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Who is Colonel Imam?
Colonel Imam. Photo from the Irish Times. Pakistan’s The News provides a [likely unintentional] humorous rebuttal to Hamid Mir’s report that Ilyas Kashmiri was a member of the Special Services Group, Pakistan’s elite commandos. This is with reference to Hamid Mir’s report (Sept 20) titled “How an ex-commando became a terrorist”. It is total disinformation […]
Terrorists assault three police centers in Lahore
The Pakistani Taliban assault teams attacked the Federal Investigation Agency building, the Manawan police training centre, and the Elite Force Headquarters.
Suicide bomber strikes police station in Pakistan’s northwest
The Taliban have struck again, this time at a police station in Kohat. Ten policemen and civilians have been reported killed in the deadly attack.
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A US airstrike killed four members of the Haqqani Network in North Waziristan. The Pakistani military killed 17 Taliban fighters and an unknown number of civilians during air and artillery strikes in South Waziristan. Pakistani troops and a tribal lashkar drove the Taliban from a region in Bajaur.
US kills 4 in strike on Haqqani Network in North Waziristan
Four Haqqani Network fighters have been reported killed in an airstrike in Danda Darpa Khel, the base of the Haqqani Network. The town has been hit four times since Aug. 20.
Asia Times interviews al Qaeda commander Ilyas Kashmiri
Ilyas Kashmiri, the leader of the Harakat-ul-Jihad-al-Islami and al Qaeda’s Brigade 313. The Asia Times‘ Syed Saleem Shahzad has published his interview with Ilyas Kashmiri, a senior al Qaeda leader and longtime Pakistani jihadi with strong ties to Pakistan’s military and intelligence services who was thought to have been killed in a US airstrike in […]
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The military hit South Waziristan with air and artillery strikes; two tribal leaders are thought to have been killed. The Taliban claimed credit for the suicide attack in Shangla and vowed to conduct further attacks. Investigators said three Uzbeks may have been among the assault team that attacked Army GHQ.
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Soldiers turning rogue Pak’s new terror headache
What’s wrong with Pakistan’s Army? A former officer’s perspective
Earlier, I noted that the Pakistani military’s lack of response to the assault on Army General Headquarters in Rawalpindi is going to have serious repercussions. A comment from a former Pakistani Army officer, passed along from my friend Ravi Rikhye at Orbat.com, drives the point home. The note below was written by Agha H. Amin, […]
Taliban take credit for Shangla and Army GHQ attacks
Aftermath of the Shangla suicide attack. AP photo. The Taliban have taken credit for the Shangla suicide attack against a military convoy as well as the assault on the Army General Headquarters in Rawalpindi. Dawn reports on the Taliban taking credit for the Shangla attack: A boy aged about 13 and wearing a suicide vest […]
Ilyas Kashmiri survived last month’s airstrike in Pakistan
The operational commander of the Harakat-ul-Jihad-al-Islami and Brigade 313 was thought killed in a Sept. 14 strike in North Waziristan. Kashmiri has granted an interview with a Pakistani reporter.
When will a Waziristan operation be ‘suitable’?
Taliban fighters in South Waziristan. Reuters photo. With four large-scale Taliban attacks in Pakistan since Oct. 4, including the brazen assault on the Army General Headquarters in Rawalpindi, the Pakistani government and military are still talking about considering discussing the possibility of issuing orders to provide for a principled decision to launch an offensive against […]
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Pakistan – Tehrik-i-Taliban claims responsibility for army HQ attack
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A Taliban suicide bomber killed 41 civilians and soldiers in an attack on a convoy in Shangla. Security forces killed 15 Taliban fighters in Bajaur and five more in South Waziristan, and detained 28 suspects in Islamabad and Rawalpindi and five Harkat-ul Mujahideen fighters in Dera Ismail Khan. The Taliban bombed a school in Hangu.
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Pakistan GHQ attackers demanded militant release: Army
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Pakistan Police launch crackdown in Dera Ismail Khan
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Pakistan – Soviet-era refugee camps are Taleban breeding ground
Rawalpindi attack mastermind previously arrested and released
Dr. Usman was arrested in October 2008 for his involvement in the September 2008 suicide attack on the Islamabad Marriott. He is a former soldier and has extensive links to Pakistani jihadi groups.
Charges dropped against Hafiz Saeed, Pakistan’s Teflon Don
This news shouldn’t surprise the readers of the Threat Matrix and The Long War Journal. The Lahore High Court has dismissed terrorism charges against Lashkar-e-Taiba / Jamaat-ud-Dawa leader Hafiz Saeed. From The Times of India: Pakistan’s Lahore High Court on Monday dismissed the FIRs lodged under anti-terrorism act against JuD chief Hafiz Mohd Saeed, who […]
Suicide bomber kills 41 in Pakistan’s northwest
The Taliban’s terror counteroffensive is in full swing with the fourth major attack in seven days. A suicide bomber detonated a vehicle packed with explosives in a bazaar in the district of Shangla.
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Pakistan bombs region once declared Taliban-free
Joint forces assault al Qaeda base in Afghan East
US and Afghan forces killed 18 extremists and detained one during a raid on an al Qaeda base in the mountains in Kunar province in eastern Afghanistan. An al Qaeda commander was the target of the attack.
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Pakistani commandos ended the siege at Army General Headquarters in Rawalpindi; four terrorist and three hostages were killed. Dr. Usman, the leader of the Amjad Farooqi Group, was captured. The Air Force killed 19 Taliban fighters in strikes in South Waziristan. Police detained 121 Afghans in Peshawar and 35 suspected terrorists in Hangu.
Taliban commander involved in Nuristan attack thought killed
Afghan officials said Mullah Abdul Rahman Mostaghni, a district-level commander, was killed in a raid over the weekend. The US military has not confirmed the report.
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In the Pakistani mountains of Waziristan, young jihadis wait for martyrdom
Pakistani commandos break siege on Army headquarters
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The Amjad Farooqi Group took credit for the assault on the Army General Headquarters in Rawalpindi. Six soldiers and four terrorists have been killed; surviving terrorists have taken more than 10 soldiers hostage. The Taliban killed two workers during an attack on a NATO supply convoy in Khuzdar and lobbed mortars at a Levies outpost […]
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Rawalpindi attack a bid to shatter Army’s confidence