The top spokesman for the Movement of the Taliban in Pakistan denied his group was involved in the assassination attempt that targeted Mullah Nazir, an al Qaeda-linked Taliban leader in South Waziristan.
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US drones killed three “militants” in a strike in South Waziristan; the strike is the first in Pakistan in 36 days. Mullah Nazir was wounded in a suicide attack in Wana in South Waziristan; six people were killed in the blast.
The strike ends a 36-day-long pause in attacks in Pakistan’s tribal areas. The pause is the second longest since the program was ramped up in 2008.
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The $2 million reward for Ihsanullah Ihsan is more than three times higher than that of the group’s emir, Hakeemullah Mehsud, Waliur Rehman Mehsud, and other top Taliban leaders.
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A suicide bomber killed 12 people in Rawalpindi, while two more were killed in bombings in Karachi. Shia worshipers were the targets of both attacks.
Rahat Ltd., a Pakistan-based hawala, its owner, and the owner of the Quetta branch, were added to the terrorism list for supporting the Taliban, including Mullah Barich, the shadow governor of Helmand province.
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Qazi Hussain Ahmed, the former emir of the Jamaat-e-Islami, was unhurt in the suicide attack, which took place in the tribal agency of Mohmand.
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Anwar ul Haq Mujahid is the commander of the Tora Bora Military Front, a Taliban subgroup based in Nangarhar province that has been behind numerous attacks on Afghan and Coalition forces as well as civilians. His father was close to Osama bin Laden.
With little fanfare except in the Pakistani press, the NATO oil supply line to Afghanistan is expected to resume by the end of this month.
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Security force killed five Taliban fighters near Wana in South Waziristan. Police arrested five Taliban fighters in Punjab province. Teh government is considering the release of Afghan Taliban leader Mullah Baradar.
Two Frontier Corps troops were killed in an IED attack in Quetta. Security forces detained four Lashkar-e-Jhangvi operatives in Karachi.
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The Taliban killed a soldier and wounded another during an attack on an outpost in South Waziristan. The “Mujahideen-e-Waziristan” warned tribals in Wana not to join the Levies. Five people were killed in violence in Karachi.
A Taliban suicide bomber killed three people in an attack on the Rangers headquarters in Karachi. Nine more people were killed in violence in Karachi.