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09PESHAWAR67
2009-04-01 11:01:00
CONFIDENTIAL
Consulate Peshawar
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FATA AND NWFP: WEEKLY INCIDENTS OF TALIBANIZATION, MARCH 21
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C O N F I D E N T I A L PESHAWAR 000067
E.O. 12958: DECL: 4/1/2019
TAGS: PTER MOPS PGOV PK
SUBJECT: FATA AND NWFP: WEEKLY INCIDENTS OF TALIBANIZATION, MARCH 21
- MARCH 27
REF: A) PESHAWAR 64 B) Peshawar 63
CLASSIFIED BY: Lynne M. Tracy, Principal Officer, Peshawar,
Department of State.
REASON: 1.4 (a),(b),(d)
Introduction
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C O N F I D E N T I A L PESHAWAR 000067
E.O. 12958: DECL: 4/1/2019
TAGS: PTER MOPS PGOV PK
SUBJECT: FATA AND NWFP: WEEKLY INCIDENTS OF TALIBANIZATION, MARCH 21
- MARCH 27
REF: A) PESHAWAR 64 B) Peshawar 63
CLASSIFIED BY: Lynne M. Tracy, Principal Officer, Peshawar,
Department of State.
REASON: 1.4 (a),(b),(d)
Introduction
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1. (U) A suicide bomber killed at least 40 people at a mosque in
Khyber Agency on March 27 in one of the bloodiest attacks of the
year. (Ref. A)
2. (C) Consulate contacts report that the implementation of
Nizam-i-Adl Regulation in Swat has had two residual impacts,
first, permitting militants to concentrate operations in
neighboring Dir, and second, establishing a new rallying cry for
Shari'a in places such as Bajaur Agency, exemplified by
protestors at Jalozai Camp for Internally Displaced Persons
(IDP) agitating for similar regulations in their home agency.
(Ref. B)
Swat
- - -
3. (SBU) The following is a summary of events in Swat, where a
recent peace agreement and Qazi courts are being implemented:
March 23, Swat: Tehrik-i-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) reportedly
ordered all non-governmental organizations (NGOs) to leave Swat.
Two people were kidnapped from a restaurant in Mingora.
March 24, Mingora: Tehrik Nifaz-i-Shariat Mohammadi (TNSM) chief
Maulana Sufi Mohammad threatened to close his "peace camp" if
the government failed to enforce the Nizam-i-Adl Regulation.
March 25, Swat: Security forces reportedly vacated three
schools Babozai and Kabal tehsils. A newspaper also reported
that the taliban in Swat had taken over operations in the
valley's emerald mines.
March 26, Mingora: TNSM Chief Maulana Sufi Mohammad reportedly
met Maulana Fazlullah in Matta to discuss the implementation of
the Nizam-i-Adl Regulation. Lawyers based in Swat protested the
delay by President Zardari in signing the Nizam-i-Adl
Regulation.
Bajaur and Mohmand
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4. (SBU) The following is a summary of events in Bajaur and
Mohmand Agencies, where the Pakistani military has been
conducting military operations since August 2008:
March 23: A local newspaper reported that Internally Displaced
Persons (IDPs) from Bajaur want the implementation of Shari'a
regulations as in Swat.
March 26: The political administration warned the Mamond and
Salarzai tribes to stop violating their 28-point agreement. The
political agent, Shafeerullah Khan, told the press that the
taliban had "resurged" in the area.
NWFP
- - -
5. (C) The following incidents have occurred in the Provincially
Administered Tribal Areas (PATA) and settled areas of the
Northwest Frontier Province (NWFP) according to press and
consulate contacts:
March 23, Mardan: Militants fired a rocket at a government
girls' school, the eighth attack on a school in the district.
March 23, Nowshera: Militants launched a rocket at a police
line, partially damaging a bridge.
March 23, Dera Ismail Khan: A member of a banned Sunni group
was killed in an apparent sectarian attack.
March 23, Lower Dir: Armed members of Tehrik-i-Taliban Pakistan
(TTP) have asked polio vaccination teams to leave.
March 25, Nowshera: One was killed and 25 injured during
clashes at Jalozai IDP camp when protestors pelted police and
vehicles with stones. (Ref. A)
March 25, Dera Ismail Khan: Militants fired a rocket at
University Police Station, damaging a wall.
March 25, Batkhela: Two bombs explosions destroyed 14 shops.
