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November - 5 
While addressing a press conference Muttahida Qaumi Movement (MQM) Rabita Committee Deputy Convener Doctor Farooq Sattar urged all political parties to set aside differences and device a national agenda to flush out Talibanisation from the country, r
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While addressing a press conference Muttahida Qaumi Movement (MQM) Rabita Committee Deputy Convener Doctor Farooq Sattar urged all political parties to set aside differences and device a national agenda to flush out Talibanisation from the country, reports Daily Times. He said Pakistan was facing a number of problems which were linked to the Taliban. “Pakistan is having both internal and external threats and terrorists are targeting innocent people, children and destroying schools and other installations. But there is still confusion prevailed in the masses about the Talibanisation and Jinnah’s vision Pakistan. MQM is holding a public referendum on November 8, 2012 throughout the country in which people of Pakistan will be asked to express their opinion as to what type of Pakistan they wanted. The people will be asked in the referendum whether they wanted a Pakistan of Quaid-e-Azam Mohammad Ali Jinnah or that of the Taliban,” he added.
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November - 6 
Four militants, two each of Afghan Taliban and Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan militants were killed outfits clashed in Andar District of Ghazni Province in Afghanistan on November 6, reports Central Asia Online when the two cadres of two. The fighting be
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Four militants, two each of Afghan Taliban and Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan militants were killed outfits clashed in Andar District of Ghazni Province in Afghanistan on November 6, reports Central Asia Online when the two cadres of two. The fighting began from a quarrel, Ghazni Governor Musa Khan Akbarzada said.
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November - 6 
Pakistan is already cracking down on the Haqqani network and does not need to impose extra measures following the group's addition to the (United Nations) UN's blacklist, Information Minister Qamar Zaman Kaira said on November 6, reports The News. Th
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Pakistan is already cracking down on the Haqqani network and does not need to impose extra measures following the group's addition to the (United Nations) UN's blacklist, Information Minister Qamar Zaman Kaira said on November 6, reports The News. The UN Security Council's Taliban sanctions committee on November 5 added Haqqani network, accused of high-profile attacks in Afghanistan, to its sanctions list. The action obliges all UN members to implement an asset freeze, travel ban and arms embargo for the Haqqani network. "The three elements of the ban -- arms embargo, asset freeze and travel ban -- are all already in place in Pakistan," the Information Minister said. "Which banned militant can openly travel in Pakistan? We have also checked on financing and other transfers. There is no problem," Kaira added.
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November - 8 
Qaumi Watan Party (QWP) Chairman Aftab Ahmed Khan Sherpao during a press conference on November 8 blamed the ruling parties for the deteriorating law and order situation in Karachi and that both Awami National Party (ANP) and Mutahidda Qaumi Movement
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Qaumi Watan Party (QWP) Chairman Aftab Ahmed Khan Sherpao during a press conference on November 8 blamed the ruling parties for the deteriorating law and order situation in Karachi and that both Awami National Party (ANP) and Mutahidda Qaumi Movement (MQM), along with Pakistan People’s Party (PPP) were exploiting people for their ulterior motives by using the name of Taliban and hiding their weaknesses and mysterious activities, reports Dawn. He said that ultimate sufferers would be Pakhtuns if an operation was launched in Karachi or in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KP) and tribal areas. He said that law and order problem was created for political motives and it should be resolved on political basis. The QWP chief stressed the need for devising an effective strategy for security of the region if NATO forces were withdrawn from Afghanistan in 2014. He said that rulers had failed to give proper attention to the post-2014 scenario in the region. “In case the Government fails to devise a plan for the post-withdrawal scenario (in Afghanistan) the result will be devastating for Pakhtuns,” he feared. He said that Government had ignored tribal people because neither the President nor Prime Minister visited Federally Administered Tribal Areas (FATA) during the last four years. A number of tribal elders belonging to South Waziristan and Orakzai Agencies and Dera Ismail Khan District (KP) announced joining QWP during the press conference.
