October 31 to November 6, 2011
FRC Weekly Report
On October 31, militants fired two rockets at a camp of security forces in South Waziristan, however no causality was reported in the incident.
On October 31, three soldiers of Pak Army were injured when an improvised explosive device (IED) planted on the main Miramshah-Bannu Road hit a military truck carrying the soldiers to Bannu.
On October 31, suspected US unmanned aircraft fired six missiles at a vehicle in Pakistan’s tribal region near the Afghan border. Six alleged militants were killed in the attack.
On October 31, four persons were injured when an explosive device went off in Tirah valley of Khyber Agency.
On November1, Provincial Minister of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa for Housing Malik Amjad Khan Afridi escaped unhurt in an attack near Babri Banda in the limits of Bilitang Police Station on the Kohat-Rawalpindi Road.
On November 1, three headless bodies were found in Bannu district while a school was blown up by suspected militants in Peshawar.
On November1, security forces reportedly blew up about four houses of alleged terrorists at Nala and Mandi Kas areas of Bara sub-division of the Khyber Agency.
On November1, four persons were killed and five others sustained injuries in US drone attack on a house in Naurak village in Mir Ali subdivision, North Waziristan.
On November 1, another kidnapped boy of Bajaur Agency managed to escape from the custody of Taliban after remaining in their captivity for two months in Kunar province of Afghanistan.
On November 2, unknown people fired three mortar shells at the Miranshah Fort housing security forces, but did not cause any loss of life and damage to property.
On November 2, the Pakistani and Afghan border authorities sealed the Torkham border after the situation become tense between the forces of the two sides over illegal movement of Afghan nationals.
On November 2, the militants belonging to the banned Lashkar-e-Islam (LI) demolished the house of a government schoolteacher in Speen Qabar area in Bara tehsil in Khyber Agency.
On November 2, militants blew up the shrine of saint Syed Allah Dad Shah near Kotal Syedan on Zhob Road.
On November 2, the education authorities and tribal elders of Orakzai agency reached an agreement on allowing the United Nations International Children Emergency Fund (Unicef) to repair 20 local schools damaged in clashes between security forces and militants.
On November 3, at least 14 people, including a tribal elder, were wounded in a powerful bomb blast at the Karkhano Market, known for the sale of smuggled foreign goods and located a few meters away from the boundary between the provincial capital and Khyber Agency.
On November 3, two soldiers were killed and another two were injured in an attack while three officials of an under-construction small dam were kidnapped in the Mohmand Agency.
On November 3, the militants from the outlawed Lashkar-e-Islam group kidnapped five family members of the chief of Malikdinkhel Afridi tribe Haji Amal Gul from his house in Nala area of Bara tehsil of Khyber Agency.
On November 3, the political administration of Khyber Agency reinstated at least 44 khasadars, who had been suspended more than two years ago.
On November 3, law enforcement agencies defused four bombs in different areas of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa while one targeted at a tribal elder went off in Khyber Agency injuring at least 12 persons.
On November 4, a security man was killed and two others were injured when militants attacked a check post near Sadda in Kurram tribal agency.
On November 4, militants fired three rockets at a house in Pewar area of Kurram Agency.
On November 4, three suspected militants were killed and two others injured when four missiles fired by a US drone slammed into a residential compound in the Darpakhel Serai area of Miramshah in North Waziristan Agency.
On November 4, a cop was killed and two others sustained injuries when unidentified gunmen opened fire on them in Husni Killay in the limits of Basiakhel Police Station.
On November 5, the government banned the entry of foreigners, including diplomats, into the entire Malakand division and three southern districts of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa.
On November 5, a petition was filed in the Peshawar High Court seeking a court order for making public any `secret deal` between the Pakistan and US governments about carrying out drone attacks in the tribal areas.
On November 5, the police arrested 11 suspects during a search operation in the Surani area. The operation was launched after a constable was killed in an attack on a police van in the same locality a day earlier.
On November 5, security forces announced relaxation in curfew hours in Bara tehsil of Khyber Agency during Eid holidays.
On November 6, three people were killed and six others sustained injuries in exchange of fire in the far-flung Sheen Pokh area of Landikotal subdivision in Khyber Agency.
On November 6, five army men were killed and three others sustained serious bullet injuries in an attack by Taliban militants at the Zangara area near Makeen town of South Waziristan tribal region.
On November 6, one militant was killed while another was arrested in a clash with the security forces in Kabal tehsil of Swat district.
Mehran Ali Khan, Research Asst. FATA Research Centre, Islamabad