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Pakistan
US Predators killed four Haqqani Network fighters in an airstrike in North Waziristan. The Taliban freed 23 captive tribal leaders after making them swear on the Koran not to support the government. The Taliban killed one person in a bombing in Lakki Marwat.
Al Qaeda
Chilling details emerge about Danish attack plot suspects
Al Qaeda
Drones aided by ‘human assets’ on the ground
Pakistan
Islamists lead Pakistan strike in political crisis
Pakistan
Is Pakistan losing ground in its Taliban war?
Danish newspaper plotter arrested twice before
One of the suspects arrested this week for allegedly plotting an attack against the Danish newspaper that published controversial cartoons of the Prophet Mohammed had been arrested twice before. He and his supporters claimed both times that he was merely vacationing.
Al Qaeda, Taliban create female suicide cells in Pakistan and Afghanistan
The cells are commanded by Qari Zia Rahman, the dual-hatted Taliban and al Qaeda leader who heads forces in northeastern Afghanistan and northwestern Pakistan.
US Predators strike again along the Afghan-Pakistani border
Eight Haqqani Network fighters were reported killed in a strike on a convoy in Ghulam Khan in North Waziristan, Pakistan. The US carried out 117 strikes in Pakistan in 2010, more than doubling 2009’s total of 53.
South Waziristan Taliban free captive tribal leaders
The Taliban in South Waziristan are attempting to show who is really in charge in the lawless tribal agency after the Pakistani Army offensive that was launched in October 2009. Last week, the Taliban kidnapped 23 tribal leaders after they met with General Kayani, the Pakistani Chief of Army Staff, during his visit to South […]
Pakistan
‘Human bomb’ spills beans on all-women Taliban death squads
Pakistan
Taliban continue with anti-education activities: in 2010, terrorists blew up more than two dozen schools in Peshawar
Pakistan
Pakistan saw highest number of reporters killed in 2010
Pakistan
Security forces killed 20 Taliban fighters and wounded 25 more during helicopter strikes in Kurram. The Taliban killed the driver of a NATO supply truck in an attack in Kachhi in Baluchistan.
ISAF continues to target IMU leaders in the Afghan north
The US has targeted the al Qaeda-linked Islamic Movement of Uzbekistan during three raids over the past month. Despite suffering losses to its leadership cadre, the IMU continues to operate in the north in conjunction with the Taliban.
India
Pakistan says it will defend spy chief in US suits
Afghanistan
Fighting erupts in Afghanistan’s Tora Bora mountains between NATO, insurgent forces
Pakistan
Disappearances with reported ties to Pakistan worry US
Pakistan
Security forces killed seven Taliban fighters in helicopter airstrikes in Kurram. The Taliban ambushed a NATO supply convoy in Landi Kotal in Khyber; one driver was killed during the attack.
Taliban intel officer linked to Pakistan captured in Kandahar
Yesterday, ISAF captured a Taliban intelligence operative who scouted attack sites for suicide bombers based in Pakistan. From the ISAF press release: The targeted individual is an intelligence operative responsible for providing direction in the form of site selection and target sets for the suicide bombers who reportedly came into the city from Chaman, Pakistan. […]
Pakistan
Pakistan – Are Taliban following in the footsteps of Tamil Tigers?
Afghanistan
2011 decisive for US strategy in Pakistan, Afghanistan
Afghanistan
Insurgents set aside rivalries on Afghan border
Afghanistan
US: No way to seal Afghan-Pakistan border
Pakistan
US Predators killed 15 Taliban fighters in a pair of airstrikes in the Ghulam Khan area of North Waziristan. Pakistani troops killed two Taliban fighters in Mohmand.
India
India ups security in cities fearing terror attack
US Predators strike again in North Waziristan
The airstrikes killed 15 Taliban fighters in an area used for staging attacks into Afghanistan.
Pakistan
Pakistan food program set to resume
Pakistan
US Predators killed 25 terrorists in a pair of strikes in North Waziristan. The Taliban killed a security official in Khyber. Security forces killed six Taliban fighters in Swat. ISAF denied its helicopters crossed the border into Pakistan.
Pakistan
Militias stem Pakistani Taliban, but at what cost?