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India-Pakistan

Dawood Malik, founder of Lashkar-e-Jabbar, gunned down in North Wazoo by unknown assailants

2023-10-25

[GreaterKashmir
...a disputed territory lying between India and Pakistain. After partition, the Paks grabbed half of it and call it Azad (Free) Kashmir. The remainder they refer to as "Indian Occupied Kashmir". They have fought four wars with India over it, the score currently 4-0 in New Delhi's favor. After 72 years of this nonsense, India cut the Gordian knot in 2019, removing the area's special status, breaking off Ladakh as a separate state, and allowing people from other areas to settle (or in the case of the Pandits, to resettle) there....
] Another terrorist involved in anti-India activities Dawood Malik, considered a close aide of wanted terrorist Maulana Masood Azhar

...One of the major players in Pak terrorism. In early 1994, India incarcerated him for his activities. In 1995, foreign tourists were kidnapped in Jammu and Kashmir. The kidnappers included his release among their demands. One of the hostages managed to escape but the rest were eventually killed. In 1999, he was freed by the Indian government in exchange for passengers on hijacked Indian Airlines Flight 814 that had been diverted to Kandahar. The hijackers were led by Masood Azhar's brother, Ibrahim Athar. Once he was handed over to the hijackers, they fled to Pak territory despite the fact that Islamabad had earlier stated that any of the hijackers would be jugged at the border. The Pak government had also previously indicated that Azhar would be allowed to return home since he did not face any charges there. Shortly after his release, he made a public address to an estimated 10,000 people in Karachi, firing up the rubes against America and India...
, was rubbed out on Pakistain soil by unknown button men, reports said.

Unknown, you say? That most certainly wouldn’t be RAW then. Good to know.

According to reports in Pak media, Malik, termed a tribal elder, was rubbed out by unknown assailants in Pakistain's North Wazoo. Police said that it was a assassination carried out by unknown masked men in Mirali area of the North Waziristan tribal district on Friday morning.

Malik was targeted by masked men at a private clinic and the assailants managed to escape after the attack. Malik is said to be the founder of Lashkar-e-Jabbar and also a close aide of one of India's most wanted Lions of Islam Azhar.

The fresh incident raises questions of a war among the terrorist organizations that are functional in Pakistain. In last few weeks, several Lions of Islam wanted in India have been bumped off in Pakistain by unknown button men.

More unknown killers roaming in the wilds of Pakistan, you say? Very definitely not RAW, and probably not Mossad either, as they are currently occupied elsewhere.

On October 11, Shahid Latif, one of India's most wanted Lions of Islam and also a key conspirator in the 2016 Pathankot terror attack case was rubbed out by unknown button men in Pakistain's Sialkot. On October 1, Mufti Qaiser Farooq, a former member of Lashkar-e-Taiba
...the Army of the Pure, an Ahl-e-Hadith terror organization founded by Hafiz Saeed. LeT masquerades behind the Jamaat-ud-Dawa facade within Pakistain and periodically blows things up and kills people in India. Despite the fact that it is banned, always an interesting concept in Pakistain, the organization remains an blatant tool and perhaps an arm of the ISI...
and a close associate of Hafiz Saeed
...founder of Lashkar-e-Taiba and its false-mustache offshoot Jamaat-ud-Dawa. The United Nations declared the JuD a terrorist organization in 2008 and Hafiz Saeed a terrorist as its leader. Hafiz, JuD and LeT are wholly-owned subsidiaries of the Pak intel apparatus, so that amounted to squat. He is periodically placed under house arrest so it looks like the govt is doing something. Once the heat is off they let him go....
, the criminal mastermind behind the 26/11 attacks, was also killed in Pakistain.

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India-Pakistan

Two girls’ schools blown up in North Waziristan

2023-05-24

[Dawn] Two government schools for girls in Mirali were blown up late Sunday night, police said.

No loss of life was reported in the incidents.

According to police, Government Girls Middle School, Noor Jannat, and Government Girls Middle School, Yunus Kot, were targeted by the attackers around midnight.

Locals said around 500 girls were enrolled in the two schools.