March 25, Manshera: Owners of video and CD shops have
reportedly been closing their businesses as a result of
threatening letters.
March 25, Peshawar: In another attack on electricity supplies,
three bombs destroyed a high-intensity pylon on the outskirts of
the city, darkening many neighborhoods.
March 26, Charsadda: Two militants riding a motorbike
reportedly hurled a bomb at a police station, injuring three.
March 27, Peshawar: A suicide bomber killed over 70 people at a
mosque in Khyber Agency, 12 miles from Peshawar, in Jamrud, in
the deadliest attack of the year in Pakistan.
FATA
- - -
6. (U) The following is a roundup of incidents of talibanization
in the Federally Administered Tribal Areas (FATA) and Frontier
Regions:
March 24, North Waziristan: Militants killed an alleged "US
spy."
March 25, South Waziristan: A missile strike reportedly killed
seven militants, reputed to be Arabs, near Makeen.
March 26, FR Jandola: A suicide attack killed 12 and injured 22
in a roadside restaurant opposite a military base connecting
South Waziristan with Tank. TTP claimed responsibility for the
attack, declaring that the bomber targeted members of a peace
committee, led by Haji Turkestan, a group of tribesmen opposed
to the taliban.
March 26, South Waziristan: Two militant groups reportedly
stepped up campaigns to attract local support by accusing each
other of waging a proxy war for the government. Baitullah
Mehsud and Zainuddin Mehsud are both distributing pamphlets
denouncing one another.
March 26, Kurram: Militants occupied the Tal-Parachinar Road,
the only road connected with the rest of Pakistan, as the agency
reportedly braced for armed clashes.
March 26, Dera Ismail Khan: Three people were killed in a
drive-by shooting reported as a sectarian attack.
March 26, North Waziristan: A missile strike reportedly killed
four militants.
March 27, Khyber: (U) A suicide bomber killed at least 40 people
at a mosque in Khyber Agency including members of the security
forces, in one of the bloodiest attacks of the year.
Government Response
- - - - - - - - - -
7. (SBU) This is a summary of government responses to "creeping
talibanization" according to press and consulate contacts:
March 23, Khyber: Security forces reportedly destroyed two
militant bases and arrested nine members of a kidnapping ring
reputed to aid the taliban.
March 25, Peshawar: Peshawar police launched a campaign against
Afghan nationals residing illegally in the area.
Grass Roots Efforts to Halt Talibanization
- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
8. (U) The following events are examples of activities taken by
local communities to halt the spread of Talibanization:
March 26, Bajaur: A jirga of Tarkhani Khel and Amtani Khel in
Khar announced they would uphold the peace deal.
TRACY
E.O. 12958: DECL: 4/1/2019
TAGS: PTER MOPS PGOV PK
SUBJECT: FATA AND NWFP: WEEKLY INCIDENTS OF TALIBANIZATION, MARCH 21
- MARCH 27
REF: A) PESHAWAR 64 B) Peshawar 63
CLASSIFIED BY: Lynne M. Tracy, Principal Officer, Peshawar,
Department of State.
REASON: 1.4 (a),(b),(d)
Introduction
- - - - - - -
1. (U) A suicide bomber killed at least 40 people at a mosque in
Khyber Agency on March 27 in one of the bloodiest attacks of the
year. (Ref. A)
2. (C) Consulate contacts report that the implementation of
Nizam-i-Adl Regulation in Swat has had two residual impacts,
first, permitting militants to concentrate operations in
neighboring Dir, and second, establishing a new rallying cry for
Shari'a in places such as Bajaur Agency, exemplified by
protestors at Jalozai Camp for Internally Displaced Persons
(IDP) agitating for similar regulations in their home agency.
(Ref. B)
Swat
- - -
3. (SBU) The following is a summary of events in Swat, where a
recent peace agreement and Qazi courts are being implemented:
March 23, Swat: Tehrik-i-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) reportedly
ordered all non-governmental organizations (NGOs) to leave Swat.
Two people were kidnapped from a restaurant in Mingora.
March 24, Mingora: Tehrik Nifaz-i-Shariat Mohammadi (TNSM) chief
Maulana Sufi Mohammad threatened to close his "peace camp" if
the government failed to enforce the Nizam-i-Adl Regulation.
March 25, Swat: Security forces reportedly vacated three
schools Babozai and Kabal tehsils. A newspaper also reported
that the taliban in Swat had taken over operations in the
valley's emerald mines.
