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Pakistan – Taliban silence another critic

Taliban suicide bomber kills Pakistani provincial minister

Bashir Ahmed Bilour, the Minister for Local Government and Rural Development of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province, was killed along with eight other people in today’s attack in Peshawar.

Pakistani Taliban commander killed in bombing in Wana

Maulvi Abbas Wazir, a commander in the Movement of the Taliban in Pakistan in the Wana area, was killed in a blast at his office yesterday. The attack is thought to be linked to an assassination attempt against Mullah Nazir late last month.

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Cold Christmas awaits Pakistan’s Christians

‘Foreigners’ reported killed in US drone strike in Pakistan

The unmanned Predators or Reapers destroyed a compound in the Mir Ali area, which is known to host top al Qaeda and other jihadist leaders and operatives.

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Polio workers speak out on Pakistan attacks

Taliban target polio vaccination program in Pakistan

Eight medical workers have been killed in the past three days. The UN has suspended the vaccination program.

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“Gunmen” killed four medical personnel who were dispensing polio vaccinces in Karachi, and another in Peshawar. Ten people were wounded in a grenade attack outside an army recruiting center in Risalpur.

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Seventeen Pakistanis were killed in a bombing at a bus station in Khyber. The Taliban killed three soldiers in an attack on an outpost in Lakki Marwat.

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Attacker’s demonic tattoo draws fresh TTP conclusions

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Pakistan – Militants blow up CD shops with explosives

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‘Militants’ threaten Pakistan church school for Malala support

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A Taliban suicide assault team killed four civilians in an attack on the military side of the airport in Peshawar. Five Taliban fighters were killed in the attack; three died in a premature detonation.

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Pakistan – Jirga convened: Tribe asked to nab attackers of FWO personnel

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Nearly three-quarters of Pakistan girls not in school

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Pakistani girls protest naming of college after Malala

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Drones violate sovereignty, but so do militants using Pakistani soil: Haqqani

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Pakistan – Militants blow up girls’ school

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Security forces detained two “terrorists” and seized suicide vests during a raid in Lahore. “Militants” bombed a cell phone tower in the tribal agency of Mohmand.

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Taliban leaders send their girl children to school: UN

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A Taliban suicide assault team killed three policemen, two civilians, and a soldier in an attack on a police station in Bannu. The Taliban said the attack was launched to avenge the death of Baitullah Mehsud’s nephew.

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Pakistan – Silence resonates after Ahmadi graves’ vandalised

Taliban suicide assault team attacks Pakistani police station

The Taliban said the attack was executed to avenge the death of Ibrahim Mehsud, the nephew of Baitullah Mehsud, the former emir of the Movement of the Taliban in Pakistan.

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Pakistan’s largest city suffers murder wave, Taliban seen using chaos to strengthen position

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Pakistan – Blasphemy case lodged against author

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In Pakistan, Moves To Ban A Tribal Marriage Custom

Pakistani officials promoting false split in Taliban leadership cadres, again

Pakistani officials persist in claiming that Hakeemullah Mehsud and Waliur Rehman Mehsud are “at each other’s throats,” and tell an obvious lie in the process.

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Terror attempt: Bomb planted near JUI-F leader’s house defused

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Pakistan – Election Preps: JUI-F to speed up mass contact campaign

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Pakistan’s Hazara Shiites Under Siege