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February - 1 
Three SF personnel were killed in a clash with the militants in the Sar Banda area of Matta sub-division. During the clash, a militant was also killed which was confirmed by the Taliban spokesman in Swat. Three more SF personnel were injured during t
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Three SF personnel were killed in a clash with the militants in the Sar Banda area of Matta sub-division. During the clash, a militant was also killed which was confirmed by the Taliban spokesman in Swat. Three more SF personnel were injured during the militants’ attack on the Frontier Corps camps in Kanju and Dherai. In the Parri area of Barikot, councillor Muhammad Hanif was shot dead by unidentified assailants.
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February - 2 
A top United Nations (UN) official was kidnapped and his driver was killed after his vehicle was ambushed in Quetta, capital of Balochistan, on February 2, Dawn reported. John Solecki, head of the UN High Commission for Refugees office in Quetta, was
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A top United Nations (UN) official was kidnapped and his driver was killed after his vehicle was ambushed in Quetta, capital of Balochistan, on February 2, Dawn reported. John Solecki, head of the UN High Commission for Refugees office in Quetta, was going to office from his nearby residence in the Chaman Housing Society when the gunmen in a car opened fire on his vehicle. Even as the driver was seriously wounded as their vehicle crashed into a wall, the gunmen abducted Solecki, who is an American national, at gunpoint. The UN official was reportedly without a police escort. The driver, Syed Hashim Hazara, later succumbed to his injuries in the hospital. Police said no group had claimed responsibility and there were no clues to the identity of the kidnappers. The Deputy Inspector General of Balochistan Police, Wazir Khan Nasir, said it was “too early to say who might be involved” in the abduction, but said authorities had extended adequate security to UN agencies in the area. Another Police official said: “We cannot rule out that Islamist militants were involved given their activities all over the country, especially in the northwest… But it is difficult to say which group may have been involved in the incident because there are many groups as well as the Taliban that are operating in the country.”
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Over 70 militants were killed by Security Forces during clashes in the Swat District in the night of February 2 and February 3, Dawn reported. A group of Taliban militants were attacked and dispersed by troops in the Alam Ganj Waliabad area of Charba
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Over 70 militants were killed by Security Forces during clashes in the Swat District in the night of February 2 and February 3, Dawn reported. A group of Taliban militants were attacked and dispersed by troops in the Alam Ganj Waliabad area of Charbagh on February 2-night. In the evening of February 3, the militants gathered again and were reported to be planning an attack when the SFs cornered them. At least 64 militants were killed and several others were injured.
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February - 2 
The military on February 2 claimed it had killed 70 Taliban militants and injured several others during its assault on a village in the Chaharbagh sub-division of Swat District, Daily Times reported. According to a private TV channel, officials said
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The military on February 2 claimed it had killed 70 Taliban militants and injured several others during its assault on a village in the Chaharbagh sub-division of Swat District, Daily Times reported. According to a private TV channel, officials said residents had already vacated the village on February 1 before troops launched the operation. They said the Security Forces (SFs) targeted Taliban hideouts in the Alamganj and Waliabad areas of Chaharbagh, killing approximately 70 militants. On the same day, Swat Police recovered eight bullet-ridden bodies from the region. “The bullet-ridden bodies of eight local residents were found on Monday morning in various areas of Swat,” said an unnamed Police official. He blamed the killings on the Taliban militants loyal to Maulana Fazlullah.
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February - 2 
Trapped amidst clashes between the Taliban and SFs, residents in Swat have begun a mass exodus from the area. Thousands of civilians were fleeing the fighting in the valley, Reuters reported. The people leaving Swat are joining thousands of villagers
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Trapped amidst clashes between the Taliban and SFs, residents in Swat have begun a mass exodus from the area. Thousands of civilians were fleeing the fighting in the valley, Reuters reported. The people leaving Swat are joining thousands of villagers who have fled fighting in other restive areas, particularly Bajaur Agency. Government officials have blamed the militants for using villagers as human shields, The News reported. “Thousands of people are migrating from the areas of fighting because of the military operations and the militants’ use of civilians as human shields,” the Swat valley’s top administrator, Shaukat Khan Yousafzai, told Reuters.
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February - 3 
The Jama’at-ud-Da’awa (JuD, the Lashkar-e-Toiba [LeT] front) on February 3 released the appeal it had made to the United Nations pleading its innocence and claiming that it has no link with al Qaeda, Taliban or the Mumbai terrorist attacks, Dawn repo
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The Jama’at-ud-Da’awa (JuD, the Lashkar-e-Toiba [LeT] front) on February 3 released the appeal it had made to the United Nations pleading its innocence and claiming that it has no link with al Qaeda, Taliban or the Mumbai terrorist attacks, Dawn reported. The, appeal signed by JuD chief Hafiz Muhammad Saeed, was released on the eve of UN Secretary General Ban Ki Moon’s visit to Pakistan. The UN imposed a ban on the JuD on the request of India for its involvement in Mumbai attacks in November 2008 that claimed about 170 lives. The appeal said the UN had taken a hasty decision in proscribing the JuD, its chief Hafiz Muhammad Saeed and others members and termed the UN decision detrimental to the interests of Pakistan. It said that millions across the country were directly or indirectly benefiting from JuD’s services particularly in the areas of health, education, water, sanitation, rehabilitation and particularly the provision of food and shelter to the homeless. Saeed requested the UN Secretary General to mobilize his good offices for the lifting of sanctions and delisting of all JuD entities. “We categorically make it clear and declare that Jamaat ud Dawa is neither an associate of Al Qaeda, Osama bin Laden nor the Taliban, hence the embargo imposed is materially in contradiction to that set out in their rules and highly unjustified under the international law of human dignity and freedom,” Saeed said. He said the UN Security Council’s decision was not based on any solid evidence and relied entirely on the one-sided story of the Indian lobby, which was devoid of any material facts provided by an independent and impartial international judicial system. “Jamaat ud Dawa or Hafiz Muhammad Saeed have never ever supplied, sold or transferred arms or any related material to Al Qaeda, Osama Bin Laden or Taliban and recruited any one for or on behalf of Al Qaeda, Osama Bin Laden or Taliban nor have supported their acts or activities or any of their cell, affiliate, splinter group or even derivative group thereof,” he said.
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Army engineers on February 4 built a temporary alternate route for traffic, including NATO trucks bound for Afghanistan – a day after the Taliban blew up a key bridge in Khyber Agency – as suspected Taliban torched 10 containers they thought were loa
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Army engineers on February 4 built a temporary alternate route for traffic, including NATO trucks bound for Afghanistan – a day after the Taliban blew up a key bridge in Khyber Agency – as suspected Taliban torched 10 containers they thought were loaded with NATO supplies near Landikotal, Daily Times reported. In Landikotal, suspected Taliban militants doused with petrol 10 containers they thought were carrying NATO supplies, and set them ablaze. With most of the containers reportedly empty and only two loaded – four were completely destroyed and the remaining was partially damaged. The containers were torched as a security camp and bunkers in the mountains nearby came under attack. However, no casualty has been reported. According to an intelligence official, more than ten rockets, missiles and mortars were fired at the camp and outside the cantonment.
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February - 4 
Eight local Taliban militants were killed in a clash between two rival factions in the Orakzai Agency of FATA on February 4, Daily Times reported. Sources in the political administration said the militants were killed in fighting between Taliban comm
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Eight local Taliban militants were killed in a clash between two rival factions in the Orakzai Agency of FATA on February 4, Daily Times reported. Sources in the political administration said the militants were killed in fighting between Taliban commanders Gul Bahadar and Tariq’s factions in Shan Khel area. They said that all of the casualties were from Bahadar’s faction. The sources also claimed that a power struggle between Taliban factions was underway in Orakzai.
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February - 4 
The Taliban in Swat set free 30 Security Force (SF) personnel in the presence of journalists in the Kotli Dadhara area of Kabal sub-division in Swat District on February 4, after securing written promise from them that they would quit their Governmen
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The Taliban in Swat set free 30 Security Force (SF) personnel in the presence of journalists in the Kotli Dadhara area of Kabal sub-division in Swat District on February 4, after securing written promise from them that they would quit their Government jobs, Dawn reported. “The hostages have been released on humanitarian grounds, but with a condition that they will quit their jobs and never fight against the Taliban,” local Taliban leaders told journalists after a meeting of the Taliban Shura (executive council). The SF personnel were abducted on February 3 when the militants overran a Police checkpoint in Shamozai area adjacent to the Lower Dir district. The area had been under siege for 36 hours. The SF personnel surrendered when they ran out of ammunition and their request for reinforcements from the army base camp in Kabal went unheeded, a freed policeman said. “We fought the Taliban the whole day, but at night we ran out of ammunition and we had no other option but to surrender,” the Policeman said. The Taliban later blew up the checkpoint and took the SF personnel they had captured to their stronghold of Kabal in the morning of February 4. Taliban leaders said the released SF personnel would publish advertisements in local newspapers, announcing their resignation and promising never to take part in any future action against the Taliban.
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February - 4 
The Taliban’s siege of the checkpoint triggered shelling from the military base in Kabal, Swat and Chakdara Fort. Four civilians were consequently killed in the shelling. Local people said the victims were taking breakfast when mortar shells hit thei
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The Taliban’s siege of the checkpoint triggered shelling from the military base in Kabal, Swat and Chakdara Fort. Four civilians were consequently killed in the shelling. Local people said the victims were taking breakfast when mortar shells hit their homes, killing them on the spot.
