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| Identifier | Subject | Date | Office | Classification | Tags |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 06PESHAWAR108 |
ANP CHIEF SCANS THE HORIZON [...] (C) Awami National Party (ANP) Chief Asfandyar Wali Khan would actively support President Musharraf's government, if the GOP embraced three key ANP initiatives: (1) provincial autonomy in health, local government, education, and agriculture; (2) changing the name of the Northwest Frontier Pro [...] |
2006-03-06 15:21:00 | Consulate Peshawar | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL KISL PTER KDEM PK |
| 06PESHAWAR109 |
FRONTIER SENATE RACES [...] (C) On March 6, President Musharraf's PML-Q party and its junior partner -- the PPP-Sherpao (PPP-S) -- won four out of eleven senate seats in indirect elections held in the Northwest Frontier Province (NWFP) assembly. This was an impressive performance since these parties commanded only a thin [...] |
2006-03-07 11:44:00 | Consulate Peshawar | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KDEM PK |
| 06PESHAWAR141 |
NWFP PML-Q CHIEF PROPOSES A STRATEGY FOR WAZIRSTAN [...] No summary [...] |
2006-03-24 10:32:00 | Consulate Peshawar | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL KISL PTER KDEM PK |
| 06PESHAWAR143 |
NWFP PML-Q CHIEF PROPOSES A STRATEGY FOR WAZIRSTAN [...] No summary [...] |
2006-03-27 06:06:00 | Consulate Peshawar | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL KISL PTER KDEM PK |
| 06PESHAWAR255 |
NEW FRONTIER GOVERNOR ON THE WAY [...] (C) Northwest Frontier Province (NWFP) Governor Khalil ur-Rehman recently confided that Lt. General (retired) Ali Mohammed Jan Orakzai will soon replace him. Embittered by his premature removal, Rehman castigated his replacement, claiming Orakzai was not aggressive enough in 2003-04 tribal op [...] |
2006-05-23 07:35:00 | Consulate Peshawar | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MARR PGOV PTER PK |
| 06PESHAWAR346 |
PML-Q FACTIONS CLASH [...] (SBU) A June 29 clash between two factions of the Northwest Frontier Province's (NWFP) Pakistan Muslim League - Q (PML-Q) exposed deep fissures in the party's provincial leadership. A forward bloc supported by Federal Minister for Inter-provincial Relations Salim Saifullah Khan scheduled a pr [...] |
2006-07-06 06:02:00 | Consulate Peshawar | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KDEM SOCI PK |
| 06PESHAWAR360 |
CORPS COMMANDER AND NWFP GOVERNOR ON FATA ISSUES [...] (C) On July 10, 11th Corps Commander Lt. General Hamid Khan told the Ambassador the Pakistan Army will maintain its involvement in Federally Administered Tribal Areas (FATA) development, chiefly due to the Governor's lack of civilian capacity. The Army is the only entity with a comprehensive [...] |
2006-07-13 03:57:00 | Consulate Peshawar | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PTER MARR EAID PK AF |
| 06PESHAWAR413 |
11TH CORPS COMMANDER DISCUSSES JIRGA, DEVELOPMENT ISSUES AND NWFP POLITICS [...] (C) Summary: 11th Corps Commander Lt. General Hamid Khan expressed optimism that the jirga organized by the Northwest Frontier Province (NWFP) Governor Ali Jan Orakzai will be successful. If not, he plans to "hammer" the militants into submission. Khan does not plan to negotiate with foreig [...] |
2006-08-02 12:12:00 | Consulate Peshawar | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PTER PK AF |
| 06PESHAWAR46 |
JUI-F OFFICIALS ON GWOT [...] (SBU) At a 1/24 meeting with South Waziristan tribal elders and parliamentarians, Opposition leader and JUI-F President Maulana Fazlur Rehman stressed his party advocated political, not armed struggle to achieve its goals. Following a lengthy closed-door session, he announced the group agreed [...] |
2006-01-26 07:47:00 | Consulate Peshawar | CONFIDENTIAL | PTER PGOV PINS KISL ASEC PREL AF PK |
| 06PESHAWAR66 |
SECTARIAN VIOLENCE ERUPTS IN THE SOUTH [...] (SBU) After a relatively quiet five years, the Northwest Frontier Province's (NWFP) southern district of Hangu erupted in sectarian violence on February 9, the tenth day of Muharram. Two bomb blasts, reportedly caused by suicide bombers, shattered a Shi'a procession around noon, killing thirt [...] |
2006-02-10 08:35:00 | Consulate Peshawar | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL ASEC KISL PK |
| 06PESHAWAR67 |
A DEBATE ON WAZIRISTAN SECURITY: FRONTIER CORPS VS. PAKISTAN [...] (C) Two of the Northwest Frontier Province's (NWFP) most experienced journalists covering the Federally Administered Tribal Areas (FATA) maintain growing security problems (see reftel) are hampering GOP counter-terrorism efforts in North and South Waziristan. These problems are spilling over [...] |
2006-02-13 11:35:00 | Consulate Peshawar | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL KISL PK PTER EAID SNAR KDEM AF |
| 06PESHAWAR68 |
NEW ROLE FOR TRIBAL COUNCILS?: FINDING A VOICE FOR ECONOMIC [...] (C) In response to the deteriorating security situation in North Waziristan (Ref A), 11th Corps Commander Hamid Khan has prodded the Political Agent there to work closely with that agency's council on new development projects. Since their establishment in late 2004, agency councils had been [...] |
2006-02-13 11:59:00 | Consulate Peshawar | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KDEM EAID PREL ECON MOPS KISL PK |
| 06PESHAWAR77 |
AWAMI NATIONAL PARTY ON TRIBAL AREAS: DEMOCRACY NOW, TALIBAN [...] (SBU) On February 11, the Pashtun-based progressive Awami National Party (ANP) convened a conference of tribal elders in Peshawar to assess the situation in the Federally Administered Tribal Areas (FATA). ANP National President Asfandyar Wali Khan urged tribal people to rise up against gueri [...] |
2006-02-16 10:32:00 | Consulate Peshawar | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL KISL PTER KDEM PK AF |
| 06PESHAWAR79 |
THE POLITICS OF UNREST IN PESHAWAR [...] (C) Summary. The anti-cartoon protests in Peshawar and the Northwest Frontier Province (NWFP) on February 15 resulted in three deaths (including a child), 60 injured, and widespread looting and destruction of businesses. The extensive rioting appears to have been ignited by religious fervor [...] |
2006-02-16 14:30:00 | Consulate Peshawar | CONFIDENTIAL | ASEC PGOV PREL CASC PK |
| 06PESHAWAR82 |
GOP/ARMY RELATIONS IN WAZIRISTAN [...] No summary [...] |
2006-02-17 13:08:00 | Consulate Peshawar | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL KISL MARR PK PTER EAID SNAR |
| 06PESHAWAR86 |
CLERIC ISSUES A FATWA AGAINST DANISH CARTOONISTS [...] (SBU) On February 17, Maulana Muhammad Yusuf Qureshi (heading Peshawar's oldest mosque, the Mohabat Khan) offered a bounty in excess of $1 million for the killing of any of the Danish cartoonists who drew the allegedly blasphemous sketches of the Prophet Muhammad. He announced that Mohabat Kha [...] |
2006-02-21 12:56:00 | Consulate Peshawar | CONFIDENTIAL | KISL ASEC PREL PGOV CVIS PK |
| 06PESHAWAR91 |
CHIEF MINISTER ON PESHAWAR RIOTS [...] (C) Summary. Northwest Frontier Province (NWFP) Chief Minister Akram Khan Durrani recently discussed the 2/15 Peshawar protests (Ref A) with us. He said police are currently reviewing television and video footage of the riots and will arrest protestors who broke the law. He outlined a two-pr [...] |
2006-02-23 10:46:00 | Consulate Peshawar | CONFIDENTIAL | KISL ASEC PREL PGOV PK |
| 06PESHAWAR94 |
OPPOSITION LEADER ON DEMOCRACY [...] (C) National Assembly Opposition Leader Maulana Fazlur Rahman recently told us he supports giving the GOP a list of names for the permanent head of the Federal Election Commission (FEC) -- but only if (1) the GOP publicly solicits nominations from all political parties and (2) the GOP includin [...] |
2006-02-23 12:40:00 | Consulate Peshawar | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KDEM PK |
| 06PESHAWAR99 |
NEW FRONTIER GOVERNOR TO BE NAMED [...] (C) In the shadow of President Bush's imminent arrival, GOP sources have leaked President Musharraf's decision to replace Northwest Frontier Province (NWFP) Governor Khalil ur-Rehman in the next few days, according to local press reports. Rumors regarding Rehman's departure have been rampant [...] |
2006-03-01 12:14:00 | Consulate Peshawar | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV MARR PREL PTER PK |
| 07PESHAWAR169 |
NWFP: AMBASSADOR'S FAREWELL CALL ON NWFP GOVERNOR [...] (S) Summary. Ambassador paid a farewell call on March 7 on Northwest Frontier Province (NWFP) Governor Ali Jan Mohammad Orakzai. The Governor's Secretary Azmat Hanif and PO (notetaker) also attended. Pakistan's and Afghanistan's jirga commissions will meet on March 12 or 13 in Islamabad to [...] |
2007-03-13 13:04:00 | Consulate Peshawar | SECRET | PREL PTER EAID PK AF |
| 07PESHAWAR714 |
FATA: PRIMER - JUDICIAL PROCESS AND DISPUTE RESOLUTION [...] This is the fourth in a series of primers on Pakistan's Federally Administered Tribal Areas (FATA). This cable describes how tribesmen in the FATA and Frontier Regions (FRs) resolve disputes in an area that is not subject to the laws that govern the rest of Pakistan. The concentration of judi [...] |
2007-11-09 11:25:00 | Consulate Peshawar | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PTER EAID MOPS PK |
| 07PESHAWAR716 |
NWFP: MILITANTS EXPANDING THEIR HOLD ON SWAT [...] (C) Swat's militants are expanding their hold, moving north and east in the district. Security forces and local residents have been demoralized by militant gains. Local officials acknowledge the task of re-establishing government control of the district is becoming increasingly difficult. Wh [...] |
2007-11-09 15:03:00 | Consulate Peshawar | SECRET | PTER MOPS PGOV PK |
| 07PESHAWAR717 |
