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March - 1 
a FC commander and his four guards were abducted in the Kambar area of Swat valley on March 1. According to a television channel, the Malakand Commissioner Muhammad Javed said he was in contact with TNSM chief Maulana Sufi Muhammad for the release of the kidnapped men. Talking to another channel, th
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a FC commander and his four guards were abducted in the Kambar area of Swat valley on March 1. According to a television channel, the Malakand Commissioner Muhammad Javed said he was in contact with TNSM chief Maulana Sufi Muhammad for the release of the kidnapped men. Talking to another channel, the Swat Peace Committee chief Inamur Rehman said efforts for the release of the abducted FC commander had been accelerated.
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March - 1 
Security Forces (SFs) on March 1 killed seven militants in an encounter in the Ghurzandi area of Lachi sub-division in Kohat District, The News reported. Sources said SFs cordoned off the Ghurzandi, Hoti Banda and Chashmi Miangan areas in an attempt to arrest the militants, who were allegedly involv
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Security Forces (SFs) on March 1 killed seven militants in an encounter in the Ghurzandi area of Lachi sub-division in Kohat District, The News reported. Sources said SFs cordoned off the Ghurzandi, Hoti Banda and Chashmi Miangan areas in an attempt to arrest the militants, who were allegedly involved in incidents of kidnapping for ransom and murder. The militants allegedly opened fire on the troops, injuring a soldier identified as Irfan Sajjad. In retaliatory action by the SFs, seven militants were killed and five others wounded. The troops also reportedly freed four persons, who had been kidnapped by the militants a few days back.
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March - 1 
SFs arrested two activists of the Jamiat Ulema-i-Islam (Fazlur Rehman faction), including Ahmed Nawaz Haqqani and Masroor Shah, on suspicion of having links with the militants.
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SFs arrested two activists of the Jamiat Ulema-i-Islam (Fazlur Rehman faction), including Ahmed Nawaz Haqqani and Masroor Shah, on suspicion of having links with the militants.
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March - 1 
Sufi’s spokesman Ameer Izzat Khan blamed the Security Forces for an attack on a troop convoy in Swat earlier in the day. He said the soldiers had not given prior information of their movement in accordance with the terms of the truce.
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Sufi’s spokesman Ameer Izzat Khan blamed the Security Forces for an attack on a troop convoy in Swat earlier in the day. He said the soldiers had not given prior information of their movement in accordance with the terms of the truce.
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March - 1 
The NWFP Government has withdrawn its decision regarding the distribution of rifles among villagers to protect their areas against militants, The News reported on March 1. The decision was taken during a meeting of the NWFP cabinet chaired by Chief Minister Ameer Haider Hoti in capital Peshawar on F
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The NWFP Government has withdrawn its decision regarding the distribution of rifles among villagers to protect their areas against militants, The News reported on March 1. The decision was taken during a meeting of the NWFP cabinet chaired by Chief Minister Ameer Haider Hoti in capital Peshawar on February 28. The meeting discussed the arms distribution and majority of the members asked for reversal of the decision following which the cabinet decided not to go for distribution of rifles, said Information Minister Mian Iftikhar. The Government had taken the decision of arms distribution on the demand of people of the troubled areas, the minister explained. He also said the cabinet observed that arms distribution among villagers would create more problems instead of providing some help to the Government.
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The NWFP Government is reported to have finalised the draft of the Nizam-e-Adl (Amendment) Regulation 2009 for the enforcement of Sharia in Malakand Division, a private TV channel reported on March 1. The draft has reportedly been prepared in consultation with Sufi Mohammed and would be sent to the
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The NWFP Government is reported to have finalised the draft of the Nizam-e-Adl (Amendment) Regulation 2009 for the enforcement of Sharia in Malakand Division, a private TV channel reported on March 1. The draft has reportedly been prepared in consultation with Sufi Mohammed and would be sent to the NWFP Governor for approval within two days. The law would be enforced with effect from February 16, the channel said. Provincial Law Minister Barrister Arshad Abdullah confirmed to the channel the draft had been finalised.
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March - 1 
The Taliban in Dir District have threatened to carry out suicide attacks against their opponents and district administration in Doog Darra area of Upper Dir if they did not stop organising volunteers against militants to expel them from the area. “The central shura of Taliban has firmly decided unde
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The Taliban in Dir District have threatened to carry out suicide attacks against their opponents and district administration in Doog Darra area of Upper Dir if they did not stop organising volunteers against militants to expel them from the area. “The central shura of Taliban has firmly decided under Sharia principles to carry out further attacks against the US agents in Doog Darra area and the law enforcement agencies if they did not stop disturbing Taliban there,” a Taliban spokesman threatened. Talking to Dawn by telephone from an unspecified location on March 1, the District chief of Dir Taliban Hafeezullah said that Mullah Mansoor had been appointed as their new spokesman in the District. While welcoming the peace deal between the NWFP Government and TNSM chief Maulana Sufi Mohammad, he said the Taliban would restart their activities if the proposed Nizam-e-Adl Regulations 2009 were not enforced forthwith. “Now the ball is not in the court of Taliban but in the court of government,” he added. Later, the newly-appointed spokesman Mullah Mansoor claimed that one of his men had been shot dead by Police in Upper Dir some days ago and then an official statement was issued that he had blown up himself.
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Two Frontier Corps (FC) soldiers were injured in the Kabal sub-division of Swat District on March 1 in a gun and bomb attack on a security convoy, Daily Times reported. According to a private TV channel, the banned Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan claimed responsibility for the attack in Sarsanai area of
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Two Frontier Corps (FC) soldiers were injured in the Kabal sub-division of Swat District on March 1 in a gun and bomb attack on a security convoy, Daily Times reported. According to a private TV channel, the banned Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan claimed responsibility for the attack in Sarsanai area of Kabal. The army said the attack violated the recent truce between the Government and the Taliban.
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March - 3 
According to Dawn, militants on March 3 killed two Security Force (SF) personnel in an ambush in the Ronyal village of Matta sub-division in Swat District and kidnapped, but released after some time, three NWFP Government officials. The military described the attack on SF personnel a violation of th
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According to Dawn, militants on March 3 killed two Security Force (SF) personnel in an ambush in the Ronyal village of Matta sub-division in Swat District and kidnapped, but released after some time, three NWFP Government officials. The military described the attack on SF personnel a violation of the peace agreement, but chief of the Tehreek-e-Nafaz-e-Shariat-e-Mohammadi (TNSM) Maulana Sufi Mohammad blamed the army for moving around without informing the TNSM. The army said a captain was wounded in the ambush and two soldiers were killed when they were carrying water from a water channel. “There absolutely was no violation of the agreement on our part. Our forces were engaged by militants and we did not retaliate,” the Inter-Services Public Relations (ISPR) Director General Major General Athar Abbas told Dawn. “Our security forces are threatened, their ration supplies are disrupted and forces are attacked without any provocation. We have been exercising restraint in larger interest of the people and peace in Swat,” he said.