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February - 5 
Three women were killed in Swat District on February 5 as Taliban continued their attack on people they consider to be pro-government, Dawn reported. The women, Zarmina, Zarbibi and Farzana, were killed and three men were kidnapped when militants sto
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Three women were killed in Swat District on February 5 as Taliban continued their attack on people they consider to be pro-government, Dawn reported. The women, Zarmina, Zarbibi and Farzana, were killed and three men were kidnapped when militants stormed their house in Dagai village and accused them of supporting security personnel manning the nearby Wenai bridge post.
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February - 5 
A bomb planted by the Taliban damaged a girl’s primary school in the Landikotal sub-division of Khyber Agency on February 5, according to Daily Times. The militants are reported to have planted the explosives near the outer wall of the girl’s school
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A bomb planted by the Taliban damaged a girl’s primary school in the Landikotal sub-division of Khyber Agency on February 5, according to Daily Times. The militants are reported to have planted the explosives near the outer wall of the girl’s school on the Kam Shalman Road. Meanwhile, the Bomb Disposal Squad defused another bomb planted near the Baacha Khan Education Centre and three others in Gagra.
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February - 6 
A suicide bomber rammed his explosives-laden car into a trailer carrying supplies for NATO forces in Afghanistan and injured seven persons in the Tedi Bazaar area of Jamrud sub-division. Eyewitnesses told Daily Times the bomber was heading for Landik
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A suicide bomber rammed his explosives-laden car into a trailer carrying supplies for NATO forces in Afghanistan and injured seven persons in the Tedi Bazaar area of Jamrud sub-division. Eyewitnesses told Daily Times the bomber was heading for Landikotal when the troops signaled him to stop. They said that he rammed his car into the trailer instead of stopping. Fida Bangash, a senior political administration official, said the bomber’s likely target were the army engineers repairing a bridge in Landikotal that was blown up on February 2. Taliban spokesman Maulvi Omar claimed responsibility for the attack. “It was our man who martyred himself in Jamrud… We warned the government to stop military operations in Khyber, Swat and other tribal areas, otherwise we will completely shut down the NATO supply line… We have shown that we can do that,” Omar told AFP. Earlier, in the night of February 5, another suicide bomber had rammed a car bomb into a police station in Mingora in the Swat District of NWFP, injuring 11 soldiers.
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February - 6 
Army helicopter gunships killed 52 Taliban militants when they targeted hideouts in the Chapri and Feroz Khel areas along the border of Orakzai and Khyber Agencies on February 6, Daily Times reported. “Fifty-two militants were killed and a huge ammun
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Army helicopter gunships killed 52 Taliban militants when they targeted hideouts in the Chapri and Feroz Khel areas along the border of Orakzai and Khyber Agencies on February 6, Daily Times reported. “Fifty-two militants were killed and a huge ammunition depot and eight vehicles were destroyed in an attack by army helicopters,” Khyber Agency Political Agent Tariq Hayat told Reuters.
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February - 6 
The Taliban killed two tribesmen on February 6 for allegedly spying for the US in North Waziristan, according to Daily Times. The bullet-ridden bodies of Alam Pir and Muhammad Khan were found at Razmak Ada in Miranshah, headquarters of North Wazirist
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The Taliban killed two tribesmen on February 6 for allegedly spying for the US in North Waziristan, according to Daily Times. The bullet-ridden bodies of Alam Pir and Muhammad Khan were found at Razmak Ada in Miranshah, headquarters of North Waziristan. Separate notes found near the bodies claimed both men had been ‘US spies’ and anyone spying for the US would meet a similar fate. Alam belonged to North Waziristan while Khan was a resident of Bannu in the NWFP. Both were reportedly kidnapped 15 days ago.
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February - 7 
Eight Taliban militants were killed as shelling by helicopter gun ships continued in the Bajaur Agency of FATA on February 7, officials said, Daily Times reported. The troops were targeting Taliban hideouts in the Dama Dola, Mataro Sha, Umrai and Shi
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Eight Taliban militants were killed as shelling by helicopter gun ships continued in the Bajaur Agency of FATA on February 7, officials said, Daily Times reported. The troops were targeting Taliban hideouts in the Dama Dola, Mataro Sha, Umrai and Shinkot areas of Mamoond tehsil (revenue division). Residents said the troops advanced from the agency headquarters in Khar and gained control of Siddiqabad, Rehmanabad and Anayat Qalay. They said the Taliban posed no resistance during the army deployment.
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February - 7 
Suspected terrorists shot dead two Policemen and blew up a check post, killing five more, in an attack in the Mianwali District of Punjab on February 7, Police said, according to Daily Times. The attackers first killed the two Police guards and then
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Suspected terrorists shot dead two Policemen and blew up a check post, killing five more, in an attack in the Mianwali District of Punjab on February 7, Police said, according to Daily Times. The attackers first killed the two Police guards and then blew up the check post with explosives in the town bordering the restive NWFP. It was not clear whether the raid was linked to the continued violence in the north-western region, where the army is battling al Qaeda-linked terrorists and the Taliban. “Seven of our men have died in the attack that appears to be part of terrorist activity being carried out by militants across the country,” Malik Tasaddaq Hayat, a senior Police official in Minawali District, told Reuters.
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February - 7 
Taliban kidnapped at least 35 people from the Shahukhel area of Hangu District in the NWFP on February 7, residents told Daily Times. They said several militants arrived in vehicles and abducted 35 people after evicting them from their houses in Hang
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Taliban kidnapped at least 35 people from the Shahukhel area of Hangu District in the NWFP on February 7, residents told Daily Times. They said several militants arrived in vehicles and abducted 35 people after evicting them from their houses in Hangu District near its border with Orakazi Agency in FATA. The kidnapped people belong to the Mushti tribe and the residents said the Taliban claimed to have ‘arrested’ them after public complaints were filed against them. He said the arrested people would be presented before Taliban courts in Orakzai Agency. No relative of the kidnapped people has reportedly approached police with reference to the abduction yet.
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February - 7 
The Taliban said on February 7 they had killed Stancza because the Government had refused to free 60 detained militants. Earlier, a spokesman for the militants in Darra Adamkhel in the NWFP refused to hand over the body of the slain engineer unless t
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The Taliban said on February 7 they had killed Stancza because the Government had refused to free 60 detained militants. Earlier, a spokesman for the militants in Darra Adamkhel in the NWFP refused to hand over the body of the slain engineer unless the Government accepted their demands. A Taliban spokesman told Dawn that they would swap the body of the engineer with “our men in government’s custody”. Stancza was kidnapped in September 2008 when he was on a visit to his company’s site in Attock in the Punjab province.
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February - 8 
Security Forces (SFs) killed 22 Taliban militants during a military operation in the Bajaur Agency on February 8, Daily Times reported. According to a private TV channel, SFs targeted Taliban hideouts in the Inayat Qilay area of Khar sub-division on
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Security Forces (SFs) killed 22 Taliban militants during a military operation in the Bajaur Agency on February 8, Daily Times reported. According to a private TV channel, SFs targeted Taliban hideouts in the Inayat Qilay area of Khar sub-division on a tip-off, killing the 22 men. Four men were killed as the SFs targeted suspected hideouts using artillery and mortar shells, locals said, adding a security guard of a girls’ primary school was also
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February - 8 
Taliban militants on February 8 released a videotape showing the beheading of Polish geologist Poitr Stancza and warned other kidnapped foreigners would meet the same fate if their demands were not met, Dawn reported. Before he was killed, the seven-
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Taliban militants on February 8 released a videotape showing the beheading of Polish geologist Poitr Stancza and warned other kidnapped foreigners would meet the same fate if their demands were not met, Dawn reported. Before he was killed, the seven-minute video shows the blindfolded geologist making an appeal to the Polish Government not send troops to Afghanistan. He asked the Polish Government to sever diplomatic relations with Pakistan if it did not try to seek his release. The video includes a statement by the Taliban, claiming they had other foreign nationals in their custody, including a Chinese, who would be beheaded if the Government of Pakistan did not accept their demands.
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February - 9 
A Taliban ‘commander’ and key aide to Baitullah Mehsud was injured on February 9 in a bomb attack that killed his driver near the Afghan border, Dawn reported. A remote-controlled bomb exploded by the side of a road in the Tanga area of South Waziris
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A Taliban ‘commander’ and key aide to Baitullah Mehsud was injured on February 9 in a bomb attack that killed his driver near the Afghan border, Dawn reported. A remote-controlled bomb exploded by the side of a road in the Tanga area of South Waziristan when Noor Syed Mehsud was passing in a vehicle en route to Jandola village. “According to reports received here Mehsud was slightly injured, while his driver died in the bomb blast,” an unnamed security official in Wana, the main town of South Waziristan, told AFP. Preliminary reports attributed the bombing to factional fighting between Baitullah Mehsud's men and loyalists of slain militant leader Abdullah Mehsud, he said.
