Pakistan

Baitullah Mehsud dead; Hakeemullah new leader of Pakistani Taliban

Hakeemullah and Waliur Rehman Mehsud confirmed that Baitullah died of wounds suffered in the Aug. 5 Predator strike. Waliur said Hakeemullah is the new Taliban leader.

Q A-Is the Pakistani Taliban in transition or disarray?

The Taliban killed two intelligence operatives in Nowshera and killed an anti-Taliban Afghan journalist in Khyber. Police arrested six members of the Punjabi Taliban in Sargodha. The Jamiat Ulema-i-Islam-Fazl warned the government not to arrest its members or raid its seminaries.

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Pak raids unravel Taliban-drugs link

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Profile: Hakeemullah Mehsud

Pakistan believes a body double now runs the Taliban

Hakeemullah Mehsud, left, or his body double?. AFP photo. Pakistani intelligence officials and Interior Minister Rehman Maik are now claiming that Hakeemulah Mehsud is dead and his twin brother is standing as the new Taliban chief.From The Times of India: The Taliban, in order to save their image, are giving the impression that Hakeemullah Mehsud […]

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A suicide bomber killed three civilians outside the Peshawar home of the spokesman for Ansar-ul-Islam; the spokesman was killed in a suicide attack on Aug. 22. Security forces detained 51 Taliban fighters in Swat and seven Lashkar-e-Jhangvi members in Karachi. A Taliban tribal leader and three relatives were killed during a shooting in Wana in […]

If Pakistani intelligence knows so much, how did it miss the Taliban shura meeting?

Pakistani intelligence is claiming that Hakeemullah Mehsud, Baitullah Mehsud’s successor to lead the Movement of the Taliban in Pakistan, is dead and that his appointment to lead the Taliban is a ruse to hide infighting: Pakistani intelligence officials have said Hakeemullah Mehsud is also dead, killed in a shootout with rivals days after Baitullah Mehsud […]

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Pak Taliban planned to target Gilani, Shahbaz Sharif: Report

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A suicide bomber killed two security personnel in Swat; another bomber killed himself during a military raid in Swat. A car bomb in Peshawar killed two Ansar-ul-Islam members. Two children were killed in a rocket attack in Landi Kotal. A tribe in Mardan is raising a lashkar to fight the Taliban.

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Pakistani Taliban quiz Mehsud kin over spying

Hakeemullah Mehsud appointed the new leader of Pakistani Taliban

Hakeemullah was appointed by the Taliban shura just days after Faqir Mohammed named himself the temporary leader of the group. The appointment gives new weight to claims that Baitullah was killed during an Aug. 5 Predator strike.

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India gives Pakistan info on PM’s ‘credible threat’

Senior al Qaeda leader leaves Pakistan, directs Iraq operations from Syria

Longtime jihadi religious and military leader Sheikh Issa al Masri left North Waziristan in Pakistan to aid in the revival of al Qaeda in Iraq’s network inside Syria.

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Security forces killed 12 Taliban fighters in Mohmand and killed eight more in Bannu. A suicide bomber detonated his vest after being surrounded in Kohat. Civilians accused the military of conducting human rights violations during the Swat operation. The military will manufacture UAVs in Kamra.

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Sri Lanka to train Pak army

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Seven people, including four policemen, were wounded in a car bomb attack in Rawalpindi. A senior aide to Mullah Fazlullah and 60 Taliban fighters surrendered in Swat; security forces killed two terrorists and detained eight more. The UN said that some civilians who fled the Swat operation may have to winter in temporary camps.

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Suspected Al Qaeda man found dead in Peshawar

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Jamaat-e-Islami holds ‘Go America Go™ rally in Islamabad

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Petraeus in Pakistan for talks on military equipment

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Faqir Mohammed has assumed temporary command of the Taliban while Muslim Khan has been named the new spokesman. Security forces killed five Taliban fighters and captured 29 more in Swat. A lashkar killed three Taliban fighters in Arakzai. The Taliban killed three government officials in Bajaur and torched a school in Lower Dir.

Faqir Mohammed takes command of Pakistani Taliban

Faqir said the move is temporary as Baitullah Mehsud is alive but recovering from an illness. Muslim Khan has been named the new spokesman for the Pakistani Taliban after Maulvi Omar was captured on Monday.

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Obama reaches out to Islamist parties in Pakistan

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Pakistan not ready to fight Taliban again

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US presses Pakistan on Taliban

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A suicide bomber killed three security personnel in Miramshah in North Waziristan. Security forces captured Taliban spokesman Maulvi Omar, who is said to have claimed Baitullah Mehsud is dead. Sufi Mohammed’s detention is being challenged in the Peshawar High Court. The military said months are needed to launch a ground operation in South Waziristan.