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Law Enforcement Agencies (LEA) have arrested several key suspected leaders of the Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) in a crackdown on militants in and around the Manghopir area in Karachi on December 1, reports Central Asia Online. Rangers detained mo
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Law Enforcement Agencies (LEA) have arrested several key suspected leaders of the Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) in a crackdown on militants in and around the Manghopir area in Karachi on December 1, reports Central Asia Online. Rangers detained more than 70 people, 10 of whom are suspected of being linked with Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan(TTP).The team also seized a car loaded with more than 100kg of explosives, two suicide jackets with about 8kg of explosives and three water coolers filled with explosives weighing more than 5kg.
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December - 1 
The Crime Investigation Agency (CIA) Police arrested three militants of the Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) near Minar-i-Pakistan (monument) in Lahore District on December 1, and thwarted their plans of targeting Shia processions, reports Dawn. The
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The Crime Investigation Agency (CIA) Police arrested three militants of the Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) near Minar-i-Pakistan (monument) in Lahore District on December 1, and thwarted their plans of targeting Shia processions, reports Dawn. The arrestees are identified as Arshid Ali, Umer Zaib and Amjad. The Deputy Superintendent of Police (DSP) Tariq Ilyas Kayani said that a special team of CIA conducted the raid in Minar-i-Pakistan area and recovered seven kilogram of explosive material, four hand grenades, a rifle, INR 150,000 in cash and bullets from their possession.
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December - 2 
Relatives of eight abducted employees of Gomal Zam Dam project on the Gomal River in the South Waziristan Agency have demanded that the government help them release their loved ones. They said the Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) was demanding a huge
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Relatives of eight abducted employees of Gomal Zam Dam project on the Gomal River in the South Waziristan Agency have demanded that the government help them release their loved ones. They said the Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) was demanding a huge ransom for the release of their relatives. Government should pay the ransom to the TTP, they added.
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December - 3 
At least 15 to 20 masked militants, some of them equipped with arms, attacked the graveyard of Ahmadi community in Model Town area of Lahore District and shattered the tombstones of more than 120 graves on December 3, reports Daily Times. Ahmadiyya c
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At least 15 to 20 masked militants, some of them equipped with arms, attacked the graveyard of Ahmadi community in Model Town area of Lahore District and shattered the tombstones of more than 120 graves on December 3, reports Daily Times. Ahmadiyya community in Pakistan is under attack for last several years in Pakistan. Police said that these masked militants belonged to the Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP).
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10 persons, including five Policemen, sustained injuries when a suicide bomber rammed his explosives-laden vehicle into an abandoned house near the building of Haved Police Station in Bannu District, reports The News. The sources said the Policemen g
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10 persons, including five Policemen, sustained injuries when a suicide bomber rammed his explosives-laden vehicle into an abandoned house near the building of Haved Police Station in Bannu District, reports The News. The sources said the Policemen guarding the Police Station opened fire on the vehicle. The suicide bomber, the sources said, panicked and drove his vehicle into the abandoned house situated near the building of the Police Station in Haved village. The boundary wall of the police station, building of the Veterinary Hospital and some houses in the surrounding area were damaged in the blast. Five cops including Station House Officer Gul Nawaz Khan, driver Aurangzeb, Elite Force officials Liaqat Ali and Aurangzeb, Frontier Constabulary personnel Aizazullah and five civilians identified as Abdul Baqi, Ziaullah, Mirjana Bibi, Jehan Noor Bibi and a minor, whose identity could not be confirmed, sustained injuries. The officials of BDS said about 600 kilos explosives had been used in the explosion. Talking to reporters by phone from an undisclosed location, the Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) ‘spokesman’ Ehsanullah Ehsan claimed responsibility for the attack. “The TTP would continue attacks on the police as they are the main hurdle in our way,” he stressed.
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December - 4 
Federal Minister of Interior Rehman Malik on December 4 demanded Afghanistan to arrest and hand over Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) leader Maulvi Fazlullah who, he said, is based in Kunar province, reports Dawn. Addressing a press conference, Malik
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Federal Minister of Interior Rehman Malik on December 4 demanded Afghanistan to arrest and hand over Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) leader Maulvi Fazlullah who, he said, is based in Kunar province, reports Dawn. Addressing a press conference, Malik said the militants are launching attacks on Pakistani villages and security posts along the Pak-Afghan border in Bajaur, Dir and Chitral areas from inside Afghanistan. The Interior Minister said the Afghanistan Government should cooperate in sealing the Pak-Afghan border as it is necessary to control terrorism. Commenting on war against terrorism, Malik said the militants have been defeated and they are on the run now, adding that around forty thousand Pakistani nationals have sacrificed their lives for the cause. Vowing to continue the Government’s efforts against terrorism, he said that all those young man, who have been engaged by the militants, would be given employment opportunities if they end their links with them.