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February - 9 
Security Forces (SFs) continued targeting suspected hideouts of the Taliban, killing six suspected militants and injuring several others, including women, in different parts of the Bajaur Agency on February 9, The News reported. Military gunship heli
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Security Forces (SFs) continued targeting suspected hideouts of the Taliban, killing six suspected militants and injuring several others, including women, in different parts of the Bajaur Agency on February 9, The News reported. Military gunship helicopters targeted suspected hideouts in the Inayat Killay, Bade Samo, Bhai Cheena and Omari villages of the Khar sub-division. An official said six militants were killed in the shelling and several others sustained injuries.
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February - 9 February - 10
Security Forces (SFs), backed by helicopter gunships, on February 10 killed 11 Taliban militants and destroyed many of their hideouts in the Bajaur Agency of FATA, Daily Times reported. The operation was launched on February 9 in the Inayat Qillay to
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Security Forces (SFs), backed by helicopter gunships, on February 10 killed 11 Taliban militants and destroyed many of their hideouts in the Bajaur Agency of FATA, Daily Times reported. The operation was launched on February 9 in the Inayat Qillay town, a suspected stronghold of the Taliban and al Qaeda-linked terrorists, after a rocket attack by the militants, military official Mustaqim Shah told AFP. The rocket attack destroyed a shop but caused no casualties, he said. “Troops backed by helicopters retaliated with artillery and mortar fire, and destroyed several suspected locations today [February 10]. At least seven militants were killed,” the official said. In addition, four militants were killed in an encounter with the SFs in Inayat Qilay town.
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February - 9 
Taliban militants shot dead an abducted Afghan near Miranshah, accusing him of spying for the United States, an official said on February 9, Daily Times reported. The bullet-riddled body of 30-year-old Islamud Din was found dumped by the road in Sher
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Taliban militants shot dead an abducted Afghan near Miranshah, accusing him of spying for the United States, an official said on February 9, Daily Times reported. The bullet-riddled body of 30-year-old Islamud Din was found dumped by the road in Sheratalla area, 40 kilometers north of Miranshah. “Islam, who was kidnapped two weeks ago, had multiple bullet wounds on his body,” local police official Mehboob Khan told AFP. A note found on the body said he was “spying for the US”, the official said.
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February - 10 
A curfew had been imposed from Khar, the main town in Bajaur, to Inayat Qillay, 10 kilometers north and authorities issued a three-day ultimatum to residents to expel any Taliban militant in hiding, AFP reported.
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A curfew had been imposed from Khar, the main town in Bajaur, to Inayat Qillay, 10 kilometers north and authorities issued a three-day ultimatum to residents to expel any Taliban militant in hiding, AFP reported.
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February - 10 
Taliban spokesman Maulvi Omar said they had killed five security officials in a multi-pronged attack on Inayat Qillay. One tank was also destroyed in the attack, he claimed. Security officials, however, denied the claims.
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Taliban spokesman Maulvi Omar said they had killed five security officials in a multi-pronged attack on Inayat Qillay. One tank was also destroyed in the attack, he claimed. Security officials, however, denied the claims.
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February - 10 
The local Taliban leadership has decided to send its militants to Islamabad as a reaction to the military operations in Darra Adamkhel and Swat Valley in the NWFP and in this regard chalkings on the walls of Islamabad are already appearing, The News
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The local Taliban leadership has decided to send its militants to Islamabad as a reaction to the military operations in Darra Adamkhel and Swat Valley in the NWFP and in this regard chalkings on the walls of Islamabad are already appearing, The News reported. Many religious scholars in Islamabad have also received messages from the Taliban that they have only two options, either to support the Taliban or leave the capital or they will be considered collaborators of the “pro-American Zardari government” which, they claim, is not different from the previous Musharraf regime. The Taliban have also reportedly accused some militant leaders of the tribal areas and some leaders of the banned Lashkar-e-Toiba (LeT), Harkat-ul-Mujahideen (HuM) and Hizb-ul-Mujahideen (HM) of trying to stop youngsters from fighting the Pakistani forces. Taliban have declared all these “pro-Pakistan” Jihadis as their enemies. The names of Maulvi Nazir from South Wazirastan, Hafiz Gul Bahadur from North Waziristan, Hafiz Muhammad Saeed, Maulana Farooq Kashmiri and Syed Salahuddin have been included in the hit lists of the Taliban, who have threatened some HM leaders in Swat and Dir to leave the areas as soon as possible. In addition, another Taliban leader in the Mohmand Agency, Maulvi Omar Khalid, has threatened LeT cadres to leave the tribal agency or face death. Khalid has claimed that these militants are only interested in fighting against the foreign troops in Afghanistan or against India.
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February - 10 
The Swat-based Taliban leader Maulana Muhammad Alam alias Khalil has asked the people of Malakand division not to pay electricity bills. Announcing this on FM radio, Khalil said his militants would teach a lesson to those who tried to disconnect the
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The Swat-based Taliban leader Maulana Muhammad Alam alias Khalil has asked the people of Malakand division not to pay electricity bills. Announcing this on FM radio, Khalil said his militants would teach a lesson to those who tried to disconnect the power supply in the area. “We are demanding our rights but these are being denied. Therefore, the people of Malakand must not pay utility bills to the Government… We would either implement the Sharia [Islamic law] in Swat or embrace martyrdom,” he said. He vowed to continue efforts for the Sharia enforcement and claimed that the uprising from Swat would spill over to the whole country.
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February - 10 
US President Barack Obama on February 10 asserted that his administration would not allow ‘safe havens’ for al Qaeda and the Taliban operating with ‘impunity’ in the Tribal Areas bordering Afghanistan, Daily Times reported. “My bottom line is that we
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US President Barack Obama on February 10 asserted that his administration would not allow ‘safe havens’ for al Qaeda and the Taliban operating with ‘impunity’ in the Tribal Areas bordering Afghanistan, Daily Times reported. “My bottom line is that we cannot allow al Qaeda to operate. We cannot have those safe havens in that region,” said Obama at his first press conference after assuming office. “You’ve got the Taliban and Al Qaeda operating in the FATA and these border regions between Afghanistan and Pakistan… What we haven’t seen is the kind of concerted effort to root out those safe havens that would ultimately make our mission successful,” he added. The President also noted that “It’s not acceptable for Pakistan or for us to have folks who, with impunity, will kill innocent men, women and children. And you know, I believe that the new government of Pakistan ... cares deeply about getting control of this situation, and we want to be effective partners with them on that issue.”
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February - 11 February - 12
A close aide of Baitullah Mehsud and senior commander of the banned Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) on February 12 claimed responsibility for the suicide attack on the Awami National Party (ANP) Member of Provincial Assembly, Alam Zeb Khan, in Pesha
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A close aide of Baitullah Mehsud and senior commander of the banned Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) on February 12 claimed responsibility for the suicide attack on the Awami National Party (ANP) Member of Provincial Assembly, Alam Zeb Khan, in Peshawar, Daily Times reported. “We carried out this attack and will continue such attacks on ANP leaders in future,” Hakeemullah Mehsud, who heads the TTP in Orakzai, Kurram and Khyber tribal regions, said in telephone calls to media offices in Peshawar. Alam Zeb Khan died when a powerful bomb exploded near his car in Peshawar on February 11. He became the first target of the Taliban since the Pukhtoon nationalist party took power in 2008.
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February - 11 
A New Zealander was arrested at the Manzai Fort check-post in South Waziristan on February 11, according to Dawn. Investigators suspect that Mark Taylor may have links with al Qaeda and Taliban. Tank District Coordination Officer Barkatullah said the
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A New Zealander was arrested at the Manzai Fort check-post in South Waziristan on February 11, according to Dawn. Investigators suspect that Mark Taylor may have links with al Qaeda and Taliban. Tank District Coordination Officer Barkatullah said the foreigner possessed valid documents and informed them he was going to Wana. According to Barkatullah, Taylor told Police he was going to Waziristan to get married. However, an official of the New Zealand High Commission in Islamabad said that nobody by the name of Mark Taylor had got himself registered with the High Commission.
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February - 11 
Security Force personnel raided a house on the outskirts of Quetta, capital of Balochistan, on February 11 and arrested six suspected Taliban militants, Dawn reported. A security official said that the raid on the rented house in Pashtoonabad had bee
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Security Force personnel raided a house on the outskirts of Quetta, capital of Balochistan, on February 11 and arrested six suspected Taliban militants, Dawn reported. A security official said that the raid on the rented house in Pashtoonabad had been carried out on a tip-off. The identity of the arrested people, however, could not be ascertained.
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February - 11 
Taliban militants wearing suicide vests stormed the Justice Ministry and another Government building in Afghanistan’s capital, killing 26 persons, The Hindu reported. Eight attackers also died in the assaults, including an attacker outside a third Go
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Taliban militants wearing suicide vests stormed the Justice Ministry and another Government building in Afghanistan’s capital, killing 26 persons, The Hindu reported. Eight attackers also died in the assaults, including an attacker outside a third Government building, Defence Ministry spokesman General Mohammad Zahir Azimi said.
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February - 11 
The Swat-based Taliban leader and FM radio presenter Maulana Muhammad Alam alias Khalil claimed during an address that the Taliban had the addresses and names of children of the SF personnel engaged in fighting with Taliban in Swat. He read out some
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The Swat-based Taliban leader and FM radio presenter Maulana Muhammad Alam alias Khalil claimed during an address that the Taliban had the addresses and names of children of the SF personnel engaged in fighting with Taliban in Swat. He read out some of the names of officials, their addresses and names of their children and the educational institutes in which they were studying.
