Arabs, Uzbeks, Turks, and Chechens were reported to have been killed in the clash in eastern Afghanistan. Two Haqqani Network and Taliban commanders and a foreign fighter facilitator were killed in the fighting.
Tehran issued a warning to the IAEA. Pakistani Prime Minister Gilani ignored US warnings and agreed to a deal to import natural gas from Iran. Turkey will continue with a nuclear fuel-swap deal despite a new sanctions regimen on Iran.
Asmatullah Mehsud was a commander in Karachi who was involved with the October 2007 attempted assassination of Benazir Bhutto. His brother runs a training camp in Ghazni, Afghanistan.
Pakistan conflicted over targeting rising extremists in its heartland
I have not been able to confirm this report from the German Press Agency (DPA) of the death of a Hezbollah fighter in the June 19 airstrike in North Waziristan. The article also appeared on the official website of the Lebanese Forces political party (and not the Lebanese Armed Forces official website as originally stated): […]
Three Australian soldiers and one US soldier were killed in a helicopter crash in the south; two more ISAF soldiers were killed in Taliban attacks. The US military denied Taliban claims that the helicopter was shot down. A female suicide bomber wounded 19 people in an attack on a police checkpoint in Kunar province.
Pakistan – Shaky economy could scuttle anti-terror war: Gilani
Holbrooke: ‘Iran sanctions could impact Pakistani companies™
Military commander Abu Ahmed and 12 members of the Islamic Jihad Group were killed in today’s strike in the Taliban stronghold.
The joint forces battled more than 200 Haqqani Network fighters in the Musa Khel district.
An unmanned Predator or Reaper fired two missiles at a compound near Mir Ali earlier today.
Holbrooke: “Osama and Mullah Umar hiding near Pak-Afghan belt”
Pakistan, Afghanistan begin talks about dealing with insurgents
Inquiry on Pakistani in Chile raises many questions
Pakistan -The Taliban nexus
Pakistan – Majority dislikes Taliban, dissatisfied with govt: survey
A federal grand jury formally indicted failed Times Square bomber Faisal Shahzad with 10 offenses, including the attempted use of a weapon of mass destruction and an attempted act of terrorism transcending national boundaries. Shahzad had received $12,000 in cash from the Pakistani Taliban to carry out the attack.
The growing threat in Pakistan™s Punjab
A jihadist group said that an al Qaeda military commander, the leader of a local al Qaeda group, and a Turkish foreign fighter were killed in the June 10 airstrike in North Waziristan.
Pakistan trying to broker Afghan deal
US calls for Pakistan action against Haqqani network
This morning I had the opportunity to listen in on a panel called “Will Pakistan be Democratic in 2020?” that was hosted by The Foundation for the Defense of Democracies (full disclosure, I am a fellow at FDD). On the panel were Cliff May, the President of FDD; Shuja Nawaz, the Director of the South […]
Pakistan – Haqqani links quicker military action with US equipment
The Taliban denied receiving support from Pakistan. In Kunduz province, 12 Taliban fighters and two US soldiers were killed during clashes. In Ghazni, the Taliban killed three security contractors in an IED attack. In the Shah Wali Kot district of Kandahar, Coalition and Afghan forces conducted a major operation, dealing “a major blow to more […]
Afghanistan-Pakistan: Allies wait each other out as militant attacks intensify
Afghan Taliban denies link to Pakistan™s ISI: report
Fazil Subhan and an undisclosed number of Haqqani Network fighters were killed in the Shamul district. Subhan was known to facilitate al Qaeda operations.
McChrystal discusses progress, setbacks in Pakistan and Afghanistan
Potential allies: Karzai, Pakistan and the Taliban?
The strike is the third in the past 24 hours.