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Afghan Taliban’s ‘surge commander’ Zakir not in custody
Mullah Abdul Qayum Zakir, a former detainee at the Guantanamo Bay detention facility, is not in Pakistani custody, according to US and Afghan intelligence officials.
Pakistan
The names of top Taliban leaders are missing from the Federal Investigation Agency’s ‘red book’ of wanted terrorists. Six Taliban fighters and a commander were killed during infighting in Kurram. Soldiers killed a suicide vest manufacturer in Peshawar. The Taliban bombed a school in Khyber. Four soldiers wanted for questioning in Benazir Bhutto’s murder are […]
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Pakistan – TTP leadership™s names missing from FIA ‘red book™
Afghanistan
Afghan intelligence ties Pakistani group Lashkar-i-Taiba to recent Kabul attack
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In Afghanistan, Karzai’s invitation to Taliban creates discord and confusion
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Pakistan to get US smart-bomb kits
Pakistan
The military claimed the Taliban has been defeated in Bajaur; seven Taliban fighters were killed in Khyber and two commanders were killed in Peshawar. The US will provide 1,000 laser-guided bomb kits to Pakistan. The military dropped pamphlets in North Waziristan blaming India and Israel for the Taliban’s actions.
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Pakistan’s Army takes control of al-Qaeda cave network on Afghan border
Bajaur cleared of Taliban: Pakistani general
The commander of the Frontier Corps claimed the Taliban have been driven from Bajaur and the movement “is no longer significant” in the tribal areas.
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Pak pamphlets allege India, Israel funding Taliban
India
India: Ready to go ‘extra mile™ if Pakistan acts against terror
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Pakistan – Court hears ‘terror charges’ against five Americans
Pakistan
Pakistani army wraps up combat operations in Bajur
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Suicide bombers ‘unIslamic’ and going to Hell, says leading cleric
Taliban confirm wanted terror leader Qari Zafar killed in US airstrike
Zafar was involved in several major attacks in Pakistan, including the 2006 suicide attack on the US Consulate in Karachi and attacks on major hotels in Islamabad in 2008 and Peshawar in 2009. The US had a $5 million bounty out for Zafar.
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UK – Islamic scholar Tahir ul-Qadri to issue terrorism fatwa
Afghanistan
Pakistan wipes out half of Quetta Shura
Pakistan
The bodies of 22 Taliban fighters have been found in Darra Adam Khel and Swat. A wanted Taliban leader was killed in Swat and two Taliban offficals were captured in Karachi. The Taliban attacked a NATO convoy in Khyber and released two Sikh hostages in Khyber.
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Pakistan blocks prisoner transfers
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US to form Quick Reaction Force in Pakistan
Al Qaeda-linked Chinese terrorist leader reported killed in US strike in Pakistan
Abdul Haq al Turkistani, the leader of the Eastern Turkistan Islamic Party, may have been killed in the Feb. 15 airstrike in North Waziristan. The report is unconfirmed.
Pakistan
Taliban and Al Qaeda financiers are tied at the hip
Afghanistan
Taking it to the Taliban on Marjah in Afghanistan
CIA agents killed in suicide attack ‘a gift from Allah’
The Jordanian-born al Qaeda suicide bomber explained how he was able to trick his intelligence handlers and lure CIA officials and a Jordanian intelligence official into a suicide bombing trap on a US outpost in Khost.
Pakistan
The Taliban released a tape of Hakeemullah Mehsud, but it did not confirm if he was alive. The head of the TNSM in Malakand surrendered to police. The military said it took control of the Badankot region in Bajaur. The Taliban took credit for the Feb. 27 suicide attack in Karak.
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TPakistan: Taking the US for a ride
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‘Invincible™ Taleban routed in raids on border camps
India
India seeks regional cooperation from S. Arabia
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Taliban militants find breathing room in slums of Karachi, Pakistan