Video of a recent al Qaeda operation in Afghanistan On Facebook, blogger Michael Yon suggests that US forces haven’t killed or captured al Qaeda fighters and leaders recently: I’ve asked a lot of commanders here to tell me about the last time they caught or killed an al Qaeda guy here. No commanders can remember […]
The Punjabi Taliban executed a pro-jihadist former ISI officer. The Taliban released a tape of Hakeemullah Mehsud. Security forces killed 21 Taliban fighters in Arakzai and another in Darra Adam Khel, and detained two Saudis in Khyber. The Taliban bombed a girls’ school in Bajaur
Hakeemullah Mehsud, left. AFP photo. According to AKI and The Express Tribune, Hakeemullah Mehsud, who has died more times the past year than the most daring of cats, has released a videotape. First from AKI: In the video released to Adnkronos International (AKI), Hakeemullah calls for Muslim militants to renew their struggle but it has […]
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Taliban commander Hakeemullah Mehsud is still alive; the Pentagon said he is not in command. Security forces killed 15 Taliban fighters in Arakzai and detained two more in Swat. The Taliban bombed three schools in Arakzai.
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Four Taliban fighters and two soldiers were killed in a clash in North Waziristan. A suicide bomber killed four policemen in Peshawar. The military killed seven Taliban fighters in Arakzai. A Harakat-ul-Mujahideen operative behind an attack on the US consulate in Karachi has been detained.
Movement of the Taliban in Pakistan commander Hakeemullah Mehsud, in 2008. The Guardian interviewed a senior ISI official who claimed that Hakeemullah Mehsud, the leader of the Movement of the Taliban in Pakistan, is alive. From The Guardian: The Taliban leader in Pakistan, Hakimullah Mehsud, survived an American drone strike in January and is alive […]
Fighters attacked a police outpost in North Waziristan, while a suicide bomber hit a police convoy in Peshawar.
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Security forces killed 13 Taliban fighters in Arakzai and eight more, including a “key commander,” in Swat and Kohat. Twenty-five Lashkar-e-Islam fighters were detained in Khyber. The Taliban killed one tribal leader and abducted five more in Bajaur. The government imposed an indefinite curfew in Tank and suspended anti-polio vaccinations in North Waziristan.
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