Nine Pakistani troops have been killed and 15 more are missing amid heavy fighting in Swat. In Dir, 15 troops have been captured and 12 are thought to have been killed. Sufi Mohammed’s son has been killed in Dir.
Nine troops killed as clashes intensify in Swat, Buner
Pakistan defends handling of Swat unrest
‘No near-future end to drone attacks in Pakistan™
The military claimed it killed 69 Taliban fighters during operations in Swat and Buner. Seventeen civilians were wounded in a grenade attack at a mosque in Dera Ismail Khan. Three suspected suicide bombers were detained in Lahore. The US will provide Pakistan with five attack helicopters for counter insurgency uses.
The Pakistani military claimed 37 Taliban were killed during fighting in Swat and 27 more were killed in neighboring Buner. The government has not nullified the Malakand Accord.
Taliban link up with other Pakistani militants
Pakistan: Up to 500,000 may flee Taliban-held Swat
Twenty-one people, mostly civilians, were killed as the Taliban attack continues throughout Swat. The military said 15 Taliban fighters and 2 troops were killed after the Taliban attacked an outpost in Mohmand; six troops are missing. The house arrests of Lashkar-e-Taiba leader Hafiz Saeed and Colonel Nazir have been extended by two months; Amir Hamza […]
Troops, militants locked in intense fighting in Swat
Pakistan: Militants™ bid for power
The Taliban took control of Mingora in Swat, killed one soldier, and destroyed a police station and a school. The Taliban killed five security officials in a suicide attack in Khyber and one policeman in a shooting in Hangu. Five soldiers and 10 Taliban fighters were killed during clashes in Buner, and one soldier was […]
US seeks Pakistan nuclear pledge
US will face a Taliban force unencumbered by borders
Being photographed, video taped is un-Islamic: TNSM chief
Revenge attacks in Swat for Lal Masjid: cleric
Pakistan strife raises US doubts on nuclear arms
US to offer dual control of drones, says report
The Taliban said the Malakand Accord is all but dead as the government rushed the establishment of Islamic courts. The Taliban beheaded two government officials in Swat, wounded two soldiers in an IED attack in Landi Kotal, murdered a “US spy” in North Waziristan, and overran and destroyed a police station in Shangla. The military […]
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Night curfew in Swat; Taliban patrol Mingora
Pakistan’s army: as inept as it is corrupt
The government established Islamic courts in the Malakand Division. Sixteen Taliban fighters and two troops were killed after the Taliban assaulted a military post in Mohmand. A Taliban leader in Khyber surrendered to police. The Swat Taliban refused to surrender weapons.
Pakistan says it killed 50 Taliban in a clash, but residents say civilians died
Despite Taliban turmoil, Pakistan expands nuke plants
Dir, Buner operation to be halted after Darul Qadha: Mian Iftikhar
US sends confusing signals to Pakistan