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Pakistan: A Victim of Terrorism (Volume III) 1

PAKISTAN: AVICTIM OF TERRORISM

(VOLUME III)

EDITORDR NOOR UL HAQ

ASSISTANT EDITOR

MUHAMMAD NAWA Z KHAN


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CONTENT

Preface v1. Year-wise Summary of Human Losses in Terrorist Acts:

1 January 2001 to 17 January 2011 12. Rah-e-Rast Operation by Armed Forces: 26 April 2009 1

July 2009 1

3. Rah-e-Nijat Operation by Armed Forces: 17 October 2009

Onward 7

4. Casualties Suffered by Armed Forces: 2009-2010 10

5. 2009: Year of Terrorism 11

6. Pakistan Lost $35bn in Three Years in War on Terror 27

7. New Dimensions of Counter-Terrorism 27

8. Suicides Bombing and Dr Tahirul Qadris Fatwa 30

9. Lessons from Lahore 3110. Taliban Increasingly Unpopular in Pakistan 31

11. Taliban Distancing Themselves from al-Qaeda 33

12. 332 Terror Hits Claimed 5,704 Lives Since 9/11 34

13. The Silent Surge 38

14. U.S. Defends Legality of Killing with Drones 41

15. Obama Moves to Delink Terrorism from Islam 43

16. Kohat Killings 45

17. Soft on Militancy 46

18. Get the Militant Leadership 47

19. The Rising Militancy 49

20. Militancy: Realism Needed 50

21. Terror in Lahore 52

22. Terrorism and the Economy 52

23. Search for Soul 55

24.Provinces Back Efforts to Combat Terror 56

25. A Good Anti-terrorism Move 57

26. Terrorism and Religious Identities 60

27.Quelling Terrorism 63

28.Terrorist Attacks 64

29.Quetta Attack 65

30.Lakki Marwat Blast 65

31.Deployment of More Drones Against Pakistan 66

32.The Scourge of Terrorism 67


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33.Attacking the Ghazi of Karachi 69

34.Drone Attacks May be Legal, But Are They Moral? 71

35.By Publicly Acknowledging the Price Pakistan Pays

for its Counterterrorism Policy, the U.S. is Helping Untie its

Leaderships Hands 72

36.A Year of Sub-sectarian Massacre 7637. Swabi Attack 78

38.U.S. Double-dealing 79

39.U.S. Seeks to Expand Drone Operations 80

40.Government Firm in Eliminating Menace of Terrorism:

Prime Minister 81

41.Terror Group Forms Suicidal Gang 81

42.Afghans Involved in Terrorist Activities: Minister of Interior 83

43.Pak-Afghan Joint Declaration: Accord to Knock Out

Militant Sanctuaries 83

44.U.S.-Pakistan Secret Efforts to Defeat al-Qaeda: Petraeus 8545.National Assembly Body Condemns Drone Attacks 86

46.No Taliban or Quetta Shura in Balochistan: FCIG 86

47.Prime Minister Calls for Joint Strategy to Combat Terrorism 87

48.Drone Attacks in Pakistan 87

49.Pakistan Armys Contributions in Fight Against Terrorism 103

IPRI Publications 106


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PREFACEPhilip J. Crowley, U.S. Asst Secretary of State, told the audience in his daily

briefing that There is no country that has suffered more significantly from

terrorism than Pakistan itself.1 Citing a study, Bruce Riedal of Brookings

Institution said There were 2,113 terrorist attacks in Pakistan last year [2010].No country in the world even comes close to that. Almost 3000 people died

and 6000 were wounded.2 Soon after the tragedy of September 11, 2001,

Pakistan allied itself with the U.S. in the war against terror. The U.S.-led

invasion in Afghanistan commenced in 2001. The Talibans were defeated but

could not be eliminated. Their resistance transformed into an insurgency and

an armed struggle against the foreign forces and their local supporters.

During the past more than three decades (1978-2010), Afghanistan

has been in a state of war and Pakistan has had to accommodate millions of

refugees entering the country since 1978. In the beginning, their number had

risen to about six million but even at present this is not less than 2.5 million.

Since Pakistan is supporting the war against the militants/terrorists in

Afghanistan, the insurgency in that country has spilled over into Pakistans

FATA, adjacent to Afghanistan, and the adjoining settled areas of Khyber

Pakhtunkhwa. These terrorists are a source of the numerous acts of violence

and terrorism that plague the whole country.

The fight against militants/terrorists has so far cost Pakistan 2273

soldiers of the Army killed and 6512 injured, making a total of 8785, besides

21,672 civilians killed. As against them the U.S. and NATO, comprising 43

nations, have suffered only 1582 casualties.

While the terrorist activities are on the rise, the economy is sliding

downward, the much-needed foreign investment is not forthcoming and thedevelopment of the country is being adversely affected. The cumulative

economic impact runs into billions of dollars. Pakistan is likely to continue to

suffer as long as there is no peace in Afghanistan.

There is a perception that the tribal insurgency could drag on for an

indefinite period. The solution to the problem lies in the age-old system ofjirga

(assembly of elders) and securing cooperation of all immediate neighbours of

Afghanistan (i.e., China, Iran, Pakistan, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, and

Uzbekistan) as well as the U.S., Russia and NATO to resolve the Afghanistan

imbroglio.

1 Frontier Post(Peshawar) on line, January 12, 2010.2 Bruce Riedel introducing his book Deadly Embrace: Pakistan, America and Future of

Global Jihadin the Brookings Institution, Washington, on January 18, 2011.


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The IPRI Factfileincludes selected articles appearing in the print media

from December 2009 till December 2010, and relevant data depicting terrorist

activities causing losses in men and material to the people of Pakistan.

January 19, 2011. Noor-ul-Haq


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YEA R-W ISE SUMMARY OF HUMAN L OSSESIN TERRORIST A CTS IN PA K ISTA N

1 JA NUA RY 2001 TO 17 JA NUA RY 2011

S.No Year No. of

*Incidents

Kil led Injured

LEAs Civil ians LEAs Civil ians

1 2001 110 13 41 72 224

2 2002 56 32 70 110 201

3 2003 88 11 18 46 106

4 2004 159 24 52 152 260

5 2005 113 9 19 32 81

6 2006 1444 267 502 645 9 82

7 2007 1820 575 1677 1462 2065

8 2008 1575 541 2248 1434 3665

9 2009 1946 706 1674 1832 5544

10 2010 2061 502 1453 1383 396511 2011 54 24 16 46 33

Total : 9426 2704 7770 7214 17126

Source: Government of Pakistan, Ministry of Interior, Crisis Management Cell

RAH-E-RAST OPERATION B Y A RMED FORCE26 A PRIL 2009 1J UL Y 2009

A SUMMARY

After the complete break down of law and order in the Swat Valley, where

followers of Fazal ullah had murdered most of the policemen and had takenover police stations, govt and private buildings, Army was called in aid of civil

power to clear the valley of terrorists. Army conducted Swat operation in Swat

Valley in Nov 2007 and cleared the valley in five weeks. Than came the

elections in Feb 2008 and provincial government decided to have a peace

agreement in April 2008. However, the terrorists never honoured the

agreement and in the garb of peace agreement kept expanding their influence.

They started establishing check posts, kept hitting military convoys, started

recruiting young boys of Swat and surrounding areas in different areas in

training camps of varying sizes. They resorted to kidnapping of civilians,

asking for ransom, anyone opposing was killed brutally and they coerced the

population to an extent that they started accepting them as their masters.Realizing the gravity of the situation government once again ordered

Army to launch an operation. This time under the influence of terrorists, the


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2 IPRI Factfilecivilian population did not cooperate. Moreover during this period the

terrorists had reorganized, regrouped, rearmed and had increased their area of

influence in other parts of Swat and Malakand. The military operation had

become unpopular, with militants entrenched in built up areas. The operation

claimed lot of destruction, damage, death and displacement of innocent

citizens. At this stage the government desired to hold the operation to avoid

further damage and go for reconciliation process through TNSM to give

Nizam-e-Adal which was long standing demand of the people. As a result yet

another peace agreement with the pledge of enactment of Nizam-e-Adal was

signed.

It was soon realized that militants were not interested in Nizam-e-Adal,

rather they were using it as a slogan/rhetoric to achieve their nefarious

designs. The following statistics of their terrorist activities after the signing of

peace agreement clearly shows their lack of sincerity to the Nizam-e-Adal/

peace agreement:-

S/No Incident Remarks

a. Kidnapping incident 55 (Individuals abducted

are more than 100)

b. Security Forces Personnel

Killed/Wounded

30 (Injured 44)

c. Suicide Attacks 4

d. IEDs Attacks 8

e. Ambush military convoys 7

f. Fire Raids 30

g. Schools damaged 2

h. Police Stations destroyed 1

j. Grid Stations destroyed 1

k. Banks Looted 6

Their intentions got crystallized when militants in total negation of

peace agreement moved into Buner and Shangla. The real face of militants got

exposed and not only the people of Swat but whole nation gelled together in

demanding elimination of terrorists from Malakand Division through a

complete comprehensive and decisive operation.