CONSULATE PESHAWAR EMERGENCY ACTION COMMITEE MEETING [...] (U) On 11/09/2007 at approximately 15:40 (local), an explosion occurred in Peshawar's Hayatabad suburb (approx. 5 miles west of the Consulate) at the residence of Amir Muqam, Federal Minister for Political Affairs and Northwest Frontier Province President for the Pakistan Muslim League - Qaid [...] |
2007-11-09 15:19:00 | Consulate Peshawar | CONFIDENTIAL | PTER PK ASEC |
| 08PESHAWAR372 |
FATA SECRETARIAT ON BEATING AN INSURGENCY [...] (C) National Intelligence Officer (NIO) for South Asia, Peter Lavoy, his team, and Peshawar PO met with senior personnel from the Federally Administered Tribal Areas' (FATA) Secretariat on June 17. The officials believe that security forces in the FATA are unable to confront an "insurgency," a [...] |
2008-06-25 14:02:00 | Consulate Peshawar | SECRET | PTER MOPS PGOV PINR PK AF |
| 08PESHAWAR373 |
PESHAWAR CONVENES EAC JUNE 23, 2008 [...] (SBU) On June 23, 2008 the U.S. Consulate convened its Emergency Action Committee (EAC) to review Posts current vehicle transportation policy. Present for the EAC was PO, RSO, RAO, USAID, POL, MGT, ODRP, GSO, PAO, IPC and CON. 2. (SBU) The EAC discussed the current security environment and [...] |
2008-06-26 06:48:00 | Consulate Peshawar | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ASEC |
| 08PESHAWAR379 |
FATA: OFFICIALS CONTEMPLATE EXPANDING KHYBER OPERATION [...] (C) Frontier Corps operations in the Federally Administered Tribal Areas' (FATA) Khyber agency continued over the weekend, primarily destroying compounds and infrastructure associated with Laskhar-i Islam warlord Mangal Bagh. One suspected Bagh supporter has been killed, and there are no repor [...] |
2008-06-30 12:25:00 | Consulate Peshawar | CONFIDENTIAL | PTER MOPS PGOV PINR PK |
| 08PESHAWAR380 |
PESHAWAR EAC CONVENES OFFICIAL JULY 4TH EVENT POSTPONED [...] (C) On June 30, 2008 the U.S. Consulate Peshawar convened its Emergency Action Committee (EAC) to review the current security environment in Peshawar and Post's ability to proceed with it's planned official July 4th event. Present for the EAC was PO, RSO, RAO, USAID, MGT, ODRP, PAO, GSO, DEA an [...] |
2008-06-30 12:54:00 | Consulate Peshawar | CONFIDENTIAL | ASEC PK |
| 08PESHAWAR381 |
FRONTIER CORPS COMMANDER ON JUNE 10 MOHMAND INCIDENT, [...] (C) Inspector General of the Frontier Corps, Major General Alam Khattak told the Counselor of the Department of State, Dr. Eliot Cohen and Peshawar PO on June 26 that the morale of his troops had been badly shaken in the wake of the June 10 incident on the Mohmand Agency/Afghanistan border that [...] |
2008-07-01 03:05:00 | Consulate Peshawar | CONFIDENTIAL | PTER MOPS PGOV PINR PK AF |
| 08PESHAWAR384 |
FATA AND NWFP: BI-WEEKLY INCIDENTS OF TALIBANIZATION: JUNE [...] (C) A brief period of detente between GOP officials and militants was disrupted in late June as militant activity surged in Pakistan's Federally Administered Tribal Areas (FATA) and Northwest Frontier Province (NWFP). A deteriorating security situation in Khyber agency including the kidnapping [...] |
2008-07-03 11:19:00 | Consulate Peshawar | CONFIDENTIAL | PTER MOPS PGOV PK |
| 08PESHAWAR389 |
FRONTIER CORPS COMMANDER ON FATA OPERATIONS, COOPERATION [...] (C) Frontier Corps Commander Khattak and 11th Corps Chief of Staff Aamer Riaz briefed NSC Senior Director for South and Central Asia Mark Webber on their strategy for the Federally Administered Tribal Areas (FATA) on July 3. Khattak and Aamer were on message with other Northwest Frontier Provi [...] |
2008-07-08 08:59:00 | Consulate Peshawar | CONFIDENTIAL | PTER MOPS PGOV PINR PK AF |
| 08PESHAWAR390 |
NWFP GOVERNOR ON KHYBER OPERATION, FOREIGN FIGHTERS AND [...] (C) Northwest Frontier Province (NWFP) Governor Owais Ghani briefed NSC Senior Director for South and Central Asia Mark Webber on the status of current operations in Khyber Agency during a July 3 meeting. While the Governor would like to expand operations to other parts of Khyber agency, he is [...] |
2008-07-08 10:36:00 | Consulate Peshawar | CONFIDENTIAL | PTER MOPS PGOV PINR PK AF |
| 08PESHAWAR391 |
PAKISTAN'S PROSPECTS FOR CURBING MILITANCY [...] (C) Despite the presence of over 100,000 combined military/security forces in the Federally Administered Tribal Areas (FATA) and over 50,000 in the Northwest Frontier Province (NWFP), the government has been losing space to militants since 2002. The pace of loss has accelerated over the past [...] |
2008-07-08 13:02:00 | Consulate Peshawar | CONFIDENTIAL | PTER MOPS PGOV EAID PINR PK |
| 08PESHAWAR394 |
FATA: KHYBER OPERATION TRANSITIONS TO NEGOTIATIONS [...] (C) A military operation in the Bara area of the Federally Administered Tribal Areas' (FATA) Khyber agency has given way to negotiations with tribesmen. Khyber's Political Agent (PA) has prepared a list of demands that he intends to deliver to militant leaders with whom he believes he is negot [...] |
2008-07-09 12:12:00 | Consulate Peshawar | CONFIDENTIAL | PTER MOPS PGOV PINR PK |
| 08PESHAWAR396 |
NWFP: STANDOFF AT HANGU POLICE STATION [...] (C) A brief militant "siege" at a police station in the Northwest Frontier Province's (NWFP) Hangu district has dispersed after 200 Pakistani Army troops were deployed to the region. Approximately 20 government officials remain in militant captivity and negotiations are underway to secure thei [...] |
2008-07-11 04:02:00 | Consulate Peshawar | CONFIDENTIAL | PTER MOPS PGOV PK |
| 08PESHAWAR425 |
FATA AND NWFP: BI-WEEKLY INCIDENTS OF TALIBANIZATION: JULY [...] (C) As Prime Minister Gilani traveled to the United States in late July, many locals perceived that the military strikes and operations in Pakistan's Federally Administered Tribal Areas (FATA) and Northwest Frontier Province (NWFP) were tactically designed to appease the United States, but not [...] |
2008-08-06 09:59:00 | Consulate Peshawar | CONFIDENTIAL | PTER MOPS PGOV PK |
| 08PESHAWAR426 |
FATA: MILITANTS HIT SECURITY FORCES HARD IN BAJAUR [...] (C) Militants besieged and overran a Frontier Corps position near Bajaur's capital Khar, August 7-8. There are unconfirmed reports that up to 2,000 militants (including foreign fighters) with heavy weapons are surrounding the Khar Fort, with 1,400 Frontier Corps and 11th Corps personnel i [...] |
2008-08-11 17:17:00 | Consulate Peshawar | CONFIDENTIAL | MOPS PTER PGOV PK |
| 08PESHAWAR428 |
FATA: BAJAUR AIR STRIKES CONTINUE, CIVILIAN POPULATION [...] (C) Northwest Frontier Province (NWFP) Governor Ghani relayed that operations in Bajaur are still "hot but moving in the right direction." He expects air strikes on militant positions to continue for another 4-5 days. Senior al-Qai'da leader Abu Saeed al-Masri was reportedly killed during one [...] |
2008-08-15 11:05:00 | Consulate Peshawar | CONFIDENTIAL | MOPS PTER PGOV EAID PK |
| 08PESHAWAR431 |
FATA AND NWFP: BI-WEEKLY INCIDENTS OF TALIBANIZATION: AUGUST [...] (C) Increased violence and intense fighting in Swat, Kurram and Bajaur characterized the first two weeks of August. Operations in Swat continue although the military's primary focus appears to have shifted to Bajaur. The government aggressively attacked militants in Bajaur, where air bombardme [...] |
2008-08-22 09:16:00 | Consulate Peshawar | UNCLASSIFIED | PTER MOPS PGOV PK |
| 08PESHAWAR434 |
NWFP: OPERATIONS CONTINUE IN SWAT WHILE BUSINESS DECLINES [...] (C) Noor Muhammad Khan, a resort and business owner in Swat who has been a regular contact of the Consulate, detailed the decline of business interests in Swat during a meeting with Principal Officer on August 18. He said that while the recent round of operations (Ref A) in Swat have been more [...] |
2008-08-25 10:07:00 | Consulate Peshawar | CONFIDENTIAL | PTER EAID PGOV PINR ASEC PK |
| 08PESHAWAR435 |
FATA AND NWFP: BI-WEEKLY INCIDENTS OF TALIBANIZATION: AUGUST [...] (C) Increased violence and intense fighting in Swat, Kurram and Bajaur characterized the first two weeks of August. Operations in Swat continue although the military's primary focus appears to have shifted to Bajaur. The government aggressively attacked militants in Bajaur, where air bombardme [...] |
2008-08-26 00:37:00 | Consulate Peshawar | CONFIDENTIAL | PTER MOPS PGOV PK |
| 08PESHAWAR447 |
SUICIDE BOMBING NEAR PESHAWAR PICKING UP AGAIN? [...] (C) After a lull in suicide bombings in the Peshawar area following the February elections, the militants seem to be employing the tactic in the provincial capital vicinity in the wake of sustained military operations in Bajaur and Swat. A suicide truck bomber killed approximately 40, includin [...] |
2008-09-16 04:01:00 | Consulate Peshawar | CONFIDENTIAL | PTER MOPS PGOV PK |
| 08PESHAWAR449 |
FATA AND NWFP: BI-WEEKLY INCIDENTS OF TALIBANIZATION: AUGUST [...] (C) Aggressive military operations in Bajaur and Swat continued into the start of Ramadan. Pakistani military sources estimate that 560 Pakistani and foreign fighters were killed in the Bajaur operation, which started on August 7. Local taliban denied that the Bajaur-based Tehrik-i Taliban d [...] |
2008-09-16 07:37:00 | Consulate Peshawar | CONFIDENTIAL | PTER MOPS PGOV PK |
| 08PESHAWAR463 |
SECURITY FORCES -- MAKING PROGRESS AGAINST MILITANTS IN [...] (C) Pakistan Army contacts told post on September 16 that they have cleared eastern Bajaur of militants, dismantled their command and control center there, and now control a crucial 20 km stretch of the main road extending to Khar. Bajaur is a critical part of an east-west swathe of territory [...] |
2008-09-22 12:06:00 | Consulate Peshawar | CONFIDENTIAL | TER MOPS PGOV PK |
| 08PESHAWAR468 |
