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Pakistan

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.


Pakistan

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 […]








Pakistan

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.






Pakistan

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 […]


US strikes kill 11 in North Waziristan

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.




US to Pakistan: Stop complaining about the Predator strikes you support

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 […]



Pakistan

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.







Pakistan

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.


ACLU files FOIA request on Predator program

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 […]


Al Qaeda

Study finds 3,000 Pakistanis were killed in™09 militant attacks