March 26, Mingora: TNSM Chief Maulana Sufi Mohammad reportedly
met Maulana Fazlullah in Matta to discuss the implementation of
the Nizam-i-Adl Regulation. Lawyers based in Swat protested the
delay by President Zardari in signing the Nizam-i-Adl
Regulation.
Bajaur and Mohmand
- - - - - - - - - -
4. (SBU) The following is a summary of events in Bajaur and
Mohmand Agencies, where the Pakistani military has been
conducting military operations since August 2008:
March 23: A local newspaper reported that Internally Displaced
Persons (IDPs) from Bajaur want the implementation of Shari'a
regulations as in Swat.
March 26: The political administration warned the Mamond and
Salarzai tribes to stop violating their 28-point agreement. The
political agent, Shafeerullah Khan, told the press that the
taliban had "resurged" in the area.
NWFP
- - -
5. (C) The following incidents have occurred in the Provincially
Administered Tribal Areas (PATA) and settled areas of the
Northwest Frontier Province (NWFP) according to press and
consulate contacts:
March 23, Mardan: Militants fired a rocket at a government
girls' school, the eighth attack on a school in the district.
March 23, Nowshera: Militants launched a rocket at a police
line, partially damaging a bridge.
March 23, Dera Ismail Khan: A member of a banned Sunni group
was killed in an apparent sectarian attack.
March 23, Lower Dir: Armed members of Tehrik-i-Taliban Pakistan
(TTP) have asked polio vaccination teams to leave.
March 25, Nowshera: One was killed and 25 injured during
clashes at Jalozai IDP camp when protestors pelted police and
vehicles with stones. (Ref. A)
March 25, Dera Ismail Khan: Militants fired a rocket at
University Police Station, damaging a wall.
March 25, Batkhela: Two bombs explosions destroyed 14 shops.
March 25, Manshera: Owners of video and CD shops have
reportedly been closing their businesses as a result of
threatening letters.
March 25, Peshawar: In another attack on electricity supplies,
three bombs destroyed a high-intensity pylon on the outskirts of
the city, darkening many neighborhoods.
March 26, Charsadda: Two militants riding a motorbike
reportedly hurled a bomb at a police station, injuring three.
March 27, Peshawar: A suicide bomber killed over 70 people at a
mosque in Khyber Agency, 12 miles from Peshawar, in Jamrud, in
the deadliest attack of the year in Pakistan.
FATA
- - -
6. (U) The following is a roundup of incidents of talibanization
in the Federally Administered Tribal Areas (FATA) and Frontier
Regions:
March 24, North Waziristan: Militants killed an alleged "US
spy."
March 25, South Waziristan: A missile strike reportedly killed
seven militants, reputed to be Arabs, near Makeen.
March 26, FR Jandola: A suicide attack killed 12 and injured 22
in a roadside restaurant opposite a military base connecting
South Waziristan with Tank. TTP claimed responsibility for the
attack, declaring that the bomber targeted members of a peace
committee, led by Haji Turkestan, a group of tribesmen opposed
to the taliban.
March 26, South Waziristan: Two militant groups reportedly
stepped up campaigns to attract local support by accusing each
other of waging a proxy war for the government. Baitullah
Mehsud and Zainuddin Mehsud are both distributing pamphlets
denouncing one another.
March 26, Kurram: Militants occupied the Tal-Parachinar Road,
the only road connected with the rest of Pakistan, as the agency
reportedly braced for armed clashes.
March 26, Dera Ismail Khan: Three people were killed in a
drive-by shooting reported as a sectarian attack.
March 26, North Waziristan: A missile strike reportedly killed
four militants.
March 27, Khyber: (U) A suicide bomber killed at least 40 people
at a mosque in Khyber Agency including members of the security
forces, in one of the bloodiest attacks of the year.
Government Response
- - - - - - - - - -
7. (SBU) This is a summary of government responses to "creeping
talibanization" according to press and consulate contacts:
March 23, Khyber: Security forces reportedly destroyed two
militant bases and arrested nine members of a kidnapping ring
reputed to aid the taliban.
March 25, Peshawar: Peshawar police launched a campaign against
Afghan nationals residing illegally in the area.
Grass Roots Efforts to Halt Talibanization
- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
8. (U) The following events are examples of activities taken by
local communities to halt the spread of Talibanization:
March 26, Bajaur: A jirga of Tarkhani Khel and Amtani Khel in
Khar announced they would uphold the peace deal.
TRACY