Pakistan - security up-date 67 militants and eight civilians among 76 persons killed during the week in FATA: At least 37 militants were killed and 50 others, including important commanders, were surrendered to the Security Forces (SFs) in Operation Khyber-1, which successfully continued for the third consecutive day in Bara tehsil (revenue unit) of Khyber Agency in Federally Administered Tribal Area (FATA) on October 19. Eight militants and a soldier were killed as SFs launched the Operation Khyber-1 in the Akakhel area of Bara tehsil in Khyber Agency on October 17. Twenty-one militants were killed and several others sustained injuries when jet fighters pounded their hideouts in the Tirah Valley and Bara tehsil of Khyber Agency on October 16. Seven people were killed and 17 others sustained injuries when a suicide bomber blew himself up at a Jirga (tribal assembly) of the Zakhakhel Amn Lashkar (peace militia) in the Pir Mela area of Tirah Valley in Khyber Agency on October 15. Daily Times; Dawn; The News; Tribune; Central Asia Online; The Nation; The Frontier Post; Pakistan Today; Pakistan Observer, October 14-20, 2014. Only 84 of 2,379 killed by drones were Qaeda terrorists, reveals Bureau of Investigative Journalism report: The United States (US) drones strikes in Pakistan have killed as many as 2,379 people since 2004, but only 84 of the victims have been named al Qaeda terrorists, a Bureau of Investigative Journalism report has revealed. On October 11, the US carried out its 400th drone strike in northwest Pakistan since its strikes started there in 2004. In almost a decade, 2,379 people have been killed. Only 704 of the 2,379 dead have been identified, and only 295 of these were reported to be members of some kind of armed group, the Bureau of Investigative Journalism found out. As a part of its Naming the Dead project, the bureau collected the names and, where it was possible, the details of people killed by the CIA using a multitude of sources. Daily Times, October 20, 2014. PKR one billion allocated for improvement of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Police department, says Province Minister for Information Mushtaq Ahmed Ghani: Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Minister for Information Mushtaq Ahmed Ghani on October 17 said that Provincial Government has allocated PKR one billion for the improvement of the Police department performance. The News, October 18, 2014. Doctor who deserted Army asks officers to join Taliban: Jamaat-ul-Ahrar (JuA), a splinter group of Tehreek-e- Taliban Pakistan (TTP) has released video of a renegade Army doctor, asking military officers and soldiers to join Taliban. Sitting beside JuA spokesman Ehsanullah Ehsan in the video, the man with black beard and wearing black turban is introducing himself as Capt Dr Tariq Ali who claimed to have served in Frontier Corps Balochistan, 80 Brigade Siachen, and various places in Punjab. He cited posting in Waziristan the reason for leaving the Army. Dawn, October 17, 2014. Six top TTP commanders announce allegiance to Islamic States Baghdadi: Six top commanders of the Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP), including spokesman Shahidullah Shahid, have announced their allegiance to Abu Bakar Al-Baghdadi of the Islamic State and an allegiance statement was also issued in this regard. Shahidullah Shahid in the statement said he along with five TTP District chiefs have announced their allegiance to IS, also known as Daish, and would be their lead fighters in Pakistan. Dawn, October 16, 2014. South Asia Terrorism Portal SOUTH ASIA INTELLIGENCE REVIEW [SAIR] Weekly Assessments & Briefings Volume 13, No. 16, October 20, 2014
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