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India-Pakistan

TTP splinter group chief Khan Said ‘Sajna’ reported killed in US drone strike in Afghanistan

2018-02-10

[DAWN] Khan Said ’Sajna’, the leader of a splinter group of Tehrik-e-Taliban ...the Pashtun equivalent of men... Pakistain (TTP), has been killed in a US dronezap in Afghanistan, officials said on Friday. At least nine close associates of Sajna were also killed in the strike which occurred in Kharh Tangi area of Afghanistan on Wednesday, DawnNews reported. The death has not yet been denied so far by the Mehsud faction of the TTP which Sajna heads. Sajna, who is 36, is believed to be involved in the attack on a Naval base in Bloody Karachi ...formerly the capital of Pakistain, now merely its most important port and financial center. It is among the largest cities in the world, with a population of 18 million, most of whom hate each other and many of whom are armed and dangerous... and is also credited with criminal masterminding a 2012 jailbreak in which the Taliban freed 400 inmates in the northwestern city of Bannu. "Sajna has no basic education, conventional or religious, but he is battle-hardened and has experience of fighting in Afghanistan," an official had said earlier. Meanwhile, ...back at the comedy club, Boogie ducked another tomato... AP reported that seven forces of Evil were killed on Thursday in a dronezap in the Pak border village of Gorwak in North Wazoo, once a stronghold of local and foreign forces of Evil until the military cleared them out. Also on Thursday, missiles fired from US drone slammed into a vehicle in Afghanistan's eastern Paktia province, killing four turbans, said Shah Mohammad Aryan, a front man for the provincial chief police. The strike took place in the mountainous Barmal district of Paktia province, where fighters from both the Haqqani network and Pakistain's Tehrik-e-Taliban turban group are believed to operate. Confirmation of the strikes came shortly before Afghanistan Deputy Foreign Minister Hekmat Khalil Karzai arrived in Islamabad for talks with Pak officials. Friday's visit came days after Pakistain's Foreign Secretary Tehmina Janjua travelled to Afghanistan and met with Afghan officials following series of turban attacks in Kabul that killed over 200 people. Janjua's visit to Kabul was part of a larger dialogue many Afghans saw it as a response to their accusations against Islamabad.

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India-Pakistan

92 suspected militants killed in strikes

2015-01-29

[DAWN] Seventy-six suspected bully boyz were killed in North Wazoo and 16 in Khyber Agency when planes pounded their hideouts in the two volatile regions on Tuesday, the military said. "In a precise aerial strike in Dattakhel area ... which is owned and operated by Hafiz Gul Behadur... of North Waziristan in the afternoon, 53 bad boys, including 12 foreigners, were killed. Six hideouts, an ammunition dump and seven explosives-laden vehicles were destroyed," said an ISPR statement. The jet fighters targeted bad boys' positions in Kharh Tangi, some 35km west of the agency headquarters of 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... . Most of the foreigners killed were Uzbeks, military sources said. Also read: General Raheel vows 'not to abandon Fata without restoring peace' In another strike in the same area later, 23 bully boyz were killed, the ISPR claimed. Since the area is off-limits to journalists, it is difficult to independently verify the number and identity of the dead.

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India-Pakistan

Shrines destroyed, two killed in Khyber

2011-12-12

[Dawn] Unidentified persons destroyed two shrines in Landi Kotal tehsil while beturbanned goons killed two rustics in Tirah valley of Khyber Agency in separate incidents on Thursday. Officials in Landi Kotal said that unidentified persons blew up the shrine of Shiekh Nissa Baba while the shrine of Sheikh Bahadar Bara was set on fire in Kam Shalman area on the night between Wednesday and Thursday. Both the shrines were completely destroyed, the officials said, adding that nobody was hurt in any of the two incidents people were not present in the shrine during the attacks. Paperwork was started but nothing else was done against unidentified persons on the complaint of the caretakers of the shrines. MNA Noorul Haq Qadri condemned the desecration of the shrines in Kam Shalman and demanded of the political administration to arrest the culprits and provide security to rest of the shrines in the area. Sources in Bara said that activists of a banned myrmidon organization killed two rustics of Zakhakhel tribe in Kharhy Mela area of Tirah valley. Also, in Bara the perforated carcass of a resident of Shalobar was found at a deserted place. The dear departed was identified as Gul Badshah. A chit left along the body said that supporters of the tribal lashkar would meet the same fate. However, a person who gets all wrapped up in himself makes a mighty small package... nobody grabbed credit for the killing. In Shah Kas locality of Jamrud tehsil, security forces took into custody two suspected beturbanned goons and shifted them to Qazi's guesthouse an undisclosed location. Officials said that the nabbed men belonged to Charsadda district. Meanwhile, ...back at the sandwich shop, Caroline was experimenting with ingredients of increasing volatility... in Shah Kas unidentified gunnies lobbed grenades at the residence of Sandroop Khan, causing damage to the house. Nobody was hurt in the attack. The reason of the grenade attack was stated to be an old family dispute.

