Pakistan
The Taliban killed two soldiers in an IED attack in South Waziristan. A dangerous Lashkar-e-Jhangvi commander was freed from prison. Police arrested a Taliban commander in Karachi.
The Taliban killed two soldiers in an IED attack in South Waziristan. A dangerous Lashkar-e-Jhangvi commander was freed from prison. Police arrested a Taliban commander in Karachi.
Pakistan: Paramilitary troops sent to Karachi to stop violence
UN scales up aid to thousands fleeing Pakistan’s latest conflict zone
Military aid to Pakistan not feasible when trainers are being asked to leave: US
Pakistan – Christian sanitation workers swept into societal gutter
US Predators killed 12 “militants” in a astrike in North Waziristan. A Suicide bomber killed seven people in Battagram. Two drivers transporting fuel for NATO were killed in Darakshan near Quetta.
The bomber targeted a political rally in Battagram, a district largely insulated from the worst of the Taliban violence.
Pakistan – Officials claim accidents behind arms cache explosions
Pakistan: US aid cut will not harm fight against terror
Security forces killed 21 Taliban fighters in Kurram and Dir. The Taliban killed five people near Peshawar and the driver of a NATO fuel tanker in Dasht. Pakistan asked the US to share intelligence on the whereabouts of al Qaeda leader Ayman al Zawahiri.
Saleem Shahzad case: Commission laments lack of help
Pakistan – Expatriates’ remittances break all record
Pakistan ready to capture nuclear market: Dr Sultan
Pakistan army says New York Times report is a “direct attack”
The Taliban denied it ambushed a military convoy and killed three soldiers in North Waziristian. Three people were killed during a clash between the Lashkar-e-Islam and a tribe in Khyber.
Pakistan – Rehab for the radicalised
Terrorist activities in Karachi directed from jails: Malik
The military said 42 Taliban fighters and eight soldiers were killed during fighting in Kurram. Eighty-eight people have been killed during political clashes in Karachi.
Pakistan security to shoot on sight in Karachi
Pakistan rejects US claims over Saleem Shahzad murder
Pak nuclear stockpile to touch 200 in a decade: experts
Admiral Mullen said the Asia Times journalist’s death was ordered by the Pakistani government but had no evidence that the ISI executed the attack.
Pakistan govt may have sanctioned Shahzad’s death: US
The latest attacks in Kamdish in Afghanistan and Dir in Pakistan highlight the Taliban’s ability to carry out large attacks in remote areas of both countries.
Pakistan – Sunni Tehreek stages protest against govt’s failure to arrest terrorists
Memories of Taliban still haunt Pakistanis in Swat
US should slap sanctions on ISI officials: Riedel
The fighting is not related to a much-anticipated Pakistani offensive in the Taliban-controlled tribal agency of North Waziristan, a US intelligence official said.
US Predators killed at least four “militants” in a strike in North Waziristan. The Taliban killed three Pakistani soldiers in an IED attack on a convoy in North Waziristan. The Taliban escaped an operation launched by the military in central Kurram.
If the past is any indication, the report is very likely wrong.