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Incidents
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January 1
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At least 90 persons were killed
when a suicide bomber detonated an explosives-laden pickup truck
in the middle of a volleyball game in the Shah Hasan Khel village
of Lakki Marwat District in the Bannu Division of the North West
Frontier Province (NWFP). Police said more than 60 persons were
injured.
Hangu District Police Officer
Abdul Rashid Khan said that two suicide bombers were killed when
explosives in their jackets went off accidentally due to a malfunction
in the Zargari area of the Hangu District.
The SFs conducted search and operations
in Khawazakhela, Alpurai, Aligrama, Kabal and Nawagai areas of
Swat and arrested 15 Taliban militants.
Five militants surrendered at
Gwalerai, Jowar and Waliabad area.
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January 2
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At least five Taliban militants
were killed in an encounter with the SFs in Kullachi tehsil
(revenue unit) of Dera Ismail Khan District.
The local Police identified two
suicide bombers who were killed in Zargari area of Hangu District
on January 1.
The Police registered cases of
terrorism against eight militants in Doaba Police Station for
deputing suicide bombers to attack targets in Zargari.
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January 3
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A roadside bomb killed at least
four people in Hangu District, including former NWFP Irrigation
Minister Ghaniur Rehman.
SFs killed two suspected Taliban
militants during Operation Rah-e-Rast at Qadir Banda Post near
Gwalerai.
A patrolling party moving from
Shagai to Piochar shot dead two suspected militants.
Three suspected militants were
arrested during a search operation in Metari Narai near Mir Khoni
and Khajuri.
Police arrested a 14-year-old
would-be suicide bomber, Sharif, at Deewana Baba Police Post in
Buner District.
11 suspected persons were arrested
during search operations in different areas of Swat.
Five suspected persons surrendered
to SFs in Ningulai near Charbagh.
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January 5
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The SFs killed three Taliban militants
in the continuing Operation Rah-e-Nijat (Path to Salvation) at
Mora Kandao in Swat District.
Police arrested four suspected
persons from Swabi District and recovered a cache of explosives
from their possession.
The SFs conducted operations in
various areas of Swat and arrested eight suspected militants and
recovered a cache of arms and ammunition.
Four suspected militants surrendered
at Watakai near Mingora and Sakhra.
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January 6
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SFs killed seven militants in
separate encounters in Kabal of Swat District.
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January 7
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Four Taliban militants were killed
and four others arrested by SFs from different parts of Swat and
Malakand in NWFP during Operation Rah-e-Rast (path to truth).
The FC personnel Noor Sher, who
was severely injured in an attack by militants, succumbed to his
injuries at the Combined Military Hospital in Peshawar. Two SFs
were also injured in an attack on the Do Jang checkpost.
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January 8
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A suspected militant 'commander',
identified as Irfan, blew himself up during a Police raid in the
Adezai village in Matni on the outskirts of Peshawar. Six Policemen
were injured in the incident.
SFs arrested 10 suspected Taliban
militants in Swat and Malakand division and recovered arms and
ammunition from their possession.
Four Taliban militants also surrendered
at Waliabad, Gokhela and Bhai Kalle.
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January 9
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Seven Policemen were injured when
an alleged suicide bomber blew himself up in a house in Adezai
village in Mattani area of Peshawar. During the raid, Taliban
'commander', Irfan, who was the only one present in the house,
blew himself up.
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January 10
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An ANP lawmaker, Alamgir Khalil,
in the NWFP Assembly survived a bomb attack in Pavaka area under
Pishtakhara Police Station area in Peshawar.
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| January 13 |
At least three Taliban militants were killed while
nine others were arrested by SFs during the ongoing Operation
Rah-e-Rast in Swat.
A teenager, Muhammad Shoaib, was killed and six
other boys were injured when an explosive device exploded at a
playground in the Civil Lines area of Tank, the headquarters of
Tank District.
A headless body of a man was recovered by the
Police in the Peepal Kalay area in Hangu District.
The SFs arrested one of the top 'commanders' of
TTP, identified as Rafiullah, during a search operation in the
Tora Warai area of Hangu District.
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| January 14 |
SFs arrested two militants besides recovering
arms and ammunitions during a search carried out in Jandole area
of Lower Dir.
Two caves were discovered in Kass area in Maidan
from where explosives were recovered and defused.
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| January 15 |
The bullet-riddled dead bodies of seven Taliban
militants were recovered while an anti-Taliban leader was also
killed in different areas of NWFP.
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| January 17 |
Two militants were killed by the SFs in the in
Malakand area.
The Police arrested a tribal elder along with
his three sons involved in terrorism while recovering a huge cache
of arms and five suspicious vehicles from their hideout in Khwasi
Banda.
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| January 18 |
Malakand Levies claimed of arresting 13 suspected
persons during a search operation at Salgaro Banda under Malakand
Agency.
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| January 19 |
Eight terrorists shot dead two Awami National
Party (ANP) activists in Pir Baba area of Buner District. The
terrorists abducted Union Council Malakpur Secretary General Amin
Khan and Sultan from the village of Beshonai. They were then taken
to the Ellam Mountain where the terrorists opened fire on the
two activists killing them on the spot.
Police arrested six militants, including a teenage
would-be suicide bomber, and recovered explosives from their possession
during an operation in mountainous Bahadar Baba area in Nowshera.
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| January 20 |
Five persons, including an ANP member of the provincial
assembly, Aurangzeb Khan, were injured in a remote-controlled
bomb explosion in Peshawar NWFP.
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| January 21 |
Five militants, including a 'commander', were
killed in a clash with SFs in Madyan area of Swat District.
29 officials in the NWFP Education Department
were sacked for their alleged links with militants.
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| January 22 |
Bodies of two tribal elders were found dumped
under a bridge on Tank-Wana Road near Pattar village.
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| January 23 |
At least four persons including a trooper were
killed in a suicide car bombing near a Police Station at Gomal,
about 25 kilometres south of Tank District.
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| January 24 |
A close aide of Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP)
chief of Swat Division was killed in clashes with SFs at Imam
Dheri in Swat.
Taliban militants blew up a girls' school at Shabqadar
area in Peshawar.
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| January 26 |
A Taliban 'commander' was killed by SFs in Swat
District and another arrested in Daggar town in Buner District.
SFs carried out a search operation in Muslim Khwor
village of Dir District and recovered a cache of arms and ammunition.
The NWFP government has sacked 55 employees for
having links with the Taliban militants.
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| January 27 |
Three children were killed in a bomb
explosion in Nanger Khani village of Dir District.
Armed militants opened fire at a
patrol Police vehicle in Mardan and killed the Station House Officer
(SHO) and injured five constables in Mardan in NWFP.
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| January 28 |
Suspected militants blew up a bridge
on a link road connecting Peshawar's Badbher village in NWFP to
Khyber Agency's Bara town in the FATA.
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| January 31 |
Unidentified militants blew up a
Government-run girls' primary school on the outskirts of Bannu
in NWFP.
Troops arrested 10 suspected Taliban
militants from Swat, said a spokesman for the Swat media centre.
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| February
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Unidentified Taliban militants blew
up a tanker carrying oil supply to NATO forces in Afghanistan
on the ring road in the Chamkani Police Station area of Peshawar
in NWFP.
The Security Forces recovered a cache
of arms and ammunition during a search and clearance operation
in the Awarai village area of Dir District.
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