Information About Incident 32599-59725-139688 in Dera Ismail Khan Pakistan

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The meeting also sanctioned action against militants, who were attacking people in the name of Islam.

From this sentence, the following information was extracted.

• Meta Location: Islam
• Matched District: Dera Ismail Khan
• Actgroup: attack
• Actor: militants who
• Subject: people in the name of Islam

Context

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The jirga was attended by over 1,000 tribesmen. It had started at about 9am and ended at two hours later after unanimously deciding to form a Lashkar and calling upon the army to withdraw troops from the area. The meeting also sanctioned action against militants, who were attacking people in the name of Islam. Interior Ministry spokesman Javed Iqbal Cheema told PTV that the meeting was to finalise a resolution to punish anyone who sheltered or helped militants, including al Qaeda, Taliban and other foreign extremists, AP reported.

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