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March - 3 
An ISPR press release said the attack was followed by exchange of fire which continued for an hour. Both sides are reported to have used heavy weapons. SFs fired artillery shells for the first time after a cease-fire was declared in Swat. One mortar shell hit a house, killing a man. Taliban spokesma
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An ISPR press release said the attack was followed by exchange of fire which continued for an hour. Both sides are reported to have used heavy weapons. SFs fired artillery shells for the first time after a cease-fire was declared in Swat. One mortar shell hit a house, killing a man. Taliban spokesman Muslim Khan claimed the soldiers were attacked because of their movement in the area without giving prior information. He alleged that the movement of troops was pre-planned and aimed at consolidating their positions. At a press conference in Saidu Sharif, Sufi Mohammad blamed the SFs for the incident and said that they had violated the truce. According to him, it had been decided that no side would move till mid-March, except with prior permission of the TNSM. He said it was agreed that whenever the troops wanted to move they would inform the TNSM in advance to avoid misunderstanding. “The troops didn’t inform us which led to the ill-fated incident,” he said. He warned that if the cease-fire violation continued, the TNSM would have to come out of the peace process. The TNSM, he said, was satisfied with the Taliban activities, but had reservations about the role of SFs in the peace process.
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March - 3 
Four unidentified bodies presumed to be of foreign militants were recovered in the Babu Khwar Muslimabad area of Nowshera on March 3. The Cantonment Police inspector Shakeel Khan told the media that all of them had been shot dead and the bullet shells were recovered from the spot. However, there was
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Four unidentified bodies presumed to be of foreign militants were recovered in the Babu Khwar Muslimabad area of Nowshera on March 3. The Cantonment Police inspector Shakeel Khan told the media that all of them had been shot dead and the bullet shells were recovered from the spot. However, there was no sign of blood near the place where the bodies were abandoned, he added. Police in the initial investigation maintained that the deceased were killed at least 72 hours before their bodies were retrieved. About the identity of the deceased, the Police said two of them seemed to be Uzbeks or Tajiks while the remaining two were said to be Afghan nationals having long locks and beards. They were said to be 25 to 30-year-old. However, the reason behind their killing was yet to be ascertained.
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March - 3 
Provincial director and assistant director of anti-corruption Yamin Khan and Bakht Zada and their aide Hameed were abducted near Qamber when they were on way to Mingora from provincial capital Peshawar. Suspected militants intercepted their car and took them to an undisclosed location. They were, ho
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Provincial director and assistant director of anti-corruption Yamin Khan and Bakht Zada and their aide Hameed were abducted near Qamber when they were on way to Mingora from provincial capital Peshawar. Suspected militants intercepted their car and took them to an undisclosed location. They were, however, freed in the evening on Sufi Mohammad’s intervention.
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March - 4 
In the NWFP, successive bomb blasts in the Khurshid Market of Takhtbhai late on March 4 destroyed 24 shops. No casualty was, however, reported. Shopkeepers told The News that the miscreants planted explosive devices at three places in the market. They said about three months ago they had received th
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In the NWFP, successive bomb blasts in the Khurshid Market of Takhtbhai late on March 4 destroyed 24 shops. No casualty was, however, reported. Shopkeepers told The News that the miscreants planted explosive devices at three places in the market. They said about three months ago they had received threats to wind up their "un-Islamic business". Bahadur Khan, the market watchman, said around 10 Taliban-styled men reached the market at midnight and after overpowering him, planted bombs in the market.
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March - 4 
The army began vacating former headquarters of Swat Taliban leader Mullah Fazlullah in Imamdheri, military sources told Daily Times on March 4. In addition, witnesses said the Taliban had abandoned the Qambar check-post near Mingora on the main highway linking the district with Peshawar.
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The army began vacating former headquarters of Swat Taliban leader Mullah Fazlullah in Imamdheri, military sources told Daily Times on March 4. In addition, witnesses said the Taliban had abandoned the Qambar check-post near Mingora on the main highway linking the district with Peshawar.
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March - 4 
The NWFP Government struck a 17-point deal with the banned Tehreek-e-Nafaz-e-Shariat-e-Mohammadi (TNSM) in the Swat valley on March 4, Daily Times reported. “A 17-point understanding was reached with a TNSM delegation … music has been banned in Swat and it has been agreed to expel prostitutes and pi
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The NWFP Government struck a 17-point deal with the banned Tehreek-e-Nafaz-e-Shariat-e-Mohammadi (TNSM) in the Swat valley on March 4, Daily Times reported. “A 17-point understanding was reached with a TNSM delegation … music has been banned in Swat and it has been agreed to expel prostitutes and pimps from the district,” said a senior official. The Awami National Party (ANP) and the Pakistan People’s Party (PPP) co-led the provincial Government at the talks, while Maulana Safiullah and spokesman Amir Izzat Khan represented the TNSM – with Malakand Commissioner Syed Muhammad Javed also in attendance. The meeting came a day after suspected Taliban militants killed two army troops and continued taking Government officials hostage, despite having agreed to a cease-fire in the wake of the provincial Government’s February 16 accord on the implementation of Sharia (Islamic law) in Swat. “Music and vulgar CDs will be banned; shops will remain closed during prayer times and the complete implementation of sharia laws in the region will come into effect from the 16th of this month… Vulgarity would be rooted out and profiteers dealt with under the law. An anti-crime campaign will be launched and Quran classes will be started for jail inmates in the region,” according to the key points of the understanding. The Malakand Commissioner’s office released to the media the 17-point understanding – which does not say if the Taliban would stop abducting Government officials and attacking Government forces. The Commissioner told the TNSM delegation that he would forward the 17 points to the Chief Secretary in Peshawar for the Government’s approval, said the officials.
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March - 5 
Locals said the administration had also been warned before the attack to stop women from visiting the shrine. Police told Daily Times that militants planted the explosives and then jumped over a wall of the shrine to escape. City Superintendent of Police Ijaz Abid said, "Bara-based militants could b
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Locals said the administration had also been warned before the attack to stop women from visiting the shrine. Police told Daily Times that militants planted the explosives and then jumped over a wall of the shrine to escape. City Superintendent of Police Ijaz Abid said, "Bara-based militants could be behind the attack, as they are opposed to shrines and have previously attacked other shrines as well."
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March - 5 
Militants also fired 18 mortar shells at a union council official’s house on March 5, said police, but the house was not damaged and there were no casualties.
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Militants also fired 18 mortar shells at a union council official’s house on March 5, said police, but the house was not damaged and there were no casualties.
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March - 5 
One person was killed and 19 others sustained injuries when a hand-grenade hurled by unidentified miscreants at the worshippers exploded in Ameer Hamza mosque on Circular Road in Dera Ismail Khan on March 5, The News reported. Eyewitnesses said unidentified miscreants threw a hand-grenade at the wor
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One person was killed and 19 others sustained injuries when a hand-grenade hurled by unidentified miscreants at the worshippers exploded in Ameer Hamza mosque on Circular Road in Dera Ismail Khan on March 5, The News reported. Eyewitnesses said unidentified miscreants threw a hand-grenade at the worshipers from the main gate when they were offering their evening prayers in the mosque, which exploded killing a civilian and injuring 19 others.