District Police Officer, North Wazoo

Wazoo, Saleem Riaz said it was a krazed killer attack and the counterterrorism department of police would investigate the case. He vowed that all those involved in the attack would be brought to justice.

Earlier this month, six schoolteachers were killed in a shooting at a school in the Kurram district of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, shortly after another teacher was bumped off in a drive-by shooting in the upper Kurram area.

Last month, a soldier embraced martyrdom during an exchange of fire with forces of Evil in the Mirali area of North Waziristan.

According to Inter-Services Public Relations (ISPR), "sanitisation" activity was being carried out to eliminate any forces of Evil found in the area. Sepoy Irsha Ullah, 29, was martyred during the battle.

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India-Pakistan

Five security men among nine injured in Waziristan blast

2023-05-16

[Dawn] Nine persons, including five security personnel, sustained injuries in a suicide kaboom in Mirali tehsil here on Monday, local officials said.

They said a jacket wallah targeted a vehicle of the security forces near Eidak village, which left nine persons, including five coppers, maimed.

They stated that the injured security personnel included Naik Gul Nawab, Naik Faisal and Sepoys Riaz, Ali Raza and Saqib. They identified the injured civilians as Hazrat Umar, Shoaib, Naimatullah and Imdadullah.

"The area was cordoned off by the security forces and a search operation was launched. The injured persons, including two at death's door, were airlifted to Combined Military Hospital, Bannu," a bigwig said.

No statement was issued by the Inter Services Public Relation, the military’s media wing, about the suicide attack.

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India-Pakistan

Two police officials martyred in Swabi, Waziristan attacks

2023-04-09

[Dawn] An assistant sub-inspector of police embraced martyrdom and two other personnel suffered critical injuries when ~~bandidos~~ faceless myrmidons attacked the vehicle they travelled in with a hand grenade in Swabi district on Friday evening.

Also in the day, a police constable was killed in an act of ’murder’ in North Wazoo

Wazoo tribal district.

The Swabi attack was reported in the main Yar Hussain Bazaar a few minutes before Iftar time.

The police said that the ~~bandidos~~ faceless myrmidons lobbed a hand grenade at the police personnel’s vehicle as it was bound for the Yar Hussain cop shoppe.

They said that ASI Sair Khan was martyred in the attack, while the accompanying constables Gul Naseeb Khan and Ajaz Khan were seriously injured.

The police said that the dear departed belonged to Kalu Khan village.

They said that the injured were immediately shifted to the Mardan Medical Complex, where the doctors declared the condition of constable Gul Naseeb to be critical.

The police claimed that ostensibly, it was a murderous Moslem attack, which was being probed.

"It seems that ~~bandidos~~ faceless myrmidons are behind this hand grenade attack, but they are investigating it from different angles to know about it," district police officer Najmul Hussain told Dawn.

The police cordoned off the area after the attack and tightened security at and around all entry points and key places in the area.

Meanwhile,
...back at the laboratory, Igor and Oleg were discussing what the quickest way might be to deal with the monster...
button men killed a police constable in Khadikhel market of North Waziristan tribal district on Friday.

The police said it was an act of "murder". They said that constable Zahidullah came under gun attack in a market while doing his duty.

The police said that faceless myrmidons fired bullets at the constable and fled.

They said that the policeman embraced martyrdom on the spot.

The police said that the body was shifted to the main Mirali hospital, while an investigation had been launched into the "murder."

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India-Pakistan

Army soldier, CTD official martyred in KP in exchange of fire with militants

2023-04-02

[Dawn] A Pakistain Army soldier and a Counter-Terrorism Department constable embraced martyrdom in exchange of fire with holy warriors in North Wazoo

Wazoo and Mardan districts on Friday, ISPR and police officials said.

"An exchange of fire took place between holy warriors and the security forces in Mirali area of North Waziristan. During intense exchange of fire, Sepoy Irshadullah, 29, a resident of Karak district, embraced martyrdom," a statement issued by Inter-Services Public Relations (ISPR), said.

The statement said sanitisation of the area was being carried out to eliminate any holy warriors found there.

