Afghanistan
Pakistan rides out US pressure on Haqqanis
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US – Pakistan Spar Over Support for Haqqani Terror Network
Afghanistan
Pakistan failed to back peace bid: Karzai
Afghanistan
Dreaded militant hit squad goes rogue in Pakistan
Afghanistan
Afghan officials blamed the Pakistani government, the ISI, and the Quetta Shura for the assassination of the head of the High Peace Council. The Taliban killed nine Afghan troops in Paktia and an ISAF soldier in the south. Security forces killed and captured several Taliban commanders and fighters in Kandahar, Khost, Wardak, Logar, and Nangarhar.
Top Haqqani Network leaders include Arab relatives
Haqqani Network patriarch Jalaluddin Haqqani’s organization has familial links with Arab as well as Afghan and Pakistani operatives.
Special operations forces capture Haqqani Network’s top commander in Afghanistan
Haji Mali Khan served as the top Haqqani Network commander in Afghanistan. He established and ran training camps in Pakistan and Afghanistan, supported operations, and served as a key link to the Movement of the Taliban in Pakistan.
Afghanistan
Afghans give Pakistan evidence in Rabbani killing
Afghanistan
Pakistan’s military and legislators plan peace talks with Taliban
Haqqani Network
US reassures Pakistan amid anti-American protests
Haqqani Network
Pakistani Politicians Reject Admiral Mullen’s Charges
Afghanistan
US finds new friend in Uzbekistan after Pakistan fallout
Afghanistan
No Afghanistan solution without Pakistan: Mullen
Yemeni jihadi claims Anwar al Awlaki, Samir Khar killed in airstrike
“We consider him as a martyr and we ask mercy,” the jihadist stated about Awlaki in a post on an al Qaeda-linked forum.
Afghanistan
NATO chief presses Pakistan on ‘terrorist’ safe havens
China
China Pullout Deals Blow to Pakistan
Yemen claims AQAP cleric Anwar al Awlaki ‘killed’ in airstrike
The Defense Ministry claimed Awlaki and Samir Khan were killed in an airstrike in Al Jawf, but tribal sources claimed he was killed in Marib. President Obama called Awlaki’s death “a major blow to Al Qaeda’s most active operational affiliate.”
US Predators strike again in South Waziristan
The strike is the third in Pakistan this week, and follows a previous strike in the tribal agency on Sept. 27.
US adds 5 al Qaeda, Taliban, Haqqani Network, and IMU facilitators to terrorist list
The five leaders are based in Afghanistan and Pakistan. The designations highlight the interconnectedness of the various terror groups based in the region.
Norway
The foreign minister has invited representatives from Pakistan, Iran, and India, as well as the UN Security Council, to a series of meetings to discuss peace in the Afghan region. Norway has already held private peace talks with Afghanistan’s neighbors in meetings in Oslo, Dubai, and Istanbul.
United States
US Tempers Adm. Mike Mullen’s Pakistan Remarks
Haqqani Network
US ‘threat’ of military action unites Pakistan
Haqqani Network
Use of bombers in Pakistan under study: US senator
Al Qaeda
Pakistan says US pressure on militants must end
Afghanistan
Musharaff: Why Haqqani terrorist group can help Pakistan
US adds 2 Lashkar-e-Taiba leaders to list of terrorists
Zafar Iqbal co-founded the terror group and is a top fundraiser, and Hafiz Abdul Salam Bhuttavi is the deputy emir and ideologue who aided in the 2008 Mumbai terror assault.
AQAP calls Ahmadinejad a 9/11 Truther
Al Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula’s rebuke of the Iranian president reminds us of a classic spoof by The Onion that takes on 9/11 conspiracy theorists.
Afghanistan
Adm. Mullen’s words on Pakistan come under scrutiny
US Predators kill 3 ‘militants’ in South Waziristan
The strike took place in Azam Warzak, a transit point for al Qaeda and Taliban fighters entering and exiting Afghanistan.
Norway
Charges were filed against Mikael Davud, Shawan Sadek Saeed Bujak, and David Jakobsen, who were arrested in July 2010 for plotting to attack a Danish newspaper. They are thought to have ties with al Qaeda operatives in Pakistan who planned bombings in New York and the UK. Bujak and Davud were charged additionally with planning […]