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March - 5 
Suspected Taliban militants blew an ancient shrine of a 17th century Sufi poet - Rehman Baba - in the Akhund Baba graveyard of Peshawar, capital of the NWFP, early on March 5, said locals and police, with the AP news agency reporting that a letter delivered three days before the attack to the manage
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Suspected Taliban militants blew an ancient shrine of a 17th century Sufi poet - Rehman Baba - in the Akhund Baba graveyard of Peshawar, capital of the NWFP, early on March 5, said locals and police, with the AP news agency reporting that a letter delivered three days before the attack to the management of the mausoleum had warned against its promotion of ‘shrine culture’, Daily Times reported. The white-marble shrine was badly damaged when explosives planted along its pillars went off at around 5:10am. There were, however, no casualties.
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March - 5 
The Tehreek-e-Nafaz-e-Shariat-e-Mohammadi (TNSM) chief Maulana Sufi Muhammad and Swat Taliban chief Mulla Fazlullah met at an undisclosed location on March 5 to discuss the implementation of the Swat peace deal with the Government, Daily Times reported. Sources said that Sufi had firmly told Fazlull
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The Tehreek-e-Nafaz-e-Shariat-e-Mohammadi (TNSM) chief Maulana Sufi Muhammad and Swat Taliban chief Mulla Fazlullah met at an undisclosed location on March 5 to discuss the implementation of the Swat peace deal with the Government, Daily Times reported. Sources said that Sufi had firmly told Fazlullah to stop armed Taliban militants from patrolling Mingora and other parts of Swat and lay down weapons immediately. Sufi said talks with the provincial Government had been satisfactory and the Taliban’s demands would be met soon, while Fazlullah’s response had also been positive, they said. Meanwhile, the TNSM spokesman Izzat Khan told Daily Times after a meeting between a TNSM jirga and the Malakand Commissioner that the Government had accepted only one demand for the withdrawal of the army from Imamdheri Markaz. He said that Takhtaband-Angrodheri Road was still closed, "and this is making us suspicious … the government should take steps to overcome my group’s mistrust".
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March - 6 
A union council official was killed and his bodyguard injured in a remote-controlled bomb explosion in the Bannu District on March 6, Daily Times reported. Kakki Union Council chief Khairullah died and his bodyguard Safiullah sustained injuries in the explosion.
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A union council official was killed and his bodyguard injured in a remote-controlled bomb explosion in the Bannu District on March 6, Daily Times reported. Kakki Union Council chief Khairullah died and his bodyguard Safiullah sustained injuries in the explosion.
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March - 6 
The NWFP Chief Minister Ameer Haider Hoti said in Peshawar on March 6 that only those Taliban prisoners that fall in the ‘white category’ will be released as part of the peace deal in Swat. Prisoners in the black and grey categories – who are a serious threat to national security according to police
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The NWFP Chief Minister Ameer Haider Hoti said in Peshawar on March 6 that only those Taliban prisoners that fall in the ‘white category’ will be released as part of the peace deal in Swat. Prisoners in the black and grey categories – who are a serious threat to national security according to police investigation manual – will not be freed, he told Daily Times. “I have directed the home secretary to look into the cases of those prisoners who are in the white category. We will not free prisoners in black and grey categories,” the chief minister said. Maulana Sufi Muhammad, chief of the banned Tehreek-e-Nafaz-e-Shariat-e-Mohammadi (TNSM), had demanded the release of all Taliban prisoners arrested during military operations in Swat. Hoti also said his Government would soon send the draft Nizam-e-Adl Regulation 2009 to the president for his approval. “In the next few days it will be sent to the [NWFP] governor who will forward to President Zardari… The president has to sign it. It is just a formality,” he said.
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March - 7 
At least eight persons, including five Policemen, two Frontier Corps personnel, and a civilian were killed in a remote-controlled car bombing at Mashugagr village in Peshawar, capital of the North West Frontier Province of Pakistan (NWFP), on March 7, according to Daily Times. Some villagers also su
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At least eight persons, including five Policemen, two Frontier Corps personnel, and a civilian were killed in a remote-controlled car bombing at Mashugagr village in Peshawar, capital of the North West Frontier Province of Pakistan (NWFP), on March 7, according to Daily Times. Some villagers also sustained minor injuries. Muhammad Wali, a villager, said the car was unlocked and the villagers had found the body of an old man in it. “The blast occurred when police officials walked towards the vehicle,” he said. Security officials said about 40 kilogrammes of explosives were packed in the vehicle. They said it was likely that the militants who had blown up the shrine of Sufi poet Rehman Baba were involved.
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March - 7 
The Government claimed it had made a breakthrough when it handed over on March 7 twelve Taliban militants to the TNSM and assured it that Qazi courts (Islamic courts) would be set up by March 13, Dawn reported. In return Taliban said they would allow the reopening of all roads. The freed militants w
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The Government claimed it had made a breakthrough when it handed over on March 7 twelve Taliban militants to the TNSM and assured it that Qazi courts (Islamic courts) would be set up by March 13, Dawn reported. In return Taliban said they would allow the reopening of all roads. The freed militants were reportedly handed over to the TNSM delegation at the office of the Malakand Commissioner. They were identified as Saifullah, Abdul Jalil, Shafiullah, Naveed Akbar, Zahir Jan, Asif Khan, Sardar Ali, Islam Shaha, Gul Zamin, Syedullah, Jalat Khan and Mohammad Naveed.
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March - 7 
Two civilians were killed and seven others, including six Security Force (SF) personnel, injured in another car bombing at Darra Adam Khel on the same day. Eyewitnesses said the Taliban detonated a car parked alongside the road when a convoy of Mehsud Scouts reached Bazi Khel graveyard. They said SF
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Two civilians were killed and seven others, including six Security Force (SF) personnel, injured in another car bombing at Darra Adam Khel on the same day. Eyewitnesses said the Taliban detonated a car parked alongside the road when a convoy of Mehsud Scouts reached Bazi Khel graveyard. They said SFs launched indiscriminate fire after the attack and arrested 15 locals. At least 10 people were injured.
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March - 8 
The Taliban on March 8 agreed to remove all check-posts across the Swat District following the successful completion of talks between the NWFP Government, the banned Tehreek-e-Nafaz-e-Shariat-e-Mohammadi (TNSM) and Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan, Daily Times reported. The first phase of the talks conclu
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The Taliban on March 8 agreed to remove all check-posts across the Swat District following the successful completion of talks between the NWFP Government, the banned Tehreek-e-Nafaz-e-Shariat-e-Mohammadi (TNSM) and Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan, Daily Times reported. The first phase of the talks concluded successfully in provincial capital Peshawar with the three parties agreeing to continue talks, a private TV channel reported. Sources said that following the release of 12 imprisoned Taliban militants, the parties concerned had achieved consensus on all matters. On the same day, Security Forces (SFs) removed all check-posts from Takhtaband Road in Mingora and opened it to traffic. TNSM spokesman Ameer Izzat said both the SFs and the Taliban had removed their check-posts following the successful dialogue.