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December - 4 
Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) faction leader Mullah Nazir of the Ahmedzai Wazir tribe has ordered all Mehsud tribesmen, including loyalists to the rival Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) led by Hakimullah Mehsud, to leave Wana of South Waziristan i
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Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) faction leader Mullah Nazir of the Ahmedzai Wazir tribe has ordered all Mehsud tribesmen, including loyalists to the rival Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) led by Hakimullah Mehsud, to leave Wana of South Waziristan in Federally Administered Tribal Areas (FATA), by December 5, reports Central Asia Online. Those who fail to leave, and any locals aiding them, will face action, he said. Officials reported that some Mehsud militants have already started vacating. Nazir was injured in a suicide bombing November 29 in Wana that killed at least eight others. The TTP is one rival faction that is suspected of being behind the attack. The TTP, though, said it had nothing to do with the attack, TTP spokesman Ehsanullah Ehsan said on December 4. He said the TTP and Mullah Nazir faction are ideologically on the same page. Shahid Ali Khan, the assistant political agent for South Waziristan, said officials will be taking care of the law-and-order situation and will protect the civilians in any emergency situation. He also said a peace jirga (tribal council) will be called upon to negotiate between the warring militant factions. Nazir’s warning went out on mosque loudspeakers after a grand jirga of the Nazir group, a 120-member peace committee formed in 2007 and representing the Ahmedzai Wazir clan and the elders of all nine Ahmedzai tribes and their sub-tribes. The jirga convened at the site of the bombing, Rustam Bazaar, December 1 to discuss the situation. The group warned all internally displaced Mehsud tribesmen who had taken refuge from fighting in the Mehsud area between Security Forces and militants to vacate their houses in the Ahmedzai Wazir area.
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December - 5 
A prayer leader, identified as Peshimam Ahsanullah (38) was shot dead by three armed assailants inside a mosque in Sector 5-C within the remit of the Bilal Colony Police Station of New Karachi on December 5, reports Dawn. One of the assailants, iden
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A prayer leader, identified as Peshimam Ahsanullah (38) was shot dead by three armed assailants inside a mosque in Sector 5-C within the remit of the Bilal Colony Police Station of New Karachi on December 5, reports Dawn. One of the assailants, identified as Mohammad Kashif alias Bilal, was caught by area people when trying to flee told Police. He worked for the Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) and killed the Peshimam because the latter was an ‘informer’. The suspect told Police that he had undergone 21-day militant training at a camp in Mansehra District of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa and was getting PKR 15,000 a month.
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December - 6 
The Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) is preparing for a leadership change which could see more moderate deputy leader of the group, Waliur Rehman, likely to succeed Hakimullah Mehsud, whose extreme violence has alienated enough of his fighters to sig
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The Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) is preparing for a leadership change which could see more moderate deputy leader of the group, Waliur Rehman, likely to succeed Hakimullah Mehsud, whose extreme violence has alienated enough of his fighters to significantly weaken him, military sources told Reuters, Daily Times reported on December 7. An unnamed senior Pakistan Army official based in the South Waziristan Agency of Federally Administered Tribal Areas (FATA), the group’s stronghold, said that Mehsud, who led the TTP for the last three years, has lost operational control of the movement and the trust of his fighters. “Rehman is fast emerging as a consensus candidate to formally replace Hakimullah. Now we may see the brutal commander replaced by a more pragmatic one for whom reconciliation with the Pakistani government has become a priority.” The change of leadership could mean less violence against the state but more attacks against US-led forces in Afghanistan.
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December - 7 
The Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) has set up a page on Facebook to recruit enthusiasts to write for a quarterly magazine and to edit video, spokesman Ehsanullah Ehsan confirmed on December 7, reports Daily Times. The Umar Media TTP page, which has
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The Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) has set up a page on Facebook to recruit enthusiasts to write for a quarterly magazine and to edit video, spokesman Ehsanullah Ehsan confirmed on December 7, reports Daily Times. The Umar Media TTP page, which has more than 270 likes, appears to have been created in September and have just a handful of messages written in English. “Umar Media is proud to announce online jobs opportunities (sic),” says the first post on the networking website, written on October 25. “Job description (sic) is video editing, translations, sharing, uploading, downloading and collection of required data,” it says, giving an email address and asking readers to “plz spread it. This Facebook account may be deleted.” TTP spokesman Ehsanullah Ehsan confirmed to AFP by telephone that the faction was “temporarily” using the page “to fulfil its requirements” before launching its own website. US-based organisation SITE Intelligence Group says the TTP uses Facebook as “a recruitment centre”. “Through its official media arm, Umar Media, the TTP has taken to Facebook to recruit contributors for their media work and the group’s forthcoming publication ‘Ayah-E-Khilafat’ (Sign of the Caliphate),” it said in a statement.
