Pakistan
Pakistanis living on brink, and too often in the dark
Pakistanis living on brink, and too often in the dark
The Washington Post has a good read on the covert US air campaign in Pakistan. According to the Post’s CIA sources, the strikes have been much more effective in killing enemy fighters and commanders, and have killed far fewer civilians, since smaller warheads and increased surveillance have been employed. According to an internal CIA accounting […]
US strike aircraft killed eight Taliban fighters in North Waziristan. Security forces killed four Taliban fighters and detained nine more in Swat, and detained a senior Taliban commander from Swat in Karachi. The military launched a new operation in Khyber; 12 extremists were captured.
Taliban gone, Pakistan area still wants Islamic justice
Predators hit a compound operated by a known Taliban commander. The strike is the second in North Waziristan in three days.
In Pakistan, mystery deepens over missing former spies
On tipping points and Taliban talks
Amid outrage over civilian deaths in Pakistan, CIA turns to smaller missiles
Pakistan – Legal experts oppose bail for terror suspects
Security forces killed eight Taliban fighters in Arakzai. Baluch fighters killed three policemen in an attack on a checkpoint in Nasirabad. The Mehsud tribes said they would return to South Waziristan and promised not to aid or shelter the Taliban.
A US airstrike killed seven Taliban fighters in North Waziristan. The military killed 20 Taliban fighters in Arakzai. The Taliban killed four policemen and bombed 12 NATO tankers in Mianwali and wounded 10 policemen in a suicide attack in Dir.
The strike took place near the Taliban and al Qaeda hub of Miramshah and is the first by the US in eight days.
Bombs, missiles, bullets leave 29 dead in Pakistan
Kashmir – Mechanism to prevent Indo-Pak nuclear war urged
Afghanistan ‘foils Kabul bomb plot’
The Taliban took credit for an ambush that killed eight soldiers in North Waziristan. The Taliban also beheaded four “US spies” in North Waziristan. Security forces killed 16 Taliban fighters in Arakzai.
Confessions of a Pakistani spy
Pakistan – Suspects in 471 terror cases acquitted in Punjab
Afghanistan – Taleban rift ignites power struggle over who controls the insurgency
The attack is a direct violation of the peace agreement between Hafiz Gul Bahadar and the government. The Taliban also executed four “US spies” in Miramshah.
Pakistan – ‘Jihadi channels™ opened to secure release of former ISI spies
Arrest led to strike on two top Iraq Qaeda leaders
Thirty-five Taliban and one soldier were killed in fighting in Arakzai and Swat. The Taliban killed three tribesmen in Arakzai and a politician in Charsadda. The military killed a woman during mortar strikes in Khyber. The government closed two hospitals and 177 health clinics in North Waziristan.
In cat vs. drone, cat wins
The top spokesman for the Afghan Taliban and an unnamed commander denied any involvement in kidnapping Colonel Imam and Khalid Khawaja.
Pakistan holding thousands in indefinite detention, officials say
Caught in the crossfire of Pakistan’s secret war
The top Taliban spokesman denied carrying out attacks in crowded cities and claimed Blackwater was behind the recent suicide strikes in Kohat and Peshawar. The Taliban warned shop owners and leaders to stop the “growing vulgarity.” Only four Taliban fighters were detained among 500 suspects rounded up in Swat.
On the run, Pakistan militants find new haven
At The New York Times, Sebastian Junger shares what he knows about Kunar’s Korengal Valley, the region abandoned by US forces last week and now overtaken by the Taliban. Junger’s article should be read in full, but the two paragraphs below point out that the valley does indeed possess tactical significance. And the oft-repeated mantra […]