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March - 9 
At least one passenger was killed and four others, including a woman, were injured in a rocket attack in Darra Adamkhel on March 9, according to Dawn. The militants fired rockets at the Kohat Friendship Tunnel in retaliation to a large-scale crackdown launched against them by the military, which mov
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At least one passenger was killed and four others, including a woman, were injured in a rocket attack in Darra Adamkhel on March 9, according to Dawn. The militants fired rockets at the Kohat Friendship Tunnel in retaliation to a large-scale crackdown launched against them by the military, which moved into their suspected hideouts with tanks and also used three Cobra helicopters in the operation. A rocket fired by the militants hit two commuter vans near the tunnel, killing a civilian, Hayatullah, on the spot and wounding four other passengers. The military said that the operation had been planned in view of the increasing attacks on troops and bomb blasts in Kohat and on the Indus Highway in Darra Adamkhel.
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March - 9 
The NWFP Chief Minister Ameer Haider Hoti signed on March 9 the draft of the proposed Nizam-e-Adl (Sharia) Regulation 2009, and sent it to Governor Owais Ghani to be forwarded to the President for approval, sources in Chief Minister’s Secretariat told Daily Times on March 9. The Tehreek-e-Nafaz-e-Sh
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The NWFP Chief Minister Ameer Haider Hoti signed on March 9 the draft of the proposed Nizam-e-Adl (Sharia) Regulation 2009, and sent it to Governor Owais Ghani to be forwarded to the President for approval, sources in Chief Minister’s Secretariat told Daily Times on March 9. The Tehreek-e-Nafaz-e-Shariat-e-Mohammadi (TNSM) has set March 15 as the deadline for the Government to implement Sharia (Islamic law) in Malakand. NWFP Law Minister Arshad Abdullah told a press conference that the provincial Government had given final shape to the Nizam-e-Adl Regulation 2009 and President Asif Ali Zardari would sign the document in three days. The law minister said the regulation would deal with criminal cases only. According to the regulation, the minister said that two appellate Sharia courts – Darul Qaza and Darul-Darul Qaza – would be established in Malakand Division. He said that verdicts delivered by the Darul Qaza court could be challenged in the Darul-Darul Qaza court, whose verdict would be final. The law minister also said the Nizam-e-Adl Regulations would be deemed to have come into effect on February 16.
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March - 11 
The NWFP Governor Owais Ahmed Ghani on March 11 signed the draft of Nizam-e-Adl (Sharia) Regulation 2009, for forwarding it to the president for a final approval, official sources told Daily Times. The sources, however, did not confirm if the draft had been sent to the president. NWFP Law Minister A
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The NWFP Governor Owais Ahmed Ghani on March 11 signed the draft of Nizam-e-Adl (Sharia) Regulation 2009, for forwarding it to the president for a final approval, official sources told Daily Times. The sources, however, did not confirm if the draft had been sent to the president. NWFP Law Minister Arshad Abdullah said the Nizam-e-Adl Regulation 2009 was expected to be implemented in Malakand Division and Kohistan District by March 15, and would have a retrospective effect from February 16, 2009. The minister said President Asif Ali Zardari had verbally agreed with the NWFP Government to sign the draft as soon as he received it. The Nizam-e-Adl Regulation will repeal the Code of Criminal Procedure (Amendment) Ordinance 2001, the law through which the executive magistracy was abolished across the country on August 14, 2001, and will revive the former system including the offices of district magistrate, additional district magistrate, sub-divisional magistrate and other executive magistrates.
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March - 11 
The NWFP Senior Minister and Awami National Party leader Bashir Ahmad Bilour survived an assassination attempt that left six persons, including two suspected suicide attackers, dead in Namak Mandi in the provincial capital Peshawar on March 11, The News reported. Four persons, including a young girl
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The NWFP Senior Minister and Awami National Party leader Bashir Ahmad Bilour survived an assassination attempt that left six persons, including two suspected suicide attackers, dead in Namak Mandi in the provincial capital Peshawar on March 11, The News reported. Four persons, including a young girl, were wounded in the firing, grenade attack and suicide blast. “Bilour and others were coming back after opening a road project when a young man, followed by another, rushed towards him while loudly reciting Allaho Akbar. A security official pushed the attacker back after explosives around his vest did not go off despite his repeated attempts,” said an eyewitness. A nearby shopkeeper said the attacker fell on the ground after which one of them lobbed a grenade at the crowd. Police, he added, also opened fire. A vendor, Tehmash, was killed while constable Himayatullah, a trader, Khalilur Rahman, and a six-year-old were injured in the incident. Even as the attackers managed to flee the Security Force personnel continued to chase them until the attackers forced their entry into the house of an auto-mechanic located around 500 meters from the earlier spot. Police besieged the house and “As the terrorists failed to find any way out, they triggered the explosives around the vest of one of them, killing the two attackers and three members of the family that owned the house,” a Police official said. Bashir Ahmad Bilour told media persons that it was second failed attempt on his life.
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March - 12 
Militants on March 12 took hostage 20 Policemen escorting the procession of TNSM chief Maulana Sufi Muhammad, representatives of the Government, Taliban and Qaumi Amn Jirga that was taking the newly-appointed Qazis (Islamic judges) to different areas of the Swat District, The News reported. The Poli
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Militants on March 12 took hostage 20 Policemen escorting the procession of TNSM chief Maulana Sufi Muhammad, representatives of the Government, Taliban and Qaumi Amn Jirga that was taking the newly-appointed Qazis (Islamic judges) to different areas of the Swat District, The News reported. The Police officials, riding two mobile vehicles, were providing security to the procession, which was taking the Qazis to their offices. The militants kidnapped all the 20 Police officials in Qamber, a town located three kilometers before Mingora. However, the Policemen were later freed on the intervention of Sufi Muhammad and others.
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March - 12 
The Swat-based Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) on March 12 demanded that the Police and paramilitary forces should resume their duties wearing plain clothes and not their uniforms. Sources in the TNSM told Daily Times that the Taliban’s demand came after the appointment of Qazis to hear cases in ac
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The Swat-based Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) on March 12 demanded that the Police and paramilitary forces should resume their duties wearing plain clothes and not their uniforms. Sources in the TNSM told Daily Times that the Taliban’s demand came after the appointment of Qazis to hear cases in accordance with Sharia (Islamic law) in Swat District. The sources said the Taliban had asked TNSM chief Sufi Muhammad to forward their demand to the Government.
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March - 12 
Unidentified men blew up 20 shops in three explosions at Khor Market in Nowshera on March 12, Daily Times reported. According to Police, at least 12 shops were damaged while five were destroyed in the explosion.
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Unidentified men blew up 20 shops in three explosions at Khor Market in Nowshera on March 12, Daily Times reported. According to Police, at least 12 shops were damaged while five were destroyed in the explosion.