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December - 10 
Eight persons were injured in a remote-controlled blast close to the venue of Awami National Party’s (ANP) political meeting in Peshawar where party chief Asfandfyar Wali Khan and Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Chief Minister Ameer Haider Hoti were present, repo
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Eight persons were injured in a remote-controlled blast close to the venue of Awami National Party’s (ANP) political meeting in Peshawar where party chief Asfandfyar Wali Khan and Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Chief Minister Ameer Haider Hoti were present, reports Daily Times. The blast took place in a parking area, more than a kilometer from the venue where the meeting took place despite the terrorist attack, according to an ANP spokesman. The Bomb Disposal Squad officials said the bomb was placed by the roadside and injured eight people who were walking towards the venue. The TTP ‘spokesman’, Ehsanullah Ehsan, made telephone calls to media offices in Peshawar to make the claim, saying the attack was “just the beginning.”
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December - 10 
Facebook over the weekend deleted the Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP)’s recruiting page, Central Asia Online reported December 10. The TTP had been using the social media outlet to seek contributors for a new quarterly magazine. Facebook’s reason fo
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Facebook over the weekend deleted the Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP)’s recruiting page, Central Asia Online reported December 10. The TTP had been using the social media outlet to seek contributors for a new quarterly magazine. Facebook’s reason for deleting the page was not reported.
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December - 10 
Talking to reporters by phone from an undisclosed location, Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) ‘spokesman’ Ehsanullah Ehsan claimed responsibility for the attack on the Kakki Police Station. “We wanted to avenge the recent killing of late TTP ‘chief’ B
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Talking to reporters by phone from an undisclosed location, Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) ‘spokesman’ Ehsanullah Ehsan claimed responsibility for the attack on the Kakki Police Station. “We wanted to avenge the recent killing of late TTP ‘chief’ Baitullah Mehsud’s nephew Ibrahim Mehsud by the Police.” Ibrahim Mehsud was killed in Bannu.
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December - 12 
At least 15 persons, including political workers and a Police Inspector were killed in separate act of violence on December 12, reports Daily Times. At least two persons included a local leader of Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N), Sadiq Shah and
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At least 15 persons, including political workers and a Police Inspector were killed in separate act of violence on December 12, reports Daily Times. At least two persons included a local leader of Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N), Sadiq Shah and a Policeman, Zahid, were killed and eight others were injured when a three-kilogramme Improvised Explosive Device (IED), planted near a makeshift restaurant in Muzafarabad Colony Landhi, exploded within the precincts of Quaidabad Police Station in Karachi. Police officials suspected the involvement of terrorist outfits, including Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) and an extortion mafia behind the incident. Also, two blasts were reported within a couple of hours in Mianwali Colony, Manghopir area.
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December - 12 
The MQM chief had asked the people of Pakistan to decide whether they wanted to live in a Pakistan being run by the Taliban or the one that was envisioned by the Quaid-i-Azam. The MQM subsequently announced on October 18 that it would hold a national
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The MQM chief had asked the people of Pakistan to decide whether they wanted to live in a Pakistan being run by the Taliban or the one that was envisioned by the Quaid-i-Azam. The MQM subsequently announced on October 18 that it would hold a national referendum after Eidul Azha. Days after the speech, the question was also featured on billboards across Karachi. Almost two weeks later, on November 1 Altaf Hussain announced in another address to his workers that he has directed the MQM’s Coordination Committee to give an earliest possible date for holding the referendum. A few days later, calling the threat of religious extremism the biggest challenge faced by Pakistan, MQM’s deputy convener Farooq Sattar announced that the party has finally decided to hold the nationwide referendum on November 8. Reacting sharply to the MQM’s formal announcement to hold the referendum, the TTP ‘spokesman’ Ehsanullah Ehsan announced on November 3 that the Taliban had decided to target the MQM activists in Karachi. In an email message to several media outlets, Ehsanullah Ehsan claimed that the TTP was following the teachings of Islamic Shariah and it is obligatory on the TTP militants to fight against the MQM which is spreading secularism. Ehsan said to avenge the killing of innocent citizens of Karachi, the TTP will kill MQM members.
