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The US has frozen $700 million in aid until it receives assurances that Pakistan will crack down on IED materials. ISAF commander General Allen said Pakistan is cooperating on border issues. The Lashkar-e-Islam killed five people in Khyber.
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The Taliban killed three policemen in a bombing in Hangu. Security forces arrested a Taliban commander and a fighter in Hangu. The interior minister said the government would not talk to the Taliban until they “surrender and accept government’s writ.”
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Pakistan – Talking to the Taliban
US drone strikes ‘on hold’ in Pakistan: US official
Intelligence officials told The Long War Journal that the US fears relations with Pakistan will further deteriorate, but the US would consider hitting a high-value target if the opportunity was available.
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Pakistan decides to shoot down US drones?
Pakistan
Government to consider talks if Taliban surrender: Rehman Malik
Pakistan
Pakistan may continue blocking NATO convoys from delivering supplies to Afghanistan for several weeks. The military says it took over the Shamsi air base in Baluchistan following the departure of US personnel. TTP spokesman Ehsanullah Ehsan denied earlier statements by Maulvi Faqir Mohammed that the Taliban are holding peace talks with the Pakistani government.
Pakistan frees 145 Taliban fighters as negotiations progress
A peace deal with the Taliban in Pakistan will inflame the situation in Afghanistan.
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Working hard to keep open channels with Pakistan: US
Pakistan
Pakistan in grip of military: AHRC
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“Militants” torched 20 NATO fuel and supply trucks at a depot in Quetta. Major General Ashfaq Nadeem said that the ISAF strike that killed 24 Pakistani soldiers was part of a US “plot” to aid the Taliban.
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What’s going on with Zardari?
Pakistan
Mob forces police to book Christian man for burning pages of Holy Quran
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Pakistan’s Zardari in hospital ‘for heart condition’
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Pakistan: Security boosted for Youm-i-Ashur
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US ready for eviction of drones in Pakistan
Analysis: The US-Pakistan relationship and the critical factor of supply
The US military’s supply routes through Pakistan to Afghanistan constitute a major vulnerability for the US in its relations with Pakistan. That may change in the near future.
US personnel begin to vacate Pakistan’s Shamsi Air Base: report
The base has been used to launch the CIA’s Predator and Reaper strikes in Pakistan’s tribal areas.
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A Pakistani official denied a Wall Street Journal report that the military gave the go-ahead to a NATO airstrike that inadvertently killed 24 Pakistani troops. Clashes between Pakistani Taliban and Lashkar-e-Islam fighters in Khyber Agency left at least six dead. Nine militants were killed and three hideouts were destroyed during security operations in Arakzai Agency.
Pakistan cleared ISAF airstrikes that killed its own troops
So much for the Mohmand strike being an “unprovoked” and “deliberate act of aggression.”
Anti-Taliban tribal leader killed in northwest Pakistan
A key anti-Taliban militia commander died in a sophisticated IED attack in Hangu City. Taliban fighters operating in Khyber and Arakzai are likely suspects in the attack.
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The military killed 12 “militants” during fighting in Kurram. The Taliban killed the head of a “peace committee” in Hangu.
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Pakistan may summon BBC as news channel blocked
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Pakistan steps up anti-US rhetoric after attack
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Pakistan blocks BBC World News TV channel over critical documentary
US, Pakistan differ on events leading to Mohmand strike
US officials claimed the Taliban may have provoked the incident, but Pakistan has shown no interest in getting to the bottom of what happened.
Pakistani reactions to Mohmand strike correspond with Taliban peace demands
In peace talks with the Pakistani government, the Taliban have demanded that the government close down the NATO supply lines, end the Predator strikes, and sever ties with the US.
Pakistan says ISAF attack in Mohmand may have been ‘deliberate’
Major General Athar Abbas also called the attack “unprovoked.”
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Pakistan – NATO attack: ulema mull issuing fatwa for jihad
Pakistan orders closure of key US airbase after ISAF troops conduct cross-border attack
The Pakistani government said the Shamsi Airbase in Baluchistan should be vacated within 15 days, and ordered the closure of NATO’s supply lines to Afghanistan after US helicopters killed 28 Pakistani troops in the Mohmand tribal agency.