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March - 14 
A Shia couple was shot dead while passing on a motorbike through the area. Muhammad Sharif, a low-ranking anti-terrorist court official in Dera Ismail Khan, and his wife died when unidentified gunmen, also on a motorbike, opened indiscriminate gunfire. “It was a targeted killing,” local Police offic
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A Shia couple was shot dead while passing on a motorbike through the area. Muhammad Sharif, a low-ranking anti-terrorist court official in Dera Ismail Khan, and his wife died when unidentified gunmen, also on a motorbike, opened indiscriminate gunfire. “It was a targeted killing,” local Police official Ehsanullah Khan said. Khan also said the couple lived in a small Shia community close to South Waziristan. The two gunmen escaped after the shooting, the official said.
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March - 15 
Dozens of suspected Taliban militants attacked a terminal storing NATO supplies on the Ring Road in Peshawar, the NWFP capital, destroying at least 12 trucks and 20 containers early on March 15, Daily Times reported. This is the first major attack on a NATO depot since February 2009. Police sources
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Dozens of suspected Taliban militants attacked a terminal storing NATO supplies on the Ring Road in Peshawar, the NWFP capital, destroying at least 12 trucks and 20 containers early on March 15, Daily Times reported. This is the first major attack on a NATO depot since February 2009. Police sources said several militants started firing at trucks and torching trailers vehicles parked at the terminal. Following an exchange of fire, the militants escaped. There were no casualties. AFP, however, reported that two truck drivers were injured in the attack. According to Reuters, the torched trucks contained food, while a witness said some military vehicles were also being transported to the border. City Superintendent of Police Ijaz Abid said that around 40 militants attacked the terminal using guns and petrol bombs.
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March - 15 
Intelligence officials said late on March 15 that two missiles fired by suspected United States drone planes killed five people at Chota Janikhel village in the Bannu District of NWFP, Daily Times reported. The officials said the dead included two Arabs and three other people. Reuters reported that
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Intelligence officials said late on March 15 that two missiles fired by suspected United States drone planes killed five people at Chota Janikhel village in the Bannu District of NWFP, Daily Times reported. The officials said the dead included two Arabs and three other people. Reuters reported that the missiles struck a house at around 10:30pm.
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March - 15 
Two Sunnis were shot dead on March 15 in the second apparent sectarian attack in Dera Ismail Khan in as many days, according to Daily Times. Muhammad Shoaib and Asad Khan were killed a day after a Shia couple were shot dead by armed motorcyclists in the same area. The two men were coming out of a mo
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Two Sunnis were shot dead on March 15 in the second apparent sectarian attack in Dera Ismail Khan in as many days, according to Daily Times. Muhammad Shoaib and Asad Khan were killed a day after a Shia couple were shot dead by armed motorcyclists in the same area. The two men were coming out of a mosque when the gunmen opened fire, before escaping on a motorbike, Police official Ehsanullah Khan told AFP. “It seems to be a sectarian killing,” he added.
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March - 16 
12 activists and leaders of the outlawed Sunni group Sipah-e-Sahaba Pakistan (SSP) were arrested in a crackdown by Police in Dera Ismail Khan on March 16, Dawn reported. Sources said the Police had launched a crackdown on the SSP and arrested 12 activists, including principal secretary of provincial
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12 activists and leaders of the outlawed Sunni group Sipah-e-Sahaba Pakistan (SSP) were arrested in a crackdown by Police in Dera Ismail Khan on March 16, Dawn reported. Sources said the Police had launched a crackdown on the SSP and arrested 12 activists, including principal secretary of provincial legislator Khalifa Abdul Qayyum. Raids were reportedly conducted in Alam Sher Colony, Madena Colony, Shiekh Yousaf Adda and Katch Painda Khan.
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March - 16 
A Police constable was injured and a CD shop was blown up when two explosive devices went off in different areas of Mardan on March 14-night, Dawn reported. Officials said that unidentified persons had planted a bomb near tower of a cellular phone company in Takhtbhai Town, which exploded and injure
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A Police constable was injured and a CD shop was blown up when two explosive devices went off in different areas of Mardan on March 14-night, Dawn reported. Officials said that unidentified persons had planted a bomb near tower of a cellular phone company in Takhtbhai Town, which exploded and injured a constable, Bakht Masood. Meanwhile, another blast occurred at Mir Afzal Khan Market in Mardan City, which destroyed a CD shop. Sources said that the shop owner, Sohrab Khan, had received a letter, threatening him of dire consequences, if he did not wind up the business a week ago.
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March - 16 
Suspected Taliban militants torched 30 vehicles in an attack in Peshawar on March 16 on a terminal for trucks carrying supplies for NATO forces in Afghanistan, Dawn reported. Truck drivers at the Al-Faisal Terminal said over 50 armed men entered the compound after breaking the boundary wall firing r
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Suspected Taliban militants torched 30 vehicles in an attack in Peshawar on March 16 on a terminal for trucks carrying supplies for NATO forces in Afghanistan, Dawn reported. Truck drivers at the Al-Faisal Terminal said over 50 armed men entered the compound after breaking the boundary wall firing rockets and Kalashnikovs. The militants remained in the terminal for about an hour, sprinkled trucks with oil and later set them ablaze. There were reports the attackers escaped towards Bara. This was the second such attack in two days. 20 vehicles had been burnt in an attack on a terminal in the Hazarkhwani area on March 15.
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March - 17 
Four Policemen and a Malakand University security guard were killed and three others were injured in a gunfight with militants on the premises of the campus on March 17-night, according to The News. The Taliban later ‘arrested’ 14 militants involved in the incident in a search operation. Sources sai
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Four Policemen and a Malakand University security guard were killed and three others were injured in a gunfight with militants on the premises of the campus on March 17-night, according to The News. The Taliban later ‘arrested’ 14 militants involved in the incident in a search operation. Sources said about 40 armed men in the guise of Taliban arrived at the university’s main entrance and opened fire on the guard, Khaliqdad, for offering resistance. The guard sustained serious bullet injuries. After receiving information, a Police party of Ouch Police Station rushed to the incident site but the militants fired a rocket at the Police van, killing three Policemen on the spot. The Police van driver Muhammad Nazeer and security guard Khaliqdad succumbed to their injuries at the hospital. Meanwhile, the militants escaped in two vans of the university, leaving behind their own vehicles and some arms. Sources said soon after the incident, the Swat-based Taliban launched a search operation in Shamozai area and ‘arrested’ 14 militants, besides seizing both the vans of the university from their possession.
