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Acts of Terrorism in Pakistan
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Only Taliban are benefiting from this rift and lack of cooperation between the US and Pakistan. Today it was Pakistani forces that came under attack from Taliban, tomorrow it could be US/NATO forces being attacked by them. US politicians will then start to blame Pakistan, and Pak will remind them of unsecured regions on afghan side from where attacks are being originated into Pakistan.
Meanwhile, Taliban will be laughing and continue to unleash their reign of terror onto people and soldiers on both sides. I think a diplomatic solution is absolutely necessary at this time. Both sides must come clean and show their cards on the table. No double dealings. So this problem can be tackled.
It doesn't make any sense for US to harp on about North Wazirstaan when attacks of this magnitude are coming from afghan side. And there is no reason why NW shouldn't be under full control of Pak army.
Meanwhile, Taliban will be laughing and continue to unleash their reign of terror onto people and soldiers on both sides. I think a diplomatic solution is absolutely necessary at this time. Both sides must come clean and show their cards on the table. No double dealings. So this problem can be tackled.
It doesn't make any sense for US to harp on about North Wazirstaan when attacks of this magnitude are coming from afghan side. And there is no reason why NW shouldn't be under full control of Pak army.
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a major disaster was averted....likely a sectarian outfit.
im actually impressed the police managed to make them sing like birds and reveal important information that led to further arrests as well as seizure of deadly equipments
employing ball bearings is a common practice; whoever it doesnt kill, the flying shrapnel inflicts the worst kind of injuries on any sorry people nearby.....it must be ascertained who is their handler, who is financing and arming these terrorists that are waging attacks against Pakistanis (and the Pakistani STATE)
I just failed to understand, why USA is conducting UAV strikes inside PAKISTAN but failed to locate and strike Fazal-Ullah inside AFGHANISTAN?...
On the other hand, they claim that while sitting in WHITEHOUSE they can identify the gender of the cat roaming in streets, in any part of the world.
They can find OBL in Abbottabad but it is impossible for them to find the TTP leaders in their own house, an example of how truely they are our allies in WOT.
Even then some friends on this forum, still does not believe that TTP is an instrument of those evils who want to destabilize PAKISTAN - What a shear innosence...!
When your Government can differentitate betweeen Good Taliban and Bad Taliban, US can also differentitate, US has targeted TTP in the past, Baitullah meshud, qari hussain were killed by the United States.
In my opinion is US Must apologise to the Government of Pakistan for 26/11/2011 airstrike that killed 26 Pakistan soldiers.
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according to some sources, Pakistan fooled the US into making them believe a foreign HVT was nestled in the location where Mehsud ended up getting whacked instead
whether its genuine or not, i dont have the exact details....
whether its genuine or not, i dont have the exact details....
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Yeah that was the case, and when US found out, they were devastated and in a shock.
Anyway, may Allah give courage to the families of the martyred to bear the loss.
I hope the PA & PAF now seriously start thinking to take action against these safe heavens.
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Kalat emerges top place for dumping corpses
ISLAMABAD:
Balochistan has seen an alarming increase in incidents of abductions, killings and bodies being dumped, as over 203 bullet-riddled corpses were found from various parts of the volatile province in 2011, compared to 103 a year before.
The sudden, over 100% increase in violence is due to the alleged presence of Afghan militants in Balochistan and factors in the murder of three high-profile Baloch leaders: Lala Munir Baloch, Sher Muhammad Baloch and Ghulam Muhammad Baloch. An official report made available to The Express Tribune stated that over 76 bullet-riddled and decomposed corpses have been recovered so far in 2012.
With a total of at least 382 bodies recovered since 2010, Balochis remain the prime target of ruthless criminals. The bodies of 39 Pashtuns were also recovered in the last two years, the report added. It also continued to state that as many as 43 bodies could not be identified. The federal and provincial levies forces spent around Rs3.2 billion on purchasing arms and ammunition to combat the violence and expenditures on employee-related matters. Currently, as many as 14,050 personnel of the levies forces are actively performing their duties in the province.