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February - 11 
The Tehrik-i-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) threatened on February 11 to destroy all educational institutions in Bajaur Agency if the Government did not withdraw Security Forces (SFs) stationed in Government schools in the region within three days, Dawn repo
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The Tehrik-i-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) threatened on February 11 to destroy all educational institutions in Bajaur Agency if the Government did not withdraw Security Forces (SFs) stationed in Government schools in the region within three days, Dawn reported. Talking to reporters on the phone, TTP spokesman Maulvi Omar said SFs had set up check-posts and bunkers in almost all Government schools to attack Taliban positions. He said the Government had forced the Taliban leadership to act like the Swat Taliban and attack educational institutions in Bajaur. "Not a single school building will be spared after three days," he added. In reply to a question, he said that talks with Swat Taliban were going on and the ‘ban’ on girls’ education would be lifted soon. The TTP spokesman also threatened to target Government installations and said Khar, the headquarters of Bajaur Agency, would be turned into a battlefield if the military operation continued. He said attacks on SFs would be intensified, even in Khar. Omar said that attacks on schools in other tribal regions would also be launched if the military operation was not stopped.
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February - 12 
A Police officer was killed and another wounded when Taliban militants fired rockets at a Police station in North Waziristan Agency early on February 12, Police official Noor Khan said, Daily Times reported. The attack targeted the Shahbazkhel Police
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A Police officer was killed and another wounded when Taliban militants fired rockets at a Police station in North Waziristan Agency early on February 12, Police official Noor Khan said, Daily Times reported. The attack targeted the Shahbazkhel Police station, 70 kilometers east of Miranshah, the North Waziristan headquarters. Taliban spokesman Ahmadullah Ahmadi said in a statement, “We will launch attacks in neighbouring towns if the US drone attacks are not stopped.” Ahmadi also claimed responsibility for a suicide attack on February 9 that killed five Policemen at Baran Pul, about 50 kilometers east of Miranshah.
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February - 12 
The Security Forces (SFs) on February 12 claimed to have killed four militants during a clash following an attack on a check-post in the Shandai Mor area of Bajaur Agency, The News reported. Military sources said the militants attacked the check-post
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The Security Forces (SFs) on February 12 claimed to have killed four militants during a clash following an attack on a check-post in the Shandai Mor area of Bajaur Agency, The News reported. Military sources said the militants attacked the check-post with rocket launchers and other heavy weapons. The SFs deployed at the check-post repulsed the attack and the ensuing clashes between Taliban militants and troops left four militants dead.
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February - 13 
A bomb exploded near a helipad in Landikotal in the Khyber Agency early in the morning on February 13, Daily Times reported. However, no loss of life or injuries was reported. The powerful bomb blast made a large hole near one of the helipads in Land
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A bomb exploded near a helipad in Landikotal in the Khyber Agency early in the morning on February 13, Daily Times reported. However, no loss of life or injuries was reported. The powerful bomb blast made a large hole near one of the helipads in Landikotal, near the army camp. While a Police officer said no arrests had been made, unidentified sources said the Taliban carried out the blast to make the helipads unsafe.
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February - 13 
The Government has no alternative except to use force against the Taliban to end militancy in the country, President Asif Ali Zardari said on February 13 while vowing to eliminate the insurgents, according to Daily Times. He was addressing a meeting
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The Government has no alternative except to use force against the Taliban to end militancy in the country, President Asif Ali Zardari said on February 13 while vowing to eliminate the insurgents, according to Daily Times. He was addressing a meeting jointly presided over by the president and Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani to review the situation in FATA and Swat. Zardari said the Taliban wanted to impose their political agenda on the people of Pakistan through use of force, adding that the Government and the people would never allow a handful of insurgents to do so.
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February - 13 
The Taliban on February 13 killed two veil-clad women in the Kohat District of NWFP and dumped the bodies by a roadside, Daily Times reported. Police official Riaz Khan said the slain women had a ‘bad reputation’ and were warned by people about a yea
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The Taliban on February 13 killed two veil-clad women in the Kohat District of NWFP and dumped the bodies by a roadside, Daily Times reported. Police official Riaz Khan said the slain women had a ‘bad reputation’ and were warned by people about a year ago to abandon their ‘immoral ways’. The bullet-riddled bodies of the women, about 25 and 40 years old, were dumped on a roadside.
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February - 13 
The Taliban, who killed Polish national Piotr Stanczak last week, are now demanding US$200,000 for return of the body, The News reported. According to sources in the Interior Ministry, the Taliban have not directly contacted the Government but convey
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The Taliban, who killed Polish national Piotr Stanczak last week, are now demanding US$200,000 for return of the body, The News reported. According to sources in the Interior Ministry, the Taliban have not directly contacted the Government but conveyed to Poland through a private negotiator that they will not hand over the body until they are paid the amount. The official confirmation of the Polish engineer’s killing came late on February 13-night from the Foreign Ministry after the authorities were able to verify through a number of independent sources that he was beheaded by his captors last week. This fact was also formally conveyed to Warsaw, which had been awaiting official confirmation from Islamabad. "The Government and the people of Pakistan are outraged at the gruesome killing of Polish national Mr Piotr Stanczak and condemn this heinous crime and brutal act of terrorism in the strongest possible terms," Foreign Office Spokesperson Abdul Basit said in a statement.
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February - 13 
Security agencies raided a house and arrested five suspected suicide bombers in the Pashtoonabad area of Quetta, capital of Balochistan, on February 13, The News reported. Religious paraphernalia and pictures of Taliban leaders were confiscated from
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Security agencies raided a house and arrested five suspected suicide bombers in the Pashtoonabad area of Quetta, capital of Balochistan, on February 13, The News reported. Religious paraphernalia and pictures of Taliban leaders were confiscated from the rented house, an unnamed official said, adding that, the arrested persons are being interrogated at a secret location. "Preliminary investigation reveals that three of the suspected bombers are residents of Waziristan and two are locals," the official said. He said the five would-be bombers had links with the banned Tehrik-e-Taliban Pakistan.
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February - 14 
Two missiles fired by the suspected US drones killed 28 Taliban militants, including foreign nationals, at South Waziristan in the Federally Administered Tribal Areas (FATA) on February 14, official sources and local residents said, reports Daily Tim
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Two missiles fired by the suspected US drones killed 28 Taliban militants, including foreign nationals, at South Waziristan in the Federally Administered Tribal Areas (FATA) on February 14, official sources and local residents said, reports Daily Times. “We lost 28 mujahideen in the missile attack,” Taliban sources in Ladah said. “The drone fired two missiles and several ‘guests’ are among the dead,” they added. According to AFP, the term ‘guest’ is usually used to refer to foreign al Qaeda operatives. Two Arab nationals, some local Taliban militants and a number of Uzbek nationals were reportedly killed in the strike.
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February - 15 
Hours after the meeting, the Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) leader Mullah Fazlullah announced a 10-day cease-fire in Swat through his illegal FM channel, Daily Times reported. “The Swat chapter of Taliban agrees with talks between the provincial Go
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Hours after the meeting, the Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) leader Mullah Fazlullah announced a 10-day cease-fire in Swat through his illegal FM channel, Daily Times reported. “The Swat chapter of Taliban agrees with talks between the provincial Government and TNSM chief Sufi Muhammad, and ceases hostilities for a temporary period of 10 days,” locals quoted Fazlullah’s broadcast. They said he had elaborated the Taliban would review the progress of Sharia implementation after 10 days and decide their future course of action. He said the TTP fully respected the TNSM chief’s decisions.
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February - 15 
Suspected militants also destroyed a school in the Charbagh sub-division. A private TV channel reported that the school was already in the custody of the Taliban, who were using it as a base camp.
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Suspected militants also destroyed a school in the Charbagh sub-division. A private TV channel reported that the school was already in the custody of the Taliban, who were using it as a base camp.
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February - 15 
The Taliban of Swat announced a 10-day cease-fire on February 15 after the Government and the Tehreek-e-Nafaz-e-Shariat-e-Mohammadi (TNSM) reached an understanding about promulgating Sharia (Islamic law), termed ‘Nizam-i-Adl Regulation’, in Malakand
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The Taliban of Swat announced a 10-day cease-fire on February 15 after the Government and the Tehreek-e-Nafaz-e-Shariat-e-Mohammadi (TNSM) reached an understanding about promulgating Sharia (Islamic law), termed ‘Nizam-i-Adl Regulation’, in Malakand region, Dawn reported. “Taliban have declared a unilateral cease-fire for 10 days as a goodwill gesture. Our fighters will not attack security personnel and Government installations,” Taliban spokesman Muslim Khan said. However, he said, the militants would hold their positions and defend themselves if attacked. He welcomed the move to enforce Sharia regulations in Malakand, but added: “We will see how sincere the Government is in their enforcement.” When asked about the possibility of the militants disarming themselves, the spokesman said everything would depend on the line of action of the authorities in Swat. According to sources, a five-point draft accord was signed after negotiations between the Government and TNSM teams held at the Timergara rest-house where the outfit had set up a ‘protest camp’ on October 9, 2008. A formal announcement about enforcement of the regulations is likely to be made by the NWFP Chief Minister Amir Haider Khan in provincial capital Peshawar on February 16 at a meeting to be attended by provincial ministers, a delegation of the TNSM and leaders of political parties. During the talks on February 15, the NWFP Government team was led by Information Minister Mian Iftikhar, Livestock Minister Haji Hidayatullah, the Awami National Party spokesman Zahid Khan and Hazara Commissioner Javed Khan, while the TNSM was represented by Maulana Sufi Mohammad, spokesman Amir Izzat, Maulana Mohammad Alam and Badshah Sardar. Amir Izzat and Sufi Mohammad’s son Rizwanullah said “both sides have signed the accord” and an announcement regarding the enforcement of Nizam-i-Adl Regulation in Malakand division would be made by the Chief Minister after a meeting with a jirga (council of elders) of the TNSM in Peshawar on February 16. “The NWFP government has accepted TNSM’s demand for enforcement of Shariat-i-Muhammadi in accordance with Quran, Sunnah, Ijma and Qias,” they said.
