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Date |
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1
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February 13
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An Egyptian national was arrested
from the Wahadat colony in Quetta on charges of having links with
the Al Qaeda network, said official sources. American intelligence
officials along with local security personnel are reported to
have taken him to an unknown destination for interrogation.
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2
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February 15
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Three security force personnel
and a civilian are injured in a landmine blast in the Chamlang
area of Quetta, capital of Balochistan province.
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3
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February 24
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Three persons, including two FC
officers, were injured in a landmine explosion, at Chamlang area,
Kohlu district, Baluchistan. They were on an official jeep when
the blast occurred. FC officials said unidentified terrorists
had planted the landmine.
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4
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May 28
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Two explosive devices went off
in Quetta. While the first explosion occurred at Inscomb Road
another was reported from the Quetta cantonment area. However,
no loss of life or injuries was reported during these explosions.
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5
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May 31
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In a suspected sectarian incident,
unidentified assailants shot and injured a Shia doctor when he
was standing beside his clinic at Sibi in Quetta. President of
the Anjuman-e-Hussainia, Sibi, Dr Syed Suqalain Naqvi, was reportedly
associated with the Shia group Tehreek-e-Jaferia Pakistan (TJP)
in the past.
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6
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June 8
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In a sectarian attack, 13 trainee
police personnel belonging to the local Hazara community of the
Shia sect are killed and eight others injured at Sariab Road in
Quetta.
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7
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June 20
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In a suspected sectarian incident,
two unidentified assailants killed Syed Niaz Hussain Shah, a Shia
leader and vice president of Imam Bargah Satellite Town, in Quetta.
No arrests have been made thus far in connection with this incident.
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8
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June 22
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Authorities in Quetta arrested
five Taliban fugitives from Zhob during its hunt for the Taliban-Al
Qaeda operatives fleeing from Afghanistan. "The authorities have
also confiscated huge quantity of arms during the operation including
landmines, hand grenades, rocket launchers, SMG rifles, missiles,
and thousands of bullets loaded on a truck," an unnamed official
said.
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9
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July 4
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At least 44 persons were killed
and 65 others injured when three armed terrorists, including a
suspected suicide bomber, attacked a Shiite Muslim mosque in Quetta,
capital of the Southwestern Baluchistan province, during the Friday
prayers. Curfew was imposed in the city and troops were deployed
to maintain law and order as angry mobs set ablaze several vehicles
following the massacre. According to media reports, over 450 worshippers
were offering Friday prayers at the mosque, Jama Masjid-o-Imambargah
Kalaan Isna Ashri, when three terrorists opened indiscriminate
fire with automatic weapons and explosive devices. In retaliation,
some of the worshippers attacked the killers and one of them,
who had tied an explosive devise to his chest, pulled out its
pin. The device reportedly exploded killing the terrorist. However,
a conflicting report said that two police officials rushed towards
the mosque and opened fire on the terrorists, injuring them. Two
of the terrorists later blew themselves up. The police defused
the explosive device that was tied to the third attacker. He reportedly
succumbed to his injuries later. Separately, head of the Federal
Interior Ministry's National Crises Management Cell, Brigadier
Javed Cheema, said that at least one of the assailants appeared
to be a suicide bomber as he had grenades tied to his body and
was blown up.
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10
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July 6
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Police in Quetta detain 19 suspects
for interrogation in connection with the July 4 massacre at a
mosque in which 53 persons were killed.
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11
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July 9
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Security agencies arrested three
suspects for their alleged links to the July 4 massacre at a Shia
mosque in Quetta in which at least 53 persons were killed. A senior
police officer said that the arrests were made in Mach, east of
Quetta, after interrogation of certain suspects already in custody.
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12
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July 17
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A former Taliban 'commander',
Zainuddin Achakzai, is reportedly shot dead by unidentified assailants
in the Pashtoonabad area on the outskirts of Quetta.
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13
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July 23
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Police in Quetta seized a large
cache of arms and ammunition, including anti-aircraft and anti-tank
guns, in the Dasht area of Mastung district and arrested one person.
"It is the biggest seizure of heavy arms and ammunition in the
country," Inspector General of Police, Baluchistan, Shoaib Suddle,
said at a press conference. The police seized 195 Russian-made
RPG-7 rockets, three 75mm recoil-less guns, two 20mm guns, three
12.7mm anti-aircraft guns and thousands of rounds of ammunition.
The weapons, mostly of Russian origin, were reportedly hidden
underground in the house of the accused, Mir Hazar Kurd, said
Suddle. He added that the arms and ammunition had been smuggled
from Afghanistan for terrorist activity in Pakistan.
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14
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August 12
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Security agencies seized a large
cache of arms and ammunition in a raid conducted in the Mangochar
area of district Kalat in the Quetta region. The recoveries included
two anti-aircraft guns, four rocket launchers, two mortars, 21
hand grenades, 237 shells of anti aircraft guns, 43 rockets, 24
propellers, 24 mortar shells, one anti-aircraft long barrel and
6,640 rounds of different caliber. However, no arrests were made
from the incident site.
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15
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August 13
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A bomb and a rocket exploded at
two different places in Quetta. However, no loss of life or property
was reported. In the first incident, unidentified assailants hurled
an explosive device towards the premises of Fauji Foundation Model
School near Shahbaz Town. Separately, a rocket exploded at Killi
Paind Khan in the outskirts of the city, a little while after
the first explosion.
