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According to media reports, SF personnel had raided Azam Warsak, a remote tribal area bordering Afghanistan, and arrested Al Qaeda terrorists hiding there.
From this sentence, the following information was extracted.
Afghanistan, AfghanistanN. Waziristan
attack, arrest SF personnel, SF personnel Azam Warsak , a remote tribal area bordering Afghanistan ,, Al Qaeda terroristsThis data was extracted from the following paragraph of the newspaper clippings.
Ten Pakistan security force (SF) personnel and two Chechen cadres of the Al Qaeda terror network were killed in an encounter in South Waziristan Agency on June 26. According to media reports, SF personnel had raided Azam Warsak, a remote tribal area bordering Afghanistan, and arrested Al Qaeda terrorists hiding there. The operation followed reports that Al Qaeda terrorists had taken shelter in the house of Abdul Khaliq Sarkikhel Wazir, a resident of Kaza Paunga. In the ensuing encounter, 10 SF personnel and two terrorists were killed. Two other persons were injured during the encounter. Confirming the encounter, Assistant Political Agent Wana Anwar Ali Shah said "Our forces have lost 10 persons, five from the armed forces and five from the South Waziristan Scouts in the encounter last night." The other terrorists at the hideout managed to escape from the encounter site. Local residents indicated that there were approximately 35 of them in the hideout. This encounter is the first confirmation of the presence of Al Qaeda terrorists in tribal areas of Pakistan. Eyewitnesses were quoted as saying that four American officials had monitored the operation in Azam Warsak, approximately 14km from the Wana Camp.
| Event ID | Date | Country | Storyhead |
|---|---|---|---|
| 8697-14861-35671 | 6/27/2002 | Pakistan | 10 SF personnel, two Chechen terrorists killed in raid on Al Qaeda hideout in South Waziristan |
| 8697-14861-35671 | 6/27/2002 | Pakistan | 10 SF personnel, two Chechen terrorists killed in raid on Al Qaeda hideout in South Waziristan |
The original source are newspaper clippings and extracts collected by the South Asian Terrorism Portal.
Note: incidences are geocoded by the district centroid.
In the same newspaper clipping is further information on the events:
| Event ID | Date | Country | Act | District |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 8697-14861-35671 | 6/27/2002 | Pakistan | attack | N. Waziristan |
| 8697-14862-35681 | 6/27/2002 | Pakistan | arrest | Kurram |