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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.
More than 60 persons were injured.
Six persons, including
an anti-Taliban tribal elder, were killed when a remote-controlled
bomb exploded in the Mandal area of Salarzai tehsil (revenue
unit) in the Bajaur Agency of FATA.
Five Taliban militants
were killed and another seven injured in different parts of Orakzai
Agency of FATA.
Three US drones fired
two missiles at a car in North Waziristan Agency in FATA, killing
three Taliban militants and injuring another three persons.
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
in NWFP.
The TTP claimed that
they used a turncoat CIA operative to carry out a suicide bombing
that killed seven American CIA employees in Afghanistan as revenge
for a top militant leader's death in a US missile strike.
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January
2
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Eight
Taliban militants were killed when fighter jets destroyed four
of their hideouts in the Orakzai Agency of FATA.
At least five Taliban
militants were killed in an encounter with the SFs in Kullachi
tehsil (revenue unit) of Dera Ismail Khan District in NWFP.
Four Taliban militants
were killed in the ongoing Operation Rah-e-Nijat (path to salvation)
in South Waziristan in FATA.
Three volunteers
of a local lashkar (tribal militia) were also killed in
a clash with militants in Sturikhel area of the Orakzai Agency
in FATA.
Two militants were
killed and two others were arrested during an encounter with SFs
near Jani Khel of Jandola sector in South Waziristan in FATA.
Two Taliban militants
were killed and another two injured as they attacked a checkpost
near Shuza Algad in South Waziristan in FATA.
A trooper was killed
and another five were injured at Metari Narai when militants fired
rockets at a SF checkpost.
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January
3
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The SFs killed seven
Taliban militants during operation in South Waziristan Agency
of FATA.
The missiles fired
by a suspected US drone killed five militants in Mosakki village,
about 25 kilometres east of Miranshah in FATA.
A roadside bomb killed
at least four people in Hangu District, including former NWFP
Irrigation Minister Ghaniur Rehman.
SFs killed three
militants during an encounter carried out in Shuza Algad near
Sararogha in FATA.
Two tribal elders
were killed and another four injured when a remote controlled
bomb exploded in Salarzai tehsil of Bajaur Agency in FATA.
Two persons, including
a policeman, were killed and another sustained serious injuries
in a hand grenade blast in a shop near Al-Muslim Masjid in Muslim
Town of Rawalpindi in Punajb.
SFs killed two suspected
Taliban militants during Operation Rah-e-Rast at Qadir Banda Post
near Gwalerai of NWFP.
A patrolling party
moving from Shagai to Piochar in NWFP shot dead two suspected
militants.
An IED killed a trooper
and injured five others in Jandola Sector of South Waziristan
Agency in FATA while they were moving from Jandola to Top Sar.
Another trooper was
killed when unidentified militants fired three rockets followed
by intermittent firing at the Pash Ziarat checkpost in Razmak
Sector of in North Waziristan Agency in FATA.
Extremists squeezed
out of Pakistan and Afghanistan will emerge in struggling states
like Yemen and Somalia, said British Prime Minister Gordon Brown.
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January
4
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SFs neutralised two
militant hideouts, killing seven Taliban militants and arresting
two others in Operation Sherdil (Lion Heart) in the Bajaur Agency
of FATA.
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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) when they tried to attack SFs at the Pungai checkpost
in South Waziristan of FATA.
The SFs killed three
Taliban militants in the continuing Operation Rah-e-Nijat at Mora
Kandao in Swat District of NWFP.
Two volunteers of
peace committee were killed and as many sustained injuries during
a clash with militants in Baizai sub-division in Mohmand Agency
in FATA.
An Ahmadi leader
Muhammad Yousaf (70) was shot dead allegedly for seeking Police
protection against sectarian zealots in Ferozewala Police Station
area of Karachi.
One person, identified
as Sajid (25), who had sustained injuries in the Ashura procession
on M.A. Jinnah Road in Karachi on December 28, 2009, passed away
at the hospital. This brings the death toll of blast victims to
45.
SFs said they flushed
out most of the militants from the Mohmand tribal region of Mohmand
Agency in FATA. "Mohmand is a big agency and up till now 80 per
cent of the area has been cleared," commander of the Mohmand Operation,
Colonel Saifullah, said.
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January
6
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13 persons were killed
when three US drones targeted a house in Sumzalai, 50 kilometers
west of Miranshah, in the Dattakhel tehsil of North Waziristan
in FATA.
SFs killed seven
militants in separate encounters in Kabal of Swat District of
NWFP.
