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Drones push Taliban from a Pakistani haven

Suicide bomber kills 60 at mosque in Pakistan’s northwest

The blast in Darra Adam Khel is the latest in a string of bombings and suicide attacks at religious sites in Pakistan. The Taliban claimed the attack.

The US Treasury sanctioned leaders of Pakistan-based Jaish-e-Mohammed and Lashkar-e-Taiba terror groups. The military killed eight Taliban fighters in Arakzai. The government fired 800 education employees for failing to stop Taliban attacks on schools.

US Treasury sanctions leaders of Pakistan-based Jaish-e-Mohammed and Lashkar-e-Taiba

Massod Azhar, the leader of the Jaish-e-Mohammed, and Lashkar-e-Taiba leaders Azam Cheema, a top military commander, and Hafiz Abdul Rahman Makki, a political official, were placed on the US list of specially designated global terrorists.

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Pakistan should fulfil pledges on Mumbai attacks – Obama

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An anti-Taliban tribal leader was killed in Kurram. Security forces killed two Taliban fighters in Swat; another was killed in a premature detonation in Kurram. A Taliban commander surrendered in Bajaur. The Taliban bombed a school in Mohmand.

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Pakistan seeks alliance with China as the US gets tough

Taliban hold public flogging in Arakzai despite Pakistani claims of success

The Pakistani military often claims success in a tribal agency, only to have the facts on the ground contradict such statements. Recent events in Arakzai are a good example of this. In the tribal agency of Arakzai, the Pakistani Taliban flogged 65 men in public who had been accused of dealing drugs, after making announcements […]

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The US killed six “militants” in a Predator strike in Pakistan. A suicide bomber killed two policemen in Swabi. Three Taliban commanders were killed in Swat. The brother of Baitullah Mehsud was murdered in North Waziristan.

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Taliban publicly flog men for ‘taking drugs’ against their diktat

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Pakistani military spokesman: Killings of Taliban militants ‘show weariness with insurgency’

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Pakistan – Massive increase in kidnappings for ransom in south Punjab

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The Taliban killed two Pakistani soldiers in North Waziristan. A senior Taliban commander was murdered in Karachi. Security forces detained a man carrying more than 120 pounds of explosives in Mansehra.

US Marines launch operation against Taliban stronghold near the Pakistani border

US and Afghan forces have moved on the border town of Baramcha, a known safe haven and transit point for al Qaeda and the Taliban from Pakistan.

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Pakistani criminal justice system proves no match for terrorism cases

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Security forces killed nine “terrorists” in Arakzai and two Taliban fighters in Swat. One of two Turks who went missing in the tribal areas was killed in a blast in Bannu. The Taliban bombed two NATO trucks near Quetta.

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In Pakistan, religious shrines step up security against attacks

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US Predators killed three Arab al Qaeda fighters and four Taliban fighters in North Waziristan. The Pakistani air force killed 12 Taliban fighters in Arakzai. The Taliban beheaded three “criminals” in Mohmand. The Haqqani Network is negotiating with the Turi tribe in Kurram.

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The US killed six Taliban and al Qaeda fighters in two Predator strikes in North Waziristan. Three policemen were killed in a bombing in Quetta; two more were killed in a gunfight in Peshawar. Six people were wounded in a bombing in Khyber.

Pakistan: North Waziristan operation is not on the table

Just days after the US government committed to providing the Pakistani military more than $2 billion in aid, the top general in the northwest said an operation in North Waziristan won’t happen anytime soon. From Dawn: Pakistan will consider mounting an anti-Taliban offensive in North Waziristan only when other tribal areas are stabilised, a senior […]

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Lieutenant General Malik said the military is not going to carry out an operation in North Waziristan in the next six months. The Inspector General of the Frontier Corps said Arakzai is 90 percent cleared of the Taliban. Six Taliban fighters and one soldier were killed in fighting in Arakzai.

Anti-Taliban tribe in Kurram cut off by Pakistani Army

The Pakistani military has cut off the Shia, anti-Taliban Turi tribe from any remaining support it may have received from neighboring Afghanistan. The BBC reports: The blockade comes amid reports that the Turis have once again refused to allow the militants to enter Afghanistan via Kurram. The Taliban have been trying to launch operations around […]