Meanwhile,
...back at the the conspirators' cleverly concealed hideout Montefiore's foot was still stuck and the hound had completely soaked his uniform with slobber...
a CTD constable was martyred and a wanted bully boy was killed in an exchange of fire in Mardan on Friday.

Police said a CTD team raided a mosque located in Seri Behlol locality after receiving information about the presence of a wanted bully boy there.

The bully boy, who was identified as Maulana Jawad, opened fire on the CTD officials, causing serious injuries to constable Usman Shah. In retaliatory firing by the injured constable, the bully boy also sustained critical wounds.

The officials said the injured constable embraced martyrdom while being shifted to a hospital. The bully boy also died on the way to the hospital.

The CTD lodged an FIR against the bully boy and his family members and launched an investigation.

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India-Pakistan

5 terrorists killed in intelligence-based operations in North, South Waziristan: ISPR

2023-03-11

[Dawn] Five bad boyz were potted by security forces in intelligence-based operations (IBOs) carried out in North and South Wazoo, the military’s media affairs wing said on Friday.

Presumably they’re TTP or something related, though the article doesn’t say.

In a blurb the Inter Services Public Relations said: "On March 10, IBOs were conducted by security forces in North and South Waziristan districts. During conduct of the operations, five bad boyz were potted after intense fire exchange."

The ISPR added that weapons, ammunition and a "large quantity of equipment" were also recovered from them.

"Pakistain Army is determined to eliminate the menace of terrorism from every inch of our territory with an unflinching resolve," the statement said.

The exchange of fire comes amid a surge in terrorist activities across the country, especially in Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa and Balochistan
...the Pak province bordering Kandahar and Uruzgun provinces in Afghanistan and Sistan Baluchistan in Iran. Its native Baloch propulation is being displaced by Pashtuns and Punjabis and they aren't happy about it...
, since the outlawed Tehrik-e-Taliban
Taliban

...Arabic for students...
Pakistain (TTP) ended its ceasefire with the government in November.

On Wednesday, six bad boyz were potted by security forces in an IBO in North Waziristan’s Datta Khel area.

Last week, a controller of jacket wallahs was killed and two suspected ~~bandidos~~ murderous Moslems were arrested during an IBO carried out by the security forces in North Waziristan’s Mirali tehsil.

The Afghan Digest points out:

Counter-terrorism operations in both North and South Waziristan resulted in the deaths of 5 men. The Pakistani military failed to disclose information about the terror groups the men may have belonged to.

But Khaama Press sez:

At least five Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan militants have been killed in a special operation in North and South Waziristan district, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province of Pakistan, the military announced in a statement on Friday.

Meanwhile, the Inter-Services Public Relations (ISPR) said that the army was determined to eliminate the threat of terrorism from the country.

The statement also said that during the last three months, security forces had killed more than 150 terrorists in several special operations.

Security forces conducted 6,921 operations nationwide in the last three months, arresting at least 1,007 terrorists.

Only in Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa, around 1,960 operations have been conducted, of which 1,516 were area-domination operations, 301 were based on intelligence, and 143 were area-sanitization operations.

The statement read that only in Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa were 89 militants killed, and 540 were detained due to security forces’ operations.

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India-Pakistan

6 terrorists killed in North Waziristan IBO: ISPR

2023-03-09

[Dawn] Six bad boyz were potted on Wednesday by security forces in an intelligence-based operation (IBO) in North Wazoo’s Datta Khel general area, according to a blurb from the military’s media wing.

The Inter Services Public Relations (ISPR) blurb said: "On March 8, an IBO was conducted by security forces in general area Datta Khel, North Waziristan District. During intense exchange of fire, six bad boyz were potted," adding that weapons and ammunition were recovered from them.

"The killed gunnies remained actively involved in terrorist activities against security forces and civilians," the blurb added.

The ISPR said area locals "appreciated the security forces response and expressed their full support to eliminate menace of terrorism from the area".