Three SF personnel
killed in a suicide bomb blast at an Army training school in Tararkheil
town of Sudhanoti District in PoK.
A trooper was killed
and two others sustained injuries in a rocket attack in the Tabi
Sar area of Razmak in South Waziristan Agency in FATA where Operation
Rah-e-Nijat is being carried out.
Around 350 militants
were killed by the SFs in operations while 104 pro-Government
elders and volunteers of a peace committee as well as 65 SFs personnel
were killed in the Mohmand Agency of FATA in the year 2009, said
Mohmand Agency Additional Political Agent (APA) Ahmed Jan.
The News quoting
its Government survey reports that up to 8,000 houses were damaged
in the Swat District of NWFP during militancy spanning over two
years and the subsequent military operations.
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January
7
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At least 10 Taliban
militants were killed and several were injured as gunship helicopters
bombed militant's hideouts in Orakzai Agency of FATA.
Five militants were
killed when the vehicle they were travelling in, exploded in the
Darr village of Kurram Agency in FATA.
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.
A trooper was killed
while two others sustained injuries following a rocket attack
by militants in Tabi Sar area of Razmak sector in South Waziristan
in FATA where operation Rah-e-Nijat is being carried out.
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 in NWFP.
Police arrested an
important 'leader' of the TTP, Israr Amin, from Islamabad in Punjab.
Prime Minister Yousaf
Raza Gilani unveiled a relief package for militancy-affected areas
of NWFP and FATA, announcing tax concessions, rebates in duties
and relief in utility bills - in addition to allocating an additional
1 percent share to the province from the federal divisible pool.
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January
8
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Eight persons were
killed and 11 others injured when a suicide bomber blew himself
up at the gate of the headquarters of the militant outfit Ansar-ul-Islam
in Tirah area of Khyber Agency in FATA. The bomber was reportdely
a member of rival militant outfit Lashkar-e-Islam.
Six persons, including
one civilian were killed in an explosion in a house near Babri
mosque in Baldia town locality of Karachi.
Six militants were
killed and three others injured in air strikes on suspected militant
hideouts in upper Orakzai Agency of FATA.
Four Taliban militants
were killed and two injured when drones fired two missiles, one
at a car and the other at a house, in Palali village in North
Waziristan Agency in FATA.
Two militants were
killed and three others injured in a clash with the SFs in Nawagai
tehsil of Bajaur Agency in FATA.
One trooper was killed
as the Taliban militants fired at the SFs near Mazakai, Ghundi
Gar, Pungai, Gani Khel and Sinetiza area of South Waziristan in
FATA during operations Rah-e-Nijat.
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
in NWFP.
Operation Commander
Major General Ashfaq Nadeem said that a large number of Taliban
militants in Swat of NWFP have fled to Karachi and South Waziristan
to escape the Army operation Sherdil (lion heart) in Malakand
division.
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January
9
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A US drone strike
killed at least four terrorists in North Waziristan of FATA,.
Seven Policemen were
injured when an alleged suicide bomber blew himself up in a house
in Adezai village in Mattani area of Peshawar in NWFP.
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January
10
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Unidentified militants
shot dead two tribal elders in the Pandyalai sub-division of Mohmand
Agency in FATA.
The National Crisis
Management Cell of the Interior Ministry of Pakistan warned that
TTP has decided to attack newspaper offices and renowned journalists
across the country.
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| January 11 |
Eight Taliban militants and one trooper
were killed during a clash between Taliban militants and SFs in
the ongoing operation Rah-e-Nijat in South Waziristan Agency of
FATA.
The Taliban militants fired on a
checkpost at Pash Zairat in Razmak sector of South Waziristan
Agency in FATA, killing a trooper and injuring three others.
A Jordanian Taliban 'commander',
who moved to Afghanistan in 1999 and stayed on to fight US-led
forces, was killed in a US drone attack in Waziristan.
Police arrested a key TTP 'commander',
Hayatullah alias Humayun, from a house in Baloch Goth in Orangi
Town area of Karachi.
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| January 12 |
Four Taliban militants and a soldier
were killed in a gunbattle when dozens of Taliban militants attacked
a checkpost in Mohmand Agency of FATA.
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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 of NWFP.
Two unidentified passers-by were
killed in an exchange of fire between SFs and militants in Qambarkhel
area of Bara tehsil in Khyber Agency in FATA.
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 in NWFP.
Law enforcement agencies have so
far arrested 2,200 suspected terrorists from across the country,
including 80 suspects from Islamabad, federal capital, Interior
Minister Rehman Malik told the Senate.