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March - 17 
Police claimed to have arrested a would-be suicide bomber along with his relatives during a raid in the Turangzai village of Charsadda District on March 16-night, The News reported. Addressing a press conference on March 17, the District Police Officer (DPO) Muhammad Riaz said the Police raided a ho
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Police claimed to have arrested a would-be suicide bomber along with his relatives during a raid in the Turangzai village of Charsadda District on March 16-night, The News reported. Addressing a press conference on March 17, the District Police Officer (DPO) Muhammad Riaz said the Police raided a house in Turangzai and arrested a would-be suicide bomber, identified as Qari Shahid Ali, his father Kifayat, brother Imran and sister Iffat Begum, who is a lady Police constable, and a minor. He said Police also seized a suicide vest, a Kalashnikov rifle, a computer set, CDs and literatures from their possession. The DPO said the suicide bomber confessed to have links with the banned Tehrik-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) headed by Baitullah Mehsud. He also said the would-be suicide bomber and one Kamran were allegedly involved in plotting the earlier suicide bombings in which the Pakistan People's Party (Sherpao faction) chief Aftab Sherpao and Awami National Party chief Asfandyar Wali Khan were targets. "The bomber was planning to target NWFP Chief Minister Ameer Haider Hoti’s father and former federal minister Azam Khan Hoti, and Imtiaz Shagai, the recently-elected PPP MPA from Mardan’s PF-30 constituency," the DPO added. He said the bomber was a teacher in Maulana Zubair’s seminary and was an active member of the TTP in the area.
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March - 18 
In the NWFP, militants’ threats have forced hundreds of compact disc (CDs) dealers in Mardan District to close their business. A survey conducted by The News revealed that so far over 100 music and CD shops had been blown up in various areas of the District. Six shops were destroyed while 20 were da
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In the NWFP, militants’ threats have forced hundreds of compact disc (CDs) dealers in Mardan District to close their business. A survey conducted by The News revealed that so far over 100 music and CD shops had been blown up in various areas of the District. Six shops were destroyed while 20 were damaged near the Punjab Regimental Centre, 15 shops were blown up in Chato Chowk, 10 destroyed in Mir Afzal Khan Market, 10 at Hoti Chowk, six in Bakhshali, two at Ghari Chowk, nine on Gaju Khan Road in the City Police Station limits, while 25 shops were blown up in Takhtbhai bazaar and five were recently bombed in Sherghar.
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March - 18 
Militants armed with rocket launchers and other sophisticated weapons patrolled the suburbs of provincial capital Peshawar on March 18. Militants in around 12 double-cabin pickups patrolled the Ring Road and the Bara Road in the afternoon. The militants later disappeared before the Security Forces c
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Militants armed with rocket launchers and other sophisticated weapons patrolled the suburbs of provincial capital Peshawar on March 18. Militants in around 12 double-cabin pickups patrolled the Ring Road and the Bara Road in the afternoon. The militants later disappeared before the Security Forces could challenge them.
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March - 18 
The provincial Government on March 18 directed the judges of subordinate judiciary of the Peshawar High Court in Swat not to attend courts and restrict themselves to their houses, Daily Times reported. The order came after a warning from the Tehreek-e-Nafaz-e-Shariat-e-Mohammadi (TNSM) chief Maulana
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The provincial Government on March 18 directed the judges of subordinate judiciary of the Peshawar High Court in Swat not to attend courts and restrict themselves to their houses, Daily Times reported. The order came after a warning from the Tehreek-e-Nafaz-e-Shariat-e-Mohammadi (TNSM) chief Maulana Sufi Muhammad to the judges of Swat not to attend their courts. A civil judge in Swat told Daily Times that after Sufi’s warning, they had been directed by the Government and district administration not to attend courts due to security concerns. The judge, however, said most of the judges had started deciding cases of petty nature at their houses due to security reasons.
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March - 18 
The Taliban on March 18 threatened to kill a Canadian journalist in their custody if their demands were not met by March 30, Daily Times reported. The journalist, Khadeja Abdul Qahaar, went missing in the Jani Khel area of Bannu Frontier Region in November 2008. In a video sent to the Miranshah Pres
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The Taliban on March 18 threatened to kill a Canadian journalist in their custody if their demands were not met by March 30, Daily Times reported. The journalist, Khadeja Abdul Qahaar, went missing in the Jani Khel area of Bannu Frontier Region in November 2008. In a video sent to the Miranshah Press Club, Khadeja said she was seriously ill and appealed to the Canadian and Pakistani governments, and human rights and journalists’ organisations to help in her release.
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March - 19 
Security Forces (SFs) arrested 14 Taliban militants at the Gammon check-post in the Khawazakhela sub-division of Swat District on March 19, official sources told Daily Times. Armed militants subsequently came out on the roads in Alam Gunj and Dakorak areas to protest the arrest. However, sources sai
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Security Forces (SFs) arrested 14 Taliban militants at the Gammon check-post in the Khawazakhela sub-division of Swat District on March 19, official sources told Daily Times. Armed militants subsequently came out on the roads in Alam Gunj and Dakorak areas to protest the arrest. However, sources said the SFs released the militants soon after the arrest.
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March - 19 
Suspected Taliban militants on March 19 blew up a 500kV electricity pylon in the limits of Urmur Police Station plunging several parts of Peshawar, capital of the NWFP, into darkness, Daily Times reported. A spokesman of the Peshawar Electric Supply Company told reporters the explosion destroyed the
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Suspected Taliban militants on March 19 blew up a 500kV electricity pylon in the limits of Urmur Police Station plunging several parts of Peshawar, capital of the NWFP, into darkness, Daily Times reported. A spokesman of the Peshawar Electric Supply Company told reporters the explosion destroyed the tower.
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March - 19 
The Darra Adamkhel-based Taliban militants, affiliated with the Baitullah Mehsud-led banned Tehrik-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP), on March 19 agreed to a cease-fire in Darra Adamkhel and Frontier Region Kohat till March 30, according to The News. Sources said the elders of five major tribes of Darra Adam
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The Darra Adamkhel-based Taliban militants, affiliated with the Baitullah Mehsud-led banned Tehrik-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP), on March 19 agreed to a cease-fire in Darra Adamkhel and Frontier Region Kohat till March 30, according to The News. Sources said the elders of five major tribes of Darra Adamkhel, led by Noor Zaman Afridi, held a meeting with the militants’ chief, Tariq Afridi, in the Orakzai Agency in FATA and asked him to help restore peace in the region. Talking to a private FM radio channel in Darra Adamkhel, TTP Darra Adamkhel chief Tariq Afridi pledged to co-operate with the Government in maintaining peace in the area. “We assure the government and the people that even a single shot will not be fired in Darra, Kohat and Peshawar,” he said.
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March - 20 
The Security Forces (SFs) have set free 15 more Taliban prisoners, including the brother of banned Tehrik-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) Swat chapter spokesman Muslim Khan, after the NWFP Government’s peace accord with Maulana Sufi Mohammad, the chief of outlawed Tehreek-e-Nafaz-e-Shariat-e-Mohammadi (TNS
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The Security Forces (SFs) have set free 15 more Taliban prisoners, including the brother of banned Tehrik-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) Swat chapter spokesman Muslim Khan, after the NWFP Government’s peace accord with Maulana Sufi Mohammad, the chief of outlawed Tehreek-e-Nafaz-e-Shariat-e-Mohammadi (TNSM), The News reported. Sources said the Taliban had handed a list of 220 prisoners to the Government after the peace accord. However, 15 militants were released on March 20, bringing the tally of the freed militants to 28 after the peace accord. The released militants included Noorul Huda, Ayub, Dilaram, Inayat, Fazle Ilahi, Anwar Hussain, Muzaffar, Rehmat, Munir Khan, Gul Zada, Saddam Hussain, Muhammad Yaqub, Arsala Khan, Sher Bahadur, Umar Khan and Zahir Shah. Noorul Huda is the brother of TTP Swat spokesman Muslim Khan.
