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India-Pakistan
Militants change tactics after defeat in tribal regions
2015-02-02
[NATION.PK] Armed Lions of Islam are now targeting civilians after security forces killed hundreds of their comrades and ended their control in parts of the country's tribal regions.

After the Beautiful Downtown Peshawar
...capital of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (formerly known as the North-West Frontier Province), administrative and economic hub for the Federally Administered Tribal Areas of Pakistan. Peshawar is situated near the eastern end of the Khyber Pass, convenient to the Pak-Afghan border. Peshawar has evolved into one of Pakistan's most ethnically and linguistically diverse cities, which means lots of gunfire.
incident on December 16, a kaboom killed nearly 60 Moslems inside a mosque in Sindh. The banned groups have now adopted this new technique, its major example in Shikarpur.

The myrmidon groups are now involved in Dire Revenge attacks for their defeat in the tribal regions. With army claiming hold over 90 percent of the area, including towns of Miranshah
... headquarters of al-Qaeda in Pakistain and likely location of Ayman al-Zawahiri. The Haqqani network has established a ministate in centered on the town with courts, tax offices and lots of madrassas...
and Mir Ali, there seems to be a shift in strategy by the myrmidons. The military offensives have badly damaged the capability of the gangs to challenge the government's security forces and now they have resorted to hit unarmed civilians in peaceful areas.

The Jundullah group is active in targeting Shiite Moslems. Some believe it as the same group that operated in Balochistan
...the Pak province bordering Kandahar and Uruzgun provinces in Afghanistan and Sistan Baluchistan in Iran. Its native Baloch propulation is being displaced by Pashtuns and Punjabis and they aren't happy about it...
and launched attacks in Iran.
Posted by:Fred

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