Conduct of Operation

The plan to clear Malakand Division of terrorists was based on the assumption

that Failure is not an Option. The operation had to be swift, multipronged,effective, comprehensive and all encompassing with an end strategy. The

success of this operation lived on two cardinal principles. The support of


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public and prevent the escape of terrorists to other areas. The innocent

population had to be protected even at the cost of compromising operational

necessities and built up areas had to be cleansed and not bombed. With these

limitations and objectives the operation was launched on 26 April 2009.

Operation Tandar -1

On the request of provincial govt and people of Dir, Frontier Corps launched

the operation Tandar-1 in Islampura-Lal Qila Maidan Areas in lower Dir.

Intense clashes took place, killing over 100 militants including important

militant commander Qari Shahid. Lal Qila was finally secured and thereafter

search and cordon operations in adjoining areas continued and to date they are

being conducted.

Op Tandar II

Early morning on 29 April heliborne forces of Frontier Corps successfully

landed at Daggar and surrounding areas and secured Daggar, the headquarters

of Buner District. Meanwhile the ground forces advanced on two axis,

Malandri axis and Ambella axis to link up with forces of Daggar. At Ambella

pass security forces confronted 13 suicide vehicles, 2 suicide motorcyclists and

4 individual suiciders and a group of 100 militants on mountain top. Finally

linkage with troops at Daggar was established. Later by 6th May operation was

launched to secure Sultanwas. After an intense engagement for over 9 days

Sultanwas was finally secured on 15 May 2009. Later Pir Baba was cleared and

and the important Karakar pass which links Buner with Swat was secured on

June 13. Finally the forces operating in Buner established link up with forces

operating in Swat at Jambil and on 1st July 2009 secured Dewana Baba route

leaving Buner with Shangla. During Operation Tander two (Buner) 305

terrorists were killed and 102 apprehended while Security Forces suffered 34casualties and 127 were wounded. During this operation, following important

militant commanders were killed/arrested:-

a. Qadir r/o Kumbar - Killed

b. Noor Hameed r/o Kokoi Banda - Killed

c. Aftab r/o Dabuna - Killed

d. Yousef r/o Dabuna - Killed

e. Iftikhar r/o Sharlara - Killed

f. Bakht Buland r/o shagai - Killed

g. Abu Saeed r/o Buner - Killed

h. Misbah ud Din r/o Buner - Killedj. Sultan Khan r/o Drushkhela - Killed

k. Ghulam Khaliq r/o Buner - Killed


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4 IPRI Factfilel. Salim r/o Ambela - Killed

m. Sherzada r/o Ambela - Killed

n. Shah Sultan r/o Charbagh - Killed

o. Abdullah r/o Hayasarai - Killed

p. Hameed r/o Mera Shah - Apprehended

q. Miraj r/o Bar Maian - Apprehendedr. Mula Khan r/o Khawazakhela - Apprehended

Operation Rah-e-Raast -The Battle of Swat

In sync with operation at Buner Security forces launched an operation in

Shangla district on 6 May and secured Ramtallai Sar where Security forces

discovered 166 dead bodies. At the same time forces secured Chamtaliai and

Khwazakhela. Meanwhile terrorists who were targeting security forces from

Emrald Mines were targeted where 35 terrorists were killed.

By 9th May 09, main headquarters of militants in Loe Namal and

Matta was completely destroyed on the same day security forces

launched an Op at Gulabad and secured Chakdara and pt 2245 and pt

2266 in Loe Sar were also captured. At this stage terrorists were being

engaged from four directions i.e West, North, East and South.

On 12 May 09, in a surprise action Special Services Group landed at

the heights surrounding Peochar the headquarters of Fazal Ullah and

the main training centre, which was believed to be unreachable and

unconquerable. Here security forces came across tough resistance and

discovered elaborate training facilities, IEDS and bomb making

factories and number of tunnels, 150 feet long and 12 to 15 ft wide.

From ridge to ridge security forces cleaned the area after intense

engagement at every step and finally secured Peochar valley by 20thJune.

By 14th May 09, security forces after clearing Barikot secured the area

upto Bilgram 6 kms short of Mingora.

By 16 May 09, area from Shangla towards Khawazkela was secured

and Biadra Markaz the strong hold of terrorists on Matta Durshkhela

road was destroyed.

By 17 May 09, Op Rah e Rast entered into a new phase. Security

forces entered the town of Matta from East and from West were able

to secure area between Bilogram to Takhtaband and Kanju. At the

same time Mam Dhairi was targeted, killing 15 miscreants. The

capture of this strategic location having tunnels and extensive training

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By 21 May 09, Banai Baba Ziarat the highest point in the area and a

main terrorists training centre was captured after intense battle. The

capture of this strategic location having tunnels and extensive training

facilities gave a severe blow to the resistance of terrorists in the area.

On 27 May 09, security forces entered Mingora city and link up

operations from different sides commenced. The terrorists trappedfrom three directions suffered heavily and a number of suicide

attempts and IEDs were foiled/destroyed. Parallel to this a strategic

bridge of utmost importance Wanai Bridge linking Matta with

Peochar was successfully secured.

On 24 May 09, on report of presence of terrorists at Malam Jabba, a

swift operation was launched and cleared in next 36 hours. Malam

Jabba located on main line of communication connects Swat Valley

with Mansehra was being used as a training centre and logistic base by

terrorists. Same day operation from Kanju to secure Kabbal the main

stronghold of militants was launched and Fizaghat and Qambar

Village were secured. By 12 June 09, security forces secured Sakhra Valley, the main route

of terrorists moving from Peochar towards Kalam and other areas.

On 27 May 09, security forces entered Bahrain where they were

welcomed by locals with National flags in their hands, it was secured

in two days and operations towards Kalam and Gulibagh commenced

simultaneously.

By 31st May 09, Mingora was fully secured. Huge cache of Arms,

Ammunition, and Communication equipment were recovered from

different areas. Over 150 IEDs were destroyed and a number of

terrorists killed and apprehended. After securing Mingora, Security

forces turned on Buner axis and secured Najigram, to establish link upwith forces operating at Buner.

On 1st June 09, operation to secure Charbagh was launched alongwith

a link up operation to link Kabbal with Sirsanai.

By 5 June 09, security forces cleared area upto Chakesar Valley and in

other areas Cordon and search operation at a fast pace were

conducted. At the same time the local Lashkar surrounded 4 villages

of terrorists in Upper Dir killing 20 of them.

By 12 June 09, security forces secured Chuprial after intense

engagements. Here a comprehensive training center with a tunnel 150

feet long and 12 feet wide was discovered after eliminating 40

terrorists. On 15 June 09, Aligrama was secured and huge cache of arms and

ammunition was recovered from the area.


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6 IPRI Factfile By 16 June 09, Peochar valley was fully secured and link up of forces

operating in Peochar and Chaprial was established in an area south of

Biha valley. During this operation security forces recovered lot of

IEDs, Arms, Ammunition big and small tunnels and prepared vehicles

for suicide missions and this time Civil Administration became fully

functional in Shangla district and IDPs of Kalam started moving back. On 24 June 09, the culminating operations to clear Shamozai in the

west and Biha Valley in the north commenced. By 26th June Shamozai

was fully secured.

On 30 June 09, the final operation, Op Shah Dheri was launched

from two direction from north Samai Killile was secured and from the

east forces secured Bhoka and Yakh Tangai Sar.

By 1st July 09, Shah Dheri was fully secured alongwith vital link up

operation in the south with District of Buner.

By Ist Jul 09, by the grace of Almighty Allah security forces completed

the securing of Malakand and Swat over an area of 5373 sq kms,

through an intense, courageous and bold operations in an inhospitableenvironment and against an enemy with no face.

The casualty state below bears ample testimony to the courage/valour and

sacrifice of security forces.

Agency wise details of incidents for the year 2009:-

Agency Suicide IED Rkt/SAs Ambush Abduction Phy

Attk

Expl

Dir 2 10 11 0 11 0 1

Swat 5 39 144 17 52 3 5

Total 7 49 155 17 63 3 6

Source: official data.

Date

Own Cas Terrorists Cas

Shaheed Wounded Killed Wounded /

Apprehended

April 2009 1 4 74 0

May 2009 82 246 1152 79

June 2009 61 167 373 144Total 144 417 1599 223


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RA H-E-N I JA T OPERATION B Y A RMED FORCE

17 OCTOBER 2009 ONWARD

A SUMMARY

1. To curb the menace of terrorism in South Waziristan Agency,

Operation Rah-e-Nijat commenced on 17th October 2009.The Operation

was started on three Axes.

a. Jandola-Sararogha Axis

(1) Ist Week

(a) On Jandola-Sararogha Axis area upto Mandana,

Kund and Tarakai feature was secured by Security

Forces on 18th October.

(b) On 19th October Security Forces secured Tor

Ghundai feature and Shishamwam. On the same day

security forces made an envelopment manoeuvre

around town ofKotkai.

