Pakistan
NATO’s supply route to Afghanistan has been reopened after a two-day-long protest ended in Peshawar. A Gitmo document lists the ISI as a terrorist entity. The IAEA said that Pakistan’s nuclear program is safe.
Tag Archives: Pakistan
Al Qaeda
Libyan, once a detainee, is now a US ally of sorts
Al Qaeda
Judging detainees’ risk, often with flawed evidence
Pakistan
IAEA declares Pakistan nuclear program safe
Al Qaeda
Guantanamo documents name Pakistan ISI as al Qaeda associate
Al Qaeda
WikiLeaks discloses new details on whereabouts of al-Qaeda leaders on 9/11
Germany
An Islamist’s return: US hands over suspected German terrorist
Pakistan
Pakistan – Warmth is back in ties with Saudi Arabia?
Suicide bomber kills tribal leader, Pakistani troops in northwest
The attack took place the same day General Kayani claimed the terrorists’ “backbone has been broken” and one day after a large Taliban force killed 16 troops in Dir.
Al Qaeda
Pakistan army boss Kayani says militants’ back broken
Pakistan
A suicide bomber killed an anti-Taliban leader and five security personnel in Bajaur. General Kayani said that the “terrorists’ backbone has been broken” by Pakistani forces. Security forces killed six “militants” in Arakzai.
Pakistan
Fear in Pakistani village dominated by Christians
Pakistan
US Predators killed 25 people in a strike in North Waziristan. The Taliban killed 16 security personnel after overrunning an outpost in Dir. Army helicopters killed 11 “militants” in Khyber.
Pakistan closes US Predator base in Baluchistan: report
The US is no longer able to fly Predator sorties from the Shamsi Air Base. Or is it?
Afghanistan
Source: US departs Pakistan base
ISAF captures Islamic Movement of Uzbekistan’s top commander for Afghanistan
The IMU ‘s senior leader in Afghanistan served as “a key conduit between the senior IMU leadership in Pakistan and senior Taliban leadership in Afghanistan.” He escaped from a Pakistani jail in 2010.
Taliban overrun security outpost, kill 16 Pakistani troops
More than 300 Taliban fighters attacked an outpost in Dir from across the border in Kunar province. The Taliban reportedly beheaded five of the Pakistani troops.
US Predators kill 25 in North Waziristan strike
The strike in the Mir Ali area is the first in more than a week, and took place just one day after Admiral Mullen completed a trip to patch up ties with Pakistan’s military.
ISAF targets al Qaeda safehouse in Khost
The targeted compound is “associated with Pakistan-based al Qaeda leadership.”
Pakistan
Pakistani Pashtun tribe rises up against extremists
Pakistan
Pakistan – Like army, like nation
Pakistan
Sixteen Pakistanis were killed in a bombing at a gambling hall in Karachi; no group has claimed the attack. The US will provide Pakistan with 85 unarmed Raven UAVs.
Afghanistan
Pakistan accuses US of ‘negative propaganda’
Afghanistan
Mullen: Pakistan’s ISI spy agency has ‘militant links’
Afghanistan
The import and export of suicide bombers
Pakistan
Admiral Michael Mullen said Pakistan has a “relationship” with the Haqqani Network but stopped short of accusing the country of supporting the terror group. A court indicted Maulana Abdul Aziz for killing a security officer during the Lal Masjid uprising in 2007. The Taliban in Mohmand killed two merchants for providing livestock to Afghanistan.
17 Taliban, ‘foreign fighters’ killed during hunt for al Qaeda commander in Kunar
The al Qaeda leader “commands and facilitates insurgents throughout the province and border region, directing weapons acquisition, movement, employment of fighters and equipment to Kunar for attacks against Afghan and Coalition forces.”
Pakistan’s ISI has a ‘relationship’ with the Haqqani Network: Admiral Mullen
Mullen falls short of calling out Pakistan for actively supporting the Haqqani Network.
Suicide bombers captured in Afghan border town trained in Quetta
Not all suicide bombers are trained in North Waziristan.
Pakistan
Pakistan – The reason terrorism suspects go free