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February - 16 
The Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) has reportedly welcomed the agreement between the TNSM and NWFP Government for the enforcement of Sharia in Malakand Division and Kohistan District. Talking to a private TV channel, TTP spokesman Maulvi Omar said
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The Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) has reportedly welcomed the agreement between the TNSM and NWFP Government for the enforcement of Sharia in Malakand Division and Kohistan District. Talking to a private TV channel, TTP spokesman Maulvi Omar said the Taliban would try their best for the enforcement of Islamic system in the country and FATA. When asked if the TTP would lay down their arms and renounce violence in the FATA and Swat, he said they would accept every decision taken by Maulana Sufi Muhammad.
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February - 16 
At least 30 suspected militants were killed and three others sustained injuries in a missile strike on a refugee camp in the Kurram Agency on February 16. According to Daily Times, the three missiles believed to have been fired from a US unmanned air
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At least 30 suspected militants were killed and three others sustained injuries in a missile strike on a refugee camp in the Kurram Agency on February 16. According to Daily Times, the three missiles believed to have been fired from a US unmanned aircraft destroyed a house used by a local Taliban commander. It was the first known drone strike in Kurram, AP reported. An unnamed intelligence official said field informants reported that Taliban showed up at the village bazaar and ordered 30 caskets. However, political authorities have only confirmed 18 deaths from four missiles fired by two unmanned aircraft, while the local Taliban have claimed a death toll of 12. “Afghan Taliban were holding an important meeting there when the missiles were fired,” an intelligence official in the area told Reuters. After the attack, the Taliban surrounded the area and were not allowing anyone near, witnesses said. “They have taken nine bodies to Afghanistan while the rest of them are being buried here,” one intelligence official said. According to local sources, former Afghan premier Gulbuddin Hekmatyar’s Hizb-e-Islami was running the refugee camp. Kurram’s top administrator, Arshad Majeed Mohmand, confirmed the strike and said according to his information three missiles were fired, but he had no details about the casualties, Reuters added. Surkh Pul, the locality of the drone attack, was once reserved for Afghan refugees and a school was built for their children, The News reported. After the forced repatriation of the Afghan refugees from the area, the militants reportedly started arriving there and rebuild some of the damaged houses. Sources said the US planes targeted the school and the adjacent house, where around three dozen militants were residing. Taliban commanders said majority of the slain militants belonged to Afghanistan’s Khost province and they were secretly laid to rest at Ahmadi Shama graveyard near the Pakistan-Afghanistan border in Lower Kurram.
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February - 16 
Eight persons, including six Taliban militants, were killed and four injured during an operation launched by the Security Forces (SFs) in the Mamond sub-division of Bajaur Agency on February 16, Daily Times reported. According to a private TV channel
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Eight persons, including six Taliban militants, were killed and four injured during an operation launched by the Security Forces (SFs) in the Mamond sub-division of Bajaur Agency on February 16, Daily Times reported. According to a private TV channel, the SFs bombed the Taliban hideouts with jet fighters and destroyed several hideouts during the operation.
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February - 16 
The Taliban on February 16 killed an Afghan man in North Waziristan Agency, after accusing him of spying for the United States, Daily Times reported. The body of Imdad Khan, 35, was dumped on a roadside in Karamkot village, 20 kilometers east of Mira
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The Taliban on February 16 killed an Afghan man in North Waziristan Agency, after accusing him of spying for the United States, Daily Times reported. The body of Imdad Khan, 35, was dumped on a roadside in Karamkot village, 20 kilometers east of Miranshah, the agency’s main town, a local administration official told AFP. A security official said the victim was an Afghan refugee. A note near the bullet-riddled body said Khan was ‘spying for the US’, the official added. Residents said the note also warned local people not remove the body until late afternoon so that a maximum number of people could see that ‘this is the fate of spies’.
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February - 17 
Elsewhere in the province, suspected Taliban militants on February 17 patrolled the Harichand Bazaar in Charsadda and threatened barbers, Internet café and CD shop owners to close their “un-Islamic businesses”, Daily Times reported. According to a pr
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Elsewhere in the province, suspected Taliban militants on February 17 patrolled the Harichand Bazaar in Charsadda and threatened barbers, Internet café and CD shop owners to close their “un-Islamic businesses”, Daily Times reported. According to a private TV channel, the militants also destroyed CDs at some shops they visited. They ordered women to wear veils and asked people to support them in the implementation of Sharia (Islamic law) in the area. The Police arrested one of the men and shifted him to an undisclosed location for interrogation.
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February - 17 
Intelligence sources on February 17 confirmed that Taliban pose a threat to India, reports Times of India. Sources revealed that the Taliban have plans to attack western cultural centres in Indian cities. However, no specific intelligence inputs on t
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Intelligence sources on February 17 confirmed that Taliban pose a threat to India, reports Times of India. Sources revealed that the Taliban have plans to attack western cultural centres in Indian cities. However, no specific intelligence inputs on the nature of the threat, the specific target, the timing or the group have been received. In the view of current security situation prevailing in Pakistan, security has been increased in foreign mission and other places of interest of western countries in India, the report said.
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February - 17 
Security Forces on February 17 killed six Taliban militants during their ongoing operation to target suspected hideouts in Bajaur Agency, Daily Times reported. “Six militants were killed and scores injured during shelling by gunship helicopters in In
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Security Forces on February 17 killed six Taliban militants during their ongoing operation to target suspected hideouts in Bajaur Agency, Daily Times reported. “Six militants were killed and scores injured during shelling by gunship helicopters in Inayat Qilay, Bhaicheena and Umerey areas in Mamoond tehsil,” an unnamed official said.
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February - 17 
The implementation of the Nizam-e-Adl Regulations 2009 in Malakand Division will not affect the Government’s policy on the war against terror, President Asif Ali Zardari said on February 17, Daily Times reported. During a meeting with the visiting Au
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The implementation of the Nizam-e-Adl Regulations 2009 in Malakand Division will not affect the Government’s policy on the war against terror, President Asif Ali Zardari said on February 17, Daily Times reported. During a meeting with the visiting Australian Foreign Minister Stephen Smith, he said the agreement between the Taliban and the NWFP Government was one part of an overall strategy for peace, a private TV channel reported.
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February - 17 
The Taliban fired several rockets on the agency headquarters Khar, killing one woman and injuring four other people. According to AFP, three more civilians, in addition to the woman, were also killed after Taliban rockets hit houses, paramilitary bar
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The Taliban fired several rockets on the agency headquarters Khar, killing one woman and injuring four other people. According to AFP, three more civilians, in addition to the woman, were also killed after Taliban rockets hit houses, paramilitary barracks and a school. A security official and an intelligence official confirmed the death tolls, it added.
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February - 17 
US President Barack Obama has ordered an additional 17,000 US soldiers to be sent to Afghanistan, saying “the situation in Afghanistan and Pakistan demands urgent attention and swift action,” Daily Times reported. In an interview with the Canadian Br
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US President Barack Obama has ordered an additional 17,000 US soldiers to be sent to Afghanistan, saying “the situation in Afghanistan and Pakistan demands urgent attention and swift action,” Daily Times reported. In an interview with the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation on February 17, he said the war against the Taliban was ‘still winnable’. He also said he was ‘absolutely convinced’ that military means alone “cannot solve the problem of Afghanistan, the Taliban, the spread of extremism in that region”. The US president said only a ‘comprehensive strategy’ that also relies on diplomacy and development could succeed. In a statement released separately by the White House, Obama said the troop dispatch is “necessary to stabilise a deteriorating situation in Afghanistan, which has not received the strategic attention, direction and resources it urgently requires”. The increase doesn’t “pre-determine the outcome” of a review of the war in Afghanistan, he said.
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February - 18 
A meeting of the Swat chapter of the Tehrik-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) was held on February 18 at an unidentified location in Matta in which top commanders and Fazlullah’s lieutenants participated. They reportedly constituted a committee to hold talks
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A meeting of the Swat chapter of the Tehrik-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) was held on February 18 at an unidentified location in Matta in which top commanders and Fazlullah’s lieutenants participated. They reportedly constituted a committee to hold talks with the TNSM. Further, speaking at a press conference in Mingora, the NWFP Senior Minister Bashir Bilour said the Nizam-e-Adl Regulation 2009 could also be replicated in other districts following its success in the Malakand Division. The provincial government wanted to solve problems through dialogue as use of force was not a solution to problems, he added. He said that courts in Malakand would not be like that of Afghanistan’s Taliban but the regulation was aimed at providing speedy justice. A 14-member TNSM delegation headed by Safiullah met Bilour and reportedly discussed the regulation in detail.