(c) On 23rd October Security Forces secured importantfeature of Shishamwam. This important height is

behind Kotkai village thereby seiging Kotkai village

from the east. On 24th October Security Forces took

complete control of important stronghold of TTP, the

town of Kotkai, the native place of terrorists leader

Hakim Ullah Mehsud and Qari Hussain. On the

same date Shishamwam was also fully secured.

(2) 2nd Week

(a) After intense engagements, Security Forces secured the

significant mountain top ofTarkona on 25th October.

Security Forces also progressed well on Jandola-Sararogha axis securing important ridges. Moving

forward ofKotkai Important Road Y Junction was

secured at Kazhakas, the roads leading to Inzar Kalle

and Sararogha on 26th October.

(b) On 27th October Security Forces cleared Village

Zeriwam and dominating hill features along east and

west ridges on main Axis Jandola-Sararogha. The

dominating ridges around main road and village Ganra

Kas and Konar heights were also secured.

(c) After gaining control of Kotkai, the forces moved

towards Sararogha, the Headquarters of CommanderBaitullah Mehsud Group. The town fell on 6

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8 IPRI Factfile(3) 3rd Week

(a) Forces after consolidating their positions in Sararogha

and adjoining areas followed by mopping up operations

advanced towards Ahmed Wam which was secured on

13 November. A huge cache of arms and ammunition

was recovered.

(b) Torman fell to the troops on 13 November.

(c) Forces captured Janata on 17 November and recovered

huge cache of arms and ammunition. It was followed

by the fall of Barora Niazi on 23 November and Mir

Khoni on 25 November.

(d) To date the most important phase of operation is in

good progress. On Jandola-Sararogha Sector the

important stronghold ofSararogha has been cleared.

(e) On Shakai-Kaniguram Sector, Karma the stronghold

ofUzbeks has been cleared alongwith Kaniguram. On

Razmak-Makeen Sector security forces had cleared

Makeen.

b. Shakai-Ladha Axis

(1 Ist Week

(a) On Shakai-Ladha Axis Boya Narai and Wuzi Sar

were captured on 18th October.

(b) Sherwangi was also secured on 19th October.

(c) On 20th October Security Forces further consolidated

their positions at Sherwangi. The important heights

surrounding Sherwangi were secured and terrorists

had vacated their positions leaving behind arms and

ammunitions. On 21st October security Forces clearedKhaisura Village linking up with Tiarza Fort. While

extending perimeters of security in North of

Sherwangi security Forces also secured area of

Gurgura Sar.

(d) Security Forces secured Chalwasti village on main

Shakai-Kaniguram-Ladha axis on 23rd October.

(2) 2nd Week

(a) Security Forces also cleared area along road

Sherwangi-Ladha Axis uptill road track junction.

(b) Till 28th of October security forces had achieved

substantial success on all three axes.(c) In anticipation of stiff resistance from militants in

Kaniguram, another strongholds of the militants, the

SSG captured all the strategic heights of Karwan


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Manza, which overlooks Kaniguram. The capture of

these dominating heights resulted in the fall of

Kaniguram, Asman Manza on 2 November followed

by steadily advances towards Karama, the home town

of commander Wali-ur-Rehman, the chief commander

of Taliban chapter of South Waziristan.

(3) 3rd Week

(a) After consolidating positions in Kaniguram, forces

moved towards Ladha, another important town and

home town of militant commander Shamin. The town

witnessed fierce fighting and eventually it fell on 17

November, in which the militant suffered heavy

casualties and left behind huge cache of arms and

ammunition.

(b) The strategically located dry Nullah of Kot Langer

Khel was captured on 13 November but forces

suffered heavy losses as the militant ambushed the

convoy of the security forces with IEDs and smallarms. However they responded quickly by killing nearly

dozens militants and completely sanitized the area till

the heights overlooking Makeen.

(c) The forces captured the strategic located feature of

Kund Mela on 1 December and destroyed large

numbers of IEDs which were planted on various

tracks.

c. Razmak-Makeen Axis

(1) Ist Week

(a) On Razmak-Makeen Axis important features and

tactical heights were secured on 18th October.(b) Meanwhile Security Forces consolidated their positions

at Razmak and effectively blocked the roads leading

from Makeen.

(2) 2nd Week

(a) Security Forces also secured Shagha feature and

Sharakai Sar in Nawazkot area. These heights

dominate Road Nawazkot-Makeen and area all

around.

(b) On 27th October security forces surrounded

Nawazkot and dominated the important ridges ahead

ofNawazkot. Forces also regained control of old FCPost.

(c) On 29th October after fully securing Sharakai Sar

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10 IPRI FactfilePakalita and Manza Sar along main axis Razmak-

Makeen. Important heights of Dralima and Ahnei

Kalle were secured on 30th October.

(d) The forces after overcoming resistance moved towards

China which fell on 2 November and thus exposed

Makeen.

(3) 3rd Week

(a) Nawaz Kot was cleared on 21 November, Marobi

Rogha captured on 24 November, while Makeen

Laghad was secured on 30 November and now troops

are gradually moving towards Ladha, where the

militants have blocked their advances by occupying the

ridges overlooking Makeen.

(b) The important stronghold of Kaniguram was

surrounded from three directions and forces had made

good progress onJandola-Sararogha Axis along with

securing important heights in Nawazkot area on

Razmak-Makeen Axes.

Casualty state is as under:

CASUALTY STATE OPERATION RAH-E-NIJAT

Date Own Terrorists

Shaheed Wounded Killed Injured Arrested Surrendered

October 34 103 322 0 6 0

November 35 69 266 0 19 0

December 1 2 1 0 26 0

Total 70 174 589 0 51 0

Source: Official data.

CA SUA L TIES SUFFERED BY A RMED FORCE 2009-2010

A SUMMARY

Casualty State: Operation Rah-e-Rast: 27-4-2009 to 24-6-2009

Date Own Terrorists


Total 193* 658** 1537 818 1717 0* Including 14 Officers)

** Including 36 Officers)


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Casualty State Operation Rah-e-Nijat: 17-10-2009 to 8-2-2010

Date Own Terrorists


Total 1 11 7 1 210 0

Casualty State: 2001 to 14 January 2011

Dated Army/FC

Shaheed Wounded

2001 onward 2675 8317

Casualty State-FATA 2009-2010

Date Civilians

2009-2010 Shaheed Wounded

2060 4266

Casualty State during Suicide Bombing/Attacks All Over the Country

Civilians

Shaheed Wounded

2815 7638

Source: Official Data

2009 YEAR OF TERRORISM

Pakistan is at war, and this time the war is not at its borders with an enemy

country. This war is with its own people and within its own territory. Some call

it Americas war whereas the government and the army call it Pakistans own

war.

This war has plagued Pakistan's provinces of North West Frontier

Province (NWFP) [Khyber Pakhtunkhwa], Balochistan, and Punjab with

violence between militants and government security forces as well as terrorist

activities against innocent civilians. Though, the nature of these violent

incidents and terrorist attacks seem similar all over the country, the causes of

the conflicts vary in different regions.

In NWFP, the worst hit province in terms of terrorism, Operation Rah-e-Rast against pro-Taliban groups displaced hundreds of thousands of people

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12 IPRI Factfileextremists killed and 158 soldiers martyred. During the operation, around

300,000 people of Swat took refuge in camps or with relatives.

Not only displacement, residents of the province also bear the brunt of

the terrorist attacks in the country. Around 87 such incidents took place in the

province, including suicide attacks, hand grenade attacks, rocket and mortar

attacks and blasts with remote control devices. At least 824 people, including

228 security officials of different organizations and grades, were killed in

attacks during the year.

Attack on shrine of a 17th century Sufi poet - Rehman Baba - in the

Akhund Baba graveyard of Peshawar to discourage shrine culture shocked

the nation. A letter delivered to the management of the mausoleum three days

before the attack had warned against its promotion of shrine culture.

In Balochistan, Pakistan's largest and poorest province, tribal militants

are engaged in a long-running, low-level insurgency to gain greater control of

the region's natural resources and political power. Analysts say Afghan Taliban

groups are also using Baluchistan as a base. Most of the 37 terrorist acts

reported from the province were incidents of sectarian violence. Around 66

people, including 11 security officials, were killed in the terrorist attacks. Thosekilled include 3 academicians, 1 cardiologist, Balochistan Chief Mines

Inspector, Balochistan Education Minister, Vice President of Jamhoori Watan

Party, Chairman of Hazara Democratic Party, leader of Fiqah Jafria, and leader

of Jammat Ahl-e-Sunnat Wal Jamaat Noorani.

Some of the militant violence has spilled into other parts of Pakistan,

with suicide and armed attacks on troops and the country's main cities.

In Punjab, 315 people were killed in 20 terrorist attacks. Those killed

include 62 security officials. The worst terrorist incidents were suicide attacks

at Moon Market, Lahore and Paradeline mosque, Rawalpindi. More than 85

people were killed in the two attacks.

Islamabad, the capital of Pakistan, didnt remain safe from the terrorwave and 28 people were killed in 10 terrorist attacks. Some of the important

incidents include suicide attack at UN World Food Program (WFP) office and

suicide attack at International Islamic University, Islamabad.

