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[DESERT FIGHTER]

PA Cobra delivering death to talibitches!

 

[DESERT FIGHTER]

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10 dec 2014- Karachi - TTP commander killed.

 

[Paksanity]

After years of delays, Pakistan cracks down on violent Islamists - The Washington Post

A good read

 

[fatman17]

Militancy
On December 23, security forces arrested five TTP militants in the Qila Saifullah district of Balochistan. Weapons and explosives were also recovered from the militants.[1]
On December 24, police conducted a raid, killing two militant commanders, in Surjani town of Karachi.[2]
On December 24, an improvised explosive device (IED) detonated outside a shop, injuring at least 36 people, on Prince Road in Quetta.[3]
On December 23, a terror plot was foiled when an unattended bag with a bomb was found on a wagon in Taxila, Rawalpindi disrict. The bomb was successfully defused by the Bomb Disposal Squad.[4]
On December 23, security forces conducted a search operation, killing six militants, in lower Mohmand Agency.[5]
On December 23, unidentified men blew up an eight inch gas pipeline with an IED in the Pirkoh gas field area of Dera Bugti district, Balochistan.[6]
According to a December 24 report in The News, security of jails, courts, Bacha Khan International Airport and other important buildings in Peshawar has been increased following fresh threats from militants to carry out an attack similar to the December 16 Peshawar school attack.[7]
On December 24, government prosecutor Mohammad Azhar Chaudhry announced that he will challenge the bail order of Lashkar-e-Jhangvi chief Zakiur Rehman Lakhvi in court next week. Lakhvi was granted bail by an anti-terrorism court last week and is set to be released from detention on December 25. Chaudhry could not file the appeal on December 23 as originally intended because of the unavailability of a copy of the bail order.[8]
Peshawar School Attack
On December 23, Director-General Inter-Services Public Relations (ISPR) Asim Bajwa denied reports that 11 militants were involved in the Peshawar school attack. Bajwa said the rumors were baseless and that seven militants were involved.[9]
Counter-Terrorism Efforts
On December 23, Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif declared that the state will protect each and every citizen of Pakistan, irrespective of their religion, caste or sect and that he would himself lead the war against terrorism. Prime Minister Sharif reiterated that no distinction will be made between those who commit acts of terror and those who harbor, facilitate and finance them.[10]
On December 24, army chief Gen. Raheel Sharif declared that the country’s leadership owed it to the next generation to eliminate the scourge of militancy once and for all. Gen. Sharif added that it was the right time to take “bold decisions.”[11]
On December 23, the National Action Plan Committee (NAPC) adopted a majority of the recommendations provided by a working group of anti-terror experts who had proposed an action plan based on 17 recommendations. According to sources, the committee has left it to the leadership of political parties to decide on the establishment of military courts for speedy trial of terrorism-related cases and how madrassas should be reformed. Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif is expected to discuss the NAPC’s recommendations at an all parties’ conference on December 24.[12]
On December 24, Interior Minister Chaudhry Nisar Ali Khan declared that army troops will be withdrawn from the three provinces of Sindh, Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa and Balochistan, if requisitions were not made by those province’s provincial governments for an extension of the deployment of armed forces under Article 245 of the Constitution. Khan clarified that without the enforcement of the article, army personnel can be summoned in court on the request of terrorists’ representatives and held accountable for their actions. Khan made these remarks at the National Action Plan Committee meeting held at Prime Minister Sharif’s house in Islamabad. Khan added that the army will support the police in provincial governments since the police are not trained for counter-terrorism efforts and that an estimated 10,000 army personnel will be deployed in all four provinces. [13]
According to a December 24 report in The News, a Lahore High Court Rawalpindi bench has dismissed a stay order on the execution of five terrorists convicted by a military court. The terrorists had filed appeals to have their cases heard by a civilian court.[14]

 

[fatman17]