The exchange of fire comes amid a surge in terrorist activities across the country, especially in Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa and Balochistan
...the Pak province bordering Kandahar and Uruzgun provinces in Afghanistan and Sistan Baluchistan in Iran. Its native Baloch propulation is being displaced by Pashtuns and Punjabis and they aren't happy about it...
, since the outlawed Tehrik-e-Taliban
Taliban

...mindless ferocity in a turban...
Pakistain (TTP) ended its ceasefire with the government in November.

Last week, a controller of jacket wallahs was killed and two suspected murderous Moslems were arrested during an IBO carried out by the security forces in North Waziristan Mirali tehsil.

On Feb 26, two soldiers embraced martyrdom in North Waziristan, officials had confirmed. According to local officials, armed murderous Moslems had stormed a check post in the Noorkhel area.

On February 13, seven TTP murderous Moslems were killed when cops repulsed an attack on a police van carrying three detained murderous Moslems to Bannu from North Waziristan.

Khaama Press adds:

Security forces killed six Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan members on Wednesday during an intelligence-based operation (IBO) in the Datta Khel general region of North Waziristan, Pakistan, according to a statement from the military’s press office.

The Inter-services Public Relations (ISPR) said in a statement that “on March 8, an Intelligence Based Operation (IBO) was conducted by security forces in general area Datta Khel, North Waziristan District.”

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India-Pakistan

Five killed in North Waziristan attacks

2022-07-27

[DAWN] Unidentified button men killed five people over the last two days in different parts of North Wazoo

Wazoo tribal district, police and residents said.

Three people were killed on Monday while two were rubbed out on Sunday. The killings took place in Mirali tehsil.

Witnesses said button men killed Firdos Khan of Khaderi village in Mirali Bazaar.

Hours later, another person identified as Azmar Ali was rubbed out in the town. Later, a resident of Omreki village near Mirali was also killed.

On Sunday, unknown button men had killed two residents of Bannu district in Mirali.

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India-Pakistan

Five killed in North Waziristan attacks

2022-07-26

Could be one of the Tehrik e-Taliban groups, could be tribal feuds, could be criminals... could even just be various people in bad moods sharing the pain.

[Dawn] Unidentified gunmen killed five people over the last two days in different parts of North Waziristan tribal district, police and residents said.

Three people were killed on Monday while two were shot dead on Sunday. The killings took place in Mirali tehsil.

Witnesses said gunmen killed Firdos Khan of Khaderi village in Mirali Bazaar.

Hours later, another person identified as Azmar Ali was shot dead in the town. Later, a resident of Omreki village near Mirali was also killed.

On Sunday, unknown gunmen had killed two residents of Bannu district in Mirali.

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India-Pakistan

Soldier martyred during exchange of fire with terrorists in North Waziristan: ISPR

2022-06-12

[Dawn] A Pakistain Army soldier was martyred during an "intense exchange of fire" with Lions of Islam in the Datta Khel area of North Wazoo

Wazoo tribal district, the military's media affairs wing said on Sunday.

In a statement, the Inter-Services Public Relations (ISPR) said the exchange of fire took place between Lions of Islam and Pakistain Army troops during which the latter "fought bravely and effectively engaged the terrorists' location".

However,
facts are stubborn; statistics are more pliable...
Sepoy Shahzaib Imtiaz embraced martyrdom after "having fought gallantly", the ISPR said, adding that he was 25-years-old and a resident of Kotli Sattian.

"Area clearance is being carried out to eliminate any Lions of Islam found in the area," the statement concluded.

Earlier this month, security forces killed four Lions of Islam during operations in North Waziristan tribal district and Balochistan
...the Pak province bordering Kandahar and Uruzgun provinces in Afghanistan and Sistan Baluchistan in Iran. Its native Baloch propulation is being displaced by Pashtuns and Punjabis and they aren't happy about it...
’s Noshki district.

According to the ISPR, two bad boyz were potted during an exchange of fire with the security forces in the Hassankhel area of Mirali tehsil in North Waziristan. Arms and ammunition were seized from the possession of the dead Lions of Islam who, according to the ISPR statement, were involved in subversive activities.

