Security forces killed 10 Taliban fighters during a clash at a checkpoint in North Waziristan and three more in Kurram, and detained seven suspected Taliban fighters in Mianwali. One member of a “peace committee” and three Taliban fighters were killed during a clash in Mohmand. The Taliban bombed a boys’ school in Khyber.
A US strike n North Waziristan killed 15 Taliban and five Uzbek fighters; the strike targeted the compound of Usman Jan, the new leader of the Islamic Movement of Uzbekistan. Security forces killed three Taliban fighters in Swat and South Waziristan, and detained a pro-Taliban tribal leader and three of his sons in Kohat. The […]
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The US again targeted Hakeemullah in a region in North Waziristan that borders South Waziristan.
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Hakeemullah Mehsud released a tape confirming that he survived the Jan. 14 airstrike in North Waziristan. Security forces killed five Lashkar-e-Islam fighters in Khyber and detained a Taliban commander and five fighters at a hospital in Rawalpindi. The Taliban blew up a clinic in Landi Kotal.
US-funded Pashto radio a new weapon in war against Taliban
Another centre of terror
The Taliban chief released another audiotape to reporters; this time he provided a date to prove he is alive.
Jamal Saeed Abdul Rahim, of the Abu Nidal Organization who participated in killing 22 hostages during the 1986 hijacking of Pan Am flight 73, is thought to have been killed in the Jan. 9 airstrike.
The US killed eight Taliban and three al Qaeda operatives in two strikes in North Waziristan. A wanted Palestinian terrorist is thought to have been killed in the Jan. 9 strike in North Waziristan. Seven Taliban fighters were killed in Kohat; a tribal leader was killed in Mohmand. The Taliban attacked a security convoy in […]
Eight Taliban and three “foreigners” were reported killed in the most recent strikes in North Waziristan. The US has carried out nine strikes in Pakistan over the past 16 days.
RFE/RL launches radio station in Pakistan’s Pashtun heartland
Pakistani Taliban chief injured in drone attack: official
Senator Carl Levin is the first senior US figure to publicly rebuke the Pakistani government for its double game of criticizing the US air campaign against the Taliban and al Qaeda while secretly providing support and approval. From The Times of India: In a public rebuke to the Pakistani leadership on Thursday, a leading US […]
Hakeemullah Mehsud dodged yesterday’s airstrike, according to US intelligence officials. He may have been wounded in the attack.
A US strike targeted Movement of the Taliban leader Hakeemullah Mehsud; 12 Taliban and foreign fighters were reported killed. Taliban spokesman Tariq Azam denied Hakeemullah was killed in the airstrike. The World Food Programme closed its offices in Lower Dir due to security concerns.
Death of Pakistani Taliban chief in US strike not confirmed
Taking on Pakistan™s “military-jihadi”
The leader of the Movement of the Taliban in Pakistan was reported killed in the early morning strike in North Waziristan. His spokesman denied he was killed.
The data on the US airstrikes against the Taliban and al Qaeda in Pakistan’s lawless tribal agencies, updated in real time.
The latest attack targeted a compound formerly used as a seminary. Ten Taliban fighters are thought to have been killed.
The government is preparing to release two TNSM clerics. Security forces killed three Taliban fighters and detained nine more in Swat, and killed a Taliban commander and captured nine fighters in Hangu. Police arrested nine Taliban in Kohat. A child was killed in an explosion in Tank.
This is sure to make many people in Washington uncomfortable: In a Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) request filed today, the American Civil Liberties Union asked the government to disclose the legal basis for its use of predator drones to conduct “targeted killings” overseas. In particular, the ACLU seeks to find out when, where and […]
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