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‘Heart™ of al Qaeda in Pak-Afghan border: Gates
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Pakistan
Six Taliban fighters were killed by gunmen in Kurram. The Taliban threatened to killed the vice chancellor of Islamia College University if their demands were not met. Pakistani intelligence indicates the Taliban is preparing to attack religious sites during Eid-ul-Azha.
Pakistan
Pakistan is not doing enough in war on terror: Kabul
Afghanistan
Gates hopes Taliban think US will leave Afghanistan
Pakistani Taliban enlist 6 local groups in Wana region of South Waziristan
The Movement of the Taliban in Pakistan has announced that several Taliban groups based in areas under the command of Mullah Nazir have joined its ranks. Also, the Taliban spokesman denied that top commanders Hakeemullah and Qari Hussain Mehsud were killed in recent Predator strikes.
Al Qaeda in Iraq
US deploying drones in Yemen to hunt for Al-Qaeda, has yet to fire missiles
Al Qaeda
D.E.A. deployed Mumbai plotter despite warning
Pakistan
The US killed 14 terrorists, including five foreign fighters, in Predator strikes in North Waziristan. The Taliban executed three “US spies” in North Waziristan. Ten Taliban fighters were killed in airstrikes in Arakzai.
US kills 14 ‘militants’ in pair of strikes in North Waziristan
Predators and Reapers hit terrorist havens in Miramshah and Datta Khel. Five “foreigners” were reported killed.
United States
Obama is not likely to push India hard on Pakistan
Pakistan
The Taliban attacked two mosques in Pakistan’s northwest. A suicide bomber killed more than 60 people in an attack at a mosque in Darra Adam Khel. A Taliban fighter killed three people in a hand grenade attack in Peshawar.
Pakistan
Pakistan to walk tightrope on Afghan peace
Pakistan
Breaking Pakistan’s nuclear addiction
Afghanistan
New US approach to Afghanistan insurgency: Vindication for Pakistan?
Pakistan
Drones push Taliban from a Pakistani haven
Afghanistan
Neighboring countries ponder a post-occupation Afghanistan
Suicide bomber kills 60 at mosque in Pakistan’s northwest
The blast in Darra Adam Khel is the latest in a string of bombings and suicide attacks at religious sites in Pakistan. The Taliban claimed the attack.
Pakistan
The US Treasury sanctioned leaders of Pakistan-based Jaish-e-Mohammed and Lashkar-e-Taiba terror groups. The military killed eight Taliban fighters in Arakzai. The government fired 800 education employees for failing to stop Taliban attacks on schools.
US Treasury sanctions leaders of Pakistan-based Jaish-e-Mohammed and Lashkar-e-Taiba
Massod Azhar, the leader of the Jaish-e-Mohammed, and Lashkar-e-Taiba leaders Azam Cheema, a top military commander, and Hafiz Abdul Rahman Makki, a political official, were placed on the US list of specially designated global terrorists.
Afghanistan
Taliban foothold grows in Afghan north: governor
Pakistan
Pakistan should fulfil pledges on Mumbai attacks – Obama
Al Qaeda
Suspect linked to al-Qaeda plane bomb plotters arrested in Britain
US Predators kill 13 terrorists in 3 strikes in North Waziristan
Three strikes took place in the Miramshah, Datta Khel, and Mir Ali areas, all terrorist strongholds.
Pakistan
An anti-Taliban tribal leader was killed in Kurram. Security forces killed two Taliban fighters in Swat; another was killed in a premature detonation in Kurram. A Taliban commander surrendered in Bajaur. The Taliban bombed a school in Mohmand.
‘Foreign fighter’ cell leader captured in central Afghanistan
The commander led a cell of approximately 50 foreign fighters in the central province of Wardak.
The Taliban acquisition of anti-aircraft platforms
The ZPU-1 and the ZU-23-2 (pictured) have seen a robust role in Afghan combat since the 1980s. On Oct. 28, a targeted ISAF airstrike killed Mullah Abdullah Kakar, one of the Taliban’s operational commanders in Zabul province who was responsible for a long list of attacks and IEDs in the Shah Joy district. What is […]
Pakistan
Pakistan seeks alliance with China as the US gets tough
Al Qaeda
Parcel bombs point to al-Qaeda switch
Afghanistan
Interview: Petraeus on Afghanistan, Iran, Taliban strategy
Al Qaeda
The new Bin Laden