on April 23-morning. “They entered the tehsil in cars and are still in the area,” a Police official said. The movement to Shangla came after the District administration recognised Taliban’s control over Buner District by holding a jirga (council of elders) with a local commander to lay down procedures to govern the District. “We will not display weapons in public, and we will stay away from undue interference in the district administration,” Taliban commanders Mufti Bashir and Ustad Yasir told the jirga which local administration officials and jirga elders attended. However, moments after the Taliban pledged to stay peaceful, a convoy of the Frontier Constabulary was attacked in the Totalai area. Two escorting Police officers were killed and another was wounded. While no group has claimed responsibility so far, the Taliban’s role is being suspected. In a second attack, armed men robbed a truck carrying supplies for the Security Forces in the Baboo area in Khawazakhela sub-division of Swat and abducted three soldiers, local residents said.
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April - 23 
Six tankers supplying fuel to the NATO forces in Afghanistan were set ablaze and a guard sustained injuries after suspected Taliban militants opened fire on them on April 23. A Chamkani Police official told Daily Times that five militants equipped wi
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Six tankers supplying fuel to the NATO forces in Afghanistan were set ablaze and a guard sustained injuries after suspected Taliban militants opened fire on them on April 23. A Chamkani Police official told Daily Times that five militants equipped with sophisticated weapons and rocket launchers entered the Pakistan Oil Tanker terminal at Jhagra Chowk at around 3am and opened fire on the tankers parked there. He said the guard, Razam Khan, sustained injuries and six tankers were charred. He said at least three blasts were also heard, but the cause was not certain yet.
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April - 23 
Taliban spokesman in Darra Adamkhel claimed to have killed 35 SF personnel during a clash in Kohat. The spokesman, Mohammad, told Dawn by telephone on April 22-night that the Government took their cease-fire decision as their weakness whereas they ha
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Taliban spokesman in Darra Adamkhel claimed to have killed 35 SF personnel during a clash in Kohat. The spokesman, Mohammad, told Dawn by telephone on April 22-night that the Government took their cease-fire decision as their weakness whereas they had announced a unilateral truce keeping in view the sufferings of the tribesmen.
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April - 24 
The Taliban announced its withdrawal from the Buner District in NWFP on April 24 after a meeting between the Tehreek-e-Nafaz-e-Shariat-e-Mohammadi (TNSM) chief Maulana Sufi Muhammad and key Government officials. “All the Taliban who have come from [o
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The Taliban announced its withdrawal from the Buner District in NWFP on April 24 after a meeting between the Tehreek-e-Nafaz-e-Shariat-e-Mohammadi (TNSM) chief Maulana Sufi Muhammad and key Government officials. “All the Taliban who have come from [outside Buner] will go back,” Amir Izzat Khan, a spokesman of Sufi Muhammad, told Daily Times. However, sources close to the Taliban said that the “local Taliban will stay in Buner”. It was not clear if those who stay will surrender weapons. Witnesses in the Poran sub-division of Shangla District also reported a Taliban withdrawal. The Malakand Commissioner Syed Muhammad Javed told Daily Times the withdrawal was a result of the peace talks with Sufi.
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April - 26 
At least 26 Taliban militants, including an important commander, and a trooper were killed after Security Forces launched an operation in the Maidan area of Lower Dir on April 26, according to Daily Times. “At least 26 bodies of Taliban were found fr
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At least 26 Taliban militants, including an important commander, and a trooper were killed after Security Forces launched an operation in the Maidan area of Lower Dir on April 26, according to Daily Times. “At least 26 bodies of Taliban were found from Lal Qila. The FC [Frontier Corps] has taken control of Lal Qila,” said the SFs, after the Government decided to establish the writ of the state in areas bordering Swat. An Inter-Services Public Relations statement said, “On the request of the provincial government and the people of Dir, the Frontier Corps launched the operation early on Sunday against suspected Taliban positions in Islampura and Lal Qila in Lower Dir. An exchange of fire took place in Kala Dag and scores of Taliban were killed.” It said that a soldier was also killed and four others were injured.