Kalat District saw a shocking rise in such cases, as over 75 corpses were recovered from various parts of the district in 2011, compared to 30 in 2010. In the first five months of 2012, the incidents of abductions, killings and dumping in Kalat are a grim reminder of the dire situation, with 25 murdered people recovered.
In Makran district, over 52 victims’ bodies were found in 2011, compared with 8 in 2010. Interestingly, the law and order situation improved in Quetta, as 44 bodies were recovered in various localities of the provincial capital in 2011, compared to 57 bodies recovered in 2010.
Rise in kidnappings
There was no respite in innocent citizens being kidnapped either, with statistics showing a lofty rise in kidnappings for ransom and the abductees’ deaths. Around 320 people were reported to have been kidnapped in 2011.
The data reveals that 76 perpetrators were on trial for kidnapping charges. 45 perpetrators were convicted for the crime, while 187 murderers were currently on trial, with a further 578 convicted. The report also added that over 19, 232 and 10, 232 provincial police and Balochistan Constabulary (BC) personnel respectively have been deployed to maintain law and order. Rs7.5 billion was also allocated to the BC and provincial police in fiscal 2011-12’s provincial budget.
Published In The Express Tribune, June 26th, 2012.
Kalat emerges top place for dumping corpses – The Express Tribune
ISLAMABAD:
Balochistan has seen an alarming increase in incidents of abductions, killings and bodies being dumped, as over 203 bullet-riddled corpses were found from various parts of the volatile province in 2011, compared to 103 a year before.
The sudden, over 100% increase in violence is due to the alleged presence of Afghan militants in Balochistan and factors in the murder of three high-profile Baloch leaders: Lala Munir Baloch, Sher Muhammad Baloch and Ghulam Muhammad Baloch. An official report made available to The Express Tribune stated that over 76 bullet-riddled and decomposed corpses have been recovered so far in 2012.
With a total of at least 382 bodies recovered since 2010, Balochis remain the prime target of ruthless criminals. The bodies of 39 Pashtuns were also recovered in the last two years, the report added. It also continued to state that as many as 43 bodies could not be identified. The federal and provincial levies forces spent around Rs3.2 billion on purchasing arms and ammunition to combat the violence and expenditures on employee-related matters. Currently, as many as 14,050 personnel of the levies forces are actively performing their duties in the province.
Kalat District saw a shocking rise in such cases, as over 75 corpses were recovered from various parts of the district in 2011, compared to 30 in 2010. In the first five months of 2012, the incidents of abductions, killings and dumping in Kalat are a grim reminder of the dire situation, with 25 murdered people recovered.
In Makran district, over 52 victims’ bodies were found in 2011, compared with 8 in 2010. Interestingly, the law and order situation improved in Quetta, as 44 bodies were recovered in various localities of the provincial capital in 2011, compared to 57 bodies recovered in 2010.
Rise in kidnappings
There was no respite in innocent citizens being kidnapped either, with statistics showing a lofty rise in kidnappings for ransom and the abductees’ deaths. Around 320 people were reported to have been kidnapped in 2011.
The data reveals that 76 perpetrators were on trial for kidnapping charges. 45 perpetrators were convicted for the crime, while 187 murderers were currently on trial, with a further 578 convicted. The report also added that over 19, 232 and 10, 232 provincial police and Balochistan Constabulary (BC) personnel respectively have been deployed to maintain law and order. Rs7.5 billion was also allocated to the BC and provincial police in fiscal 2011-12’s provincial budget.
Published In The Express Tribune, June 26th, 2012.
Kalat emerges top place for dumping corpses – The Express Tribune
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Anti-Taliban leader, 3 associates shot dead in Peshawar
PESHAWAR: The bullet-riddled bodies of an anti-Taliban militia commander and three of his associates were dumped in Peshawar on Wednesday, police said.
The bodies of Fahimuddin, 50, chief of a 1,500-strong vigilante force in Bazidkhel on the outskirts of Peshawar, and three of his associates were found in a Toyota Land Cruiser on the city’s ring road.
