Tag Archives: Pakistan

Security forces detained 11 Lashkar-i-Islam fighters in Khyber and five Taliban fighters in Darra Adam Khel. The Taliban bombed a school in Mohmand. The US delivered 115 artillery pieces to the Pakistani Army.

The Taliban killed 12 policemen and three civilians in a dual attack in Bannu. The military created a 9-mile “security corridor” in Bajaur, forcing those living in the corridor to leave. A NATO supply truck was looted near Karachi. The US military plans to build new training centers for Pakistani forces.

A suicide bomber killed 11 tribal police and eight civilians in an attack in Khyber. The Taliban killed a brigadier during an attempt to rescue two Cobra helicopter pilots in Khyber; the fate of the pilots is not known. The Taliban again denied Hakeemullah was killed; the interior minister said he was certain Hakeemullah is […]

A new rumor of Hakeemullah Mehsud’s death has appeared in the Pakistani press. The military destroyed 20 Taliban bunkers and detained six fighters in Bajaur, and captured a Lashkar-i-Islam leader in Khyber. The interior minister said “foreign elements” may be involved in the violence in Karachi.

Security forces continued operations in the Mamond region in Bajaur. Police arrested six Taliban fighters thought to be plotting to kill Americans in Lahore. The Taliban attempted to assassinate a brigadier general in Islamabad, bombed a girls’ school and a health clinic in Mohmand, and attacked a military camp in Khyber.

The military claimed it took control of Damadola in Bajaur; seven Taliban fighters were killed during the fighting. Police arrested a Taliban commander and four fighters in Nowshera. The government will not negotiate with the Taliban, the chief minister of the NWFP said.