US Predators kill 9 ‘militants’ near Miramshah
The unmanned US strike aircraft hit a compound and a vehicle in the village of Khaddi. A local Taliban commander was reported killed.
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Pakistan denied US requests to expand the Predator campaign against al Qaeda and the Taliban into Baluchistan. Five Taliban fighters were killed in Swat. The Taliban bombed a girls’ school in Khyber.
Al Qaeda
Germany searches for suspects in bomb plot
Pakistan
Sentenced to death: on Pakistan’s minorities
Al Qaeda
Pakistan says US seeking to expand drone strikes
Pakistan squashes US bid to expand Predator campaign
The Washington Post reported today that Pakistan is resisting US efforts to expand the US Predator campaign beyond the tribal areas and into Baluchistan. The U.S. appeal has focused on the area surrounding the Pakistani city of Quetta, where the Afghan Taliban leadership is thought to be based. But the request also seeks to expand […]
Haqqani Network leaders detained in Afghan east and north
Among those captured were a facilitator who aided al Qaeda, Taliban, and Haqqani Network suicide operations in Nangarhar, and another leader who served as a key link with the Taliban in the Afghan north.
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US wants to widen area in Pakistan where it can operate drones
Pakistan
The US killed three “militants” in a Predator strike in the Mir Ali area of North Waziristan. The Taliban killed three civilians in Kurram in a rocket attack from across the border in Afghanistan, and torched 10 NATO fuel tankers in Peshawar. The air force received six more US-made F-16 fighters.
Al Qaeda operatives detained in Karachi
Map of the Kandahar-Chaman-Quetta region. Click to view larger map Earlier this week, Geo News reported that two al Qaeda operatives were detained in Karachi: The law enforcement agencies have arrested two important Al Qaeda figures from Karachi’s Sohrab Goth area and shifted them to Islamabad for investigation, Geo News reported Tuesday. Umar Misri, and […]
Al Qaeda
After major South Waziristan offensive, Pakistan still faces serious obstacles
Afghanistan
US backs trans-Afghanistan natural gas pipeline
US Predators kill 3 in North Waziristan
The strike is the fourth in the Mir Ali area this month. Foreign terrorists training to strike in the West have been harboring in the area.
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Al-Qaeda ideologue held in Syria
India
Khamenei urges Muslims to ‘help’ Kashmir
49 Taliban fighters, 6 US troops killed during Kunar operation
A US platoon clearing the eastern part of the Pech River Valley engaged in a prolonged firefight with Taliban fighters on Sunday, killing scores and recovering significant weapons caches, while incurring several casualties.
Pakistan
Security forces killed killed three Taliban fighters in Shangla. Nine Taliban fighters were sentenced to 10 years in prison. Three people were killed in Karachi. Eighteen people were wounded in a shootout at a mosque in Khuzdar.
Russia
Moscow’s gray weapons market: Russian intelligence supports dubious arms deals
Pakistan
Dispute over religious holiday leads to Pakistan mosque shoot-out
Afghanistan
AfPak strategy at ‘critical point’
Pakistan
UK Muslim author seeks roots of militancy
Pakistan
‘Pakistan dangerous for journalists™
Pakistan
The US killed 20 Taliban and al Qaeda fighters in an attack on a camp in North Waziristan. The Taliban executed three “US spies” in North Waziristan and bombed a school and the home of a tribal leader in Mohmand. Security forces arrested two al Qaeda operatives in Karachi.
US Predators hit a Taliban camp in North Waziristan
The strike is the second in the Ghulam Khan area in five days. Twenty “militants,” including al Qaeda fighters, were reported killed.
Al Qaeda
Afghanistan wants more Taliban off blacklist
Pakistan
The Taliban killed two people in a bombing in Peshawar and destroyed a school in Mohmand. Security forces killed two Taliban fighters in Swat and detained a senior commander in Islamabad.
Pakistan
Volatile mix of politics and crime plagues Karachi
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Pakistan PM urges donors for patience on reforms
Pakistan
Security forces killed six Taliban fighters in Swat. A suicide bomber killed a civilian in South Waziristan. The Taliban bombed a NATO fuel tanker in Bolan.
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Taliban prisoners ‘would be freed from Guant