FATA AND NWFP: BI-WEEKLY INCIDENTS OF TALIBANIZATION: [...] (C) On September 6, Peshawar suffered its deadliest suicide bombing in over a year when forty people were killed, including eight policemen, 15 km south of Peshawar (ref. B). Security forces focused their most intense military efforts in Bajaur during the first two weeks of September, as oper [...] |
2008-09-24 10:57:00 | Consulate Peshawar | CONFIDENTIAL | PTER MOPS PGOV PK |
| 08PESHAWAR472 |
OPERATION LAUNCHED TO OPEN KOHAT TUNNEL [...] (C) The Inspector General of the Frontier Corps (IGFC) reported that security forces launched an operation in the areas surrounding Darra Adam Khel in Frontier Region Kohat on September 23 after nearly a month of more limited activity. The Inter Services Public Relations (ISPR) office claimed [...] |
2008-09-27 11:25:00 | Consulate Peshawar | CONFIDENTIAL | PTER MOPS PGOV PK |
| 08PESHAWAR473 |
IGFC TARIQ KHAN ANNOUNCES NEW OPERATION, EXPLAINS PLANS, [...] (C) Inspector General of the Frontier Corps Tariq Khan told Acting Principal Officer Via and Deputy Director ODRP Islamabad BG Dibartolomoe, on 23 September that an operation in Derra Adem Khel had begun that day. The meeting focused on the shortcomings and planned changes for the Frontier Cor [...] |
2008-09-29 04:29:00 | Consulate Peshawar | CONFIDENTIAL | PTER MOPS PGOV PINR PK |
| 08PESHAWAR474 |
SECTARIAN VIOLENCE IN KURRAM TO FACE PAKISTAN MILITARY [...] (C) Violence in Kurram Agency has claimed over 700 lives since early August when the latest wave of sectarian fighting escalated. Over 1300 have been killed in the last 17 months of sporadic clashes. The Sunni have historically had a slight upper hand in fighting, first in the April 2007 vio [...] |
2008-09-29 05:20:00 | Consulate Peshawar | CONFIDENTIAL | PTER MOPS PGOV PK |
| 08PESHAWAR476 |
AFGHAN AMBASSADOR-DESIGNATE TO PAKISTAN KIDNAPPED OUTSIDE [...] (C) On September 22, the Afghan Ambassador-designate to Pakistan was abducted and his driver killed in a Peshawar suburb. Three vehicles and at least six kidnappers were involved in the attack. Police have set up barriers around the suburb of Hayatabad but are only stopping inbound vehicles. [...] |
2008-09-29 07:38:00 | Consulate Peshawar | CONFIDENTIAL | PTER ASEC MOPS PGOV PK AF |
| 08PESHAWAR477 |
SECTARIAN VIOLENCE IN KURRAM TO FACE PAKISTAN MILITARY [...] (C) Violence in Kurram Agency has claimed over 700 lives since early August when the latest wave of sectarian fighting escalated. Over 1300 have been killed in the last 17 months of sporadic clashes. The Sunni have historically had a slight upper hand in fighting, first in the April 2007 vio [...] |
2008-09-29 09:24:00 | Consulate Peshawar | SECRET | PTER MOPS PGOV PK |
| 08PESHAWAR489 |
FATA: SUICIDE ATTACK IN ORAKZAI AGENCY KILLS AT LEAST 61 [...] (C) In the largest attack on a tribal jirga thus far, a suicide bomber killed at least 61 tribal elders October 10 in Orakzai Agency. Northwest Frontier Province (NWFP) Governor Owais Ghani confirmed 61 deaths so far but expected the number to grow. The tribal leaders and as many as 2000 memb [...] |
2008-10-19 19:13:00 | Consulate Peshawar | CONFIDENTIAL | PTER MOPS PGOV PINR PK |
| 08PESHAWAR496 |
BOUCHER MEETS NORTHWEST FRONTIER GOVERNOR GHANI IN PESHAWAR [...] (C) Northwest Frontier Province Governor Owais Ghani told Assistant Secretary Richard A. Boucher during an October 20 visit to his office in Peshawar that the situation in the Federally Administered Tribal Area had "turned around" largely due to activation of public opinion. The public sees th [...] |
2008-10-29 11:06:00 | Consulate Peshawar | CONFIDENTIAL | PTER MOPS PGOV PINR PK |
| 08PESHAWAR504 |
FATA AND NWFP: INCIDENTS OF TALIBANIZATION: SEPTEMBER 16 - [...] (C) NWFP and FATA residents celebrated Eid with less enthusiasm than in past years after the September 20 Marriott bombing while battles raged in Bajaur, Swat, Darra Adam Khel, and on the outskirts of Peshawar. GOP statistics released on October 10 supported the seeming sense of fear in t [...] |
2008-11-07 12:14:00 | Consulate Peshawar | CONFIDENTIAL | PTER MOPS PGOV PK |
| 08PESHAWAR505 |
FATA: ATTACK IN BAJAUR AGENCY TARGETS LASHKAR LEADERS AND [...] (C) In the second attack on a tribal jirga in less than a month, an explosion killed a number of tribal elders including a leader of the local lashkar (tribal militia), November 6, in Bajaur Agency. Casualty estimates range from 8 to 25 killed and scores injured. There are conflicting reports [...] |
2008-11-07 12:16:00 | Consulate Peshawar | CONFIDENTIAL | PTER MOPS PGOV PINR PK |
| 08PESHAWAR508 |
POST CONVENES EAC MEETING FOLLOWING KILLING OF USAID [...] (C) Post convened an Emergency Action Committee meeting at 11:00 (local) and at 15:00 (local) on November 12, following an attack on USAID contractor, AmCit, Stephen Vance, killing him and his Pakistani driver. Vance was Chief of Party (head) of USAID Contractor Community Housing Foundation In [...] |
2008-11-12 14:04:00 | Consulate Peshawar | SECRET | PTER ASEC CASC MOPS PK |
| 08PESHAWAR509 |
NWFP: SUICIDE ATTACK AT PESHAWAR'S SPORTS STADIUM [...] (C) A suicide bomber killed at least four including a police officer and injured at least a dozen others near the main entrance of Qayyum Stadium in Peshawar as Awami National Party (ANP) Senior Minister Bashir Bilour's motorcade was leaving the stadium. Bilour left earlier in a separate vehic [...] |
2008-11-13 11:16:00 | Consulate Peshawar | CONFIDENTIAL | PTER MOPS PGOV PINR PK |
| 08PESHAWAR510 |
RSO PESHAWAR REQUESTS IMMEDIATE SUPPORT IN RESPOSNE TO [...] (S//NF) RSO Peshawar is requesting immediate deployment of a Security Support Team (SST) from DS/T/MSD and immediate deployment of additional conventional TDY RSO support in response to the significantly elevated recent attacks and specific threat reporting targeting Consulate personnel in Pes [...] |
2008-11-14 10:26:00 | Consulate Peshawar | SECRET//NOFORN | ASEC |
| 08PESHAWAR511 |
POST CONVENES EAC MEETING [...] (S) Post convened an Emergency Action Committee meeting at 10:30 (local) on November 14 in light of specific, credible threat information targeting Consulate personnel and a request from local security authorities to limit Consulate movements. PO, RSO, RAO, and DEA attended the meeting. See pa [...] |
2008-11-14 13:16:00 | Consulate Peshawar | SECRET | ASEC PTER MOPS PK |
| 08PESHAWAR513 |
NWFP/FATA: SENIOR LOCAL OFFICIALS ON SECURITY CONDITIONS [...] (C) In the wake of the killing of a USAID contractor, Principal Officer called on key senior local officials on November 13 to reinforce that the United States will stay engaged on the Federally Administered Tribal Areas (FATA) and the Northwest Frontier Province (NWFP). Across the board, thes [...] |
2008-11-17 09:14:00 | Consulate Peshawar | CONFIDENTIAL | PTER ASEC PGOV MOPS PK |
| 08PESHAWAR514 |
POST CONVENES EAC ON NOVEMBER 16, 2008 [...] (S) Post convened an Emergency Action Committee meeting at 19:30 (local) on November 16 for further review of post's security posture in light of specific, credible threat information targeting Consulate personnel. PO, RSO, RAO, ODRP/101st, ODRP/SOCCE, USAID, IPC, MGT, POL, CONS, PAS, and NAS [...] |
2008-11-17 09:27:00 | Consulate Peshawar | SECRET//NOFORN | ASEC CASC PTER AMGT PK |
| 08PESHAWAR517 |
POST CONVENES EAC MEETING ON NOVEMBER 19, 2008 [...] (S) Post convened an Emergency Action Committee meeting at 13:00 (local) on November 19 to review specific, credible threat information targeting Consulate personnel that developed late November 18. PO, RSO, RAO, and Special Forces element attended the meeting. See para 7 for Washington actio [...] |
2008-11-19 14:03:00 | Consulate Peshawar | SECRET | ASEC PTER MOPS AMGT PK |
| 08PESHAWAR518 |
FATA AND NWFP: INCIDENTS OF TALIBANIZATION: OCTOBER 16 - 31 [...] (C) While fighting remained intense in Pakistan's Northwest Frontier Province (NWFP) and Federally Administered Tribal Areas (FATA), there were some positive developments during the last two weeks of October. Security forces continued to press militants in Bajaur during late October, killing 1 [...] |
2008-11-20 07:25:00 | Consulate Peshawar | CONFIDENTIAL | PTER MOPS PGOV PK |
| 08PESHAWAR519 |
RSO PESHAWAR MEETING WITH POLICE OFFICIALS TO DISCUSS [...] No summary [...] |
2008-11-21 14:29:00 | Consulate Peshawar | SECRET//NOFORN | ASEC PTER |
| 08PESHAWAR520 |
PESHAWAR POLICE ISSUE SECURITY ADVISORY [...] (U) The following Security Advisory was issued by the Peshawar (Capital City Police) Superintendent Of Police based on the recent increase in terrorist and criminal activity in Peshawar and the NWFP. This advisory was issued to the greater diplomatic community. The complete text is provided b [...] |
2008-11-21 14:40:00 | Consulate Peshawar | UNCLASSIFIED | PTER ASEC |
| 08PESHAWAR531 |
FATA: BAJAUR/MOHMAND -- POST-EID PLANS, BUT ARE THERE ENOUGH [...] (C) After a pause over the Eid holidays, Frontier Corps is gearing up for continuing operations in Bajaur and Mohmand. Gains in Bajaur have been hard won but remain fragile. Bajaur militants, although damaged, retain the ability to hit security forces and government supporters. Peshawar conta [...] |
2008-12-15 12:55:00 | Consulate Peshawar | CONFIDENTIAL | PTER MOPS SNAR PGOV PK |
| 08PESHAWAR536 |
NWFP: BELEAGURED SWAT [...] (C) One year after the military entered Swat and nearly six months after the collapse of a peace deal with Mullah Fazlullah, security conditions in the district appear to be worsening with increasing indications that the advantage lies with the militants. Violence is steadily creeping into Min [...] |
2008-12-16 11:08:00 | Consulate Peshawar | CONFIDENTIAL | PTER MOPS SNAR PGOV PK |
| 08PESHAWAR537 |
