Pakistan
Sentenced to death: on Pakistan’s minorities
Sentenced to death: on Pakistan’s minorities
The Washington Post reported today that Pakistan is resisting US efforts to expand the US Predator campaign beyond the tribal areas and into Baluchistan. The U.S. appeal has focused on the area surrounding the Pakistani city of Quetta, where the Afghan Taliban leadership is thought to be based. But the request also seeks to expand […]
The US killed three “militants” in a Predator strike in the Mir Ali area of North Waziristan. The Taliban killed three civilians in Kurram in a rocket attack from across the border in Afghanistan, and torched 10 NATO fuel tankers in Peshawar. The air force received six more US-made F-16 fighters.
Security forces killed killed three Taliban fighters in Shangla. Nine Taliban fighters were sentenced to 10 years in prison. Three people were killed in Karachi. Eighteen people were wounded in a shootout at a mosque in Khuzdar.
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The US killed 20 Taliban and al Qaeda fighters in an attack on a camp in North Waziristan. The Taliban executed three “US spies” in North Waziristan and bombed a school and the home of a tribal leader in Mohmand. Security forces arrested two al Qaeda operatives in Karachi.
The Taliban killed two people in a bombing in Peshawar and destroyed a school in Mohmand. Security forces killed two Taliban fighters in Swat and detained a senior commander in Islamabad.
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Security forces killed six Taliban fighters in Swat. A suicide bomber killed a civilian in South Waziristan. The Taliban bombed a NATO fuel tanker in Bolan.
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US Predators may have killed four civilians in a strike in the Mir Ali region in North Waziristan. Security forces killed eight Taliban fighters in Arakzai. Kidnappers released the Afghan consul general in Peshawar after two years of captivity.
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A suicide assault team killed 18 people in an attack on a police headquarters in Karachi. US Predators killed six Haqqani Network fighters in North Waziristan. Pakistani aircraft killed six Taliban fighters in Arakzai. The Taliban torched two NATO supply trailers in Mastung.
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Security forces killed 15 Taliban fighters in airstrikes in Arakzai and two “terrorists” in operations in Swat. The Taliban bombed three schools in Mohmand and torched a NATO fuel tanker in Sibbi.
Six Taliban fighters were killed by gunmen in Kurram. The Taliban threatened to killed the vice chancellor of Islamia College University if their demands were not met. Pakistani intelligence indicates the Taliban is preparing to attack religious sites during Eid-ul-Azha.
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The Movement of the Taliban in Pakistan has announced that several Taliban groups based in areas under the command of Mullah Nazir have joined its ranks. Also, the Taliban spokesman denied that top commanders Hakeemullah and Qari Hussain Mehsud were killed in recent Predator strikes.
The US killed 14 terrorists, including five foreign fighters, in Predator strikes in North Waziristan. The Taliban executed three “US spies” in North Waziristan. Ten Taliban fighters were killed in airstrikes in Arakzai.
The Taliban attacked two mosques in Pakistan’s northwest. A suicide bomber killed more than 60 people in an attack at a mosque in Darra Adam Khel. A Taliban fighter killed three people in a hand grenade attack in Peshawar.
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