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Pakistan
Pakistan polio vaccinator’s murder by militants raises health workers’ fears
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‘French jihadist’ fears remain two years on from Merah
Afghanistan
Election monitors flee Afghanistan after hotel attack
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Times Report on Al Qaeda Is Censored in Pakistan
Inter-Services Intelligence Agency
Pakistani officials reject claims of ISI handling bin Laden
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Exclusive: The mysterious journey of the Libya oil tanker
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What Pakistan Knew About Bin Laden
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Pakistani tribunal upholds conviction of doctor who tracked Osama
Afghanistan
Ex-Afghan intelligence chief Asadullah Khalid returns to Afghanistan
Review board rules against Guantanamo detainee
Earlier this month, a review board responsible for evaluating the status of Guantanamo detainees determined that a Yemeni held in Cuba since early 2002 should remain in custody. According to a leaked threat assessment, the detainee was slated to be a hijacker on 9/11 before al Qaeda canceled his part of the operation.
Afghanistan
In Its Own War on Terror, Pakistan Piles Up Heavy Losses
Pakistan
Musharraf’s lawyers ‘threatened with beheading’
Details emerge on Ahrar-ul-Hind’s emir
Maulana Umar Qasmi was a member of Jaish-e-Mohammed before becoming the emir of the Ahrar-ul-Hind, the Taliban splinter group that refuses to negotiate with the government.
Afghanistan
Abu Ghaith urged Qaeda recruits to ‘pledge’ to bin Laden: witness
Pakistan
Pakistan’s prime minister has breakfast with Taliban negotiators
Pakistan
In former Taliban fiefdom, Pakistan’s first female council tackles abuses
Ahrar-ul-Hind suicide assault team attacks courthouse in Islamabad
The jihadist splinter group has vowed to continue attacks in Pakistan regardless of the Movement of the Taliban in Pakistan’s negotiations with the government.
Pakistani military to end airstrikes against Taliban
Pakistan’s interior minister announced the halt after the military killed five “militants” in airstrikes in Khyber.
Afghanistan
Pakistani army fuels anger in securing Swat from Taliban
Pakistani Taliban announce ceasefire with government
The announcement took place the same day that 11 tribal policemen and civilians were killed in attack that targeted a polio vaccination team in Pakistan’s northwest.
American jihadist in Pakistan partially identified
Abdullah al Shami was born in the US but left the country at a young age. US officials would like to target the American, who targets US troops in Afghanistan with IEDs, in a drone strike.
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US Militant, Hidden, Spurs Drone Debate
Afghanistan
Eyeing Afghan exit, US intensifies campaign against Haqqani militants
Pakistan
The military said it killed 30 “militants” in a series of airstrikes that targeted Movement of the Taliban in Pakistan hideouts in North Waziristan. The Taliban said it would not agree to an unconditional ceasefire with the government. The Taliban also confirmed the death of Asmatullah Shaheen Bhittani.
Senior Taliban commander gunned down in North Waziristan
Asmatullah Shaheen Bhittani, a senior leader who was appointed interim emir for the Movement of the Taliban in Pakistan after Hakeemullah’s death, has been gunned down in the Taliban-controlled tribal agency of North Waziristan.
Pakistani military launches more airstrikes in the northwest
Pakistani aircraft struck at jihadists in Khyber and Hangu over the weekend; military officials claimed that 44 “militants” were killed.
Pakistani Air Force strikes at ‘militants’ in North Waziristan, Khyber
Military officials claimed that more than 60 “militants,” including Uzbeks, Turkmen, and Tajiks, were killed in a series of airstrikes in the Taliban-controlled tribal agencies of North Waziristan and Khyber.
Afghanistan
Karzai Condemns Killing of Taliban Leader, Body Returned to Takhar
India
Pakistan militant resurfaces, ignites Indian fears of attacks