A suicide bomber killed 10 civilians and two policemen in an attack at a market in Mingora, the main town in Swat. Security forces detained 34 suspected Taliban fighters in Hangu and 25 more in Khyber. Pakistan’s Senate unanimously passed a resolution in support of Aafia Siddiqi, the al Qaeda operative who was convicted in […]
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Mohammad Haji Zaman, a former mujahedeen commander who fought against al Qaeda at Tora Bora, was killed along with 14 others in an attack at a tribal meeting.
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The military killed eight suspected Taliban fighters in Kohat and detained 80 suspected Taliban fighters in Bajaur and 74 more in Khyber; 20 fighters, including a commander, surrendered in Bajaur. The Taliban beheaded a Sikh hostage in Khyber, attacked a flour mill in Kohat, and bombed two schools in Mohmand.
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Maulvi Abdul Kabir, the leader of the Taliban’s shura in Peshawar and a key link to allied terror groups, has been captured by Pakistani intelligence officials in Nowshera in the Northwest Frontier Province.
The US killed an al Qaeda military commander in the Feb. 17 airstrike in North Waziristan. The Pakistani Air Force killed 30 Taliban fighters in South Waziristan. The Taliban killed a police chief during suicide attacks in Mansehra. Police detained a suicide bomber in Lahore.
Mullah Abdul Ghani Baradar: Are other Taliban leaders hiding in Karachi?
Sheikh Mansoor, an al Qaeda military commander in North Waziristan, is thought to have been killed in the Feb. 17 airstrike. Mansoor was a Canadian citizen and directed attacks in Afghanistan.
The Taliban hit two police stations in the relatively stable district of Mansehra; a police chief was killed. The Pakistani Air Force killed 30 Taliban fighters in airstrikes in South Waziristan.
Mullah Baradar… a journey from Kandahar to Karachi
Siraj Haqqani’s brother was killed in yesterday’s airstrike in North Waziristan. Pakistan will not turn over Mullah Baradar and other captured Taliban leader to the US. Two college students were killed while assembling an explosive device in Peshawar. Four members of the Mercy Corps were kidnapped in Baluchistan. The Taliban bombed two schools and a […]
Afghan Taliban chiefs ‘held in Pakistan’
Mohammed Haqqani, a military commander in the Haqqani Network, is thought to have been killed in yesterday’s strike outside of Miramshah that targeted his brother, Siraj.
In Pakistan raid, Taliban chief was an extra prize
A US strike in North Waziristan killed four Haqqani network fighters; Jalaluddin Haqqani’s son Mohammed may have been killed. Thirty-six Pakistanis were killed in bombings in Khyber and Arakzai. Ten al Qaeda and Taliban leaders and operatives were detained in Karachi and Nowshera. The Taliban bombed a NATO supply truck in Khuzdar.
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Rival extremist groups vie for control in Khyber; a blast kills 11 civilians in Arakzai.
Pakistan: Al-Qaida-linked militants arrested
Mullah Mir Mohammad was arrested along with Mullah Abdul Salam, the shadow governor of Kunduz. Pakistan also rounded up nine al Qaeda operatives and local Taliban commanders in Karachi.
Three Haqqani Network fighters are among the four terrorists reported killed in the fourth US attack in five days. Siraj Haqqani was the target of the strike.
Mullah Abdul Salam was captured by the ISI and CIA in Faisalabad one week ago. Salam is the second senior Taliban leader captured in Pakistan in the past two weeks.
Why arrest of Taliban No. 2 could undercut peace talks
The military confirmed that Afghan Taliban deputy leader Mullah Abdul Ghani Baradar was arrested and is in ISI custody in Karachi. Security forces killed six Taliban fighters in Kurram. A tribal policeman was killed in a bombing in Mohmand. A court rejected bail for five Americans captured while trying to join al Qaeda.