Pakistan
US flood assistance to Pakistan has reached $420 million
US flood assistance to Pakistan has reached $420 million
New video appears to show abuse of prisoners by Pakistani soldiers
CIA escalates campaign in Pakistan
‘Militant attack’ on NATO tankers questioned
More than three dozen NATO fuel tankers and container trucks were destroyed in a pair of attacks in Shikarpur and and Baluchistan; two civilians were killed. Ten suspects have been detained in the larger attack in Shikarpur. Former President Pervez Musharraf has returned to Pakistan politics.
The unnamed commander directed operations in Kandahar from the border city of Chaman in Pakistan. Chaman is a known command and control hub for Taliban operations in the Afghan south.
View Larger Map The same day that Pakistan closed down NATO’s supply lines to Afghanistan moving through Khyber in the north, “militants” attacked in the city of Shikarpur and savaged a convoy carrying fuel and supplies destined for troops in Afghanistan. From Geo News: More than 27 oil tankers, meant for Nato’s fuel supply and […]
Pakistan closed NATO’s supply route in Afghanistan after claiming three Frontier Corps troops were killed by US troops in a cross-border strike. Twenty-seven NATO fuel trucks were destroyed in an attack in Shikarpur. Eight Germans and two Britons were killed in the Sept. 8 Predator strike in North Waziristan.
Pakistan claimed three Frontier Corps troops were killed by ISAF helicopters. ISAF confirms its helicopters briefly engaged Haqqani Network forces across the border.
Security officials claimed NATO forces killed three Pakistani soldiers in a cross-border attack in Kurram. Pakistan’s foreign minister said the military may respond to cross border raids from Afghanistan. Up to 20 Britons may be training at terror camps in Pakistan.
On Sept. 28, reports emerged that US military helicopters may have pursued a group of Haqqani Network fighters in Afghanistan across the border into Pakistan to fire on the fleeing militants, killing five and wounding nine others. ISAF later denied its troops crossed the border, but did carry out two such “hot pursuit” actions into […]
Al-Qaeda terror plot targeting Europe uncovered
According to Sky News, the recent spike in US Predator strike in Pakistan (21 this month) can be attributed to an attempt to foil Mumbai-like terror assaults in major European cities: Intelligence agencies have intercepted a terror plot to launch Mumbai-style attacks on Britain and other European countries, according to Sky News sources. Sky’s foreign […]
The US killed four “militants” in a Predator airstrike in South Waziristan. The Pentagon said last weekend’s cross-border raids may have been the result of “communication breakdowns.” An intelligence report characterized the MQM political party as a terrorist group.
Generals in Pakistan push for shakeup of government
Sheikh Fateh al Masri, the leader of Qaedat al Jihad fi Khorasan, is thought to have been killed in the Sept. 25 strike in Datta Khel in North Waziristan. The reports of his death are unconfirmed.
Pakistan protested hot pursuit raids by NATO forces into the tribal areas. The US killed four Taliban fighters in a Predator strike in North Waziristan. The Pakistani military killed six Taliban fighters in Arakzai.
CIA steps up missile strikes in Pakistan
CIA steps up drone attacks in Pakistan to thwart Taliban
ISAF would not confirm its attack helicopters pursued the Haqqani Network into Pakistani territory today, as happened twice over the weekend. More than 10 Haqqani Network fighters were reported killed in today’s clash.
According to reports from the region, the US military in Afghanistan again followed the Taliban into Pakistan and killed fighters in Pakistani territory. US helicopters pounded Taliban fighters in the tribal agency of Kurram, killing five, according to Geo News: According to sources, two Nato helicopters violated the Pakistani border and shelled in Kurram Agency […]
The US struck again in territory run by “good Taliban” leader Hafiz Gul Bahadar. The strike is the third in three days and the 20th this month.
US helos killed more than 30 Haqqani Network fighters while conducting hot pursuit from Khost province in Afghanistan into North Waziristan. The US killed seven Taliban fighters in strikes on a compound and a vehicle in North Waziristan. The Taliban torched two NATO fuel tankers in Mastung and Kalat.
Suspected US missile attacks kill 7
US attack helicopters pounded Haqqani Network fighters in North Waziristan after the terror group attacked an Afghan outpost in Khost.
The US killed four “militants” in an airstrike in North Waziristan. Two people were killed after masked “gunmen” opened fire on a mosque in Bahawalpur. The Taliban killed a driver in an attack on NATO trucks in Kalat, and destroyed a NATO fuel truck in Khyber. A court acquitted three men accused of plotting the […]
Trio cleared of bombing Danish embassy in Islamabad
Pakistan jet evacuated in Sweden after bomb threat
After Pakistani journalist speaks out about attack, eyes turn to the government
UN speakers urge Pakistan to free up arms talks