12 killed in second US strike in North Waziristan
Today’s strike puts this year’s number of cross-border attacks against the Taliban and al Qaeda in Pakistan’s northwest at 37. This exceeds last year’s total of 36 attacks.
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US drone fires missiles into North Waziristan
Pakistan
Pakistan – Sufism threatened
Senior al Qaeda leaders reported killed in North Waziristan strike
An unconfirmed report indicates that Ilyas Kashmiri and Mustafa al Jaziri were among seven killed in the latest Predator attack inside Pakistan.
Pakistan
Two senior al Qaeda leaders are rumored to be among the seven killed in the Predator strike in North Waziristan. The Taliban killed five soldiers in an IED attack in South Waziristan and killed four students in Arakzai. The military killed 10 Lashkar-e-Islam fighters in Khyber.
Pakistan
Pakistan™s fight against terror on right trajectory: Miliband
US strike kills five foreign fighters in North Waziristan
The attack took place in Mir Ali, a stronghold of al Qaeda leader Abu Kasha al Iraqi. Today’s strike is the 36th inside Pakistan this year, matching last year’s total.
Another American killed fighting for Shabaab
Image of a Shabaab fighter from the terror group’s website. The disturbing trend of US citizens being killed while fighting for al Qaeda-linked Shabaab in Somalia continues. From The Media Line, the fifth US citizen was killed during fighting in Mogadishu over the weekend: Al Shabaab fighters said Mohamed Hassan, a 21-year old American from […]
Afghanistan
US likely to expand Afghan military action
Pakistan
Pakistan – War on terror sets new media trends
Pakistan
The military killed 63 Lashkar-e-Islam fighters in Khyber and another 20 Taliban fighters in Arakzai. Security forces killed one Taliban fighter in Swat and detained 15 more. The Frontier Corps killed a local leader in Mohmand.
Pakistan targets Taliban camps in Arakzai
Strike aircraft hit 11 camps in the Taliban-controlled tribal agency; 20 Taliban fighters are reported to have been killed.
Pakistan kills 63 extremists in Khyber airstrikes
The military has claimed that 124 Lashkar-e-Islam fighters have been killed during the first five days of the operation to defeat the group in Khyber. No Pakistani troops have been reported killed in the fighting.
Pakistan
Security forces killed a Taliban commander and four fighters in Khyber and killed one more in Swat; 41 fighters surrendered or were detained. Three Taliban commanders were detained in Hayatabad. A lashkar killed three Taliban fighters in Swat. The Taliban killed two Frontier Corps troops in Peshawar.
Who killed Afghanistan’s deputy intelligence chief?
Over at the Asia Times, M K Bhadrakumar postulates that Pakistan’s Inter-Service Intelligence agency was behind this week’s suicide bomb assassination of Dr. Abdullah Laghmani, Afghanistan’s deputy intelligence chief: Pakistan’s Inter-Services Intelligence (ISI) has been stalking Laghmani for a decade. It is rare for an intelligence agency to single out one individual as its mortal […]
Pakistan
Jaish-e-Mohammed on madrasas
Pakistan
Afghanistan assessment looks to defeat al-Qaida
Pakistan
The Minister of Religion was wounded and his driver was killed during an ambush in Islamabad; members of the minister’s security detail were among dozens taken into custody. Security forces killed 16 Taliban fighters in Khyber and detained 15 more. The Taliban killed a tribal leader in Mohmand and bombed two shops in Hangu.
Pakistan
Pak ‘not obliged’ to arrest Hafiz Saeed: Malik
Pakistan
Pak nationals may be training Somali pirates
Taliban target Pakistan’s religious minister
Federal Religious Minister Hamid Saeed Kazmi was wounded and his driver was killed in a drive-by shooting in the heart of Islamabad.
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Pakistan court reimposes restrictions on A Q Khan
Pakistan
No Hafiz Saeed in Pak’s most wanted list
Pakistan
USAID offices closed down in Islamabad following threat calls
Swat Taliban to be tried in Islamic courts
Some good news, and some potential bad news from Swat. First the good news, from Dawn: The commander of the operation against militants in the area of Swat, Kanju underlined that 105 militants have laid down their arms during search and clearance operations. During a Press Briefing, Brigadier Suleman said the operation is moving in […]
Pakistan
The military killed 40 extremists in Khyber and captured 43 more. In Swat, the military killed 15 Taliban fighters while 105 surrendered; those who surrendered will be tried in a qazi court. Forty-one more corpses have been discovered in Swat.
Pakistan
Pakistan™s anti-terrorism moves a chimera: India
Pakistan
Restrictions on movement lifted, says Pak Nuclear scientist A Q Khan
Pakistani military launches operation in Khyber
The government claimed 40 extremists were killed and 43 captured, and three bases were destroyed. Past operations have failed to dislodge the Lashkar-e-Islam and the Taliban.
Pakistan
Pakistan – Al Qaeda had no role in Taliban chief™s appointment: Faqir Mohammed