The tape casts further doubt that Ilyas Kashmiri, a top al Qaeda leader, and Ustadh Ahmad Farooq, al Qaeda’s media emir and top ideologue in Pakistan, were killed in a Predator airstrike in early June.
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Afghan children are indoctrinated in religious schools in Pakistan’s northwest.
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Mullen focuses on Afghanistan-Pakistan border havens
US Predators killed four Taliban fighters in an airstrike in South Waziristan. The Taliban torched 10 tankers in Khairpur that are used to transport fuel to NATO forces in Afghanistan.
The strike took place on the Afghan border and is the first in Pakistan’s tribal areas since July 12.
Afghans Recall Sons From Extremist Madrassas
The Taliban killed a pro-government tribal elder who was encouraging refugees to return to Tank. Security forces detained four Taliban fighters in Karachi.
US military chief cites progress against Haqqanis
Stop drone strikes, ISI tells US
Another CIA station chief exits Islamabad
Mullen: Let’s See Whether Taliban Stop Attacks for Ramadan
Afghan intelligence arrested one of its own agents, who was facilitating a plot to attack the Defense Ministry and ISAF headquarters.
Waliur Rehman follows the Pakistani government and al Qaeda in calling for Aafia Siddiqui’s release from US custody.
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Pakistan – Sabotage bid foiled in Swabi
White House Adviser says US Has 6 Months to ‘Knock Out’ Rattled Qaeda Leadership
“The indications are that Kashmiri intentionally floated the news of his death in a drone attack to avoid the heat following the killing of Bin Laden in Pakistan,” according to a report.
Former officials: Al-Qaida still likely to use WMD
Top US officials debate drone strikes in Pakistan
A jihadist who shares the same name as Ayman al Zawahiri’s deputy and Osama bin Laden’s son-in-law is said to have been killed. As the martyrdom announcement was not released through official al Qaeda channels, the report is unconfirmed.
India to press Pakistan on fugitives
Hafiz Gul Bahadar’s spokesman said reports that Bahadar ordered Movement of the Taliban in Pakistan leader Hakeemullah Mehsud and others to leave the tribal agency were “fabricated.”
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