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February - 18 
A North Waziristan Agency Taliban ‘commander’ on February 18 ordered the Taliban to halt sabotage activities in the settled districts of the NWFP to facilitate a religious congregation in the Bannu District of the province. Taliban commander Gul Baha
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A North Waziristan Agency Taliban ‘commander’ on February 18 ordered the Taliban to halt sabotage activities in the settled districts of the NWFP to facilitate a religious congregation in the Bannu District of the province. Taliban commander Gul Bahadar’s spokesman, Ahmedullah Ahmedi, announced the directive in Miranshah, the headquarters of North Waziristan. “All Taliban have been directed to stop attacks on Government installations to facilitate the congregation in Bannu District,” Ahmedi said in a press statement. According to the Taliban spokesman, a unilateral cease-fire would be in place until March 5.
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February - 18 
According to Daily Times, the CIA is using the Shamsi airbase in Balochistan to launch the Predator drones that attack al Qaeda and Taliban targets in Pakistan, the London-based The Times has claimed. According to The Times, the CIA has been using th
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According to Daily Times, the CIA is using the Shamsi airbase in Balochistan to launch the Predator drones that attack al Qaeda and Taliban targets in Pakistan, the London-based The Times has claimed. According to The Times, the CIA has been using the airfield - originally built by Arab sheikhs for falconry expeditions - for at least a year. In its investigation, the newspaper is reported to have focused on the unexplained delivery of 730,000 gallons of F34 aviation fuel to Shamsi in 2008. The Defence Energy Support Centre Website reportedly shows that a civilian company was contracted to deliver the fuel, worth $3.2 million, from Pakistan Refineries near Karachi. However, the CIA and Pentagon declined to comment on the issue. Major General Athar Abbas, the chief military spokesman of Pakistan, confirmed that US forces were using Shamsi. “The airfield is being used only for logistics,” he said.
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February - 18 
More than 300,000 people in the northwest region of the country have been displaced over the last six months because of fighting between Taliban and Security Forces, officials said on February 18, The News reported. A total of 55,729 displaced famili
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More than 300,000 people in the northwest region of the country have been displaced over the last six months because of fighting between Taliban and Security Forces, officials said on February 18, The News reported. A total of 55,729 displaced families, or 337,772 individuals, have been registered by the authorities, Shaukat Tahir, a senior official from the National Disaster Management Authority, told a press conference in Islamabad. Around 70 per cent of the internally displaced persons (IDPs) were from the Federally Administered Tribal Areas (FATA) on the border with Afghanistan, Tahir said, stressing that people were now beginning to return. He said people had left their homes because of an “ongoing operation in tribal areas”. They were now returning “because roads have mostly been reopened and the military authorities have cleared the mines,” he said. Amnesty International has estimated that 200,000-500,000 people have been displaced from the Swat valley over the past year. However, Tahir put the number for the past six months at 2,085 people. “International agencies threw around controversial figures about IDPs which were picked up by the media. Our figures are documented and came after a proper registration mechanism which can be verified,” he said. In terms of aid, some 67,756 individuals were provided with shelter in 12 camps in the North West Frontier Province (NWFP), while 269,836 individuals were moved elsewhere, Tahir added. Nine emergency camps were set up in Swat alone, he claimed. Tahir said 13 UN aid agencies, the International Committee of the Red Cross and the Pakistani Red Crescent were participating in relief efforts.
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February - 18 
Security Forces (SFs) on February 18 claimed killing nine Taliban militants by bombing their suspected hideouts in the Mamoond sub-division of Bajaur Agency, Daily Times reported. Another militant was killed and three more injured in a separate clash
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Security Forces (SFs) on February 18 claimed killing nine Taliban militants by bombing their suspected hideouts in the Mamoond sub-division of Bajaur Agency, Daily Times reported. Another militant was killed and three more injured in a separate clash with the SFs in the Shandai area of Khar, official sources said.
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February - 18 
Suspected Taliban militants blew up two boys’ primary schools in the Salarzai sub-division.
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Suspected Taliban militants blew up two boys’ primary schools in the Salarzai sub-division.
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February - 18 
The TNSM chief Sufi Mohammed led hundreds of supporters and activists in a march to plead peace with the leadership of the Swat-based Taliban. Before leaving for the Matta sub-division of Swat District, Sufi and his activists staged a rally in Mingor
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The TNSM chief Sufi Mohammed led hundreds of supporters and activists in a march to plead peace with the leadership of the Swat-based Taliban. Before leaving for the Matta sub-division of Swat District, Sufi and his activists staged a rally in Mingora town. The rally passed through streets to give the message of peace to the people of Swat. In the afternoon, the rally left for Matta where Sufi was hoping to meet his son-in-law Maulana Fazlullah and other Taliban leaders in an effort to persuade them to disarm, AFP quoted his spokesman, Amir Izzat, as saying. However, no date for any meeting had been announced. Police and witnesses estimated that 15,000 people marched in the crowd, waving black and white flags as they paraded through the town, AFP reported. The TNSM spokesman said Sufi Mohammad would stay in Swat District till the complete restoration of peace in the valley and surrender by the Taliban, The News reported.
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February - 19 
Militants blew up another Government school building. Sources said that militants dynamited the building of the Government Primary School at Tali in the Salarzai sub-division, raising the number of schools destroyed so far to 31. Talking to the media
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Militants blew up another Government school building. Sources said that militants dynamited the building of the Government Primary School at Tali in the Salarzai sub-division, raising the number of schools destroyed so far to 31. Talking to the media, spokesman of the Tehrik-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP), Bajaur chapter, Maulvi Omar, claimed responsibility for blowing up the school and threatened that their fighters would destroy all educational institutions in the Agency if SFs did not stop the ongoing operation against them. Omar said that buildings of schools and colleges were being used by the troops as their camps to launch operations against the Taliban. "We would take action and destroy all the buildings of educational institutions if security forces continued their operation against our fighters," he warned.
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February - 19 
Suspected militants on February 19 shot dead a prominent tribal elder in the Chamarkand area of Lakaro sub-division in Mohmand Agency, The News reported. The Mohmand-based Taliban spokesman Ikramullah claimed that their fighters killed Malik Ameer Ra
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Suspected militants on February 19 shot dead a prominent tribal elder in the Chamarkand area of Lakaro sub-division in Mohmand Agency, The News reported. The Mohmand-based Taliban spokesman Ikramullah claimed that their fighters killed Malik Ameer Rahman for getting perks and facilities from the Government. "All the pro-government elements would meet the same fate", he warned.
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February - 19 
The Swat Taliban chief Mullah Fazlullah discussed with the Tehreek-e-Nafaz-e-Shariat-e-Mohammadi (TNSM) chief Maulana Sufi Muhammad the Swat peace deal in a meeting at an undisclosed location in the Matta sub-division of the Swat District on February
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The Swat Taliban chief Mullah Fazlullah discussed with the Tehreek-e-Nafaz-e-Shariat-e-Mohammadi (TNSM) chief Maulana Sufi Muhammad the Swat peace deal in a meeting at an undisclosed location in the Matta sub-division of the Swat District on February 19. TNSM spokesman Izzat Khan told Daily Times Sufi and his delegation tried to convince Fazlullah and other Taliban leaders to disarm. He also said the TNSM chief told the Taliban that he too had given up his protest after the announcement that Sharia (Islamic law) would be implemented in the Malakand Division. The spokesman said Fazlullah has sought one day for consultation with his Shura (council). He would talk to his associates after the Friday prayer today (February 20) to make a decision, Izzat Khan said.
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February - 20 
Security Forces (SFs) on February 20 fired mortar shells at suspected hideouts of the Taliban in various areas of the Mamoond and Khar sub-divisions of Bajaur Agency, Daily Times reported. They said the firing had killed four Taliban militants, inc
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Security Forces (SFs) on February 20 fired mortar shells at suspected hideouts of the Taliban in various areas of the Mamoond and Khar sub-divisions of Bajaur Agency, Daily Times reported. They said the firing had killed four Taliban militants, including a commander, and injured several others. They said SFs had gained control of Inayat Kalay and Bhai Cheena in Khar and were advancing.
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February - 20 
A breakthrough is reported to have occurred during talks between the Tehreek-e-Nafaz-e-Shariat-e-Mohammadi (TNSM) chief Maulana Sufi Mohammed and Swat Taliban chief Maulana Fazlullah on February 20, Dawn quoted a TNSM spokesman as saying. Separately,
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A breakthrough is reported to have occurred during talks between the Tehreek-e-Nafaz-e-Shariat-e-Mohammadi (TNSM) chief Maulana Sufi Mohammed and Swat Taliban chief Maulana Fazlullah on February 20, Dawn quoted a TNSM spokesman as saying. Separately, the Taliban said they would probably extend the cease-fire in Swat. Sufi Mohammad is seeking to persuade the Taliban to eschew violence and accept the Government's offer to introduce Sharia (Islamic law) in the Malakand Division and Kohistan District. Taliban spokesman Muslim Khan said “Hopefully, you'll hear good news in one or two days.” “They met and discussed how peace will return here and what actions need to be taken for it,” said Khan, adding that Sufi Mohammed was expected to make the Taliban's case to the Government. According to The News, Sufi Mohammed accompanied by thousands of his activists on February 20 continued to rally through the strife-torn towns and villages of the Swat Valley. He also met his son-in-law, Maulana Fazlullah, to persuade the militants to lay down their arms.
