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Pakistan’s two largest parties said the impeachment of President Musharraf will commence; Musharraf said he would fight the effort. Ten Pakistani troops were killed in yesterday’s clash in Bajaur. Security forces arrested nine suicide bombers in Lahore. The Taliban announced ‘all-out war™ in Swat. One Pakistani was wounded at a bombing of a CD shop […]

Ali Bakht, Mullah Fazlullah’s deputy in Swat, was killed along with 13 Taliban fighters. Four police were injured after the Taliban attacked a police station in Peshawar. One soldier was killed after the Taliban took control of three checkpoints in Bajaur; Pakistani troops occupied the Loyesam region in Bajaur. Four Pakistanis were killed during clashes […]

Karachi is crucial to the Taliban’s campaign, said spokesman Mullah Omar. The Taliban burned down four girls’ schools, a health clinic, and a factory in Swat. A leader of a peace committee survived an IED attack in South Waziristan. The Mohmand Taliban freed 37 members of the rival Shah Sabib group.

The military claimed 30 Taliban and one policeman were killed during fighting; the Taliban torched six girls’ schools. The Taliban killed two soldiers in Dir and released six members of the rival Shabib Shah group in Mohmand. The Taliban threatened attacks if military operations did not end. US-trained Pakistani commandos are being deployed to the […]

Sixty-one girls’ schools have been destroyed in Swat. A police officer was killed in Swat. The Taliban targeted military outposts in Lower Dir. A Pakistani TV station said operations would be launched in Mohmand and Bajaur. Posters denouncing increasing Taliban influence continue to appear in Karachi.

Seven policemen were killed in a bomb attack in Swat. At least 103 have been killed since fighting in Swat began this week; the Taliban torched three girls’ schools. The Lal Masjid’s deputy chief cleric threatened to rebuild the Jamia Hafsa. The Pakistani government said it would investigate links to the bombing of the Indian […]

The Frontier Corps has abandoned several outposts in South Waziristan. US officials said Pakistani intelligence was behind the Indian embassy bombing in Kabul, Afghanistan. A Taliban spokesman said suicide attacks would be carried out in revenge for the Swat operation. Police set up 20 posts in Peshawar in an effort to prevent Taliban attacks. Security […]

Ten Taliban and 21 civilians were reported killed in fighting in Swat. The Taliban in the Muzaffargarh district in Punjab ordered women to wear veils or acid would be poured on their faces and ordered “un-Islamic” businesses to shut down. The Taliban killed a female “US spy” in North Waziristan and reoccupied a TV booster […]

The government has relaunched the military operation in Swat; the military claimed 48 Taliban and five soldiers were killed in today’s fighting after the Taliban attacked in outpost. Four Taliban leaders in Bajaur denied breaking from Baitullah Mehsud’s organization. The military retook a television station booster in Bajaur. Extremists run more than 100 radio stations […]

The Taliban overran a police station in Swat and captured 30 policemen. Security forces are reportedly searching a madrassa in North Waziristan. Security forces regained control of a television booster station that was taken over by the Taliban. The Pakistani military warned the US not to conduct cross-border attacks inside Pakistan.

Pakistani sources claim al Qaeda WMD expert Abu Khabab was killed in a missile strike in South Waziristan. The Taliban in Bajaur has split over the infighting in Mohmand. Three intelligence personnel were killed in an ambush in Swat. The Taliban executed a “US spy”in Mohmand. A boy was killed in a bombing in Kohat.

Mullah Fazlullah threatened to launch suicide attacks if the government launches an operation in Swat. A boy was killed in a bombing at a store in Swat. A top Lashkar-i-Jhangvi leader was arrested in Quetta. Hafiz Gul Bahadur was named leader of the Taliban in North Waziristan. Eight tribes in Hangu agreed not to shelter […]