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April - 26 
Banned terrorist groups in Pakistan’s Punjab province are gaining strength after joining hands on a new platform called the Muslim United Army (MUA), Daily Excelsior reported. The Lashkar-e-Toiba (LeT), Jaish-e-Mohammed (JeM) and Lashkar-e-Jhangvi (L
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Banned terrorist groups in Pakistan’s Punjab province are gaining strength after joining hands on a new platform called the Muslim United Army (MUA), Daily Excelsior reported. The Lashkar-e-Toiba (LeT), Jaish-e-Mohammed (JeM) and Lashkar-e-Jhangvi (LeJ) have a common cause under the banner of MUA and their activities are also in line with those of the Taliban, according to a report drawn up by the Crime Investigation Department (CID). The report also said militancy has been rapidly taking roots in Punjab province, especially in the five districts of Muzaffarghar, Dera Ghazi Khan, Bahawalpur, Rahim Yar Khan and Bhakkar. "As several members of the three banned groups have taken part in the Afghan war, they have developed a nexus with the Taliban," a senior CID officer said. "In the suicide bombings of the Naval War College and Federal Investigation Agency office in Lahore and the terrorist attacks on the Sri Lankan cricket team and police training school in Manawan, the facilitators of the perpetrators were from these organisations operating in Punjab," the officer said. Police officials also believe the three groups had joined hands primarily to target the security forces. Though the main actors of Lashkar-e-Jhangvi - Malik Ishaq and Akram Lahori - are in jails in Multan and Karachi respectively, they are operating their group from behind bars in connivance with the prison staff, sources said. Though both are being tried in a number of cases, they are yet to be convicted in a single case due to lack of evidence. Police claim people are afraid of giving testimony against them. The CID official said the LeJ is currently at the forefront in carrying out attacks in Punjab along with the banned Tehrik-e-Taliban Pakistan. He also said the MUA has developed a core group in five Districts as the three proscribed groups had their seminaries there. "The function of the core groups is to ensure maximum recruitment from seminaries, give the recruits training and equip them with weapons. The extremists then start intimidating security forces, terrorising people, occupying roads and targeting wealthy people, whom they consider exploiters of the poor people," the officer explained.
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April - 26 
The Inter-Services Public Relations (ISPR) Director General, Major General Athar Abbas has said that certain splinter groups are not even under the control of the Tehreek-e-Nafaz-e-Shariat-e-Mohammadi (TNSM) or the Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP), a
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The Inter-Services Public Relations (ISPR) Director General, Major General Athar Abbas has said that certain splinter groups are not even under the control of the Tehreek-e-Nafaz-e-Shariat-e-Mohammadi (TNSM) or the Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP), and “these are the groups creating problems,” Daily Times reported. Abbas, however, told a foreign television channel on April 26 that the Government was confident of implementing the Swat peace deal. He rubbished as baseless reports that the Taliban could also enter Islamabad. “It is impossible for a group of 200 Taliban, who have come to Buner from Swat, to storm Islamabad despite its close proximity to Buner district. No doubt, Buner is situated within a radius of 100 miles of the federal capital ... [but] the threat cannot be measured in terms of distance, rather it has to be measured in terms of counter capabilities,” he said, adding that it would be ridiculous to say that the Taliban were a threat to Islamabad. He claimed that there were no more than 50 Taliban militants in Buner District. “They were recruited by the Swat Taliban, who left them behind after ... they left Buner,” he added. He also said the Security Forces would flush out those left in Buner if they created further problems.