NWFP: GOVERNOR GHANI AGREES TO RESUME FREE FLOW OF TRUCK [...] (S/NF) Northwest Frontier Province Governor (NWFP) Owais Ghani told Principal Officer (PO) during a December 13 visit to his office in Peshawar that the free flow of truck traffic between Peshawar and the Afghanistan border near Torkham could resume now that the Eid holidays are over. There we [...] |
2008-12-16 11:09:00 | Consulate Peshawar | SECRET//NOFORN | PTER MOPS PGOV PINR SNAR PK |
| 08PESHAWAR538 |
NWFP: BELEAGURED SWAT [...] (C) One year after the military entered Swat and nearly six months after the collapse of a peace deal with Mullah Fazlullah, security conditions in the district appear to be worsening with increasing indications that the advantage lies with the militants. Violence is steadily creeping into Min [...] |
2008-12-16 11:10:00 | Consulate Peshawar | CONFIDENTIAL | PTER MOPS SNAR PGOV PK |
| 09PESHAWAR1 |
SECURITY OPERATIONS IN KHYBER IMPOSE SHORT TERM CURFEW ON [...] (C) On January 2, the Torkham Highway crossing point into Afghanistan reopened to truck traffic, including trucks supplying NATO/ISAF, after being closed December 30 due to military security operations. Operation "Daralam" or "Here I Come" was launched to increase security for convoys and to r [...] |
2009-01-03 09:01:00 | Consulate Peshawar | CONFIDENTIAL | MARR PGOV PREL PTER PK |
| 09PESHAWAR10 |
FATA AND NWFP: WEEKLY INCIDENTS OF TALIBANIZATION, JANUARY [...] (SBU) Fighting continued at a slow pace in Bajaur during the first week of the year, with three militants reported killed and a local militant leader claiming that his supporters would not resist if government forces entered Mamond area. 2. (SBU) In Swat, at least 32 people were r [...] |
2009-01-14 10:47:00 | Consulate Peshawar | CONFIDENTIAL | PTER MOPS PGOV PK |
| 09PESHAWAR100 |
MALAKAND DIVISION: SWAT OPERATION CONTINUES [...] (C) Summary. From May 8, the Pakistani army has stepped up its operations in Swat, concentrating its efforts on the areas south of the central Khwazakhela region. A relaxation of the curfew in Swat on May 10 allowed large numbers of residents to flee lower Swat. According to initial estimate [...] |
2009-05-11 11:55:00 | Consulate Peshawar | CONFIDENTIAL | MOPS PREF PTER PGOV EAID PK |
| 09PESHAWAR101 |
MALAKAND DIVISION: SWAT OPERATION UNDERWAY [...] (C) Summary. From May 12-14, the Pakistani army continued intensified operations in Swat. There appeared to be an increase of forces on the ground, and a helicopter-borne commando raid into the militant headquarters in central Swat's Peochar valley dominated headlines. Militants in Swat cont [...] |
2009-05-14 12:30:00 | Consulate Peshawar | CONFIDENTIAL | MOPS PREF PTER EAID PK |
| 09PESHAWAR103 |
IDP CRISIS UPDATE: UN AGENCIES AND ICRC CONVEY IDP NEEDS IN [...] (C) Summary: A group of four Peshawar-based representatives from United Nations agencies and the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) told the Ambassador the rising number of internally displaced people (IDPs) is swamping the capacity of the Pakistani government. The group agr [...] |
2009-05-21 10:43:00 | Consulate Peshawar | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PREF PHUM EAID PGOV PTER PK |
| 09PESHAWAR105 |
INDIGENOUS FUNDING FOR SWAT MILITANTS [...] (C) As major operations against militants once again commence in Swat district in the Northwest Frontier Province (NWFP), press reports and Consulate contacts provide insight into the methods of funding that Swat militants have realized from their effective control over large parts of the distr [...] |
2009-05-22 11:36:00 | Consulate Peshawar | CONFIDENTIAL | PTER MOPS PGOV ECON PK |
| 09PESHAWAR106 |
FATA AND NWFP: WEEKLY INCIDENTS OF TALIBANIZATION, APRIL 25 [...] (C) Military operations in the Lower Dir and Buner districts of the Northwest Frontier Province (NWFP) dominated headlines during the final week of April. By April 30, GOP officials declared both operations successful, but stated that cleanup operations could last days or weeks. (Refs. A, B) [...] |
2009-05-22 11:47:00 | Consulate Peshawar | CONFIDENTIAL | PTER MOPS PGOV PK |
| 09PESHAWAR107 |
FATA AND NWFP: WEEKLY INCIDENTS OF TALIBANIZATION, MAY 1 - [...] (C) Events in northwest Pakistan made international headlines throughout the first week in May, coinciding with President Zardari's visit to the United States, while Prime Minister Gilani appeared on national television the evening of May 7 to declare "all out war" against the Taliban. (Ref. A [...] |
2009-05-22 11:55:00 | Consulate Peshawar | CONFIDENTIAL | PTER MOPS PGOV PK |
| 09PESHAWAR108 |
FATA AND NWFP: WEEKLY INCIDENTS OF TALIBANIZATION, MAY 8 - [...] (C) Heavy fighting in Swat, Buner and Dir characterized the second week in May, underscored by a May 12 airborne assault on Maulana Fazlullah's stronghold in Peochar valley in Swat. The government claimed to have killed over 750 militants in the course of its operation in the three districts. [...] |
2009-05-22 12:04:00 | Consulate Peshawar | CONFIDENTIAL | PTER MOPS PGOV PK |
| 09PESHAWAR109 |
AMBASSADOR'S MEETING WITH FRONTIER CORPS COMMANDER [...] (C) Frontier Corps Commander General Tariq Khan sees operations in Dir and Buner winding down although Sultanwas in northern Buner is targeted for an operation o/a May 20. People are returning, particularly to lower Buner, and Khan cautioned that the IDP emergency should not obscure the need t [...] |
2009-05-23 07:54:00 | Consulate Peshawar | CONFIDENTIAL | MOPS PTER PGOV PREF EAID PK |
| 09PESHAWAR11 |
CEASEFIRE ENDS 2-DAY SECTARIAN BATTLE IN HANGU [...] (C) The district administration of Hangu, along with rival Sunni and Shi'a groups, signed a ceasefire agreement on January 11, putting a tenuous end to two days of sectarian fighting that killed 40 and injured more than 60 according to Ghulam Qadir, the FATA Secretary for Law and Order. The fi [...] |
2009-01-14 10:48:00 | Consulate Peshawar | CONFIDENTIAL | PTER MOPS PGOV PK PHUM |
| 09PESHAWAR110 |
MALAKAND UPDATE AND WAZIRISTAN PLANNING [...] No summary [...] |
2009-05-25 06:50:00 | Consulate Peshawar | CONFIDENTIAL | EAID MOPS PK PREF PTER |
| 09PESHAWAR111 |
FATA AND NWFP: WEEKLY INCIDENTS OF TALIBANIZATION, MAY 15 - [...] (C) Pakistan's security forces appeared to seize the initiative in Malakand during the third week of May, but militants responded by launching mass-casualty bombing attacks inside Peshawar for the first time since March. In Swat, government troops encircled Mingora and appeared to achieve dom [...] |
2009-05-25 10:29:00 | Consulate Peshawar | CONFIDENTIAL | PTER MOPS PGOV PK |
| 09PESHAWAR113 |
EXPECTED SOUTH WAZIRISTAN OPERATION CREATES DISPLACEMENT, [...] (C) Summary: South Waziristan Agency (SWA) residents fear an imminent attack by Pakistani armed forces and have begun to flee the Mehsud areas of SWA into the Northwest Frontier Province (NWFP) and Federally Administered Tribal Areas to their north and east. The displacement is complicating th [...] |
2009-05-27 10:18:00 | Consulate Peshawar | SECRET//NOFORN | PREF PTER MOPS PGOV PK EAID |
| 09PESHAWAR114 |
EXPECTED SOUTH WAZIRISTAN OPERATION CREATES DISPLACEMENT, [...] (C) Summary: South Waziristan Agency (SWA) residents fear an imminent attack by Pakistani armed forces and have begun to flee the Mehsud areas of SWA into the Northwest Frontier Province (NWFP) and Federally Administered Tribal Areas to their north and east. The displacement is complicating th [...] |
2009-05-28 04:01:00 | Consulate Peshawar | SECRET//NOFORN | PREF PTER MOPS PK PGOV EAID |
| 09PESHAWAR115 |
EXPECTED SOUTH WAZIRISTAN OPERATION CREATES DISPLACEMENT, [...] (C) Summary: South Waziristan Agency (SWA) residents fear an imminent attack by Pakistani armed forces and have begun to flee the Mehsud areas of SWA into the Northwest Frontier Province (NWFP) and Federally Administered Tribal Areas to their north and east. The displacement is complicating th [...] |
2009-05-28 04:16:00 | Consulate Peshawar | SECRET//NOFORN | PREF PTER PGOV PK EAID |
| 09PESHAWAR116 |
PESHAWAR UNHCR CHIEF ON UNHCR ACTIVITIES IN NWFP [...] (C) UNHCR Peshawar told Peshawar PO on May 28 that the IDP population stands at 2.5 million with many in "transit" and "spontaneous" camps still not registered. UNHCR Peshawar is increasingly focusing on assisting IDP populations in these unofficial camps and schools. Most outflows from South [...] |
2009-05-29 13:08:00 | Consulate Peshawar | CONFIDENTIAL | PREF EAID PGOV PK PREL |
| 09PESHAWAR118 |
PESHAWAR SECURITY TIGHTENED IN THE WAKE OF MULTIPLE [...] (S/NF) Summary: A series of VBIED attacks in Peshawar killed eleven and wounded over seventy; provincial security officials believe that the total would have been significantly higher had the largest of the bombs reached its true target. The Peshawar District Coordination Officer (DCO) has rea [...] |
2009-06-01 06:02:00 | Consulate Peshawar | SECRET//NOFORN | PTER ASEC PGOV MOPS PK |
| 09PESHAWAR119 |
FATA: ABDUCTED NORTH WAZIRISTAN PREP SCHOOL STUDENTS [...] (C) A kidnapping attempt on June 1 against students evacuating a prestigious preparatory school in North Waziristan Agency (NWA) appears to have been resolved without casualties among the captives. The Pakistani government claims that all have been recovered. According to the government, the [...] |
2009-06-02 11:14:00 | Consulate Peshawar | CONFIDENTIAL | PTER MOPS PGOV ASEC PK |
| 09PESHAWAR120 |
FATA AND NWFP: WEEKLY INCIDENTS OF TALIBANIZATION, MAY 22 - [...] (C) Pakistan's security forces continued to capture key locations in Swat during the fourth week of May. However, continuing last week's trend, the Taliban struck back by targeting security forces and civilians in four mass-casualty bombing attacks in Peshawar and one in Dera Ismail Khan, bes [...] |
2009-06-04 04:12:00 | Consulate Peshawar | CONFIDENTIAL | PTER MOPS PGOV PK |
| 09PESHAWAR123 |