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November - 10 
The Muttahida Qaumi Movement (MQM), on November 10, postponed its unofficial nationwide “referendum” asking people whether they want their country to follow the ideology of the Taliban or the vision of the Quaid-e-Azam, reports Daily Times. The MQM w
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The Muttahida Qaumi Movement (MQM), on November 10, postponed its unofficial nationwide “referendum” asking people whether they want their country to follow the ideology of the Taliban or the vision of the Quaid-e-Azam, reports Daily Times. The MQM wanted the referendum to highlight people’s sentiments against the Taliban, but has now postponed it in the wake of Muharram. “Our coordination committee has decided to further extend the date of the referendum in respect of the month of Muharram,” read an MQM statement after the referendum was postponed for a second time. However, the party did not provide a future date for the poll, which had originally been scheduled for November 8, 2012 but was first delayed because of a defence products’ exhibition in the city of Karachi. “This is not true that the referendum is being delayed because of the recent threats,” Wasay Jalil, a spokesman for the party said.
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November - 13 
In lieu with Afghan High Peace Council Chief Salahuddin Rabbani’s three-day visit to Pakistan to re-start the peace process, Islamabad on November 13 agreed to release several Taliban leaders detained in the country’s jails, reports Dawn. However, th
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In lieu with Afghan High Peace Council Chief Salahuddin Rabbani’s three-day visit to Pakistan to re-start the peace process, Islamabad on November 13 agreed to release several Taliban leaders detained in the country’s jails, reports Dawn. However, the development hasn’t been made public by either side. It was unclear if the detainees, who are said to be numbering close to 10, have been set free or would be released at the conclusion of Rabbani’s visit. The group, according to a source, does not include Mullah Baradar — Taliban’s second in command — who was captured by Pakistani Security Forces (SFs) in Karachi in 2010. Talks between the peace delegation led by Rabbani and Pakistani officials would continue on November 14, 2012 when the two sides are expected to come up with a joint statement on the progress made by them. A Pakistani official, who had been briefed on the talks, told Dawn that “significant progress has already been made”. The release of Taliban detainees in Pakistan has been a longstanding Afghan demand for catalyzing the slow moving process. A keen follower of the negotiations, who didn’t want to be named, said the release of prisoners was a positive step, which would provide the right environment for reconciliation.
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November - 13 
The Haqqani Network, seen as the most lethal insurgent faction in Afghanistan, would take part in peace talks with the United States (US) but only under the direction of their Afghan Taliban leaders, a top faction ‘commander’ said on the condition of
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The Haqqani Network, seen as the most lethal insurgent faction in Afghanistan, would take part in peace talks with the United States (US) but only under the direction of their Afghan Taliban leaders, a top faction ‘commander’ said on the condition of anonymity on November 13, reports Daily Times. The rare flexibility exhibited by an Afghan militant commander was accompanied by a warning that the Haqqanis would keep up pressure on Western forces with high-profile attacks and would pursue their goal of establishing an Islamic State. The Haqqanis, who operate out of the unruly border area between Pakistan and Afghanistan, say they are part of the Afghan Taliban and must act in unison in any peace process. The commander, who declined to be identified, accused the US of being insincere in peace efforts and trying to divide the two organisations. “However, if the central shura (council), headed by Taliban supreme leader Mullah Muhammad Omar, decided to hold talks with the United States, we would welcome it,” the unnamed ‘commander’ told Reuters over telephone from an undisclosed location.
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November - 14 
In a joint press statement released late on November 14, Pakistan, in a bid to support peace and reconciliation process in Afghanistan and answering requests of the Afghan Government, High Peace Council (HPC), agreed to release a number of high profi
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In a joint press statement released late on November 14, Pakistan, in a bid to support peace and reconciliation process in Afghanistan and answering requests of the Afghan Government, High Peace Council (HPC), agreed to release a number of high profile Taliban detainees, reports The Express Tribune. The joint statement had broadly said, “In support of peace and reconciliation process and in response to the requests of the Afghan Government and HPC, a number of Taliban detainees are being released,” adds Dawn. Nothing was publicly said about who was being freed or what was the criterion for their release. Sources said Pakistan had set free about 10 mid-ranking Taliban leaders in the first batch as a gesture of goodwill and support for the peace process. The Joint Press Statement between the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and the HPC of Afghanistan issued after visit of the Afghan Peace Council to Pakistan stated that all concerned countries including Pakistan, Afghanistan and United States of America (USA) will facilitate “safe passage” to potential negotiators to advance the reconciliation process. Pakistan and Afghanistan will work closely with other international partners to remove the names from the United Nations (UN) sanctions list of the potential negotiators amongst Taliban and other groups to enable them to participate in peace talks. Pakistan and the HPC called on the Taliban and other armed groups to sever all links with al Qaeda, and other international terror networks.
