US Predators launch 3 more strikes in Khyber, killing 54 ‘terrorists’
The last four strikes have taken place in Khyber, signaling a possible shift in targeting from North Waziristan, where attacks have been focused.
Tag Archives: Pakistan
Afghanistan
Pakistan – 67% want military operation in North Waziristan: poll
Al Qaeda
US struggles to root out militants in Pakistani madrassa
Al Qaeda
Report shows how Pakistan still bedevils Obama
Pakistan
US Predators killed seven Taliban fighters in an airstrike in Khyber. Security forces detained two Lashkar-e-Jhangvi operatives in Karachi. The Taliban killed a young child in a grenade attack targeting a Shia procession in Peshawar.
Analysis: ‘Lady al Qaeda’ in propaganda
Top al Qaeda ideologue Abu Yahya al Libi has released a new tape imploring Muslims to wage jihad on behalf of Aafia Siddiqui. It is the second such tape released by al Qaeda in recent months.
Pakistan
ISI blows cover of CIA man in Islamabad
US Predators kill 7 Taliban fighters in Khyber
The strike in Khyber is just the second in the vital tribal agency this year.
Pakistan
Hafiz Saeed makes public appearance, supports blasphemy laws
Al Qaeda
Obama war review: Taliban, al-Qaida diminished
AQAP operative Fahd al Quso denies reports of his death
Quso granted an interview with a Saudi newspaper from his mountain stronghold in Yemen’s Shabwa province.
Afghanistan
US puts off Afghan moves
Afghanistan
NATO push deals Taliban a setback in Kandahar
Al Qaeda
Commander describes nature of eastern Afghanistan fight
‘White’ Britons reported killed in North Waziristan strike
From The Telegraph, via Channel Four News, comes this report that two “white” Britons were killed in the Dec. 10 Predator strike in the village of Khadar Khel in the Datta Khel area of South Waziristan: A pair of white British Muslim converts who joined al-Qaeda have been killed in a drone attack in a […]
Jundallah claims suicide attack at Iranian mosque
The suicide attack today killed 41 people. Jundallah claimed that the suicide bombers targeted Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps.
Afghanistan
US appoints acting successor to Holbrooke
Pakistan
Ashura tests Pakistan’s security resolve
Afghanistan
US, NATO predict heavier fighting this winter
ISAF targets Taliban’s shadow government in Nangarhar
Special operations forces captured the shadow governor of Sherzad, a Taliban and al Qaeda haven in the Afghan east.
United States
Obama’s Afghan review: As the war drags on, a mere formality?
Afghanistan
Holbrooke’s death leaves major void in Obama’s Afghan strategy
Afghanistan
Former US envoy in Afghanistan worried about insurgent havens in Pakistan
US Predators kill 4 ‘rebels’ in North Waziristan strike
The attack took place in an area under the control of the Haqqani Network.
Afghanistan
Richard C. Holbrooke, 1941-2010: strong American voice in diplomacy and crisis
Pakistan
The Taliban killed a bus driver and a child, and wounded several children in an IED attack on a school bus in Peshawar. The Taliban killed two policemen in an attack in Charsadda.
Afghanistan
Pakistan: Petraeus makes visit to discuss anti-insurgency strategy
Al Qaeda
The network of FOB Chapman bomber Humam al-Balawi
Pakistan
Pakistan teachers being killed, says Human Rights Watch
Al Qaeda
Pakistan encouraging Hamid Karzai in coalition with militants