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Pakistan may seek to trade hero Afridi for Al Qaeda-linked terrorist
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Jundallah claimed credit for a suicide assault that killed four ISID personnel, including the group’s deputy director in Sukkur. The mutilated bodies of 21 “militants” were found in Khyber. The bodyguard and the driver for the Deputy Commander of Frontier Reserve Police were killed in an attack in Peshawar.
‘Militants’ attack Pakistani ISID headquarters in Sindh
A suicide assault team hit an Inter-Services Intelligence Directorate headquarters in Sukkur, while a suicide bomber detonated outside a police station in the town.
Pakistani Taliban leader discusses ‘global jihad,’ Syria in al Qaeda video
Maulana Asim Umar, a Pakistani Taliban and al Qaeda propagandist, is featured in a new message disseminated by As Sahab. Umar calls on Indian Muslims to take part in the “global jihad” and emphasizes the importance of the fight in Syria.
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Fifteen “militants” and four Pakistani troops were killed during military operations in Khyber. Two people were killed in two blasts in Karachi. Prime Minister Sharif said that Pakistan is not taking sides in Afghanistan and supports peace in the neighboring country.
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Women ‘banned from shopping alone’ in northern Pakistan
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Security forces killed five “militants” in helicopter airstrikes in Khyber. The Taliban killed two Frontier Corps troops in Khyber. Two policemen and two civilians were gunned down in Karachi.
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Pakistan Taliban Lambastes Schoolgirl for UN Speech
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The Taliban killed four members of pro-government militias in separate attacks in Khyber, Bajaur, and Tank. Security forces captured a suspected Taliban fighter who was involved in an attack that wounded a senior judge on the Sindh High Court and killed his driver.
Pakistani schoolgirl rattles Taliban
A longtime jihadist with ties to al Qaeda tries to make Malala see the light, or to cloud her message.
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Karachi Killings Rise Sharply
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Pakistan grapples with rising tide of extremist violence
Pakistani Taliban ‘has a global agenda,’ commander says
A aide to Movement of the Taliban in Pakistan emir Hakeemullah Mehsud said that al Qaeda’s operational commander in Syria requested that the Taliban send fighters to wage jihad.
Hundreds of Pakistani jihadists reported in Syria
Many of the fighters are from the Movement of the Taliban in Pakistan and the Lashkar-e-Jhangvi, the anti-Shia terror group that serves as muscle for al Qaeda.
2 ‘militants’ killed in US drone strike in Pakistan
Two unidentified militants were killed while riding a motorcycle in the Mir Ali area of North Waziristan. The strike is just the second in Pakistan this month.
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Siege by Taliban Strains Pakistani Girls’ Schools
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Video: ‘The Taliban have failed’, brave schoolgirl Malala Yousafzai tells UN
Pakistani Taliban establish ‘base’ inside Syria
The Movement of the Taliban in Pakistan has sent experts in warfare and information technology to Syria to establish a base, aid in joint operations, and monitor the fighting there.
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Pakistan Taliban sack spokesperson in sign of growing divisions
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Pakistan – New TTP group emerges to avenge drone attacks
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Four people were killed in a bombing in Lahore. An al Qaeda military commander, a Haqqani network leader, and two other jihadist leaders are reported to have been killed in the July 2 drone strike in North Waziristan.
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Pakistan – KP writes to PM for national policy on terror
Senior Pakistani Taliban leader gunned down in Peshawar
Pakistani security forces killed a wanted Taliban leader and his accomplice following a brief shootout on the outskirts of Peshawar. The clash comes hours after a coordinated Taliban attack against a Frontier Corps checkpoint left six Pakistanis dead.
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US drones killed six Haqqani Network fighters in a strike in Danday Darpa Khel in North Waziristan. The Taliban killed six Frontier Corps troops in an attack in Peshawar.
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Pakistan – Fatwa issued against suicide bombings, targeted killings and terrorism
US drones kill 17 in first strike in Pakistan in nearly a month
The strike took place in a village where two senior Haqqani Network leaders have been killed by the US over the past several years.
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A Lashkar-i-Jhangvi suicide bomber killed at least 28 Shia Hazara, including a number of women, near a Shia congregation hall in Quetta. A car bomb attack on a Frontier Corps convoy on the outskirts of Peshawar killed at least 18 civilians, and injured nine FC members and 46 civilians. A roadside bomb in North Waziristan […]
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The military claimed to have killed 75 terrorists during a 34-day operation in 28 villages in the Para Chamkani area of the Kurram tribal agency that began on May 11; during the operation, 21 soldiers were killed and 86 wounded, and 15,000 civilians were dislocated. Security officials believe the recent assassination of a high court […]
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Pakistan – Security lapse?: ’12 high court judges without police escorts
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16 Nanga Parbat attackers identified