US Predators strike again in Pakistan, kill 9 ‘militants’
Predators hit a compound in the Miramshah area, which is under the control of the Haqqani Network. The strike is the second in two days.
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African Union
Peacekeepers in Somalia hit trenches of rebels
Pakistan
Imam was killed last month for spying
Al Qaeda
Increased US drone strikes in Pakistan killing few high-ranking militants
Pakistan
The US ended a 27-day-gap in Predator strikes, killing five “militants” in an attack in South Waziristan. Security forces claimed to have killed 28 Taliban fighters while repelling attacks on outposts in Mohmand and Arakzai.
US Predators strike in South Waziristan
The strike is the first since Jan. 23, and ends a long pause in attacks against al Qaeda and the Taliban in Pakistan’s tribal areas.
Video: Pakistani Taliban execute Colonel Imam
Hakeemullah Mehsud, the leader of the Movement of the Taliban in Pakistan, is seen on the video, directing the execution. Pakistani officials recovered Imam’s body in Mir Ali, North Waziristan.
India
Pakistan has control over its atomic assets: Foreign Office
Afghanistan
Pakistan – Editorial: Kurram peace deal
Al Qaeda
Afghan peace council official: US-Taliban talks hurt Afghan sovereignty
Pakistan
Pause in US Pakistan strikes seen linked to US prisoner
Al Qaeda
Italy: al Qaeda will exploit North African migrant flood
Hakeemullah Mehsud alive, shown on tape executing former ISI officer
The Pakistani Taliban emir is seen directing the execution of Colonel Imam on videotape released to the Pakistani press. The tape confirms that Hakeemullah was not killed in an early October 2010 Predator strike.
Al Qaeda
US-Taliban talks
Pakistan
FATA’s interior secretary said that military operations in Kurram, Bajaur, and Mohmand have ended in success. The Taliban killed a civilian in Bannu, bombed a school and a stadium in Khyber, and confirmed they executed Colonel Imam.
Al Qaeda
Clinton sees Pak-US ties in limbo; urges reforms
Pakistan
Pak mulls ‘blood money’ deal to let off Davis, buy peace with US
Al Qaeda
Ties fray between Pakistan and US intelligence agencies
US helos kill more than 30 Taliban fighters in Kunar
The Taliban fighters were killed during a four-hour-long engagement with a US air weapons team.
Afghanistan
Afghan imams wage political battle against US
Norway
US feared terrorism from Pakistani-Norwegians – WikiLeaks
Al Qaeda
No refuge from fear in Afghanistan, even at prayer
Pakistan
Raymond Davis case: Pakistan court delays decision
HIG media emir, military commander detained in Afghan raids
A HIG media emir involved with suicide attacks in Kabul and linked to the Islamic Movement of Uzbekistan was captured in Parwan. And in Khost, the commander of a 50-man HIG cell was captured.
Europe
US anti-terror official warns Pakistani group Lashkar-e-Taiba could strike in Europe or US
Afghanistan
A history of anti-Americanism in Pakistan
Afghanistan
Afghan transit pact stalls on smuggling
ISAF detains Taliban commander operating from Pakistan
ISAF and Afghan special operations forces captured another Afghan Taliban commander who used the Pakistani border city of Chaman in Baluchistan province as a base of operations. From the ISAF press release: Afghan and coalition forces detained a Taliban attack leader, along with several suspected insurgents during an operation in Kandahar City, Kandahar province yesterday. […]
Analysis: Gap in Pakistan Predator strikes not unusual
The current pause in strikes is the third-longest since the US ramped up strikes in Pakistan’s tribal areas in 2008.
Deputy emir of al Qaeda training camp agrees to plea deal at Gitmo
An al Qaeda trainer agreed to a plea deal at Gitmo on Tuesday. The terms of the deal remain undisclosed. The trainer, Noor Uthman Mohammed, was captured alongside top al Qaeda leader Abu Zubaydah in March 2002 and was allegedly involved in Zubaydah’s plot against Israel.