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India-Pakistan

Militant leader among 3 dead in drone attack

2011-10-02

[Dawn] A top-ranking jihad boy 'commander' and a close aide to Maulvi Nazir was among three Islamic fascisti killed in a dronezap in South Wazoo on Friday. The pilotless aircraft fired eight missiles targeting a vehicle carrying Islamic fascisti of the group of Maulavi Nazir, near the ancestral graveyard of Ahmedzai Wazir and Masud tribes in Angoor Adda area. The vehicle was destroyed and three forces of Evil were killed on the spot. Local people carried away the three bodies. Noorullah, a resident of the area, told Dawn by phone that Islamic fascisti of Maulvi Nazir group reached the area soon after the attack, cordoned it off and took the bodies away. Sources in intelligence agencies, political administration and witnesses confirmed the death of three jihad boys, including top commander Aleemullah, a close associate of Maulvi Nazir. He was said to be the fourth on the seniority list of commanders of the Nazir group. He belonged to Wana and had beat feet several drone attacks in the past. The other two Islamic fascisti killed in the attack were identified as Haji Karam and Kharh target=_blank>Kharh who hailed from Angoor Adda. AGENCIES ADD: "A US drone fired two missiles at a vehicle and at least three Islamic fascisti were killed," a security bigshot said. At least two other Pak intelligence officials confirmed the drone strike and the corpse count. The dead were identified as local rustics who fought under a nebulous Taliban umbrella, on behalf of jihad boy leader Maulvi Nazir, whose fighters are allied to the Haqqanis and active in the 10-year war in Afghanistan. The missile attacks are seen at the most effective weapon Washington has at hitting Al Qaeda and Afghan Islamic fascisti like the Haqqanis in the northwest. There were more than 100 such attacks last year; this year there have been around 50. Most have hit targets in North Waziristan, considering the main jihad boy sanctuary and the base of the Haqqani network.

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India-Pakistan

US missiles kill six Haqqani fighters in Pakistan

2011-06-20

US DRONES fired a number of missiles, killing six Afghan fighters from the al Qaeda-linked Haqqani network in Pakistan's tribal district of Kurram, security officials said. A first strike targeted a vehicle traveling through the Kharh Dhand area of Kurram, which borders Afghanistan's eastern province of Paktia. Minutes later, two missiles slammed into a nearby compound, the Pakistani officials said. "The second missile strike targeted a Taliban compound and killed three militants. They were Haqqani's men," a senior Pakistani security official said on condition of anonymity. Three other militants were reported dead in the first strike. "All those killed in both strikes were Afghan fighters and were Haqqani's men," the security official said. US drone strikes routinely target Taliban and al Qaeda militants holed up in Pakistan's tribal belt, but the operations are normally concentrated on insurgent strongholds in Waziristan rather than Kurram, which lies 190 miles (306 kilometers) away.

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Bangladesh

Tales from the Crossfire Gazette

2006-01-06

A listed criminal was killed in "crossfire" during an encounter between his accomplices and Rapid Action Battalion (Rab) on Wednesday at Phultala upazila in Khulna. The dead was identified as Khandaker Selim Ahmed Tutul, 36, of Kharhki Karbala under Jessore Kotwali Police Station. He was the terror of his upazila... According to a Rab press release, Tutul was arrested on Tuesday at Jessore. Step 1: Following his confession, Step 2: Rab members took him to Damodar Morolpara under Phultala upazila at midnight to recover illegal arms. Step 3: When they reached the spot, Tutul's accomplices opened fire on Rab team. Step 4: Rab retaliated triggering a 15 minute long gunfight. Step 5: Tutul died when he got caught in the shootout, Step 6: while his accomplices fled, the press release said. Around 34 rounds of bullets were traded during the gunfight. Step 7: Two pipe guns, one pistol, four pistol bullets, five rifle bullets and two shotgun bullets were recovered from the spot. Step 8: One of the Rab members sustained bullet injuries, the press release added. According to the press release, Tutul was accused in four and two cases filed with the Dhanmondi and Hazaribagh police stations in Dhaka, in addition in two cases filed with the Jessore Kotwali Police Station. He was also a close cohort of the country's top criminal Imon, in hiding since Operation Clean Heart. Pretty good, but I only give it an 8.5. Where are the shutter guns? Was he pronounced dead by Dr. Quincy or not?

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