POST CONVENES EAC ON 06/08/2009 [...] (S//NF) Post convened an Emergency Action Committee meeting at 1100(local) on June 8, 2009 to review post's security posture in light of specific, credible threat information targeting Consulate personnel. PO, RSO, RAO, ODRP/101st, ODRP/SOCCE, USAID, IPC, MGT, POL, CONS, PAS, and NAS attended [...] |
2009-06-08 09:12:00 | Consulate Peshawar | SECRET | AMGT ASEC MOPS PK PTER |
| 09PESHAWAR124 |
UPPER DIR BOMBING RESPONSE SHOWS EFFECTIVENESS AND [...] (C) Summary: The June 5 mass-casualty bombing of a mosque in Upper Dir and resulting June 7-9 punitive action by a tribal lashkar have highlighted the long-standing tension in Upper Dir district over militant activity there and its recent exacerbation by the military operations in neighboring S [...] |
2009-06-09 14:31:00 | Consulate Peshawar | CONFIDENTIAL | MOPS PTER PGOV PK |
| 09PESHAWAR125 |
EXPLOSION AT PESHAWAR'S PEARL CONTINENTAL HOTEL [...] (C) Amid strong condemnation from senior Northwest Frontier Province (NWFP) officials, local authorities are sifting through the debris of Peshawar's Pearl Continental (PC) Hotel in the wake of a June 10 explosion that left at least 15 dead and over 50 injured. Contrary to initial reports of a [...] |
2009-06-10 11:42:00 | Consulate Peshawar | SECRET | PTER ASEC CASC ABLD MOPS PK |
| 09PESHAWAR126 |
MORE ON PEARL CONTINENTAL EXPLOSION [...] (S/NF) Northwest Frontier Province (NWFP) Inspector General Police Malik Naveed told Consulate officials June 11 that no physical trace of the bombers or leads to their identities has yet been recovered from the June 9 attack on the Pearl Continental Hotel. PC security guards are in custody an [...] |
2009-06-11 12:39:00 | Consulate Peshawar | SECRET | PTER ASEC ABLD PGOV MOPS CASC PK |
| 09PESHAWAR127 |
THREE COMPLEX ATTACKS IN NINE HOURS IN PESHAWAR ENVIRONS [...] (C) Summary: Three complex attacks in and near Peshawar, occurring between 16:30 PM on June 11 and 01:00 AM on June 12, killed approximately six and wounded dozens more, including the Northwest Frontier Province (NWFP) Minister for Prisons. The attacks included the ambush of an armed convoy, [...] |
2009-06-12 11:12:00 | Consulate Peshawar | CONFIDENTIAL | PTER ASEC PGOV MOPS PK |
| 09PESHAWAR128 |
ARRESTS, DEATHS OF TNSM LEADERS UNDERLINE GROUP'S [...] (C) Summary: The arrests of several key members of the Tehrik-i-Nifaz-i-Shariat-i-Mohammedi (TNSM) and subsequent deaths of two of the arrested members has brought TNSM briefly back into the spotlight, but in a very different role than it played earlier this year. The way TNSM handled the deno [...] |
2009-06-12 11:31:00 | Consulate Peshawar | SECRET//NOFORN | PGOV PTER MOPS PK |
| 09PESHAWAR130 |
BOLD TTP-CLAIMED ATTACKS SIGNAL A TEST OF WILLS WITH THE [...] (C) Summary: Baitullah Mehsud's Tehrik-i-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) has claimed a series of bold attacks undertaken over June 9-12. These attacks highlight the TTP's increasing willingness to attack and claim credit for violence within military cantonments, in the Punjab, and against politica [...] |
2009-06-16 10:25:00 | Consulate Peshawar | CONFIDENTIAL | PTER MOPS PGOV KISL PK |
| 09PESHAWAR131 |
MILITARY ACTION IN FR BANNU: OPENING MOVE FOR WAZIRISTAN? [...] (C) Summary: A Pakistani military operation in Frontier Region Bannu, on the border of North Waziristan Agency (NWA), has resulted in over two hundred deaths and significant displacement. The operation, launched two weeks after the kidnapping of 120 students and staff from Razmak Cadet [...] |
2009-06-16 12:52:00 | Consulate Peshawar | CONFIDENTIAL | MOPS PTER PGOV PREF PK |
| 09PESHAWAR133 |
NWFP: CAN SWAT'S CROPS BE SAVED? [...] (SBU) Pakistan will suffer a 35 percent crop loss in the Northwest Frontier Province (NWFP) this year, and up to a 70 percent crop loss in the conflict-hit areas of Malakand Division, according to the NWFP provincial government and local economists. These Consulate contacts conclude that it is [...] |
2009-06-17 04:41:00 | Consulate Peshawar | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EAGR ENRG EFIN PGOV PK |
| 09PESHAWAR135 |
FATA AND NWFP: WEEKLY INCIDENTS OF TALIBANIZATION, MAY 29 [...] No summary [...] |
2009-06-22 08:27:00 | Consulate Peshawar | CONFIDENTIAL | PTER MOPS PGOV PK |
| 09PESHAWAR136 |
POST CONVENES EAC ON JUNE 19, 2009 [...] (S/NF) Post convened an Emergency Action Committee (EAC) meeting on June 19. Principal Officer (PO), RSO, RAO, ODRP/SOC-FWD, MGT, and GSO attended the meeting. The EAC reviewed post's decision to re-locate some personnel to Islamabad on June 13 in light of specific, credible threat informati [...] |
2009-06-23 05:30:00 | Consulate Peshawar | SECRET | ASEC PTER MOPS PK |
| 09PESHAWAR138 |
FATA AND NWFP: WEEKLY INCIDENTS OF TALIBANIZATION, JUNE 5 - [...] No summary [...] |
2009-06-29 16:00:00 | Consulate Peshawar | CONFIDENTIAL | PTER MOPS PGOV PK |
| 09PESHAWAR142 |
FRONTIER CORPS COMMANDER'S CONCERNS FOR COUNTER-INSURGENCY [...] (C) Frontier Corps (FC) Commander General Tariq Khan expressed concerns in a July 1 conversation with Peshawar Principal Officer (PO) about the competing and inefficient authorities between the Northwest Frontier Province (NWFP) and Federally Administered Tribal Areas (FATA) that hampers prompt [...] |
2009-07-07 11:44:00 | Consulate Peshawar | CONFIDENTIAL | MOPS PGOV EAID PTER PK |
| 09PESHAWAR143 |
FATA AND NWFP: WEEKLY INCIDENTS OF TALIBANIZATION, JUNE 19 [...] (C) The intensity of Pakistani military operations accelerated in South Waziristan during the fourth week in June, with the government conducting intensive airstrikes into Mehsud territory and sending ground troops to secure key locations along the critical Wana-Jandola road in preparation [...] |
2009-07-08 04:18:00 | Consulate Peshawar | CONFIDENTIAL | PTER MOPS PGOV PK |
| 09PESHAWAR144 |
ANP ON NWFP AND FATA DEVELOPMENTS [...] (S) Awami National Party (ANP) deputy leader Senator Afrasiab Khattak distanced the Northwest Frontier Province (NWFP) from a purported ISI plan to release Tehrik-i-Nifaz-i-Shariat-i-Mohammadi (TNSM) leader Sufi Mohammad and engineer the ""surrender"" of senior Swat militant leaders. Khattak m [...] |
2009-07-09 04:08:00 | Consulate Peshawar | SECRET | PGOV MOPS PTER PINR PK |
| 09PESHAWAR146 |
FATA AND NWFP: WEEKLY INCIDENTS OF TALIBANIZATION, JUNE 26 [...] (C) In North Waziristan agency (NWA), a series of escalating militant ambushes of Pakistan military convoys foreshadowed a declaration by NWA's principal indigenous militant commander that the February 2008 NWA peace agreement was no longer in effect (reftel). Fighting in South Waziristan Agen [...] |
2009-07-09 13:06:00 | Consulate Peshawar | CONFIDENTIAL | PTER MOPS PGOV PK |
| 09PESHAWAR147 |
FATA: PLAYERS IN WAZIRISTAN - A PRE-OPERATION PRIMER [...] (C) Summary: As the government of Pakistan has worked to prepare for its upcoming ground operation in South Waziristan Agency (SWA) against Baitullah Mehsud (ref C) and the Tehrik-i-Taliban Pakistan (TTP), it has narrowed the focus of its operation by attempting to keep neutral the two other ma [...] |
2009-07-13 10:59:00 | Consulate Peshawar | SECRET | PTER PINR MOPS PK AF |
| 09PESHAWAR148 |
PESHAWAR CONVENES EAC ON JULY 17, 2009 REGARDING RECENT [...] (S//NF) Post convened an Emergency Action Committee (EAC) meeting on July 17, 2009 to assess recent militant attacks and other security incidents, Peshawar-specific threat reporting and the al-Zawahri (al-Qaeda) video statement. The EAC concluded that the security situation in Peshawar remaine [...] |
2009-07-17 10:11:00 | Consulate Peshawar | SECRET//NOFORN | ASEC PTER PK CASC |
| 09PESHAWAR157 |
FATA AND NWFP: WEEKLY INCIDENTS OF TALIBANIZATION, JULY 17 [...] (C) Over this reporting period, fighting in the on-going Pakistani military operation in Swat continued at levels similar to those of the previous week. Revenge killings against militants, the first of which occurred during the previous reporting period, became a definite trend, with four furt [...] |
2009-08-03 14:34:00 | Consulate Peshawar | CONFIDENTIAL | PTER MOPS ASEC PK |
| 09PESHAWAR158 |
NWFP: TWO WEEKS AFTER SWAT'S OPERATION DECLARED OVER, [...] (C) Summary: Two weeks after the government of Pakistan declared the end of its military operation in Swat and invited the return of internally displaced Swatis, the picture of security in Swat is mixed. Around half of Swat's IDPs have returned, but the distribution of the returns is skew [...] |
2009-08-03 14:45:00 | Consulate Peshawar | CONFIDENTIAL | PREF EAID MOPS PTER PK |
| 09PESHAWAR161 |
NWFP: CENTRAL SWAT KHANS HAVE LOST AUTHORITY, COMPLICATING [...] (C) Summary: Central Swat's prominent landowning "khan" families, who have long formed the backbone of Swat's political leadership, have seen their position seriously undermined by the rise of militancy in Swat and their flight from the district. Now, they are attempting to rebuild their p [...] |
2009-08-04 11:54:00 | Consulate Peshawar | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PTER MOPS EAID PK |
| 09PESHAWAR168 |
FATA AND NWFP: WEEKLY INCIDENTS OF TALIBANIZATION, JULY 24 [...] (C) Over this reporting period, fighting in the on-going Pakistani military operation in Swat continued at levels similar to those of the previous week, with a few notable events. The militants decapitated a policeman in Mingora and left his body to be found as a sign that the militants were [...] |
2009-08-13 08:49:00 | Consulate Peshawar | CONFIDENTIAL | PTER MOPS ASEC PK |
| 09PESHAWAR169 |
FATA AND NWFP: WEEKLY INCIDENTS OF TALIBANIZATION, JULY 31 [...] (C) Conflict continued in the Malakand division - particularly in Swat, where the number of apparent revenge killings of militants doubled in relation to the previous reporting period. The Pakistani government obtained considerable favorable publicity for the activities of two small lashkars [...] |
