ISAF targets ‘al Qaeda affiliated’ Taliban leader in Nangarhar
Also, the Taliban’s military commander for Nangarhar was killed in a May 3 raid.
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Pakistan
Pakistani Pashtun tribe rises up against extremists
Pakistan
Over 3,100 killed in terror attacks in Pak in 3 years
US troops defeat Taliban assault on base in Nangarhar
A Taliban force of 25 fighters attacked Forward Operating Base Fenty in Nangarhar province, but was routed by US troops guarding the base.
Lashkar-e-Islam
Pakistan – Tribal lashkar makes advances: copters continue to pound LI hideouts
20 killed in clash between Lashkar-e-Islam factions
Some details emerge on the infighting in Khyber.
Lashkar-e-Islam chief targeted for assassination in Khyber
Mangal Bagh was targeted by members of his own group.
Taliban kill 14 Pakistani troops in Khyber ambush
A colonel and a captain were among the Frontier Corps troops killed in an ambush in the Atakhel area of the Pakistani tribal agency of Khyber.
Lashkar-e-Islam
Pakistan – Anti-Taliban militias under threat
Taliban suicide bomber kills 9 in Hangu; 6 police killed in ambush in Khyber
The attacks are the latest in the Taliban’s renewed offensive in the central regions of Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa and the tribal agencies.
ISAF targets al Qaeda-linked Taliban commanders in the Afghan east
Recent raids have targeted Taliban leaders in Kunar and Nangarhar with close ties to al Qaeda. Both provinces host al Qaeda cells.
Al Qaeda-linked Taliban leader reported killed in Khyber Predator strike
Ibn Amin, the leader of the Tora Bora Brigade in Swat, was killed in one of three Predator strikes in Khyber on Dec. 17.
Taliban leader linked to Pakistan-based Lashkar-e-Islam captured in Afghan east
ISAF mentioned the Lashkar-e-Islam for the first time, just one day after US Predators pounded the group’s strongholds across the border in Pakistan’s Khyber agency.