The US designated the two leaders of the Karachi-based Al Akhtar Trust and the Al Rashid Trust as terrorists for their support for al Qaeda and the Taliban. The Khyber-based Lashkar-i-Islam said it would hold talks with the government. The Northwest Frontier Province was officially renamed as Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa.
The leaders of the Al Akhtar Trust and the Al Rashid Trust continue to support the Taliban using their charitable fronts based in Karachi.
Pakistan army anger at Nato border tactics after forcing militants out
A US strike in North Waziristan killed five Taliban fighters. Taliban commander Qari Zia Rahman spoke to the media to dispel reports of his death and also said Hakeemullah Mehsud is alive. Security forces detained 29 tribal elders in Bajaur for failing to keep out the Taliban.
Pakistan admits civilian deaths in air strike
Violent protests over the renaming of the Northwest Frontier Province continue. The Taliban vowed to halt the return of the Mehsud tribe to South Waziristan and torched two NATO supply containers near Khuzdar. Two ANP leaders were killed in Swat.
Najibullah Zazi plotted to carry out suicide attacks on crowded New York City trains. He had been recruited by al Qaeda’s external operations branch in Pakistan after he traveled there to fight with the Taliban.
Bootlegging, Pakistan-style
Forty-one Taliban fighters and two Frontier Corps troops were killed in fighting in Arakzai. A US airstrike killed five Taliban fighters in North Waziristan. Six people were killed during clashes in Abbotabad over the renaming of the Northwest Frontier Province.
Agenda of nuclear talks leaves out a new threat
Security forces killed Taliban fighters in Arakzai. “Gunmen” killed two policemen in Mardan; one policeman’s throat was slit. Investigators believe one of the three terrorists killed during the assault on the US Consulate in Peshawar was a Yemeni member of al Qaeda.
Fifty-four Taliban fighters were killed in Arakzai, and 45 Lashkar-e-Islam fighters and civilians were killed in airstrikes in Khyber. Ten Taliban fighters and three soldiers were killed in South Waziristan. A suicide bomber killed himself in a premature detonation in Bannu. The Taliban bombed a school in Dir.
According to The Washington Post, Pakistan’s Inter-Services Intelligence agency has freed two top Afghan Taliban commanders. The names of the two commanders have not been disclosed. If this is true, this will really put a dent into Pakistan’s claims that it is serious about dealing with the Afghan Taliban: But U.S. officials now believe that […]
Pakistan maintains complex relations in battle against Taliban
Dozens of civilians and members of the Lashkar-e-Islam were killed in an airstrike on a tribal meeting attended by the Taliban-like extremist group.
Pakistan begins to ease backlog of visas for American diplomats
Security forces killed 24 Taliban fighters in Arakzai and Kurram. More than 200,000 people have fled Arakzai and Kurram. Police killed two suicide bombers in Lakki Marwat.
Security forces killed 24 Taliban fighters in Swat and Dir, and killed 12 Lashkar-e-Islam fighters in Khyber. The Taliban released a Greek hostage who was kidnapped in Chitral last year. The parliament passed the 18th Amendment, which devolves powers of the presidency to the premier.
Pakistan parliament agrees to curb presidential powers
Taliban release Greek hostage: Pakistani officials
Security forces killed 13 Taliban fighters in Arakzai and two more in Hangu, and detained six in Dir. The Taliban killed a pro-government tribal leader in Hangu, torched a fuel tanker in Khyber, blew up three schools in Peshawar, and bombed 12 shops in Swat. The US will not sign a civilian nuclear pact with […]
Security forces killed 14 Taliban fighters in Arakzai. Police killed two suicide bombers in Peshawar. Both the US and UN closed their offices in Peshawar after the April 5 suicide attack on the US consulate.
A Taliban assault on the US consulate in Peshawar resulted in the deaths of four attackers and two security guards. A suicide bomber killed more than 30 people in Dir and torched eight NATO fuel tankers in Khyber. The military killed 11 Taliban fighters in Arakzai. Two former ISI officers and a journalist have been […]
Colonel Imam. Photo from the Irish Times. This is certainly interesting. Two of our favorite former officers from Pakistan’s Inter-Services Intelligence agency who have close ties to the Taliban and al Qaeda have gone missing in northwestern Pakistan. From Dawn: Two former officials of the premier intelligence agency, Inter Services Intelligence (ISI), and a free […]
Drones batter al Qaeda and its allies within Pakistan
Security forces killed 40 Taliban fighters after they attacked a military outpost and a convoy in separate attacks. Twenty-eight Taliban fighters surrendered to security forces and vowed to remain loyal to the state. The Taliban bombed a school in Mohmand.
Thirty Taliban fighters and six Frontier Corps troops were killed during clashes in Arakzai. Eight criminals and three policemen were killed in a shootout in Khyber. Security forces established 16 checkpoints in Peshawar to block the Taliban from entering the region.
Pakistan – Orakzai operation will take a load off Peshawar, settled areas
Pakistan moves to roll back presidential powers
Security forces killed 27 Taliban fighters in clashes in Arakzai and Kurram, and killed six Lashkar-e-Islam fighters in Khyber. The Taliban destroyed four schools in Mohmand and Arakzai. France is delaying a $1.6 billion weapons sale to Pakistan.