The town of Peochar in Swat is under “control” and much of Buner and Dir are secured according to the military’s spokesman. But security forces cannot relieve forces that have been under siege in Mingora for nine days.
Pakistan: Lashkar-i-Taiba killed Gen Alvi, court told
The military claimed more than 140 Taliban fighters and three commanders along with seven soldiers were killed during fighting in Swat.
Twenty-one people, mostly civilians, were killed as the Taliban attack continues throughout Swat. The military said 15 Taliban fighters and 2 troops were killed after the Taliban attacked an outpost in Mohmand; six troops are missing. The house arrests of Lashkar-e-Taiba leader Hafiz Saeed and Colonel Nazir have been extended by two months; Amir Hamza […]
More than 50 Taliban have been reported killed during clashes in Farah and Kunar province. In Kunar, the remains of a US soldier who went missing after the Taliban assaulted an outpost have been found.
The military claimed the attack was repelled; the Taliban claimed it overran the outpost.
Two months ago, the military announced that Mohmand had been cleared of the Taliban.
Heavy fighting is reported as both sides battle for control of the vital passes leading into the district.
Today’s suicide attack against a police checkpoint in Charsadda is the latest in a series of major attacks against the police, the Army, the Frontier Corps, and other Pakistani security and intelligence services since July 2007.
LWJ exclusive: Abdullah Said, the new leader of al Qaeda’s paramilitary organization, explained his plan to defeat the Coalition in Afghanistan.
Pakistan’s Taliban leader threatened to strike in Washington and said the recent attacks on the Lahore police training center, a military convoy in Bannu, and a special police unit in Islamabad were in response to the US air campaign targeting Taliban leaders in Pakistan’s tribal areas.
The Fedayeen-e-Islam, a front for the Jaish-e-Mohammed, said it conducted the attack on the Lahore police training center in retaliation for the Pakistan military’s presence in the tribal areas
A terrorist assault team launched a complex attack against a police academy, killing dozens of recruits and officers. The attack is the latest in a series of complex military assaults by Pakistani terror groups.
The focus is on Pakistan’s sanctuaries, a troop and civilian “surge,” accelerating the growth of the Afghan security forces, reconciliation with the Taliban, improved governance, and international cooperation.
Pakistani officials believe the attack on the Sri Lankan cricket team in Lahore was carried out by the Lashkar-e-Jhangvi. Security forces detained 125 militants in Kohat. The Taliban murdered three “US spies” in South Waziristan and released five soldiers in Bajaur. A court extended the house arrest of Lashkar-e-Taiba leader Hafiz Saeed.
Pakistan suspects the Lashkar-e-Taiba was behind the attack on the Sri Lankan cricket team in Lahore; LeT denied involvement. The Taliban murdered two “US spies” in North Waziristan, killed a political leader in Bannu, and bombed a school in Bajaur.
Pakistani investigators believe the Lashkar-e-Taiba was responsible for this week’s military assault on the Sri Lankan cricket team. Lashkar-e-Taiba denied involvement.
One day after intimating that India was behind the assault on the Sri Lankan cricket team, Pakistan’s interior minister said there is no evidence of Indian involvement.
A 12-man squad hit the cricket team as it traveled to a stadium in the eastern city. Five policemen and two civilians were killed; seven Sri Lankan cricketers and 11 security personnel were wounded.
Two senior officers said the Taliban has been defeated in the insurgency-infested tribal agencies of Bajaur and Mohmand. But Taliban leaders remain at large.
India has charged two purported Pakistani Army officiers, six senior Lashkar-e-Taiba leaders, and 30 other operatives for involvement in the November 2008 terror assault on Mumbai. The Pakistani Army officers were identified as Major General Saab and Colonel R Saadat Ullah. Lashkar-e-Taiba founder and leader Hafiz Saeed was also charged.
A general, a colonel, and several senior Lashkar-e-Taiba leaders are among 38 people charged with involvement in the November 2008 Mumbai terror assault. Only three suspects are in Indian custody.
Interior Advisor Rehman Malik claimed Jaish-e-Mohammed chief Masood Azhar and terror crime boss Dawood Ibrahim are currently not in Pakistan. Azhar was previously under ‘house arrest.’
Pakistan has conceded that the Mumbai attacks were launched from it soil; eight men were charged, including three senior Lashkar-e-Taiba leaders. The Taliban killed a policeman in North Waziristan and a soldier in Swat, and threatened to kill more politicians. Four Taliban fighters were killed in Bajaur.
Charges registered against eight men, six of whom are in prison. Three Lashkar-e-Taiba leaders have been charged.
Mustafa Abu Yazid, al Qaeda’s commander in Afghanistan, said India will “pay a heavy price” if it attacked Pakistan. This is Yazid’s fifth propaganda tape since the Pakistani military insisted he was killed last summer.
The ‘Lashkar al Zil’ or Shadow Army is comprised of al Qaeda, Taliban, and allied terror groups, and operates as a paramilitary force in Pakistan’s northwest and in eastern Afghanistan.
Foreign Minister Menon said the Mumbai attackers “were and remain clients and creations of the ISI.” Banned Pakistani groups rally in Pakistan-controlled Kashmir.
Pakistan’s top diplomat in Britain said the deadly Mumbai terror attack was planned outside of Pakistan.
Jamaat-ud Dawa, the banned front for the Lashkar-e-Taiba, renamed itself the Movement for the Safeguarding of the First Center of Prayer and held a protest in Lahore.
Pakistani military claimed another 48 Taliban were killed during battles. New peace deals with the Taliban implemented in Hangu; talks underway in Swat.