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Al Qaeda operative Muhammad Naeem Noor Khan was release because Pakistan never charged him with a crime. A key Taliban aide to Jalaluddin Haqqani was arrested in Peshawar. Bajaur tribal leaders gave the Taliban four days to decide on a peace agreement with the government. The release of 15 soldiers captured in North Waziristan has […]

The Taliban are releasing 15 paramilitary soldiers kidnapped in South Waziristan the same day that al Qaeda operative Mohammed Naeem Noor Khan was freed from jail. Six soldiers were killed and 18 wounded in a suicide bombing in Hangu. Two paramilitary soldiers were wounded in a rocket attack in Bajaur.

South Waziristan Taliban commander Baitullah Mehsud called off the South Waziristan peace accord signed in 2005, but the government maintains it is intact. The body of a beheaded religious leader was found in South Waziristan. Four soldiers were killed in suicide attacks and ambushes in North Waziristan, while military helicopters killed 15 “miscreants” in a […]

Seven more Taliban fighters were killed in fighting in North and South Waziristan after ambushing military convoys and attacking checkpoints. A suicide bomber wounded five soldiers in Tank. Police released 21 students detained in the Lal Masjid operation. Jamaatud Dawa (formerly Lashkar-e-Taiba) leader Hafiz Muhammad Saeed said the only way to eliminate terrorism and have […]

The governor of the NWFP wants to negotiate with the Taliban in North Waziristan. Seven soldiers and 15 Taliban were killed in clashes in North Waziristan and Dera Ismail Khan. Tribal elders in Khyber Agency want to negotiate with the Taliban. An IED attack killed a tribal elder in Bajaur. A fatwa was issued against […]

The Taliban threatened tribal leaders that attended the Wolesi Jirga in Afghanistan. Two civilians were killed in a bombing in Swabi. The Taliban launched a rocket attack on a checkpoint in North Waziristan. Police claimed to have broken up “a gang of suicide bombers” planning to attack on Independence Day.

The Taliban in South Waziristan beheaded one of the 16 captured Pakistani soldiers. The government claimed the Wazir tribes backed paramilitary forces against Baitullah Mehsud’s Taliban in South Waziristan. The Taliban and the military clashed after the Taliban attacked two posts in Miramshah.

Four civilians were killed in an IED attack in Swat, while three Taliban were killed in a military counterattack in South Waziristan after the Taliban attack a checkpoint. Police confiscated 4,000 kilos of explosives in Mardan. The TNSM fired rockets at a post in Bajaur. The NWFP government wants to negotiate with the Taliban in […]

The Pak-Afghan peace jirga agreed to fight the Taliban and al Qaeda but is prepared to follow the fighting with negotiations and reconciliation. The North and South Waziristan tribes boycotted the jirga. The Taliban beheaded two “Afghan spies” near Miramshah in North Waziristan.

The Foreign Office dismissed concerns about the safety of Pakistan’s nuclear weapons. The Taliban in South Waziristan demanded 10 of their operatives be freed in exchange for 15 kidnapped soldiers. The military killed three civilians after a convoy struck an IED in North Waziristan, while the ISPR claimed these were actually al Qaeda operatives killed […]

Sixteen Pakistani troops were kidnapped by the Taliban in South Waziristan after military helicopter gunships killed 12 Taliban fighters in North Waziristan. Five soldiers were also wounded. The Taliban bombed the homes of rival tribesmen in Darra Adamkhel after three tribesmen were killed in clashes. Five rockets were fired at the city of Hangu.

President Musharraf decided to not invoke emergency powers that would have delayed elections, restricted rights of assembly, and placed curbs on the media. The Taliban captured a village in Darra Adamkhel; five villagers were killed. Four soldiers were wounded in a bombing, and the Taliban ambushed a military convoy in North Waziristan. A relative said […]