Taliban consolidate control in Arakzai tribal agency
Sharia declared in upper and lower Arakzai; 16 of 21 tribes bow to Taliban law. Taliban welcome Pakistani Army withdrawal in the northwest, negotiations with the government are underway.
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Punjabi Taliban group takes credit for Lahore bombing
The Pakistani police claim the attack was carried out by Indian intelligence operatives.
India
Pakistan: Relations remain tense after India activates bases near border
Hezbollah
Pakistani admits to helping air Hezbollah broadcasts
Lashkar-e-Taiba
The US backs India’s evidence on Lashkar-e-Taiba’s involvement in the Mumbai attack. The captured Mumbai terrorist Kasab may speak on Indian television. Pakistan claimed Kasab is not a Pakistani citizen.
India
Delhi demands more global pressure on Pakistan
Kashmir
Police captured a senior leader of the al Qaeda-backed Harkat-ul-Jihad-e-Islami. Two Indian policemen were killed after insurgents ambushed a patrol in India-occupied Kashmir. A mob from the Indian Popular Youth Front, a wing of the nationalist BJP party, stormed a Nokia showroom after learning the company’s mapping program showed Kashmir as part of Pakistan’s territory.
Afghanistan
US and Afghan forces killed more than 20 Taliban fighters during operations in Kunar along the border with Pakistan’s tribal agency of Bajaur. An ISAF soldier was killed in southern Afghanistan. Bosnia will deploy 100 troops to Afghanistan; Poland does not see a need to deploy more forces.
US strikes in 2 villages in South Waziristan
Eight people have been reported killed in two attacks near Wana; no high-value targets have been reported killed.
India
India said it must “consider the entire range of options that exist” if Pakistan fails to crack down on terror groups. The Air Force deployed fighters outside of New Delhi to protect against “rogue terrorist aircraft.” The Indian Mujahideen had threatened to kill the chief of the Anti-Terrorism Squad who was killed during the Mumbai […]
Lashkar-e-Taiba
The Interior Ministry claimed 55 senior members of Jamaat-ud-Dawa, the front for Lashkar-e-Taiba, have been detained during raids. Twenty-two of those have been placed on the Exit Control List. Indian forces killed three LeT terrorists in Kashmir. Nawaz Sharif scolded the government for denying Mumbai attacker and LeT operative Ajmal Amir Kasab was from Pakistan.
Taliban desecrate body of slain opposing tribal leader
Pir Samiullah, the main leader of the tribal opposition to the Taliban in Swat, was killed in fighting. The Taliban dug up his body and hanged it to intimidate his followers.
Lashkar-e-Taiba
A Lashkar-e-Taiba spokesman based out of Pakistan-held Kashmir vowed to continue to fight the Indians in the disputed territories and denied his group was behind the Mumbai attack. Indian intelligence confirmed that calls made by terrorists during the siege in Mumbai were made to senior Lashkar-e-Taiba operatives Zaki-ur-Rehman Lakhvi and Yusuf Muzammil.
India
India: No plans of military action against Pakistan
US Predator strikes in North Waziristan
Latest cross-border attack in a Haqqani family-controlled region killed two people; no senior Taliban or al Qaeda leaders have been reported killed.
Afghanistan
Three policemen were killed and three were wounded in a bombing in Kandahar province. The Taliban murdered one musician and kidnapped six more in Paktika province. Britain has deployed several hundred additional troops to Afghanistan’s South.
Al Qaeda
The Pakistani government has taken action against the Al Amin Trust, a front group that provides financial support to al Qaeda and the Taliban. Security forces raided and closed 24 offices and seized bank accounts, but no arrests were made. The Al Amin Trust is the new name for the Al Rasheed Trust.
Lashkar-e-Taiba
Pakistan’s president said the ISI has no links to Lashkar-e-Taiba. Pakistan’s foreign minister said there is no evidence Jamaat-ud-Dawa is a front group for Lashkar. Pakistan’s interior adviser said action was not taken against Jamaat-ud-Dawa due to pressure form India. Lashkar operative and Mumbai terrorist Amir Kasab requested legal help from Pakistan.
Taliban destroy NATO trucks, supplies in Peshawar
The third Taliban attack in 24 hours destroyed 11 trucks and 13 containers laden with supplies bound for NATO forces in Afghanistan. Frontier Constabulary will not secure terminals.
China
Al Qaeda has appointed a new leader in China. Abdul Haq Turkestani, a Uighur who lives in Xinjiang province said Osama bin Laden personally appointed him the leader in China. Turkestani and 300 Chinese Muslims are operating in Pakistan’s tribal areas.
Lashkar-e-Taiba
Jamaat-ud Dawa, the front group for the Lashkar-e-Taiba, claimed 150 members have been detained, and 46 offices in the Northwest Frontier Province have been shut down. Many members of the Lashkar have gone in hiding. Pakistan’s defense minister said the nation took action against Jamaat-ud Dawa to prevent the country from being declared a terrorist […]
Al Qaeda’s anthrax scientist
Malaysia releases a dangerous terrorist from jail. The case highlights the dangers of turning over terrorists to their home countries. Originally published at The Weekly Standard.
Taliban attack two shipping terminals in Peshawar
Fourteen NATO supply trucks are torched in the fifth attack on Peshawar terminals in six days. Peshawar police are “overstretched because of the law and order situation.”
US strike in South Waziristan kills 7
Three “foreigners” among those killed in the latest attack in Pakistan’s lawless tribal areas.
Lashkar-e-Taiba
The United Nations Security Council named Jamaat-ud-Dawa as a front group of Lashkar-e-Taiba, and proscribed its leader Hafiz Saeed and three others. Pakistan security services detained Zarar Shah, a communications expert who helped the Mumbai attackers communicate with Lashkar-e-Taiba commanders in Pakistan.
UN declares Jamaat-ud-Dawa a terrorist front group
Hafiz Saeed and three other leaders have been named as terrorists. Pakistan has vowed to act.
Lashkar-e-Taiba
Lashkar-e-Taiba actively recruits Westerners, specifically Britons and Americans, and trains them in their camps inside Pakistan. Several Lashkar members have moved on to join al Qaeda and have conducted attacks or plotted to do so inside Western countries.
Jaish-e-Mohammed leader placed under ‘house arrest’
Masood Azhar has been in Pakistani custody two other times in the past. Pakistan said operations against jihadi terror groups would continue.
Lashkar-e-Taiba
Zaki-ur Rehman Lakhvi and eight other terrorists were arrested during government raids on Lashkar-e-Taiba camps and offices in Muzaffarabad. A Pakistani helicopter gunship reportedly fired on the camp in Shawai Nullah. Further raids are expected in Muridke, Sheikhupura, and Faisalabad.
Taliban destroy 50 NATO supply trucks in third attack in Peshawar
Vehicles laden with NATO supplies are torched at the Bilal Terminal. This is the third terminal hit in the past two days. Pakistan shuts down the NATO supply route through Peshawar.