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The military is targeting Taliban positions in the Kabal region in Swat. Two South Waziristan tribes are pulling support from Jamiat Ulema-e-Islam-Fazl leader Maulana Fazlur Rehman and other JUI-F politicians. At least 30 were killed in sectarian fighting in Kurram agency. The army will help the police secure polling sites.

President Musharraf said the Taliban has been defeated in Swat. A Jamiat Ulema-e-Islam-Fazl leader blamed the MMA political party for the rise of the Taliban in Swat and the tribal areas. Maulana Sirajuddin said the Sunday suicide bombing in Swat was in retaliation for the destruction of a cleric’s home. The military attacked Taliban positions […]

MMA leader Qazi Hussain Ahmed blamed the recent suicide attacks on government policies. Four Special Services Group soldiers were among the 12 killed in yesterday’s suicide attack in Swat. The military has advanced as far as Bahrain in central Swat. Three suicide bombers were captured in Dara Tang. Nine were killed in sectarian fighting in […]

Security forces arrested four suspects in the Charsadda mosque suicide bombing; the four suspects are said to be Afghanis. President Musharraf vowed to fight terrorism and extremism and said true Muslims would not attack a mosque during Eid prayers.

Over 50 Pakistanis were killed and over 200 wounded in a suicide attack at a mosque in Charsadda. Former Interior Minister Aftab Sherpao was the target. The government has banned the Tehrik-i-Taliban Pakistan, Baitullah Mehsud’s umbrella organization.

Eight Taliban were detained in Swat. The Taliban bombed a music center, Internet cafe, and a computer college; there were no casualties. Pressure is mounting to counter the Taliban expansion in Darra Adam Khel.

Two army captains and two soldiers were kidnapped while traveling from Dera Ismail Khan. Two children were killed in a clash between troops and the Taliban in North Waziristan. A candidate for the National Assembly was kidnapped in Charsadda after campaigning. A peace jirga has formed in Kurram to resolve the Sunni-Shia fighting.

Soldiers captured 30 Taliban and found a Taliban hospital and communications center in Swat. The Taliban in South Waziristan declared an Eid ceasefire. The Taliban said Osama bin Laden is not in Pakistan. Police allowed al Qaeda operative Rashid Rauf to escape by letting his uncle drive him to the prison.

President Musharraf said Osama bin Laden is likely hiding in a region between Bajaur agency and Kunar province in Afghanistan. Two soldiers were killed in a suicide attack in Kohat. The Taliban beheaded a soldier in Khar, Bajaur. Fazlullah’s uncle and cousin were captured in Swat, along with seven other terrorists. Three soldiers were wounded […]

“The country has been saved from grave dangers through imposition of emergency,” President Musharraf said to the country as he lifted the state of emergency. The Taliban set up a centralized command led by Baitullah Mehsud. Al Qaeda commander Rashid Rauf escaped from police custody in Islamabad. A suicide bomber killed five and wounded 11 […]

Pakistani troops retook Charbagh near Mingora in Swat; 14 of Fazlullah’s fighters were captured. The Interior Minister said the Swat operation will end shortly and polls will be held in the Taliban district. The Taliban attacked the Bajaur Scouts headquarters with rockets, while the tribes are holding a “peace jirga.”

Two suicide bombers killed 16, including 11 police in Quetta in Baluchistan province. Fifteen soldiers were killed and 38 wounded in Taliban ambushes in North Waziristan. South Waziristan Taliban leader Baitullah Mehsud said he will support the election process in the tribal areas. Intelligence agencies foiled a plot to assassinate President Musharraf by arresting al […]