President Bush says he would strike at bin Laden if he was in Pakistan. President Musharraf disagrees. Six American helicopter gunships have allegedly violated Pakistan’s air space by intruding into North Waziristan. The Taliban killed a government worker and two others in South Waziristan. Ten tribals were arrested in North Waziristan for helping the Taliban. […]
We are watching the slow-motion disintegration of Pakistan as a sovereign state The federally Administered Tribal Areas and North West Frontier Province. Click to enlrage. Pakistani officials and government friendly news outlets continue to spin the Waziristan Accord as a successfully strategy in dealing the the Taliban. The Pak Tribune’s Akbar Jan Marwat echoes the […]
“We believe [Osama bin Laden] is somewhere between Bajaur, Pakistan, and the province of Kunar in Afghanistan,” said President Musharraf at the United Nations. Zawahiri was the target of U.S. strikes in Damadola, Bajaur, and the agency is believed to be an al Qaeda command hub.
Azzam the American al Qaeda was spotted in South Waziristan last month. The Taliban violated the truce yet again and attacked a Pakistani Army outpost in South Waziristan. Two soldiers were “seriously wounded.” The Taliban also executed a tribesman.. A car bomb explodes near a police station in Peshawar. A roadside bomb injures 4, including […]
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“I will clear up misperceptions about Waziristan,” says President Musharraf. ‘There are no Taliban in Pakistan,’ says Maj Gen Shaukat Sultan. Taliban military commander Mullah Dadullah disagrees: “At the behest of the US, [Musharraf] waged war against the Taliban in Waziristan.”
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Pakistan follows the truce to the letter and releases thousands of Taliban and al Qaeda members captured since 2001 Maulana Sufi Mohammad, head of the Tehrik-e-Nifaz-e- Shariat-e-Mohammed, freed from Pakistani prison. The Pakistani government is living up to its commitments on the “Waziristan Accord,” and has emptied the prisons of Taliban and al Qaeda who […]
A low level government official is kidnapped in North Waziristan by “masked gunmen.” A journalist was shot and killed in Dera Ismail Khan.
Fourteen Taliban were arrested in raid on a hospital in Quetta. A Pakistani official says the ‘Waziristan pact won™t stop surgical strikes™ against al Qaeda. Alexis Debat discusses the powerful Al Qaeda-Taliban network in Waziristan.
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President Musharraf says the West responsible for extremism, and the “centre of gravity of terrorism has shifted from Al Qaeda to the Taliban.” NWFP Governor Orakzai, the man who orchestrated the Waziristan surrender, says the US military is not needed to track Osama bin Laden. Security around US diplomatic missions has been increased.
The Taliban violates the ‘truce’ yet again. A headless body was discovered in South Waziristan and another tribal elder who “maintained good relations with Afghan officials” was killed. The pro-Taliban and al Qaeda MMA party denounces claims Osama bin Laden is in the tribal areas. Pakistan’s Foreign Office claims the deal in Waziristan was between […]
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The Taliban has broken the truce in Waziristan by killing “a 70-year-old tribesman… for allegedly spying for the Americans.” British Diplomats claim the Waziristan truce is a “model” solution for Afghanistan. The Pakistani government is refuting the latest claim that Mullah Omar is in Quetta. Mohammad Rizwan, a member of Jaish-e-Mohammad, was arrested.
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NWFP Governor Orakzai say “hundreds” of al Qaeda are currently in North Waziristan, and claims the U.S., France and Germany were privy to negotiations with the Taliban. The Waziristan truce could be model for Afghanistan, says British diplomats. A bombing in Baluchistan kills six people.
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