An IED attack against a convoy in Bajaur killed a major and two soldiers and wounded two. Ten paramilitary troops were arrested for negligence in the disappearance of Pakistan’s ambassador to Afghanistan. A Taliban group called al Hizb has formed in the Darra Adam Khel region and vowed to attack rival Taliban and security forces. […]
Pakistan shows signs of mullah fatigue
The Taliban denied kidnapping Pakistan’s ambassador to Afghanistan one day after offering a trade for former Taliban commander Mansoor Dadullah. Four Pakistanis were killed and seven wounded in a car bomb attack targeting an MMA leader. The Taliban attacked a fort in Bajaur agency. Politicians are working to get former Lal Masjid chief cleric Maulana […]
Pakistan says has “breakthrough” in Bhutto case
Pakistani troops fan out ahead of polls
In Pakistan, Doubts Over the Fight in Tribal Areas
The Taliban will exchange the kidnapped ambassador to Afghanistan for Mansoor Dadullah. Two nuclear officials were kidnapped in Dera Ismail Khan. Soldiers killed a Taliban fighter as he was preparing to attack them in Tank. The military captured 15 Taliban in Swat.
Pakistan’s ambassador to Afghanistan kidnapped in Khyber agency the same day as Pakistani forces captured former Taliban commander Mansoor Dadullah. The Taliban want to make a trade. Suicide bomber strikes the ANP party in North Waziristan.
Several Afghan Taliban fighters were arrested in western Pakistan last week, preceding the capture of Taliban commander Shah Mansoor Dadullah. The US military is hoping to exploit tribal differences on the border to sow further discord among the insurgents and gather intelligence on their leaders.
Taliban betrays commander to Pakistan over his MI6 contacts
Support for Osama waning in Pakistan; PPP most popular party: poll
Pakistan’s ambassador to Afghanistan is feared to have been kidnapped in the Khyber agency. Pakistani security forces captured Mansoor Dadullah and five lieutenants in the Zhob district of Baluchistan. A suicide bomber struck an office of the Awami National Party in North Waziristan; 10 were killed and 13 wounded. The government detained 31 Taliban in […]
Mansoor reported wounded, captured along with five Taliban lieutenants. Pakistan’s military claimed he was wounded and captured crossing into Pakistan while unnamed intelligence sources claim he was captured in a seminary in Baluchistan.
The Chairman of the US Joint Chiefs of Staff ruled out unilateral attacks inside Pakistan. Taliban spokesman Zabihullah Mujahid denied Mullah Omar and the leadership is operating from Pakistan. Police arrested 30 “activists” from an unnamed “banned militant organization” operating in Lahore. German police have identified four citizens who are currently training in Pakistan’s tribal […]
Terror Threat From Pakistan Said to Expand
Pakistan’s Ceasefire: A lull before the storm
Pakistani Militants Teaming Up, Officials Say
Security forces retook the toll booth at the Kohat tunnel after the Taliban captured it the day prior. Sixteen Taliban were captured in Swat. The Foreign Office rejected claims that Taliban and al Qaeda leaders are operating inside Pakistan.
A Pashtun party’s political rally is the target of the Taliban attack. Only four of the 24 districts in the Northwest Frontier Province have been rated as having a security situation sufficiently stable to hold elections.
US says Mullah Omar ‘in Pakistan’
Benazir Bhutto party rejects Yard’s claim
Siraj Haqqani was one of several Taliban leaders conducting secret negotiations with the government to end the fighting in northwestern Pakistan. Security forces blew up a vehicle laden with 700 kilograms of explosives in Swat. The military is investigating the cause of the helicopter crash that killed a senior general and seven members of his […]
Scotland Yard: Bomb blast killed Bhutto
Rumors are circulating that American al Qaeda spokesman Adam Gadahn was killed in the same airstrike in North Waziristan that killed Abu Laith al Libi. Police are searching for Ustad Rabbani, a deputy of slain Taliban leader Mullah Dadullah believed to be behind the Nov. 1, 2007 suicide attack on a Pakistan Air Force bus […]
Talking to the Taliban
Pakistan’s Interior Minister forms jirga to cut a deal as Baitullah declares cease-fire in South Waziristan and Swat. Helicopter crash in South Waziristan kills eight, including three generals.
US seeks bigger role assisting Pakistani forces
A senior general, two brigadiers, and five others were killed in a helicopter crash in South Waziristan. The military freed “tribesman” in South Waziristan as the unofficial cease-fire proceeds. The military denied it is negotiating with the Taliban in South Waziristan. The Taliban declared a ceasefire in South Waziristan and Swat. The Interior Minister said […]
The US said “vulnerabilities exist” with the security of Pakistan’s nuclear weapons and al Qaeda still has a safe haven in northwestern Pakistan. Only six of the 24 districts in the Northwest Frontier Province are considered to have a “normal” security situation to allow elections. The government may launch a “search operation” to clear al […]
Pakistan nuclear weapons vulnerable: US