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February - 20 
The US Defence Secretary Robert Gates said on February 20 that Washington could accept a political agreement between the Afghan Government and the Taliban militants along the lines of a truce in neighbouring Pakistan, The News reported. When asked if
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The US Defence Secretary Robert Gates said on February 20 that Washington could accept a political agreement between the Afghan Government and the Taliban militants along the lines of a truce in neighbouring Pakistan, The News reported. When asked if Pakistan succeeds in pacifying the militant activity in Swat, the United States would allow Afghans to make a similar type of agreement, Gates replied: “If there is a reconciliation, if insurgents are willing to put down their arms, if the reconciliation is essentially on the terms being offered by the government, then I think we would be very open to that. We have said all along that ultimately some sort of political reconciliation has to be part of the long-term solution in Afghanistan.”
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February - 20 
Top Taliban leaders from North and South Waziristan met on February 20 to forge an alliance, Daily Times reported. Sources said that the Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) chief Baitullah Mehsud and Taliban leaders Maulvi Nazir and Hafiz Gul Bahadar me
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Top Taliban leaders from North and South Waziristan met on February 20 to forge an alliance, Daily Times reported. Sources said that the Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) chief Baitullah Mehsud and Taliban leaders Maulvi Nazir and Hafiz Gul Bahadar met at an undisclosed location in Waziristan and agreed to form an alliance. The three Taliban leaders have reportedly formed a 13-member committee and authorised it to make ‘all decisions’. They also agreed that they would jointly defend attacks against them, and make plans in consultation with the committee. An unnamed senior militant commander of the Nazir group told The News that all the three commanders in a meeting held somewhere in South Waziristan Agency resolved all their differences and promised to live peacefully with each other in future. He said senior Pakistani and Afghan Taliban commanders played role in resolving differences among the three. He also said a 14-member Shura (executive council) was formed later after their final meeting that would comprise Baitullah Mehsud, Hafiz Gul Bahadur, Maulvi Nazir and militants commander in South Waziristan, while 10 other people had been drawn from Baitullah Mahsud’s tribe, Gul Bahadur’s Utmanzai Wazir tribe and Maulvi Nazir’s Ahmadzai Wazir tribe.
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February - 21 
Eight suspected Taliban militants were killed in firing by helicopter gun ships and artillery shelling by the Security Forces in the Bajaur Agency of FATA on February 21, officials claimed, according to Daily Times. The troops targeted Taliban positi
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Eight suspected Taliban militants were killed in firing by helicopter gun ships and artillery shelling by the Security Forces in the Bajaur Agency of FATA on February 21, officials claimed, according to Daily Times. The troops targeted Taliban positions in various areas of the agency and more casualties are feared, they said, adding forces has advanced in Inayat Killay.
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February - 21 
Pakistani authorities and the local Taliban have agreed to a cease-fire in the troubled Swat valley in the NWFP following peace talks between militants and religious hardliners, an unnamed top official said on February 21, reports Daily Times.
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Pakistani authorities and the local Taliban have agreed to a cease-fire in the troubled Swat valley in the NWFP following peace talks between militants and religious hardliners, an unnamed top official said on February 21, reports Daily Times.
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The Taliban said on February 22 they would decide within days whether to call a permanent cease-fire in Swat after the Government agreed to allow Sharia (Islamic law) in the valley, Daily Times reported. Muslim Khan, spokesman for Taliban leader Maul
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The Taliban said on February 22 they would decide within days whether to call a permanent cease-fire in Swat after the Government agreed to allow Sharia (Islamic law) in the valley, Daily Times reported. Muslim Khan, spokesman for Taliban leader Maulana Fazlullah, said they would review their current 10-day truce in the Swat valley when it expires on February 25. “We declared a 10-day cease-fire just after the agreement was signed and you will see an exemplary peace prevail in the valley once Sharia is enforced… In the next five or six days, our Shura [executive council] is meeting and it will decide about a permanent ceasefire,” Khan told AFP. Fazlullah said the cease-fire would be made permanent provided the militants were confident about the Government’s intentions. He was speaking after talks with Tehreek-e-Nafaz-e-Shariat-e-Mohammadi (TNSM) chief Maulana Sufi Mohammed, who signed the deal with the Government. Sufi held a meeting with close aides in Mingora on February 22 to review the situation, his spokesman Ameer Izzat said. Earlier on February 21, the Government and the Swat chapter of Tehrik-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) agreed to a permanent cease-fire in Swat after Fazlullah accepted the Nizam-e-Adl Regulation 2009, leading the Government to announce the reopening of schools and return of the internally-displaced persons. Speaking on his FM channel, Fazlullah indicated that he would give up fighting in Swat but would not surrender. Fazlullah also stated that he would continue his struggle at the international level and the fight against the US till Washington was defeated. Commissioner of the Malakand Division, Syed Muhammad Javed, told the media that the cease-fire would now be permanent. “Yes, both sides will observe a permanent cease-fire,” Javed told The News. Fazlullah also reportedly made the same announcement on the truce in his address. After the agreement, Javed said all the schools would be reopened by February 23. Fazlullah has also reportedly allowed girls’ students to appear in examinations in proper purdah (veil). The Government also urged the internally displaced persons (IDPs) to return to their homes, declaring that it would provide them assistance and compensation. The commissioner said the Government had provided funds in this regard and PKR 300,000 and PKR 100,000 would be given to those killed and wounded during the violence, respectively. He asked those police officials who had deserted the force during the conflict to rejoin their duty and announced promotion for policemen who had bravely performed duty during the conflict, besides double salary of all the turbulent months. He added that the Chief Minister would soon announce a development package for Swat.
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February - 22 
Taliban abducted and later released the new District Co-ordination Officer (DCO) in Swat and his six bodyguards to secure the release of their three aides on February 22, Daily Times reported. “We have released the official and his six guards in exch
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Taliban abducted and later released the new District Co-ordination Officer (DCO) in Swat and his six bodyguards to secure the release of their three aides on February 22, Daily Times reported. “We have released the official and his six guards in exchange for the release of our two colleagues,” Taliban spokesman Muslim Khan told AFP. “The Government has released two (of) our men and soon they will release the third. The Government violated the agreement by arresting our men in Peshawar and killing in Dir (district) that is why we had to do this,” Khan said. Government officials said they could not confirm the claim by Khan, saying they had not yet heard from the kidnapped official. “I have received some information about the release of the Government official and his guards, but we have not heard from him yet,” the NWFP Information Minister Mian Iftikhar Hussain told AFP. DCO Khushhal Khan and six bodyguards were taken away at gunpoint from a Taliban check-post in Mingora earlier on February 22.
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February - 22 
Taliban have formed a new alliance, Shura Ittihad-ul-Mujahideen, in the North and South Waziristan as formal announcement to this effect came on February 22. Sources told The News that the new alliance would comprise the groups led by central chief o
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Taliban have formed a new alliance, Shura Ittihad-ul-Mujahideen, in the North and South Waziristan as formal announcement to this effect came on February 22. Sources told The News that the new alliance would comprise the groups led by central chief of banned Tehrik-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP), Baitullah Mahsud, and the two reportedly pro-government commanders Maulvi Nazir of South Waziristan and Hafiz Gul Bahadur of North Waziristan. The three, according to sources, met at an undisclosed location and decided to resolve their differences to foil the external forces’ designs for dividing the multiple Taliban groups based in Pakistan. They formed a 13-member Shura (executive council) to run the affairs of the new alliance.
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February - 23 
Maulana Sufi Muhammad, chief of the banned Tehreek-e-Nafaz-e-Shariat-e-Mohammadi (TNSM), announced a 10-point peace plan for Swat in a press conference in Mingora on February 23, Daily Times reported. Sufi asked the Taliban to remove all their check-
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Maulana Sufi Muhammad, chief of the banned Tehreek-e-Nafaz-e-Shariat-e-Mohammadi (TNSM), announced a 10-point peace plan for Swat in a press conference in Mingora on February 23, Daily Times reported. Sufi asked the Taliban to remove all their check-posts and not to display arms in the Swat valley. He asked the Government to withdraw troops from schools and other buildings and stop all military operations immediately. He also called on the Taliban and Government to release each others prisoners. The TNSM chief asked employees of the District administration to resume their duties, and the Government to reinstate such Frontier Corps, Police and Government officials who had been dismissed during the past few years. He also demanded immediate compensation for the people of Swat, inviting the NWFP Chief Minister to visit the valley to make an announcement in this regard.
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February - 23 
Suspected Taliban militants blew up five houses in Adezai village near Darra Adam Khel early on February 23. An official of the Mattani Police station told Daily Times that the suspected Taliban militants had planted explosives near the houses. Three
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Suspected Taliban militants blew up five houses in Adezai village near Darra Adam Khel early on February 23. An official of the Mattani Police station told Daily Times that the suspected Taliban militants had planted explosives near the houses. Three vehicles were also damaged in the explosion. However, no casualties were reported.