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December - 12 
There are clear indications to suggest that the Muttahida Qaumi Movement (MQM) abandoned its much trumpeted plan of holding a countrywide referendum to determine whose Pakistan the people wanted, Quaid-e-Azam’s or Taliban’s, following a threat by Teh
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There are clear indications to suggest that the Muttahida Qaumi Movement (MQM) abandoned its much trumpeted plan of holding a countrywide referendum to determine whose Pakistan the people wanted, Quaid-e-Azam’s or Taliban’s, following a threat by Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) to target MQM in Karachi, the provincial capitall of Sindh, reports The News. MQM circles close to Altaf Hussain claim that the plan had only been put off and not discarded. The referendum idea was floated by Altaf Hussain in a telephonic speech from London on October 14, 2012 following the failed assassination attempt on Malala Yusufzai by a TTP shooter.
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December - 14 
The Pakistan Air Force (PAF) base inside the Bacha Khan International Airport of Peshawar (provincial capital of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa) was attacked by militants, with a simultaneous rocket barrage, resulting in the killing of seven people, including fi
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The Pakistan Air Force (PAF) base inside the Bacha Khan International Airport of Peshawar (provincial capital of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa) was attacked by militants, with a simultaneous rocket barrage, resulting in the killing of seven people, including five militants, and injuries to 40 others on December 15, reports Dawn. Spokesman for the Tehrik-i-Taliban Pakistan (TTP), Ehsanullah Ehsan, accepted responsibility of the attack, saying that the target was the Air Force base. He further said all 10 militants who attacked the base were suicide bombers. Five of them had managed to get inside the base. Five rockets were fired at the airport. Two of them landed inside the premises, which also house the Army aviation and Air Force base used against militants in the adjoining tribal areas.
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December - 16 
Law Enforcement Agencies (LEA) have failed to control the proportional increase in various sorts of target killing in Karachi, the provincial capital of Sindh, that claimed over 2,400 lives in 2012, Daily Times reported on December 17. A record killi
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Law Enforcement Agencies (LEA) have failed to control the proportional increase in various sorts of target killing in Karachi, the provincial capital of Sindh, that claimed over 2,400 lives in 2012, Daily Times reported on December 17. A record killing of LEA personnel has also been reported 2012 in which personnel of Rangers, Police, special cells have been targeted in different areas. The areas where most incidents of LEA personnel’s killing took place included Gadap Town, District West and a part of the District South, where criminal elements and militants outfits are getting strength day by day. Despite claiming arrest of target killers, paid killers, extortionists, gangsters, members of banned outfit Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) every day by Police and other Security Officials, the crime rate and target killing has been increasing in the port city. Security Forces(SF) were unable to combat Lyari gangsters and have failed to take action against sectarian and militants groups in Gadap Town, Manghopir, Sultanabad and other Pashtun dominated areas. Moreover, the alarming incidents of snatching, robbery, and other street crimes have witnessed a sharp rise. The attacks on the LEA, shrines, Imambargahs, public places, Police Stations, railway tracks, trading areas, business community centers and other incidents are the matter of great concern. A large number of traders, businessmen and notables of the city were killed over non-payment of ransom; some of them were released after payment of extortion demanded by organised criminal gangs.
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December - 16 
Security forces on December 16 killed five more militants – said to be Uzbeks – in a fierce encounter in Pawaki village, just one kilometer from the Pakistan Air Force (PAF) airbase in Peshawar (provincial capital of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa), clearing the
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Security forces on December 16 killed five more militants – said to be Uzbeks – in a fierce encounter in Pawaki village, just one kilometer from the Pakistan Air Force (PAF) airbase in Peshawar (provincial capital of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa), clearing the area off miscreants after the December 15 night’s attack on the Bacha Khan International Airport and PAF base, reports The News. All together 10 militants, two civilians and two SFs were killed in the two days operation. The airport was cleared 16 hours after the assault. Officials said that 10 militants armed with suicide jackets, two explosive-laden vehicles, hand-grenades, rocket launchers and automatic weapons stormed the airbase at around 8:15pm and tried to enter the airport building on Saturday night. The Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) had claimed responsibility for the attack, saying it had sent 10 attackers to accomplish the mission. The TTP ‘spokesman’ Ehsanullah Ehsan called different media organisations to announce that their target was the PAF installations at the airbase.