“We found the bodies around 7:00am. Four of them had been shot at close range,” senior police official Asif Iqbal told AFP.
There was no immediate claim of responsibility. According to police, relatives had not heard from Fahimuddin since Tuesday when he went to Islamabad for work.
Police said he survived at least three suicide bombings and several roadside bomb attacks blamed on the Taliban and warlord Mangal Bagh who leads the Lashkar-e-Islam in the adjoining Khyber Agency.
On June 12, two of Fahimuddin’s bodyguards were killed in a suicide attack that targeted his vehicle. He survived because he had not been in the car.
Pakistan is on the frontline of the US-led war on al Qaeda. Since July 2007, a Taliban-led insurgency has been fighting against the US-allied government.
In the last five years, attacks blamed on extremist bombers have killed more than 5,000 people according to an AFP tally.
Pakistan says 35,000 of its people have been killed as a result of terrorism in the country since the 9/11 attacks on the United States.
Anti-Taliban leader, 3 associates shot dead in Peshawar – The Express Tribune
PESHAWAR: The bullet-riddled bodies of an anti-Taliban militia commander and three of his associates were dumped in Peshawar on Wednesday, police said.
The bodies of Fahimuddin, 50, chief of a 1,500-strong vigilante force in Bazidkhel on the outskirts of Peshawar, and three of his associates were found in a Toyota Land Cruiser on the city’s ring road.
“We found the bodies around 7:00am. Four of them had been shot at close range,” senior police official Asif Iqbal told AFP.
There was no immediate claim of responsibility. According to police, relatives had not heard from Fahimuddin since Tuesday when he went to Islamabad for work.
Police said he survived at least three suicide bombings and several roadside bomb attacks blamed on the Taliban and warlord Mangal Bagh who leads the Lashkar-e-Islam in the adjoining Khyber Agency.
On June 12, two of Fahimuddin’s bodyguards were killed in a suicide attack that targeted his vehicle. He survived because he had not been in the car.
Pakistan is on the frontline of the US-led war on al Qaeda. Since July 2007, a Taliban-led insurgency has been fighting against the US-allied government.
In the last five years, attacks blamed on extremist bombers have killed more than 5,000 people according to an AFP tally.
Pakistan says 35,000 of its people have been killed as a result of terrorism in the country since the 9/11 attacks on the United States.
Anti-Taliban leader, 3 associates shot dead in Peshawar – The Express Tribune
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The Taliban have released a video that they say shows the heads of 17 Pakistani soldiers captured in a cross-border raid from Afghanistan this week and beheaded.
THE bloody attack showed the threat still posed by the Pakistani Taliban, despite army offensives. Increasingly, the militants have used sanctuaries in eastern Afghanistan to attack border areas in Pakistan's northwest.
Pakistan has criticised NATO and Afghan forces for not doing enough to stop the attacks, but it has received little sympathy. The Afghan government and its allies have long faulted Pakistan for failing to target Afghan Taliban militants and their allies who use Pakistani territory to launch attacks in Afghanistan.
The Pakistani and Afghan Taliban are allies, but the former has focused on fighting the Pakistani government, while the latter has concentrated on attacking foreign and local forces in Afghanistan.
The Pakistani Taliban said in the video that they killed 18 soldiers, but 17 heads were displayed on a bloody white sheet on the ground outside. Several militants whose faces were covered were standing around the heads, holding weapons they said were captured from the soldiers.
The Associated Press obtained the video by email on Wednesday from Pakistani Taliban spokesman Ahsanullah Ahsan.
The beginning of the video contains a voice recording by Pakistani Taliban chief Hakimullah Mehsud in which he says the militants will continue to battle the army until Pakistan's government stops supporting the US and enforces Islamic law throughout the country. It was unclear when the message was recorded.
The Pakistani military said previously that 13 troops were killed in Sunday night's cross-border raid into the country's northwest Upper Dir region, and seven of them were beheaded. Four others were reported missing at the time. The military did not immediately respond to request for comment on the video.
The Pakistani Taliban and their allies have staged scores of bombings and other attacks against security forces and civilians in the country, killing thousands.
