The Taliban denied Hakeemullah Mehsud was killed in a US airstrike earlier this year. The military killed 17 Taliban in airstrikes in Bajaur and detained five more in Nowshera. The Taliban killed two soldiers in Mohmand and bombed a girls’ school in Bannu. The Taliban also warned the government not to carry out operations in […]
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A Pakistani television channel claimed today that Hakeemullah Mehsud died days after a Jan. 14 strike and was buried recently in Arakzai. The Pakistani military and US intelligence will not confirm the report.
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A suicide bomber killed 17 Pakistanis at a checkpoint in Bajaur. The military killed seven Taliban fighters in Bajaur and detained 10 Taliban fighters in South Waziristan. The Taliban murdered two men for “spying for US forces” in North Waziristan.
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The attack took place as the Taliban are liquidating opposing tribal leaders and the military is conducting airstrikes against the Taliban.
The US killed five Haqqani Network fighters in an airstrike in North Waziristan. Security forces killed 24 Taliban fighters in airstrikes in Bajaur and Mohmand, and detained three suspected terrorists in Lahore. The Taliban bombed a NATO oil tanker in Khyber.
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Nine Haqqani Network fighters have been reported killed. The strike is the first in 10 days.
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The Taliban destroyed three NATO supply trucks on the outskirts of Karachi and wounded six people while bombing CD shops in Attock. Security forces killed nine Taliban fighters in Bajaur and four more in South Waziristan, and detained seven fighters in Swat.
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The Taliban killed a tribal leader who raised a lashkar and kidnapped two other tribal leaders in Bajaur, and killed three boys in an IED attack in Dir. Security forces killed two Taliban fighters in Bajaur and detained three more in Khyber and Mohmand.
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The military killed 15 Taliban fighters in the Kurram tribal agency. Tribesmen in North Waziristan claimed to have shot down a second US Predator. The Taliban rewarded a man who claimed to have shot down the first. Former ISI officer Colonel Imam said Mullah Omar is open to negotiations.
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The Pakistani Air Force and Army attack helicopters killed 13 Taliban fighters in Kurram and 10 more in Bajaur; six security personnel were wounded during the fighting. Twenty-seven additional Taliban fighters were captured during operations in Khyber, Bajaur, and Dir.
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