Pakistan
Pakistan wields a double-edged sword
Pakistan wields a double-edged sword
Pakistan madrassa reforms in tatters
The Taliban killed a UN worker and a guard during a kidnapping attempt at a refugee camp in Peshawar and fired rockets at the homes of tribal leaders in Bajaur. Security forces killed seven Taliban fighters and a commander in Swat and Malakand. Three civilians were killed in a landmine incident in North Waziristan.
India-Pakistan peace talks on hold until terrorist activities are stopped: Singh
Text of Pakistan-India joint statement
UN worker killed in Pakistan kidnap bid
Security forces killed 28 Taliban fighters in Swat and Mohmand and five more Taliban and two civilians in South Waziristan; one soldier was killed during the clashes. The Taliban killed two Frontier Corps troops in Bannu and bombed a police checkpost in Mardan. Six Taliban surrendered to a peace committee in Mohmand and eight more […]
Pakistan: Hard decisions
Pride and hardship of Waziristan displaced
Swat diary: ‘Taliban defeated’
Swat erupts again, 30 militants killed in Pakistan
Criminals take cover of militants for kidnapping
Pakistan building fortified bunkers along LoC
Pakistan: Spy agency exposes link between militants and religious schools
A tribal militia in Mohmand killed 23 Taliban fighters; three militiamen were also killed. Security forces killed nine Taliban fighters in Swat. Nearly 1,000 families have returned to Swat and Buner. The Taliban rocketed a police station in Peshawar and torched a NATO fuel tanker in Khyber.
A local lashkar attacked a large Taliban force in the Mohmand tribal agency. Tribal militias have had little success against the Taliban in the past.
Eleven people were killed in an explosion at a training camp in Punjab. Six Taliban fighters were killed and 10 were wounded after they attacked a police checkpost in South Waziristan. Security forces detained 13 al Qaeda operatives in Dera Murad Jamali and two members of the Ghazi Force in Islamabad. Pakistan’s interior minister said […]
The blast took place at the home of a local cleric who is known to train young boys. The blast is the most recent event far from the fighting in the northwest.
Pakistan’s displaced head home, blast rocks village
Pakistan plans air assault in Waziristan
US drone strikes futile, Al Qaeda leadership in Afghanistan: Rehman Malik
Security forces killed 11 Taliban fighters during airstrikes in South Waziristan, and five foreign fighters during a mortar attack in Lower Dir. Three Pakistani soldiers were killed in Swat, and security forces detained 16 Taliban fighters in Swat and 11 extremists in Khyber. The Taliban killed three ANP workers in Buner.
The Taliban killed six policemen in Mansehra and three soldiers in Kohat. Security forces killed three Taliban fighters in Bajaur, one more in Dera Ghazni Khan, and captured 26 more in Swat and Malakand. Thirteen Pakistanis were the victims of targeted killings in Karachi.
Links with Taliban intact: Pakistan Army
Pakistan: Abdul Aziz cleric warns of ‘bloody revolution™
India: Mumbai attacks ‘launched by Pakistan’
The US killed three Taliban fighters in an airstrike on a communications center in South Waziristan. Mullah Fazlullah denied reports he was gravely wounded. Sixteen Taliban fighters and six security personnel were killed during clashes in Bajaur. Ten Taliban fighters and six security personnel were killed during clashes in Zhob. Thirty Taliban fighters were turned […]
Assessing stability in Pakistan’s heartland Punjab
Pakistan – Jihad and the state
Security forces killed 12 Taliban fighters during airstrikes in South Waziristan and seven more in Arakzai, and detained 23 Taliban fighters in Swat, 20 in Mohmand, and four Afghans and Uzbeks in Dera Ghazni Khan. The body of a Taliban commander was also found in Swat. The Taliban killed five security personnel in Jaccobabab in […]