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Commander of XI Corps Lt. Gen Masood Aslam |
Osama bin Laden Mullah Omar Abdullah Mehsud † | ||||||
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111 soldiers killed, 5 soldiers captured, 59 policemen killed | 186 militants killed | ||||||
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137 civilians killed, 3 Chinese workers killed | |||||||
The Third phase of the Waziristan conflict is an ongoing conflict that erupted in July 2007 after several attacks on the Pakistani Army and the end of the truce signed in the Waziristan Accord by pro-Taliban militants. The truce on September 2006 ended two years of clashes and was aimed at stopping cross-border attacks into Afghanistan.
It begun as Pakistan deployed more troops in the area of North Waziristan fearing "holy war" after the storming of the militant Red Mosque that left at least 109 people dead.
Pakistan’s new Waziristan strategy
On June 4th the National Security Council of Pakistan met to decide the fate of Waziristan and take up a number of political and administrative decisions to control “Talibanization” of the area. The meeting was chaired by President Pervez Musharraf and it was attended by the Chief Ministers and Governors of all 4 provinces. They discussed the deteriorating law and order situation and the threat posed to state security.
The government decided to take a number of actions to stop the “Talibanization” and crush the armed militancy in the Tribal regions and the NWFP.
The NSC of Pakistan has decided the following actions will be taken to achieve the goals:
- Deployment of unmanned reconnaissance planes
- Strengthening law-enforcement agencies with advanced equipment
- Deployment of more troops to the region
- Operations against militants on fast-track basis
- Focused operations against militant commanders
- Action against madrassah’s preaching militancy
- Appointment of regional coordinators
- Fresh recruitments of police officers in NWFP
The ministry of interior has played a large part in the information gathering for the operations against militants and their institutions. The Ministry of Interior has prepared a list of militant commanders operating in the region and they have also prepared a list of seminaries for monitoring.
The Government is also trying to strengthen the law enforcement in the area by providing the NWFP Police with weapons, bullet-proof jackets and night-vision devices. The paramilitary Frontier Corps will be provided with artillery and APC’s. The state agencies are also working on studying ways to block FM frequencies of illegal FM radio channels.
Timeline
July 3-11: Lal Masjid siege
Main article: Lal Masjid siegeOn July 3, 2007, the militant supporters of Lal Masjid and Pakistani security forces clashed in Islamabad after the students from the mosque attacked a nearby government ministry building. The Pakistani security forces immediately put up a siege around the mosque complex which lasted until July 11 and resulted in 109 deaths. This represented the main catalist for the conflict and eventual breakdown of the truce that existed between Pakistan and the Taliban in the nortwest. Already during the siege there were several attacks in Waziristan in retaliation for the siege.
July 14-15: Attacks and end of truce
At least 75 Pakistanis, including soldiers and police recruits, had died in three attacks on July 14 and July 15 2007.
In a statement issued in Miranshah, the main town, the militants accused the government of breaking the agreement. "We are ending the agreement today," the Taleban Shura or Council said in pamphlets distributed in Miranshah, the capital of North Waziristan.
On July 14, 2007 a suicide bomber attacked a Pakistani Army convoy killed 26 soldiers and wounding 54. On July 15, 2007 two suicide bombers attacked another Pakistani Army convoy killing 16 soldiers and 5 civilians and wounding another 47 people. And in a separate incident a fourth suicide bomber attacked a police headquarters killing 28 police officers and recruits and wounding 35 people.
July 15-19: Waves of attack
From July 15 to 19, waves of attacks in Balochistan and NWFP killed over 200 people. On July 17, a suicide bomber hit a rally featuring the country's suspended chief justice in Pakistan's capital Islamabad killing 15 people and wounding 44. Chief Justice Iftikhar Mohammed Chaudhry was traveling to the rally and was about three miles away when the attacker struck near the stage set up for him.
July 20: Car bomb attack in Karachi averted
On July 20 panic gripped shoppers on Friday evening at a Clifton shopping mall in Karachi when a bomb was defused immediately after it had been found in a car parked in a nearby parking area. An anonymous caller informed the Citizens-Police Liaison Committee that a bomb was planted in the car parked near the Park Towers. The shopping mall was the venue of a Harry Potter book launch and was packed with shoppers. Investigators said that the car carrying the bomb had been stolen from the Ferozabad police limits on July 10 and it had 4 kilograms of explosives. The bomb disposal squad (BDS) defused the bomb as the BDS officials severed the wiring connecting the boxes with the car’s battery.
