Taliban commander Hakeemullah Mehsud at a press conference in Peshawar in 2008. Hakeemullah Mehsud, the leader of the Movement of the Taliban in Pakistan, came out of hiding to talk to CNN about the military operation in South Waziristan and the Taliban’s planned response: “We will wait till January for our offensive since we are […]
Pakistan: Taliban expand terror campaign in Punjab
FBI takes US terror probe to India and Pakistan
A series of coordinated suicide and car bomb attacks in Baghdad targeted a court complex, a neighborhood near the Interior Ministry, a mosque, and a market.
A prominent imam was sentenced to seven years in prison after being convicted of helping to raise money for al Qaeda. The imam preached at the Al Hamdi mosque. He raised money to build a second mosque but funneled it to recruits heading to Pakistan for training at terror camps.
The strike in Pakistan is the first in two weeks. Al Qaeda and the Taliban have adapted to the US air campaign, US officials fear.
US – Administration presses Pakistan to fight Taliban
Suicide bombers detonated outside of a bank and a police station in a market in the eastern city.
Taliban commander Noor Akbar was among those killed in a strike on a complex in the remote mountain regions of Kunar.
The attack is the latest in the Taliban’s campaign against military, governmental, and tribal targets.
Dawn reports on the death of a dangerous Taliban commander who was captured in Swat on Sept. 22 after being “seriously wounded.” According to the military, Abu Faraj, a deputy to Mullah Fazlullah and a commander notorious for training and plotting suicide attacks, was killed during a clash in Swat while accompanying troops: In Swat, […]
The operation to reclaim northern and central Helmand from the Taliban has begun as an additional 9,000 Marines are heading to Helmand.
Pakistani soldiers stand guard outside the Rawalpindi mosque after the Taliban suicide assault. AFP photo. The Taliban didn’t blame today’s terror assault on Blackwater, but instead took credit. Here is the rationale, via Daily Times: Claiming responsibility for Friday’s attack, the Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) said the Parade Lane mosque was similar to Masjid-e-Zarrar built in […]
Pakistani offensive pushes extremists, Petraeus says
A spokesman for Shabaab denied that the group was behind yesterday™s suicide bombing that killed at least 22 people, including three government ministers. The UN envoy to Somalia said it was “outrageous” to suggest anyone else was to blame. The African Union special representative for Somalia listed Pakistan, Afghanistan, Bangladesh, America, Tanzania, Uganda, Kenya, and […]
BBC obtains Pakistan’s charges against Mumbai accused
Forty Pakistani worshippers were killed and 83 more were wounded when a suicide assault team opened fire in a mosque in the military garrison city. Two senior generals were killed in the attack.
Former Gitmo detainee Ibrahim Suleiman al Rubaish has emerged as a leading ideologue for al Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula. Rubaish repeatedly attacks the Saudi government in his messages and has justified assassinations of Saudi officials. At Gitmo, Rubaish admitted he was a committed jihadist who had been trained in an al Qaeda camp.
Pakistan Prime Minister at odds with Gordon Brown over Afghanistan
Afghanistan and Pakistan rattled by plan for drawdown
Fate of Afghanistan surge ‘lies in Pakistan’
There are no major surprises in the Taliban’s response on the Voice of Jihad web page to President Obama’s speech on next steps in Afghanistan. You can also read the Taliban’s response to President Obama’s plan here in PDF format at a non-terrorist site. Here are some of the main themes: “You send more troops, […]
Timeline: War in Afghanistan
A US soldier stands against the Afghan skyline after securing a combat outpost in Rajankala in Kandahar province, Afghanistan. US Air Force photo by Tech. Sergeant Francisco V. Govea II.. I haven’t had much time to comment on the Afghan “surge” and President Obama’s speech over the past 24 hours because I’ve been busy with […]
Swiss minaret ban ‘extreme Islamophobia’
US offers new role for Pakistan
Gordon Brown demands Pakistan ‘take out’ bin Laden
Afghan border police called for help after a border police center came under attack in Khost.
India concerned over China, Pakistan military ‘nexus’
Pakistan’s paramilitary Frontier Corps are concentrating on Taliban strongholds in a region that borders the Arakzai, Kurram, and Khyber tribal agencies.