A suicide bomber killed 25 policemen and two civilians an in attack on military convoy in Hangu. Security forces killed seven Taliban fighters in Kohat. Four members of Ansarul Islam were killed in an IED attack in Khyber. The Bajaur Taliban threatened to end the ceasefire. A government official died in Taliban custody in Mohmand. […]
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Twenty-five police and soldiers were among those killed after a suicide car bomber struck a convoy at a checkpoint in Hangu.
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The Taliban murdered a couple for adultery in Hangu and bombed an electrical tower in Peshawar. Police thwarted a suicide attack at Peshawar’s university. Pakistan was stripped of the right to host the 2011 world soccer cup due to the security situation.
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Maulana Abdullah Aziz has been freed from jail and will preach at the Red Mosque in Islamabad. He also called for the enforcement of sharia countrywide. The Taliban murdered two women in Mardan, bombed three shops in Dir, and have refused to leave Dir.
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A suicide bomber killed 18 people, including nine policemen, in an attack on a police checkpoint in Charsadda. The Supreme Court released the former leader of the Red Mosque on $2,500 bail. President Zardari claimed that sharia is not being enforced in the Malakand Division.
Today’s suicide attack against a police checkpoint in Charsadda is the latest in a series of major attacks against the police, the Army, the Frontier Corps, and other Pakistani security and intelligence services since July 2007.
Maulana Abdul Aziz, the leader of the radical Lal Masjid who led a revolt in the heart of Islamabad, is released on bail by Pakistan’s Supreme Court after serving less than two years in jail.
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The TNSM will seek to impose sharia in other parts of Pakistan. The Swat Taliban said it would not carry arms in public areas but will not turn in its weapons. Sufi Mohammed said the Swat Taliban are immune from prosecution for past crimes. The Taliban took a Sikh leader hostage in Arakzai.
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President Zardari signed the bill that implements sharia in the Malakand Division into law after Parliament voted in favor. The Taliban have taken full control of Buner and bombed a girls’ school in Bannu. Security forces detained Badshah Din, Baitullah Mehsud’s aide in Karachi, and killed a Taliban leader in Mohmand. Polio vaccinations were canceled […]
President Zardari signs the Nizam-e-Adl regulation after a majority of parliament voted in favor of the legislation. The Taliban threatened violence if the law was not passed and said any member of parliament who refused to sign the bill was a non-Muslim.
Taliban recruit followers, extend patrols in Buner
Security forces detained 513 people during sweeps in Islamabad and 18 more in Mianwali. The Taliban killed one security guard and destroyed 10 NATO transport trucks in Peshawar. The government released five Taliban fighters in Swat. The TNSM said members of parliament would be declared non-Muslims if they voted against the sharia regulations.
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Prime Minister Gilani said Pakistan will not accept conditional aid from the US. The Taliban said some of its forces would leave Buner. The Taliban killed a tribal leader in Bajaur, attacked two checkpoints in Nowshera, and wounded three security personnel after ambushing a convoy in Swat.
The government is promoting the TNSM as an honest broker in the Swat peace negotiations while a TNSM spokesman admits the pro-Taliban group can order the Taliban to take up arms against the state.