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Pakistani Taliban kidnap young girl to turn her into a suicide bomber

The Taliban have used females to carry out three suicide attacks in Afghanistan and Pakistan over the past year.

US Predators killed 11 Taliban and Haqqani Network fighters in a strike in Kurram. A suicide bomber killed four people in Peshawar. The Taliban forced a young girl to become a suicide bomber.

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Twenty-five Taliban fighters and four Pakistan soldiers were killed during fighting in Mohmand. The Taliban torched a tanker carrying NATO fuel and killed the driver in Quetta.

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Pakistan’s army is ready for its close up

Pakistan claims 25 Taliban fighters killed in Mohmand airstrikes

Four Pakistani soldiers were also killed. The military has claimed it has defeated the Taliban in Mohmand several times over the past couple of years.

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Six Taliban fighters and two Pakistan troops were killed in a clash in South Waziristan. Security forces killed four Taliban fighters in Mohmand.

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AP sources: Pakistanis tip off militants again

Pakistan again tips off terrorists before raids

The US again provided to Pakistani officials intelligence on terrorist facilities. Pakistani officials again tipped off the terrorists before conducting the Potemkin raids.

The Pakistani military claimed it killed 12 Afghan Taliban during yesterday’s fighting in Bajaur. Tribesmen blocked a border crossing point in Chaman. The US will replace two Orion maritime aircraft destroyed in a Taliban attack in Karachi.

Pakistani military denies reports it tipped off al Qaeda and Taliban before raids

The Inter-Services Public Affairs branch denies accusations that the military tipped off al Qaeda and the Haqqani Network to avoid a raid based on intelligence provided by the US, describing the claims as “totally false and malicious.” The CIA has provided evidence to the contrary.

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Pakistan’s military: a wearily familiar bag of tricks

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Pakistan-US security relationship at lowest point since 2001, officials say

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The Taliban launched an attack from Afghanistan into the Bajaur tribal agency, killing five people. Harakat-ul-Mujahedeen chief Fazle-ur-Rahman Khalil lives openly in Islamabad.

Taliban launch another attack from Afghanistan into northwestern Pakistan

Five people in Bajaur were killed in the latest Taliban attack that was launched from Afghanistan.

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US Predators killed 15 “militants” in strikes in North and South Waziristan. The military denied an Army major was among five CIA informants who were arrested for providing information on Osama bin Laden’s whereabouts in Abbottabad.

AP: Key source on bin Laden’s courier freed by Pakistanis

Pakistan freed the al Qaeda operative who gave the CIA key intelligence on Osama bin Laden’s courier. That intelligence led to Osama bin Laden’s demise.

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Pakistan’s female madrassas breed radicalism

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A mother’s quest for son lost to extremism

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Pakistan wants tribal militias in militant hub

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Pakistan: Low rate of terrorists’ conviction worries military

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The Taliban killed three Pakistani troops in an attack in South Waziristan and bombed seven fuel tankers carrying fuel for NATO forces. A suicide bomber killed one person in a failed attack in Islamabad.

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The Taliban denied it carried out yesterday’s deadly bombing at a market in Peshawar that killed 39 people. Three people were wounded in an IED attack in Islamabad. Security forces detained a suicide bomber in Karachi.