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Pakistanis are fearful that NATO is building up forces across the border in Khost to attack in North Waziristan; the tribesmen vowed to defend their territory. Security forces captured a Tanzanian al Qaeda operative and two members of Lashkar-e-Jhangvi in Multan. Seven were killed in clashes in Khyber between Lashkar-e-Islam and Ansar-ul-Islam. Five soldiers were […]

Prime Minister Gilani admitted al Qaeda is in the tribal areas and fears another 9/11 style attack will be launched from there. The Taliban destroyed a Frontier Corps checkpoint in Hangu. Two Hangu tribes formed a lashkar to oppose the Taliban. The wife of Red Mosque cleric Maulana Abdul Aziz is training girls to become […]

The co-leader of the ruling political party said the US should avoid talk of hot pursuit into the tribal areas. The Taliban beheaded a “US spy” in North Waziristan. A suicide bomber wounded three Pakistanis after detonating at a Shia gathering in Dera Ismail Khan. The Taliban said a jirga would decide the fate of […]

The Taliban killed 22 Pakistanis in Hangu, including 15 soldiers, after ambushing a convoy. The Taliban threatened to kill 29 hostages taken in Hangu if their leader is not freed; the government said it would hold the Taliban accountable if they were killed. Four members of a polio vaccination team were released by the Taliban […]

The Taliban said it would kill hostages if a Hangu Taliban leader is not released. Taliban fighters destroyed three police checkpoints in Charsadda. Lashkar-e-Islam and the Ansar-ul-Islam have declared a cease-fire. Supporters of the Lal Masjid threatened the Daily Aaj newspaper for mocking extremists.

A curfew has been imposed in Hangu after the Taliban lifted a siege of a police station. Five Pakistanis were killed during clashes between Lashkar-e-Islam and Ansar-ul-Islam in Khyber while five members of Lashkar-e-Islam were released from government custody. The Army will begin withdrawing from Swat in August. Six Pakistanis were killed in landmine attacks […]

A peace deal has been signed in Khyber. Five soldiers were killed in an attack in Khyber. The Taliban ended the siege of a police station in Hangu. The Muttahida Jihad Council threatened attacks in Islamabad if Pakistan negotiates with India over Kashmir. More than 3,000 women vowed to have jihadi children at a ceremony […]

Five soldiers were killed and three were wounded in an ambush in Khyber. The Islamabad suicide bomber is said to hail from Tank. The Taliban have taken over two girls’ schools in Bajaur and are turning them into madrassa. A religious leader was gunned down in Swat. Information Minister Sherry Rehman is said to be […]

More than 50 people were wounded in a series of small bombings in Karachi. The government met with the Swat Taliban to discuss the terms of the May 21 peace agreement. A peace jirga arrived in Khyber to negotiate directly with Lashkar-e-Islam leader Mangal Bagh. A military post in Mohmand was attacked from Afghanistan.