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Pak istan rejects India’s demand to hand over Dawood, Memon, Masud
Yearly Archives: 2008
Pakistan detains Lashkar-e-Taiba plotter of Mumbai attacks
Zaki-ur Rehman Lakhvi and eight other terrorists were arrested during government raids on Lashkar-e-Taiba camps and offices in Muzaffarabad.
Taliban destroy 50 NATO supply trucks in third attack in Peshawar
Vehicles laden with NATO supplies are torched at the Bilal Terminal. This is the third terminal hit in the past two days. Pakistan shuts down the NATO supply route through Peshawar.
Afghanistan
Afghanistan: Presence of Taliban ‘spreading”
Pakistan
Peshawar terrorism weakens Pakistan™s case
Pakistan
Militants strike as Pakistan cracks down
Former ISI chief linked to banned al Qaeda WMD advisory group
Hamid Gul was a director of the Umma Tameer-E-Nau, a Pakistani non-governmental organization that advised al Qaeda and the Taliban on the development of chemical, biological, and nuclear weapons.
Pakistan
An estimated 300 Taliban fighters stormed two truck terminals in Peshawar and destroyed more than 160 military vehicles destined for NATO forces in Afghanistan. Dozens of Lashkar-e-Taiba fighters are said to have been detained in raids on a camp and at offices in Muzaffarabad. A rocket attack on a terminal in Peshawar destroyed more vehicles. […]
Pakistan
Peshawar slipping into chaos
Afghanistan
Nine Taliban fighters in Helmand province and three in Kabul province were killed in fighting; five Afghan soldiers were killed in two IED attacks. Taliban leader Mullah Omar said Western forces have a “golden opportunity” to leave Afghanistan.
Iraq
Coalition forces detained 21 al Qaeda operatives, and al Qaeda cell leader, and a senior Hezbollah Brigades operative. Iraqi forces arrested 16 “wanted men” in Maysan, nine in Basrah, “several” men behind bombings in Fallujah, and an al Qaeda leader in Baqubah.
India
Pakistan likely to respond to Indian demarche today
Pakistan
Armed forces capable of ‘surgical strikes’ in Pakistan, Kashmir
Lashkar-e-Taiba
Pakistan reportedly raided a Lashkar-e-Taiba camp on the outskirts of Muzaffarabad in Pakistan-occupied Kashmir; several Laskar fighters are said to have been detained. A newspaper confirmed Ajmal Amir Kasab, the only captured Mumbai attacker, is from the village of Faridkot the Pakistani province of Punjab.
Pakistan
Secret document confirms Hameed Gul wanted by US
Taliban storm 2 Peshawar trucking terminals, 160 NATO vehicles torched
NATO’s supply line through Pakistan’s northwest is under siege. The US military describes the attacks as “militarily insignificant.”
Pakistan
Pakistani government reluctant to confront militant groups
India
Key Mumbai blasts suspect in Pakistan?
Russia
Three killed in storming of southern Russia hotel
Afghanistan
In New Strategy, US Will Defend Kabul Environs
Afghanistan
Taliban and civilians hit by bombardment
Pakistan
The Two Faces of Lashkar-e-Taiba
Pakistan’s Jihad
By Bill Roggio & Thomas Joscelyn. In the war on terror, Islamabad is both with us and against us. Originally published in The Weekly Standard magazine.
Pakistan ‘lost control’ in Swat
A senior politician in the Northwest Frontier Province said the people of Swat “have lost confidence in the government and the army.”
Pakistan
A senior provincial politician said the government has lost control of Swat. Thirteen Taliban, five civilians, and one soldier were killed in Swat. Three people were killed and a shipping terminal was set ablaze after the Taliban attacked a NATO convoy in Peshawar.
Iraq
Iraqi forces arrested 73 wanted men in Maysan province and 43 more in Wasit province. Coalition forces captured 18 al Qaeda operatives during raids nationwide. A suicide bomber killed one policeman and wounded 10 Iraqis in Kirkuk.
Somalia
Shabaab has taken control of Gurael. Fighting has broken out in Dhobley. Shabaab established an Islamic court in Marka. Three Somalis were killed in a bombing in Baidoa.
India
Mumbai: Muslims in city denounce terror
India
Police detained two suspects in the Mumbai attacks. Al Qaeda may attack the city of Goa. The government may establish a Federal Investigating Agency to fight terrorism.
Pakistan
Pakistan on track to being named terrorist state