Violence erupted in Sindh after suicide attack on Ashura procession at

M A Jinnah Road, Karachi on December 28... just 3 days before the new year.

The province remained relatively safe during the year. At least 53 people were

killed in 17 terrorist activities. Majority of these incidents were target killings or

shooting incidents, which apparently had sectarian motives behind them.

Following is a time line of major terrorist attacks in all four provinces of

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Terrorist Attacks in NWFP

January 4: A suicide bomber was killed while two people sustained

injuries near a check-post in Officers Colony in Bannu. The suicide

bomber blew himself up in an attempt to target a check-post but

could not succeed as the bomb exploded before he could reach his

target. January 4: Ten persons, including 4 policemen, were killed and 27

others injured in two bomb blasts near the Polytechnic College in

Dera Ismail Khan.

January 17: In the first incident of its kind in Peshawar, religious

scholar Pir Hafiz Rafeeullah, who was kidnapped on January 16,

was reportedly slaughtered and his decapitated body was found in

the Matani area of the capital on the morning of January 17.

January 20: Four policemen and 4 civilians were injured when a

police patrol van was hit by a roadside bomb on Ring Road in the

Hazarkhwani area of Peshawar.

January 23: Two SF personnel were killed in a car suicide attacknear Mingora town in the Swat District of NWFP.

January 26: At least 5 people have been killed and several wounded

in a bomb blast in Dera Ismail Khan. The bomb, attached to a

bicycle, went off on a busy main road.

February 3: One man was killed and 18 others injured in a hand

grenade attack on a Sunni mosque at Mohallah Joginwala in Dera

Ismail Khan district.

February 5: A suicide attacker detonated an explosive-laden car near

a police station in the Mingora town of Swat District, injuring a

dozen officers and destroying part of the building.

February 9: At least 18 FC personnel were injured in amini-truck

suicide attack on the Baran Pul check-post of the Frontier Reserve

Police (FRP) in the jurisdiction of Bakkakhel police station in

Bannu District.

February 11: Alamzeb Khan, a Member of Provincial Assembly

from the ruling Awami National Party (ANP), was killed and 7

others were injured in a remote-controlled bomb blast in Momin

Town in Peshawar.

February 17: Five people were killed and 17 injured in a car bomb

blast outside the Hujra (male guest house) of the union council

chief in Bazidkhel village of Peshawar.

February 20: At least 32 persons were killed and 145 others injured

when a suicide bomber exploded himself in the funeral procession

of a slain employee of the Tehsil Municipal Administration near the

busy Shubra Square in Dera Ismail Khan.


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14 IPRI Factfile February 23: A police guard was killed when he flung himself onto a

suicide bomber to prevent him from entering a compound in

Bannu. The attacker was trying to enter the compound, where

judges and senior police officials live and work, when the guard

intercepted him. Two other police guards were wounded in the

attack.

March 5: One person was killed and 19 others sustained injuries

when a hand-grenade hurled by unidentified miscreants at

worshippers exploded in Ameer Hamza mosque in Dera Ismail

Khan.

March 5: Suspected Taliban militants blew an ancient shrine of a

17th century Sufi poet - Rehman Baba - in the Akhund Baba

graveyard of Peshawar. A letter delivered three days before the

attack to the management of the mausoleum had warned against its

promotion of shrine culture.

March 7: 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. Some villagers alsosustained minor injuries.

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 Peshawar. Four persons, including a young girl,

were wounded in the firing, grenade attack and suicide blast.

March 18: Five people including three policemen were killed and

four injured when over 100 unidentified armed men attacked a

police vehicle at the entrance of the University of Malakand at

Chakdara in Lower Dir District.

March 30: Seven persons, including 5 Army soldiers, were killed and9 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.

April 5: Police found bullet-riddled bodies of four local aid workers,

including three women, in Shinkiari area of Mansehra District.

April 15: At least 18 persons, including nine policemen, were killed

and five others injured when a suicide bomber rammed an

explosives-laden vehicle into the Harichand Police Post in

Charsadda District.

April 18: At least 27 SF personnel were killed and 55 others injured

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April 26: 12 children were killed after playing with a bomb that

resembled a football. The children died after the toy-like-bomb

exploded in Lower Dir District.

May 1: The ISPR spokesman Major General Athar Abbas said two

Frontier Corps personnel were killed when a suicide bomber blew

up a booby-trapped house in the Buner District.

May 4: A suicide car bomber killed 4 SF personnel and wounded 8

persons in the outskirts of Peshawar.

May 5: Seven people, including 2 children and a Frontier Corps

soldier, were killed and 48 others sustained injuries when an

explosives-laden car rammed into a pick-up near a check-post on

the Bara road near Peshawar.

May 11: At least 10 people died and 27 were injured as a suicide

bomber blew up his explosives-laden vehicle near a Frontier Corps

check post in the outskirts of Darra Adam Khel.

May 16: Two handicapped children and 2 of their teachers were

among 11 people killed in a car bomb blast at congested City

Circular Road, Peshawar. At least 33 people were injured. May 16: Six people, including two women and two children,

sustained minor injuries when a low-intensity explosive device went

off in a busy market in Peshawar.

May 22: At least 10 people were killed and 65 others were injured

when a powerful car bomb exploded near the Tasveer Mahal

Cinema hall in the busy Kabuli Chowk area.

May 28: Three policemen were killed and 9 others injured in a

suicide attack on a police vehicle at the Sra Khawra security post on

the Kohat road in the jurisdiction of Matani Police station on the

outskirts of Peshawar.

May 28: A policeman and 2 passers-by were killed and 13 peoplewounded when a suicide attacker exploded an auto-rickshaw near a

police checkpoint in Dera Ismail Khan.

June 5: A suicide bomber killed 49 worshippers, including 12

children, at a mosque in a remote village of the Dir Upper District.

Dozens more were injured in the blast just before Friday

congregation in the Hayagay Sharqi village.

June 7: One non-commissioned officer was killed and five others

were injured in an attack on security forces' convoy transporting

TNSM deputy chief Maulana Alam and spokesman Amir Izaat to

Peshawar, the NWFP capital. Both leaders of banned outfits were

also killed in the attack. June 9: A massive truck suicide attack at the five-star Pearl

Continental hotel in Peshawar killed 17 persons and injured 60

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16 IPRI Factfile June 11: A man was killed and 13 others, including 9 policemen,

sustained injuries in a hand grenade-cum-suicide attack on a police

party in the Lateefabad area on Ring Road in Peshawar.

June 11: NWFP Minister for Prisons Mian Nisar Gul Kakakhel was

seriously injured and his two guards were killed when his convoy

was ambushed by suspected militants in Darra Adam Khel.

June 12: Five worshippers were killed and 105 others sustained

injuries when a suicide bomber rammed his explosives-laden van

into a mosque during the Friday prayers in the Cantonment area of

Nowshera. Two soldiers were among the four persons killed on the

spot while most of the 105 wounded were reportedly Army

personnel.

June 14: Nine people were killed and over 40 injured when a

powerful explosion ripped through a busy market in Dera Ismail

Khan.

June 22: Two policemen were killed and 7 people, including 3

policemen, sustained injuries when a suicide bomber rammed his

explosive-laden vehicle into the Thakot Police check-post inBattagram District.

June 24: Three policemen, including an officer, were killed when

some miscreants fired rockets and mortar shells at the Arbab Tapu

check-post in the jurisdiction of Matani Police Station.

July 2: Two policemen were killed and an equal number of people

sustained injuries when Taliban targeted a police vehicle with a

remote-controlled device in Peshawar.

July 9: A Peshawar Electric Supply Company (PESCO) employee

was killed and three injured when Taliban militants blew up an

electricity pylon using a remote-controlled device in Merra Suraizai

Payan village on the outskirts of the provincial capital Peshawar. July 15: Two people, including an official of the UNHCR, were

killed and another injured when suspected Taliban militants

attempted to abduct UN officials at the Katcha Ghari Refugee

Camp in Nasir Bagh.

July 15: Two children were injured in a rocket attack. Taliban

militants fired three rockets from an unidentified location into the

city at about 12:30pm, and one of them hit a house in Sethi Town,

injuring a 13-year-old girl and a 15-year-old boy.

July 20: Suspected militants of the Mangal Bagh group killed four

policemen in an ambush on the outskirts of Peshawar.

August 2: In the southern Mashogagar village, terrorists killed aprayer leader Qari Roohul Amin of Sulemankhel, who had been

abducted on June 29, and placed three kilograms of explosives with

his body to trigger it with a remote control device in the hope that


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policemen would come close to it. Officials of the bomb disposal

squad, however, defused the explosives without any damage.

August 2: Militants shot dead two policemen in Paharipura. A squad

of the Paharipura Police Station was ambushed by unknown

gunmen in Islamabad town of Peshawar around 2:30 am while

patrolling the streets.

August 10: Militants fired rockets at a paramilitary checkpoint in

Peshawar, killing two civilians. The pre-dawn rocket attack targeted

a Frontier Corps base in the city's Hayatabad neighborhood.

