Pakistan
UN reviews security after Pakistani Taliban ‘threat’
UN reviews security after Pakistani Taliban ‘threat’
Punjab will begin releasing over 390 members of Pakistani terror groups over the next several days. Security forces killed one Lashkar-e-Islam fighter and detained 29 more in Khyber. The Taliban bombed five NATO fuel tankers at the border crossing in Torkham.
‘Afghan war ends only by targeting insurgency in Pakistan’ – Afghan national security advisor
CIA sees increased threat from al-Qaeda in Yemen
Muhammad Abdallah Hasan Abu al Khayr is Osama bin Laden’s son-in-law and a senior aide to Ayman al Zawahiri. He is a top contender to take over al Qaeda’s financial operations.
Al Qaeda shifting to Pakistan™s urban areas
Pakistan closes militant-run aid camps
Pakistan flooding disrupts Afghan war supply lines
Today’s report in The New York Times on Pakistan’s Inter-Services Intelligence directorate’s detention of Mullah Baradar and other top Afghan Taliban leaders as part of an attempt to sabotage and control negotiations with the Afghan government wins this month’s coveted Captain Louis Renault Award hands down. And to boot, the ISI used the CIA to […]
Pakistan is the Afghan war’s real aggressor
The Taliban killed 18 people in a suicide attack in a mosque in South Waziristan and seven people, including a pro-government militia leader, in an IED attack in Kurram, and wounded seven tribal leaders in a bombing near Peshawar. The US killed five people in a strike against the Haqqani Network in North Waziristan.
Terrorists regrouping outside Peshawar, says Iftikhar
An airstrike in Nangarhar killed an estimated 12 Taliban fighters, including Pakistani fighters from Waziristan. Two Haqqani Network fighters were killed in Paktia during a raid targeting a commander who runs camps in Khost.
One strike took place in the same town that hosts the Manba Ulom madrassa, the headquarters of the Haqqani Network in Pakistan.
Twenty-five people were killed in attacks on a mosque, a tribal meeting, and a convoy of a pro-government militia. The coordinated attacks took place in South Waziristan, Kurram, and near Peshawar.
Pakistanis say Taliban arrest was meant to hurt peace bid
Pakistan flood aid from Islamic extremists
The Taliban killed six pro-government peace committee members in an IED attack in Mohmand. Police arrested two Lashkar-e-Jhangvi operatives who were behind the assassination of a provincial senator in Karachi.
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Pakistani flood victims’ anger at US
Today’s strike is the second this month, and the third since July 25. The attack took place in a region controlled by the Haqqani Network.
Officials: US drones kill 6 in northwest Pakistan
Pakistan – Flooding prompts concern over Afghan refugees
Foreigners boost insurgency in east Afghanistan
Eight Taliban fighters and a soldier were killed during a clash in Arakzai. The Taliban assassinated a policeman in Dera Ismail Khan and torched a NATO fuel tanker in Khudzar. “Banned” terror groups are not permitted to provide support to Pakistan’s flood victims.
US delivers more than 1 million pounds in Pakistan flood relief
The former deputy shadow governor and military commander of Logar was killed and a district-level commander was captured in separate raids over the past two days.
Pakistan to clamp down on charities linked to militants
Floods expose civilian-military divide in Pakistan
Pakistan: Lack of terror convictions hurts fight