Interior Minister Rehman Malik categorically
said that India was interfering in Balochistan while missing Baloch
were forcibly taken to training camps in Afghanistan.
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| January 14 |
A US drone targeted TTP chief Hakeemullah
Mehsud in South Waziristan Agency in FATA and security agencies
area waiting for confirmation if Hakeemullah is among the 10 militants
killed in the strike. TTP has denied media reports that the group's
chief, Hakeemullah Mehsud, has been killed in a US drone strike.
The Chief of the pro-government Khwazai
Peace Committee, Muhammad Akbar, and one of its member, Gulistan,
were killed and seven others persons sustained serious injuries
in a roadside blast at Dorbakhel area of Halimzai sub-division
in Mohmand Agency of FATA.
The JuD, front organisation of the
Lashkar-e-Toiba has declared suicide bombings un-Islamic and said
those involved in killing of Muslims were playing in the hands
of the US, India and Israel.
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Two US drone strikes killed at least
11 Taliban militants in North Waziristan Agency of FATA.
Ibrahim Kukikhel, the tribal malik
(leader) and head of the Kukikhel Qaumi Jirga, was shot dead while
his wife and a son were injured in Wazirdand area of Jamrud tehsil
in Khyber Agency in FATA.
A US drone strike killed one of FBI's
most-wanted terrorists, a Palestinian suspected in a 1986 plane
hijacking with a USD five million bounty on his head, said three
Pakistani intelligence officials. The intelligence officials said
a January 9 missile strike in North Waziristan killed Jamal Saeed
Abdul Rahim.
TTP warned the Government against
continued drone attacks in the Tribal Areas amid reports that
TTP chief Hakeemullah Mehsud is "under treatment" for "serious
injuries" sustained in a drone strike on January 14.
The bullet-riddled dead bodies of
seven Taliban militants were recovered while an anti-Taliban leader
was also killed in different areas of NWFP.
Two dead bodies, including that of
Taliban 'commander' of Khawazakhela area Mohammad Rehman, were
recovered from Khawazakhela in Swat in NWF.
Security has been tightened at the
Farooqabad Police Training School after intelligence reports revealed
that the school was on the hit list of militants.
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| January 16 |
Five militants were killed in clashes
with Security Forces in Spin Qabar area of Bara of Khyber Agency
in FATA.
Four non-Baloch persons were killed
in different parts of Balochistan in an apparent backlash of January
15' killings of two Baloch nationalists. Three of the killings
have been confirmed as target killings. Meerak Baloch, a spokesman
for the Baloch Liberation Army (BLA) called the offices of various
newspapers and accepted responsibility for killing the three Punjabi
settlers
A suicide bomber attacked an Army
vehicle near the town of Rawalakot in Pakistan Occupied Kashmir
(PoK), injuring two troopers.
Asmatullah Muaviya, one of the main
'commanders' of the TTP Punjab chapter, was among the 10 persons
killed in a US drone strike in South Waziristan of FATA. The drone
had targeted a militant's compound at Shaktoi village on January
14. Earlier, a local news agency also reported the death of Qari
Hussain and Muhammad Mehsud in the Shaktoi strike. Qari Hussain,
who had a 50 million head money, was believed to be a "master
trainer" of suicide bombers.
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| January 17 |
A US drone strike killed at least
20 Taliban militants, including foreign terrorists (Uzbeks), in
a South Waziristan Agency area in the FATA.
Two tribesmen, including a prominent
tribal elder and agency councillor, were killed in two separate
incidents in FATA.
Two militants were killed in a clash
with the SFs in the Mulla Said area of Salarzai tehsil in FATA.
Two militants were killed by the
SFs in the in Malakand area of NWFP.
On Shakai Sector in FATA, the SFs
conducted search and clearance operation in the Zawar Darman Khel,
Shankai - Dargai and killed at least one militant.
The Taliban released another audio
message purportedly containing the voice of their chief Hakeemullah
Mehsud. Hakeemullah said that he was releasing the message on
January 16 and the missile attack had been carried out in Shaktoi
on January 14.
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| January 18 |
SFs killed 10 Taliban militants and
arrested five others in a clash in North Waziristan in FATA.
Taliban militants attacked lashkar
personnel in Mohmand Agency in FATA, resulting in the death of
one tribesman and three militants.
Three militants were killed as a
bomb exploded near central Kurram Agency in FATA.
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| January 19 |
SFs during a search operation exchanged
fire with the Taliban near Kunar Sar area in Admi Kot area of
South Waziristan in FATA. 10 Taliban militants were killed and
five others arrested during the operation.