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November - 15 
The Afghan Government on November 15 welcomed Pakistan’s agreement to release several Taliban prisoners, reports Daily Times. “We welcome this move as a positive step toward Afghanistan’s peace process,” Presidential spokesman Aimal Faizi said. Howev
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The Afghan Government on November 15 welcomed Pakistan’s agreement to release several Taliban prisoners, reports Daily Times. “We welcome this move as a positive step toward Afghanistan’s peace process,” Presidential spokesman Aimal Faizi said. However, the Taliban official dismissed the deal as “just a symbolic gesture to show the world that something happened in this meeting”.
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November - 15 
The officials from both countries said that Pakistan will consider freeing former Afghan Taliban second-in-command, Mullah Abdul Ghani Baradar, if current releases of lower level members help to advance peace efforts.
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The officials from both countries said that Pakistan will consider freeing former Afghan Taliban second-in-command, Mullah Abdul Ghani Baradar, if current releases of lower level members help to advance peace efforts.
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November - 16 
Pakistani authorities released Anwarul Haq Mujahid, a Taliban leader and the eldest son of late Afghan resistance leader Maulvi Yunus Khalis, following negotiations with an Afghan peace delegation on November 15, 2012, said his family on November 16,
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Pakistani authorities released Anwarul Haq Mujahid, a Taliban leader and the eldest son of late Afghan resistance leader Maulvi Yunus Khalis, following negotiations with an Afghan peace delegation on November 15, 2012, said his family on November 16, reports Daily Times. Pakistani security officials on November 14 said authorities released at least seven Afghan Taliban leaders in a move seen as a potential breakthrough in stalled peace negotiations before the withdrawal of United States (US)-led NATO troops in 2014. It is not clear if Mujahid was among that group. But he is the first Taliban prisoner recently released by the Pakistani authorities to be identified by name. “He was with us last night, he has rejoined his family members and his health is good,” the relative said. Another family member also confirmed the release. Mujahid, who is in his 40s, had formed his Tora Bora Mahaz (front) whose fighters are allied with Afghan Taliban. Mujahid, who hails from the eastern Nangarhar Province in Afghanistan, named his group after Tora Bora valley which was bombed by the US air force in December 2001 in its pursuit of Osama bin Laden and other al Qaeda militants. He was arrested from north western Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province in 2009.
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November - 16 
Sources in the Home Department revealed that traders, industrialists, businessmen and other wealthy people in major cities of Rawalpindi and Lahore Districts are worried about the alarming increase in activities of extortion by terror groups. A Home
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Sources in the Home Department revealed that traders, industrialists, businessmen and other wealthy people in major cities of Rawalpindi and Lahore Districts are worried about the alarming increase in activities of extortion by terror groups. A Home Department report sent to all the Divisional and City Police chiefs in the province also identified the terror groups and their modus operandi to extort money from wealthy people, especially those who had migrated to the urban centres of the Punjab from the tribal areas. Some of the groups operating from Waziristan and Afghanistan are reported to have extracted money from these people. Home Department has directed the Divisional Police Chiefs to launch a crackdown on the extortionists. The report painted the situation in Rawalpindi grimmer, as about 100 people in the garrison city were forced to pay extortion varying from PKR 2 million to PKR 7 million to the terror groups in the recent past. The victims mostly included wealthy Pashtoons who either dealt in auto/spare parts or owned factories. Supporters of Taliban or the extortion mafia groups lived in Sadiqabad and Pirwadhai areas of Rawalpindi District. Another group identified in the report as “Tiger” was also reported to have been involved in extorting money. The Tiger group consisted of 50 to 60 gangsters with criminal history, said the report.
