wwo qf8ft Im DTG 071007Z AUG 12 FROM b 3 10 USC 424 CONTROLS SECTION 1 OF 2 QQQQ DOCNO b 3 10 USC 424 THIS IS A COMBINED MESSAGE BODY DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE INFORMATION REPORT NOT FINALLY EVALUATED INTELLIGENCE COUNTRY U AFGHANISTAN AFG PAKISTAN PAK b 3 10 USC 424 SUBJ b 3 10 USC 424 ENIOR MEMBERS OF PESHAWAR SHURA MIRAM SHAH Shura Pakistan Taliban and Al-Qa'ida Plan for Increased Operations Against U S Forces in Afahanistan U 1'IPi WT b 1 b 3 10 USC 424 1 4 c page 2 SEtmft% Jw 14 0 0 1 1 4 c b 3 10 USC 424 ---------- BEGIN TEARLINE ---SUMMARY U SEE EXECUTIVE SUMMARY TEXT PARAGRAPH 1 BELOW TEXT 1 H ECU-T-N_E-SUMMARY _On 8 June 2012 senior members of al-Qa'ida Pakistani Taliban Afghan Taliban b 3 10 USC 424 y Haqqani Network Peshawar Shura Miram Shah Shura and Quetta Shura met in Miram Shah Pakistan to discuss increased operations in the eastern provinces of Afghanistan in retaliation for U S drone attacks that killed a number of Taliban fighters A Quetta Shura member assigned to evaluate Taliban operations in Helmand Province - b 1 1 4 C '-'- b 3 10 USC 424 June da leadership held a meeting with senior members of the Pakistani Taliban TB Afghan TB Haqqani Network Peshawar Shura Miram Shah Shura and Quetta Shura in Miram Shah Pakistan The purpose of the meeting was to discuss sending additional fighters to Paktiya Khost Logar Wardak Kabul and Nangarhar Provinces Afghanistan AFG to increase offensive operations especially suicide attacks against American Forces This increase of terrorist activity is retaliation for the U S drone attacks that killed a number of TB fighters on 3 June 2012 Emphasis was placed on attacks in Nangarhar Province where the drone strikes originated specifically Jalalabad Airport 3 A-number-ofunknown-TB-from the-P-eshawar Shura and Miram Shah Shura attended the meeting Known attendees at this meeting included -- b 3 10 USC 424 - Serajuddin Haggani - Mullah Rauf senior member of the Quetta Shura - Mullah Zaker Qaym - Mohammad Arif responsible for suicide operations in Kabul - Maulana Masood leader of Tanzime a Junbeshi Mohammadi - Hafez Gul Bahar leader of Etehad a Mujahedeen and - Maulawi Muhibul Rahrnan leader of Tanzim-e Albader Mujahedeen 4 ------ - n-1June2Q12 SeraAuddin Hagqani tasked Fazel Mohammad Rabani a member of the Quetta Shura to assess and evaluate TB commanders and TB operations against Coalition and b 3 10 USC 424 Afghan security forces in Helmand Province AFG In addition Rabani was to evaluate how TB commanders ensured that suicide bombers don't r IpiOW100 46WPRWD page 3 The next page redacted in full IAW FOfA b1 and b3 exemptions Page not included STM KQ t change their minds about going through with suicide operations Other tasks that Rabani was given included communicating to TB commanders they should not release captured ANA soldiers and ANP officers for money or because of a Tribal Elder's request Rabani is also charged with gathering intelligence and recruiting fighters for c the TB in Helmand Province b 1 1 4 c b 3 10 USC 424 b 1 b 3 10 USC 424 1 4 c -149FOW WRPT page 4
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