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December - 18 
Six persons, including two suspected militants and an activist of Muttahida Qaumi Movement (MQM), were shot dead in different areas of Karachi, the provincial capital of Sindh, on December 19, reports Daily Times. Two suspected militants were ki
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Six persons, including two suspected militants and an activist of Muttahida Qaumi Movement (MQM), were shot dead in different areas of Karachi, the provincial capital of Sindh, on December 19, reports Daily Times. Two suspected militants were killed and more than two dozen were taken into custody during a raid in Sohrab Goth and other surrounding areas against the militants involved in the attack on polio vaccination team. Police also recovered huge cache of weapons and stolen vehicles during operation. According to details, at least 300 personnel of Karachi Police and Rapid Response Force were trying to get inside the areas considerably dominated by Karachi chapter of Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) when militants offered resistance near Decent Heights Apartment and Malik Agha Hotel. During exchange of fire, two unidentified militants were shot dead during the raid continued for one hour only. Witnesses said that Police team entered inside of different areas of Sohrab Goth including Asma Apartments, Qayyumabad, Sona Gali and Junejo Colony. As Police reached Supermarket area, unidentified militants resorted firing to avoid arrest where during encounter two militants sustained bullet wounds and rushed to Abbasi Shaheed Hospital where doctors pronounced them as dead. Police claimed to arrest at least 25 suspect militants. Residents of the area when contacted said that militants had had left the areas before the arrival of police, therefore police concluded the operation within an hour. Police claimed to have recovered 5 TT pistols, two shotguns, five cars and four motorbikes.
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December - 19 
Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) ‘spokesman’ Ehsanullah Ehsan called over phone and once again distanced his organisation from the attacks on polio teams. The previous day also he had denied the involvement of the TTP in the attacks on the anti-polio
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Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) ‘spokesman’ Ehsanullah Ehsan called over phone and once again distanced his organisation from the attacks on polio teams. The previous day also he had denied the involvement of the TTP in the attacks on the anti-polio workers.
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December - 20 
Anti-Extremist Cell (AEC) of the Crime Investigation Department (CID) claimed to have arrested three men allegedly affiliated with banned Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) and three grenades, two Kalashnikovs and a TT pistol were recovered from their
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Anti-Extremist Cell (AEC) of the Crime Investigation Department (CID) claimed to have arrested three men allegedly affiliated with banned Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) and three grenades, two Kalashnikovs and a TT pistol were recovered from their possession.
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December - 21 
Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Senior Minister Bashir Ahmed Bilour and at least eight other persons were killed and 17 injured in a suicide bomb explosion in Qissa Khawani Bazaar area of Peshawar, reports Dawn. The dead also included Station House Officer (SHO)
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Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Senior Minister Bashir Ahmed Bilour and at least eight other persons were killed and 17 injured in a suicide bomb explosion in Qissa Khawani Bazaar area of Peshawar, reports Dawn. The dead also included Station House Officer (SHO) of Kabali Police Station, Sattar Khan, and the late minister’s personal secretary Noor Muhammad. Police said around 100 people had gathered at the place when the bomber detonated his suicide vest. The Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) claimed responsibility for the attack on Bashir Ahmed Bilour whose outspokenness had made him a lot of enemies among the militants. TTP’s ‘spokesman’ for Dara Adamkhel and Khyber Agency, Mohammad Afridi, said over phone that the suicide bomber belonging to his group. He said the TTP had set up a new ‘revenge wing’ that had carried out the attack. Afridi warned that leaders of the ANP and the Muttahida Qaumi Movement (MQM) were the prime targets of his group.
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December - 21 
Pro-Uzbek Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) ‘commander’ Maulvi Abbas was among three killed in a bomb blast in Wana bazaar of South Waziristan Agency. Sources said that a bomb at the office of ‘commander’ Maulvi Abbas’s brother in the vegetable market
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Pro-Uzbek Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) ‘commander’ Maulvi Abbas was among three killed in a bomb blast in Wana bazaar of South Waziristan Agency. Sources said that a bomb at the office of ‘commander’ Maulvi Abbas’s brother in the vegetable market went off, killing Abbas and two others, including his son. Four people sustained injuries in the blast. Maulvi Abbas was recently allowed to resettle in Ahmedzai Wazir areas after he was expelled in a popular uprising led by moderate TTP ‘commander’ Maulvi Nazir, in spring 2007. “He (Abbas) was the apparent target of the blast,” said a Government official in Wana, headquarters of South Waziristan. Maulvi Abbas, who had close links with the Islamic Movement of Uzbekistan (IMU), was a close confidant of senior TTP ‘commander’ Nek Muhammad, who was killed in a US drone strike in 2004. Muhammad and Abbas had come under sharp criticism in the past for harbouring Uzbek, Tajik and other Central Asian militants. Abbas and his fighters left South Waziristan after Maulvi Nazir became commander of militants in the region and launched a campaign against them for harbouring the “foreigner”. Nazir opposes Uzbek fighters and has had awkward relations with TTP, which is dominated by members of the rival Mehsud tribe.
