Taliban kidnap senior Swat official
The Swat Taliban spokesman claimed responsibility for the kidnapping of the District Coordinating Officer and six of his bodyguards, and said the official is their ‘guest.’
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Afghanistan
Blast kills one, damages NATO fuel tanker in Khyber
The Taliban
The Swat Taliban and the Pakistani government have agreed to a “permanent ceasefire,” according to the commissioner of Malakand. Mullah Fazlullah, the Swat Taliban leader and the deputy leader of the Movement of the Taliban in Pakistan, is expected to make an announcement on his illegal radio channel.
North and South Waziristan Taliban groups form alliance
Baitullah Mehsud, Mullah Nazir, and Hafiz Gul Bahadar have put aside rivalries and formed an alliance to prevent outside enemies from dividing the Taliban.
Binyam Mohamed: The false martyr
Allegations of abuse are repeated verbatim by a willing press, but the US government’s allegations and evidence against Mohamed are often ignored or downplayed.
Lashkar-e-Taiba
Lashkar-e-Taiba had a list of 320 locations throughout the world as potential targets for for military-style terror assaults such as the one carried out in Mumbai, India in November 2008. The list was discovered on the computer owned by Zarar Shah, Lashkar-e-Taiba’s communications chief and a key figure in the Mumbai attack who is in […]
Swat Taliban demands military withdrawal, prisoner release
The Pakistani government must withdraw the Army from Swat, release all Taliban prisoners, withdraw any criminal cases, and clear the way for sharia in Swat under peace terms demanded by the Taliban.
Sufi Mohammed ‘hates democracy’ and calls for global Islamic rule
The main figure behind the Malakand peace accord has agreed to hunt Indian intelligence agents in Pakistan’s Taliban-infested northwest while denouncing democratic rule.
Afghanistan
Afghan situation depend on Pakistan: US general
Afghanistan
Entrenched Al-Qaeda
US Predator strike in South Waziristan kills 25
The attack is the first since the dual attacks in North and South Waziristan on Jan. 23, and the first since a US Senator disclosed that the CIA is operating a Predator base inside Pakistan.
Afghanistan
Afghans investigate Pakistan link to Kabul raids
Afghanistan
Afghans investigate Pakistan link to Kabul raids
Taliban feud over murder of Polish hostage
Baitullah Mehsud wanted to use Polish geologist Piotr Stanczak to negotiate the release of several of his fighters. Qari Hussain Mehsud’s followers beheaded Stanczak after the government refused to free members of the Lashkar-e-Jhangvi.
Yemen strikes multifaceted deals with al Qaeda
President Saleh has a long history of negotiating deals with al Qaeda. The planned release of 170 al Qaeda suspects is part of the current negotiations.
Taliban assault ministries in Kabul
Nineteen reported killed, more than 50 wounded in suicide attacks and gun battles at the Justice and Education ministries and a prison office.
Afghanistan
Taliban in southern Pakistan raise US fears
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Pakistan unsure over identity of man beheaded in Taliban video
Afghanistan
Pakistan advises Holbrooke to talk to Taliban moderates
Al Qaeda’s paramilitary ‘Shadow Army’
The ‘Lashkar al Zil’ or Shadow Army is comprised of al Qaeda, Taliban, and allied terror groups, and operates as a paramilitary force in Pakistan’s northwest and in eastern Afghanistan.
India
India’s Army chief said surgical strikes into Pakistan “are definitely feasible.” The chief minister of Gujarat province said the Mumbai terror attacks could not have been carried out without internal help. FBI officials may be witnesses in the trial of the captured Mumbai terrorist.
The Taliban
The Taliban released a videotape of the beheading of Polish engineer Piotr Stanczak. The Taliban murdered Stanczak after the Pakistani government refused to release 60 Taliban fighters. Before he was beheaded, Stanczak appealed for Poland to withdraw from Afghanistan and cut ties with Pakistan.
Taliban insurgency expands into Punjab
Taliban fighters kill seven policemen in a complex assault on a police station in Mianwali district in Punjab province.
Taliban capture, release 30 security personnel in Swat
Police and Frontier Corps paramilitary troops have been released after promising not to take up arms. Ten NATO trucks were destroyed or damaged in Khyber while the supply route remains closed.
Saudi Arabia’s most-wanted
Saudi Arabia has released a list of 85 “most-wanted” terrorists that includes 11 former Guantanamo detainees. The list also includes an al Qaeda terrorist operating a major network inside Iran.
Afghanistan
Afghan intelligence detained 17 members of a suicide cell in Kabul. The cell is made up of members from the Pakistan-based Haqqani Network and the Harkat ul-Mujahideen. The Taliban has shut down NATO’s supply line through the Khyber Pass. Kyrgyzstan will close the Manas Air Base, which is used by the US as a staging […]
Arabian Peninsula al Qaeda groups merge
Al Qaeda in Yemen announced its merger with Saudi Arabia’s al Qaeda organization to form al Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula. The Yemeni government supports Hamas.
Swat Taliban summon government officials to sharia courts
Mullah Fazlullah has ordered 43 political and tribal leaders to stand trial in front of a Taliban court and warned of “dangerous consequences” if they fail to show up.
Return to Jihad
Two former Guantanamo detainees appear in an al Qaeda propaganda video. Both detainees have senior positions in al Qaeda in Yemen and have been accused of working with a charity operating in Iran.
India
Police killed two armed terrorists during a chase and shootout in a suburb outside of New Delhi. Before he died, one of the men admitted both terrorists were from Pakistan. “Police have found two AK-47s, 4 magazines, 120 bullets, 5 hand grenades, [money], detonators, 9 RDX rods and a rucksack” in the car, a police […]