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MARTYRED IN WAZIRISTAN Capt Asif, Waziristan Lt Khawar, Waziristan Maj Imran, Waziristan Capt Bilal, Waziristan Lt Junaid, Waziristan Capt Akash, Wazirista n Maj Anees, Waziristan Capt Umair, Waziristan Maj Jalal, Waziristan Capt Arif, Waziristan Maj Ismail, Waziristan Lt Sabeeh, Waziristan Maj Zahid, Waziristan Lt Haider, Waziristan Lt Imran, Waziristan Lt Zeeshan, Waziristan Capt Muneeb, Waziristan Capt Fasih, Waziristan Maj Wasif, Waziristan Lt Saeed, Waziristan Lt Moeed, Waziristan Capt Junaid, Waziristan Lt Faraz, Waziristan Maj Saqib, Waziristan Capt Samad, Waziristan Capt Iqrar, Waziristan Capt Tufail, Waziristan Lt Masood, Waziristan Capt Abid, Waziristan Maj Rizwan, Waziristan Lt Col Imran, Waziristan Maj Qaiser, Waziristan Capt Yahya, Waziristan Lt Col Maqsood, Waziristan Maj Moeez, Waziristan Lt Muqadas, Waziristan Lt Nasir Khalid, Waziristan Captain Abdullah Shah, Waziristan Captain Umar Farooq, Waziristan And there are many more who are not covered here ... May Allah acce

Events leading to Operation Zarb-e-Azb & how Pakistan gave a final chance to TTP for peaceful end of hostilities. In 2014, peace negotiations with TTP were announced by then PM Nawaz Sharif, although previous attempts to engage TTP in dialogue had failed. In an address to the National Assembly on 29 Jan 2014, he stated that terrorism must be defeated either by talks or force and he was giving peace a last chance. The government announced its negotiating team first. TTP announced their five-member team on 1 Feb 2014. They did not name any representatives from their ranks and instead nominated four pro-Taliban politico-religious figures to present their views. The fifth nomination was Imran Khan (current PM) which caused a lot of comment. A spokesman for the TTP Shahidullah Shahid, told Agence France-Presse news agency: " The Committee members will hold talks with their interlocutors in the government's team on our behalf and put forth our point of view. " The first ses