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February - 23 
The Taliban on February 23 announced a unilateral cease-fire and secretly signed a peace accord with the Government, pledging to remain peaceful, The News reported. Following the signing of the accord, in which the Government reportedly announced amn
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The Taliban on February 23 announced a unilateral cease-fire and secretly signed a peace accord with the Government, pledging to remain peaceful, The News reported. Following the signing of the accord, in which the Government reportedly announced amnesty for the Taliban, Maulvi Faqir Mohammad, Taliban commander in Bajaur and deputy leader of the Baitullah Mehsud-led Tehrik-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP), announced a unilateral cease-fire through his FM radio on the evening of February 23. He directed his cadres to stop fighting the Security Forces and help restore peace in Bajaur as an understanding had been reached with the Government. Military spokesman Major General Athar Abbas said they had heard about the militants’ announcement of a truce but the Government had not yet reciprocated. He said the chief of the Frontier Corps, after discussions with the civilian administration, would decide about the Government’s stance on February 24 (today) in response to the militants’ cease-fire. Official and tribal sources said that besides pro-government militant commanders, prominent tribal elders, including Malik Abdul Aziz, Malik Ayaz and Malik Manjapar, helped in peace talks between the Government and the Faqir Mohammad-led Taliban in Bajaur. Sources said that after a few rounds of talks between the two sides through the tribal jirga, the two warring sides agreed to resolve their major differences through dialogue instead of fighting. The sources said senior militant commanders, including Faqir Mohammad and TTP spokesman Maulvi Omar, signed the peace agreement on behalf of the Taliban while Political Agent of Bajaur Agency Shafeerullah Khan, Commissioner of Malakand Syed Muhammad Javed and a few other senior Government and military officials inked the truce from the Government’s side.
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February - 24 
The Security Forces suspended their operations in Bajaur Agency on February 24 and agreed to hold fire for four days, Daily Times reported. "Security forces have decided to observe a four-day ceasefire across Bajaur," Political Agent Safirullah Khan
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The Security Forces suspended their operations in Bajaur Agency on February 24 and agreed to hold fire for four days, Daily Times reported. "Security forces have decided to observe a four-day ceasefire across Bajaur," Political Agent Safirullah Khan told reporters. He described the decision as a "goodwill gesture" made at the request of tribal elders. A source said tribal leaders wanted to hold talks with Taliban in order to negotiate a permanent peace in the area. "The security forces reserve the right to retaliate if they come under attack," Khan said. The Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) leader Maulvi Faqir Muhammad had declared a unilateral truce in Bajaur late on February 23. He said in a radio broadcast that his men had vacated Inayat Killay, a Taliban stronghold outside Bajaur’s main town of Khar.
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February - 24 
The Taliban in Swat declared an indefinite cease-fire in the valley on February 24, Daily Times reported. The decision was made in a meeting of the Taliban shura (executive council) on February 24, Taliban spokesman Muslim Khan said. Taliban chief Mu
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The Taliban in Swat declared an indefinite cease-fire in the valley on February 24, Daily Times reported. The decision was made in a meeting of the Taliban shura (executive council) on February 24, Taliban spokesman Muslim Khan said. Taliban chief Mullah Fazlullah announced the decision in a speech that was reportedly cut short when the security forces blocked the transmission of his FM radio channel. A private TV channel said the Security Forces had imported equipment to jam the radio transmission and used it for the first time on February 24. Fazlullah asked his men to stop displaying weapons, end their armed patrols and not to attack security convoys or abduct Government officials, according to copies of the speech sent to the media. He urged the Government to restore all officials removed during the unrest in Swat. Fazlullah ordered his commanders to disband their checkpoints, which he said created "unnecessary problems" for residents. The Taliban chief also stopped all non-government organisations (NGOs) from operating in the valley until the implementation of Sharia (Islamic law). "All NGOs should leave Swat because they are creating problems for peace," Fazlullah said in the speech. But he added that emergency medical crews were exempt from the order. Fazlullah called on soldiers deployed in Swat to remain at their bases, vowing to retaliate against any troop increases.
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February - 25 
Taliban on February 25 disbanded checkpoints and stopped carrying weapons in public a day after announcing an indefinite cease-fire in the Swat valley, Daily Times reported. Taliban commander Mullah Fazlullah ordered his followers to disband checkpoi
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Taliban on February 25 disbanded checkpoints and stopped carrying weapons in public a day after announcing an indefinite cease-fire in the Swat valley, Daily Times reported. Taliban commander Mullah Fazlullah ordered his followers to disband checkpoints in a speech on his illegal FM radio station late on February 24 and asked them not to carry weapons in public. “The Taliban have removed their checkpoints in and around Mingora,” Irfan Ahmad, a resident of Swat, said. Another Swat resident, Mushtaq Khan, said checkpoints have been removed from Matta, Charbagh and Kabal, all Taliban strongholds. “We adhere to the announcement made by Mullah Fazlullah on Tuesday night… We will completely remove all checkpoints after army troops withdraw from the area,” Taliban spokesman Muslim Khan told AFP. Fazlullah announced that the Taliban would not attack army vehicles carrying rations or moving between bases. Khan also said girls could go to schools if they are properly veiled.
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February - 25 
The Taliban in Swat valley received PKR 480 million ($6 million) in compensation from the Government after agreeing to a cease-fire with the Security Forces, Italian news agency AKI reported, according to Times of India. The amount was paid from a sp
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The Taliban in Swat valley received PKR 480 million ($6 million) in compensation from the Government after agreeing to a cease-fire with the Security Forces, Italian news agency AKI reported, according to Times of India. The amount was paid from a special fund of President Asif Ali Zardari, a senior security official said. “It is compensation for those who were killed during military operations and compensation for the properties destroyed by the security forces”, he added. “The amount has been paid through a backchannel,” he added.
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February - 25 
The Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) on February 25 announced full support to the Lashkar-e-Islam (LI) if the Security Forces (SFs) started an operation against the LI in Khyber Agency, Daily Times reported. The Bara-based TTP leader Hamza Afridi tol
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The Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) on February 25 announced full support to the Lashkar-e-Islam (LI) if the Security Forces (SFs) started an operation against the LI in Khyber Agency, Daily Times reported. The Bara-based TTP leader Hamza Afridi told reporters by telephone from an undisclosed location that they would support the LI in the agency if the SFs launched an operation against it. He also said the Taliban would not abandon LI chief Mangal Bagh.
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February - 26 
Sufi Muhammad said he was ready to play his role for restoration of peace in Waziristan and Bajaur. He said he was in consultation with the Malakand Commissioner, Deputy Inspector General of Police (Malakand Range), and senior military officials for
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Sufi Muhammad said he was ready to play his role for restoration of peace in Waziristan and Bajaur. He said he was in consultation with the Malakand Commissioner, Deputy Inspector General of Police (Malakand Range), and senior military officials for restoration of peace in Swat. He said he was also in contact with the Taliban leadership. He called on the people of Malakand Division and Kohistan District to withdraw all the cases pending before the courts in order to file them afresh under the proposed Nizam-e-Adl Regulation 2009.
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February - 26 
Suspected Taliban militants stopped a Security Forces’ (SFs) convoy from entering Mingora in the Swat District by planting a roadside bomb in Balogram area on February 26. Sources said the Malakand Division Commissioner, TNSM chief Maulana Sufi Moham
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Suspected Taliban militants stopped a Security Forces’ (SFs) convoy from entering Mingora in the Swat District by planting a roadside bomb in Balogram area on February 26. Sources said the Malakand Division Commissioner, TNSM chief Maulana Sufi Mohammed and representatives of the Taliban had started talks to sort out the matter.
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February - 26 
Taliban beheaded an Afghan in the FATA after accusing him of spying for the United States, Police said on February 26, Daily Times reported. The 35-year-old man was kidnapped a week ago and his body found in Razmak, some 65 kilometers south of Mirans
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Taliban beheaded an Afghan in the FATA after accusing him of spying for the United States, Police said on February 26, Daily Times reported. The 35-year-old man was kidnapped a week ago and his body found in Razmak, some 65 kilometers south of Miranshah, the main town in North Waziristan Agency. A note found on the body of the man, identified as Shafiq Gul, said he was "spying for the US". "Whoever spies for the US will face the same fate. This is a gift to Obama," the note said.
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February - 26 
The News has reported that SFs have vacated all checkpoints in the Swat valley as part of the ongoing efforts to restore peace and stopped checking vehicles forthwith. Sufi Muhammad had asked the troops to demolish all the checkpoints to ensure free
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The News has reported that SFs have vacated all checkpoints in the Swat valley as part of the ongoing efforts to restore peace and stopped checking vehicles forthwith. Sufi Muhammad had asked the troops to demolish all the checkpoints to ensure free movement of the people. He had also asked the Taliban to direct their fighters to stop their activities and display of weapons at public places. However, the sources said militants were still blocking the movement of SFs in Qamber and Takhtaband. The militants reportedly forced eight vehicles of the military to move back to Barikot on February 26. Locals told The News from Mingora that militants were still patrolling public places in Qamber, a town situated three kilometers from Mingora. In addition, the Taliban have ‘arrested’ five of their fighters for flouting the directives of their leadership of non-interference and announced to award them punishment in line with Sharia (Islamic law).
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