US Treasury sanctions Pakistani Taliban, top two leaders
Hakeemullah Mehsud and Waliur Rehman Mehsud have been designated as specially designated global terrorists for their sponsorship of terrorist acts in Pakistan, Afghanistan, and the US.
Tag Archives: Pakistan
Pakistan
Highest amount of donations for Pakistan
Pakistan
No specific threat to USAID head Raj Shah: US
Al Qaeda
Maine man says NY bomber was partyer
Pakistan
Eight “militants” were killed in a Pakistani airstrike in Khyber and three more were killed in a shootout in Swat. Five Lashkar-e-Islam fighters were killed near Darra Adam Khel. The Taliban torched three NATO fuel tankers in Mastung and Khuzdar.
Al Qaeda
Canada’s Operation Samosa and the Pakistani connection
Afghanistan
Turkmenistan, Afghanistan ink pipeline framework deal
Al Qaeda
Afghan concern about Pakistan is legit: Petraeus
Pakistan
Muslims donate nearly $1 billion to Pakistan
Pakistan
Two soldiers were killed in an IED attack in Khyber. Two Taliban commanders were killed in fighting in Swat and another was detained in Karachi. The Taliban kidnapped 10 workers in Chitral.
Pakistan
Islamist charities gain goodwill in flood calamity
India
India to route aid for Pak flood victims through UN agencies
Pakistan
Senator Kerry warns of instability in Pakistan
Pakistan
Punjabi Taliban leader Usman Punjabi and six other terrorists were killed in a clash with a rival faction of the Lashkar-e-Jhangvi in North Waziristan. Police detained 17 “wanted terrorists” and recovered a large cache of weapons and explosives during sweeps in Mardan.
Senior Islamic Movement of Uzbekistan commander targeted in northern Afghanistan
One Taliban fighter was killed as an IMU commander who facilitates the entry of al Qaeda operatives into Afghanistan was targeted in an airstrike in Kunduz province.
Al Qaeda
Norway ‘bomb plot’ underscores al-Qaida pitfalls
Pakistan
Upstarts chip away at power of feudal Pakistani landlords
Pakistan
Pakistan floods: Pakistani Taliban threats don’t deter foreign aid workers
Pakistan
A US Predator strike killed four “terrorists” in an attack on two vehicles in Kurram. Three terrorists who overpowered their guards in an Army headquarters in Peshawar surrendered after taking two hostages. The Taliban kidnapped the father of a politician in Kurram.
Pakistan
Firing near US consulate in Pakistan
Afghanistan
Petraeus: the US will press militants’ havens in Pakistan
US Predator strike kills 4 ‘terrorists’ in Pakistan’s northwest
The attack took place in Kurram. The US has struck targets in Kurram just two other times since 2004.
United States
US aid chief says threatened in Pakistan
Afghanistan
UN: Rate of Afghan refugees returning home ‘doubles’
Pakistan
The son of General Tariq Majid, the chairman of the Army’s Joint Chiefs of Staff Committee, was kidnapped in Lahore. One person was killed in a bombing in Mansehra. The Taliban bombed three tankers in Quetta, Kalat, and Mastung, and a school in Khyber. The Ittehad Mujahideen Khurasan announced an amnesty for “US spies.”
Pakistan
Pakistan floods: ‘The worst is yet to come’
Pakistan
Pakistani Christians face aid discrimination: Vatican
Al Qaeda
Terror suspects arrested in Canada linked to Al-Qaeda
USAID leader in Pakistan supports Jamaat-ud-Dawa front
Rajiv Shah, the USAID chief, visited a camp in Sukkur run by the Falah-i-Insaniat, a front run by Jamaat-ud-Dawa. Shah delivered two truckloads of supplies to the camp, while Jamaat-ud-Dawa, used the visit as part of its propaganda.
Pakistan
Pakistan must spend transparently to receive more flood aid: US