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Pakistan – South Waziristan fighting kills 25 militants
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Taliban kill general in Islamabad attack
An emergency personnel checks an army jeep with bullet holes splattered on the windshield after it was attacked by gunmen in Islamabad. A brigadier general was killed in the attack. AP Photo. The Taliban have struck again in Islamabad, and have killed another senior Army officer. The BBC reports: A Pakistani army brigadier and his […]
Pakistan
Gunmen kill two Pakistani soldiers in capital
Pakistan
Missile strike could complicate Pakistan battle
Pakistan
A senior al Qaeda leader is thought to have been killed during a US airstrike in North Waziristan. The military said 15 Taliban fighters and three soldiers were killed during fighting in South Waziristan. Security forces detained 27 Taliban fighters in Kohat, five Swat Taliban leaders and 15 fighters, and six extremists in Charsadda.
Pakistan
Pakistan: Security fears prompt closure of UN agency food hub
Al Qaeda commander reported killed in US airstrike
Reports indicate a senior Egyptian operative may have been killed in North Waziristan. One report appears to be confusing Mustafa Abu Yazid, al Qaeda’s top leader in Afghanistan and chief financier, with Abu Musa al Masri, an al Qaeda commander.
Map of Taliban control in Pakistan’s northwest
Despite a military offensive in South Waziristan, the Taliban still have considerable control and influence throughout all of northwestern Pakistan.
Afghanistan
Central Asia: The Islamic Movement of Uzbekistan undergoing dangerous transformation
US airstrike targets al Qaeda in North Waziristan
Three jihadis were reported killed in an attack in the Mir Ali region, where al Qaeda is known to maintain bases and training camps.
Pakistan
Pak judge hearing 26/11 Mumbai case wants to quit proceedings
Why would the Taliban attack an Islamic university?
The Taliban have taken credit for yesterday’s suicide attack at the International Islamic University in Islamabad. As noted in yesterday’s report on the attack, the Taliban have no problems with striking at mosques and other religious institutions and events. I’ve received several questions as to why the Taliban would strike at an Islamic university. Dawn […]
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What are the Waziristan war aims?
Pakistan
Two suicide bombers killed five students at an Islamic university in Islamabad; all schools have been closed in Pakistan. The Taliban ejected the Army from Kotkai in South Waziristan and claimed it killed 45 soldiers. The military killed six foreign fighters and three Taliban fighters in South Waziristan and three Lashkar-e-Islam fighters in Khyber, and […]
Pakistan
Pakistan: Authorities ponder broader strategy against Taliban
Taliban retake town from Pakistani Army in South Waziristan
The Taliban have ejected the Army from Kotkai and inflicted heavy casualties. A spokesman claimed up to 45 soldiers were killed in the Taliban counteroffensive.
Pakistan
Pakistan seals alliance with two Taliban leaders in fights against rival tribe
Afghanistan
Held by the Taliban, part 3: ‘You have atomic bombs, but we have suicide bombers.™
Suicide bombers kill 5 in attack at Islamabad’s Islamic university
The attacks are the first since the government’s offensive was launched in South Waziristan. The military took control of a Taliban stronghold in the tribal agency.
Pakistan carefully advances in South Waziristan
Troops have surrounded Kotkai, the home town of Qari Hussain Mehsud. The Taliban claim to have inflicted heavy casualties on the Army.
Pakistan
The military said 18 more Taliban fighters have been killed in South Waziristan, making the total 78 killed since the operation began on Oct. 18; two soldiers were also killed. Security forces killed 24 Taliban fighters and four children in Bajaur, Mohmand, and Arakzai. Police arrested a Taliban leader and three fighters in Karachi.
Iran
Iran: Pakistan offers full cooperation in southeast bombing probe
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NATO hails Pakistan offensive against Taliban
Pakistan
Pakistani Taliban: It’s a monster that cannot be put back in the cage
Iran’s Revolutionary Guard commander points finger at US, Britain for suicide attack
An Iranian Revolutionary Guards Corps poster. Photo from Trends Magazine. Major General Mohammad Ali Jafari, the commander of Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps, is blaming the US and Britain for yesterday’s suicide attack that killed five senior IRGC commanders, including Brigadier General Nour Ali Shoushtari, the deputy commander for the IRGC’s ground forces, Brigadier Rajab […]
Al Qaeda
Held by the Taliban, part 2: Inside the Islamic Emirate
Pakistan
Why Pakistan’s South Waziristan offensive won’t help US in Afghanistan
Taliban raise funds in Kurram and Arakzai
With the Pakistani military focusing on eliminating the Taliban in South Waziristan, the Taliban are countering by openly raising money in Arakzai, Kurram, Kohat, and Bannu. From Dawn: Tehrik-i-Taliban Pakistan has started a fund-raising campaign in the Arakzai Agency and parts of the Kurram Agency and Hangu. Sources said the TTP men were asking tribesmen […]
India
Pakistan’s ISI trying to revive militancy in Indian Punjab