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Pakistani military strikes anger ‘good Taliban’ commander

Hafiz Gul Bahadar’s “good Taliban” may end its peace deal with the Pakistani military and government after the military launched punitive raids in North Waziristan.

Al Qaeda in Afghanistan and Pakistan: An enduring threat

Testimony to the House Committee of Foreign Affairs, Subcommittee on Terrorism, Nonproliferation and Trade on al Qaeda in Afghanistan and Pakistan and the enduring threat to the US and her allies.

68 Pakistani Lawyers Are Charged With Blasphemy After Protesting the Police

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US urges Pakistan to probe lawyer’s killing

Pakistani, Algerian, French al Qaeda fighters killed or captured during Yemeni operation

A bomb expert from the Russian Republic of Dagestan was also reported to have been killed during the Yemeni military offensive in the south.

The Taliban killed an Army officer and two soldiers in an IED attack in an area between North and South Waziristan. Police claimed to have killed a Taliban commander who engineered the prison break in Dera Ismail Khan in 2013.

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Pakistan, Ending Its Observance of Cease-Fire, Launches Airstrikes Against Taliban

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Pakistan – TTP say they will not extend ceasefire, but will continue talks

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Pakistan Says Talks with Taliban in Comprehensive Phase

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Pakistan: Taliban factions clash, killing dozens

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Pakistani Taliban plot with seminaries to assault capital: police

Social Media Jihad: Open interview with al Qaeda’s sharia official in Pakistan

Asim Umar, al Qaeda’s top sharia official in Pakistan, will be holding a Q&A session online in May. The appearance is being promoted on social media.

Pakistani Taliban launch website, which is promptly taken down

The Movement of the Taliban in Pakistan launched an official website, but it was shut down for unknown reasons almost immediately.

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Pakistani couple gets death over ‘blasphemous’ text message

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Pakistan polio vaccinator’s murder by militants raises health workers’ fears

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Musharraf’s lawyers ‘threatened with beheading’

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Pakistan’s prime minister has breakfast with Taliban negotiators

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In former Taliban fiefdom, Pakistan’s first female council tackles abuses

Pakistani military to end airstrikes against Taliban

Pakistan’s interior minister announced the halt after the military killed five “militants” in airstrikes in Khyber.

Pakistani Taliban announce ceasefire with government

The announcement took place the same day that 11 tribal policemen and civilians were killed in attack that targeted a polio vaccination team in Pakistan’s northwest.

American jihadist in Pakistan partially identified

Abdullah al Shami was born in the US but left the country at a young age. US officials would like to target the American, who targets US troops in Afghanistan with IEDs, in a drone strike.

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The military said it killed 30 “militants” in a series of airstrikes that targeted Movement of the Taliban in Pakistan hideouts in North Waziristan. The Taliban said it would not agree to an unconditional ceasefire with the government. The Taliban also confirmed the death of Asmatullah Shaheen Bhittani.

Pakistani military launches more airstrikes in the northwest

Pakistani aircraft struck at jihadists in Khyber and Hangu over the weekend; military officials claimed that 44 “militants” were killed.

Pakistani Air Force strikes at ‘militants’ in North Waziristan, Khyber

Military officials claimed that more than 60 “militants,” including Uzbeks, Turkmen, and Tajiks, were killed in a series of airstrikes in the Taliban-controlled tribal agencies of North Waziristan and Khyber.

Taliban claim the execution of 23 Pakistani Frontier Corps troops

Omar Khalid al Khurasani, the Movement of the Taliban in Pakistan’s emir for the Mohmand tribal agency, said the troops were killed in retaliation for the targeting and execution of jihadists in Pakistan.

Pakistani jihadists form Ahrar-ul-Hind, vow to continue attacks

The new group is an offshoot of the Movement of the Taliban in Pakistan and other jihadist groups. Its spokesman said Ahrar-ul-Hind is based in Pakistan’s “urban areas” and would conduct attacks in Pakistan’s cities despite the outcome of peace talks.