Lashkar-e-Jhangvi
Punjabi Taliban preparing for major terror attack: Malik
Punjabi Taliban preparing for major terror attack: Malik
On the death of Mustafa Abu Yazid
The Pakistani Army declared the military operation in Arakzai has ended successfully. Security forces killed 20 Taliban fighters in Arakzai and detained 43 more in Kohat. The Taliban bombed a school in Mohmand and targeted a NATO fuel tanker in Kalat.
General Ashfaq Parvez Kayani’s visit to the Taliban-controlled region “marks the successful conclusion of operations in the Agency.”
Pakistan plays long game in Afghan peace drive
The district of Barg-e-Matal has been secured just two days after it fell to the Taliban.
Al-Qaida: No. 3 official killed with family
Image courtesy of Rantburg. As reports of the death of al Qaeda leader Mustafa Abu Yazid continue to break, US administration and intelligence officials, and the media, are eager to declare that he was al Qaeda’s third in command. But do you remember back on Dec. 12, 2009, when Abu Yahya al Libi was reported […]
Terrorists fail to reach comrade in Lahore hospital
Four Taliban fighters dressed as policemen stormed a hospital in Lahore and killed five people, including three policemen. The Taliban are suspected of trying to free or kill one of their own who carried out the attack on two Ahmadi mosques in Lahore on May 28. The military claimed 42 Taliban fighters were killed in […]
In a statement released tonight on a jihadist forum, Al Qaeda announced Yazid’s death. Yazid, who is also known as Sheikh Saeed al Masri, was al Qaeda’s leader in Afghanistan and top financial official.
US rejects reports Pakistan given deadline for operation
Nato strike against Pakistan Taliban in Afghan district
Terror link alleged as Saudi millions flow into Afghanistan war zone
US presses Pakistan for more data on travelers
A top Taliban and al Qaeda operative is thought to have been killed in the May 15 airstrike in the Khyber. Security forces killed 42 Taliban fighters in Arakzai and detained 14 Lashkar-e-Islam fighters in Peshawar. Two French journalists detained for spying on May 28 have been transferred to a jail in Peshawar.
Ebad-ul-Rehman is thought to have been killed in the May 15 attack in the Tirah Valley on May 15. Rehman orchestrated the assassination of Benazir Bhutto.
Drone wars
Video and blogging from Lahore under attack
Pakistan – Militants fanning sectarianism, says Malik
Pakistan – Malik sees terror roots in south Punjab
Security forces killed 12 Taliban fighters during airstrikes in Arakzai. The Taliban again took credit for the attack on two Ahmadi mosques in Lahore and encouraged assassinations against the MQM political party. General Kiyani will decide if and when an operation in North Waziristan will take place.
Inside the mind of a Taliban bomb master
Terrorists have no religion, says Zardari
Pakistan frees ex-Army major held in NY plot probe
Afghan police abandoned Barg-e-Matal after days of fighting. The Taliban have claimed control of the district center.
US, EU condemn slaughter of Pakistani sect
Pakistan mosque massacre toll would have been higher but for heroes
Taliban leave Pakistan, but Afghans repel them
Soft target for militants in Lahore