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Why many Pakistani-Americans aren’t sending flood donations home
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Pakistan leader says militants could exploit flood
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Afghanistan – More confusion
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The military killed eight Taliban fighters in Arakzai. Followers of Mullah Nazir and Hakeemullah Mehsud clashed in South Waziristan; three Taliban fighters were killed. A doctor associated with the Harkat ul Mujahideen was gunned down in Karachi. Two Lashkar-e-Jhangvi fighters were detained in connection with the murder of a member of the Sindh parliament.
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India accuses Pakistan of Kashmir ceasefire violation
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Pakistan militants seeking to exploit flood chaos
Russia
Russia summit calls for joint strategy against terrorism
United States
US continues to rush relief to Pakistan
Coalition forces strike at the Taliban in southern Afghanistan
Four Taliban commanders and dozens of fighters have been killed or captured during sweeps in the southern provinces of Helmand and Kandahar over the past week.
Afghanistan
Medvedev talks with Afghan, Pakistani leaders
Pakistan
The Taliban attacked a pro-government militia and police outposts in Khyber and Peshawar; two anti-Taliban fighters and several Taliban fighters were killed. Police arrested two suicide bombers in Peshawar.
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Pakistan aid ‘will not fall to extremists’
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Pakistan: ‘Terrorists planning to target top officials in capital’
Islamic Movement of Uzbekistan names Abu Usman as new leader
Abu Usman Adil served as Tahir Yuldashev’s deputy before taking control of the IMU.
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Militants overtake India as top threat to Pakistan, says ISI
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Pakistani terror network takes on major role in Afghan war
Islamic Movement of Uzbekistan confirms leader Tahir Yuldashev killed
A website run by the central Asian terror group and al Qaeda affiliate announced the death of “Shaheed Mohammed Tahir” and posted an image of the commander. Yuldashev was thought to have been killed in a US Predator strike in South Waziristan one year ago.
US strike kills ‘dual-hatted’ al Qaeda and Taliban commander in northern Afghanistan
An air weapons team killed Abu Baqir, “a dual-hatted Taliban sub-commander and al Qaeda group leader” who operated in Kunduz.
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‘Taliban has benefited from West’s response in Pakistan’
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Bin Laden ‘far buried’ in remote region: Petraeus
ISAF continues to ID ‘foreign fighters’ in Afghanistan
Chechens with headbands are walking through a Taliban column during an attack on a US outpost in Kunar province. Click here for more images. Back on July 11, I noted that ISAF was beginning to define the enemy in Afghanistan. At that time, ISAF stated that it was hunting a Taliban commander involved in facilitating […]
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A US airstrike in North Waziristan killed 12 Taliban fighters. The UN said 20 million Pakistanis have been impacted by the floods, and six million Pakistanis have yet to receive aid.
US Predator strike kills 12 in North Waziristan
Today’s strike is the first since July 25 and took place in a region controlled by the Haqqani Network.
Coalition, Afghan forces kill Taliban’s shadow governor for Nangarhar
Malauwi Ghulam Haideri served on the Peshawar Shura and was in direct contact with Taliban leaders operating inside Pakistan.
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Pakistan fight stalls for US
Taliban, al Qaeda forces repel Afghan Army assault in eastern Afghanistan
An Afghan Army operation was “routed” during an operation along the Pakistani border in Laghman province.
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Foreigners boost insurgency in eastern Afghanistan
20 Haqqani Network fighters killed in raids in eastern Afghanistan
The raid took place in the district of Zurmat in Paktia province, a known haven for al Qaeda and other foreign fighters.
Afghanistan
Aid group: Fighters not thieves killed 10 workers
Slain medical workers likely killed by Pakistani Taliban fighters
An investigation into the murder of 10 medical workers in the northern province of Badakhshan indicates that Taliban fighters, some possibly from Pakistan, were behind the attack. Both the Taliban and Hizb-i-Islami claimed to have carried out the brutal executions. And it appears those who carried out the attack were attempting to return to Barg-e-Matal […]