Quetta airbase attacks carried out by Pakistani Taliban, IMU
The spokesman for Omar Khalid Khorasani, the leader of the Taliban in Mohmand, said the Quetta airbase attacks were executed with the Islamic Movement of Uzbekistan.
The spokesman for Omar Khalid Khorasani, the leader of the Taliban in Mohmand, said the Quetta airbase attacks were executed with the Islamic Movement of Uzbekistan.
Fourteen members of the Fedayeen-i-Islam were killed during the latest assault on a Pakistani airbase.
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The government will put the Army in charge of security for the capital for three months. The Taliban killed two soldiers in North Waziristan and Security forces killed five Taliban fighters in Aurakazi.
Wary Pakistan puts military in charge of capital’s security
Pakistani officials have said there was a “mix-up” and an al Qaeda explosives expert, and not Rasheed, was captured during a raid two weeks ago in South Waziristan.
The military claimed it killed 20 “militants,” including foreign fighters, during airstrikes in Shawal in North Waziristan. A senior Pakistani military claimed that the government is targeting all Taliban groups, “irrespective of their nationality, ethnicity or group affiliation”.
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The Pakistani military claimed it killed 28 foreign and local “militants” in airstrikes in the Shawal Valley in North Waziristan. Locals said that “nine women, six children and two civilian men” were killed in the airstrikes. The US is thought to have killed six al Qaeda operatives in the July 10 drone strike in the […]
Sanafi al Nasr, a top al Qaeda leader based in Syria, named three jihadists killed in the “Khorasan.”
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The Pakistani military claimed it killed “scores” of “terrorists” during airstrikes in Miramshah in North Waziristan. “Most of the terrorists killed in strikes are Uzbeks,” the ISPR claimed. One soldier was killed in an IED attack in the tribal agency.
A government official said that those who “terrorize in Pakistan” are the target of the operation, while a general danced around the issue of the Haqqani Network.
The Pakistani military continues to claim no civilians have been killed in its offensive in North Waziristan. No Haqqani Network or Hafiz Gul Bahadar Group commanders or fighters have been identified as killed or captured.
The military said the Taliban commander is known as “Commander Umer” but did not name the al Qaeda explosives expert.
The military’s claim that 302 “terrorists” and zero civilians have been killed in North Waziristan deserves further scrutiny.
The Pakistani military claims it has conducted extensive airstrikes without killing a single civilian.
Pakistan army North Waziristan offensive: Thousands flee
The Pakistani military has claimed it killed more than 170 “terrorists” in a series of “precise strikes” in North Waziristan. The military claims no civilians were killed, and said most of those killed were “Uzbeks” or members of the Turkistan Islamic Party.
The military appears to be focused the Movement of the Taliban in Pakistan as well as foreign fighters from the Islamic Movement of Uzbekistan and the Turkistan Islamic Party.
Operation Zarb-e-Azb appears to be aimed at the “bad Taliban” and foreign terror groups such as the Islamic Movement of Uzbekistan. It is unlikely the Haqqani Network or the Hafiz Gul Bahadar Group will be targeted.
The US ended its self-imposed, six-month-long moratorium on drone strikes in Pakistan when it launched two attacks on June 11-12 in North Waziristan. A senior Haqqani Network commander and two top Afghan Taliban leaders are reported to have been killed in the strikes.
Four Uzbeks, two members of the Punjabi Taliban, and 10 “miitants” are said to have been killed in the pair of strikes.
The Pakistani Taliban’s spokesman said his group will “defend the brave tribes if Hafiz Gul Bahadur declares war.”
The movement of the Taliban in Pakistan said the assault on the airport was launched to avenge the death of Hakeemullah Mehsud, its former emir.
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Over the past decade, Pakistani tribal leaders in North and South Waziristan have promised to expel foreign fighters, but failed to follow through.
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The military launched a limited raid that targeted TIP fighters in a village just outside of Miramshah.