The latest attack came during serious political instability in the country.
The Supreme Court forced former prime minister Yousuf Raza Gilani to step down last week after convicting him of contempt for failing to reopen an old corruption case against the president.
On Wednesday, Supreme Court Chief Justice Iftikhar Chaudhry said in a court session that he expects the new prime minister, Raja Pervaiz Ashraf, to comply with the court's order to reopen the case, a sign that the legal crisis will continue to shake Pakistani politics, said Waseem Sajjad, a lawyer involved in the case.
Prime Minister Ashraf has refused to say whether he would comply with such a court order, and analysts said that was unlikely.
Critics say that by pressing the case against the president, the court is taking on a political role in a country where elected governments have been routinely squeezed by the military, often in cooperation with the court.
Court backers say activist judges limit corruption and government misuse of power. The court has also been investigating alleged human rights abuses by the military.
Taliban video shows 17 beheaded Pakistanis | News.com.au
THE bloody attack showed the threat still posed by the Pakistani Taliban, despite army offensives. Increasingly, the militants have used sanctuaries in eastern Afghanistan to attack border areas in Pakistan's northwest.
Pakistan has criticised NATO and Afghan forces for not doing enough to stop the attacks, but it has received little sympathy. The Afghan government and its allies have long faulted Pakistan for failing to target Afghan Taliban militants and their allies who use Pakistani territory to launch attacks in Afghanistan.
The Pakistani and Afghan Taliban are allies, but the former has focused on fighting the Pakistani government, while the latter has concentrated on attacking foreign and local forces in Afghanistan.
The Pakistani Taliban said in the video that they killed 18 soldiers, but 17 heads were displayed on a bloody white sheet on the ground outside. Several militants whose faces were covered were standing around the heads, holding weapons they said were captured from the soldiers.
The Associated Press obtained the video by email on Wednesday from Pakistani Taliban spokesman Ahsanullah Ahsan.
The beginning of the video contains a voice recording by Pakistani Taliban chief Hakimullah Mehsud in which he says the militants will continue to battle the army until Pakistan's government stops supporting the US and enforces Islamic law throughout the country. It was unclear when the message was recorded.
The Pakistani military said previously that 13 troops were killed in Sunday night's cross-border raid into the country's northwest Upper Dir region, and seven of them were beheaded. Four others were reported missing at the time. The military did not immediately respond to request for comment on the video.
The Pakistani Taliban and their allies have staged scores of bombings and other attacks against security forces and civilians in the country, killing thousands.
The latest attack came during serious political instability in the country.
The Supreme Court forced former prime minister Yousuf Raza Gilani to step down last week after convicting him of contempt for failing to reopen an old corruption case against the president.
On Wednesday, Supreme Court Chief Justice Iftikhar Chaudhry said in a court session that he expects the new prime minister, Raja Pervaiz Ashraf, to comply with the court's order to reopen the case, a sign that the legal crisis will continue to shake Pakistani politics, said Waseem Sajjad, a lawyer involved in the case.
Prime Minister Ashraf has refused to say whether he would comply with such a court order, and analysts said that was unlikely.
Critics say that by pressing the case against the president, the court is taking on a political role in a country where elected governments have been routinely squeezed by the military, often in cooperation with the court.
Court backers say activist judges limit corruption and government misuse of power. The court has also been investigating alleged human rights abuses by the military.
Taliban video shows 17 beheaded Pakistanis | News.com.au
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^^ I thought it was 7 soldiers that were beheaded..
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According to the news on the video its 17.. RIP
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7 killed, 30 injured as blast rips through train in Sibi
SIBI: A blast occurred in a train carriage at Sibi railway station late on Wednesday night killing at least 7 people, and injuring 30 people, Express News reported.
According to details, the Jaffar Express travelling from Rawalpindi to Quetta, had stopped at the Sibi station, platform number two when a blast ripped through one of its railcars.
The DS railways Faiz Bugti said that the blast took place when some passengers from the train thronged a stall selling food stuff near the platform.
