Pakistan
Pakistan – DPC warns govt against reopening NATO supply routes
Pakistan – DPC warns govt against reopening NATO supply routes
Security forces killed a leader of the Movement of the Taliban in Baluchistan during a raid in Karachi. The Taliban launched rocket attacks on an army base and a school in North Waziristan.
Pakistan’s Slow-Motion Coup
The Movement of the Taliban in Pakistan executed 15 Frontier Corps soldiers who were captured late last month in Tank, and freed 17 hostages who crossed the border from Afghanistan. Security forces arrested a Taliban commander and three fighters who are accused of conducting attacks in Karachi.
F-16 supply to Pakistan to continue, says US
50% drop in drone strikes as Pak-US ties plunge
The 15 troops were captured on Dec. 22 after the Taliban overran a fort in Tank. The execution was carried out to avenge the death of a senior Taliban leader who was killed in Khyber last weekend.
Pakistan – Army’s militant rehabilitation programme hits snags: PIPS report
Hakeemullah Mehsud and Waliur Rehman Mehsud have long been the subject of rumors of conflict; one such false report in 2009 claimed they killed each other.
Taliban U-turn : Will keep attacking Pak
Husain Haqqani interview: ‘If I leave my house, I fear I will be killed’
Security forces killed 11 Taliban fighters during airstrikes in Kurram; seven militants were killed during infighting in Khyber. Five people were killed in bombings in northwestern Pakistan.
Pakistan’s febrile politics: Open spats
Al Qaeda’s role in the formation of the Shura-e-Murakeba demonstrates that the group is still a significant player in Pakistan’s tribal areas.
The Shura-e-Murakeba embraces all of the major Taliban groups in North and South Waziristan, including the Haqqani Network, the Movement of the Taliban in Pakistan, and groups led by Mullah Nazir and Hafiz Gul Bahadar.
Remembering Salmaan Taseer
Eight suspected militants were killed in the Galju area of Arakzai. Security forces pounded insurgent hideouts in Upper Arakzai, killing 10 militants in an ongoing operation. The Movement of the Taliban in Pakistan vowed to stop “killing innocent people and kidnapping for ransom in Pakistan” but also to continue carrying out suicide attacks and fighting […]
Qari Kamran was responsible for the the murders of scores of Pakistani soldiers, policemen, and civilians in the northwest.
Pakistan – Clearing Khyber of militants requires public support: FC
Pakistan – ISI top brass briefs Senate panel on anti-terror war policy
Security forces killed 15 Taliban fighters in Arakzai and killed 12 “militants” in Khyber. One soldier and four “militants” were killed in a suicide attack in Khyber. The Taliban killed a militiaman in Bajaur.
The Taliban killed two soldiers in a bombing in North Waziristan and two children in a bombing that targeted an anti-Taliban tribal leader in Landi Kotal.
AP Exclusive: US sets up new grassroots counter-extremism unit in Pakistan
Tensions rising over drone secrecy
The military killed six Taliban fighters in North Waziristan. The Taliban killed two people in a mortar attack in South Waziristan and killed two more in a bombing in Bajaur. The Baluch Liberation Army claimed the bombing that killed 14 people in Quetta.
Pakistani girl brought to US for treatment ‘disfigured by her own nation’s military’
Pakistani authorities arrested six TTP terrorists during raids outside Islamabad. Four wanted terror suspects, including a leader of Lashkar-i-Jhangvi, have been captured. In two separate shootings in the Peshawar area on Tuesday, an intelligence official and a policeman were killed.
Pakistan death squads go after informants to US drone program
Contrary to the CNN report, there has never been a US drone strike in Pakistan’s settled district of Swat.
The US seeks a limited relationship that focuses on counterterrorism operations against al Qaeda.