Pakistan
Captured Pakistan Taliban commander dies in jail
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Afghanistan
Pakistan’s security gains contrast Afghan turmoil
Pakistan
Militants set conditions for Greek engineer™s release
‘Good’ Taliban leader in quarrel with Pakistani military
Haji Turkistan Bhittani. Turkistan Bhittani, the government-backed Taliban leader in the Abdullah Mehsud Group who has battled with Baitullah Mehsud’s forces, surrendered to the Pakistani government, according to reports from Dawn and The News. The Abdullah Mehsud Group is considered “pro-government” as it does not advocate attacks against Pakistan, yet its leaders still support fighting […]
Pakistan
Pak govt slams Musharraf over his remark on US aid diversion
Pakistan
CIA Adding Bases in Afghanistan as Taliban Gains, Panetta Says
Pakistan
Pakistan’s New, More Dangerous Taliban
Pakistan
Two Pakistanis were killed in a bombing at a security checkpoint in Darra Adam Khel. Abdullah Mehsud Group commander Turkistan Bhittani has gone into protective custody. A Pakistani intelligence report claims India and Afghanistan are supporting the Taliban. The interior minister said seven Lashkar-e-Taiba operatives will be tried for their involvement in the Mumbai assault.
Pakistan drops terror charges against Lal Masjid cleric
Maulana Abdullah Aziz surrounded by his armed guard. AP photo. A Pakistani court has recently dismissed terror charges against Maulana Abdullah Aziz, one of the two leaders of the Lal Masjid, or Red Mosque, who led an uprising in Islamabad in 2007 that resulted in the deaths of more than 100 people. Dawn reports: A […]
Al Qaeda warns Germany
Bekkay Harrach, alias Al Hafidh Abu Talha al Almani, warned that Germany would be attacked is Chancellor Merkel is re-elected and the country does not withdraw from Afghanistan.
Pakistan
Pakistan police raid US-employed security firm
Pakistan
Pakistan needs $100 billion, better schools to beat extremism, says President
Pakistan
A suicide bomber killed 33 civilians in an attack at a bazaar in Kohat. A political leader was killed in a bombing at a mosque in Hangu. The military killed 13 Taliban fighters in Arakzai and Khyber. Civilians are fleeing Khyber after Mangal Bagh threatened to retaliate against the military.
Pakistan
US taking Musharraf’s revelations on aid diversion seriously
Afghanistan
Taliban put their heads together
Suicide bomber kills 33 in Pakistan’s northwest
Thirty-three Pakistanis were killed and more than 50 have been wounded after a suicide bomber attacked a bazaar packed with civilians shopping for the end of Ramadan celebrations.
Pakistan
Security forces killed 10 Taliban fighters and detained 39 more in Swat, and killed two Taliban fighters in Bajaur. A NATO supply truck was torched in Khuzdar. Police registered charges against Hafiz Saeed for preaching jihad and soliciting money for terrorist actions.
Pakistan
Al Qaeda leaders Ilyas Kashmiri and Najmuddin Jalolov are thought to have been been killed during recent US airstrikes. The Pakistani Army captured a senior Swat Taliban commander and killed 11 fighters; eight more fighters were killed in Dera Ismail Khan, and six Taliban camps were destroyed in Hangu.
Two al Qaeda leaders reported killed in North Waziristan strike
Ilyas Kashmiri and Najmuddin Jalolov are said to have been killed during the Sept. 14 airstrike in the village of Turikhel near the town of Mir Ali in Taliban-controlled North Waziristan. The report is unconfirmed.
United States
Diversion of funds: US sends team to Pakistan
Pakistani Army captures wanted Swat Taliban military commander
Sher Mohammad Qasab is on the Pakistani government’s list of the 21 most-wanted in Swat; he commanded Taliban forces in the stronghold of Charbagh. Five of the top 21 are now in custody or are dead.
Pakistan
Pakistani Army to start operation in Waziristan: ISPR
Pakistan
The Pakistani Air Force killed five Taliban fighters in strikes in the Salarzai area of Bajaur. Security forces killed three Taliban fighters and captured 12 more in Swat. Police in Karachi stopped an attack on an oil storage facility near the main port in Kaemari; one security guard was killed. The Taliban destroyed a medical […]
Pakistan
Pakistan: Fighter jets pound militants in tribal area
Commando raid in Somalia is latest in covert operations across the globe
US special operations forces have conducted four other such strikes in Pakistan, Syria, and Madagascar since 2006.
Pakistan
Security forces killed 27 Taliban fighters in Swat and Malakand and 152 more surrendered. Eight Lashkar-e-Islam fighters and one soldier were killed in Khyber; one Taliban fighter was killed in Bajaur. Fourteen policemen were wounded in a bombing in Mansehra. A total of 715 tribal police were fired for failing to report for duty in […]
Pakistan
Q A: Has the back of the Pakistani Taliban been broken?
Al Qaeda
Former CIA agent’s hunt for bin Laden in Pakistani badlands
Eight killed in North Waziristan airstrike
Several Al Qaeda operatives are believed to have been killed. The attack is the third straight in North Waziristan after previous strikes focused on South Waziristan.
Pakistan
Pakistan outsources part of terror war to militia