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Attack on Indian mission in Afghanistan raises specter of regional struggle
Tag Archives: Pakistan
Al Qaeda
Interpol issues global security alert linked to jailbreaks
Jihadists launch suicide assault at Indian consulate in Jalalabad
The attack took place after a major clash between the Taliban and Afghan forces in the eastern province of Nangarhar.
Pakistan
Pakistan: The great trickle-down brainwash
US has ‘eliminated most of the threat’ in Pakistan, SecState Kerry claims
Kerry told a Pakistani news channel that the US drone strikes could end “very, very soon” as “we have eliminated most of the threat.”
Pakistan
White House backpedals on Kerry’s pledge to end drone strikes in Pakistan
3 al Qaeda military ‘training experts’ killed in US drone strike in Pakistan
The three al Qaeda trainers reported killed in the July 28 strike in North Waziristan hailed from Saudi Arabia, Kuwait, and Yemen.
Pakistan
The Taliban assaulted a prison in Dera Ismail Khan and freed more than 200 prisoners and killed six security personnel. Eight “militants” and two soldiers were killed in Darra Adam Khel. A policeman was killed during a militant attack on polio vaccination workers in Pishin.
Pakistani Taliban assault prison, free hundreds of inmates
At least 30 “hardcore militants” have been freed in a complex suicide assault on a prison in Dera Ismail Khan. The attack was likely carried out by the Taliban and Islamic Movement of Uzbekistan’s newly-formed Ansar al Aseer.
Pakistan
Taliban launch major attack on Pakistani prison, free 300 inmates
Pakistan
The US killed four “Arab” and four Taliban fighters in a drone strike in the Shawal Valley in North Waziristan. The military killed “an al Qaeda-linked foreign militant” and five fighters as they attacked a checkpoint in Thall.
Pakistan
Taliban gain foothold in Peshawar
US drones kill Taliban, ‘Arab’ fighters in strike in North Waziristan
Four “Arab fighters” are reported to have been killed by the US in Pakistan’s Shawal Valley. The drone strike is the first reported in Pakistan in two weeks.
Pakistan
Taliban Gain Foothold in a Pakistani City
‘Ansarul Muhajideen’ claims double suicide attack in Kurram
The group said it killed more than 50 Shia at a market in Parachinar, Pakistan to avenge Sunnis killed in Syria.
Afghanistan
Al Qaeda is Back
Pakistan
Twin explosions carried out by two suicide bombers on motorcycles at a market and a taxi stand in Parachinar, the capital of Kurram tribal agency, killed at least 48 people and wounded 200 more. A spokesman claimed the attack for Ansarul Mujahideen, and warned of more attacks on the Shia community. Two people were killed […]
Pakistan
Pakistan may seek to trade hero Afridi for Al Qaeda-linked terrorist
Al Qaeda
Bringing Dr Aafia back
Pakistan
Jundallah claimed credit for a suicide assault that killed four ISID personnel, including the group’s deputy director in Sukkur. The mutilated bodies of 21 “militants” were found in Khyber. The bodyguard and the driver for the Deputy Commander of Frontier Reserve Police were killed in an attack in Peshawar.
CIA
Criticism alters US drone program in Pakistan
Canada
Federal audit raises concern that Canadian charity funded terror
Jundallah claims suicide assault on ISID headquarters in Sukkur
The Taliban and al Qaeda-linked group said the attack was executed to avenge the death of Movement of the Taliban in Pakistan’s deputy emir, who was killed in a US drone strike in May.
Afghanistan
Drones to patrol Pakistan’s tribal belt post-Afghanistan withdrawal: Report
‘Militants’ attack Pakistani ISID headquarters in Sindh
A suicide assault team hit an Inter-Services Intelligence Directorate headquarters in Sukkur, while a suicide bomber detonated outside a police station in the town.
Al Qaeda
How Taliban brought new terror to Pakistan’s Killer Mountain
Turkistan Islamic Party trains women for jihad
A video has emerged showing the al Qaeda-linked jihadist group training five burka-clad women on pistols, assault and sniper rifles, machine guns, and grenade launchers.
Pakistan
Fifteen “militants” and four Pakistani troops were killed during military operations in Khyber. Two people were killed in two blasts in Karachi. Prime Minister Sharif said that Pakistan is not taking sides in Afghanistan and supports peace in the neighboring country.
Pakistan
Women ‘banned from shopping alone’ in northern Pakistan
Pakistan
Security forces killed five “militants” in helicopter airstrikes in Khyber. The Taliban killed two Frontier Corps troops in Khyber. Two policemen and two civilians were gunned down in Karachi.