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Pakistani Forces against Militants.

Lot of good work seems to be happening against CIA/RAW sponsored TTP. And that just not includes military operations in FATA, but also raids against them in bigger cities such as Karachi, Lahore, Islamabad. Hope to see this continue until none of these guys are left to caught.
 
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Twenty-two militants killed in Orakzai clashes:

KALAYA – At least 22 militants were killed in clashes between Pakistani security forces and Taliban militants in a remote district of the Orakzai tribal region in the northwest, local government officials said.

There was no word on casualties from government forces.

There was no independent confirmation of militant casualties, and militants often dispute at an official accounts.

Twenty-two militants killed in Orakzai clashes | Pakistan | DAWN.COM
 
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Two militants shot dead in Peshawar:

PESHAWAR, Nov 17: Two militants were killed and a policeman sustained minor injury in an encounter in Peshawar on Thursday, officials said.

Also, a government school and a basic health unit were blown up by suspected militants in two separate incidents in Charsadda district.

A spokesman for Peshawar police said that militants attacked a patrolling party of Badhber police station near Mamrez police post at Telaband. He said that policemen from different stations were called to hunt down the assailants.

The attackers had taken cover behind the wall of a house and opened firing on policemen, inuring SHO Khushdil Khan, he said, adding the attackers were also gunned down during a one-and-a- half hour encounter.

Sources said that one of the killed militants was identified as Nawab, an Afghan national. Police also recovered two Kalashnikovs, four hand grenades and six magazines from the killed militants.

Meanwhile, an improvised explosive device went off in main Charsadda Bazaar on Thursday night and badly damaged a government high school for boys.

However, the watchman of the school and other people in the area remained unharmed.

In another incident, a basic health unit was blown up by suspected militants in Mansooka area of Shabqadar in Charsadda in the wee hours of Thursday.

“An improvised explosive device, planted at the health facility, went off at 3:30am, destroying the boundary wall and developing cracks in the walls and roof of its two rooms,” sources said.

They added that the explosion was so powerful that it was heard far and wide in the district, creating panic and fear among people.

In Bannu district, a CD shop was blown up by unidentified persons in Taji Kallay bus stand in the limits of Ghori Wala police station on Thursday.

Police said that a bomb, planted at the CD centre on Dera Ismail Khan Road, went off with a bang at midnight and destroyed the shop completely.

Another bomb was found in Sadar Bazaar in the limits of Ahmad Khan Chowk police station. The Bomb Disposal Squad disposed off it successfully.

In Lakki Marwat, police with the help of security forces thwarted a terror bid by defusing a bomb near Malang Adda on Thursday.

The residents of the area noticed suspicious material under a culvert on Tajori Road and informed local police. A heavy contingent of law enforces reached the place and besieged the area.

Later, personnel of Bomb Disposal Squad with the help of security forces defused the bomb, weighing seven kilograms.

Meanwhile, police claimed to have arrested more than 150 suspects during a fortnight crackdown on anti-social elements in different parts of Lakki district.

Two militants shot dead in Peshawar | Provinces | DAWN.COM
 
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Suicide blast in Gulistan e Jauhar during search operation:

KARACHI: An alleged suicide bomber exploded himself during the Rangers search operation in Gulistan e Jauhar block 13 on Friday.

According to the sources, the bomb was suicidal and alleged suicide bomber blew himself up when Rangers besieged the area.

Sources said that the bomber was a foreigner and had hired a flat on rent. Four kids of bomber were also found from the site of the incident. Interrogation has been kicked off.

Suicide blast in Gulistan e Jauhar during search operation
 
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Arms recovered from Karachi-Kathmando flight

Updated at: 1246 PST, Friday, November 18, 2011
KARACHI: Twelve pistols have been recovered from the baggage of a passenger about to board on a PIA flight to Kathmando from the airport here, Geo News reported.

Airport sources told that the pistols were concealed amid the truck spare parts. Two persons have been taken into custody, of them one has been identified as Haji Adeel, while customs officials trying to hush it up.