July 21 - Present: Army moves into Waziristan
The Army moved large concentration of troops into Waziristan and had engaged in fierce clashes with militants in which at least 100 militants had been killed including wanted terrorist and former Guantanamo Bay detainee, Abdullah Mehsud. The militants also struck back in attacking Army convoys, security check points and sending suicide bombers which has killed over 50 soldiers and police and over 100 civilians.
List of attacks
| Date | Location of attack | Mechanism of attack | Primary target | Number of killed & wounded |
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| July 4, 2007 | North West Frontier Province | Suicide bomber | Army convoy | 6 soldiers and 4 civilians are killed. |
| July 4, 2007 | Peshawar, NWFP | Ambush | Police patrol | 4 police officers are killed. |
| July 6, 2007 | Chakdara, Swat district, NWFP | Suicide bomber | Army | 4 soldiers are killed. |
| July 8, 2007 | Charsadda, NWFP | Ambush | Chinese workers | 3 Chinese workers are killed. |
| July 10, 2007 | Kohat district, NWFP | Bomb attack | Police patrol | 1 police officer is killed. |
| July 12, 2007 | North Waziristan, FATA | Two suicide bombers | Police and army | 4 police officers and 5 civilians are killed. |
| July 12, 2007 | North Waziristan, FATA | Suicide bomber | Local administrator | 2 civilians are killed. |
| July 13, 2007 | Miranshah, North Waziristan, FATA | Ambush | Pro-government tribal chiefs | 3 civilians are killed. |
| July 14, 2007 | North Waziristan, FATA | Suicide bomber | Army convoy | 26 soldiers are killed and 54 are wounded. |
| July 15, 2007 | Mingora, Swat district, NWFP | Two suicide bombers and a roadside bomb | Military convoy | 13 soldiers and 5 civilians are killed and 47 are wounded. |
| July 15, 2007 | Dera Ismail Khan, NWFP | Suicide bomber | Police recruitment center | 28 police officers and recruits are killed. |
| July 17, 2007 | Islamabad, ICT | Suicide bomber | Chief Justice convention at the F-8 Markaz | 17 civilians are killed and 40 wounded. |
| July 17, 2007 | Mirali, North Waziristan, FATA | Suicide bomber | Security checkpoint | 3 soldiers and 1 civilian are killed and two wounded. |
| July 18, 2007 | North Waziristan, FATA | Ambush | Military convoy | 17 soldiers and 12 militants are killed. Five additional militants killed in a seperate incident. |
| July 19, 2007 | Hangu District, NWFP | Suicide bomber | Police academy | 6 police officers and 1 civilian are killed. |
| July 19, 2007 | Hub, Baluchistan | Suicide bomber | Convoy of Chinese engineers | 7 police officers and 23 civilians are killed and 30 are wounded. |
| July 19, 2007 | Kohat, NWFP | Suicide bomber | Mosque in an army camp | 18 killed and 19 wounded, mostly military personel, 3 children among the dead. |
| July 22, 2007 | North Waziristan, FATA | Ambush | Military convoy | 11 Soldiers Wounded and 19 Militants killed. |
| July 23, 2007 | North Waziristan, FATA | Clash | Military check posts | 2 Soldiers are killed and 7 are wounded and 35 Militants killed. |
| July 24, 2007 | Bannu, NWFP | Rocket attack | Mosque and adjacent houses | 14 civilians are killed and 33 are wounded. 7 Police officers are wounded. |
| July 25, 2007 | Tunga, South Waziristan | Rocket attack | Security check-post | 1 soldier killed and 2 wounded. |
| July 27, 2007 | Islamabad, Pakistan | Suicide bomber | Muzaffar Hotel near the Red mosque | 14 people killed, including 8 policemen. |
| July 30, 2007 | North Waziristan, FATA | Helicopter gunship attack & Road side bomb | Army Convoy | 3 soldiers are killed and 5 are wounded. 4 Militants are also killed. |
| July 31, 2007 | North Waziristan, FATA | Helicopter gunship attack | Army Check post | 18 Militants are killed by Helicopter Gunships. |
| August 02, 2007 | Sargodha, Punjab | Attempted suicide bombing | Police training Center | 1 Militant and 1 Police officer killed. |
| August 03, 2007 | Oblanki, NWFP | Shootout | Army Check post | 4 Soldiers and 10 Militants killed. |
| August 03, 2007 | Parachinar, NWFP | Suicide car bomber | Bus Station | 9 Civilians killed and 35 injured. |
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