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December - 25 
A Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) targeted killer, Abid alias Chhotu, escaped from the Peerabad Police Station jail in Karachi, the provincial capital of Sindh, on December 26, reports Central Asia Online. According to media reports Abid asked a con
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A Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) targeted killer, Abid alias Chhotu, escaped from the Peerabad Police Station jail in Karachi, the provincial capital of Sindh, on December 26, reports Central Asia Online. According to media reports Abid asked a constable if he could use the restroom. As the constable let him out of the lock-up, Abid pushed him aside and fled. Abid was arrested after a December 13 encounter in Kanwari Colony. Police reportedly recovered five hand grenades, a Kalashnikov and explosives from his possession. Deputy Inspector General of Police Asif Ijaz Shaikh confirmed the escape and said that Abid was involved in more than 25 murders, including 14 Police constables.
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December - 25 
Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) has made a conditional ceasefire offer to the Pakistan Government which envisages an end to Pakistan’s participation in the Afghan war and the reshaping of the Constitution and foreign policy according to the Quran an
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Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) has made a conditional ceasefire offer to the Pakistan Government which envisages an end to Pakistan’s participation in the Afghan war and the reshaping of the Constitution and foreign policy according to the Quran and Sunnah, reports The News. The offer was made to this correspondent in a letter sent by Punjab TTP Amir Asmatullah Muawiya and was endorsed by the spokesman of the TTP Ehsanullah Ehsan in a telephonic call from an unknown place. The letter says TTP was dragged into a war with Pakistan from the Afghanistan and Kashmir fronts and the Government and the army were responsible for this. The war with the TTP was started by the army and they are only defending themselves which is their religious right, the TTP letter said. “Instead of taking out guns against Muslims (Ahle Islam), the Pakistan Army should prepare to take revenge for the 1971 war (with India). This will also add the potential of Kashmiri mujahideen to our forces,” the TTP said. The TTP letter revealed that it was not targeting the Jama’at-e-Islam and JUI of Maulana Fazlur Rehman but these parties should also revise their positions and statements. It said the TTP had taken a quiet approach towards the PML-N and Tehreek-e-Insaf but the ANP had sold itself for the glitter of American dollars. The MQM, the letter claimed, had also adopted a similar position. “If the ANP changes its policies and apologies for its past mistakes, the TTP is prepared to forgive them,” the TTP statement said. The TTP letter said Pakistan was its country and “we love its streets and even plains and deserts but we cannot sacrifice our faith for this love.” The TTP letter said any fresh operation in North Waziristan would be a failure as America with its 42 allies has not been able to achieve any success. “If we are attacked even those who are now away from the fighting will take up arms and many more fronts will open,” the TTP said. The TTP said now the Government of Pakistan should decide what it wanted to do.
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December - 26 
Three bullet-riddled bodies of militants were found in Kakary Bagh area in Kurram Agency on December 27, reports Dawn. Local people suspected that the deceased, who belonged to Bagan village, had links with Tehreek-e-Taliban Islami Pakistan, a splint
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Three bullet-riddled bodies of militants were found in Kakary Bagh area in Kurram Agency on December 27, reports Dawn. Local people suspected that the deceased, who belonged to Bagan village, had links with Tehreek-e-Taliban Islami Pakistan, a splinter group of TTP. The deceased were identified as Jamil, Arif and Nabil. The residents of the area said that it was fifth incident of its kind in the area during the last one week.
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December - 27 
Federal Minister of Interior Rehman Malik said TTP leader Ismatullah Muavia, through his offer of a conditional truce, had tried to dictate to the Government which is totally unacceptable. Talking to media persons at Sukkur airport, Rehman Malik said
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Federal Minister of Interior Rehman Malik said TTP leader Ismatullah Muavia, through his offer of a conditional truce, had tried to dictate to the Government which is totally unacceptable. Talking to media persons at Sukkur airport, Rehman Malik said if the TTP ‘chief’ Hakimullah Mehsud offered peace talks, the Government would consider his offer. “Muavia is a by-product of Lashkar-e-Jhangvi and Lal Masjid. I had challenged Hakimullah Mehsud that if he acknowledges Ehsanullah Ehsan as his spokesman then as to why he himself does not come to open,” he held. “I dismiss every claim of Ehsanullah Ehsan unless Hakimullah Mehsud authenticates his claim of being his representative,” he declared.
