According to The Washington Post, Pakistan’s Inter-Services Intelligence agency has freed two top Afghan Taliban commanders. The names of the two commanders have not been disclosed. If this is true, this will really put a dent into Pakistan’s claims that it is serious about dealing with the Afghan Taliban: But U.S. officials now believe that […]
Pakistan maintains complex relations in battle against Taliban
Kashmiri peaks to be opened to foreign tourists
India – PM may take up Headley access with Obama
It appears the mystery behind the missing former officers from Pakistan’s Inter-Services Intelligence agency who have close ties to the Taliban and al Qaeda has been solved. Colonel Imam, the father of the Taliban, and Khalid Khawaja, the Taliban’s “consigliere,” appear to have surfaced in North Waziristan and are in the care of South Waziristan […]
Taliban capitalize on Afghan logging ban
Afghan officials say Pakistan’s arrest of Taliban leader threatens peace talks
Dozens of civilians and members of the Lashkar-e-Islam were killed in an airstrike on a tribal meeting attended by the Taliban-like extremist group.
Pakistan begins to ease backlog of visas for American diplomats
Security forces killed 24 Taliban fighters in Arakzai and Kurram. More than 200,000 people have fled Arakzai and Kurram. Police killed two suicide bombers in Lakki Marwat.
Security forces killed 24 Taliban fighters in Swat and Dir, and killed 12 Lashkar-e-Islam fighters in Khyber. The Taliban released a Greek hostage who was kidnapped in Chitral last year. The parliament passed the 18th Amendment, which devolves powers of the presidency to the premier.
Afghan plans to reconcile fighters show progress
Indian Muslim scholars accuse LT of conspiring against Islam
Pakistan parliament agrees to curb presidential powers
Taliban release Greek hostage: Pakistani officials
Security forces killed 13 Taliban fighters in Arakzai and two more in Hangu, and detained six in Dir. The Taliban killed a pro-government tribal leader in Hangu, torched a fuel tanker in Khyber, blew up three schools in Peshawar, and bombed 12 shops in Swat. The US will not sign a civilian nuclear pact with […]
Private First Class Bowe Bergdahl was captured by the Haqqani Network in June 2009. He was last seen in a Taliban video released on Christmas Day 2009.
Pakistan – Police arrest suspects as Dir death toll rises
Mumbai gunmen ‘secretly buried in January’, India says
Security forces killed 14 Taliban fighters in Arakzai. Police killed two suicide bombers in Peshawar. Both the US and UN closed their offices in Peshawar after the April 5 suicide attack on the US consulate.
Australia blocks shipment to Pakistan over weapons fears
Afghanistan: Why Karzai is pushing back against the US
India – Pak-origin cab driver pleads not guilty to terror charges in Chicago court
A Taliban assault on the US consulate in Peshawar resulted in the deaths of four attackers and two security guards. A suicide bomber killed more than 30 people in Dir and torched eight NATO fuel tankers in Khyber. The military killed 11 Taliban fighters in Arakzai. Two former ISI officers and a journalist have been […]
US-Pakistan dialogue with a difference
Colonel Imam. Photo from the Irish Times. This is certainly interesting. Two of our favorite former officers from Pakistan’s Inter-Services Intelligence agency who have close ties to the Taliban and al Qaeda have gone missing in northwestern Pakistan. From Dawn: Two former officials of the premier intelligence agency, Inter Services Intelligence (ISI), and a free […]
The terror assault team attempted to breach the outer wall and storm the consulate in the provincial capital, but was stopped by Pakistani security forces. In Dir, a suspected suicide bomber killed 30 people at a political gathering.
Drones batter al Qaeda and its allies within Pakistan
Taliban claim attack on US consulate in Pak’s Peshawar
US consulate attacked in NW Pakistan