Pakistan
Army chief driving Pakistan™s agenda for talks
Army chief driving Pakistan™s agenda for talks
A US strike in North Waziristan killed four Taliban fighters. The Taliban killed four “US spies” in North Waziristan. The military killed 28 Taliban fighters in airstrikes in Kurram and Arakzai. A Taliban commander was detained in Peshawar.
Pakistan – N-plants to figure in talks, says Patterson
Fourteen Taliban fighters and three lashkar fighters were killed in a clash in Kurram. The military killed 13 Taliban fighters in Arakzai and two more in Mohmand. Police detained two terrorists in Lahore.
A tribal militia killed 21 Taliban fighters in Kurram; 10 more fighters were killed in airstrikes in Arakzai. Security forces detained a Taliban commander in Karachi. The Islamic Movement of Uzbekistan distributed pamphlets in North Waziristan that declared it would liberate Pakistan from US control. The Taliban bombed two schools in Bajaur.
Over the past six days, 37 Taliban fighters have been reported killed in the remote tribal agency.
Pakistan denies arrests thwarted Taliban talks
Security forces killed six Taliban fighters and two civilians in Kohat, and detained a Taliban leader in Karachi. Two wanted Swat Taliban commanders were among five killed in a military operation. Prime Minister Gilani said the government is “not in a rush” to launch new offensives in the northwest.
Interview with Yusuf Raza Gilani
India – Headley may rat on Lashkar aide to escape death
The US killed eight Taliban fighters in a pair of airstrikes in North Waziristan. The Taliban killed five security personnel and blew up a NATO fuel tanker in Khyber. Ten Taliban fighters and three militia fighters were killed in a clash in Kurram. A Taliban commander and 38 fighters surrendered in Bajaur.
While news reports have focused on the death of senior al Qaeda operative Sadam Hussein Al Hussami, who is also known as Ghazwan al Yemeni, at the hands of the US in the March 10 airstrike in North Waziristan, one of the three other al Qaeda operatives killed in the same attack was also a […]
Pakistan charges Americans with terrorism
Pakistan – Spy service using captives to create new Taliban links
India: Pakistan again using mafia links for terror strikes
The US killed 11 Taliban and al Qaeda fighters in an airstrike in North Waziristan. Police seized more than 1,000 pounds of explosives and detained 10 suspected terrorists in Lahore. The Lashkar-i-Islam killed two cricket players in Peshawar. A woman was killed in a bombing in Karachi. The US transferred 14 Cobra attack helicopters to […]
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India involvement can™t rule out in Lahore attack: Pakistani Interiro Minister Rehman Malik
Punjab Chief Minister Shahbaz Sharif said the Taliban should not attack his province as they both opposed military rule. The Taliban offered a peace deal to Sharif. The military will end the South Waziristan operation on March 30. Security forces killed four Taliban operatives in Swat.
Eighteen Taliban fighters were killed in airstrikes in Arakzai. Securirty forces rounded up 175 suspected terrorists in Rawalpindi and 24 more in Lahore. The political agent in Bajaur urged the tribes to oppose the Taliban.
Pakistan – Societal perspectives on terrorism
LeT: An instrument of Pakistan™s national strategy
A suicide bomber killed 14 people in an attack on a security installation in Swat. The Taliban assassinated a pro-government militia leader and killed two of his bodyguards in Peshawar. The bodies of six Taliban fighters were found in Kurram. The government issued a list of demands to the Mehsud tribe.
Pakistan – Govt gives 7-point demand list to Mehsuds
Editorial: Lahore attacked again
The attack bomber targeted the police, while an anti-Taliban tribal leader is gunned down in Peshawar.
Two suicide bombers killed 39 people, including eight soldiers, in attacks in a military cantonment in Lahore. Seven small blasts were reported after the attacks, only minor injuries were reported.
Pakistani offensive turns into a test of wills
Drone attacks: Pakistan™s policy and the tribesmen™s perspective
A suicide bomber killed five civilians in an attack in Peshawar. North Waziristan Taliban leader Hafiz Gul Bahadar was targeted in the March 10 Predator strike and is rumored to have been killed. Two suicide bombers were among 60 people detained in Hangu.