Meanwhile,
...back at the laboratory the smoke and fumes had dispersed, to reveal an ominous sight...
two more bad boyz were potted during an operation in Parodh area of Noshki district. Sources said the Lions of Islam tried to escape from their hideout and opened fire on security forces. During the exchange of fire, two Lions of Islam allegedly belonging to the banned Baloch Republic Army were killed.

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India-Pakistan

8 terrorists including 3 TTP commanders killed in North Waziristan IBOs: ISPR

2021-03-08

[Dawn] Eight suspected forces of Evil including three Tehrik-e-Taliban
Taliban

...the Pashtun equivalent of men...
Pakistain (TTP) commanders were killed in two intelligence-based operations (IBOs) conducted by security forces in the North Wazoo tribal district, the military's media wing said on Saturday.

The separate IBOs were carried out on terrorist hideouts in Boya and Dosali areas of North Waziristan, according to an Inter-Services Public Relations (ISPR) statement.

Besides the eight Death Eaters, the three terrorist commanders killed during the exchange of fire were Abdul Aneer alias Adil (TTP Toofan group), Junaid alias Jamid (TTP Tariq group) and Khaliq Shadeen alias Rehan (TTP Sadiq Noor group), the ISPR said.

"These forces of Evil remained involved in terrorist activities against security forces, law enforcement agencies and locals of the area since 2009 including IED (improvised bomb) attacks, firing, murder, kidnapping for ransom and extortion," the blurb added.

It said the slain gunnies were also involved in recruiting forces of Evil in the area.

Security forces recovered a "huge cache of arms" from the hideouts.

Last month, four women aid workers were bumped off in the Mirali area of North Waziristan, as a fresh wave of holy warrior violence rattled the region.

The tribal areas along the Afghan border remain notorious for the availability of cheap guns, narcotics and smuggled goods.

Attacks have decreased in recent years following a series of military offensives against homegrown and foreign Death Eaters.

In 2014, the army launched a massive operation to wipe out Death Eater bases in North Waziristan aimed at ending a near decade-long insurgency that cost thousands of lives.

But Death Eater groups are still able to carry out sporadic, isolated assaults.

A recent surge in attacks targeting security forces along the Afghan border has sparked fears that these groups may be regrouping.

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India-Pakistan

Police issue security alert for NGO workers in North Waziristan

2021-02-24

[DAILYTIMES.PK] Police of North Wazoo

Wazoo has issued a security alert for NGO workers after four women NGO workers were shot in the region’s Miranshah
... headquarters of al-Qaeda in Pakistain and likely location of Ayman al-Zawahiri. The Haqqani network has established a ministate in centered on the town with courts, tax offices and lots of madrassas...
on Monday.

The aid workers were ambushed by two button men as they were driving through a village in North Waziristan district, according to local police chief Shafiullah Gandapur, who said just one passenger survived the assault. "No one has grabbed credit for the attack so far but it was surely an act of terrorism.

Gandapur said the aid workers were affiliated with a programme run by a local institute to develop household skills for women. The incident and corpse count was confirmed by Rasul Khan, another local police official.

Separately, Gandapur said in a statement that the driver of the vehicle was also injured in the attack. He added that a search and strike operation was being carried out in the Mirali tehsil of the district to trace and arrest the terrorists.

Soon after the incident, KP Inspector-General of Police Sanaullah Abbasi asked the North Waziristan DPO to submit a report. "Police have been ordered to arrest the suspects immediately. Those involved in the incident will be punished," the IG said.

Meanwhile,
...back at the shootout, Butch clutched at his other leg......
the Human Rights Commission of Pakistain issued a statement, condemning the attack and demanding that the perpetrators be brought to book.

The tribal areas along the Afghan border remain notorious for the availability of cheap guns, narcotics and smuggled goods. Attacks have decreased in recent years following a series of military offensives against homegrown and foreign bad boys.

In 2014, the army launched a massive operation to wipe out bad boy bases in North Waziristan aimed at ending a near decade-long insurgency that cost thousands of lives. But bad boy groups are still able to carry out sporadic, isolated assaults. A recent surge in attacks targeting security forces along the Afghan border has sparked fears that these groups may be regrouping.

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