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Militants Strike in Kashmir as Elections Approach
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Pakistani army kills senior al Qaeda commander tasked with attacking the West
Pakistan claimed it killed Adnan Shukrijumah in a raid in South Waziristan. Shukrijumah, who was wanted by the US, was al Qaeda’s operations chief for North America.
Pakistan
Pakistan’s blasphemy laws backfire on religious groups
US airstrikes in eastern Afghanistan target Pakistani Taliban
Mullah Fazlullah, the emir of the Movement of the Taliban in Pakistan, was the target of one of the three recent strikes in Nangarhar province.
Pakistan condemns drone strike that targeted ‘good Taliban’ and foreign fighters
Members of the Haqqani Network, the Hafiz Gul Bahadar Group, and “Uzbeks” are reported to have been killed in an attack in the Shawal Valley.
AQIS announces death of 2 senior leaders in US operation
Adil Qudoos was a former major in the Pakistani Army; Khalid Sheikh Mohammed, planner of the 9/11 attacks, was arrested at Qudoos’ home in 2003. The second jihadist leader, Dr. Sarbaland, served as a surgeon and senior propagandist for al Qaeda in the Indian Subcontinent.
US launches drone strike in North Waziristan
Nine of the 19 drone strikes in Pakistan this year have occurred in the jihadist hub of Datta Khel in North Waziristan.
Good Taliban are not our problem, adviser to Pakistan’s prime minister says
“Why should America’s enemies unnecessarily become our enemies,” the adviser on National Security and Foreign Affairs to Pakistan’s prime minister said of Taliban factions like the Haqqani Network and the Hafiz Gul Bahadar Group.
Boko Haram
Global terror attack deaths rose sharply in 2013, says report
Afghanistan
Long-troubled Afghan government undergoes overhaul
Afghanistan
Pakistan backs Afghan move to bring in Taliban
Afghanistan
In Shift, Pakistanis Fleeing War Flow Into Beleaguered Afghanistan
Taliban splinter group releases photos of suicide bomber who attacked Pakistani border crossing
Jamaat-ul-Ahrar announced that a fighter known as Hanifullah executed the deadly suicide attack on Nov. 2 at the Wagah border crossing.
Al Qaeda
The school that says Osama Bin Laden was a hero
‘Foreign militants’ reported killed in latest US drone strike in Pakistan
Eight of the 18 US drone strikes in Pakistan since June 11 have occurred in the Datta Khel area of North Waziristan, which is a known hub for al Qaeda.
Afghanistan
Powerful Afghan Police Chief Puts Fear in Taliban and Their Enemies
Afghanistan
Port Authority Officer Kept Sources With Ties to Iran Attacks
Pakistan objects to Pentagon report that mentions jihadist sanctuaries, use of terrorist proxies
Pakistan’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs objected to a DoD report that notes the country remains a sanctuary for jihadist groups, some which are used as “proxy forces” against India and Afghanistan. But the report was soft on Pakistan.
Pakistan
Pakistan mob kills Christian couple over alleged ‘blasphemy’
India
Pakistan border attack shows Islamists′ strength
India
Spy agencies averted more deaths in Pakistan-India border bomb: sources
Suicide bomber strikes in Pakistan at border crossing with India
Jamaat-ul-Ahrar, a recently formed splinter group of the Movement of the Taliban in Pakistan, and Jundallah both claimed credit for the suicide attack in Wagah that killed more than 50 people.
Pakistan condemns drone strike that targeted ‘good Taliban’
If the “good Taliban” is targeted, you can be sure the Pakistani government will denounce the US.
Arab, Haqqani Network commanders reported killed in latest drone strike in South Waziristan
Reports surfaced that an al Qaeda commander known as “Adil” was killed in the eighth recorded drone strike in Pakistan this year.
Bangladesh
Bangladesh Islamist Party Chief Sentenced to Death
Pakistan
Pakistan: Court Acquits a Suspect Charged in the Murder of Daniel Pearl
Taliban controls 3 districts in Afghan provinces of Wardak and Kunduz
One of the districts was the location of the shoot down of a US helicopter that resulted in the deaths of 31 special operations personnel, including 17 US Navy SEALs, in 2011.
Pakistan
The Pakistani military claimed it killed 30 Taliban fighters, including a commander named Daud Matta, in airstrikes in North Waziristan. The US added South Waziristan Taliban commander Khan Said to the list of global terrorists. The Taliban in Bajaur threatened polio vaccination workers. The Taliban in Khyber threatened to destroy the homes of tribesmen who […]
US State Department adds Pakistani Taliban leader to list of global terrorists
Khan Said, who is also known as Sajna Mehsud, “stated his continued commitment to terrorist activity” after parting with the Movement of the Taliban in Pakistan earlier this year, the State Department said.
TTP denies its spokesman defected to Islamic State
The group said “Shahidullah Shahid” is a nom de guerre used by all spokesmen and that former spokesman Shaykh Maqbool was not a member of the group when he defected.