2009-08-13 09:05:00 | Consulate Peshawar | CONFIDENTIAL | PTER MOPS ASEC PK |
| 09PESHAWAR17 |
FATA AND NWFP: WEEKLY INCIDENTS OF TALIBANIZATION, JANUARY [...] (C) Fighting subsided in Bajaur during the third week of January, but militants switched to "patrolling" Khar at night and launching targeted killings. With military operations now moving south to Mohmand Agency, an additional challenge for the Pakistani military is balancing operations in Moh [...] |
2009-01-30 10:48:00 | Consulate Peshawar | CONFIDENTIAL | PTER MOPS PGOV PK |
| 09PESHAWAR176 |
TTP SUCCESSION: CONTINUED CONFUSION AND FRAGMENTATION [...] (C) Summary: Almost three weeks after the death of Tehrik-i-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) chief Baitullah Mehsud, an apparent joint media statement August 25 by Hakimullah Mehsud and Waliur Rehman Mehsud may mark a truce in the battle for succession. However, Pakistani military officials believe t [...] |
2009-08-26 12:45:00 | Consulate Peshawar | CONFIDENTIAL | PTER MOPS PGOV PK |
| 09PESHAWAR18 |
FATA AND NWFP: WEEKLY INCIDENTS OF TALIBANIZATION, JANUARY [...] (C) Security forces continued their operations in Bajaur during the fourth week of January, targeting militant hideouts in various areas of the agency. In Bajaur, militants blew up a girls' school on January 27. Consulate contacts report that residents of Bajaur complain of shortages in [...] |
2009-02-02 11:40:00 | Consulate Peshawar | CONFIDENTIAL | PTER MOPS PGOV PK |
| 09PESHAWAR183 |
AS KHYBER FIGHTING MOVES INTO PESHAWAR, FC LAUNCHES [...] (C) Summary: Two months of fighting in Khyber Agency, FATA, between two rival militias--Lashkar-i-Islam and Ansarul Islam--spilled over into the outskirts of Peshawar, culminating in bombings on August 22 and 23. The fighting has more to do with control over lucrative criminal activity t [...] |
2009-09-03 10:55:00 | Consulate Peshawar | CONFIDENTIAL | PTER MOPS PGOV PK |
| 09PESHAWAR184 |
NWFP PLANS TO FINANCE SECURITY AND RECONSTRUCTION [...] (C) Summary: The Northwest Frontier Province (NWFP) government finally has received the first tranche of a 24 billion rupees (USD 291 million) revenue transfer from the Pakistani federal government; it will spend half of this to support the planned 2,500 Elite NWFP Police force and doubl [...] |
2009-09-03 11:09:00 | Consulate Peshawar | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON PGOV PTER EAID PK |
| 09PESHAWAR194 |
SOUTH WAZIRISTAN MILITARY OPERATION IMMINENT [...] (C) Summary: In discussions with PO September 30, FATA Secretariat XXXXXXXXXXXX and NWFP Social Welfare Minister Sitara Ayaz, said they believed that the long-awaited Army operation in South Waziristan was imminent. XXXXXXXXXXXXsaid the GOP had made a decision to ""go for the kill"" this ti [...] |
2009-10-02 04:32:00 | Consulate Peshawar | SECRET | PTER MOPS PREL |
| 09PESHAWAR197 |
FATA MNAS CLOSE TO AGREEMENT WITH GOVERNMENT [...] (C) Summary. FATA Caucus leader Munir Orakzai told PO October 4 that Prime Minister Gilani had agreed to satisfy key grievances that had prompted the FATA ministers' resignation from the government (ref A). The government, which Orakzai said had reneged on promises of increased development f [...] |
2009-10-07 03:54:00 | Consulate Peshawar | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PTER PK |
| 09PESHAWAR2 |
FATA SECRETARY FOR LAW AND ORDER PROVIDES GRIM ASSESSMENT OF SITUATION IN THE NWFP AND FATA [...] No summary [...] |
2009-01-03 09:02:00 | Consulate Peshawar | SECRET | PTER MOPS ASEC PGOV PK |
| 09PESHAWAR20 |
AMBASSADOR VISITS IDP CAMP [...] (C) During a meeting with Vice President Elect Biden during a recent visit, Chief of Army Staff General Kayani raised his concern about the effect of poor treatment of Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs) on his counter-insurgency campaign in Pakistan's tribal areas. As part of the continuing M [...] |
2009-02-04 12:29:00 | Consulate Peshawar | CONFIDENTIAL | PTER MOPS PGOV PINR PK |
| 09PESHAWAR203 |
ADMINISTRATIVE NORMALIZATION OF THE MALAKAND DIVISION MOVES [...] (C) Summary: Over the past week, Pakistan's government took several significant steps to normalize administration in the Malakand division after the April-August military operations against militants there. On October 3, the Northwest Frontier Province (NWFP) government appointed executive mag [...] |
2009-10-12 11:22:00 | Consulate Peshawar | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PTER ECON MOPS PK |
| 09PESHAWAR208 |
RC-EAST MG SCAPPAROTTI DISCUSSES BORDER COORDINATION WITH PAKISTANI ARMY/FRONTIER CORPS [...] (C) Summary. In an October 13 meeting with RC-East Commander MG Scapparotti, Pakistan' 11th Corps Commander Masood and Frontier Corps commander Tariq Khan discussed ongoing operations and venues for cross-border cooperation. The Pakistanis requested U.S./ISAF assistance in blocking militant [...] |
2009-10-14 14:18:00 | Consulate Peshawar | CONFIDENTIAL | MOPS PREL PTER PK |
| 09PESHAWAR21 |
MILITARY RENEWS OPERATIONS AS SWAT GOES FROM BAD TO WORSE [...] (C) Army units led by 11th Corps and supported by Frontier Corps restarted operations in Swat on February 1 with the Northwest Frontier government's acknowledgment that it has lost effective control of the district to local taliban. As many as 70 militants have reportedly been killed in clashe [...] |
2009-02-06 16:27:00 | Consulate Peshawar | CONFIDENTIAL | MOPS PTER EAID PGOV PK |
| 09PESHAWAR211 |
ANP LIKELY TO ABSTAIN ON NATIONAL RECONCILIATION ORDINANCE [...] (C) Summary. Awami National Party leader Asfundyar Wali Khan indicated to PO October 22 that his party likely will abstain in the upcoming parliamentary vote on the National Reconciliation Ordinance (NRO) that provides President Zardari and other politicians immunity from prosecution on corru [...] |
2009-10-23 03:28:00 | Consulate Peshawar | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV MOPS PTER PREL |
| 09PESHAWAR216 |
GOVERNMENT HOLDS JIRGAS AROUND WAZIRISTAN TO ISOLATE TTP [...] (C) Summary. As fighting continues in South Waziristan, the Pakistani government has expanded its historic divide and conquer strategy with the Wazir and Mehsud tribes of the North and South Waziristan Agencies (NWA and SWA) to include military and civilian leaders and public relations initia [...] |
2009-11-05 12:03:00 | Consulate Peshawar | CONFIDENTIAL | MOPS PTER PGOV PK |
| 09PESHAWAR22 |
AMBASSADOR'S MEETING WITH 11TH CORPS COMMANDER [...] (C) On January 26, Ambassador met with 11th Corps Commander, Lieutenant General Masood Aslam and Chief of Staff Brigadier Aamer to discuss internally displaced persons (IDPs) and the situation in Swat. General Masood advocated a mixed approach to IDP assistance -- encourage some to go home whe [...] |
2009-02-07 15:03:00 | Consulate Peshawar | CONFIDENTIAL | MOPS PTER EAID PGOV PK |
| 09PESHAWAR23 |
AMBASSADOR MEETS WITH INSPECTOR GENERAL OF FRONTIER CORPS [...] (U) Ambassador and Peshawar Principal Officer met with Inspector General Frontier Corps Tariq Khan during a January 26 visit to the Warsak Training Center to formally hand over the latest U.S. assistance of security and communications equipment valued at one and a half million dollars. 2. ( [...] |
2009-02-09 09:01:00 | Consulate Peshawar | CONFIDENTIAL | MOPS PTER EAID PGOV PK |
| 09PESHAWAR24 |
AMBASSADOR MEETS WITH NORTHWEST FRONTIER PROVINCE GOVERNOR [...] (C) Northwest Frontier Province (NWFP) Governor Owais Ghani met with Ambassador and Peshawar Principal Officer on January 27. Ghani said that "while major military operations are over in Bajaur and Mohmand, the problems are not." Each agency would have one to three Quick Reaction Forces (QRF [...] |
2009-02-09 09:05:00 | Consulate Peshawar | CONFIDENTIAL | MOPS PTER EAID PGOV PK |
| 09PESHAWAR25 |
ANNUAL CRIME EVALUATION QUESTIONNAIRE (ACEQ) PESHAWAR [...] (SBU) Crime Mobility (Into Consulate Neighborhoods): Criminal elements operate throughout Peshawar and consistently enter the Consulate's residential neighborhoods, as these are affluent areas. U.S. Consulate Peshawar personnel living among the local population have experienced no burglaries [...] |
2009-02-10 09:49:00 | Consulate Peshawar | CONFIDENTIAL | ASEC |
| 09PESHAWAR28 |
NFWP GOVERNMENT ANNOUNCES IMPLEMENTATION PLAN OF SHARI'A LAW [...] (C) On February 16, the Northwest Frontier Province (NWFP) government announced a commitment to implement Shari'a law in Swat following negotiations with the banned terrorist group Tehrik Nifaz-i-Shariat Muhammadi (TNSM). The provincial government is forwarding proposed amendments to the "Shar [...] |
2009-02-17 13:20:00 | Consulate Peshawar | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PTER MOPS EAID PK |
| 09PESHAWAR29 |
IMPROVING RESPONSES TO MILITANT ATTACKS NEAR PESHAWAR [...] (C) Recent attacks in Khyber Agency and Peshawar, including the destruction of a bridge, indicate that militants are still trying to disrupt U.S./NATO supply routes through Pakistn to Afghanistan. In contrast to late last year, when security forces were slow or failed to respond to attac [...] |
2009-02-18 12:13:00 | Consulate Peshawar | CONFIDENTIAL | PTER MOPS PGOV PK |
| 09PESHAWAR3 |
SECTARIAN VIOLENCE INCREASES IN PAKISTAN'S NORTHWEST IN RUN [...] (C) Pakistan's northwest has been hit with a string of attacks targeting Shi'a Muslims in the November and December run up to Muharram, (January 7-8), the Shi'a holiday mourning the martyrdom of Imam Hussain Ali. Militants have launched suicide bomb attacks on Shi'a processions in Peshawar for [...] |
2009-01-03 09:05:00 | Consulate Peshawar | CONFIDENTIAL | PTER MOPS ASEC PGOV PK |
