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C O N F I D E N T I A L SECTION 01 OF 02 PESHAWAR 000010 
 
SIPDIS 
 
E.O. 12958: DECL:  1/14/2019 
TAGS: PTER MOPS PGOV PK
SUBJECT: FATA AND NWFP:  WEEKLY INCIDENTS OF TALIBANIZATION, JANUARY 
1 - JANUARY 8 
 
CLASSIFIED BY: Lynne Tracy, Principal Officer, Peshawar, 
Department of State. 
REASON: 1.4 (a), (b), (d) 
Introduction: 
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¶1.      (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 reportedly killed 
in the first week of the year, including seven security force 
personnel and a local leader of the Awami National Party (ANP). 
Militants also burned more girls' schools as the 
militant-declared January 15 deadline banning girls' education 
after grade four approached. 
 
¶3.      (C) In Orakzai Agency and the Hangu area, militants killed 
three policemen, abducted three others, and reportedly announced 
the establishment of Shari'a courts and complaint centers 
throughout the agency via loudspeakers during Friday sermons, in 
addition to banning women from visiting bazaars, and 
closing-down TV, CD and video stores. 
 
¶4.      (C) The Pakistani Army took over security operations in 
Shi'a-populated Hangu and imposed a curfew on January 7 as the 
Shi'a Muharram commemoration approached. 
 
Bajaur 
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¶5.      (U)  The following is a summary of events in Bajaur 
Agency, where the Pakistani military has been conducting 
military operations since August 2008: 
 
January 7:  Government forces reportedly killed three militants 
and injured six others. 
 
January 4:  A local militant leader reportedly said his 
supporters would not resist if the security forces entered 
Mamond area. 
 
January 2:  Militants killed an elder of the Mamoond tribe in 
Kalan village. 
 
January 1:  Militants fired at least six rockets at Khar's Civil 
Colony during a jirga between the agency administration and 
elders of the Mamond tribe, reportedly killing four civilians 
and wounding 16.  One of the rockets reportedly hit the office 
of the FATA Rural Development Program.  Security forces 
reportedly responded by continuing to target militant hideouts 
in various parts of the agency. 
 
NWFP 
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¶6.      (U) The following incidents have occurred in the 
Provincially Administered Tribal Areas (PATA) and settled areas 
of NWFP: 
 
January 8, Peshawar:  A bomb exploded at a CD center in the 
Chamkini area of the city, causing damage, but with no 
casualties reported. 
 
January 7, Kohat:  Militants fired rockets at a heavily guarded 
Shi'a Imam Bargah, damaging two nearby homes. 
 
January 6, Swat:  Militants reportedly blew up the house of a 
local journalist.  Elsewhere, two local militants were 
reportedly killed in Minogora. 
 
January 5, Swat:  Militants reportedly beheaded two Frontier 
Corps personnel and three policemen in Matta tehsil, days after 
kidnapping them.  In Khwazakhela, militants burned another 
government girls' high school. 
 
January 5, Peshawar:  Militants reportedly destroyed a police 
checkpost on the Indus Highway with rockets. 
 
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January 4, Dera Ismail Khan:  Two bomb explosions killed ten, 
including four policemen, and injured 27 others, near the 
Polytechnic College. 
 
January 4, Bannu:  A suicide bomber reportedly killed himself 
and injured two others near a checkpost. 
 
January 2, Swat:  Eight people, including two security personnel 
and a prominent female dancer were killed near Mingora. 
Militants also killed Gul Deedar, a leader of the ANP. 
 
January 1, Bannu:  A bomb killed two policemen while they were 
trying to defuse it.  Seven other squad members of the 
bomb-disposal unit were injured in the explosion. 
 
January 1, Peshawar:  A policeman was killed in an explosion at 
a police post. 
 
FATA 
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¶7.      (U)  The following is a roundup of incidents of 
Talibanization in the FATA and Frontier Regions: 
 
January 8, North Waziristan:  Militants reportedly killed two 
government employees in a car ambush 35 km south of Miranshah. 
 
January 7, Orakzai:  Militants reportedly killed three policemen 
and abducted three others when they attacked a police checkpost. 
 
January 6, Mohmand:  Security forces reportedly killed two 
militants and injured five others near a Frontier Constabulary 
camp at Bhaizai. 
 
January 5, Mohmand:  Militants reportedly kidnapped 11 members 
of the Mandel tribe of Bajaur who were visiting Mohmand to 
persuade militants there to stop rocket attacks on villages near 
Khar. 
 
January 5-7, North Waziristan:  Militants reportedly killed 
seven accused of spying for the U.S. 
 
January 5, North Waziristan:  Militants reportedly warned at 
mosques during Friday prayers in Miranshah that all 
co-educational schools in the region must be closed. 
 
January 2, Orakzai:  Militants reportedly announced the 
enforcement of Shari'a in Hangu and throughout the agency via 
loudspeakers during Friday sermons, banning women from visiting 
bazaars, and closing-down TV, CD and video stores. 
 
January 2, Mohmand:  Militants attacked a security forces 
checkpoint in Lakaro tehsil, with no casualties reported. 
 
January 1, Kurram:  Militants publicly hanged a man they accused 
of kidnapping in Lower Kurram. 
 
Government Response 
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¶8.      (U)  This is a summary of government responses to 
"creeping Talibanization" according to press and consulate 
contacts: 
 
January 4, Khyber:  Security personnel reportedly discovered a 
van packed with 400 kgs of explosives and arrested six suspects. 
 
January 3, Peshawar:  Police reportedly arrested Ustad Mohammed 
Yasir, former spokesman for Afghanistan's Taliban leader, Mullah 
Omar. 
 
January 1, Peshawar:  Police reported that they successfully 
defused a bomb. 
TRACY