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November - 16 
Taliban sources said that the Taliban are supporting dialogue among various Afghan groups for peace and stability in Afghanistan. Amid efforts to convince Taliban for peace talks in Afghanistan, a Taliban Shura member on condition of anonymity told
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Taliban sources said that the Taliban are supporting dialogue among various Afghan groups for peace and stability in Afghanistan. Amid efforts to convince Taliban for peace talks in Afghanistan, a Taliban Shura member on condition of anonymity told Daily Times that every Afghan-to-Afghan effort is respected. “Kabul regime’s existence depends on presence of foreign troops. Once the foreign troops withdraw, the regime would automatically collapse,” they said. Taliban are so far publicly declining to comment on the appeal by Pakistan and Afghanistan as well as the High Peace Council to join peace talks, but among Afghan groups probably the policy is under review. Taliban spokesman Zabihullah Mujahid was approached to ask about the policy of Taliban after the visit of High Peace Council Chairman Salahuddin Rabbani to Pakistan, his demand of releasing detainees in Pakistan, and Islamabad’s positive response in support of the reconciliation. He did not reply to the question directly but sent a statement saying the Afghans who were in Pakistani jails had never harmed Pakistan or Pakistanis and their release was their right.
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November - 17 
Crime Investigation Department (CID) Functional Crime Unit head Raja Umar Khitab said that members of banned organisations are involved in incidents of bank robberies and other crimes in Karachi, more than the Taliban. Senior Superintendent of Police
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Crime Investigation Department (CID) Functional Crime Unit head Raja Umar Khitab said that members of banned organisations are involved in incidents of bank robberies and other crimes in Karachi, more than the Taliban. Senior Superintendent of Police (SSP) Khitab said there was no proof of Taliban’s presence in the Old City area or Lyari, however, reports have been received regarding the presence of Lashkar-e-Jhangvi (LeJ).
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November - 20 
A Police report prepared in compliance of the apex court’s directives in a suo moto case on the target killings in Karachi revealed that Taliban-linked militants have recently stepped up their activities in 15 “identified” areas of the city, reported
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A Police report prepared in compliance of the apex court’s directives in a suo moto case on the target killings in Karachi revealed that Taliban-linked militants have recently stepped up their activities in 15 “identified” areas of the city, reported The News. “There are certain indications of their [the arrested militants’] involvement with the hardcore Taliban in the tribal areas, be it in the form of fundraising for them or training with those jihadists,” it was stated in the report. “These elements were definitely influenced by the ‘basic teachings of extremism’.” It was pointed out that these elements had a “background of criminal activities” and were involved in “extortion, kidnapping-for-ransom and bank robberies”. In the report, the police admitted that the extremist elements were present in the city for a long time. However, they added that the Sindh police, especially the Karachi’s law enforcers, were fighting against these elements. The Counter-Terrorism Unit of the Crime Investigation Department (CID), which is working against the militants, has to face the brunt of their backlash in the form of suicide attacks – some examples including the strikes on the CID Civil Lines office and the house of Senior Superintendent of Police (SSP) Muhammad Aslam Khan. Besides, Police officials were murdered in some of the 15 areas that have been pointed out. It was also disclosed that 50 militants were arrested in the city this year.
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November - 20 
A senior member of new British-based Islamist group, Sharia’h4Pakistan, Abu Baraa on November 20 said, “There will be a fatwa (religious decree) issued regarding Malala Yusufzai taking into account the full story of her injury including her public st
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A senior member of new British-based Islamist group, Sharia’h4Pakistan, Abu Baraa on November 20 said, “There will be a fatwa (religious decree) issued regarding Malala Yusufzai taking into account the full story of her injury including her public statements in support of the occupying US Army in the region and mocking of key symbols of Islam such as hijab and jihad,” reported Daily Times. The group, whose website features a blog below a photograph of Yusufzai in a hospital bed titled “Don’t Believe the Crocodile Tears for Malala Yusufzai”, is associated with some of Britain’s most hardline Islamists. Anjem Choudary, a prominent radical cleric in Britain, said the fatwa could be issued on November 30, 2012 at Lal Masjid, where a 2007 army raid crushed a Taliban-style movement controlling the compound. The mosque’s deputy head, Maulana Amir Siddique, denied the group would hold such a conference but organizers insisted they did not need permission to gather in a public place of worship. Neither Baraa nor Choudary would say what punishment Yusufzai might face if the group found her guilty of violating Islam. “Nobody is saying we are going to get out our swords and go and look for Malala... The point is a wider issue: it is about the American and Pakistani involvement in maintaining the British and American interests ...,” Choudary told Reuters. “Malala is one of the issues we are going to be addressing because she is being used as a propaganda tool by the enemies of Muslims to say: ‘Look, Muslims don’t believe in education,’ which is absurd.”