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April - 26 
The Taliban in Buner District shaved the heads and moustaches of four men as ‘punishment for listening to music’, said one of the victims on April 26, according to Daily Times. “I was with three other friends in my car, listening to music when armed
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The Taliban in Buner District shaved the heads and moustaches of four men as ‘punishment for listening to music’, said one of the victims on April 26, according to Daily Times. “I was with three other friends in my car, listening to music when armed Taliban stopped us and, after smashing cassettes and the cassette player, they shaved half our heads and moustaches,” he said. “The Taliban also beat us up and asked us not to listen to music ever again,” said the man. The local Police, however, said they had no information of the incident. The victim said the friends had decided not to file a complaint with Police, as this would have been ‘useless’. “It might have annoyed the Taliban further and I fear for my life,” said the man. Residents of Mingora in Swat said Taliban posters had been put up in streets and markets ordering women not to go shopping.
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April - 26 
Interior Adviser Rehman Malik said on April 26 the Government has no option but to take action against the Taliban. Malik said citizens “cannot bear such unwanted elements in the country that compel the government to take action against them”. In Isl
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Interior Adviser Rehman Malik said on April 26 the Government has no option but to take action against the Taliban. Malik said citizens “cannot bear such unwanted elements in the country that compel the government to take action against them”. In Islamabad, the Presidential spokesman Farhatullah Babar said the Government’s peace deal with the Taliban in Swat is ‘intact’ despite the launch of a military operation in Lower Dir. Babar said the operation did not void the pact. Lower Dir is part of the Malakand Division, which is covered by the agreement.
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April - 27 
According to Daily Times, the NWFP Information Minister Mian Iftikhar on April 27 warned the Taliban of military action if they did not leave Buner district. “Leave Buner or face action,” the minister said while addressing a news conference in Timerg
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According to Daily Times, the NWFP Information Minister Mian Iftikhar on April 27 warned the Taliban of military action if they did not leave Buner district. “Leave Buner or face action,” the minister said while addressing a news conference in Timergara where new Malakand Commissioner Fazal Rahim Khattak was also present. The minister said the provincial Government has received reports of presence of “foreign militants” in Buner, where some of the Taliban had been speaking languages the locals could not understand. The foreigners are likely Uzbeks, Chechens or Arabs. The minister said there was no military operation going on in Lower Dir, the APP reported, adding that the clashes there were “retaliation to the attack by miscreants on the security forces”. The armed forces were present in Malakand division “only to maintain peace and harmony”.
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April - 27 
Daily Times quoting a survey conducted by Community Appraisal and Motivation Programme (CAMP) with the help of the British High Commission in Islamabad reports that 56 percent respondents described Afghanistan’s Taliban as “Islamic heroes fighting we
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Daily Times quoting a survey conducted by Community Appraisal and Motivation Programme (CAMP) with the help of the British High Commission in Islamabad reports that 56 percent respondents described Afghanistan’s Taliban as “Islamic heroes fighting western occupation”. A paltry 12.1 percent called them “a terrorist group”. More than 54 percent respondents said they were “dissatisfied with life” in FATA in general. The number of satisfied people stood at 18.15 percent, according to the survey, and 17.5 percent said they were neither satisfied nor dissatisfied. Some 73.25 percent tribesmen referred to provision of justice as “the most important service” that the Government should provide in their areas followed by 64.6 percent voting for education, 52.1 percent for health and 47 percent for tackling terrorism. Just 2.95 percent respondents referred to the United States as a “very favourable” country, compared with 66.2 percent who called it “very unfavourable”.
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April - 27 
Frontier Corps (FC) personnel killed 26 Taliban militants, including key commanders, as Operation Toar Tander-I (Black Thunderstorm-I) continued in the Maidan area of Lower Dir of North West Frontier Province (NWFP) for the second day on April 27, re
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Frontier Corps (FC) personnel killed 26 Taliban militants, including key commanders, as Operation Toar Tander-I (Black Thunderstorm-I) continued in the Maidan area of Lower Dir of North West Frontier Province (NWFP) for the second day on April 27, report Daily Times. “Forty (Taliban), including commanders Maulana Shahid and Qari Quraish, have been killed in the last two days of operation,” FC said in a press statement. Officials said the Security Forces (SFs) were gaining ground against the Taliban and their hideouts in Kalkot, Islam Dara and Hoshyari Dara were targeted. “After a stiff encounter with the [Taliban], the Frontier Corps soldiers regained control of Lal Qila and flushed them out from Maidan valley,” the FC statement added. Paramilitary troops and helicopter gunships bombed suspected Taliban bases during the operation, an unnamed military official told AFP. “Eight security officials were also killed in two days of operation,” another military official said. The operation was launched on April 26 after the Taliban militants attacked SFs and Government officials and closed roads for the movement of government and FC convoys. A day earlier, at least 11 schoolchildren were killed by toy bomb.