Razaul Rehman, Express News Quetta Bureau chief said that the bomb had been planted under a bench and as the people approached the stall it was detonated, possibly by a remote control.
Express News correspondent Akram Bangalzai reported that rescue work is under way. Police, levies and Frontier Corps forces have reached the location and set up a security cordon.
He added that many among the injured were religious scholars while at least two children had been reported dead. The casualties are expected to rise since some of the injured are in a critical condition.
The dead and injured were being shifted to the District Headquarters Hospital Sibi. Deputy Commissioner Shahid Saleem Qureshi has declared an emergency in the hospital.
“The dead include a railway police constable and a child, aged six or seven,” Saleem told AFP.
Rescue workers and ambulances have been dispatched to the site.
Bangalzai added that the powerful blast had been heard throughout the city.
No one has yet claimed responsibility for the attack.
Jaffar Express was due to have reached the station at 4pm, had arrived at 11pm. Bugti said the train has been allowed to continue the four hour journey to the Quetta station.
7 killed, 30 injured as blast rips through train in Sibi – The Express Tribune
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SIBI: A blast occurred in a train carriage at Sibi railway station late on Wednesday night killing at least 7 people, and injuring 30 people, Express News reported.
According to details, the Jaffar Express travelling from Rawalpindi to Quetta, had stopped at the Sibi station, platform number two when a blast ripped through one of its railcars.
The DS railways Faiz Bugti said that the blast took place when some passengers from the train thronged a stall selling food stuff near the platform.
Razaul Rehman, Express News Quetta Bureau chief said that the bomb had been planted under a bench and as the people approached the stall it was detonated, possibly by a remote control.
Express News correspondent Akram Bangalzai reported that rescue work is under way. Police, levies and Frontier Corps forces have reached the location and set up a security cordon.
He added that many among the injured were religious scholars while at least two children had been reported dead. The casualties are expected to rise since some of the injured are in a critical condition.
The dead and injured were being shifted to the District Headquarters Hospital Sibi. Deputy Commissioner Shahid Saleem Qureshi has declared an emergency in the hospital.
“The dead include a railway police constable and a child, aged six or seven,” Saleem told AFP.
Rescue workers and ambulances have been dispatched to the site.
Bangalzai added that the powerful blast had been heard throughout the city.
No one has yet claimed responsibility for the attack.
Jaffar Express was due to have reached the station at 4pm, had arrived at 11pm. Bugti said the train has been allowed to continue the four hour journey to the Quetta station.
7 killed, 30 injured as blast rips through train in Sibi – The Express Tribune
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Kabul: The Taliban have released a video, which they say shows the heads of Pakistani soldiers who they captured in a cross-border raid from Afghanistan and beheaded.
The beheading, claimed by the Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan, took place on Sunday when Taliban militants from Afghanistan infiltrated into the northwestern district of Upper Dir.
A senior security official in Peshawar confirmed that a total of 17 soldiers were targeted by the attackers who came from Afghanistans Kunar province.
Six troops were killed on the first day and another seven were slaughtered the next day, News24 quoted the official, as saying.
Four were missing and now they have also been beheaded, the official added.
According to the report, the video prepared by the Taliban's media wing shows 17 severed heads of soldiers placed on a white sheet while masked men stand behind clutching assault rifles captured from the soldiers.
Local security officials confirmed that all the victims were Pakistani soldiers.
Taliban release video of 17 beheaded Pak soldiers
The beheading, claimed by the Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan, took place on Sunday when Taliban militants from Afghanistan infiltrated into the northwestern district of Upper Dir.
A senior security official in Peshawar confirmed that a total of 17 soldiers were targeted by the attackers who came from Afghanistans Kunar province.
Six troops were killed on the first day and another seven were slaughtered the next day, News24 quoted the official, as saying.
Four were missing and now they have also been beheaded, the official added.
According to the report, the video prepared by the Taliban's media wing shows 17 severed heads of soldiers placed on a white sheet while masked men stand behind clutching assault rifles captured from the soldiers.
Local security officials confirmed that all the victims were Pakistani soldiers.
Taliban release video of 17 beheaded Pak soldiers
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