Five Taliban militants, including
'local commander' Hamad, were killed when militants opened fire
at members of a peace committee in Baizai tehsil in the Mohmand
Agency in FATA. Two committee members were also killed and two
others injured in the clash.
Six Taliban militants were killed
when a US drone fired two missiles at a compound in Degan village
of North Waziristan's Dattakhel tehsil in the FATA.
In Jandola Sector in FATA, two soldiers
were killed in a bomb blast near Janata, where the SFs defused
three roadside bombs.
Eight terrorists shot dead two Awami
National Party activists in Pir Baba area of Buner District in
NWFP.
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| January 20 |
Five Taliban militants, including
Ghulam alias Adil, a key 'commander', were killed and two others
injured in a raid conducted by members of the peace committee
at Khewzai area of Mohmand Agency in FATA.
A notorious criminal with suspected
terrorist links identified as Akhtar Ali Joiya alias Akhtari,
carrying head money of PNR two million and his accomplice carrying
head money of PNR 200,000 were killed in an encounter at Khudian
area in Kasur District of Punjab.
Several militants were believed to
be killed and their hideouts destroyed when gunship helicopters
attacked various areas of Safi and Baizai subdivisions in the
Mohmand Agency in FATA.
A jirga (council) of Mehsud tribe
agreed to hand over 378 men, including Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan
chief Hakeemullah Mehsud, to the Government and announced to fully
support Islamabad in maintaining peace in South Waziristan.
An alleged 'commander' of TTP was
granted bail against a solvent surety of PNR 50,000 in an illicit
arms case by Judicial Magistrate, Malir, Aslam Sheikh in Karachi.
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| January 21 |
Clashes between the SFs and terrorists
left at least nine terrorists dead in Mohmand Agency in FATA.
A roadside bomb killed two tribal
elders and a woman travelling on a bus in Salarzai District of
Bajaur Agency in FATA. 20 other passengers were injured in the
explosion.
Five militants, including a 'commander',
were killed in a clash with SF in Madyan area of Swat District
in NWFP.
One soldier was killed while eight
others sustained injuries in an Improvised Explosive Device (IED)
blast during the ongoing operation Rah-e-Nijat in near Janata
in Jandola Sector of South Waziristan Agency in FATA.
Pakistani Intelligence officials
said that a Filipino militant, identified as Abdul Basit Usman,
wanted by the US, is believed to have been killed in a drone strike
in the Tribal Areas close to the Afghanistan border on January
14.
The Hyderabad Police claimed to have
arrested three militants of the Jamaat-ud-Dawa (JuD) outfit by
foiling a robbery bid in a house in the limits of the Cantonment
Police Station.
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| January 22 |
SFs attacked the stronghold of local
and foreign Taliban militants killing 15 of them and arresting
25 others in Machis camp near Miranshah in North Wazristan in
FATA.
Two militants and a soldier were
killed in a clash at Bilandkhel area in Orakzai Agency in FATA.
Bodies of two tribal elders were
found dumped under a bridge on Tank-Wana Road near Pattar village
in NWFP.
One Taliban militant was killed and
five others injured in a gunbattle between the SFs and the militants
at the Ghutti Sar check post in FATA.
Unidentified men had planted an IED
on the roadside in Talai village in Salarzai in Bajaur Agency
in FATA. A woman was killed and 23 passengers injured when a vehicle
hit the device.
29 officials in the NWFP Education
Department were sacked for their alleged links with militants.
One of the two dacoits, from whose
custody two abducted persons were rescued, belonged to al-Qaeda.
They were abducted from Larkana IN Punjab a few days ago and were
rescued from the jurisdiction of Fatehpur Police Station of Dokri.
The Special Investigation Group (SIG)
of the Federal Investigation Agency (FIA) has traced the names
and addresses of nine terrorists who were involved in a suicide
attack on former President General Pervez Musharraf.
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| January 23 |
14 Taliban militants and three SF
personnel were killed while 12 other Taliban militants were injured
in clashes in Orakzai Agency in FATA.
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 in NWFP.
At least two Army personnel were
killed and two others were injured after unidentified motorcyclists
opened fire on a group of soldiers in a market in Khuzdar of Balochistan.
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| January 24 |
Taliban militants killed seven persons
on suspicion of spying for the US in North Waziristan Agency of
FATA.
One trooper was killed and another
injured in an IED blast in Khyber Agency. Subsequently, in a search
operation, SFs killed three militants and arrested 12 others.
The slain militants included senior 'commander' Gul Hakim.
A close aide of TTP chief of Swat
Division was killed in clashes with SFs at Imam Dheri in Swat
of NWFP.
