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Captured Taliban claim Pakistani mullahs recruited them to fight. Syed Saleem Shahzad reports the government is rounding up “militants” and cracking down on Jamaat-i-Islami (JI) and Hizbul Mujahideen. But four of the al Qaeda-linked Pakistani Air Force technicians implicated in the Musharraf plot have released from jail.

Pakistan is investigating links between political party Jamaat-e-Islami, and al Qaeda and the Taliban. Hafez Saeed, the recently released leader of terrorist group Lashkar-e-Toiba (now the Jamaat al-Dawat), pledged to keep ‘spreading the message of Allah.™

A captured would-be suicide bomber in Kabul was trained in Waziristan. Members of the Pakistani Air Force are involved in the purported Musharraf coup plot. LeT leader Hafiz Saeed is accused of “jeopardising foreign relations.”

Former Prime Minister Benazir Bhutto warns that if Waziristan is not properly dealt with it can lead to a wider war. Afghanistan’s foreign minister responds angrily to Musharraf’s latest charge that the Taliban is purely an Afghan problem. “The terrorism which is religious extremism is a global network operating against Afghanistan and other democratic states […]

Eight al Qaeda were arrested for plotting the Islamabad and Rawalpindi attacks. Syed Saleem Shahzad reports this was part of a coup attempt. Police arrested a man plotting bomb attacks in Lahore on Eid. The suspect is from Wana, South Waziristan. Two bombs were detonated in Quetta and one in Peshawar.

Jihadi organizations organized an anti-western rally in Dir, and called for Pakistanis to join the jihad. Seventeen more Taliban have been arrested in Quetta. Musharraf admits ‘no guarantee can be given regarding the Waziristan peace deal though there are chances of its success.’ The U.S. has asked Pakistan to stop promoting terrorism in Kashmir and […]

Police sources report an al Qaeda linked suspected was arrested in the Rawalpindi park bombing. A tape of Mullah Dadullah has aired on Pakistani television. Dadullah is seen beheading captives, counseling suicide bombers and cooking for the Taliban. Pakistan has denied A.Q. Khan’s role in developing North Korea’s nuclear program.

The Chief Minister of Balochistan denies his province is a hub for the Taliban. Forty-nine Taliban were arrested in Quetta, the provincial capital of Balochistan. NATO confronted the Pakistani government over the Taliban, and have provided an address for Mullah Omar in Quetta, as well as evidence of ISI involvement and camps in Pakistan.

Two more rockets were found in Islamabad, aimed at the ISI headquarters. Police believe Baloch rebels are responsible for the earlier threats in Islamabad and Rawalpindi, but haven’t ruled out al Qaeda. Pakistan admitted it backed “Jihad, insurgency or whatever you want to call it in Kashmir” in the past. Over 45 have been killed […]

“The Taliban’s spring offensive has fallen short of its primary objective of reviving the Islamic Emirates of Afghanistan,” reports Syed Saleem Shahzad. A bombing at a park near Musharraf’s residence in Rawalpindi and rockets found near Parliament in Islamabad have sparked fears of a coup.

Pakistan is actively engaged in peace talks in South Waziristan. The Pakistani government claims to have arrested 246 Taliban in Quetta over the past month. India will press for Pakistan to turn over suspects in the Mumbai train bombings. A bomb is detonated near Musharraf’s residence in Rawalpindi.