Militancy

• On December 29, an al Qaeda leader based in Syria known as Sanafi al Nasr, praised al Qaeda’s “martyrs” in a twitter post after an absence of a month and a half from Twitter. The twitter post eulogized Adnan al Shukrijuma, a senior al Qaeda operative who was killed in Pakistan in early December, and another operative who was also killed in a drone strike, Umar Farooq. There are conflicting reports as to whether Umar Farooq is the same man as another militant named Ustad Ahmed Farooq, the alleged head of al Qaeda’s Dawa and communications arm in Pakistan.[3]
• On December 31, Pakistan Air Force (PAF) airstrikes killed 23 militants in the Shawal area of North Waziristan. Four militant hideouts were also destroyed in the airstrikes.[4]
• On December 31, police sources claimed that militants shot dead three out of four policemen who went missing during a search operation the previous night in Malakand district, Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa. Following the kidnapping of the policemen, law enforcement agencies launched an operation against militants in the Elam Mountains between Swat and Buner districts of Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa.[5]
• On December 30, police personnel conducted a raid and arrested five TTP militants in the Lyari area of Karachi. The police also recovered arms and ammunition from the militants.[6]
• On December 30, an improvised explosive device (IED) killed one soldier and injured two others in the Qandaro area of Mohmand Agency. Tehrik-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) Jamatul Ahrar claimed responsibility for the attack.[7]
• On December 30, an IED blew up a 24-inch gas pipeline in the Doli area of Dera Bugti district of Balochistan. The blast interrupted the gas supply to some areas in Punjab.[8]
• On December 30, police personnel found three bullet-riddled bodies in the Mand area of Turbat district, Balochistan. According to a home department report, at least 164 such bullet-riddled bodies have been found in Balochistan within the last 12 months. The report further claims that targeted killings in the province dropped by 30 percent in 2014 with 275 people being killed. The report also states that 250 bombings have been reported across Balochistan which killed at least 49 people and injured 436.[9]

 

[Bratva]

Ghazi Force HQ seized in N.Waziristan.

 

[Bratva]

Pakistan’s Secretary Defence on Monday revealed that as many as 2600 terrorists were killed in Operation Zarb-e-Azab against terrorists in North Waziristan, ARY News reported.


Khattak further informed the committee that three Pakistan army officers and 199 soldiers sacrificed their lives during the operation.

2600 terrorists killed in Zarb-e-Azb: Khattak | ARY NEWS

 

[PakArmyFTW]

Does anybody have a map showing how much area the Pakistani Army has secured?

 

[DESERT FIGHTER]

 

[PakArmyFTW]

PA Cobra delivering death to talibitches!

Just listen to those 20mm cannon bursts! Just wish I could more clearly see what's happening and where they're firing. Seems like the pilot is holding a camera in his hands..... they could strap a Go-Pro to the underside or a pylon; it would be easier for them to film their engagement with that.

 

[Kompromat]

 

[Devil Soul]

Airstrikes in North Waziristan kills at least 12 militants: ISPR - thenews.com.pk
DATTA KHEL: Gunship helicopters on Wednesday killed at least 12 militants in Datta Khel area of North Waziristan, according to ISPR.

Four hideouts and seven cars being used by the militants were destroyed in the strikes, said the ISPR statement.

 

[Menace2Society]

30,000 troops are involved in this operation. Whats stopping PA sending in another 100,000 and go for full ground invasion? Wouldn't that be quicker?

 

[Sugarcane]

30,000 troops are involved in this operation. Whats stopping PA sending in another 100,000 and go for full ground invasion?

Money.............

 

[PakArmyFTW]

30,000 troops are involved in this operation. Whats stopping PA sending in another 100,000 and go for full ground invasion? Wouldn't that be quicker?

I bet it would be but troops have to man the border--defend it, you can't divert you're whole army to one location. Plus more troops means more supplies will be needed, more trucks, more everything; bigger logistics operation.