Taliban militants claimed to have
shot down a US drone in Hamzoni village near Miranshah, the main
town in North Waziristan. Government and Military officials confirmed
the plane crash but were not sure about the cause of the incident.
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| January 25 |
SFs backed by fighter jets and helicopter
gunship targeted Taliban strongholds across the FATA, killing
25 militants in the Kurram and Bajaur Agencies. Air strikes by
the jet fighters continued for more than two hours killing 10
terrorists in Khar in Bajaur. At least 15 suspected militants
were killed when SFs, backed by helicopter gunship and artillery,
pounded their positions in Kurram Agency.
One FC trooper was killed and 10
others were injured in a bomb blast in a crowded market of the
Pakistan-Iran border town of Panjgur in Balochistan.
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| January 26 |
Three militants were killed and several
others sustained injuries when gunship helicopters fired at suspected
hideouts of insurgents in Mamond and Salarzai tehsils in
Bajaur Agency in FATA.
Militants killed one person and freed
two out of the four abducted tribesmen in Salarzai in FATA.
A Taliban 'commander' was killed
by SFs in Swat District in NWFP.
Taliban militants in North Waziristan
claimed to have shot down another US drone in Boya village of
Dattakhel tehsil near the border with Afghanistan but failed to
provide any proof in this regard.
Appreciating the role played by FATA
parliamentarians in the fight against militancy, Prime Minister
Yousaf Raza Gilani asked them to closely follow various phases
of the development process in their respective areas.
NWFP government has sacked 55 employees
for having links with the Taliban militants
As many as 2,072 persons have been
killed in 1,780 incidents of terrorism across the country since
April 2009, the National Assembly (NA) in Islamabad was informed.
Speaking during the question hour in the NA, Interior Minister
Rehman Malik said the people killed included 565 individuals from
various law enforcement agencies. He added that 6,253 persons
had been injured in these attacks, including 1,590 Security Force
personnel.
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| January 27 |
12 Taliban militants were killed
and three others injured in clashes between Salarzai laskhar (pro
government Tribal militia) and militants in Chinnar village of
Bajaur Agency in FATA. One trooper was killed in the attack.
Three children were killed in a bomb
explosion in Nanger Khani village of Dir District.
Pakistani investigators that there
is "sufficient incriminating evidence against" the seven arrested
terrorists for their involvement in the Mumbai (India) terrorist
strikes on November 26, 2008.
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| January 28 |
SFs killed nine militants and injured
five others in a clash in Salarzai tehsil of Bajaur Agency
in FATA.
SFs killed four Taliban militants
in Operation Rah-e-Nijat (Path to Salvation) in South Waziristan
Agency.
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| January 29 |
SFs killed 24 Taliban militants in
air strikes and clashes in Bajaur Agency FATA. In one incident,
the fighting erupted when militants attacked a check post manned
by the Frontier Corps and members of an anti-Taliban militia in
the Chinar town. Troops retaliated and killed 14 militants. A
paramilitary soldier was also killed and three others were wounded
in the clash.
Fighter jets bombarded a Taliban
hideout in the town of Sewai in the Mamoond tehsil killing 10
terrorists and injuring 15 others.
Five suspected militants were killed
and four others sustained injuries in a drone attack in Dattakhel
area of North Waziristan.
Unidentified assailants opened fire
on pilgrims, killing three Shias and injuring seven others, in
a sectarian attack in Quetta in Balochistan.
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| January 30 |
A suicide bomber killed 16 people,
including 14 civilians and two Police officers, and wounded 20
others at a police check point in the Bajaur Agency of FATA.
Suspected US missiles killed nine
alleged militants. Three US missiles hit a compound and a bunker
in the Mohammad Khel area of North Waziristan Agency, part of
a surge of the drone-fired strikes. Two missiles attack hit the
compound being used by the militants, killing seven of them. The
third killed two more insurgents in the bunker.
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| January 31 |
Nine Taliban militants were killed
when fighter jets bombed Taliban hideouts in Swoi and Damadola
areas of Mamoond tehsil in Bajaur Agency of FATA.
The state-owned PTV channel reported
that TTP chief Hakeemullah Mehsud died a few days ago, while some
private channels also claimed that he was buried in Orakzai Agency
of FATA three days back. Meanwhile, Interior Minister Rehman Malik
told a private television channel that the Government was trying
to verify the report. Further, the Army said it was investigating
reports of Hakeemullah's death.
TTP Orakzai Agency chief Malik Noor
Jamal said that the reports of Hakeemullah Mehsud's death and
his subsequent burial in Mamuzai in Orakzai Agency are baseless.
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