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April 1
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Two persons were killed and 12 others injured
in a bomb blast in a passenger bus in South Waziristan. According
to official sources, the device was planted inside the Karachi-bound
bus and exploded at the bus station in the Spin Qaira.
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April 27
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Five suspected al
Qaeda and Taliban
terrorists were arrested close to the border opposite Afghanistan's
Khost region. Reports said another raid targeted a Madrassa (religious
seminary) in South Waziristan that was founded by Taliban 'commander'
Jalaluddin Haqqani but found it empty.
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April 30
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A missile fired from an unknown destination partially
damaged the building of a government college in Miranshah, headquarters
of North Waziristan. The missile reportedly missed the nearby
vocational training centre, where according to media reports,
American troops were stationed till the last week of April. However,
no loss of life or injuries was reported.
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May 4
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Tribal elders and religious leaders, ahead of
an operation by Pakistani forces against the fleeing al Qaeda
and Taliban terrorists in North Waziristan, have vowed to fight
back any move against raids on Madrassas.
During a meeting held at the Idak Madrassa, approximately
10 kilometres from Miranshah, the Ulema (religious leaders) and
tribal leaders of North Waziristan warned the government of dire
consequences if any of their seminaries were raided without their
prior permission.
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June 12
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Unidentified assailants fired three missiles at
a Frontier Corps camp in North Waziristan where the North West
frontier Province Governor, Syed Iftikhar Hussain Shah, was staying.
However, the Governor survived as the missiles missed the target.
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June 18
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Unidentified persons fired a rocket in Miranshah,
headquarters of North Waziristan.
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June 19
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A rocket was fired near a building that houses
US forces in the tribal areas bordering Afghanistan, but the rocket
landed in wasteland and no one was injured.
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June 26
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Ten security force personnel and two Chechen operatives
of the al Qaeda were killed in an encounter at Azam Warsak in
South Waziristan. The operation followed reports that al Qaeda
terrorists had taken shelter in the house of Abdul Khaliq Sarkikhel
Wazir, a resident of Kaza Paunga. This encounter is reportedly
the first confirmation of the presence of al Qaeda terrorists
in the tribal areas of Pakistan.
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June 27
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Pakistani authorities arrested 17 persons, including
15 tribesmen, from Azam Warsak in South Waziristan.
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June 28
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Seven suspected al Qaeda terrorists were arrested
in an operation near the Afghanistan border in the Darmilan area
of South Waziristan. The seven suspects, hailing from different
cities of Pakistan, reportedly confessed that they were members
of a Tablighi Jamaat group, which was on a one-year visit of the
area since October 2001.
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June 29
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Three tribesmen belonging to the Dotani tribe
in South Waziristan and allegedly having links with the al Qaeda
were arrested at the Tanai checkpoint on the Durand Line.
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June 30
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Pakistani authorities arrested a suspected Arab
al Qaeda terrorist at Tanai village, 22 km east of Wana in South
Waziristan.
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July 3
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Four al Qaeda terrorists and two security force
(SF) personnel were killed and two police personnel injured in
an encounter near Jarma bridge in Kohat. The four al Qaeda cadres
of Chechen origin were coming from the tribal area of Miranshah,
headquarters of North Waziristan, near the Afghan border. According
to official sources, they were probably on a terrorist mission
in Kohat or Peshawar. SF personnel recovered four Kalashnikovs,
one machine-gun, two pistols, 15 hand-grenades and a rocket launcher
from the encounter site.
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July 26
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Troops recovered an unspecified number of multi-barrel
rocket launchers, an anti-aircraft gun and some ammunition from
Saidgi village in North Waziristan and arrested two persons in
this connection.
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August 4
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A tribal Jirga (council) in South Waziristan turned-in
the landlord of the house where 10 security force personnel and
two suspected al Qaeda terrorists were killed in an encounter
on June 25. Abdul Khaliq Sarkikhel Wazir was handed-over to the
political administration by elders of the Wazir tribe after a
Jirga of 100 chieftains decided to surrender him.
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December 3
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Security force personnel arrested two al Qaeda
suspects in South Waziristan, and have reportedly handed them
over to American intelligence agencies for interrogation. They
were reportedly arrested for alleged involvement in an attack
on a US military camp in the southern Paktika province of Afghanistan.
Three Afghan nationals were arrested for suspected
al Qaeda links in the Mohmand Agency in two raids.
Members of the National Assembly (MNA) from the
northwestern border have warned American forces hunting al Qaeda
operatives to stay out of the constituencies from which they,
the MNAs, have won in the recent national elections. "We will
not allow American troops to launch any operation in the name
of al-Qaeda," said Maulana Naik Zaman Haqqani, MNA representing
North Waziristan.
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