When approached, customs officials expressed their ignorance of the incident, while airport police said that none of the organization contacted them relating to recovery of pistols; nor do they have any information about it and thereby no FIR was registered in this regard.
 
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Identity of Gulistan-e-Johar suicide bomber ascertained

Updated 40 minutes ago
KARACHI: The suicide bomber who blew himself up in Gulistan-e-Johar on Friday morning has been identified as a key commander of Al-Qaeda in Karachi, Geo News reported.

The accused Moid was an Al-Qaeda commander in Karachi, security sources, said. His complete name is Moid Abdusalam Yamani.

He arrived in Karachi one-and-a-half month ago from Waziristan.

Earlier, an alleged suicide bomber blew himself up during the Rangers search operation in Gulistan e Jauhar block 13 on Friday morning.

Sources had said that the bomber was a foreigner and had hired a flat on rent.
 
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Militant killed in Waziristan clash

MIRAMSHAH/KHAR/SWABI, Nov 18: Security forces killed a suspected militant in North Waziristan Agency, while a girls school was blown up in Bajaur Agency and a college damaged in Swabi on Friday.

Officials in Miramshah said a suspected militant was killed and another injured during a clash with security forces in Speenwam area of North Waziristan Agency.

They said the clash occurred after suspected militants attacked security forces, injuring two personnel, adding that the forces returned fire killing one militant and injuring another.

Officials said gunship helicopters came into action after the clash and bombed positions of suspected militants in the area.

SCHOOL BLOWN UP: A government primary school for girls was blown up in Salarzai tehsil of Bajaur Agency early on Friday.

Officials said explosives planted by eight militants in the Danqol village school exploded completely destroying the building.

They said the explosion didn`t cause any damage to human life, adding that the school`s watchman was not present on the premises when the explosives went off.

Officials said militants had blown up 105 schools in the agency since 2007.

After the explosion, the Danqol peace committee began a search operation for militants. Also, the political authorities arrested many suspects under the Territorial Responsibility Clause of the Frontier Crimes Regulation.

The explosion occurred a day after the visit of Peshawar corps commander to the agency. The corps commander had announced that the agency had been completely cleared of militants and that solid steps would be taken for revival educational activities there.

Also in the day, a shop allegedly selling narcotics was blown up in the Siddiqabad locality near Khar on Friday.

Security forces fired gunshots in the air after the incident. However, no arrests were made by night.

COLLEGE TARGETED: A homemade bomb planted by suspected militants exploded near the boundary wall of a private college in the wee hours of Friday.

The explosion damaged the boundary wall and caused no damage to human life, said police.

It was the second blast of its kind in the last two months.

Earlier, a private school on Swabi-Jahangira Road was targeted when a bomb exploded at its main entrance, damaging a small part of the building and injuring watchman.

Police claimed to have arrested two suspects but refused to reveal their names.

http://www.dawn.com/2011/11/19/militant-killed-in-waziristan-clash.html
 
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FC vehicle escapes bomb blast in Khuzdar

QUETTA: A Frontier Corps (FC) vehicle escaped a remote-controlled blast in Arbab Complex area of Khuzdar, on Thursday.

According to the sources, a remote-controlled bomb was planted along the roadside near Arbab Complex area and detonated when a FC vehicle was passing by. However, no casualty was reported as explosion occurred after few seconds after the FC vehicle had passed by. Police and Bomb Disposal Squad (BDS) officials rushed to the spot and cordoned off the area. A case has been registered against the unidentified persons.

Daily Times - Leading News Resource of Pakistan
 
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"Its sad how things are being reported in the media. Is there no one to question the police ? how about an independent inquiry not by the same police that killed the bolan people.

My question is , what was the target of the suspected bombers??? Why will they blow themselves up when being cornered by only two policemen without giving up a fight given that ak-47's were found on the site. If end result was suicide then it could've been achieved either way. There were witnesses who heard gunshots, if so then which gun was used ? ak47's had shook the whole seaview. Why was the intensity of blast so low that even the guards posted outside village did not hear anything? Why were their families picked up and barred to speak to the media?

