Ameerullah Mehsud was number nine on the list of most-wanted members of the Movement of the Taliban in Pakistan. His death highlights the continued presence of the terror group in North Waziristan.
Pakistan Army finds Taliban tough to root out
The Taliban commander “assisted with the recent influx of Lashkar-e-Taiba” fighters into Nangarhar, according to ISAF.
Shutters down in Pakistani city over shrine bombing
A six-man team armed with assault rifles and suicide vests killed four people in an attack on a US development contractor and battled for hours before security forces eliminated them.
The CIA continues to get it all wrong when discussing al Qaeda in Afghanistan. Numerous officials are repeating CIA Director Leon Panetta’s claim that al Qaeda maintains only a small footprint in Afghanistan. Here is what Panetta said over the weekend on ABC News’ This Week: “I think at most, we’re looking at maybe 50 […]
LeT harbours ambitions beyond India: Adm Mullen
Three suicide bombers detonated just minutes apart in an effort to maximize civilian casualties. The attack is the 22nd major terror strike against religious institutions in Pakistan since December 2007.
Vengeful new militant group emerges in Pakistan
Some Afghan military officers to get training in Pakistan
Pakistan – Drone attacks should be stopped if unauthorized: Lahore High Court
Coalition forces repelled an attack by a small team of Taliban fighters who attempted to storm the base. The attackers included a suicide bomber.
Reconciliation efforts with Afghan militants face major obstacle
This is a little late as Hoffman’s article is from April, but his take on the US’ strategy, or lack thereof, to deal with al Qaeda and allied Islamist terror groups, is a must read. There are far too many points made in the article to list here, so read the whole thing. Two items […]
General Petraeus told the Senate Armed Services Committee this morning that Afghan President Hamid Karzai denies meeting with Siraj Haqqani, a notorious terror chieftain.
An al Qaeda operative named Hamza al Jawfi and two Punjabis are said to have been killed in the airstrike.
A battalion-sized combined force carried out an air assault in the district of Marawara, directly on the border with Pakistan. The US claimed that 150 Taliban fighters were killed in the assault.
No Pak ban on Hafiz Saeed from giving hate speeches
Taliban wanted to enter India after overrunning Pak: Malik
CIA Director Leon Panetta claimed that less than 100 al Qaeda operatives are active in Afghanistan and that Predator strikes and other operations have culled the terror group’s leadership by half. Panetta claimed that al Qaeda’s remaining leadership is based in northwestern Pakistan.
More in our continuing series documenting the mysterious “al Qaeda guys” whose existence in Afghanistan is doubted by blogger Michael Yon; this time courtesy of the Afghan Ministry of the Interior: Fifteen Taliban militants including 13 foreign fighters were killed in Afghanistan’s eastern Paktika province as explosive devices went off prematurely, a statement issued by […]
President Karzai is said to have met with Siraj. The meeting was also attended by Pakistani Army chief General Kayani and ISI boss Lieutenant General Pasha, according to reports.
The strike took place in the Miramshah region, an area controlled by the Haqqani Network. The attack is the second in Pakistan in 24 hours.
People seem to forget that President Hamid Karzai’s negotiations with the Afghan Taliban are alienating more than half the Afghan population and only serving to infuriate the ethnic Uzbeks, Tajiks, and Hazara who fought the Taliban under the banner of the Northern alliance. From The New York Times: The dispute is breaking along lines nearly […]
Police arrested two Pakistanis traveling to South Africa to watch the World Cup. The men were identified as Imran Muhammad and Chaudry Parvez Ahmed. One of the men is said to be wanted by INTERPOL for terrorist activities.
A Predator fired a missile at a compound near Mir Ali.
Pakistan is said to pursue a foothold in Afghanistan
At a plea hearing earlier this week, Faisal Shahzad discussed his ties to the Pakistani Taliban. Hours after Shahzad’s attempted bombing, the Pakistani Taliban claimed responsibility for the attack in emails sent to The Long War Journal.
Tehran scientists announced that they produced another 17 kg of uranium to 20 percent enrichment. Turkish Foreign Minister Ahmet Davutoglu said negotiations for a fuel swap with Iran are still on the table. Pakistan’s parliament stressed the importance of the pipeline deal with Iran.