More than 500 people killed in NWFP during June 8 – 14, 2009:

Source : Dawn; Daily Times; The News, June 9-15, 2009.

Security Forces (SFs) said, on June 14, 2009, they had killed 35 Taliban militants, including some foreigners, in Army operations in Bannu during the preceding 24 hours. SFs, continuing their operations against the Taliban, reportedly bombarded suspected militant hideouts from Janikhel Fort. Inter-Services Public Relations (ISPR) said one soldier was killed and three injured in an exchange of fire with militants in the Kabal sub-division of Swat District.
Nine people were killed and more than 40 others were injured in a bomb blast at the busy Tejarat Gunj Bazaar in Dera Ismail Khan on June 14.
On June 13, SFs killed 41 Taliban militants in military operations in the Malakand Division and Bannu District, the ISPR said, adding that a soldier was also killed and seven others were injured in the fighting.
Five worshippers were killed and 105 others sustained injuries when a suicide bomber rammed his explosives-laden van into a mosque during Friday prayers in the Cantonment area of Nowshera on June 12. Furthermore, 39 militants and 10 soldiers were killed in clashes between the SFs and Taliban in the Swat Valley on June 12. In addition, 18 militants were killed as SFs continued their operations in the Janikhel and Hindikhel areas of Bannu District on the fourth consecutive day on June 12. Sources said SFs entered the Hindikhel area after clearing Sra Dargah area of the militants. "At least 18 militants were killed in the daylong clashes in different areas of the semi-tribal region," the sources said, adding that the troops faced stiff resistance in Hindikhel.
SFs killed 66 militants and arrested nine others, while four soldiers also died and 12 sustained injuries in various areas of Malakand Division and Bannu, the ISPR said on June 11. The SFs, on June 11, intensified military operation in Bannu and targeted the Taliban positions with jet fighters, helicopter gunship and artillery, in Janikhel and Zaidi Akbar Khan areas, killing 50 militants. Official sources said, more than 150 militants had been killed in the three-day military offensive. Further, SFs claimed to have killed five militants during an encounter in the Kambar area of Dir Lower District on June 11, while two children were killed in fighting between the armed Lashkar (militia) of villagers and militants in Dir Upper District. Separately, the NWFP Minister for Prisons, Mian Nisar Gul Kakakhel, was seriously injured in an armed attack near the Friendship Tunnel in the Darra Adamkhel area on June 11, while two of his security guards and an attacker were killed in the exchange of fire. The minister, who is a resident of Karak District, was on his way to Peshawar when his motorcade was attacked in Darra Adamkhel.
A man was killed and 13 others, including nine Policemen, sustained injuries in a hand grenade-cum-suicide attack on a Police party in the Lateefabad area on Ring Road in Peshawar, the NWFP capital, in the night of June 11. In another incident in the provincial capital, two suspects were killed and six others arrested as Policemen and troops deployed at the Peshawar Corps Commander’s House foiled a terrorist attack in the high security zone on Peshawar’s Khyber Road on June 11.
Troops killed more than 100 Taliban militants during two days of operation in the Jani Khel and Baka Khel areas of Bannu District. A private TV channel reported on June 10 that Taliban commander Sher Alam was among the dead. "Forces pounded the militant hideouts for the whole night and in the morning in Jani Khel tribal area," local Police official Khalil Zaman told AFP. Separately, 23 Taliban militants and two soldiers were killed in clashes in parts of the Swat District on June 10. The Army is reported to have secured the Shalkosar Top and Shalkosar Kandao in Peochar Valley. 16 militants were killed in fierce fighting over Shalkosar.
Troops killed 27 Taliban militants in various parts of Malakand Division, while a soldier was killed and nine others injured in clashes with the militants on June 9. A military statement said 14 militants were killed and 22 arrested during a search and destroy operation in Peochar Valley. A soldier was killed in a Taliban attack on the Kalpanai check-post, and three others were injured during a clash in Uchrai Sar. Further, tribal militia in the Upper Dir District secured four villages and killed 13 Taliban militants. Foreign news agencies said they were backed by Army helicopter gunships. In addition, SFs on June 9 launched an operation against the Bakakhel and Janikhel tribesmen in the Bannu District for their failure to hand over the kidnappers of the Razmak Cadet College students and teachers. There were reports that 20 militants were killed and several others injured in the operation.
An Upper Dir tribal lashkar (militia) seeking retaliation for the suicide attack (June 5) at a mosque, killed 14 Taliban militants, including ‘commander’ Chamto Afghani, and burnt the houses of another 13, as they besieged two Taliban strongholds of Shatkas and Mena villages on June 8. Locals said heavy firing continued on the third consecutive day on June 8, as the militants, whose number was said to be between 200 and 300, had been holed up. In addition, 21 militants were killed in various parts of the Malakand Division, according to a Press release by the ISPR on June 8. In Swat District, three militants were killed in Charbagh after a tip off from the civilian residents during a cordon and search operation.