The Pakistani military appears to have a limited objective in the pending operation in South Waziristan. The Haqqani Network and Taliban leaders Hafiz Gul Bahadar and Mullah Nazir are not being mentioned by Pakistani officials, and efforts are underway to keep them out of the fight.
Pakistani public opinion appears to turn against Taliban
Mutiny in 3 Pak infantry brigades?
The military claimed 13 Taliban fighters were killed in Swat and Dir. The Taliban killed two policemen in Mardan and another in Peshawar. The military said Jani Khel in Bannu has been cleared. The pending operation against Baitullah Mehsud is called Rah-e-Nijat.
Qari Zia Rahman may have been killed in Bajaur, and Tahir Yuldashev is thought to have been wounded in South Waziristan.
Pakistan-India: Singh tells Zardari to ‘stop terrorists’
Anti-terrorism force
Pakistan faces tough fight against Taliban chief, Mehsud
Waziristan: Militancy™s HQ
Mehsuds hedge bets as game on to isolate Baitullah
The military said 31 Taliban fighters were killed in airstrikes in Mohmand and six more were killed in Bannu and Swat. Nine Taliban fighters and two soldiers were killed during a Taliban ambush in Lower Dir; four more Taliban fighters were killed by a lashkar in Upper Dir.
The governor of the Northwest frontier Province said the military will launch a “comprehensive and decisive operation” as the military evaluates the request. Airstrikes launched in Bannu, Arakzai, and Bajaur.
Pakistan: Mission not yet accomplished
Pakistan – Taliban dupe 12-year-old into carrying bomb
Pakistan – Karachi in the eye of the Taliban storm
A US airstrike in South Waziristan killed five Taliban fighters. The Taliban killed nine civilians in a bombing in Dera Ismail Khan. The Pakistani military claimed 35 Taliban fighters were killed and 13 more were detained in Bannu, 30 were killed in airstrikes in Baitullah Mehsud’s hometown of Makeen, and nine more were killed in […]
Taliban tribesmen pledge to wipe out al Qaeda ally in Pakistan
Powerful Bomb Kills at Least 8 in Pakistan
Pakistan orders offensive against Taliban chief
Today’s strike targeted a vehicle in the Ladha region, which is controlled by Baitullah Mehsud; five terrorists are reported to have been killed. This is the first strike since May 16.
Pakistan: Dir lashkar struggles to dislodge holed-up militants
The military said 35 Taliban fighters were killed in Bannu and the Frontier Corps fort in Jani Khel was retaken. Seven Taliban fighters and six civilians were killed during airstrikes against Baitullah Mehsud in South Waziristan. One policeman and a civilian were killed in an IED attack in Kohat. Security forces detained 12 Taliban fighters […]
UN reviews its operation in Pakistan after Peshawar attack
Heavy fighting reported in Swat, Bajaur, Bannu, Mohmand, and South Waziristan. Seventy-nine Taliban fighters and 16 soldiers and policemen are reported to have been killed over the past 24 hours.
The Taliban took credit for suicide attacks that killed 11 people, including an anti-Taliban cleric, at mosques in Lahore and Nowshera. Thirty-nine Taliban fighters and ten soldiers were killed in Swat; 21 Taliban fighters were killed in Bannu. Twelve Taliban and two soldiers were killed during fighting in Mohmand. The Taliban killed four policemen in […]
Pakistan to import anti-terror equipment from China
Taliban & Arakzai
Mullah Saaed Hafiz, the deputy commander of the Arakzai Taliban, said the attacks were executed to avenge Pakistani military strikes in Hangu and Darra Adam Khel that killed 47 people, including a pro-Taliban cleric.
Pakistan: Sunni strike to protest against cleric’s murder
An outspoken anti-Taliban cleric was among 11 people killed in suicide strikes in Lahore and Nowshera. The attacks are the latest in a series of strikes at mosques.