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April - 27 
The Tehreek-e-Nafaz-e-Shariat-e-Mohammadi (TNSM) has suspended talks with the NWFP Government to protest against the military action in Dir, the TNSM spokesman Amir Izzat Khan told Daily Times in Mingora city on April 27. “We, however, still adhere t
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The Tehreek-e-Nafaz-e-Shariat-e-Mohammadi (TNSM) has suspended talks with the NWFP Government to protest against the military action in Dir, the TNSM spokesman Amir Izzat Khan told Daily Times in Mingora city on April 27. “We, however, still adhere to the February deal,” he told AFP, referring to the accord that sought Taliban disarmament in return for the imposition of sharia law in Malakand division. “We will not hold any talks until the operation ends,” he told Associated Press. “The agreements with the Pakistan government are worthless because Pakistani rulers are acting to please Americans,” Muslim Khan, spokesman for Taliban in Swat valley said. A Taliban spokesman identified as Umar said to Associated Press that the Taliban would agree to talks about the situation in Dir, but only if the military operation is halted. “We were living peacefully in Dir,” Umar added further.
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April - 28 
Evidence is reportedly growing that Taliban are filtering out of havens along the Pakistan-Afghanistan border and into East Africa, bringing sophisticated terror tactics including suicide attacks, according to Daily Times. The shift, according to US
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Evidence is reportedly growing that Taliban are filtering out of havens along the Pakistan-Afghanistan border and into East Africa, bringing sophisticated terror tactics including suicide attacks, according to Daily Times. The shift, according to US military and counter-terrorism officials, fuels worries that Somalia is on a path to become the next Afghanistan, a sanctuary where Al Qaeda-linked groups could train and plan their attacks against the West. So far, officials said the number of foreign fighters who had moved from southwest Asia and the Pakistan-Afghanistan border region to the Horn of Africa was two to three dozen. “There is a level of activity that is troubling, disturbing,” US Gen William “Kip” Ward, head of US Africa Command, told AP, adding that American officials already were seeing extremist factions in East Africa sharing information and techniques.
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April - 28 
Gen Abbas also said the soldiers had freed 18 of some 70 police and militiamen kidnapped by the Taliban on April 28. However, BBC Urdu reported that the Taliban had freed the hostages at the Pir Baba police station “under a deal” on April 28.
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Gen Abbas also said the soldiers had freed 18 of some 70 police and militiamen kidnapped by the Taliban on April 28. However, BBC Urdu reported that the Taliban had freed the hostages at the Pir Baba police station “under a deal” on April 28.
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April - 28 
Militants in Swat warned media personnel on April 28 of dire consequences if they did not ‘mend their ways’, Dawn reported. According to a private TV channel, pamphlets sent to the offices of newspapers and TV channels asked them to review their role
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Militants in Swat warned media personnel on April 28 of dire consequences if they did not ‘mend their ways’, Dawn reported. According to a private TV channel, pamphlets sent to the offices of newspapers and TV channels asked them to review their role and avoid following “an anti-Taliban agenda”. It was signed by the ‘commander’ of the Fidayeen (suicide squad) section of the Tehrik-i-Taliban. The pamphlets accused the media of following a new trend over the past week which showed that “everybody is following a pro-western policy under pressure or for greed”. The Taliban also warned that they would move the Sharia (Islamic law) courts if the media did not follow their instructions.
