Pakistan
Pak takes land, air route to hunt Taliban on terror turf
Pak takes land, air route to hunt Taliban on terror turf
Pakistan’s Spies Tied to Slaying of a Journalist
Swiss hostages moved to tribal areas in Pakistan
The Pakistani military launched an operation against the Taliban in Kurram. The Taliban are reported to have launched an attack into Bajaur from Kunar in Afghanistan; one policeman was killed.
Pakistani Military Still Cultivates Militant Groups, a Former Fighter Says
Scandals taint revered Pakistan military
The Taliban killed three policemen in an attack on a station in Shangla. “Gunmen” moved two kidnapped Swiss citizens from Zhob to South Waziristan. Police arrested the Taliban’s “intelligence chief” in Islamabad.
ISI aids and abets terrorist sanctuaries in Pak: Ex-US general
Security forces arrested a Turkish man as he tried to enter North Waziristan. NATO is attempting to shift up to 75 percent of its supplies from Pakistan to routes in northern Afghanistan.
Two Pakistanis were killed in a bombing in a market in Peshawar. Two Swiss citizens were kidnapped in the Loralai district in Baluchistan.
Pakistan – Cattle thieves turn into dreaded terrorists
US rejects demand to vacate Shamsi base
The curious case of women in Pakistan
The Pakistani military claimed they killed 40 Taliban fighters and destroyed 17 hideouts in Mohmand. The Taliban bombed a school in Peshawar.
US told to consider Pakistan’s constraints
Police arrested two suspected terrorists with a suicide vest in Islamabad. Pakistan’s defense minister said US personnel have been evicted from the Shamsi Airbase. Omar bin Laden is seeking to have Osama’s family members freed from Pakistani custody.
Fazal Saeed Utezai dropped out of the Movement of the Taliban in Pakistan, but he’s still an enemy commander.
US Predators killed 21 Taliban fighters in two strikes in North Waziristan. Fedayeen-e-Islam commander Shakirullah Shakir was gunned down in Mir Ali. Kurram Taliban commander Fazal Saeed has left the Movement of the Taliban in Pakistan as the group has attacked mosques and civilians. The Taliban bombed two NATO fuel tankers in Mastung.
Pakistan expels 18 British military trainers
A community under siege in tribal Pakistan
The Taliban forced an eight-year-old girl to attempt a suicide attack in Afghanistan, and a husband and wife suicide team attacked a police station in Pakistan.
A husband and wife carried out yesterday’s suicide attack on a police station in Dera Ismail Khan that killed 10 policemen. Three policemen were wounded in a bombing at a checkpoint in Multan.
Pakistan – Govt to consolidate data about terrorists
The Taliban killed seven policemen in an attack on a station in Dera Ismail Khan; five Taliban fighters were also killed. Fifteen Taliban were killed during infighting in Arakzai.
The New York Times reports that Osama bin Laden’s courier was found to be in contact with members of Harakat ul Mujahedin (HUM), a terrorist organization long backed by Pakistan’s spy agency. Leaked Guantanamo files provide more details about the relationship between HUM and al Qaeda.
Three security personnel and five Taliban fighters were killed during clashes in Khyber and Arakzai. The military is questioning four army majors over possible links to Hizbut Tahrir.
Pakistan: Military strategy and the flight of capital
Pakistani support for military action against militants drops: poll
In Pakistan, denial is easier than heartbreak
Security forces arrested a Brigadier General for links to Hizb-ul-Tahrir. A security official and four Taliban fighters were killed during fighting in South Waziristan.