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December - 27 
More than 400 Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) militants stormed security checkpoints in Frontier Region (FR) Peshawar in Federally Administered Tribal Areas (FATA) late in the night of December 27, killing two Levies personnel and abducting 22 other
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More than 400 Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) militants stormed security checkpoints in Frontier Region (FR) Peshawar in Federally Administered Tribal Areas (FATA) late in the night of December 27, killing two Levies personnel and abducting 22 others, reports The News. The militants destroyed two checkposts and also took away weapons, a double cabin pick-up, besides setting a vehicle ablaze. Assistant Political Agent (APA) FR Peshawar Naveed Akbar confirmed the abduction of 22 Levies men by the TTP, who also killed two personnel and injured another. “We had deployed 30 Levies personnel at two checkpoints in the Hassankhel and Janakor areas of FR Peshawar and 22 of them went missing after the Taliban attack on Wednesday night,” the APA added. ‘Spokesman’ for the Darra Adamkhel chapter of TTP, Mohammad, claimed responsibility for the attacks on the checkpoints and the kidnapping of the Levies soldiers. However, he claimed the kidnapping of 33 Levies personnel, adding that arms and ammunition were also snatched. TTP ‘central spokesman’ Ehsanullah Ehsan also claimed responsibility for the attack and the kidnapping of the security personnel.
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December - 27 
The Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Government on December 27 welcomed the Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan’s (TTP) offer for conditional talks but said it would not deter it from its principled stand against terrorism and violence, reports Dawn. “We welcome the TTP’s
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The Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Government on December 27 welcomed the Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan’s (TTP) offer for conditional talks but said it would not deter it from its principled stand against terrorism and violence, reports Dawn. “We welcome the TTP’s offer of truce and consider this a positive development,” Information Minister Mian Iftikhar Hussain said. “Let the TTP come to the table and present its conditions. It is for the state to decide what conditions are acceptable and what are unacceptable,” he said. Mian Iftikhar said his party had been attacked because of its principled stand. “Our role is very clear. We have a principled stand against terrorism and violence. Those who are willing to renounce violence are welcome to sit down with us and negotiate,” the Minister added.
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December - 27 
Federal Ministers Qamar Zaman Kaira, Khurshid Shah and Ghulam Ahmed Bilour said that the Government was prepared to hold talks with the TTP in accordance with the law and Constitution, reports The News. Minister for Information and Broadcasting Qamar
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Federal Ministers Qamar Zaman Kaira, Khurshid Shah and Ghulam Ahmed Bilour said that the Government was prepared to hold talks with the TTP in accordance with the law and Constitution, reports The News. Minister for Information and Broadcasting Qamar Zaman Kaira and Minister for Religious Affairs Khurshid Shah talking to media persons said Bilawal Bhutto Zardari has challenged the terrorists and extremist elements like his mother and given them a clear message that the PPP will continue its fight against that mindset.
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December - 28 
The chief of Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) Hakimullah Mehsud said that his militia is willing to negotiate with the Government but not disarm, a message delivered in a 40-minute video given to Reuters on December 28. “We believe in dialogue but it
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The chief of Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) Hakimullah Mehsud said that his militia is willing to negotiate with the Government but not disarm, a message delivered in a 40-minute video given to Reuters on December 28. “We believe in dialogue but it should not be frivolous,” Hakimullah Mehsud said. “Asking us to lay down arms is a joke.” In the video, Mehsud sits cradling a rifle next to his deputy, Waliur Rehman. Military officials say there has been a split between the two men but Mehsud said that was propaganda. “Waliur Rehman is sitting with me here and we will be together until death,” said Mehsud, pointing at his companion. “We are against the democratic system because it is un-Islamic,” Mehsud said. “Our war isn’t against any party. It is against the non-Islamic system and anyone who supports it.” Mehsud said in his interview that although he was open to dialogue, the Pakistani Government was to blame for the violence because it broke previous, unspecified deals. “In the past, it is the Pakistani government that broke peace agreements,” he said. “A slave of the US can’t make independent agreements; it breaks agreements according to US dictat.” Mehsud said that the TTP would follow the lead of the Afghan Taliban when it came to forming policy after most NATO troops withdraw from Afghanistan in 2014. “We are Afghan Taliban and Afghan Taliban are us,” he said. “We are with them and al Qaeda. We are even willing to get our heads cut off for al Qaeda.”
