Pakistan
Necessity pushes Pakistani women into jobs and peril
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Pakistan
Suicide bombings in Pakistan: the bloodiest year
Afghanistan
States of conflict: An update on Afghanistan, Iraq, and Pakistan
US Predators kill 25 ‘rebels’ in pair of strikes in North Waziristan
The strikes are the first in 10 days, and the first in the Mir Ali area since the end of November.
Afghanistan
Taliban fighters appear quieted in Afghanistan
Pakistan
The World Food Program shut down aid delivery in Bajaur after yesterday’s suicide attack. The Taliban killed a truck driver in Mastung who was transporting supplies to NATO forces in Afghanistan. Prime Minister Gilani said US drone attacks in Pakistan are counterproductive.
Pakistan
Pakistan to review blasphemy laws, official says
Pakistan
Pakistan’s rape victim who dared to fight back
Afghanistan
Petraeus commends Pakistan’s counterinsurgency
India
Pakistan – Jamaat-e-Islami against US summon of ISI officials
Afghanistan
Al Qaida-allied Afghan fighters seek new Pakistan haven
Afghanistan
Taliban challenge US in eastern Afghanistan
Pakistan
Pakistan’s interior minister for changing pro-terror mindset
Pakistan
Pakistan’s ‘Mother Teresa’ on floods frontline
Pakistan
A female Taliban suicide bomber killed 42 civilians in an attack at a World Food Program ration distribution point in Bajaur. The Taliban kidnapped 25 tribal leaders who met with General Kayani in South Waziristan. Security forces killed 16 Taliban fighters in Mohmand.
Female suicide bomber kills 42 people in Pakistan’s northwest
The suicide bomber targeted civilians as they waited to receive rations at a World Food Program distribution point in Bajaur.
Pakistan
Pakistan – Protestors warn of anarchy if blasphemy law changed
Pakistan
Pakistan’s Christians not cowering amid rising intolerance
Pakistan
Eleven Pakistani soldiers and 24 Taliban fighters were killed in heavy fighting after the Taliban assaulted five checkpoints in Mohmand. Pakistani security forces reportedly detained Nasiruddin Haqqani, the top financier for the Haqqani Network. The US transferred more than $600 million to Pakistan to fighter terrorists groups.
Afghanistan
Afghanistan, Pakistan, Turkey to hold joint drills
Taliban assault Pakistani military checkpoints in Mohmand
Eleven Pakistani soldiers and 24 Taliban fighters were killed in heavy fighting after the Taliban assaulted five checkpoints in the tribal agency.
Pakistan detains top Haqqani Network leader
Nasiruddin Haqqani was reportedly detained after returning from the hajj in Saudi Arabia, where he conducted fundraising for the Haqqani Network.
Pakistan
As drone strikes have increased, so have assassinations, Pakistanis say
Afghanistan
Al-Qaeda finds new friends
Libya
Swiss official urges charging three with nuke smuggling
Pakistani Taliban commander reported killed in Kunar
A Pakistani Taliban commander who aided in the murder of three US Special operations troops in the Pakistani district of Dir in February 2010 may have been killed in a recent US airstrike in Afghanistan’s Kunar province. From Express News, via AKI: Tehrik-i-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) [or Movement of the Taliban in Pakistan] leader Hafeezullah and […]
India
Pakistan – US suits against ISI chief a ‘futile’ exercise
Afghanistan
Afghan Taliban leadership splintered by intense US military campaign
India
India – Mumbai, Ahmedabad put on terror alert
Iran
Pakistan, Iran jockey for influence after bombings