Pakistan
Pakistan’s Godfather of the Taliban dies
Pakistan’s Godfather of the Taliban dies
‘Godfather of Taliban’ killed by kidnappers
The Taliban killed two paramilitary troops and a civilian in an IED attack in Arakzai. President Zardari and Prime Minister Gilani authorized a “decisive operation” to take out those carrying out assassinations in Karachi.
Government ‘incited’ mob rampage at Karachi power firm
In Pakistan, Islamic hard-liners expanding their grip on society
Mullah Mohammed Omar, the Amir al Mumineen (“commander of the faithful”) of the Afghan and Pakistani Taliban. The Taliban are categorically denying the recent report that Mullah Mohammed Omar, the leader of the Taliban, was hospitalized for a heart condition. Zabihullah Mujahid, the Taliban’s “spokesman,” calls the rumor a product of “the American State Department […]
Report says militants in Pearl killing still at large
The Taliban killed five Frontier Corps personnel and two civilians in an attack on a oil facility in Kohat; two engineers were kidnapped. Police arrested four sons of TNSM chief Sufi Mohammed.
Pakistan – HRCP issues plea for non-Muslims’ security in Balochistan
Pakistan – Senate body wants poppy cultivation for medical use
Sufi Mohammed, the instigator of the Taliban takeover of the Swat Valley from 2007-2009, is to be prosecuted for crimes almost a decade old. The Taliban executed four criminals in Hangu, killed three soldiers in North Waziristan, and killed one person in a bombing outside a school in Peshawar.
American security guards for Zardari’s security
Pakistani TV executive behind pro-Muslim US station goes on trial accused of beheading wife
Pakistan – PM rules out talks with militants
Report: Pakistani spy agency rushed Mullah Omar to hospital
Pakistan – PHA allows hardliners to continue hate campaign
Pakistan – Judge says no to arrest warrants for clerics
Pakistan: Prime minister confirms govt has no plans to amend blasphemy law
Pakistan’s failure to hit militant sanctuary has positive side for US
Seventeen people were killed in a bus bombing in Hangu; no terror group has claimed the attack. The Taliban bombed a NATO fuel tanker in Khyber.
The attack is the latest in an area adjacent to the Taliban-controlled tribal agency of North Waziristan.
One person was killed in a rocket attack in Mardan. The Taliban bombed a health clinic in Mohmand and torched two NATO fuel tankers in Kalat.
North Waziristan did not feature in Zardari-Obama talks
Urban ‘terrorism’ growing threat in Pakistan: report
The Taliban claimed it carried out the attack on 16 NATO fuel tankers in Baluchistan. Five Taliban fighters were killed in a landmine explosion in Arakzai.
Pakistan – Madrassah reforms making no headway
Pakistan – Tank police imparted anti-terrorism training
Pakistani terrorist fight leads to polio spike
Death threats for Pakistan blasphemy law reformers
Security forces killed 21 Taliban fighters in Arakzai and Kurram. The Taliban killed a policewoman and five relatives in Bannu, and destroyed 20 NATO fuel tankers in Baluchistan. Five people in North Waziristan were killed by a mortar fired from Afghanistan.