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16
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August 18
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Five personnel of the FC were
injured during a landmine explosion in the Sui area near Quetta
on the Sindh-Baluchistan border. Separately, reports from the
Chamalang area have indicated that unidentified assailants fired
seven rockets at an FC check post. Five of the seven rockets exploded
near the post. However, no casualties were reported.
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17
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September 5
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Two rockets exploded in different
areas of Quetta, including the Frontier Corps headquarters. However,
no loss of life or injuries was reported in these attacks.
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18
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September 5
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Police in Quetta arrested four
suspects of a terrorist network involved in June 8 and July 4
sectarian terrorism incidents in which over 60 persons were killed.
Three of the alleged terrorists were killed in the July 4 attack
at a Shiite Muslim mosque in Quetta while two of them are still
at large, said official sources. The three dead terrorists who
attacked the mosque were identified as Muhammad Khan, Noor Ahmed
and Abdul Shakoor, said Inspector General Police (IGP) Shoaib
Suddle. The IGP also said that investigations had indicated that
these three terrorists had often visited Afghanistan and had links
with a defunct sectarian group. The investigations have reportedly
revealed that the gang was also involved in other sectarian violence
in Baluchistan, including Quetta. The gang is also involved in
the murder of two police personnel on November 1, 2002, murders
of four Hindus on February 8, 2003, murder of local jeweller on
May 31, 2003, and the killing of 12 Shia police trainees on June
8, 2003, he added.
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19
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September 10
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Security agencies in Quetta arrested
Hafiz Hameedullah, younger brother of Baluchistan Health Minister
Hafiz Hamdullah, on his alleged links with the Taliban militia.
The arrest was made reportedly after investigations of 26 Taliban
cadres, who were arrested two weeks ago from the Pakistan-Afghanistan
border in Chaman, Quetta. Meanwhile, the Health Minister said
that his brother was innocent and had no links to the Taliban.
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20
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October 20
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Three high power explosive devices
exploded at three different places in Quetta. However, no loss
of life or injuries was immediately known. While the first two
explosions were reported from Kolvin Road the third one occurred
in the Shahbaz Town area.
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21
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October 25
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A bomb exploded outside the Brewery
police station in Quetta. However, no loss of life or injuries
was reported.
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22
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November 1
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One person was injured as unidentified
assailants fired two rockets in the Quetta Cantonment area. Separately,
unidentified armed men are reported to have fired three rockets
near a camp of the FC in District Kohlu on the same day. However,
no loss of life or injuries was reported in these attacks.
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23
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November 7
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Two police personnel were reportedly
injured when unidentified armed men hurled a hand-grenade on a
police camp at Sariab Road in Quetta. Separately, two rockets
were fired by unidentified assailants near the Quetta Cantonment
area. However, no loss of life or injuries was reported in this
incident.
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24
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November 10
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Two journalists and seven police
personnel are injured in three bomb blasts in the Satellite Town
area of Quetta.
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25
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November 12
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At least 200 Afghans have reportedly
been arrested in a crackdown on illegal immigrants following a
series of bomb and rocket attacks recently in Quetta. 'We have
geared up the campaign against (illegal immigrants) for the last
four days in the wake of incidents of bomb explosions and rocket
strikes,' police chief in Baluchistan province Shoaib Suddle said.
He said that 20 of them were suspected to be involved in the recent
attacks. Seven persons were injured on November 10 when three
bombs exploded in Quetta and earlier in October 2003, two bomb
explosions had damaged a railway line. In the recent past, there
have been several rocket attacks in Quetta, mostly targeting offices
of the paramilitary Frontier Constabulary. The police chief, however,
denied reports that Taliban cadres were finding shelter in Baluchistan
and were using the province to launch attacks in Afghanistan.
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26
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November 20
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Two bombs reportedly exploded
near the railway station in Quetta. However, no loss of life or
injuries was reported. While the first blast took place near the
Railway Police Station, another occurred near the Railway Bridge
at Joint Road.
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27
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November 22
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A bomb blast was reported from
a residential area in Quetta, capital city of Baluchistan. However,
no loss of life or injuries was immediately known.
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28
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November 28
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A bomb exploded in the staff colony
of the University of Baluchistan in Quetta. There were no casualties
in this blast.
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29
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December 12
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A 12-year-old Afghan boy was reportedly
killed in a bomb explosion near the residence of Afghan President
Hamid Karzai in Quetta. No one has claimed responsibility for
the blast. None of Karzai's family was at home when the bomb exploded,
around 20 metres from the house, where Karzai lived during his
period of exile from Afghanistan. Seven persons were injured in
two bomb blasts in a rubbish dump in the same area in November
2003.
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30
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December 20
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At least four persons were reportedly
injured in two bomb explosions near Abdul Sattar Road in Quetta,
capital of Baluchistan. An unnamed police official said that the
Baloch Liberation Army had claimed responsibility for the blasts.
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31
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December 24
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Two bombs exploded at two different
places in Quetta, capital of Baluchistan. However, no loss of
life or injuries was reported. While the first bomb exploded in
Jogezai Street near Ayub Stadium, another explosion was reported
within 20 minutes from the Killi Ismail area.
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32
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December 28
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Two bomb explosions were reported from the Ibrahim
Street area near Kawari road in Quetta, capital of Baluchistan.
However, there was no loss of life or injuries in these explosions.
An unidentified person is reported to have said that the Baloch
Liberation Army had carried out the bombing.
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