August 16: A soldier was killed and three others sustained injuries in

a suicide attack near a SFs checkpoint in the Swat District.

August 17: Seven people were killed and eight others injured when a

bomb placed in a vehicle exploded at a filling station in the

Shabqadar area in Charsadda.

August 18: Suspected militants beheaded a man kidnapped from the

Matani area on August 12. Kabir Hussain, who had come from the

US and was kidnapped on his way from Peshawar airport to his

village Dabori in Kohat District. August 22: Two persons were killed and three others injured in a

suicide blast in Hayatabad area. The blast occurred in sector N-I

Phase IV of the area near the Hayatabad Medical Complex (HMC).

August 23: Three persons were killed and 15 others sustained

injuries in a powerful suicide blast close to the house of the slain AI

spokesman, Mobin Afridi, in the Momin Town area of Peshawar

August 30: At least 16 police recruits were killed and 11 others

sustained injuries after a suicide bomber detonated explosives

strapped to his body at the Mingora Police Station.

September 4: Suspected militants shot dead two FC troopers in

Nasir Bagh suburbs of Peshawar early in the morning while theywere patrolling the area.

September 12: Two policemen were injured in a suicide blast near

Doaba Police Station in the Hangu District.

September 18: At least 33 people were killed and more than 50

injured in a suicide car blast in Kohat District.

September 26: Two suicide attackers separately rammed their

explosives-laden vehicles into a Police station in Bannu and a

military-owned commercial bank in Peshawar cantonment area,

killing at least 27 people and injuring around another 200.

September 28: At least four persons, including a prominent anti-

Taliban cleric, were killed when a suicide bomber rammed hisexplosives-laden vehicle into a car at Bannu.


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18 IPRI Factfile October 6: A woman, a minor girl and a boy sustained injuries when

a rocket hit a house in Miskeenabad under the jurisdiction of

Bhanamari Police Station, Peshawar at around 2 am.

October 9: At least 56 persons, including a woman and seven

children, were killed and 112 others were injured when a suicide

attacker detonated his explosives-laden car at the crowded Soekarno

Chowk in Khyber Bazaar in Peshawar.

October 12: At least 47 persons, including 9 security officials, were

killed and 45 others were injured in a suicide attack on a military

convoy in the Alpuri area of Shangla District, NWFP.

October 15: At least 11 persons, including 3 policemen, were killed

and 22 others sustained injuries when a suicide bomber rammed an

explosives-laden vehicle into the building of the Saddar Police

Station located in the military area of Kohat.

October 15: An eight-year-old boy, identified as Hamza, was killed

and 12 persons, including two policemen, were wounded when a

powerful bomb exploded in a three-storey building in the officers

colony of provincial capital Peshawar. October 16: At least 12 persons, including three policemen, were

killed and 24 others sustained injuries after a suicide bomber

rammed his explosives-laden vehicle into the CIAs Special

Investigation Unit in Peshawar.

October 23: At least 15 people were injured in a bombing outside a

restaurant in the Hayatabad area. The bomb was planted in a car.

October 28: A remote-controlled car bomb killed 117 people

including women and children and injured around 200 others at

the Meena Bazaar in Peshawar.

November 8: At least 18 people, including a local councillor heading

an anti-Taliban Lashkar (militia), were killed and 44 others injuredwhen a suicide bomber blew him up in a cattle market at Adezai

village, 25 km south of the capital city of Peshawar.

November 9: Three persons, including a policeman, were killed and

5 others sustained injuries when a suicide bomber riding an auto-

rickshaw blew himself up at a police barricade on the Ring Road in

the Latifabad area of Peshawar.

November 10: Suicide car bomb blast at Farooq-e-Azam Chowk,

Charsadda. Thirty two people were killed and 80 were injured in the

incident.

November 12: Syed Abul Hassan Jaffry, media manager of the

Iranian consulate in Peshawar, was shot dead near his home inGulbarg. Jaffry was going to his office when he was shot at point-

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November 13: At least 17 people, including 10 military personnel,

were killed and 60 injured when a suicide bomber on an explosive-

laden Shehzore truck detonated the explosive material in front of

the regional headquarters of the ISI in Peshawar.

November 13: Twelve people, including 5 security officials, were

killed and 26 injured in a suicide attack at a Police Station in the

Bannu town of Bannu District.

November 14: At least 12 persons, including a policeman and a

three-year-old child, were killed and another 35 injured when a

suicide bomber detonated his explosives-laden vehicle at police

check post in Pashta Kharra Chowk, Peshawar.

November 16: Four persons were killed and more than 30 others

sustained injuries in a suicide car bombing which targeted the

Badhber Police Station on the Kohat Road near Peshawar.

November 19: At least 20 people, including three policemen, were

killed and 50 others injured when a suicide bomber blew himself up

at the main gate of the Judicial Complex on Khyber Road in

Peshawar. November 19: A bomb attack on the police van ripped through the

vehicle, killing two policemen on the spot and wounding five

civilians on the outskirts of Peshawar.

November 25: The cleaner of an oil tanker, used for NATO forces

in Afghanistan, was killed and its driver injured when unidentified

gunmen attacked the vehicle on the Ring Road near Tor Baba.

November 26: A remote-controlled bomb blast injured three

people, including two policemen and a young girl, and destroyed an

electricity pylon in Bashirabad area.

November 30: Two police officials were injured when unidentified

armed men attacked their vehicle on the Indus Highway, police said. December 1: A leading politician, Shamsher Ali Khan, was

reportedly killed when a suicide bomber targeted a guest house

where he was present. Another 8 people, including his brother, were

injured in this attack.

December 3: A police official was injured in an explosion at a police

check-post in the Ragai area of capital Peshawar.

December 5: At least four people, including a women, were killed

and 12 people were injured in a car bomb explosion at United Plaza,

Tehkal Market, University Road, Peshawar.

December 7: At least 12 people, including 2 policemen, were killed

and 50 were injured in a suicide attack outside a court in Peshawar. December 22: A suicide bomber blew himself at the gate of the

Peshawar Press Club, killing 3 persons including a policeman, and

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20 IPRI Factfile December 24: At least 5 people, including a policeman, were killed

and 24 were injured in a suicide attack near State Life Building,

Saddar, Mall Road, Peshawar.

Terrorist attack in Balochistan

January 4: Armed men killed a trooper of the BalochistanConstabulary, identified as Abdul Hakeem, in the Shallkot area of

Quetta. The attack appeared to be a targeted killing.

January 5: Unidentified assailants killed two Shias on Kirani Road,

Quetta, despite tight security arrangements due to Muharram.

January 10: Unidentified men killed a central leader of the Fiqah

Jafferia along with his guard in Sibi District.

January 14: Unidentified assailants killed four policemen, including a

DSP in a shootout on Siryab Road. Three of the murdered

policemen belonged to Hazara community and were Shia.

January 26: Hussain Ali Yousafi, chairman of the Hazara

Democratic Party, was shot dead by Lashkar-e-Jhangvi in thesouthwestern city of Quetta.

February 2: John Solecki, head of the UN High Commission for

Refugees office in Quetta, was kidnapped and his driver was killed

after his vehicle was ambushed in Quetta.

February 2: Unidentified gunmen killed a Shia trader in Quetta in an

attack apparently linked to the recent cycle of sectarian killings in

the provincial capital.

February 18: In a suspected sectarian incident, unidentified men

killed the Jamaat Ahl-e-Sunnat Wal Jamaat-Noorani provincial

leader Maulana Iftikhar Ahmed Habibi in Quetta.

February 24: A Shia trader and three of his sons were shot dead inan apparent sectarian attack on Sariab Road, Quetta.

March 1: In an apparent act of sectarian violence in Quetta,

unidentified men murdered a man and his son, both from the Shia

sect. The motorcycle borne attackers opened fire on the victims at

their shop on Quettas Double Road.

March 2: Six people were killed and 12 others, mostly students,

sustained injuries in a suicide attack on a madrassa (seminary) in Kili

Karbala in the Pishin District. The Jamaat-Ulema-i-Islam (Fazlur

Rehman faction JUI-F) provincial chief Maulana Muhammad Khan

Shirani, the Balochistan Assembly Deputy Speaker Syed Matiullah

Agha and provincial ministers belonging to the party were attendinga ceremony at the seminary when a 15-year-old boy blew himself up

in front of the stage. However, all the JUI-F leadership escaped

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March 3: Five Shias were killed in Quetta when unidentified

assailants attacked members of a family in the city.

March 9: Unidentified men on a motorbike killed two Shias in an

apparent sectarian attack in Quetta. The victims were shot in their

car on Kirani road, on the outskirts of the Balochistan capital.

April 22: Unidentified militants threw a hand grenade at policemen

deployed on the outskirts of Quetta, injuring four policemen and a

passerby. Police personnel were on duty in the Hazar Ganji area.

May 3: Unidentified assailants shot dead two policemen on the

Arbab Karam Khan Road.

