Suicide bomber kills Pakistani politician
A member of a secular Pashtun political party who served in the provincial assembly was killed as he greeted Eid well-wishers outside his home in Swat.
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Pakistan
Security forces killed 10 Taliban fighters in Kurram and detained 10 in Swat and South Waziristan. The Frontier Corps said 61 Lashkar-e-Islam, Taliban, and Uzbek and Afghan fighters have been killed since the latest operation began in Khyber last week.
Pakistani military says Khyber operation successful
The commander of the Frontier Corps in Khyber said the Lashkar-e-Islam has been cleared from the Bara region.
Al Qaeda
Al-Qaeda still main threat to Europe: EU anti-terror czar
Afghanistan
US offers new role for Pakistan
Pakistan
Security forces killed 14 Taliban fighters during clashes in Kurram, Khyber, and South Waziristan. One soldier was injured during a Taliban attack on a Frontier Corps camp in South Waziristan. Police detained a member of the banned Khair-un-Nisa who provided weapons to terrorists in the city.
Al Qaeda
Gordon Brown demands Pakistan ‘take out’ bin Laden
Pakistan
Pakistan™s leader, under pressure, cedes nuclear office
Pakistan
Security forces killed 15 Taliban fighters in South Waziristan and 15 Lashkar-e-Islam fighters in Khyber, and detained 17 Taliban fighters in Bannu and a suicide bomber in Dera Ismail Khan. The Taliban killed a pro-government tribal leader in Bajaur and captured another in Mohmand.
Pakistan
Zardari hands over control of Pak nuke weapons to Gilani
China
India concerned over China, Pakistan military ‘nexus’
Fighting intensifies in northwestern Taliban strongholds
Pakistan’s paramilitary Frontier Corps are concentrating on Taliban strongholds in a region that borders the Arakzai, Kurram, and Khyber tribal agencies.
Pakistan captures wanted South Waziristan Taliban commander
Abdullah Shah Mehsud is one of 19 most-wanted Taliban commanders in the South Waziristan region. He was detained recently in Tank.
Pakistan
The military detained a wanted South Waziristan Taliban commander in Tank, killed five Taliban fighters during airstrikes in Arakzai, and seized control of a Taliban training camp in Kurram. Pakistan’s interior minister said the Taliban are receiving weapons from Afghanistan.
Talban, al Qaeda move into Arakzai and Kurram
The Los Angeles Times’ Alex Rodriguez reports on the move by fighters from the South Waziristan Taliban, al Qaeda, and Central Asia into the Arakzai and Kurram tribal agencies. This is the perfect complementary piece to today’s report on the South Waziristan operation. From the LA Times: Villagers in Kurram and Arakzai, as well as […]
Pakistan
Taliban, allies slip through Waziristan dragnet
Pakistan
Pakistan Taliban regrouping outside Waziristan
Taliban escape South Waziristan operation
Senior Taliban leaders have dodged the operation, and the bulk of the forces have regrouped in North Waziristan, Arakzai, Khyber, and Kurram.
Afghanistan
Taleban leader Mullah Omar gets on message with speech aimed at West
Pakistan
Security forces killed 10 Taliban fighters and detained 19 more in Arakzai, Hangu, Kurram, and Swat. A jirga turned over 10 Taliban fighters in Dir. The Taliban destroyed a NATO fuel tanker near Peshawar. A court indicted seven Lashkar-e-Taiba operatives for the November 2008 terror assault.
Pakistan finally indicts 7 Mumbai plotters
An Indian commando rappels to assault the Jewish center in Mumbai in November 2008. Reuters photograph. With the one-year anniversary of the deadly Mumbai terror assault by Lashkar-e-Taiba just days away, Pakistan has finally indicted seven operatives from the terror group. From AKI: A Pakistani court has charged seven suspects in connection with last November’s […]
Pakistan
The Frontier Corps killed 18 Lashkar-e-Islam fighters and detained 12 more in the latest operation in Khyber. The military killed eight Taliban fighters in Arakzai. Five Pakistani Army officers have been arrested in connection with the Headley/Rana terror plot.
Eastern Syria becoming a new al Qaeda haven
Al Qaeda is teaming up with Ba’athist elements, sparking fears that eastern Syrian will “begin to look like northwestern Pakistan.”
Pakistan
Ahmed Rashid: Pakistan conspiracy theories stifle debate
Pakistani troops target extremists in Khyber
The Frontier Corps killed 18 members of the Lashkar-e-Islam in the Bara region in the latest attempt to relieve the pressure on Peshawar.
Tajik rebels join al Qaeda
Members of a rebel military unit have enlisted to fight with al Qaeda and the Islamic Movement of Uzbekistan, according to the Tajik National Security Committee.
More talk of Taliban talks
Wakil Ahmad Mutawakil. Two stories of US negotiations with the Taliban are sure to spark controversy as the Obama administration has yet to decide on the path forward in Afghanistan. The first report, from Dawn, is the more interesting of the two: The Obama administration may be close to reversing course on its current strategy […]
Pakistan
The military killed nine Taliban fighters in South Waziristan. The Taliban ambushed and torched several NATO supply and oil transports in Jafarabad. The military moved troops into the Bara region in Khyber.
Pakistan
US sleuths believe ISI had links with Headley
Pakistan
Pakistan nuclear facilities at risk: Security expert