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March - 20 
Unidentified armed men attacked a SFs convoy in the Sarsenai area of Kabal sub-division. Even as the troops retaliated, no casualty was reported in the incident.
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Unidentified armed men attacked a SFs convoy in the Sarsenai area of Kabal sub-division. Even as the troops retaliated, no casualty was reported in the incident.
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March - 22 
An imambargah (a Shia place of worship) was partially damaged by an explosion near the building in Tank city. No casualties were reported.
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An imambargah (a Shia place of worship) was partially damaged by an explosion near the building in Tank city. No casualties were reported.
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March - 22 
The Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) on March 22 ordered all non-governmental organisations (NGOs) to immediately leave Swat, according to Daily Times. In an interview with IRIN, the TTP spokesman Muslim Khan said, “They come and tell us how to make lavatories in mosques and houses. I’m sure we can
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The Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) on March 22 ordered all non-governmental organisations (NGOs) to immediately leave Swat, according to Daily Times. In an interview with IRIN, the TTP spokesman Muslim Khan said, “They come and tell us how to make lavatories in mosques and houses. I’m sure we can do it ourselves. There is no need for foreigners to tell us this... NGO is another name for ‘vulgarity and obscenity’.” He also said NGOs hired women who worked with men, in the field and in offices. “That is totally unIslamic and unacceptable,” he declared. When asked why the TTP was against the polio vaccination, Khan said, “The TTP is against polio vaccination because it causes infertility.” “I’m 45 and have never had one drop of the vaccine and I am still alive,” he said, adding that another reason the TTP was against polio vaccination was that the campaign was run by NGOs and the vaccine was imported.
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March - 22 
Unidentified men blew up a girls’ school in the Mardan District on March 22, Daily Times reported. According to Police sources, the men planted explosives near the Government Girls High School Hattian, located near the residence of the NWFP senior minister Rahim Dad Khan. However, no casualties were
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Unidentified men blew up a girls’ school in the Mardan District on March 22, Daily Times reported. According to Police sources, the men planted explosives near the Government Girls High School Hattian, located near the residence of the NWFP senior minister Rahim Dad Khan. However, no casualties were reported.
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March - 22 
Unidentified men fired two rockets at a Police station near Gomal University for Women in Dera Ismail Khan, a private TV channel reported on March 22. According to the channel, no casualties were reported. The channel said there were reports of firing in several areas of the city after the attack ne
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Unidentified men fired two rockets at a Police station near Gomal University for Women in Dera Ismail Khan, a private TV channel reported on March 22. According to the channel, no casualties were reported. The channel said there were reports of firing in several areas of the city after the attack near the university.
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March - 23 
A member of the banned Sunni group Sipah-e-Sahaba Pakistan (SSP) was killed in an apparent sectarian attack in Dera Ismail Khan on March 23, Daily Times reported. Abu Khan, an SSP activist, was near his shop on the outskirts of Dera Ismail Khan when two gunmen shot him dead and later escaped on thei
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A member of the banned Sunni group Sipah-e-Sahaba Pakistan (SSP) was killed in an apparent sectarian attack in Dera Ismail Khan on March 23, Daily Times reported. Abu Khan, an SSP activist, was near his shop on the outskirts of Dera Ismail Khan when two gunmen shot him dead and later escaped on their motorbike, witnesses told AFP. A boy on the street was also wounded. Local Police official Rasheed Khan said "He was an active member of Sipah-e-Sahaba… It seems to be a sectarian killing."
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March - 23 
In NWFP, unidentified persons fired a rocket at the cantonment area in Kohat which damaged the boundary wall of junior section of a school, situated near the combined military hospital, in the night of March 23, Dawn reported. Police said that the rocket hit the boundary wall of the school resulting
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In NWFP, unidentified persons fired a rocket at the cantonment area in Kohat which damaged the boundary wall of junior section of a school, situated near the combined military hospital, in the night of March 23, Dawn reported. Police said that the rocket hit the boundary wall of the school resulting in a big explosion which also destroyed the windowpanes of the school and nearby buildings. Security Forces reportedly retaliated by targeting the hideouts of militants with artillery in the mountains of Darra Adamkhel.
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March - 24 
The Tehreek-e-Nafaz-e-Shariat-e-Mohammadi (TNSM) Maulana chief Maulana Sufi Muhammad on March 24 threatened to halt his efforts for the restoration of peace if the Government did not immediately nullify all un-Islamic laws in the Malakand Division and empower Qazi courts to hear all cases, The News
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The Tehreek-e-Nafaz-e-Shariat-e-Mohammadi (TNSM) Maulana chief Maulana Sufi Muhammad on March 24 threatened to halt his efforts for the restoration of peace if the Government did not immediately nullify all un-Islamic laws in the Malakand Division and empower Qazi courts to hear all cases, The News reported. Addressing a press conference in Mingora, Sufi Muhammad said though he was satisfied with the announcement of Sharia (Islamic law) by the Government, he was disappointed with the progress of the peace deal. “I am not convinced of the progress so far made with regard to the peace deal. The government had promised to declare all unIslamic laws in vogue in Malakand null and void but it is yet to be done despite the passage of 38 days,” the TNSM chief said. He also accused the Government of not entrusting Qazi courts with authority to hear all cases. “Qazis in the newly-established Shariah courts are sitting idle as they have not been mandated to hear crucial cases. I am not satisfied with the Qazi courts either,” he said. He threatened to quit the peace efforts in Swat if the Government did not act to practically rescind all un-Islamic laws and authorise Qazi courts to take up all cases.
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March - 25 
In the province, 29 shops were destroyed as suspected militants blew up two markets in the Thana town of the Malakand region in the early hours of March 25, Dawn reported. Suspected militants had planted three improvised explosive devices in the Mina Bazaar and the Bara (Upper) Bazaar in Thana, two
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In the province, 29 shops were destroyed as suspected militants blew up two markets in the Thana town of the Malakand region in the early hours of March 25, Dawn reported. Suspected militants had planted three improvised explosive devices in the Mina Bazaar and the Bara (Upper) Bazaar in Thana, two of which exploded. 24 shops were destroyed in the Mina Bazaar and five in Bara Bazaar, causing huge financial losses to traders. The third, a home-made bomb, was defused by personnel of the Malakand Levies.
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March - 25 
Unidentified men blew up a power pylon in the Mirza Kali Urmur area of Peshawar, the NWFP capital, late on March 25, suspending power supply to the adjacent areas, Daily Times reported. Police sources said the men had planted explosives under the 500KV tower. Shaukat Afzal, the Peshawar Electric Sup
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Unidentified men blew up a power pylon in the Mirza Kali Urmur area of Peshawar, the NWFP capital, late on March 25, suspending power supply to the adjacent areas, Daily Times reported. Police sources said the men had planted explosives under the 500KV tower. Shaukat Afzal, the Peshawar Electric Supply Company spokesman, said the assailants had blown up tower number 295.
