Al Qaeda-linked Taliban commander killed in Afghan north
Al Qaeda and the Islamic Movement of Uzbekistan continue to maintain a strong presence in the northern Afghan provinces of Takhar, Kunduz, and Baghlan.
Tag Archives: Pakistan
Afghanistan
Pakistan: Former intelligence agent’s death in captivity causes unease
Suicide bombers kill 16 Pakistanis in attacks in Lahore, Karachi
The Fedayeen-e-Islam, a subgroup of the Pakistani Taliban, Lashkar-e-Jhangvi, and Jaish-e-Mohammed, claimed credit for the Lahore attack.
Afghanistan
Pakistani analysts: Colonel Imam’s death shows Taliban losing control in Pakistan borders
Pakistan
Schoolgirls defy bombers in Pakistan
Pakistan
Pakistan – Suspect in provincial governor’s death gets gifts, praise in jail
Afghanistan
Pakistan prisoners in Afghan jails despair
Afghanistan
Pakistan – Army poised over peace broker’s fate
Afghanistan
ISAF says Taliban lead Afghan war from Pakistan and elsewhere using cell phones
Pakistan
Girl electrocuted in Pak honour killing
Al Qaeda
Northern lights, Part 1: A shadowy new battlefield Northern lights, Part 2: Taking on the Taliban Northern lights, Part 3: Soft Sufi, hard-rock militant
Pakistan
US Predators killed 13 “militants” in three strikes in North Waziristan. The Taliban killed three people in an attack on the former mayor of Hangu.
Pakistan
Pakistan’s Godfather of the Taliban dies
Pakistan
‘Godfather of Taliban’ killed by kidnappers
US Predators strike 3 times in al Qaeda haven of North Waziristan
Thirteen “militants” were reported killed in today’s strike in North Waziristan. Also, a former senior Pakistani intelligence officer was found dead in the tribal agency.
Afghanistan
Former spy with agenda operates a private CIA
Pakistan
The Taliban killed two paramilitary troops and a civilian in an IED attack in Arakzai. President Zardari and Prime Minister Gilani authorized a “decisive operation” to take out those carrying out assassinations in Karachi.
India
Pakistani actress slams cleric for criticism
Afghanistan
Pakistan – Militants on motorcycles attack supply convoys
Pakistan
Government ‘incited’ mob rampage at Karachi power firm
Al Qaeda
Mohamed Harkat: Canada bids to deport ‘al-Qaeda agent’
Pakistan
In Pakistan, Islamic hard-liners expanding their grip on society
ISAF targets Quetta military shura leader in southern Afghanistan
The Taliban commander, who was not named, is “a current member” of the Quetta regional military shura and the former shadow governor of the Panjwai district.
Afghanistan
Setbacks plague US aid to Pakistan
Al Qaeda
Relatives of Pakistani drone victims to sue CIA
More on the death of Bekkay Harrach
Bekkay Harrach, who is also known as Al Hafidh Abu Talha al Almani, in an al Qaeda propaganda video. In the Comments section of the LWJ report on the death of al Qaeda/Islamic Movement of Uzbekistan leader Bekkay Harrach, some readers speculated that the IMU is being deliberately misleading about how he died (the IMU […]
Taliban deny Mullah Omar treated in Pakistani hospital
Mullah Mohammed Omar, the Amir al Mumineen (“commander of the faithful”) of the Afghan and Pakistani Taliban. The Taliban are categorically denying the recent report that Mullah Mohammed Omar, the leader of the Taliban, was hospitalized for a heart condition. Zabihullah Mujahid, the Taliban’s “spokesman,” calls the rumor a product of “the American State Department […]
New investigation into murder of Daniel Pearl released
The Center for Public Integrity has released an investigative report detailing the circumstances of Daniel Pearl’s murder in 2002. The report highlights the “nexus” between Pakistani terrorist groups and al Qaeda, and provides new details concerning Khalid Sheikh Mohammed’s role in the plot.
Pakistan
Report says militants in Pearl killing still at large
Pakistan
The Taliban killed five Frontier Corps personnel and two civilians in an attack on a oil facility in Kohat; two engineers were kidnapped. Police arrested four sons of TNSM chief Sufi Mohammed.