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April - 28 
Official sources confirmed the air strikes but there was no information on any loss of life. The SFs also shelled suspected hideouts of the militants with artillery from Bajkata area. The house of Ayaz Badshah was completely destroyed when a shell hi
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Official sources confirmed the air strikes but there was no information on any loss of life. The SFs also shelled suspected hideouts of the militants with artillery from Bajkata area. The house of Ayaz Badshah was completely destroyed when a shell hit the structure. However, no casualty was reported. Militants destroyed a bridge connecting the Mardan and Buner Districts near Ambaila area, besides blowing up a Police post in the same vicinity. The militants later occupied the Paacha Police Station near the shrine of Sufi Saint Pir Baba. A private TV channel reported that 60 Policemen and troops were inside the Police station. Unconfirmed reports said that three FC platoons and a Station House Officer were disarmed and captured by Taliban in Buner.
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April - 28 
Security Forces (SFs), backed by artillery, gunship helicopters and jet fighters, launched a full-fledged operation against the militants in Buner District of NWFP on April 28, targeting their suspected hideouts in different areas, besides placing th
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Security Forces (SFs), backed by artillery, gunship helicopters and jet fighters, launched a full-fledged operation against the militants in Buner District of NWFP on April 28, targeting their suspected hideouts in different areas, besides placing the whole District under curfew, The News reported. “Today at 4pm, the Frontier Corps (FC) and military troops launched a joint operation against the militants in Buner,” the Inter-Services Public Relations Director General Major General Athar Abbas said at a press briefing in Islamabad. He said FC Inspector General Major General Tariq Khan is commanding the operation. Nearly 300 Taliban entered Buner from April 2 to 4 and began to terrorise the locals, in violation of the Swat deal, Gen Abbas said. “The government warned the militants but they refused to listen and staged only a symbolic withdrawal. They government was left with no option expect to use force,” he said. According to several news agencies, he said it would take up to a week to clear an estimated 500 Taliban militants from Buner.
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April - 28 
Security Forces opened fire on a suspected Taliban militant in a bazaar in the Datta Khel sub-division of North Waziristan on April 28, killing him on the spot, Daily Times reported. An army convoy was passing through the Datta Khel bazaar when they
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Security Forces opened fire on a suspected Taliban militant in a bazaar in the Datta Khel sub-division of North Waziristan on April 28, killing him on the spot, Daily Times reported. An army convoy was passing through the Datta Khel bazaar when they spotted Umer Nawaz and shot him dead on suspicion.
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April - 29 
According to Dawn, suspected militants blew up about 25 shops at Adezai bazaar in the suburb of Peshawar, capital of the NWFP, on April 29. A Police official of the Matani Police station said unidentified miscreants had planted explosives which went
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According to Dawn, suspected militants blew up about 25 shops at Adezai bazaar in the suburb of Peshawar, capital of the NWFP, on April 29. A Police official of the Matani Police station said unidentified miscreants had planted explosives which went off at about 1am. Many of the shops were owned by one Mohammad Kalam. However, chief of the local Union Council, Haji Asad Khan, said the shops were owned by poor people who were selling items of daily use. In the past, he said, people used to sell CDs and cassettes in different areas but after threats by the Taliban they had abandoned the business.
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April - 29 
In the NWFP, artillery fire on suspected Taliban hideouts continued in the Maidan area of Lower Dir on April 29, despite an announcement by the military that the operation had been completed, residents told Daily Times. The Security Forces set up a n
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In the NWFP, artillery fire on suspected Taliban hideouts continued in the Maidan area of Lower Dir on April 29, despite an announcement by the military that the operation had been completed, residents told Daily Times. The Security Forces set up a new check-post in Rehanpur village, and army troops were positioned on the Zulam Bridge linking Lower Dir with the Bajaur Agency in FATA. Amnesty International estimated on April 29 that at least 33,000 civilians have fled their homes in Lower Dir.