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December - 29 
Hassanabdal Police failed to trace a notorious abductor, who allegedly “escaped” from Hassanabdal Police Station of Punjab, on October 16, 2012. The abductor allegedly had links with Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) and was a native of Swat valley, K
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Hassanabdal Police failed to trace a notorious abductor, who allegedly “escaped” from Hassanabdal Police Station of Punjab, on October 16, 2012. The abductor allegedly had links with Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) and was a native of Swat valley, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa. The abductor was arrested by Hassanabdal Police in connection with abducting and murder of a 21-year-old, who was abducted for ransom, on September 29, 2012, from the village of Pind Mehri, in the limits of the Hassanabdal Police Station. The ransom being demanded was Rs25 million. A Police team led by Superintendent of Police (SP) investigations arrested the four-member gang, on October 16, 2012 through mobile phone data. During interrogation, the gang disclosed that they had killed the boy and thrown his body in a well, near Pind Mehri village, as his relatives had failed to arrange the ransom money.
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December - 29 
The Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) militants executed 22 Levies personnel on December 29 – three days after they were abducted during synchronised attacks on three security checkpoints in the Frontier Region Peshawar of Federally Administered Triba
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The Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) militants executed 22 Levies personnel on December 29 – three days after they were abducted during synchronised attacks on three security checkpoints in the Frontier Region Peshawar of Federally Administered Tribal Areas (FATA), reports The Express Tribune. 400 heavily-armed militants stormed the checkpoints in Koi Hassan Khel, Zakhi Sar Musa Darra and Jani Khwar areas of FR Peshawar late December 26-night, killing two Levies Force personnel and abducting 22 others. The bodies of 21 Levies personnel were found dumped in a nullah near Koi Hassan Khel area Saturday night. “Yes, 21 of them were found dead and one seriously wounded,” Naveed Akbar Khan, the assistant political agent (APA), said. The 22nd injured personnel succumbed to his injuries on December 30. TTP spokesman Ehsanullah Ehsan claimed responsibility for the attacks. “We killed all the kidnapped men after a council of senior clerics gave a verdict for their execution. We didn’t make any demand for their release because we don’t spare any prisoners who are caught during fighting,” he said.
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December - 31 
Awami National Party (ANP) ‘chief’ Asfandyar Wali Khan said that the Government should hold talks with the TTP following which if the terrorism problem was not resolved, other avenues should be explored. Asfandyar said the centre of terrorism was FAT
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Awami National Party (ANP) ‘chief’ Asfandyar Wali Khan said that the Government should hold talks with the TTP following which if the terrorism problem was not resolved, other avenues should be explored. Asfandyar said the centre of terrorism was FATA which was under the jurisdiction of the Federal Government. He added that the ANP could only play a role in the dialogue process with the TTP when they are given the authority. According to the ANP chief, change can only come through the ballot box and those who were advocating a change by other means had a different agenda.
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December - 31 
Federal Minister for Interior Rehman Malik said on December 31 that the Government was ready to hold talks with Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) ‘chief’ Hakimullah Mehsud if he renounced violence, reports Daily Times. “The TTP has given no response r
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Federal Minister for Interior Rehman Malik said on December 31 that the Government was ready to hold talks with Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) ‘chief’ Hakimullah Mehsud if he renounced violence, reports Daily Times. “The TTP has given no response regarding renouncing violence. When a reply is received all stakeholders will be consulted and the nation’s emotions will be taken into consideration before implementing any policy regarding the TTP”. Malik said action would be taken if the TTP continued on its path of violence. In a video message, Hakimullah Mehsud had said that the TTP were ready to negotiate with the Government but unwilling to surrender arms.
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December - 31 
The bullet-riddled bodies of nine Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) militants were found dumped on the side of the road in Peer Kaley village in North Waziristan Agency in Federally Administered Tribal Areas (FATA) on December 31, reports Daily Times.
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The bullet-riddled bodies of nine Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) militants were found dumped on the side of the road in Peer Kaley village in North Waziristan Agency in Federally Administered Tribal Areas (FATA) on December 31, reports Daily Times. “Unidentified people threw away these nine bodies. No one knows who killed them,” a security official based in Miranshah said. But Ehsanullah Ehsan, TTP spokesman said that all nine were TTP cadres and accused Security Forces (SFs) of killing them. “We are proud of their martyrdom, soon we will take revenge for this killing,” he told from an undisclosed location.
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