My conclusion is that it was police brutality. They were no terrorists, they just did not stop at the checking upon being stopped. Two policemen fired upon them which hit the cng kit and thus the explosion. Later on the incident was covered to protect the incompetence and negligence of the police department.

Moreover, yesterday the rangers killed the man by throwing grenade in his house while trying to go all commando on a innocent civilian. Read the family reports and the hospital reports. The rangers again barred the media from looking at the body. His children were helpless and crying in the apartment . Later the dg rangers changed his statement to "a grenade exploded in his hands" . The question is who did it belong to?"



From a source in Karachi..
 
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10 militants killed in Orakzai operation
By Umer Farooq
Published: November 19, 2011


PESHAWAR: Army helicopters targeted militant hideouts in the Upper Orakzai Agency on Saturday and killed 10 militants, reportedly clearing the Dabori area in the tribal belt.
Official sources said that security forces had headed towards the Mamuzai area for the first time since a military offensive had been launched against militants.
The sources added that the militants tried to escape the area in order to avoid being targeted.
“We targeted their hideouts with the help of army helicopters. For now, we are targeting them with aerial shelling and later ground forces will follow,” said officials. “The militants are trying to escape but we are chasing them and wont let them escape.”
Earlier in 2010, Corps Commander Lieutenant General Asif Yaseen Malik, during his visit to the agency, had said that more than 80% of the area had been cleared, including Dabori and Mamuzai areas.
Security forces have killed more than 100 militants in the ongoing operations, where five security personnel, including an official, were killed in different clashes with militants.
10 militants killed in Orakzai operation – The Express Tribune
 
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"Its sad how things are being reported in the media. Is there no one to question the police ? how about an independent inquiry not by the same police that killed the bolan people.

My question is , what was the target of the suspected bombers??? Why will they blow themselves up when being cornered by only two policemen without giving up a fight given that ak-47's were found on the site. If end result was suicide then it could've been achieved either way. There were witnesses who heard gunshots, if so then which gun was used ? ak47's had shook the whole seaview. Why was the intensity of blast so low that even the guards posted outside village did not hear anything? Why were their families picked up and barred to speak to the media?

My conclusion is that it was police brutality. They were no terrorists, they just did not stop at the checking upon being stopped. Two policemen fired upon them which hit the cng kit and thus the explosion. Later on the incident was covered to protect the incompetence and negligence of the police department.

Moreover, yesterday the rangers killed the man by throwing grenade in his house while trying to go all commando on a innocent civilian. Read the family reports and the hospital reports. The rangers again barred the media from looking at the body. His children were helpless and crying in the apartment . Later the dg rangers changed his statement to "a grenade exploded in his hands" . The question is who did it belong to?"



From a source in Karachi..
keep ur sources to ur self if u cant let us have a look and if u dont have a source get off this forum its not for people like u
 
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November 20, 2011. Sunday.

KALAYA: Eighteen militants were killed while six soldiers sustained injuries in clashes with security forces in Orakzai and Kurram agencies on Saturday, tribal sources said.

Ten militants were killed and several others sustained injuries as the military gunship helicopters blitzed hideouts in different parts of Orakzai Agency, tribal sources said.

The sources said that

gunship helicopters pounded the hideouts of the militants

in Adokhel, Mir Kalamkhel, Jabba and Sama Bazaar.

Ten militants were killed while several others sustained injuries and three

hideouts were destroyed in the action, official sources claimed.

The sources said the security forces occupied four important militant centres in Akhunkot village in Mamozai and seized rocket launchers, shells, guns and explosive material.

Our correspondent in Hangu adds: Eight militants were killed and six soldiers sustained injuries in a clash in central part of Kurram Agency on Saturday, tribal sources said.

The sources said that the security forces were advancing towards their next station point in Jogi area when militants opened fire on them. Six soldiers were wounded in the attack.

The security forces returned the fire and killed eight militants, the sources added. The injured soldiers were shifted to the Combined Military Hospital in Thall town.
 
