Tag Archives: Pakistan



Al Qaeda

Displaced Pakistanis prepare for risky return to South Waziristan


Pakistan

The Taliban threatened to kill Hamid Saeed Kazmi, Pakistan’s Federal Minister for Religious Affairs, if he didn’t resign. Kazmi was the target of a suicide attack in September 2009. The Taliban kidnapped four truckers and torched three trucks in Mohmand.




Lawfare and Predator strikes

A Pakistani tribesman from the al Qaeda haven of Mir Ali in North Waziristan is threatening to sue the US government if he is not paid for what he claims is the wrongful death of his brother and son in a US Predator strike on Dec. 31, 2009. From The Associated Press: A Pakistani man […]


Al Qaeda

Analysis: Karachi’s political turbulence fuels Muslim militancy









Pakistan

A soldier and a civilian were killed during a clash with “miscreants” in Darra Adam Khel. The Interior Ministry offered a reward to those who inform on the Pakistani Taliban. The Mehsud tribe said internal refugees would return to South Waziristan in December.