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President Musharraf will not attend the Pak-Afghan Loya Jirga, citing security reasons. Ten Taliban were killed in yesterday™s strikes in North Waziristan. Fourteen Taliban, including 10 Uzbeks and Tajiks, were captured in Zhob in Baluchistan while crossing from South Waziristan with weapons and explosives. Eleven polio workers were kidnapped in Bajaur. A bombing in Peshawar […]

The military attacked two Taliban camps in North Waziristan with helicopters and artillery. Negotiations with the TNSM in Bajaur have failed. Indian intelligence said claims that Pakistan has arrested Dawood Ibrahim are false. The Interior Ministry will attempt to re-arrest freed “militants.”

Secretary of State Rice and Defense Secretary Gates ruled out the possibility of unilateral strikes inside Pakistan. Pakistan has lost 200 troops in the tribal areas since July 19. “Militants” fired rockets at a military camp, and destroyed two checkpoints in Bajaur. The Swat peace jirga said “foreign agencies,” including India™s Research and Analysis Wing, […]

A suicide bomber killed 9 and wounded 35 in an attack in Kurram. Four soildiers and 10 Taliban fighters were killed after the Taliban attacked a checkpoint in North Waziristan with 50 rockets and a ground attack. About 2,000 North Waziristan tribesmen called on the government to withdraw troops from the region and chanted “death […]

Police stopped suicide bomber attempting to attack a parade of 900 cadets at a training center in the city of Sargodha in Punjab province. One policeman was killed in the gunfight. Five police were wounded in a bombing near the traffic police headquarters in Gujranwala. Intelligence indicates Islamists may attempt to attack the national parliament. […]

Both Vice President Cheney and the U.S. Ambassador said the U.S. has no intention of invading Pakistan. Four police were wounded in a bombing in Swat. The president of the Taliban-supporting MMA political party endorsed Musharraf’s re-elction to prevent martial law.

An estimated 600 students of the Lal Masjid were trained as suicide bombers are believed to be hiding in Islamabad. Soldiers and police have been warned not to wear their uniforms in public. A kidnapped policeman in Kohat and three policeman in Dir were murdered. The army shelled Taliban positions near Miramshah after a policeman […]

The Red Mosque has been closed indefinitely. Baituallah Mehsud’s Taliban forces have taken positions to block the Wana-Dera Ismail Khan highway in North Waziristan. The military established three check points in Miramshah while attacks and looting are ongoing. Six terrorists were arrested for involvement with suicide attacks in the NWFP.

A Taliban rocket attack on Bannu city killed nine civilians and wounded over 40. Small-scale attacks also occurred in North Waziristan and Bajaur. The U.S. identified nine al Qaeda camps in North Waziristan. Afghan Taliban commander Mullah Naimatullah and two Uzbeks were killed in attacks in Baluchistan. South Waziristan Taliban commander Abdullah Mehsud was buried […]