The unnamed IMU commander ran “multiple IMU training camps and was involved with the facilitation and movement of fighters in and out of Samangan training camps, including fighters’ movement to Pakistan.”
The Taliban kidnapped 24 people in Kurram and wounded six security personnel in Khyber. Security forces arrested a terrorist plotting to attack Pakistan’s parliament.
Central Asia stands to gain as NATO shifts supply lines away from Pakistan
Qari Zia Rahman said that al Qaeda and the Taliban have jointly decided to attack US and Afghan forces to retaliate for the March 17 Predator strike in Datta Khel.
This report from The Express Tribune on the Pakistani government opening negotiations with the Movement of the Taliban in Pakistan is the first I’ve seen in the press. I’ve heard rumors of this from US military and non-military intelligence officials, and it does seem to fit with other related news reports. Pakistan has started peace […]
The Taliban executed four “US spies” accused of aiding the March 17 Predator strike in North Waziristan. Security forces arrested three suspects thought to be involved in the recent suicide attack in Faisalabad. The government is reportedly negotiating with the Taliban and has abandoned the tribal lashkars.
The so-called spies were killed for aiding in the controversial March 17 Predator strike in Datta Khel.
North Waziristan Taliban leader Hafiz Gul Bahadar threatened to end the peace deal with the government. Predators have been spotted over North Waziristan, and the Pakistan Air Force has denied it was preparing to shoot the planes down. The head of the ISI has been granted a one-year extension.
Despite the public protests by top Pakistani political leaders and General Kayani over last Thursday’s US Predator strike that killed more than 30 (or 40 depending on which report you reference) people in North Waziristan, and vague threats to shoot the aircraft down, the unmanned hunter-killers continue to fly over the tribal agency. Dawn reports: […]
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Is the Pakistani military considering shooting down the CIA-operated unmanned US Predator and Reaper strike aircraft that roam the skies over Pakistan’s tribal agency of North Waziristan? Two reports over the past 24 hours, from STRATFOR and The Express Tribune, are giving that impression. First the STRATFOR report: Citing unconfirmed reports, STRATFOR Pakistani sources said […]
The top tribal leaders in North Waziristan vowed to wage jihad and carry out suicide attacks against the US. General Petraeus said Pakistan needs to act in North Waziristan. The Taliban executed a spy in Kohat.
The tribal leaders in Pakistan’s Taliban-controlled agency made the threats against the US after holding a press conference in Peshawar.
Pakistan – Khyber Pakhtunkhwa pursuing changes in terrorism law
General Kayani and Prime Minister Gilani denounced a US Predator strike in North Waziristan that killed 11 Taliban fighters, including a commander, and 21 tribal members in North Waziristan. The Taliban torched two NATO fuel tankers in Peshawar.
General Kayani said today’s Predator strike in Datta Khel was a “senseless attack” that targeted “a jirga of peaceful citizens including elders of the area.” A senior Taliban commander and 10 fighters were among those killed.
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The strike appears to have targeted a meeting between rival “militant” groups in North Waziristan, which was being hosted by tribal elders loyal to so-called “good Taliban” leader Hafiz Gul Bahadar.
Upheaval in Mideast sets back terror war
Davis case: Kin of victims forced into pardon?
Pressure mounts on all parties in Afghan war to begin talks
Pakistan released Raymond Davis after the US paid “blood money” to two families; the US denied making the payments. US Predators killed five Taliban fighters in North Waziristan. The Taliban killed a driver and torched four NATO fuel tankers in Mastung. Security forces captured a “facilitator” involved in a recent suicide attack in Peshawar.
CIA contractor released in Pakistan
Pakistan has freed Raymond Davis, the CIA contractor who shot and killed two Pakistanis in Lahore, after the US agreed to pay “blood money” to the families of those killed. Reuters reports: A CIA contractor was acquitted of two murder charges and released by a Pakistani court on Wednesday after a deal to pay “blood […]