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Pakistan Army details Mohmand ops


Brian Cloughley - Mohmand Agency, Pakistan



Pakistan Army officers commanding operations in Mohmand Agency have told us that, while the military's focus remains on countering the threat from militants on both sides of the Afghan-Pakistani border, growing emphasis is being placed on building and restoring civilian infrastructure.

Speaking in late October, Brigadier Aftab Ahmed, commander of 77 Infantry Brigade in Mohmand Agency, provided details of Operation 'Brekhna': a three-phase operation from January to September 2011 that sought to clear the agency of more than 1,000 militants.

Brig Aftab said Mohmand, which abuts Afghanistan's Kunar Province, has been economically and socially strangled by the insurgents - predominantly Tehrik-i-Taliban - who have stifled commerce, destroyed more than 60 schools and shattered the authority of the Political Agent: the federal government's representative. One senior army officer noted that, while the media blamed the army for interfering in civilian government, "they want us to go in and sort things out and then take over running the place" in Swat, where the army and paramilitary Frontier Scouts suffered heavy casualties in their defeat of the militants.

According to Brig Aftab, 77 Brigade had considerable air support, integral artillery and tanks for Operation 'Brekhna', although their deployment in altitudes above 5,000 ft had been extremely difficult. In the course of phase two of the operation in the Bohai Dag Sector along the border, 1,671 improvised explosive devices (IEDs) were disarmed in a 30 km strip of territory. Nine bomb factories were destroyed as were elaborate tunnel systems, one of which housed a 40-bed hospital with saline drips and other medical equipment. The brigade and the scouts suffered 74 killed and 250 wounded, of whom 47 were victims of IEDs.

While this corrospondent was in Mohmand, two soldiers of 77 Brigade were killed by an attack mounted from Afghanistan's Kunar Province. Brig Aftab said that no International Security Assistance Force or Afghan troops operated between the border and the Kunar River: a region in which there are militant bases.

That prompted another senior officer to say that it was a pity the Americans did not "use some of their bloody drones to strike the bases in Kunar and Nuristan rather than letting them [the militants] come over the border to attack Chitral": a reference to an incursion from Afghanistan in August in which 16 Frontier Scouts were killed.

The US Air Force flies General Atomics MQ-1L Predator and MQ-9 Reaper armed unmanned aerial vehicles to target insurgents in Afghanistan. The CIA is also widely believed to use Predators to target Al-Qaeda and other militants inside Pakistan.
 
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At least 7 militants killed by security forces in Orakzai
Submitted 10 mins ago
Security forces clashed with armed insurgents in Orakzai Agency on Sunday, killing seven suspected militants, a private TV reported.
According to the report, militants attacked an armed forces convoy, injuring a security personnel. Seven militants were killed in retaliatory action by the forces.
Orakzai is one of the most lawless areas in Pakistan’s northwest tribal region, which is made up of seven districts near the Afghan border.
The area is home to supporters of Pakistani Taliban leader Hakimullah Mehsud.
Security forces launched a major operation in the agency in March last year after militants fled a sweeping offensive in the nearby tribal district of South Waziristan.
At least 7 militants killed by security forces in Orakzai | Pakistan | News | Newspaper | Daily | English | Online
 
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Police arrest criminals involved in attack on Saudi Consulate
DAWN.COM
KARACHI: The crime branch of Karachi police has arrested four terrorists belonging to a banned outfit, who were involved in a grenade attack on the Saudi Consulate in Karachi, DawnNews reported on Sunday.

One of the members of the outfit was injured and arrested during a shootout in another incident.

According to the SSP crime branch, Farooq Awan, the police conducted a raid early morning in the Eid Gah area and arrested three suspects named, Zaki, Mohsin and Muhammad Ali Kazmi. During the interrogation, the arrested suspects confessed their links to Lashkar-e-Mehdi – a banned outfit – and admitted attacking the Saudi embassy and a mosque at Sakhi Hassan.

They also stated that eight target killers, arrested by the special investigation unit earlier this year, were a part of their gang.

During interrogation, they pointed out one of their accomplice in the Gulistan-e-Jauhar area. The police arrested injured Asif alias Munna after a shootout in the area. The wounded culprit was shifted to a hospital.
 
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