Pakistan
Pakistan boosts security after Lahore bombs
Pakistan boosts security after Lahore bombs
Kashmiri youth wage online struggle
Pakistan’s military rises to the fore
Punjabi Taliban suicide bombers killed 29 worshipers during a procession in Lahore. The Pakistani military killed more than 60 terrorists and civilians in airstrikes in Khyber, and 15 Taliban fighters in Kurram and Arakzai. The Taliban torched two NATO fuel tankers in Mastung and Khuzdar.
Hakeemullah Mehsud and Waliur Rehman Mehsud have been designated as specially designated global terrorists for their sponsorship of terrorist acts in Pakistan, Afghanistan, and the US.
Highest amount of donations for Pakistan
No specific threat to USAID head Raj Shah: US
Eight “militants” were killed in a Pakistani airstrike in Khyber and three more were killed in a shootout in Swat. Five Lashkar-e-Islam fighters were killed near Darra Adam Khel. The Taliban torched three NATO fuel tankers in Mastung and Khuzdar.
Alexander Mayer and I are a little overdue for an update on the latest trends on the Predator/Reaper strikes in Pakistan, but in the interim, my friend Anirudh Bhattacharyya at the Hindustan Times has a very good article rounding up the latest. Anirudh did interview me for the article. From the Hindustan Times: The latest […]
Muslims donate nearly $1 billion to Pakistan
Two soldiers were killed in an IED attack in Khyber. Two Taliban commanders were killed in fighting in Swat and another was detained in Karachi. The Taliban kidnapped 10 workers in Chitral.
Islamist charities gain goodwill in flood calamity
Senator Kerry warns of instability in Pakistan
Punjabi Taliban leader Usman Punjabi and six other terrorists were killed in a clash with a rival faction of the Lashkar-e-Jhangvi in North Waziristan. Police detained 17 “wanted terrorists” and recovered a large cache of weapons and explosives during sweeps in Mardan.
Upstarts chip away at power of feudal Pakistani landlords
Pakistan floods: Pakistani Taliban threats don’t deter foreign aid workers
A US Predator strike killed four “terrorists” in an attack on two vehicles in Kurram. Three terrorists who overpowered their guards in an Army headquarters in Peshawar surrendered after taking two hostages. The Taliban kidnapped the father of a politician in Kurram.
Firing near US consulate in Pakistan
The attack took place in Kurram. The US has struck targets in Kurram just two other times since 2004.
The son of General Tariq Majid, the chairman of the Army’s Joint Chiefs of Staff Committee, was kidnapped in Lahore. One person was killed in a bombing in Mansehra. The Taliban bombed three tankers in Quetta, Kalat, and Mastung, and a school in Khyber. The Ittehad Mujahideen Khurasan announced an amnesty for “US spies.”
Pakistan floods: ‘The worst is yet to come’
Pakistani Christians face aid discrimination: Vatican
Rajiv Shah, the USAID chief, visited a camp in Sukkur run by the Falah-i-Insaniat, a front run by Jamaat-ud-Dawa. Shah delivered two truckloads of supplies to the camp, while Jamaat-ud-Dawa, used the visit as part of its propaganda.
Pakistan must spend transparently to receive more flood aid: US
UN reviews security after Pakistani Taliban ‘threat’
Punjab will begin releasing over 390 members of Pakistani terror groups over the next several days. Security forces killed one Lashkar-e-Islam fighter and detained 29 more in Khyber. The Taliban bombed five NATO fuel tankers at the border crossing in Torkham.
Pakistan closes militant-run aid camps
Pakistan is the Afghan war’s real aggressor
The Taliban killed 18 people in a suicide attack in a mosque in South Waziristan and seven people, including a pro-government militia leader, in an IED attack in Kurram, and wounded seven tribal leaders in a bombing near Peshawar. The US killed five people in a strike against the Haqqani Network in North Waziristan.
Terrorists regrouping outside Peshawar, says Iftikhar