ISI chief Lieutenant General Shuja Pasha canceled a trip to Britain after Prime Minister Cameron said Pakistan must stop exporting terror. Security forces detained to Jaish-e-Mohammed operatives in Karachi. The Taliban bombed a NATO fuel tanker in Quetta.
Admiral Mullen asks ISI to shift its strategic focus
Earlier today I spent an hour with NPR‘s Marty Moss-Coane at the WHYY studio in Philadelphia. Lawrence Korb also joined the conversation. We discussed the Wikileaks documents, the impact on national security, and the danger to US troops and to Afghans who have cooperated. Interestingly enough, Marty and I agreed that the release of documents […]
Ten Taliban fighters and three Pakistani soldiers were killed after the Taliban ambushed an Army convoy in South Waziristan. The military killed 12 Taliban fighters in Kurram.
David Cameron: Pakistan is promoting the ‘export of terror™
Pakistan media say reports on leaked documents unfairly malign spy agency
‘US alerted Pakistan, Afghanistan about military leaks™
Pakistan acknowledges Faisal Shahzad met Taliban chief
A suicide bomber killed eight people in an attack that targeted a provincial minister in Nowshera. The ISI denounced the Wikileaks’ Afghan memos as false. Interior Minister Malik claimed that terrorists attack Pakistan from Afghanistan.
Angry Pakistani officials deny leaked documents’ suggestion of ties to Taliban
The suicide bomber attempted to kill the information minister for Khyber Pakhtunkhwa as he grieved over his son’s death. The Taliban assassinated his son two days ago.
The US killed eight Taliban fighters in Predator strikes in North and South Waziristan. The Pakistani military killed 34 Taliban fighters in airstrikes in Arakzai and Kurram.
Today Wikileaks published 92,000 classified cables from military, intelligence, and other US officials in the field in Afghanistan. The New York Times, The Guardian, and Der Spiegel were given access to the documents a month ago and have published reports on the data (for a description on how this came about, see this NYT report). […]
“Mullah Radio” out of grave, releases video threatening suicide attacks in Pakistan
A general stays on, solidifying the army’s power in Pakistan
The US killed 16 people in an airstrike in South Waziristan. The military killed 29 Taliban in Arakzai. The Taliban killed three people, including the leader of a peace committee, in Bajaur.
Pakistan – The Kayani era continues
The videoclip shows Shahzad and Hakeemullah hugging and shaking hands. Shahzad is heard saying he has carried out the attack under the orders of Hakeemullah, who reports to Mullah Omar.
Prime Minister Gilani extended General Kayani’s term as Chief of Army Staff by three years. TV footage claims to show that Mullah Fazlullah is alive. A Taliban commander and a fighter were killed in a premature detonation in Bajaur.
Indian concerns over Pak-US ties misplaced: Holbrooke
Militants looking to trigger Indo-Pak conflict: Mullen
Thirty Taliban fighters and three Pakistani soldiers were killed during clashes in Arakzai. Fourteen people were killed in Karachi over the past two days. A Taliban commander who ran an illegal FM radio station in Swat surrendered.
Key Pakistani counterterrorism official resigns
US Secretary of State Clinton said Pakistan would receive $7.5 billion in civilian aid. The military killed 41 Taliban fighters in airstrikes in Kurram and Arakzai. Two Christians accused of blasphemy were gunned down in front of a court in Faisalabad.
Pakistan™s elite pay few taxes, widening gap
A suicide bomber killed three civilians outside a mosque in Sargodha. Security forces killed 25 Taliban fighters in Kurram and detained 36 more.
The Taliban killed 18 civilians in an ambush on a convoy in Kurram. Security forces killed 18 Taliban fighters in Arakzai. Six people were wounded in two bombings in Lahore and five policemen were wounded in an IED attack in Charsadda.
Pakistan lost $43 bln in last nine years on terror war: FM
Pakistan army accused of extrajudicial killings in Swat