May 28: At least five persons, including a woman, were killed when

unidentified attackers opened indiscriminate fire on a customer

service centre on Kalat Street, Jail Road, Quetta.

June 22: Three Shias, including a union council chief, were killed in

Quetta by unidentified men in a suspected sectarian incident.

Unidentified armed men reportedly opened fire on Talib Agha,

Union Council 47 chief in Quetta, when he was on his way home

along with his driver and security guard. June 23: The principal of the Government Commerce College was

shot dead by two motorcycle borne assailants in a suspected

sectarian incident in Quetta.

July 23: Haji Mohammad Mohsin, principal of the Government

High School in Sariab Mills, was going to school when armed men

riding a motorcycle opened fire on him, killing him on the spot.

July 24:Unidentified assailants shot dead a Professor of the

Government Degree College on the Sariab Road.

July 29: A woman was killed and six persons, including two SF

personnel, were injured in a grenade attack on a check-post of the

Frontier Corps (FC) in the Sairab Road area. June 30: Four people were killed and 11 wounded when a bomber

targeted a hotel in Kalat in the first-ever suicide attack in

Balochistan. The attack in Kalat District appeared to be aimed at

disrupting supplies to NATO forces in Afghanistan.

July 31: Two SF personnel were killed while three others sustained

injuries when unidentified miscreants lobbed a hand grenade at a

security vehicle on the Spiny Road area.

August 12: Two persons were killed and six others sustained injuries

in a bomb blast and firing incident in the Irrigation Colony area on

Sariab Road, Quetta.

August 17: Cardiologist Dr Abid Iqbal Zaidi was shot dead byunidentified armed men on the Fatima Jinnah Road.

August 17: A man and his two sons were shot dead by unidentified

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22 IPRI Factfile September 5: Unidentified militants hurled two hand grenades on

the City Police Station building, injuring 21 persons including six

policemen.

September 8: Suspected Taliban militants set ablaze eight oil tankers

near the Western Bypass, when the tankers were carrying fuel for

NATO forces in Afghanistan.

October 8: Three police officials were injured in a bomb blast at the

Spiny Road. The blast took place near a police van which was on a

routine patrol on the road.

October 12: Unidentified armed men killed the Balochistan Chief

Mines Inspector on Sariab Road in Quetta. Ashraf Ali was a

member of the Shia Hazara community.

October 13: In another incident of target-killing, the Jamhoori

Watan Party Vice-President, Muhammad Aslam Mirza, and his

driver were shot dead by unidentified armed men in the Shalkot

area.

October 15: Two persons, including a Frontier Corps trooper, were

killed and five others injured in terrorist attacks in Quetta October 23: Unidentified gunmen killed an official of the

intelligence Bureau (IB), Tanveer Raza, while he was walking on

Zargoon Road near the office of the Railways divisional

superintendent.

October 25: Unidentified gunmen killed the Balochistan Education

Minister Shafiq Ahmed Khan, a member of the Pakistan Peoples

Party, outside his residence on Thogai Road, while his brothers

father-in-law, Hydayat Jaffar, was injured in the same attack.

November 7: 13 people, including two children and a trooper, were

injured when a hand grenade exploded at a Frontier Corps

checkpost near Meezan Chowk. November 17: DIG Police (Operations) Shahid Nizam Durrani and

his driver were injured in a bomb blast on Spiny Road. Eight

persons, mainly policemen, were injured in the blast.

November 23: Two policemen were shot dead in Quetta in what

appeared to be a case of target killing. The policemen, Sardar

Muhammad Samalani and Syed Amir Muhammad Khilji, were on

routine patrol on Qambrani Road when unidentified assailants

opened fire at them, police said.

December 7: A car bomb blast injured nine persons and damaged

several vehicles and shops at the main gate of the Junior Assistant

Colony in the Chaman Housing Society, Quetta. December 8: The Saryab station house officer and two other

policemen were injured in a hand-grenade attack on a police convoy

on the Sabzal Road in Quetta of Balochistan.


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Terrorist Attacks in Punjab

February 5: At least 32 persons were killed and 48 others wounded

when a suspected suicide bomber blew himself amidst a crowd of

Shia worshippers outside a mosque in Dera Ghazi Khan.

February 7: At least 7 officers were killed in an ambush attack on a

checkpoint in Mianwali in Punjab. March 3: A convoy carrying Sri Lankan cricketers and officials in

two buses was fired upon by 12 gunmen, near the Gaddafi Stadium

in Lahore. The cricketers were on their way to play the third day of

the second Test against the Pakistani cricket team. Six members of

the Sri Lankan cricket team were injured. Six Pakistani policemen

and two civilians were killed.

March 16: At least 15 people were killed and 25 injured when a

suicide bomber blew himself up near a busy bus stand at Pirwadhai

in Rawalpindi.

March 30: Nine people, including 8 police recruits and a civilian,

were killed and 93 cadets and civilians were injured when about 10terrorists attacked the Manawan Police Training School in Lahore

with guns and grenades.

April 05: A suicide bomber blew himself up at the entrance of an

Imambargah at Chakwal in Punjab province, killing 24 people,

including three children, and injuring 140 others.

May 27: At least 27 people were killed and 326 were injured in a

suicide car bomb blast near offices of the capital city police officer

(CCPO) and the Inter-Services Intelligence (ISI) in Lahore. An ISI

colonel and 15 police officials were among those killed.

June 12: Seven persons, including a prominent anti-Taliban cleric

Sarfaraz Naeemi, were killed and seven injured when a suicide

attacker detonated himself at the Jamia Naeemia madrassa

(seminary) in the Garhi Shahu area shortly after Friday prayers.

July 2: At least 7 people were killed and 36 persons were injured

when a young suicide bomber rammed his motorcycle into a bus

carrying employees of the Army-run Heavy Mechanical Complex at

the Peshawar Road near Chur Chowk in Rawalpindi.

August 20: Eight people, including 4 policemen, were injured when

a bomb exploded close to a police patrol car on the Misryal road in

Rawalpindi.

September 6: Three policemen were shot dead in Hasan Abdal in

apparent act of targeted killing.

October 10: At least 14 people, including six soldiers, five SSGcommandos, three hostages, were killed in an attack on Pakistan

Army General Headquarters (GHQ) in Rawalpindi.


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24 IPRI Factfile October 15: At least 19 people, including 14 security officials, were

killed and 41 others sustained injuries in three separate terror attacks

in Lahore. The attacks were carried out at the Federal Investigation

Agency (FIA) building on the Temple Road, the Manawan Police

Training School and the Elite Police Academy on the Bedian Road.

October 23: Eight persons were killed and 17 others sustained

injuries when a suicide bomber exploded himself at a police check-

post on the GT Road near the Pakistan Aeronautical Complex

(PAC) in Kamra in the Attock District.

October 24: A Motorway police official was killed when a suicide

bomber detonated his explosives-laden car near Lillah Interchange

close to Kalar Kahar.

November 2: At least 35 persons, including two women and

children, were killed and 63 others sustained injuries when a suicide

bomber blew himself up outside a branch of the National Bank of

Pakistan in Rawalpindi.

December 4: At least 42 people were killed and 77 people were

injured in firing and two suicide blasts at Parade Lane Mosque, nearthe Pakistani army's headquarters in Rawalpindi.

December 7: Two bomb blasts killed at least 45 people, and injured

more than 100 at the crowded Moon Market in Allama Iqbal area of

Lahore in Punjab. The two bombs exploded 30 seconds apart at

8:45 PM (PST).

December 8: A group of three Taliban militants launched a gun,rocket and suicide attack on the office of ISI, killing at least 12 people

and injuring 18people in Multan, Punjab.

Terrorist Attacks in Islamabad

March 23: A policemen was killed and 2 policemen were injured in asuicide bomb blast at the entrance of the headquarters of the Special

Branch (SB), an intelligence agency of the Federal Capital Police, in

Sitara Market.

April 04: Eight Frontier Constabulary (FC) personnel were killed,

and seven others injured, when a suicide bomber blew himself up at

an FC check post on the Margala Road in Islamabad.

June 6: Two policemen were killed and four others injured in a

suicide attack on a Rescue 15 office at Sector G-8 in capital

Islamabad.

September 2: Religious Affairs Minister Hamid Saeed Kazmi was

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October 5: A suicide bomber targeted the United Nations World

Food Programme (WFP) office in Islamabad, killing five persons,

including a UN diplomat and two women employees. Six other staff

members were injured.

October 20: Two suicide bombers targeted the new campus of the

International Islamic University Islamabad in the H-10 sector of

Islamabad, killing at least six students and staff members, including

two female students, and injuring more than 29 others.

October 22: A serving Army brigadier, Moinuddin Ahmad, and his

driver were gunned down in Islamabad.

October 27: A military officer, Brigadier Waqar Ahmad, escaped

death as two gunmen riding a motorbike attacked his car.

November 6: Gunmen opened fire on an army brigadier vehicle in

Islamabad. Brigadier Sohail and his driver were injured in the

incident.

