US, Afghan forces overrun Haqqani Network ‘encampment’ in Paktia
US and Afghan forces raided a large base run by the Haqqanis in a remote mountainous region that straddles the Khost-Gardez Pass.
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Mullah Sangeen Zadran
The Haqqani Network commander has been a major target of US forces. The US has launched attacks against him in Afghanistan and Pakistan.
Hakeemullah Mehsud
Hakeemullah is one of the Pakistani Taliban’s most able and effective commanders and is a rising star in movement.
Haqqani Network threatens to execute captured US soldier
Mullah Sangeen, a senior commander in the Haqqani Network, threatened to kill a captured US soldier unless Coalition forces end operations in two districts in Paktika and Ghazni provinces in eastern Afghanistan.
US Predator strike kills 16 Taliban and al Qaeda in South Waziristan
Six of the last eight US airstrikes in Pakistan have targeted Baitullah’s camps and safe houses in South Waziristan.
US sanctions Pakistani Lashkar-e-Taiba and al Qaeda leaders
Four terror leaders are singled out, while Pakistani terror groups in Kashmir and the Northern Areas are thriving.
Coalition strikes at Haqqani Network in eastern Afghanistan
Dozens of fighters led by Siraj Haqqani have been killed or captured over the past several days. The US military calls the Haqqanis “one of the most lethal Taliban organizations operating out of Pakistan’s Federally Administered Tribal Areas.”
Senior Taliban leaders targeted in yesterday’s Predator strikes
Baitullah Mehsud, Qari Hussain Mehsud, and Mullah Sangeen Zadran were the targets of the follow-on Predator attack in South Waziristan that killed 83 Taliban fighters. Sangeen and Qari Hussain were reported killed, although this has not been confirmed.
Afghanistan
The Taliban killed three German soldiers in Kunduz province, three foreign aid workers in Jawzjan province, and three policemen in Kandahar. A suicide bomber killed two civilians in an attack on a US military convoy in Ghazni province. British troops conducted a large air assault in Helmand province.
US strikes target Mullah Nazir in South Waziristan
Separate Predator attacks targeted a training camp and a madrassa in the tribal areas run by the South Waziristan Taliban warlord.
Analysis: Waziristan operation to focus on Baitullah Mehsud
The Pakistani military appears to have a limited objective in the pending operation in South Waziristan. The Haqqani Network and Taliban leaders Hafiz Gul Bahadar and Mullah Nazir are not being mentioned by Pakistani officials, and efforts are underway to keep them out of the fight.
US kills 5 in South Waziristan strike
Today’s strike targeted a vehicle in the Ladha region, which is controlled by Baitullah Mehsud; five terrorists are reported to have been killed. This is the first strike since May 16.
Pakistan
The Pakistani military killed 47 people in artillery strikes in Hangu and Arakzai, 30 Taliban were killed in Bannu, and 22 more were killed in a failed assault on forts in South Waziristan. Police detained 29 Taliban fighters in Nowshera and Kohat and arrested 25 more in Islamabad. Three people were killed in a suicide […]
Fighting intensifies in Pakistan’s Bannu-Waziristan region
The Pakistan Army claimed more than 130 Taliban fighters have been killed since the Bannu offensive began three days ago. Taliban attacks on two forts in South Waziristan are repelled.
Pakistan
A Taliban assault team killed 11 people in a complex suicide attack on a hotel in Peshawar. The Pakistani military killed 20 Taliban fighters during an operation in Bannu, killed 27 Taliban fighters in Dir and Swat, and detained the Swat emir of the TNSM in Peshawar. The Taliban killed three people in attacks in […]
Report: Tora Bora Front leader captured in Peshawar
Anwarul Haq Mujahid, the son of famed mujahedeen commander Yunis Khalis, is reportedly in Pakistani police custody and is being interrogated. The report has not been confirmed.
TNSM deputy and spokesman killed in Taliban ambush
Deputy leader Muhammad Alam and spokesman Ameer Izzat Khan were killed as they were being transported to Peshawar. A suicide bomber failed in attack at police station in Islamabad.
Islamabad terrorist commander linked to Red Mosque leader
Fidaullah ran a terror camp in Hangu and was behind two suicide attacks against security forces in Islamabad. He has close links to Maulana Abdullah Aziz, and was arrested outside his home with a former member of parliament.
Afghan and Coalition forces kill 35 Taliban fighters in Zabul
The combined forces counterattacked after being ambushed in the Day Chopan district in the southeastern province.
Taliban strike in Peshawar
Eight Pakistanis were killed in three bombings and an ambush in the provincial capital of Pakistan’s Northwest Frontier Province. The Taliban take credit for the Lahore strike and threaten to attack in Pakistan’s major cities.
Coalition targets Haqqani Network commander, kills 29 fighters
A large firefight broke out in the Wor Marnay district of Paktika province after US and Afghan forces attempted to detain a senior Haqqani commander known as Sangeen.
Pakistan
A terrorist assault team killed 16 policemen and seven intelligence officials in a complex suicide and conventional attack in Lahore. The Taliban reportedly took credit for the attack. The military killed 12 Taliban fighters in Swat and killed 15 more in Waziristan. The government offered rewards for the capture of 21 Swat Taliban leaders. Six […]
Al Qaeda Shadow Army camps located in northern Helmand
The district of Baghran hosts several camps used to train Taliban and al Qaeda fighters to conduct attacks in Helmand, Kandahar, and Uruzgan. The Marines are moving into Helmand in force.
Waziristan operation not on the horizon: Zardari
Pakistan’s president said he was misquoted during his visit to the US. Previous reports, which he discredited, have sparked an exodus in South Waziristan.
Swat offensive stalls as Taliban strike outside the war zone
Bombings in Peshawar, Tank, and Dera Ismail Khan take place as the Pakistani military struggles to clear Swat.
Pakistani claims of high Taliban casualties ‘wildly exaggerated’ – US officials
US officials are skeptical of the high Taliban casualty reports as the Interior Minister claimed 700 Taliban fighters have been killed in four days of fighting in Swat.
Pakistani government signals fighting limited to Swat region
The military claimed more than 140 Taliban fighters and three commanders along with seven soldiers were killed during fighting in Swat.
Pakistan, Taliban battle for control of Buner
Heavy fighting is reported as both sides battle for control of the vital passes leading into the district.
Pakistan launches operation against the Taliban in Buner
“The aim of the offensive is to eliminate and expel militants from Buner,” a Pakistani military spokesman said. The operation is the latest in a series of disjointed offensives that have failed to blunt the Taliban’s advance in Pakistan.
Taliban moving on Mardan
The Taliban murdered two women, an aid worker and a councilor, in the latest attacks in a region being eyed for takeover.