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Pakistan – 10 journalists killed in line of duty in 2009: report
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Pakistan
Pakistan – Without army backing, village battalions are at the mercy of their enemies
Pakistan
A suicide bomber killed 90 Pakistanis after detonating a truck at a volleyball match in Lakki Marwat. The Taliban killed a tribal leader and five others in Bajaur and attacked two NATO fuel tankers in Baluchistan. The military killed seven Taliban fighters in Arakzai and Hangu. The US killed three Taliban fighters in an airstrike […]
Pakistani Taliban take credit for suicide attack on CIA base in Khost
Eight South Waziristan Taliban commanders, pictured in a wanted poster: 1. Hakeemullah Mehsud, 2. Waliur Rehman Mehsud, 3. Qari Hussain Mehsud, 4. Azam Tariq, 5. Maulvi Azmatullah, 6. Mufti Noor Wali, 7. Asmatullah Bhittani, 8. Mohammad Anwar Gandapur. Qari Hussain Mehsud, a senior deputy to Hakeemullah Mehsud (pictured above), has taken credit for the Dec. […]
Afghanistan
CIA base at heart of drone program
Pakistan
Pakistan Taliban claim attack on CIA in Afghanistan
Pakistan
Bhutto probe: Pak denies UN panel access to army officers
Pakistan
5 terror suspects from US may face life terms in Pakistan
US kills 3 Taliban in second strike in North Waziristan
The US hit a vehicle as it traveled in the Taliban-controlled tribal agency. The attack is the second in the Mir Ali region in 24 hours.
Suicide bomber kills 90 at volleyball game in Pakistan
The blast in Lakki Marwat leveled nearby homes. The attack took place in a town recently under control of the Taliban.
Pakistan
2009 – the year terrorism changed the face of Lahore
Al Qaeda
CIA takes on expanded role on front lines
Pakistan
The US killed four people in an airstrike in North Waziristan. The Pakistani military killed four al Qaeda operatives and four Taliban fighters in South Waziristan, and four more Taliban fighters in Arakzai. The Taliban kidnapped a tribal elder in Arakzai and blew up two schools in Bajaur. Hakeemulah Mehsud’s spokesman denied the Taliban carried […]
US kills 4 in North Waziristan airstrike
The attack in the Mir Ali region is the 52nd recorded cross-border strike by the US in 2009.
Pakistan
Waziristan: The last frontier
Pakistan kills Arab, Bangladeshi al Qaeda operatives in South Waziristan
Four al Qaeda fighters were killed during a raid in a hospital in Wana, a region under the control of ‘good’ Taliban leader Mullah Nazir.
Pakistan
UN to move some staff out of Pakistan for safety
Afghanistan
Afghan suicide bomber killed C.I.A. operatives
Pakistan
The Taliban took credit for the Dec. 28 suicide attack in Karachi. Security forces detained the leader of the Punjab Taliban and a suicide bomber in Manawan and 19 Taliban fighters in Swat. The Taliban killed a tribal leader in Bajuar and two drivers returning from transporting NATO supplies in Baluchistan.
Khost suicide bomber hit CIA base
According to The Washington Post, the suicide attack at Combat Outpost Chapman hit a base used by the CIA to target Taliban and al Qaeda operatives in Pakistan and Afghanistan: The attack represented an audacious blow to intelligence operatives at the vanguard of U.S. counterterrorism operations in both Afghanistan and Pakistan, killing officials whose job […]
Pakistani Taliban take credit for Karachi suicide attack
The Dec. 28 Karachi suicide attack killed 43 people. Taliban commander Asmatullah Bhittani said such attacks would continue.
Pakistan
England ready to pull out of Commonwealth Games over terror risk
Pakistan
Thirty-seven Taliban fighters, five tribal fighters and four security personnel were killed in clashes in Arakzai. Four children, a woman, and two security personnel were killed in clashes in Mohmand. A wanted Taliban commander was killed in South Waziristan. The Taliban killed a policeman in Bajaur.
Pakistan
Pakistan – The return of Yazid
Al Qaeda
Haqqani network challenges US-Pakistan relations
Afghan deputy intel chief’s assassination plotted in Pakistan
The four Taliban operatives behind the assassination of Afghanistan’s deputy intel chief. Quqnoos photo. According to Afghanistan’s National Directorate of Security, the assassination of NDS Deputy Director Dr. Abdullah Laghmani was hatched by Pakistani Taliban commanders based in Peshawar. Laghmani was one of 23 Afghans killed in a suicide attack in a mosque in the […]
Pakistan
A suicide bomber killed more than 30 Pakistanis in an attack on a Shia procession in Karachi. Fifteen Taliban fighters and two soldiers were killed in clashes in South Waziristan. Nine tribal fighters, including a tribal leader, and six Taliban fighters were killed in clashes in Arakzai. The Taliban destroyed five NATO supply trailers in […]
Pakistan
Pakistan: Riots erupt in Karachi after deadly bomb attack
Suicide bomber kills 30 Shia mourners in Karachi
The attack is the latest against Shia worshippers during a religious festival. The al Qaeda-linked Lashkar-e-Jhangvi, which has regrouped in Karachi, is the prime suspect.
Pakistan
The Taliban killed a government official and five family members in Kurram and a tribal leader in Bajaur. Security forces killed four Taliban fighters in Arakzai and detained three weapons smugglers in Sindh.