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06ISLAMABAD19152
2006-09-28 10:58:00
CONFIDENTIAL
Embassy Islamabad
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NORTH WAZIRISTAN INCIDENTS UPDATE

Tags:  PK PREL MOPS PTER 
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C O N F I D E N T I A L ISLAMABAD 019152 

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E.O. 12958: DECL: 09/05/2016
TAGS: PK PREL MOPS PTER
SUBJECT: NORTH WAZIRISTAN INCIDENTS UPDATE

Classified By: CDA Peter W. Bodde, Reasons 1.4 (b) and (d)

C O N F I D E N T I A L ISLAMABAD 019152

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E.O. 12958: DECL: 09/05/2016
TAGS: PK PREL MOPS PTER
SUBJECT: NORTH WAZIRISTAN INCIDENTS UPDATE

Classified By: CDA Peter W. Bodde, Reasons 1.4 (b) and (d)


1. (C) The following list of incidents reported in the
local press appear to violate the North Waziristan Agency
(NWA) Jirga Agreement which tribal leaders and the GOP
signed on September 5. The list has been culled from local
press reporting and contacts in the area. According to our
contacts, the GOP has honored its commitments, particularly
making the Pak-Mil less visible in the Agency, though the GOP
continues to stress that the total number of Pak-Mil troops
in NWA has not changed.


2. (SBU) Tribal Commitment: Ensure no attacks on GOP
installations or personnel:

--On September 14, unknown persons kidnapped a government
employee working for rural development in Khadi village near
the town of Mirali. The person's whereabouts are still
unknown.


3. (SBU) Tribal Commitment: Ensure no targetted killings

--Two moderate tribal elders have been assasinated since
September 5: One on September 9 in Miranshah and one on
September 21 near a checkpoint two kilometers from Miranshah.


4. (C) Tribal Commitment: No Parallel (i.e. Taliban)
Administration:

--According to press reports and Embassy contacts, followers
of Maulana Sadiq Noor patrol the streets of some small towns
and villages meeting out punishments for "crimes" like
watching "vulgar" movies or smoking hashish. One Embassy
contact reports that Taliban "law enforcers" are increasingly
visible in NWA.


5. (C) Tribal Commitment: Ensure No Cross-Border
Infiltration to Fight Coalition or Afghan Forces:

--The bodies of five Taliban militia fighters were returned
from Afghanistan to Miranshah September 20. GOP officials
said the deceased may have been killed in a gunbattle with
Coalition forces in Afghanistan. One of the dead men,
Maulana Abdul Kalam, had been part of the Jirga negotiating
process and apparently crossed the border into Afghanistan at
about the time the agreement was signed.

--Local journalists tell the Embassy that cross border
activity has not stopped, but that the inifiltrators remain
in Afghanistan for a lengthy enough period so that, upon
their return to NWA, they cannot be tied to specific
anti-coalition attacks.


6. (C) Comment: While the above incidents are troubling,
it is still too early to judge trend lines. Post will
continue to monitor reports from NWA and will report them to
the Department bi-weekly.
BODDE