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November - 21 
United States (US) Defence Secretary Leon Panetta while speaking at a Washington think tank, Centre for a New American Security, on November 21 said despite challenges in the bilateral relationship, the US and Pakistan share an interest in defeating
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United States (US) Defence Secretary Leon Panetta while speaking at a Washington think tank, Centre for a New American Security, on November 21 said despite challenges in the bilateral relationship, the US and Pakistan share an interest in defeating terrorists and that Washington would pursue defence cooperation with Islamabad on that common basis, reports Daily Times. Panetta noted that in Afghanistan and Pakistan, prolonged military and intelligence operations have significantly weakened al Qaeda but saw the need to maintain pressure on the group. That means degrading the terrorists’ senior leadership, dismantling their organisational capabilities, remaining vigilant to ensure the threat does not reconstitute, and working to build the capacity of US partners, including Pakistan, to confront these shared threats, he added. “Despite challenges in the bilateral relationship between the United States and Pakistan, one area in which our national interests continue to align is defeating the terrorists on Pakistan soil that threaten both of us,” Panetta said, adding, “We remain committed to pursuing defence cooperation based on these shared interests.” The Secretary acknowledged the fact that al Qaeda-linked militants eye north-eastern Afghan areas of Kunar and Nuristan as a viable haven. “All of this sends a very simple and a very powerful message to al Qaeda, to the Taliban, and to the violent extremist groups who want to regain a safe haven in Afghanistan: we are not going anywhere. Our commitment to Afghanistan is long-term, and you cannot wait us out. This is important, because al Qaeda, the Taliban, and other associated forces under pressure in Pakistan, continue to view the rugged terrain of north-eastern Afghanistan, especially Kunar and Nuristan provinces, as a viable safe haven. A relentless, and effective counterterrorism effort, conducted by our Special Operations Forces this year, made clear that we will not allow them to regain that sanctuary”. He also claimed that in many ways success in Afghanistan is linked to Pakistan eliminating militant hideouts on its side of border.
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November - 27 
The United States (US) ambassador to Pakistan, Richard Olson, on November 27 said that the US Government supported Pakistan’s peace talks with the Afghan Taliban and the release of some Afghan Taliban prisoners, reports The Express Tribune. He expres
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The United States (US) ambassador to Pakistan, Richard Olson, on November 27 said that the US Government supported Pakistan’s peace talks with the Afghan Taliban and the release of some Afghan Taliban prisoners, reports The Express Tribune. He expressed concern over the security situation in North Waziristan Agency of Federally Administered Tribal Areas (FATA) and affirmed that the US considers the operation against the Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) in North Waziristan to be an internal matter for Pakistan. Both Pakistan and the US acknowledge extremism to be a common problem which should be addressed properly, added Olson.
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November - 28 
Pakistan and the United States (US) have restored full military and intelligence ties after relations hit a low point last year, and Islamabad will take further steps to support a nascent Afghan peace process, Foreign Minister Hina Rabbani Khar said
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Pakistan and the United States (US) have restored full military and intelligence ties after relations hit a low point last year, and Islamabad will take further steps to support a nascent Afghan peace process, Foreign Minister Hina Rabbani Khar said on November 28, reports Daily Times. “There was a fairly difficult patch and I think we’ve moved away from that into a positive trajectory,” Khar said, adding, “We are coming closer to developing what could be common positions. We wish to see a responsible transition in Afghanistan.” Relations between the uneasy allies were severely strained by a series of incidents in 2011. Now, Khar said, relations were fully repaired, including military and intelligence contacts. “We are having very useful, deep conversations with the US,” she said, as the two countries try to find common ground on Afghanistan ahead of the scheduled 2014 pullout. Further, she said the Afghan and Pakistan Governments were discussing ways to strengthen military cooperation. Currently, relations are strained. Afghanistan still suspects elements in Pakistan of supporting the Taliban, despite denials from Islamabad. The Pakistan military, pursing Pakistani insurgents, has also shelled villages across the border in Afghanistan, prompting protests. In addition to improving ties with Afghanistan, Khar said Pakistan also wanted to pursue closer ties with arch-rival India. “The Pakistani leadership has shown a great willingness to move forward, sometimes at the cost of losing some political capital, because sometimes improving ties with India might not be the most popular thing to do,” said Khar.
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