Afghanistan
McChrystal disagrees with Holder: bin Laden is wanted alive
McChrystal disagrees with Holder: bin Laden is wanted alive
The US killed eight Taliban fighters in a pair of airstrikes in North Waziristan. The Taliban killed five security personnel and blew up a NATO fuel tanker in Khyber. Ten Taliban fighters and three militia fighters were killed in a clash in Kurram. A Taliban commander and 38 fighters surrendered in Bajaur.
Sadam Hussein Al Hussami, who is also known as Ghazwan al Yemeni, was a top operative in al Qaeda’s external operations network. He aided in the suicide attack on Combat Outpost Chapman, which killed seven CIA officials and a Jordanian intelligence officer.
Pakistan charges Americans with terrorism
LeT not yet on Pak’s radar: Top US general
The US launched a strike in the village of Hamzoni and another in Datta Khel, the second there in two days.
Defense.gov News Article: CENTCOM looks beyond Iraq, Afghanistan, Petraeus says
Pakistan – Spy service using captives to create new Taliban links
India: Pakistan again using mafia links for terror strikes
The US killed 11 Taliban and al Qaeda fighters in an airstrike in North Waziristan. Police seized more than 1,000 pounds of explosives and detained 10 suspected terrorists in Lahore. The Lashkar-i-Islam killed two cricket players in Peshawar. A woman was killed in a bombing in Karachi. The US transferred 14 Cobra attack helicopters to […]
Battle over Afghan peace talks intensifies
Paradise lost – here lie the remains of a school for teenage Taleban
Two compounds were hit in Datta Khel, a known al Qaeda hideout.
India involvement can™t rule out in Lahore attack: Pakistani Interiro Minister Rehman Malik
Punjab Chief Minister Shahbaz Sharif said the Taliban should not attack his province as they both opposed military rule. The Taliban offered a peace deal to Sharif. The military will end the South Waziristan operation on March 30. Security forces killed four Taliban operatives in Swat.
US personnel facing threat, ambassador tells FM
Khalid Khawaja, the “consigliere” for the Taliban and al Qaeda, said that two of his associates met with the Pakistani Taliban leader on March 9.
Holbrooke hails Marja operation, relationship with Pakistan
Pakistan intelligence calls for Afghan border to be closed
Afghanistan/Pakistan: Contractors tied to effort to track and kill militants
Eighteen Taliban fighters were killed in airstrikes in Arakzai. Securirty forces rounded up 175 suspected terrorists in Rawalpindi and 24 more in Lahore. The political agent in Bajaur urged the tribes to oppose the Taliban.
Pakistan – Societal perspectives on terrorism
Afghanistan’s new great game: The undeclared wars within the war
LeT: An instrument of Pakistan™s national strategy
A suicide bomber killed 14 people in an attack on a security installation in Swat. The Taliban assassinated a pro-government militia leader and killed two of his bodyguards in Peshawar. The bodies of six Taliban fighters were found in Kurram. The government issued a list of demands to the Mehsud tribe.
Pakistan – Govt gives 7-point demand list to Mehsuds
Editorial: Lahore attacked again
White House weighs talks with Taliban after Afghan successes
The attack bomber targeted the police, while an anti-Taliban tribal leader is gunned down in Peshawar.
A titanic power struggle in Kabul