Pakistani Forces against Militants.

[UmarJustice]

Four militants arrested in Sarband

PESHAWAR: Police arrested four militants following exchange of fire in Sarband area on the outskirts of Peshawar on Sunday, sources said.



According to the sources, the gunbattle took place when the militants opened fire at police near Riaz Shaheed checkpoint. On retaliation, police fired back injuring one attacker.



Police arrested the injured attacker among four militants and shifted to unknown location.

Four militants arrested in Sarband - thenews.com.pk

 

[Safriz]

KHYBER AGENCY: Security forces have arrested sixteen suspects during an operation
in Khyber Agency, Geo News reported Saturday. According to official sources, security forces conducted a search operation against
criminal elements in Ghundi area of Tehsil Jamrud today and apprehended sixteen
suspected persons. On the other hand, an explosion took place in Malik Deen Khel area of Tehsil Bara that
damaged a mosque and nearby house, however, no loss of life was reported. Five persons were also injured when an improvised explosive device exploded in
Lower Kurram area.

 

[UmarJustice]

FC arrests ten suspects


QUETTA - At least ten accused were rounded up by Frontier Corps (FC) in targeted operations in different parts of Quetta, on Wednesday, while a landmine was recovered in Ormara. According to sources, FC and Police carried out joint targeted search operation in Killi Kamalo, Sariab, Hudda and other parts of Quetta, and rounded up ten accused persons. “Accused are being interrogated and would be freed if found innocent,” sources said.

It may be mentioned here that following the imposition of Governor’s rule in Balochistan, Frontier Corps was delegated police powers and freed hand to curb incidents of kidnapping for ransom, sectarian killing and other crimes. Upon which, FC is carrying out targeted operation in different parts of Quetta and other towns of Balochistan and has arrested dozens of accused so far. Meanwhile, security personnel recovered a landmine weighing about 5kg in Ormara, a coastal town of Balochistan, and called in bomb disposal squad which defused it. –Staff Reporter

Separately, security personnel stopped a suspicious vehicle at Gadang check post located on Quetta Chaman highway and seized an explosive device weighing 20kg. However, no arrest was made in this connection.

FC arrests ten suspects | The Nation arrests ten suspects

 

[james5]

Pakistan is struggling against terrorism at some times.

 

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[UmarJustice]

Air blitz kills eight militants in upper Orakzai

At least eight militants were killed when warplanes pounded suspected hideouts of Taliban insurgents in Upper Orakzai on Sunday.

A security forces’ official claimed that three hideouts of the outlawed Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) were destroyed in raids in Tambo Sar, Mir Kalam Khel and Lando Qamar areas of Mamozai, killing eight militants.
This was the 10th raid on the TTP in the region since the beginning of 2013. Around 84 suspected militants have been killed and over 28 hideouts destroyed in these attacks, the official said.
Reports indicate that six militants were killed on Feb 14, 15 on Feb 9, 10 on Feb 8, 15 on Feb 7 and eight on Feb 6. In bombings carried out last month, 10 militants were killed on Jan 31, eight were killed on Jan 30, 12 on Jan 29, while eight militants were reportedly killed on Jan 28.
Orakzai was TTP chief Hakimullah Mehsud’s base of operations before he moved to South Waziristan after his predecessor Baitullah Mehsud was killed.

Unlike the other six tribal agencies, Orakzai does not share a border with Afghanistan. Spread over an area of 700 square miles, the agency shares its borders with Kurram Agency, Khyber Agency, Hangu and Darra Adamkhel. Most of the agency was believed to be a safe haven for local and foreign militants until 2010.
IED blast in North Waziristan
Four Frontier Corps (FC) personnel were injured in a roadside bomb blast in Razmak subdivision of North Waziristan Agency on Sunday.
An official of the security forces said around noon four FC personnel on foot patrol were scanning the Sarobi area for IEDs when a low intensity IED exploded and injured them.
The official added that soon after the incident security forces rushed to the site and launched a search operation while two gunships were scrambled.

The injured were taken to the Combined Military Hospital (CMH) Bannu. In a subsequent search operation, security forces defused another roadside IED in the area, the official added.
The North Waziristan political administration has imposed curfew in Miramshah, Mir Ali and Razmak subdivisions since 5:00am. Local tribesmen were informed through announcement from loudspeakers to remain indoors and avoid coming on main routes.
Mortar shells land near Wana market
Suspected militants fired two mortar shells towards Wana Rustham Bazaar, the main town of South Waziristan Agency that landed outside the market place causing no loss of life or property, an official of the political administration told The Express Tribune.

Air blitz kills eight militants in upper Orakzai – The Express Tribune

 

[Emmie]

QUETTA: The Frontier Corps conducted a search operation in Quetta’s suburbs, killing four and arresting several suspects as Hazara community continued their protest in the city with bodies of Kirani blast victims unburied.

In a predawn raid the paramilitary troops entered Barezai area of Qambrani and seized heavy cache of arms and explosive from the possession of several suspects held during the operation.

Four suspects were killed in a shootout that took place as law enforcers began search operation in the area.

The operation came after a massacre carried out by a banned out fit against the Hazara community which led to killing of over 80 people, the second horrific attack against the ethnic Hazaras within the short span of a month.

