Security forces killed and captured several Taliban commanders and fighters in Kandahar, Helmand, Zabul, Logar, Wardak, Khost, Paktika, Nangarhar, Kunduz. Fifteen Taliban fighters reconciled in Herat after their commander was killed. The government officially requested that Pakistan turn over top Taliban commanders in their custody.
The US is stepping up efforts to carry out “a sustained campaign of drone strikes.”
Pak judge conducting trial of 26/11 suspects transferred
Leaked Guantanamo threat assessments highlight Osama bin Laden’s influence over East Africa al Qaeda (EAAQ) and its leader, the recently slain Fazul Mohammed. The files also contain striking details about the ties between EAAQ and Somalia’s Islamic Courts Union, the predecessor of Shabaab.
Afghan officials claimed Pakistan will target sanctuaries of Taliban leaders who refuse to engage in peace talks with the Afghan government. Security forces killed and captured several Taliban commanders and fighters in Ghazni, Helmand, Wardak, and Badghis. The Taliban killed two school boys in Paktia.
Pak should be happy Afghanistan has India’s help: Karzai
Afghanistan: Pakistan to target insurgents
Panetta warns Pakistani intelligence officials on collusion with militants
The DC Circuit Court ruled on Friday that al Qaeda facilitator Hussain Salem Mohammad Almerfedi is properly detained at Guantanamo. According to a leaked threat assessment, Almerfedi operated out of an al Qaeda safehouse in Iran.
Hopes are low as Afghanistan’s Karzai visits Pakistan
Karzai calls on Pakistan to eradicate militants
Somali officials have confirmed that Fazul was killed at a checkpoint near Mogadishu.
New challenge for US-Pakistan ties
The US has increased activity against al Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula as the civil war in Yemen rages.
Vital for Pakistan to do more against terrorists: US
Pakistan reduces US military trainers
A strike on a “major training center” in North Waziristan killed 18 terrorists, including “Punjabis,” while an attack on a vehicle in South Waziristan killed four “militants.”
The Army of Osama has been tasked with hitting multiple domestic and foreign targets throughout Pakistan.
Ilyas Kashmiri wanted to create Laskhar-e-Osama, target embassies
Pakistan – Jaish groups on warpath in Kohat
US plans to sabotage Pakistan nuke facilities: Ahmadinejad
Significant forward momentum is imperiled by holes in US strategy and policy.
Pakistan army steers clear of ‘global terror epicentre’
Pakistan: Slain journalist’s brother-in-law concerned for family’s welfare
The strikes took place in areas controlled by Mullah Nazir. “Punjabi Taliban,” Arabs, and Uzbeks are said to be among those killed. Al Qaeda commander Ilyas Kashmiri is also reported to have been killed in the same area just four days ago.
A purported photo of Kashmiri’s corpse has turned out to be that of a Mumbai suicide bomber, and HUJI misspelled the group’s name twice in the press release announcing his death.
Ustadz Ahmed Farooq, al Qaeda’s spokesman and propaganda chief for Pakistan, may have been killed in the June 2 Predator strike that killed Ilyas Kashmiri.
Kashmiri killing: Worrying times for Pakistan militants
Al-Qaida commander’s death increasingly certain
Officials probe apparent death of Pakistani militant