Orakzai Taliban claims responsibility for recent Pak suicide attacks

October 6th, 2009 ISLAMABAD - The Pakistani Taliban Tuesday claimed responsibility for a suicide bombing at UN World Food programme (WFP) offices in Islamabad. The Monday afternoon attack, which killed five employees of the WFP, prompted immediate closure of all UN offices across the country "until further notice".

September 26th, 2009 ISLAMABAD - The Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) has claimed responsibility for the suicide attack on a police station in Bannu in which six persons were killed and 60 others wounded on Saturday. According to sources, TTP spokesperson Qari Hussain has claimed the responsibility for the attack.

September 22nd, 2009 ISLAMABAD - Pakistani security forces have nabbed a top commander of the Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) Shura Nasim alias Abu Faraj from the Charbagh region in Swat. Sources said Faraj masterminded several suicide attacks which have rocked Pakistan in the recent past.

September 8th, 2009 PESHAWAR - At least four children were killed and three others injured in a militant attack in Orakzai Agency on Tuesday morning. Sources said militants opened indiscriminate fire at school going kids in Kalaya, capital of Orakzai, killing four children on the spot while injuring many others.

August 23rd, 2009 MIRAMSHAH - The Taliban has declared a unilateral ceasefire in North Waziristan during the fasting month of Ramazan. Taliban commander Hafiz Gul Bahadur's spokesmnan, Ahmadullah Ahmadi, called local journalists from an undisclosed location and said the outfit has decided to shun its operations for the next 40 days.The Taliban will not attack security forces during this period," Ahmadi said.

August 12th, 2009 ISLAMABAD - The Taliban in Orakzai Agency has announced a unilateral ceasefire, saying they would not attack security forces in the month of Ramzan. Taliban's Orakzai spokesperson spoke to journalists over the phone and said the decision to halt the offensive was taken by the Taliban leadership.

July 4th, 2009 ISLAMABAD - Friday's helicopter crash in which 26 security personel were killed in the Federally Administered Tribal Areas' (FATA) Orakzai Agency, is being seen as a serious blow to the Pakistan Army ahead of the its planned all out offensive against the Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) chief Baitullah Mehsud in South Waziristan. The ISPR may have denied any foul play in the M-17 crash saying a technical snag had triggered the crash, but sources said that extremists hiding in the terrains targeted the military chopper with sophisticated artillery.

June 15th, 2009 PESHAWAR - The Tehrik-e-Taliban Pakistan's (TTP) Orakzai Agency chapter has claimed responsibility for the series of suicide attacks that have rocked the country in the recent past. Taking responsibility for the attacks, including the devastating strike on Peshawar's Pearl Continental Hotel, the Orakzai TTP chief Maulana Saeed Khan said foreigners were the prime target.

June 13th, 2009 PESHAWAR - The Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) has claimed responsibility for Friday's serial suicide attacks on two mosques in Nowshera and Lahore. It had also took responsibility for the Pearl Continental Hotel bombing in Peshawar, saying more such attacks would be carried out in future against all those who oppose their decree.

June 12th, 2009 PESHAWAR - The North West Frontier Province (NWFP) Information Minister, Iftikhar Hussain, has held the Waziristan Taliban responsible for Tuesday's suicide bomb attack on the Pearl Continental Hotel here. "Whatever happens in Peshawar comes from Waziristan.

May 28th, 2009 ISLAMABAD - A relatively unheard of terror group, the 'Tehrik-i-Taliban Punjab' has claimed responsibility for Wednesday's Lahore suicide attack in which over 30 persons, including 12 security officials were killed. According to the Dawn, the claim was made in Turkish-language and was posted on Turkish militant websites through an organization called the Elif Media.

April 30th, 2009 ISLAMABAD - The Taliban has demolished at least11 houses belonging to the Sikh community in the Orakzai Agency of the Federally Administered Tribal Areas (FATA) after they refused to pay 'Jazia'. According to the Dawn, Taliban's Orakzai Agency chief Hakeemullah Mehsud ordered the demolition of the houses after the Sikhs failed to meet a deadline fixed for delivering the protection money.

April 18th, 2009 Suicide bomber kills 20 at Pakistani checkpointPESHAWAR, Pakistan — A suicide bomber rammed an explosives-laden vehicle into a military checkpoint in Pakistan's troubled northwest on Saturday, killing at least 20 people, officials said. While militant attacks are spreading across Pakistan, the onslaught remains fiercest near Taliban strongholds along the Afghan border, where al-Qaida fugitives — perhaps including Osama bin Laden — have found sanctuary.

April 18th, 2009 Suicide bomber kills 10 at Pakistani checkpointPESHAWAR, Pakistan — A suicide car bomber attacked security forces manning a checkpoint in Pakistan's troubled northwest on Saturday, killing at least 10 people, officials said. The checkpoint is near the Orakzai tribal region, which has emerged in recent months as a major base for Taliban militants waging war on the Pakistan government.

April 6th, 2009 PESHAWAR - The Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan has claimed responsibility for the suicide attack on the Frontier Constabulary camp in Islamabad, and promised that they would carry out two suicide attacks per week unless the United States stops drone attacks in tribal areas. "We claim responsibility for the Islamabad suicide attack.