December 2: An official of the Pakistan Navy foiled a suicide attack

on the Naval Headquarters at Zafar Chowk on the Margalla Road in

the national capital Islamabad. However, two Navy personnel werekilled in the attack, while 13 persons were injured.

Terrorist Attacks in Sindh

January 20: In a suspected sectarian incident, unidentified gunmen

shot dead a shop owner from the Ahmadiyya community outside

his house in the Kotri District of Sindh province.

February 1: An explosion in the Saddar Town of Karachi killed one

person and injured two others. One unidentified man - who

fidgeted with the bomb planted in a garbage dump, which caused

the explosion - died and two others sustained injuries.

April 15: A 28-year-old sectarian worker-turned-lawyer was shotdead near Hamdard Dawakhana off the arterial M.A. Jinnah Road in

Karachi. Mazharul Islam, was a former member of the banned

Sunni outfit SSP.

May 22: Four persons were injured in a cross-fire between two

groups after pro-Taliban slogans were found painted on the walls of

a church in Surjani Town, Karachi.

May 24: A senior activist of the banned SSP was shot dead in a

target killing. 40-year old Allauddin was the Lines Area Unit in-

charge of the banned Sunni outfit, and had earlier worked for the

LeJ.

May 27: Another activist of the banned Sunni outfit SSP was shotdead while his son Sufian was injured by two gunmen near a Tandur

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26 IPRI Factfile June 5: Mir Yaqub Bizenjo, legislator from Balochistan, three of his

relatives and a servant were injured after a parcel bomb exploded in

his Defence Society house in Karachi.

July 15: Unidentified men killed the central legal adviser of the

outlawed Sunni group, the SSP, Hafiz Ahmed Buksh, in Model

Colony in Karachi.

July 16: Two more activists of the outlawed SSP, including a guard

of the groups central leader Maulana Abdul Ghafoor Nadeem, were

killed in Karachi. One of them died at a hospital after being injured

in the clash a day earlier while anothers body was recovered from

Model Colony.

August 17: Armed men shot dead Allama Ali Sher Hyderi, chief of

the banned SSP, along with his associate Imtiaz Phulpoto at

Khairpur in the Sindh province.

September 18: At least three persons sustained bullet injuries during

a sectarian clash, which erupted at Iftar time in the precincts of

Soldier Bazaar Police Station at Karachi in Sindh. The clash took

place between the Shia community and the people belonging to theDeobandi school of thought over the use of loudspeaker during

Iftar.

November 19: Ghulam Muhammad Waezi, a Shia clericm was shot

dead in the Orangi Town area of Karachi, within the jurisdiction of

Tori Bungash Police Station.

November 20: In a suspected sectarian incident, the general

secretary of the banned Sunni outfit SSP Karachi chapter, Engineer

Ilyas Zubair, was shot dead and provincial information secretary,

Qari Shafiqur Rehman Alvi, wounded at Teen Hatti under the

Jamshed Quarters Police Station jurisdiction in Karachi.

December 7: The leader of Pasban-e-Aza, a Shia organization wasshot dead by unidentified militants in a suspected sectarian attack in

the remit of the Brigade Police Station of Karachi. The slain leader

was identified as Syed Shahid Hussain.

December 28: At least 40 people were killed and more than 90 were

injured in a suicide attack on Ashura procession at M A Jinnah

Road. Enraged people set major commercial centers around the

blast scene on fire and burnt dozens of vehicles. Violence erupted

across the city.

December 26: A remote controlled bomb blast injured nearly 26

Shia mourners at Khalifat Chowk in North Nazimabad Town of

Karachi. December 26: Another bomb blast in Orangi Town in Karachi left

24 people injured. Angry mob had resorted to arsons and anti-


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government protests in reaction to the blast.

Samaa TV, Human Rights Commission of Pakistan, December 29, 2009,http://www.hrcp-web.org/shownews.asp?id=39

PA K ISTA N L OST $35BN IN 3 YEARS IN WA R ON TERROR :

H INA RA B B A NI

Pakistans direct and indirect cost in the war on terror has been around $35

billion over the last three years, Minister of State for Economic Affairs Hina

Rabbani Khar said on Friday. She expressed these views during a meeting with

Giuseppe Vegas, Italian deputy minister for economy and finance, who called

on her in Islamabad. She said the public sector development programme

allocation for the next financial year might have to be curtailed due to this

rising cost of war on terror. She said Pakistan had lost the most in the war, as

Pakistani casualties were more than the total number of casualties of all the

NATO forces combined. Vegas said his government would encourage Italian

businessmen and entrepreneurs to invest in Pakistan to take benefit from itsgrowing market. He also showed interest in initiating various development

projects in Gilgit-Baltistan, particularly in the tourism sector.Daily Times(Lahore), February 20, 2010,

http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=2010\02\20\story_20-2-2010_pg7_2

NEW D IMENSIONS OF COUNTER-TERRORISM

Pakistan has gone a long way in countering terrorism over the last one year. Its

civilian government and the military top brass are in harmony on dealing

effectively with the Taliban and other groups that are directly challenging the

writ of the Pakistani state.

The army authorities have shown greater determination to deal firmly

with Islamic militants despite periodic pressures generated on the security

personnel by Islamic parties and orthodox Islamic clerics who question the

legitimacy of these operations and accuse the Pakistani civilian and military

authorities of fighting against Pakistanis at the behest of the US.

Pakistans counter-terrorism security operations, 2009-2010, have four

major features. First, the Swat/Malakand operation initiated on April 26, 2009,

was the first successful attempt by the Pakistan Army, the Air Force and the

paramilitary forces to dislodge the Taliban from a vast territory. The security

operation in South Waziristan was launched in mid-October and by the end of

December the security forces had knocked the Taliban out of most of SouthWaziristan. This was a major loss for the TTP that used South Waziristan as its

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mainland Pakistan emboldened the hard-line Islamic clerics and groups in the

cities who began to harass women and others in the name of Islam.

Furthermore, several terrorist attacks in Lahore and other cities in February-

April of last year created a crisis of credibility for the government.

The fear of losing credibility in the face of the Taliban onslaught led the

civilian government and the army to put their foot down vis--vis the Taliban

and other militant elements. Their counter-terrorism operations strengthened

their resolve to dislodge the Taliban because they faced tough resistance from

the Taliban and the army and the paramilitary forces lost over 200 personnel

in Swat/Malakand and the tribal areas in 2009. They also realised that the

Taliban had created a strong military infrastructure with tunnels, weapons

storage and training areas in South Waziristan, Bajaur and other tribal areas.

The army also discovered some evidence of foreign support to the Pakistani

Taliban. Also, the Taliban-backed suicide attacks during October-December of

last year, in various cities, especially in Peshawar, convinced the security

authorities that the Taliban want chaos and anarchy in Pakistan.

The Pakistan Army and intelligence agencies are now taking action

against the Pakistan-based Afghan Taliban because they found out that theAfghan Taliban were helping the Pakistani Taliban in their fight against

Pakistan. The military wants to convey a clear message to the Afghan Taliban

that if they help those fighting the Pakistan Army, then Pakistans security

authorities have the capacity to make their life difficult. Further, the Pakistan

Army and intelligence authorities want to tell the Afghan Taliban that they

cannot be allowed to threaten Pakistans interests in the tribal areas and

Afghanistan.

These arrests are also meant to help the US because Pakistan wants the

current US-led NATO operation to succeed in Afghanistan. Pakistan cannot

afford to let the Afghan Taliban capture power in Kabul, although it would

like more effective Pashtun representation in the Kabul government, includingaccommodation of the Taliban that are willing to give up the military option.

Pakistans cooperation with the current US policy in Afghanistan is

based on the assumption that the US military authorities in the region

recognise Pakistans security sensitivities about Indias role in Afghanistan and

Indias pressure on the eastern border. The other consideration is that the US

would contribute to upgrading Pakistans capacity to fight the Taliban in the

tribal areas. If these understandings persist, Pakistan is expected to continue

with the current counter-terrorism policy.Dr Hasan Askari Rizvi, Daily Times(Lahore), March 07, 2010,

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SUICIDES B OMBING AND DR TA HIRUL QA DRI S FA TWA

It is very positive on the part of Maulana Dr Tahirul Qadri for issuing a 600-

page fatwa against the suicide bombing, a thing which should have been done

much earlier, that too by the Ulema in Pakistan as a whole and by leading

scholars of Islam in the Muslim world. It is also encouraging to note DrQadris announcement on CNN and BBC channels that he would alone fight

for the cause if no other Ulema come forward in this direction. One wonders

why the Ulema in Pakistan are particularly mum over the suicide blasts across

the country. No one speaks against it. No one dares to say that suicide

bombing is Haram in Islam, it is against the text of Quran and teachings of the

Holy Prophet. The Ulema have in their access the most effective medium of

communication the mosque. They can tell the people, that: (1) Surah Al-

Maeda, Ayah No. 32 says: He who kills a human being (whether Muslim or

non-Muslim), he has killed the whole humanity. He who saves one life, it is

but equal to saving the whole humanity. (2) In Surah Al-Nisaa, Ayah 29, it is

clearly said that suicide is Haraam: Dont kill yourself, there is no doubt that

Allah is Merciful to you. Committing suicide is equal to interfering in the

working of Allah. It is as equal to rejecting the blessings of Allah the man is

bestowed with. (3) Man is not allowed to kill himself even in the heights of

unbearable pains of disease, despondency and any other circumstances. (4)