Courtesy Geo News - FC kills 4 in operation as protest against Quetta carnage continues - geo.tv

 

[muse]

That's the way to do it FC - notice the article does not give any hint of an organizational association, it's just an operation against individuals, their affiliation with those who cannot be named, is not named

 

[Windjammer]

PESHAWAR: Pakistan’s military jets bombarded three suspected militant hideouts in Khyber tribal region’s Tirah valley area.

At least six suspected militants were killed in the airstrikes, tribal sources told Dawn.com.

The targeted hideouts were completely destroyed in the military onslaught.

The military has stepped up airstrikes in the tribal regions since the beginning of 2013, with at least 45 suspected militants reported as killed and at least a dozen hideouts destroyed.

The death-toll and identities of victims cannot be independently verified the access of media persons and journalists is barred in the area.

 

[Strigon]

PESHAWAR: Security forces pounded the suspected militants' positions in Upper Orakzai and Khyber agency, killing 29 insurgents and destroying 7 dens.


According to the sources of security forces, in the first action an aerial offensive was launched on militants in Orakzai Agency's areas of Arghanju, Saparsok and Tanboh where 9 militants were taken out while several others were injured. Three militants' hideouts were also destroyed in the air raid.

In the second similar attack with the help of fighter jets, targets in Dawathoi area of Khyber Agency's Tehsil Jamrud were bombarded where 20 militants including one of their commanders were killed while four of their positions were blown away.

29 militants killed, 7 hideouts destroyed in Orakzai, Khyber agencies - geo.tv

 

[Brutas]

Drones have killed 4,700: US senator

A US senator says assassination drone strikes have killed around 4,700 people, including civilians, a number that exceeds some independent estimates of the toll.

"We've killed 4,700," said Republican Senator Lindsey Graham, a staunch supporter of drone use, AFP reported on Wednesday.

"Sometimes you hit innocent people, and I hate that, but we're at war, and we've taken out some very senior members of al-Qaeda," Graham added.

Graham defended President Barack Obama's use of drones to carry out assassinations overseas, saying "It's a weapon that needs to be used."

"It's a tactical weapon. A drone is an unmanned aerial vehicle that is now armed," the senator noted.

US officials refuse to publicly discuss any details of the covert program and the death toll from drone strikes remains a mystery.

A report by the Washington-based New America Foundation has said that there have been 350 US drone strikes since 2004, most of them during President Obama's terms in office. The foundation has put the death toll between 1,963 and 3,293, with 261 to 305 civilians killed.

According to the London-based Bureau of Investigative Journalism, between 2,627 and 3,457 people have been killed by US drones in Pakistan since 2004, including between 475 and nearly 900 civilians.

Graham, however, did not make it clear weather the figure was the US government's own estimate of casualties from drone strikes.


The use of assassination drones overseas under the administration of Obama has caused a national debate.

Former US Secretary of Defense Robert Gates has also called for the formation of a third group to check on the president’s ability to conduct drone strikes.

"I think this idea of being able to execute, in effect, an American citizen, no matter how awful, having some third party -- informing the Congress or the intelligence committees or something like that...some check on the ability of the president to do this has merit, as we look to the longer term future," Gates said.

On February 14, Obama promised to be more forthcoming with the American public on his administration's campaign of drone strikes.

"What I think is absolutely true is it's not sufficient for citizens to just take my word for it that we're doing the right thing," Obama said in an online video question-and-answer session sponsored by Google.

He vowed to work with Congress to craft a "mechanism" to be more open about how the drone war is conducted.

Washington uses assassination drones in several countries, claiming that they target “terrorists.” According to witnesses, however, the attacks have mostly led to massive civilian casualties.

 

[Imran Khan]

recovered armed

 

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[Irfan Baloch]

That's the way to do it FC - notice the article does not give any hint of an organizational association, it's just an operation against individuals, their affiliation with those who cannot be named, is not named

dont believe it. no dead bodies no names no place specified anything at all. wodner if this was done just to appease the Hazaras
why did hundreds have to die before this operation could be launched suddenly and arrest 170 terrorists and claim to kill few as well?

and you know what? all those hours spent in arranging the guns and bullets on white sheets to show to journalists should be smashed under the roller just like the confiscated booze in front of the cameras so that the same weapons cant be used again and again for next photo shoot.

 

[UmarJustice]

Two soldiers, 15 militants killed in Khyber Agency

Fifteen militants and two security personnel were killed in shelling by warplanes on the Tehrik-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) positions and an encounter between the Lashkar-e-Islam (LI) and security forces in Tirah Valley and Bara Tehsil of Khyber Agency, official and tribal sources said on Sunday.



Sources said the jet fighters bombarded the positions of TTP in Sorkas, Sra Vella and Dwatoy in Kukikhel area in Tirah on Sunday. At least, 10 militants were killed and eight injured in the air strikes. A vehicle and five sanctuaries of the militants were also destroyed in the aerial attack.



Meanwhile, security forces encountered with the LI militants in Nala area during a search operation in various areas of Bara subdivision including Mandikas, Bachi Nehar and Yousaf Talab.As a result of crossfire, five militants and two security personnel were killed while 10 soldiers and six militants were injured.



Security forces were backed by two helicopters, which shelled militants’ positions in Nala. The forces also blew up an empty double cabin pick-up truck left behind by the militants. A car was seized while two suspects were arrested by the forces and shifted to Fort Salop FC camp for interrogation.

Two soldiers, 15 militants killed in Khyber Agency - thenews.com.pk