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Bombing near Danish embassy in Islamabad kills eight
More than 30 have been reported wounded in the secured section of the city. Al Qaeda linked Lashkar-i-Jhangvi is thought to be behind the attack.
Coalition and Taliban vie for control of southwestern Afghanistan in Farah province
The Taliban is fighting to control the southeastern province of Farah, while ISAF is bolstering reconstruction and security in the region. Iranian weapons continue to flow through Farah province.
Negotiations underway with Taliban in Mardan
The local Taliban in the settled district of Mardan have called a ceasefire after the government initiated a ceasefire
Descent into Appeasement
A look at Pakistan’s dangerous deals with terrorists in the Northwest Frontier Province. Written by Bill Roggio and Daveed Gartenstein-Ross for The Weekly Standard magazine.
Negotiations with the Taliban under way in Kohat
The Taliban call a truce in the settled district after talks begin with the government. The proposed peace deal is much like the terms of the recent agreements in Pakistan.
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Afghan govt says Osama in Pakistan
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US should target militants in Pakistan: Afghan newspaper
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Osama bin Laden is hiding in the K2 mountains of northern Pakistan, according to sources cited by Arabic television network Al Arabiya. The report also said US intelligence operatives were intending to drive bin Laden out in a major military operation encompassing the northern Pakistani tribal areas.
Taliban commander Qari Hussain survived military operation in Waziristan
The Pakistani thought Hussain was killed in a January attack, but he spoke to the media recently. Hussain ran a suicide camp for children and is a senior lieutenant of Baitullah Mehsud.
Afghanistan
Pakistan talks lead to more Afghan attacks: NATO
In Pictures: Eastern Afghanistan’s most wanted
A list of Combined Joint Task Force-82’s most wanted tactical and regional commanders and operatives in eastern Afghanistan.
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Pakistani journalist killed near Afghan border
Afghanistan
NATO and Afghan forces killed 14 Taliban fighters near the Pakistani border in Zabul province. Seven of the fighters were Pakistanis, according to the deputy governor. Two NATO troops were killed in an IED attack in Ghazni province. The US Chairman of the Joint Chiefs said violence is up in Afghanistan.
Afghanistan: Graphing the violence – week 20
A look at the data on Taliban attacks in Afghanistan for 2008. Taliban attacks in the southern and western regions have spike over the past several weeks as the poppy harvesting season has ended.
Afghanistan
Australian and Dutch forces have launched an offensive in Uruzgan province. NATO is increasing its presence on the Pakistani border. Two NATO soldiers were killed in attacks. Four Afghan soldiers and an interpreter were wounded in an IED attack in Paktika province.
Taliban suicide bomber kills 13 in Mardan
Thirteen killed, including four policemen, and 22 wounded in a blast at a bakery. The bombing in Mardan is the latest in a string of suicide attacks.
Afghanistan
A burqa-clad suicide bomber killed 16 Afghans, including four police, at a bazaar in the western province of Farah. NATO said the peace deals in Pakistan’s tribal areas are sparking a rise in attacks in Afghanistan. The US has intercepted night-vision devices destined for Afghanistan.
60 killed, 200 wounded in multiple bombings in India
The Bangladesh-based Harkat ul Jihad al Islami is suspected to be behind the near-simultaneous bombings in the western city of Jaipur.
Al Qaeda operatives killed in Afghanistan were Saudis
Otaibi was the minder for the minister of the Islamic State of Iraq’s sharia courts. Abu Dejana was the brother of one of the four al Qaeda operatives who escaped from Bagram prison in 2005.
Senior Afghan officials sacked, questioned over Kabul attack
Eight more officials have been sacked for their alleged involvement or failure to prevent the near assassination attempt on President Karzai’s life late last month. The move comes as Afghan Attorney General Abdul Jabar Sabit takes over investigation.
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Plot to kill Karzai began in Pakistan, officials say
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Afghanistan: Key Road Toward Pakistan To Improve Trade, Security
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Fifteen Taliban were killed in an airstrike in the Charbaran district in eastern Paktika province near the Pakistani border. Four police were killed in two roadside bomb attacks in Farah and Ghazni provinces.
Europe
The Danish Foreign Ministry has evacuated its staff from its embassies in Algeria and Afghanistan due to threats relating to newspapers’ republishing of a cartoon depicting the prophet Mohammad. Danish intelligence officials warned of an “aggravated” terror threat in North Africa, the Middle East, Pakistan, and Afghanistan.
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China to loan US$500 million to shore up Pakistan
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Pakistan,Turkey vow to continue fighting terrorism
Afghanistan
Afghan security forces detained over 60 Pakistanis traveling the southern town of Spin Boldak and handed them over to “the relevant department for interrogation.” A vehicle transporting DynCorp police trainers struck a roadside bomb in Spin Boldak but no one was wounded in the attack. A roadside bomb destroyed a vehicle in the restive province […]
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Pakistani police killed Mullah Ismail, the Afghan Taliban leader behind the 2005 shootdown of a US Chinook helicopter that killed all 16 troops on board. Ismail was traveling from Afghanistan’s Kunar province into Pakistan’s Northwest Frontier Province and was shot after he failed to stop at a checkpoint. He was believed to be the most […]
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German chief of staff wants more troops