Abdul Rauf Khadim, a former Gitmo detainee, sent a handwritten note threatening Afghan tribal elders who cooperate with Coalition forces and the Afghan government. Khadim is one of two former Gitmo detainees who are part of Mullah Omar’s inner circle.
Pakistani Taliban claims responsibility for death of paramilitary force chief
Commandant Siffwat Ghayur and four members of his security detail were killed after a suicide bomber rammed into his car in Peshawar.
Twenty more people were killed in rioting in Karachi one day after a provincial assemblyman from the MQM was assassinated in a mosque. Teh city has been locked down and troops have been issued orders to “shoot on sight miscreants involved in creating a law and order problem.”
US Military in Afghanistan responds to Pakistan floods
France takes harder line on Pakistan than US
Pakistan president: coalition forces ‘losing war against Taliban in Afghanistan’
45 die in revenge attacks in Pakistan’s Karachi
Militants pose as victims to fish in Pak flood waters
Angel of Death: Howitzer in air vaporizes Taliban
A member of the Sindh assembly from the MQM party was gunned down in a mosque in Karachi; the government blamed the Sipah-i-Sahaba and Lashkar-e-Jhangvi. Riots have broken out in Karachi; 29 people have been killed. The military killed 15 Taliban fighters in Arakzai.
The website is linked to the Pakistan-based al Qaeda military formation that is commanded by Ilyas Kashmiri.
Qari Zia Rahman was again the target of a raid in Kunar, while more than 30 Taliban fighters were killed in neighboring Nuristan.
US hints at operation in Pakistan
Pakistan: Flood kills 1,500 and diverts war effort
‘2.5m people affected’ by Pakistan floods officials say
More than 1,000 people have been killed in floods in Pakistan. Security forces killed 15 Taliban fighters in airstrikes in Arakzai. The Taliban killed two soldiers in an IED attack in South Waziristan.
US officials say war goals modest in Afghanistan
Pakistan flood death toll ‘passes 1,000’
Helmand despatch: ‘Pakistan is the true enemy’
Targeted killing is new US focus in Afghanistan
UK – Pakistan protest over PM comments
ISI chief Lieutenant General Shuja Pasha canceled a trip to Britain after Prime Minister Cameron said Pakistan must stop exporting terror. Security forces detained to Jaish-e-Mohammed operatives in Karachi. The Taliban bombed a NATO fuel tanker in Quetta.
From Germany to radicalism for young Muslims
Admiral Mullen asks ISI to shift its strategic focus
Earlier today I spent an hour with NPR‘s Marty Moss-Coane at the WHYY studio in Philadelphia. Lawrence Korb also joined the conversation. We discussed the Wikileaks documents, the impact on national security, and the danger to US troops and to Afghans who have cooperated. Interestingly enough, Marty and I agreed that the release of documents […]
Poll: Nearly 6 in 10 Pakistanis view US as enemy
Ten Taliban fighters and three Pakistani soldiers were killed after the Taliban ambushed an Army convoy in South Waziristan. The military killed 12 Taliban fighters in Kurram.
David Cameron defends ‘frank’ comments about Pakistan