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April - 29 
The military spokesman said an Arab correspondent of Al Jazeera TV, Abdul Rehman Matar, was injured after his vehicle was caught in crossfire in Daggar. According to APP, Abbas said Taliban were getting weapons and assistance through the Afghan borde
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The military spokesman said an Arab correspondent of Al Jazeera TV, Abdul Rehman Matar, was injured after his vehicle was caught in crossfire in Daggar. According to APP, Abbas said Taliban were getting weapons and assistance through the Afghan border.
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April - 29 
The Taliban in Swat have announced that they will ‘reform’ the banking system and journalism in the areas they control, shifting the focus from barbers and CD shops, Daily Times reported. According to Dunya News, Taliban spokesman Haji Muslim Khan sa
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The Taliban in Swat have announced that they will ‘reform’ the banking system and journalism in the areas they control, shifting the focus from barbers and CD shops, Daily Times reported. According to Dunya News, Taliban spokesman Haji Muslim Khan said Taliban’s next target would be the banking system “where un-Islamic affairs are being carried out”. He said the Taliban would penalise the media with the Sharia (Islamic law) punishment for telling lies. The Taliban would take action against the people “who are trying to conceal facts by publishing and broadcasting false reports”. He admitted that Taliban had issued posters warning the media in Swat.
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April - 29 
Troops took control of the main Daggar town, headquarters of the Buner District, on April 29 after being dropped by helicopter behind Taliban lines, killing over 50 Taliban militants in two days of fighting, the military said, Daily Times reported. T
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Troops took control of the main Daggar town, headquarters of the Buner District, on April 29 after being dropped by helicopter behind Taliban lines, killing over 50 Taliban militants in two days of fighting, the military said, Daily Times reported. Troops were operating on three axis – Ambaila, Malandar and Karakar – military spokesman Major General Athar Abbas told reporters in Rawalpindi on April 29. “Two high-value targets — Maulvi Shahid and Qari Quresh — are among the 50 militants killed so far in Buner when gunship helicopters targeted militants’ positions during the operation launched on Tuesday afternoon,” Abbas stated. “The security forces are facing stiff resistance, particularly around Ambaila heights,” a key gateway to the mountainous region where the Taliban detonated three roadside bombs, he said. One soldier had been killed in the operation and three were injured. “The airborne forces have linked up to police and Frontier Constabulary in Daggar,” the spokesman said. The Army spokesman informed the media that Daggar has been cleared of the militants while Sultanwala, Nawagai and Pir Baba Ziarat are still in the militants’ control.
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April - 30 
Security Forces on April 30 Thursday targeted suspected positions of the militants in the remote Narai Dara area of Khyber Agency, Dawn reported. Bombing with heavy weaponry was reportedly carried out from the bordering town of Ghalanai, the headquar
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Security Forces on April 30 Thursday targeted suspected positions of the militants in the remote Narai Dara area of Khyber Agency, Dawn reported. Bombing with heavy weaponry was reportedly carried out from the bordering town of Ghalanai, the headquarters of Mohmand Agency. Officials said they had information of militants’ infiltration from Mohmand Agency into Loe Shalman areas of Narai Dara, Ghund Sar and Ugday Sar. Residents also confirmed movement of the Taliban militants in these areas and said they had occupied a joint hujra (guest house) in Narai Dara besides establishing hideouts in the nearby mountains. However, there were no reports of any loss of life or injuries in the military action.
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April - 30 
The Taliban in Orakzai Agency of FATA have banished 50 Sikh families from the agency for not paying Jizia, a tax levied on non-Muslims living under Islamic law, Daily Times reported. According to a private TV channel, Taliban militants occupied house
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The Taliban in Orakzai Agency of FATA have banished 50 Sikh families from the agency for not paying Jizia, a tax levied on non-Muslims living under Islamic law, Daily Times reported. According to a private TV channel, Taliban militants occupied houses and shops of the Sikhs and auctioned their valuables for PKR 0.8 million in the Qasim Khel and Feroz Khel areas. The Taliban had demanded PKR 12 million from the Sikh community but they had only paid PKR 6.7 million to the Taliban, the channel said.
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