In Kunduz, a senior Taliban and Islamic Movement of Uzbekistan commander was killed along with the Taliban’s shadow governor of Khanabad, and a senior facilitator involved in a recent suicide assault was captured.
A Saudi named Muhammed Saleem Saeed Braikan (or Buraikan), who is on the updated list of the Kingdom’s 47 most wanted terrorists, married a daughter (she was just 12 years old at the time) of Osama bin Laden, and is well tuned into al Qaeda’s operational plans and may be aware of bin Laden’s location […]
Biden says US will help Afghanistan after pullout
In realm of religion, women lose out
Pakistan faces a divide of age on Muslim law
None of the 47 al Qaeda operatives are in Saudi Arabia. Twenty-seven of them are thought to be in Pakistan and Afghanistan, 16 are thought to be in Yemen, and four more are believed to be in Iraq.
‘Not just White girls, Pak Muslim men sexually target Hindu and Sikh girls as well’ – UK Hindu and Sikh organizations
Pope urges Pakistan to scrap blasphemy law
Mumtaz Qadri admits killing Governor Salman Taseer
Sermons motivated killer of Pakistani politician
‘The killer of my father, Salman Taseer, was showered with rose petals by fanatics. How could they do this?’
Last week our sources confirmed a report that Qari Saifullah Akhtar, the leader of the Harakat-ul-Jihad-al-Islami (HUJI, or the Movement of Islamic Holy War), was released from Pakistani custody in early December 2010 (you can read the report and all the information about Akhtar’s connections to al Qaeda and Pakistan’s military and intelligence service here.) […]
Pakistan’s release of militant stirs questions
India to hold firm in Afghanistan despite threats
Pakistan – More than 40,000 protest blasphemy law change: police
Pakistan – Bearded cops to be banned from VVIP security detail
India – ‘Afghanistan peace process cannot be Pak-driven’
Afghans vent fury with Iran over fuel blockade
Recent raids have targeted Taliban leaders in Kunar and Nangarhar with close ties to al Qaeda. Both provinces host al Qaeda cells.
A Pakistani’s assassin’s long reach
Pakistan – Death to those who disagree
Two Taliban fighters died in a premature detonation in Khyber. The Taliban bombed a health clinic in Mohmand. Security forces arrested four “religious extremists” in Quetta.
Pakistan – Terrorists on the run in FATA, PAC told
The attack killed 17 people, including a senior anti-Taliban police commander. The Mullah Dadullah Front is a wing of the Taliban in the Afghan south that has adopted al Qaeda’s tactics and ideology.
Labour MPs criticise Jack Straw over sexual abuse comments
US to offer more support to Pakistan
Pakistan – US ambassador’s blunt talk: we pay so we intrude
Taseer killer turns hero on Facebook
Taseer assassination raises spectre of nuclear heist in Pakistan
The Department of Defense announced the transfer of a Guantanamo detainee to Algeria on Thursday. A district judge ruled that he should be freed even though he was recruited by al Qaeda to train and fight in Afghanistan.