When a Muslim valiant fighter in one of the Ghazwas got unbearable wounds

and stabbed himself to death, Hazrat Jundub (RA) heard the Holy Prophet

saying: the man has shut the doors of Jannah in bid to rush to Jannah. His

bravery, his Jehad and all deeds of righteousness which he did in the past all

went down the drain because he took the decision of his life and death in his

hands. (5) The Holy Prophet used to give instructions to the faithful before

going for a Ghazwa, forbidding: No one will attack the unarmed, the women,

the children, the patients, the elders, who offer no resistance, who surrenders,who is given amnesty by anyone from the Muslims. (6) Surah Al-Baqrahs

Ayah 193 says: Dont pick up arms against other than aggressors. (7) There

is famous Hadith of the Prophet (PBUH), which says: He who kills himself

by iron shrapnel, will be beaten by the same iron shrapnel in the Hell. It is the

duty of our Ulema, not to stay calm and speak against the menace of suicide

blasts. Luckily, the prestigious Jamia Al-Azhar Egypts Mufti-e-Azam Sheikh-

ul-Azam Qarat Muhammad Abdul Hameed Al Bashar has come out with the

latest fatwa that suicide attacks, in Pakistan, are against the Shariah. He said

Muslims are on both sides and there is no reason to fight against each other.

He urged the Islamic scholars to preach the teachings of Quran and the Holy

Prophet (PBUH). Probably we at the labyrinth of our moral decay that we arenot even ready to pay heed to such Fatwas whereas till the early days of last

century a fatwa by Mufti Azam of Islam had held the status of decree for all


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Muslims of the world. If the masterminds, the Taliban, al-Qaeda men, pro-

Taliban militants of tribal areas are true Muslims, they would pay heed to my

words. Ulema must come forward in footsteps of Dr Tahirul Qadri and launch

a full fledged campaign against suicide bombing as Haram and it has nothing

to do with Jannah but they are the merchants of death and hell. Alya Alvi

Editorial, Daily Mail(Islamabad), March, 9, 2010,http://dailymailnews.com/0310/09/Editorial_Column/DMEditorialMail.php

L ESSONS FROM LA HORE

As though we were watching a replay of action that has taken place before,

terrorists have once more targeted a building belonging to the FIA in Lahore.

A very similar attack on a safe house run by the agency and its principal

building in the city had taken place almost exactly two years ago in March

2008. What is unfortunate is that few lessons have been learnt from that

attack. At that time it was said that all the offices of the security agencies

would be moved out of residential areas. This has not happened. The buildingstruck stood in the residential suburb of Model Town. Had it been shifted,

some loss of life could have been averted with at least one schoolgirl listed

among the 11 persons confirmed so far to have been killed. There are other

lessons, too. As they have done before, both in Lahore and other places, the

terrorists struck early in the morning at a time when security was not present

anywhere in the vicinity. Despite the fact that the building was an obvious

target, there were no pickets around it. What is more, rescue efforts were

impeded by the fact that teams had only their bare hands with which to try and

shift the massive pile of debris left as the FIA building structure collapsed.

One would have thought that by now, with terrorist attacks a not infrequent

event, equipment of some kind would have been provided to the rescue

workers assigned the task of pulling people out of rubble.

Editorial,News International(Rawalpindi), March 9, 2010,http://thenews.jang.com.pk/daily_detail.asp?id=227908

TA L IB A N INCREASINGLY UNPOPULAR IN PA K ISTA N

The Taliban's presence on either side of the Afghanistan-Pakistan border is

largely unwelcome, but increasingly so in Pakistan, where Gallup surveys show

they have lost much of the little appeal they had. Four percent of Pakistanis in

a November-December 2009 poll, conducted prior to Pakistan's current push

to rout the Taliban within its borders, said the Taliban's presence in some

areas of the country has a positive influence, down from 15% in June.


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Gallup most recently polled Pakistanis in the particularly deadly period

after the army's anti-Taliban operations in the South Waziristan tribal areastarted in October. Retributive militant attacks across Pakistan reportedly have

claimed more than 600 Pakistanis' lives since then, which the public's

increasingly negative view of the Taliban may reflect.

The Taliban lost support in every region of Pakistan. But nowhere are

they more unpopular than in the North West Frontier Province (NWFP),

ground zero for a full-scale military offensive against the Taliban last May. In

November-December 2009, 1% of NWFP residents said the Taliban have a

positive influence, down from 11% in June. The percentage saying the

Taliban's influence is positive in Baluchistan, which abuts South Waziristan,

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On the other side of the border, Afghans agree with Pakistanis that the

Taliban have a negative influence. However, Afghans' views have remained

relatively unchanged despite the Taliban's threats and violence before the

presidential election in August. In both surveys in 2009, roughly 8 in 10

Afghans said the Taliban has a negative influence.

Julie Ray & Rajesh Srinivasan, Gallup, March 12, 2010,http://www.gallup.com/poll/126602/taliban-increasingly-unpopular-pakistan.aspx

TA L IB A N D ISTANCING THEMSELVES FROM A L QA EDA : EXPERTS

The blasts in Lahore are the last desperate measures of pro-Al Qaeda militants

who are now being abandoned by the Taliban, diplomatic sources told Dawn.

The sources also confirmed a Los Angeles Times report, published on

Saturday, that the Taliban militants in Fata were now refusing to collaborate

with Al Qaeda fighters.

The Taliban were declining to provide shelter or assist in attacks inAfghanistan even in return for payment, the report said.

Yes, Pakistani intelligence sources also confirm this assessment, said a

senior diplomatic source who did not want to be identified.

There is a sizeable shift away from Al Qaeda, he said. Very few are

left who still support Al Qaeda. The vast majority is distancing itself from

them.

The pro-Al Qaeda militants had been weakened so much in the tribal

areas that they were shifting their people to other areas inside Pakistan, he said.

In Lahore, they used the Punjabi Taliban to cause Fridays blasts, said the

diplomatic source.

These are the leftovers of the pro-Al Qaeda militants and these are last

desperate measures.

The militants, he said, would ultimately be forced to give up fighting or

be eradicated. They have nowhere to go.

The diplomatic source, like the Los Angeles Times, credited the

Pakistani military operations in Fata for this shift in sentiments against Al

Qaeda. Their operations have been very successful, he said.

The source, however, disagreed with the suggestion that the Haqqani

group was still effectively supporting Al Qaeda.

The Haqqani network is not as effective as the media make it to be.

They too have been weakened. The Pakistani military forces are on a winning

streak and theres no exaggeration in it, he said.

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34 IPRI FactfileAl Qaeda because they feared that links to the international terrorist network

threatened their long-term survival.

Pakistans stepped up military campaign, along with intensified US

drone strikes in the Afghanistan-Pakistan border regions, had made it riskier

for the Taliban to harbour Al Qaeda fighters, the report said.

The newspaper speculated that Al Qaedas utility to the Taliban could

also be ending. In the past, Al Qaeda was able to offer the Taliban bomb-

making experts, experienced fighters and large amounts of cash for operations

in Afghanistan in return for haven in Taliban-controlled areas near the

Afghanistan-Pakistan border, but with Al Qaedas resources and operational

capacity dwindling, it is perhaps too risky for the Taliban to cooperate with

them, the report said.

However, the Pakistan-based Haqqani network --- a group active in the

Afghan insurgency --- maintained links to Al Qaeda, despite suffering heavy

casualties from drone strikes, the report added.

Al Qaeda fighters are in some cases being excluded from villages and

other areas near the Afghanistan-Pakistan border where they once received

sanctuary, US intelligence officials told the Times.Al Qaedas attempts to restore its dwindling presence in Afghanistan

were also running into problems, the officials told the paper.

According to the report, Al Qaeda is believed to have fewer than 100

operatives still in Afghanistan.

Last year, the organisation began offering stipend to Afghans who

would escort its operatives into the country, but there were indications that

many Taliban were refusing this inducement, one US official said.

The Al Qaeda-Taliban rupture has led to a debate within the US

government about whether there are ways to exploit any fissures. One idea

under consideration is to reduce drone strikes against Taliban factions whose

members are shunning contacts with Al Qaeda. The arrest in recent monthsof several top Afghan Taliban leaders may also be leading some Taliban to

reassess their ties to Al Qaeda in hopes of easing pressure from the Inter-

Services Intelligence, the report said.

Anwar Iqbal, Dawn(Islamabad), March 14, 2010,http://www.dawn.com/wps/wcm/connect/dawn-content-library/dawn/the-

newspaper/front-page/taliban-distancing-themselves-from-al-qaeda-experts-430

332 TERROR H ITS CLAIMED 5,704 L IVES S INCE 9/11

The extent to which Pakistan has borne the brunt of the US-led War against

Terror can be gauged

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