Pakistan
Watching Pakistan teeter
Watching Pakistan teeter
Pakistan orders security for media after attack
A Pakistani parliamentary committee urged the government to go beyond mere diplomatic protests and take action to halt the US airstrikes against the Taliban and al Qaeda in Pakistan’s northwest, according to Daily Times: Parliament’s Special Committee on National Security on Tuesday urged the government to go beyond verbal protests and play its role in […]
A suicide bomber killed three people, including a journalist, in an attack at the Peshawar Press Club. Security forces killed 18 Taliban fighters in Arakzai and four more in South Waziristan, and detained eight in Swat. The foreign minister said US airstrikes in Baluchistan would not be permitted.
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Security forces killed two Taliban fighters in South Waziristan and four more in Swat, and detained 19 more in Swat, South Waziristan, and Hangu. The Taliban bombed a police checkpoint in Peshawar. A top politician said sharia law would be implemented in Swat “at all costs.”
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Haji Turkistan Bhittani. According to this report in the Daily Times, the Pakistani government is planning on installing the Abdullah Mehsud and Bhittani groups, the so-called ‘good’ Taliban, into power in the Mehsud tribal areas in Sauth Waziristan as the military operation there winds down and civilians return to the region: “The real worry for […]
Security forces killed eight Taliban fighters in Buner and four Taliban fighters in Bajaur. The Taliban torched two NATO oil tankers in Baluchistan, destroyed a military base in South Waziristan, and bombed a private school in Peshawar.
Sheikh Saeed al Saudi, a member of al Qaeda’s executive council, was targeted by the US after intelligence indicated he was attending a high-level meeting.
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The military killed 16 Taliban fighters in Arakzai and six more in South Waziristan. The Taliban attacked a Frontier Corps base in Khyber. A senior government official denied that terrorists are present in Punjab.
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A US airstrike killed eight Punjabi Taliban in North Waziristan. Pakistani troops killed 16 Taliban fighters in Arakzai. The Taliban killed 12 people in a suicide attack at a mosque in Lower Dir and destroyed a college in Khyber.
The News provides further evidence that the Pakistani government is seeking a negotiated settlement with the Taliban in South Waziristan. The full article is reproduced below: The Mehsud tribal elders from South Waziristan are in a fix as they are wondering how they would be able to get hold of the 378 militants wanted by […]
The attack took place at a mosque frequented by police in Lower Dir. Two children were among those killed.
The US killed an al Qaeda Shadow Army commander, six al Qaeda operatives, and 11 Haqqani Network fighters during two airstrikes in North Waziristan. Three soldiers and three Lashkar-e-Islam fighters were killed during clashes in Khyber. A suicide bomber killed only himself in a failed attack in Bannu. Police detained a Taliban leader in Karachi. […]
Security forces killed 27 Taliban fighters in Kurram, 22 in Arakzai, and six more in South Waziristan. One soldier was also killed in South Waziristan. The Taliban killed four concertgoers in Khyber, torched two fuel tankers in Dera Bugti, and fired rockets on Peshawar.
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The Frontier Corps claimed 49 Taliban fighters were killed during battles in the tribal agencies where the Taliban regrouped after the South Waziristan operation.
A suicide bomber killed 33 Pakistanis in an attack outside a politician’s home in Dera Ghazi Khan. The military said 20 Taliban fighters were killed during airstrikes
Pakistan – Militant crackdown behind latest bomb attack
The attack is the second in South Punjab in the past week.
Strategic depth, anger at the US, and fear of a military revolt keep Pakistan from moving against the Haqqani network and the Quetta Shura.
The Lahore High Court blocked the extradition of six Americans to the US who were detained as they were trying to link up with al Qaeda in North Waziristan. The military killed five Taliban fighters in South Waziristan. The Taliban bombed a girls’ school in Khyber.