No
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Date
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Incident
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1
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January 11
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A wanted militant from South
Waziristan, identified as Maulvi Bashir, is reported to have
surrendered in Peshawar.
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2
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February 2
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Security agencies in Peshawar
are reported to have arrested a Tunisian national for his alleged
links to al Qaeda. The suspect, identified as Abdul Qayum, was
arrested while shopping at a market in Peshawar, said an unnamed
intelligence official.
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3
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February 27
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Former Afghan Mujahideen 'commander',
Haji Munjay, survived yet another assassination attempt, while
two of his cousins accompanying him were wounded during a shoot-out
in Peshawar. This is reportedly the third time that Munjay,
younger brother of the assassinated deputy governor of Nangarhar,
Haji Shomali Khan, was attacked on Pakistani soil. "We were
coming from Attock to Peshawar when armed men in two cars chased
us and opened fire near Hayatabad," said Munjay.
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4
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March 30
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Six foreigners, suspected to
be Afghans and Central Asians, were arrested from Abdara in
Peshawar for their alleged links to al Qaeda. "Two hand-grenades,
a pistol, computer disks and literature glorifying militancy
were seized during the raid," said an unnamed official. "These
people have been under surveillance for some time and we have
credible information that they are linked to al Qaeda… They
had been living in a rented house in Peshawar's University Town
neighbourhood for a few weeks," he added.
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5
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April 10
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Security Forces (SFs) in Peshawar
arrested four Iraqi nationals for their suspected links to al
Qaeda. They were detained during two separate raids on the outskirts
of Peshawar. An unnamed official said one of the detainees,
identified as Abdul Aziz, is a fluent speaker of the local Pashtu
language and was caught with computer discs and other documents.
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6
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May 23
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SFs arrested two Arabs for their
alleged links with al Qaeda from the Charsadda area. The troops
launched an operation against some four Arab families at Dosehra
in the Charsadda area and subsequent to an exchange of fire
between the two sides for about three hours, two suspects managed
to escape. Two suspects were arrested consequent to the encounter.
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7
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June 15
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Police arrested two al Qaeda
suspects, identified as Noor Ayaz and Wali Muhammad, from the
Bhana Manri locality. Sources said intelligence agencies had
received reports that some al Qaeda suspects have shifted to
the Bhana Manri area and they were staying in a rented house.
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8
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September 9
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Security agencies in Peshawar
foiled a bid to smuggle arms and ammunition for terrorist activities
in Islamabad and Rawalpindi. Addressing a press conference at
the Peshawar Press Club, Senior Superintendent of Police Jaffar
Khan informed that the Police recovered six rocket launchers,
six fuse detonators, eight hand grenades, and some narcotics.
However, no arrests were made from the incident site.
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9
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November 9
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A senior Taliban 'commander'
and former governor of Afghanistan's three Northern provinces
and his aide were killed in the outskirts of Peshawar. Mullah
Abdul Manan Hanafi and Mullah Mohammad Akbar were killed in
front of the Badhber High School on Kohat Road when they were
going to Dara Adamkhel from Peshawar. Hanafi was an important
commander of the Taliban militia and served as Governor of the
Badghis, Samangan and Sara-i-Pul provinces during the Taliban
rule. An unnamed senior official said that Hanafi was also an
arms dealer in the Chaman town of Balochistan province.
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10
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November 30
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Three foreigners with suspected
links to al Qaeda were arrested from an Afghan refugee camp
at Jalozai near Peshawar. An unnamed security official said
they arrested the suspects from a bus they were traveling in
following an intelligence tip off.
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