| 09PESHAWAR31 |
MILITANTS KILL PESHAWAR MPA [...] (C) In the first attack on a Member of the Provincial Assembly (MPA) in Peshawar, Alam Zeb Khan was killed on February 11 when militants detonated a remote-controlled improvised explosive devise (IED) as his car passed a market area. Khan's murder continues a trend of militant attacks on [...] |
2009-02-19 11:51:00 | Consulate Peshawar | CONFIDENTIAL | PTER MOPS PGOV PK |
| 09PESHAWAR33 |
NWFP: LOCAL PERCEPTIONS OF THE SWAT DEAL [...] (C) According to Swat-based contacts, the ceasefire and the agreement to implement Shari'a law are welcomed by most residents but not expected to last. The army caused a great deal of damage, failed to take advantage of the intelligence provided by the local population who they did not trust a [...] |
2009-02-21 14:39:00 | Consulate Peshawar | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PTER MOPS EAID PK |
| 09PESHAWAR34 |
NWFP: PROVINCIAL GOVERNMENT AND MILITARY COMMENT ON SWAT [...] (C) Principal Officer met with Awami National Party (ANP) deputy leader Afrasiab Khattak and 11th Corps Commander General Aslam Masood separately on February 21. While both confirmed that negotiations are taking place with Tehrik-i Taliban (TTP) to extend the ceasefire in Swat (due to expire F [...] |
2009-02-23 11:52:00 | Consulate Peshawar | SECRET | PGOV PTER MOPS EAID PK |
| 09PESHAWAR35 |
MILITANT BOMBING OF BRIDGE IN KHYBER FAILS [...] (C) Militants placed three bombs at a bridge on the Peshawar-Torkham Highway on February 20, one of which exploded at approximately 6:30 am local time, causing no death or significant damage. Traffic flow resumed by 8:30 am. Militants also fired a rocket at a fuel tanker 11 km from the T [...] |
2009-02-24 15:06:00 | Consulate Peshawar | CONFIDENTIAL | PTER MOPS PGOV PK |
| 09PESHAWAR36 |
FATA AND NWFP: WEEKLY INCIDENTS OF TALIBANIZATION, JANUARY [...] (SBU) No fighting was reported in Bajaur during the first week of February, but militants blew up two government schools in the Pashat area on February 2, following the destruction of schools in Bajaur on January 27-28 (Ref B). Members of the Salarzai tribe vowed to continue fighting militants [...] |
2009-02-25 11:45:00 | Consulate Peshawar | CONFIDENTIAL | PTER MOPS PGOV PK |
| 09PESHAWAR37 |
FATA AND NWFP: WEEKLY INCIDENTS OF TALIBANIZATION, FEBRUARY [...] (C) The pace of fighting increased in Bajaur during the second week of February, with government forces reportedly killing over 44 militants in fighting around Mahmoond tehsil and militants firing rockets on Khar, the agency capital. Tehrik-i-Taliban (TTP) threatened on February 11 to destroy a [...] |
2009-02-25 11:46:00 | Consulate Peshawar | CONFIDENTIAL | PTER MOPS PGOV PK |
| 09PESHAWAR38 |
NWFP: MULLAH FAZLULLAH'S UNILATERAL CEASEFIRE [...] (C) Tehrik-i Taliban (TTP) leader Mullah Fazlullah announced a unilateral, indefinite ceasefire on February 24 with conditions that Northwest Frontier Province (NWFP) officials tell us have not been accepted. Fazlullah's demands include release of TTP supporters in custody, observance of stric [...] |
2009-02-25 14:54:00 | Consulate Peshawar | CONFIDENTIAL | PTER MOPS PGOV PK |
| 09PESHAWAR39 |
FATA: NO DEAL IN BAJAUR [...] (S) Local press reports that a "four day" ceasefire has been declared in Bajaur appear to be inaccurate. Frontier Corps Commander General Tariq Khan categorically told Consulate on February 25 that there is no deal or ceasefire with militants led by Tehrik-i Taliban (TTP) deputy Faqir Mohammad [...] |
2009-02-25 14:55:00 | Consulate Peshawar | SECRET | MOPS PTER PGOV PK |
| 09PESHAWAR4 |
FATA AND NWFP: WEEKLY INCIDENTS OF TALIBANIZATION, DECEMBER [...] (U) Fighting continued in Bajaur through the end of December, with around 15 militants reported killed. 2. (SBU) Pakistani security forces, backed by helicopter gunships, tanks and heavy artillery, launched an attack on December 30, targeting criminals and militants in the Jamrud are [...] |
2009-01-05 03:27:00 | Consulate Peshawar | CONFIDENTIAL | PTER MOPS PGOV PK |
| 09PESHAWAR41 |
SECURITY ENVIRONMENT PROFILE QUESTIONNAIRE (SEPQ)-PESHAWAR [...] No summary [...] |
2009-02-28 11:25:00 | Consulate Peshawar | SECRET | ASEC PK PTER |
| 09PESHAWAR42 |
NWFP: SWAT'S CEASEFIRE FRACTURING? [...] (C) While Swat's principal city Mingora appears to be "calm," the fragile ceasefire is showing further cracks with an attack on a military convoy, the kidnapping of six Frontier Corps personnel north of Mingora, and militant interference with humanitarian relief. Tehrik-i Nifaz-i Shariat-i Muh [...] |
2009-03-02 10:24:00 | Consulate Peshawar | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PTER MOPS EAID PK |
| 09PESHAWAR43 |
FATA: "VICTORY" IN BAJAUR? [...] (C) Frontier Corps Commander General Tariq Khan announced that FC forces had "secured" the Bajaur agency on February 28. While Frontier Corps certainly appears to have made important progress, Tariq's reference to "secured" likely refers primarily to the lines of communications, particularly ro [...] |
2009-03-04 04:13:00 | Consulate Peshawar | CONFIDENTIAL | MOPS PTER PGOV PK |
| 09PESHAWAR44 |
FATA AND NWFP: WEEKLY INCIDENTS OF TALIBANIZATION, FEBRUARY [...] (C) Tehrik-i Taliban (TTP) deputy Faqir Mohammad announced a unilateral ceasefire in Bajaur on February 23. Inspector General Frontier Corps Tariq Khan told consulate on February 25 that no ceasefire had been agreed to and that Bajaur operations would continue (Ref A). 2. (C) Tehrik-i [...] |
2009-03-04 04:33:00 | Consulate Peshawar | CONFIDENTIAL | PTER MOPS PGOV PK |
| 09PESHAWAR47 |
NWFP: SWAT UPDATE; ANP HEDGING ON SUPPORT FOR ZARDARI? [...] (S/NF) While the Northwest Frontier Province (NWFP) government has rejected militant calls for withdrawal of the army from Swat, plans to send the Nizam-i-Adl (Shari'a) Regulation to President Zardari again and a prisoner release underscore the provincial government's determination to hang ont [...] |
2009-03-10 11:20:00 | Consulate Peshawar | SECRET | PGOV PTER MOPS EAID PK |
| 09PESHAWAR48 |
FATA AND NWFP: WEEKLY INCIDENTS OF TALIBANIZATION, FEBRUARY [...] (C) In Bajaur, Frontier Corps appears to be shifting its focus to post-kinetic operations in the agency. We remain concerned, however, about the ability of Bajaur's militants to stage attacks. In Swat, although President Zadari has yet to sign the order, the Northwest Frontier Province (NWFP) [...] |
2009-03-12 05:27:00 | Consulate Peshawar | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PTER MOPS PK |
| 09PESHAWAR5 |
FATA AND NWFP: WEEKLY INCIDENTS OF TALIBANIZATION, DECEMBER [...] (C) The third week of December brought more fighting in Bajaur. But with fewer than ten militants reported killed, the tempo of fighting seems to have slowed considerably compared with the magnitude of fighting over the past several months. 2. (C) The situation in Swat continued to d [...] |
2009-01-06 11:21:00 | Consulate Peshawar | CONFIDENTIAL | PTER MOPS PGOV PK |
| 09PESHAWAR50 |
NWFP: ATTACK ON ANP SENIOR MINISTER [...] (C) Militants staged an attack in Peshawar on Northwest Frontier Province (NWFP) Senior Minister Bashir Bilour of the Awami National Party (ANP) on March 11 that left Bilour unharmed but six others dead and five wounded. This latest attack on ANP underscores the limits of the government's deal [...] |
2009-03-13 05:09:00 | Consulate Peshawar | SECRET//NOFORN | PTER MOPS PGOV ASEC PK |
| 09PESHAWAR51 |
PROPOSED NIZAM-E-ADL (SHARI'A) REGULATION 2009 [...] (C) The proposed Nizam-e-Adl (literally, "system of justice" but widely viewed as Shari'a) Regulation 2009 if signed by President Zardari will replace two regulations in hopes of providing speedy justice in accordance with Shari'a law. One of the most visible changes will be the re-establishme [...] |
2009-03-16 12:32:00 | Consulate Peshawar | CONFIDENTIAL | PTER MOPS PGOV PK |
| 09PESHAWAR52 |
SEVEN QAZI (SHARIA) JUDGES INSTALLED IN SWAT [...] (C) In the latest step towards implementing shari'a in Swat the first seven Qazis (judges) were installed in their new offices on March 12. The Qazis arrived in a procession led by Tehrik Nifaz-i-Shariat Mohammadi (TNSM) chief, Sufi Mohammad, Malakand division commissioner, Mohammad Javed and [...] |
2009-03-16 12:41:00 | Consulate Peshawar | CONFIDENTIAL | PTER MOPS PGOV PK |
| 09PESHAWAR54 |
NWFP: ANOTHER CARGO TERMINAL ATTACK NEAR PESHAWAR [...] (C) In the second attack in as many months, suspected militants destroyed trailers carrying coalition supplies bound for Afghanistan near Peshawar on March 16. While the police and fire brigade responded within 40 minutes of the attack, militants had already departed the scene. In a previous [...] |
2009-03-18 11:57:00 | Consulate Peshawar | SECRET | PTER MOPS PGOV PK |
| 09PESHAWAR55 |
SWAT UPDATE: SUFI MUHAMMAD'S PRESS CONFERENCE - QAZI JUDGES [...] (C) Tehrik Nifaz-i-Shariat Mohammadi (TNSM) chief, Sufi Mohammad announced in a press conference March 16, the (previous) judges should stop going to their offices as their continued presence would be considered a violation of the peace accord. Provincial authorities have stated the new Qazis [...] |
2009-03-18 14:24:00 | Consulate Peshawar | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PTER MOPS PK |
| 09PESHAWAR59 |
FATA AND NWFP: WEEKLY INCIDENTS OF TALIBANIZATION, MARCH 7 [...] (C) The release of 12 militant prisoners March 7, the appointment of Qazi judges in Swat March 12 and the repositioning of army forces were some of the first tangible steps taken by the government to implement the peace agreement and the Nizam-e-Adl "system of justice" widely viewed as Shari'a [...] |
2009-03-23 10:34:00 | Consulate Peshawar | CONFIDENTIAL | PTER MOPS PGOV PK |
| 09PESHAWAR61 |