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March - 26 
12 persons, including a woman, were killed and 22 others sustained injuries when a teenage suicide bomber blew himself up outside a crowded restaurant in the Jandola bazaar of Tank District in NWFP in the morning of March 26, The News reported. A pro-government group of Bhittani tribesmen, led by Ha
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12 persons, including a woman, were killed and 22 others sustained injuries when a teenage suicide bomber blew himself up outside a crowded restaurant in the Jandola bazaar of Tank District in NWFP in the morning of March 26, The News reported. A pro-government group of Bhittani tribesmen, led by Haji Turkistan, is believed to have been the target of the suicide attacker. Eyewitnesses told The News from Jandola - the gateway to South Waziristan - that a young boy blew himself up outside the crowded restaurant in the bazaar. The bazaar is located in front of heavily guarded British-era fort, currently inhabited by the Frontier Corps and the Army. The Taliban claimed responsibility for the attack. “The Tehrik-e-Taliban Pakistan claims responsibility for the suicide attack in Jandola,” spokesman Maulvi Omar said in a telephone call from an unknown place to reporters in Bajaur. He called the suicide attack a revenge for the clashes in 2008. “Turkistan Bitani’s fighters killed 35 of our people last year, and we killed his people today in the suicide attack,” Omar added.
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March - 26 
A few days ago, a pamphlet was circulated in Tank and parts of South Waziristan in which Baitullah Mehsud had accused the Government of supporting his rival Haji Turkistan and militant commander Zainuddin Mehsud with a view to weaken him. He said despite a ban on display of arms in Jandola and Tank,
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A few days ago, a pamphlet was circulated in Tank and parts of South Waziristan in which Baitullah Mehsud had accused the Government of supporting his rival Haji Turkistan and militant commander Zainuddin Mehsud with a view to weaken him. He said despite a ban on display of arms in Jandola and Tank, the Government had issued permits to Turkistan and Zainuddin to carry lethal rams of prohibited bore. In the same leaflet, Baitullah had warned of re-launching terrorist activities inside Pakistan, if the Government did not stop supporting the duo.
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March - 26 
Three Sunnis were killed on March 26 in an apparent sectarian attack in Dera Ismail Khan, Daily Times reported. Motorcycle-borne gunmen opened indiscriminate gunfire on a medical store, killing its owner and two relatives, AFP reported. Three other men were injured, an unnamed Police official said,
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Three Sunnis were killed on March 26 in an apparent sectarian attack in Dera Ismail Khan, Daily Times reported. Motorcycle-borne gunmen opened indiscriminate gunfire on a medical store, killing its owner and two relatives, AFP reported. Three other men were injured, an unnamed Police official said, adding that the victims were from the Sunni community. “The killings were linked to sectarian violence,” he added.
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March - 27 
Security Forces (SFs) and militants on March 27 clashed in the Qamber area of Swat District, which resulted in the death of a recently released militant, ‘commander’ Hayat Khan, and injuries to a soldier, The News reported. The gunfight occurred when militants allegedly fired at a convoy of the SFs,
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Security Forces (SFs) and militants on March 27 clashed in the Qamber area of Swat District, which resulted in the death of a recently released militant, ‘commander’ Hayat Khan, and injuries to a soldier, The News reported. The gunfight occurred when militants allegedly fired at a convoy of the SFs, which was taking ration to Qamber town on the outskirts of Mingora. This was the third clash between the militants and SFs after the peace deal between the NWFP Government and the Tehreek-e-Nafaz-e-Shariat-e-Mohammadi (TNSM).
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March - 29 
The Malakand chapter of the outlawed Tehrik-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) banned the movement and shopping by women in the main bazaars of Dargai and Batkhela on March 29. Sources said shopkeepers in the markets had received threatening letters from the TTP, warning them to stop women from visiting their
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The Malakand chapter of the outlawed Tehrik-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) banned the movement and shopping by women in the main bazaars of Dargai and Batkhela on March 29. Sources said shopkeepers in the markets had received threatening letters from the TTP, warning them to stop women from visiting their shops. “Those who don’t comply with the TTP directives should be prepared to face the consequences,” the letters warned. In addition, women who were going out alone without male family members had also been warned. Some of the shopkeepers in the Super Market, Bara Market, Sitara Market, Abaseen Market, Waqar Market, Waqas Market and other shopping markets have already notified the womenfolk not to visit their shops without their male family members. The letters also warned CD and music shop owners to stop their business immediately, adding that they were spreading obscenity among the youth of the area. Sources said the TTP also warned the medical superintendent of the headquarters hospital in Batkhela to appoint male and lady medical technicians in the emergency and ultrasound wards forthwith, which had been a longstanding demand of patients.
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March - 29 
Three Police officials, including the District Police Officer (DPO) of Lower Dir, a former acting District Nazim and his nephew, were killed in clashes with suspected militants in Shah Bandai and Lajbok areas of the Lower Dir District on March 29, The News reported. DPO Khurshid Khan, hailing from S
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Three Police officials, including the District Police Officer (DPO) of Lower Dir, a former acting District Nazim and his nephew, were killed in clashes with suspected militants in Shah Bandai and Lajbok areas of the Lower Dir District on March 29, The News reported. DPO Khurshid Khan, hailing from Swat Valley, was leading a Police team to fight the militants who had earlier kidnapped a bank manager and killed former acting district Nazim Alamzeb Khan. In a gunfight at Shah Bandai area, the militants killed the DPO and his two guards, Muhammad Islam and Muhammad Ajmeer, while his driver sustained injuries.
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March - 30 
Seven persons, including five Army soldiers, were killed and nine others sustained injuries when a suicide bomber rammed his explosive-laden car into a military convoy near a filling station on the Bannu-Miranshah Road on March 30, The News reported. The dead also included an Assistant Engineer of R
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Seven persons, including five Army soldiers, were killed and nine others sustained injuries when a suicide bomber rammed his explosive-laden car into a military convoy near a filling station on the Bannu-Miranshah Road on March 30, The News reported. The dead also included an Assistant Engineer of Radio Pakistan Razmak station, Basharat Afridi, and a lady travelling in a passenger coach. However, military spokesman and Inter-Services Public Relations (ISPR) Director-General Major General Athar Abbas said the explosion was caused by an improvised explosive device planted in a roadside car. The military convoy was on its way to Miranshah, the headquarters of North Waziristan Agency, from Bannu in NWFP when it came under attack near an abandoned security check-post known as Mirzael post, located near a filling station. Officials told The News that the suicide bomber had parked the explosive-laden car right in the middle of the road and rammed it into the military convoy when it arrived at the scene. Eyewitnesses said the soldiers, after the attack on the convoy, opened indiscriminate fire that caused bullet injuries to five people, including a woman, travelling in a passenger coach from Peshawar to Miranshah. Basharat Afridi of Radio Pakistan Razmak station and the woman later succumbed to their injuries. No militant group has so far claimed responsibility for the attack.
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*Data till , May 03, 2024
Source:Compiled from news reports and are provisional.
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