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Pakistan’s state of emergency may end days after Musharraf becomes president. General Kiyani is officially the new chief of staff of the armed forces. Fighting continues in Swat as the Taliban have begun to abandon some towns. Seven soldiers have been freed in North Waziristan. Shop owners in Peshawar have been warned to remove by […]

President Musharraf will resign as army chief of staff one day before taking his new oath as president. The military said 20 Taliban and 4 soldiers were killed during fighting in Swat; the Taliban refuted the numbers. The Interior Minister said Swat will be resolved by the pols in January. A girl’s school in Peshawar […]

Exiled former Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif has returned to Pakistan. The army has begun the ground offensive in Swat; 30 Taliban and two soldiers were reported killed. The Taliban destroyed food stocks destined to feed pregnant women suffering from malnutrition in South Waziristan. Sectarian clashes continue in Kurram agency.

The death toll in Saturday’s suicide attacks in Islamabad and Rawalpindi has risen to over 35 killed. The NWFP government has called for a peace jirga to resolve the Swat situation. The Taliban is said to have abandoned Alpuri in Shangla as heavy fighting was reported in the district and neighboring Swat. Three soldiers were […]

Nawaz Sharif is set to return to Pakistan, according to reports. The military has blockaded food shipments into Taliban controlled areas of Swat; the Taliban threatened suicide attacks if the blockade is not lifted. The Peshawar Corps Commander said the writ of the government will be established in Swat at all cost.

Up to 30 Taliban and 13 civilians were reported killed during fighting in Swat and Shangla while the government has blockaded food and fuel to Taliban held areas. Two Frontier Corps soldiers were freed while eight Pakistani Army soldiers, including a major, are being held. Sectarian fighting has resumed in Kurram agency. Eight music shops […]

Sixteen Taliban, 15 soldiers, and nine civilians were reported killed during fighting in Swat and Shangla. A soldier and five civilians were killed in sectarian clashes in Kurram. A policeman was killed in a bomb blast near Mardan. Schoolgirls in Manshera are wearing burkas after Taliban threats.

The governor of the Northwest Frontier Province said the government would prefer to negotiate with the Taliban and using force is the last option. Taliban kidnapped five government officials in Bajaur agency. Clashes between terrorist groups in South Waziristan resulted in two killed. Twenty-eight more people were killed in sectarian fighting in Kurram before the […]

The military said 12 Taliban were killed and 40 wounded in strikes in Swat and Shangla. A peace jirga is forming in Swat. A tribal jirga in Bannu agency said it would stop Taliban attacks. A bombing on a railroad in Nowshera killed one person.

President Musharraf said the state of emergency will remain indefinitely. Fighting in Swat resulted in 28 Taliban, 14 civilians, and upwards of 40 soldiers killed; 12 policemen were reported captured. Over 90 were killed in sectarian clashes in Parachinar in Kurram agency; three soldiers were killed.