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Wikileaks: Pakistan privately approved drone strikes
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Nuclear fuel memos expose wary dance With Pakistan
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Displaced Pakistanis prepare for risky return to South Waziristan
Lawfare and Predator strikes
A Pakistani tribesman from the al Qaeda haven of Mir Ali in North Waziristan is threatening to sue the US government if he is not paid for what he claims is the wrongful death of his brother and son in a US Predator strike on Dec. 31, 2009. From The Associated Press: A Pakistani man […]
US Predators kill 4 ‘militants’ in Mir Ali
Another vehicle was hit as it traveled in an area of North Waziristan known to host foreign terrorists plotting to attack Europe and the US.
Taliban suicide bombers kill 12 Afghan police in east
The Taliban took credit for the attack in Paktika, which was carried out by two suicide bombers wearing police uniforms.
Islamic Movement of Uzbekistan leader targeted in Afghan north
The “high-ranking Islamic Movement of Uzbekistan senior leader” facilitates suicide attacks in the north and is in close contact with leaders in Pakistan.
US Predators kill 4 ‘militants’ in North Waziristan
Unmanned strike aircraft hit a vehicle as it traveled through the Mir Ali area, which has been the epicenter of an al Qaeda plot to attack the West.
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Pakistan: Terrorist attack demonstrates Karachi is ‘in serious danger’
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Pakistan: Military ‘ready to attack’ insurgents in North Waziristan
US designates Lashkar-e-Taiba’s charitable front as terror group
Falah-i Insaniat Foundation, its chief Hafiz Abdur Rauf, and two longtime members of Lashkar-e-Taiba were put on the US list of terror entities today.
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Europeans training in Pakistan terrorist camps
Senior Taliban military commander killed in Helmand
Mullah Abdul Qayoum, the Taliban’s shadow governor for the district of Sangin, was killed in an ISAF airstrike on Nov. 20. Qayoum commanded an estimated 600 to 800 Taliban fighters and served as a key link to the Taliban leadership in Pakistan.
Suicide bomber kills 17 Shia in Yemen’s north
A senior tribal leader was among those killed by an al Qaeda suicide bomber.
NATO, Afghan officials negotiated with Taliban ‘impostor’
Afghan and NATO officials thought they were in peace talks with Mullah Akhtar Mohammed Mansour, one of Mullah Omar’s top two deputies who ran the Quetta Shura. The so-called leader turned out to be a fake.
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Pakistan hits back at American support for India by stopping al-Qaeda offensive
5 Taliban killed in latest US Predator strike in North Waziristan
Predators hit a vehicle and a motorcycle in a village controlled by “good Taliban” commander Hafiz Gul Bahadar.
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Pakistan cautiously backs NATO’s Afghan plans
US Predators kill 9 ‘militants’ near Miramshah
The unmanned US strike aircraft hit a compound and a vehicle in the village of Khaddi. A local Taliban commander was reported killed.
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Pakistan says US seeking to expand drone strikes
Haqqani Network leaders detained in Afghan east and north
Among those captured were a facilitator who aided al Qaeda, Taliban, and Haqqani Network suicide operations in Nangarhar, and another leader who served as a key link with the Taliban in the Afghan north.
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US wants to widen area in Pakistan where it can operate drones
Al Qaeda operatives detained in Karachi
Map of the Kandahar-Chaman-Quetta region. Click to view larger map Earlier this week, Geo News reported that two al Qaeda operatives were detained in Karachi: The law enforcement agencies have arrested two important Al Qaeda figures from Karachi’s Sohrab Goth area and shifted them to Islamabad for investigation, Geo News reported Tuesday. Umar Misri, and […]
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After major South Waziristan offensive, Pakistan still faces serious obstacles
The debate over civilian casualties from drone strikes continues
The Jamestown Foundation’s Terrorism Monitor released a study last week claiming to shed new light on the accuracy of the CIA’s drone strike campaign in northwest Pakistan. The authors of the Jamestown study compiled a database of statistics on civilian and militant casualties from drone strikes, relying on both Western and English-language Pakistani news reports […]
US Predators kill 3 in North Waziristan
The strike is the fourth in the Mir Ali area this month. Foreign terrorists training to strike in the West have been harboring in the area.
49 Taliban fighters, 6 US troops killed during Kunar operation
A US platoon clearing the eastern part of the Pech River Valley engaged in a prolonged firefight with Taliban fighters on Sunday, killing scores and recovering significant weapons caches, while incurring several casualties.
United States
A federal court in San Diego charged Nima Ali Yusuf with aiding Shabaab, al Qaeda’s affiliate in Somalia. A federal court in Boston charged Aftab Ali with immigration violations. Ali had passed $5,000 to failed Times Square bomber Faisal Shahzad.
US Predators hit a Taliban camp in North Waziristan
The strike is the second in the Ghulam Khan area in five days. Twenty “militants,” including al Qaeda fighters, were reported killed.
Full text of Mullah Omar’s statement
Mullah Mohammed Omar, the Amir al Mumineen (“the commander of the faithful”) of the Afghan and Pakistani Taliban. Below is the full text of Taliban leader Mullah Omar’s statement. The Voice of Jihad website often switches URLs after being hacked or taken offline, so the statement is republished below for when this eventually happens. To […]