SWAT UPDATE: ADDITIONAL MILITANTS RELEASED - ARMY RETURNING [...] (C) The release of three militants by the government March 21, brings the total set free since March 6 to 30. According to one post contact a closed factory on the edge of Mingora that until March 19 had been guarded by the army was occupied by militants when the soldiers returned to their bar [...] |
2009-03-25 11:26:00 | Consulate Peshawar | CONFIDENTIAL | PTER MOPS PGOV PK |
| 09PESHAWAR63 |
INTERNALLY DISPLACED PERSONS DEMONSTRATE FOR COMPENSATION [...] (C) Internally Displaced Persons (IDP) of Jalozai Camp near Nowshera led by Sahibzada Haroon Rashid, deputy chief of Jamaat-e-Islami (JI), conducted a demonstration that left at least one person dead, 10 more injured, including four police officers, shops and vehicles burned and 22 arrested Mar [...] |
2009-03-28 12:01:00 | Consulate Peshawar | CONFIDENTIAL | PTER MOPS PGOV PK |
| 09PESHAWAR64 |
SUICIDE BOMBER ATTACK AT A MOSQUE FREQUENTED BY SECURITY [...] (C) A Suicide bomber attack killed at least 40, including security forces personnel and injured more than 100 at a mosque during Friday prayers March 27. While no claim of responsibility for the attack has been made, the mosque is near a security check post in Khyber Agency, along the coalitio [...] |
2009-03-30 11:33:00 | Consulate Peshawar | CONFIDENTIAL | PTER MOPS PGOV PK |
| 09PESHAWAR65 |
FATA AND NWFP: WEEKLY INCIDENTS OF TALIBANIZATION, MARCH 14 [...] (SBU) In accordance with the Nizam-e-Adl "system of justice," widely viewed as Shari'a law, Qazi judges began presiding over cases in Swat March 17, displacing the role of civil judges. Tehrik Nefaz-i-Shariat Muhammadi (TNSM) Chief Sufi Mohammad asked civil judges to stop coming to court on Mar [...] |
2009-03-30 11:34:00 | Consulate Peshawar | CONFIDENTIAL | PTER MOPS PGOV PK |
| 09PESHAWAR67 |
FATA AND NWFP: WEEKLY INCIDENTS OF TALIBANIZATION, MARCH 21 [...] (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 [...] |
2009-04-01 11:01:00 | Consulate Peshawar | CONFIDENTIAL | PTER MOPS PGOV PK |
| 09PESHAWAR69 |
NWFP: MILITANT ATTACK ON CARGO TERMINAL CAUSES MINIMAL [...] No summary [...] |
2009-04-07 08:57:00 | Consulate Peshawar | CONFIDENTIAL | PTER MOPS PGOV PK |
| 09PESHAWAR71 |
NWFP: SWAT DEAL GOING OFF THE RAILS? [...] (C) Tehrik Nifaz-e-Shariat Muhammadi (TNSM) leader Sufi Mohammad closed down his "peace camp" in Swat on April 9 to protest President Zardari's delay in signing the Nizam-e-Adl (Shari'a) Regulation. Sufi also announced, however, that "the peace deal with the government is intact." Northwest F [...] |
2009-04-10 13:57:00 | Consulate Peshawar | CONFIDENTIAL | PTER PGOV MOPS PHUM PK |
| 09PESHAWAR73 |
FATA: BAJAUR CONDITIONS UPDATE [...] (C) Bajaur-based officials are reporting significant numbers of returnees within the past two months (approximately 211,000). While at odds with numbers reported by UN agencies, fraud (double dipping on benefits, people from areas other than Bajaur seeking benefits, etc.) may be contributing t [...] |
2009-04-20 13:29:00 | Consulate Peshawar | CONFIDENTIAL | PREF PGOV PTER MOPS EAID PK |
| 09PESHAWAR76 |
NWFP: SWAT UPDATE - MILITANTS GAINING GROUND WITH NEW [...] (C) Summary and Comment. Following the signing of the Nizam-e-Adl regulation by President Asif Zardari on April 13, the residents of Swat District in the Northwest Frontier Province (NWFP) expected to experience a new sense of peace in their region. While targeted, high profile violence has co [...] |
2009-04-22 10:40:00 | Consulate Peshawar | CONFIDENTIAL | PTER MOPS PGOV EAID PK |
| 09PESHAWAR79 |
NWFP: HANGU TENSIONS INCREASING [...] (C) Summary. Following the April 18 suicide attack on a military checkpoint in Hangu District (Kohat Division, Northwest Frontier Province (NWFP)) and in the wake of the military operations in neighboring Orakzai Agency (Federally Administered Tribal Areas (FATA)), Post contacts report the situ [...] |
2009-04-25 13:42:00 | Consulate Peshawar | CONFIDENTIAL | PTER MOPS PGOV EAID PK |
| 09PESHAWAR8 |
ENERGY CRISIS IN NWFP; REGIONAL ECONOMY AT A "STAND-STILL [...] (C) The economy of Pakistan's Northwest Frontier Province (NWFP) is at a "stand-still," according to Sharafat Ali Mubarak, president of the Sarhad Chamber of Commerce and Industry (SCCI). Citing up to 20 hours per day of electrical loadshedding and drastic shortages of natural gas, Mubara [...] |
2009-01-13 12:22:00 | Consulate Peshawar | CONFIDENTIAL | PTER MOPS ASEC PGOV PK ECON ENRG |
| 09PESHAWAR80 |
ICRC COMMENTS ON NWFP AND FATA [...] (C) Principal Officer met on April 23 with Benno Kocher, International Committee of the Red Cross's (ICRC) Head of Sub-Delegation. In Swat, Kocher said that IDP camps are "empty," and ICRC is re-orienting its focus to basic services such as health. Numbers in the IDP camps in lower Dir are h [...] |
2009-04-25 14:10:00 | Consulate Peshawar | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV EAID PTER MOPS PK |
| 09PESHAWAR85 |
FATA AND NWFP: WEEKLY INCIDENTS OF TALIBANIZATION, APRIL 18 [...] (C) Pakistanis from political and military quarters expressed alarm when taliban fighters advanced from Swat into neighboring Shangla and Buner Districts of Northwest Frontier Province (NWFP) without resistance during the third week of April. The government began to deploy some troops to Buner [...] |
2009-04-27 08:41:00 | Consulate Peshawar | CONFIDENTIAL | PTER MOPS PGOV PK |
| 09PESHAWAR86 |
POST CONVENES EAC ON 04/27/2009 [...] (S//NF) Post convened an Emergency Action Committee meeting at 1500 (local) on April 27, 2009 to review specific, credible threat information targeting the Consulate and Consulate personnel residing in University Town. PO, RSO, RAO, IMO MGTO, and Special Forces element attended the meeting. [...] |
2009-04-28 12:13:00 | Consulate Peshawar | SECRET//NOFORN | ASEC PTER MOPS PK |
| 09PESHAWAR87 |
POST CONVENES EAC MEETING ON MOTORWAY ATTACK [...] (C) PO convened an Emergency Action Committee (EAC) meeting on April 29 to review an attack on a Pakistani security forces convoy on the Peshawar-Islamabad motorway. RSO, RAO, MGT, CONS, PD, USAID, and ODRP attended the meeting. 2. (C) On April 29 at approximately 0400 (local) hours a Fron [...] |
2009-04-29 13:22:00 | Consulate Peshawar | CONFIDENTIAL | ASEC PTER CASC PGOV MOPS PK |
| 09PESHAWAR89 |
CODEL KERRY DISCUSSES "LAW AND ORDER" AND SWAT SHARI'A LAW WITH NWFP CHIEF MINISTER [...] No summary [...] |
2009-04-30 14:44:00 | Consulate Peshawar | CONFIDENTIAL | EAID MOPS PGOV PK PTER |
| 09PESHAWAR9 |
NWFP: ATTACK ON PAKISTAN SECURITY FORCES IN MOHMAND BY [...] (C) In an unprecedented move by militants, at least 200 fighters crossed the border from Afghanistan into Mohmand Agency of the Federally Administered Tribal Areas (FATA) and attacked a paramilitary base of the Frontier Corps the evening of January 10. Government forces responded to the assau [...] |
2009-01-13 12:24:00 | Consulate Peshawar | CONFIDENTIAL | PTER MOPS SNAR PGOV PK |
| 09PESHAWAR91 |
MALAKAND DIVISION: DARUL QAZA ANNOUNCED; OPERATIONS [...] (S/NF) Summary. During May 1-3, the Pakistani army secured a key road in Buner and made preparations to move into Shangla and Swat. The government of the Northwest Frontier Province (NWFP) announced the establishment of the Darul Qaza (appellate court) for the Malakand Division, as required b [...] |
2009-05-04 12:35:00 | Consulate Peshawar | SECRET | MOPS PTER PGOV EAID PREF PK |
| 09PESHAWAR93 |
NWFP: DETERIORATING CONDITIONS IN SWAT AMID TALK OF [...] (S) Summary. According to Frontier Corps (FC) commander General Tariq Khan, Swat operations are imminent, but no decision has been made over whether regular army or FC will lead the operation. General Tariq, however, told Peshawar PO that FC does not have enough forces to take on Swat where m [...] |
2009-05-06 12:06:00 | Consulate Peshawar | SECRET | MOPS PREF PTER EAID PGOV PK |
| 09PESHAWAR97 |
MALAKAND DIVISION: FIGHTING IN SWAT BUT "NO OPERATION" YET [...] (C) During May 4-6, militants in Swat acting on the previously announced withdrawal (Ref A) from the Swat peace accord, attacked security forces throughout Swat and seized government buildings before apparently being evicted from at least some of these by security forces. Despite this action, [...] |
2009-05-07 12:28:00 | Consulate Peshawar | CONFIDENTIAL | MOPS PREF PTER PGOV EAID PK |
| 10PESHAWAR10 |
FATA SECURITY UPDATE; PAKISTANI/RC-EAST COORDINATION ON [...] (C) Summary. During a January 23 briefing for RC-East MG Scapparotti, 11th Corps Chief of Staff BG Aamer provided an overview of the security situation in FATA and Malakand Division, Northwest Frontier Province. It would take at least a year, predicted Aamer, to finish military operations [...] |
2010-01-25 14:00:00 | Consulate Peshawar | SECRET | PREL PTER MOPS PK AF |
| 10PESHAWAR14 |
NWFP: GOOD ELECTION NEWS FOR ANP [...] (C) Summary. In by-elections January 28, the Northwest Frontier Province (NWFP) ruling Awami National Party (ANP) won the election in Swat, trouncing the religious parties' candidate. In Mansehra, poor strategic choices by the Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) cost the party the seat, whi [...] |
2010-02-03 05:20:00 | Consulate Peshawar | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PTER KDEM PK |
| 96PESHAWAR1059 |
AFGHANISTAN: TALIBAN STALL IN PERMITTING WESTERN [...] (U) CLASSIFIED BY BRAD HANSON, PRINCIPAL OFFICER, AMCONSULATE PESHAWAR. REASON: 1.5 D. 2. (C) SUMMARY: NANGARHAR TALIBAN PROVINCIAL OFFICIALS HAVE TOLD A RESPECTED PAKISTANI REPORTER THAT USAMA BIN LADEN IS IN JALALABAD. THEY HESITATED TO GRANT THE BBC STRINGER'S REQUEST TO INTERVIEW HI [...] |
1996-11-11 13:22:00 | Consulate Peshawar | CONFIDENTIAL | PTER PINR KISL PREL AF |