Pakistan
Pakistan – Jamaat-e-Islami to impart military training to civilians
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Pakistan
A suicide bomber killed 35 civilians, in an attack at a funeral procession in Mardan. Among those killed was a member of Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa’s provincial assembly. An Army lieutenant colonel died of wounds suffered in an IED attack in North Waziristan on June 9.
ISAF captures al Qaeda trainer in Kunar
The al Qaeda leader was targeted in a raid in the Watahpur district, a known hub for the terror group, on June 6.
Afghanistan
Drug Smugglers Provide Support to Insurgents in Helmand: Officials
Lashkar-e-Jhangvi launches suicide assault at hospital in Quetta
A female suicide bomber killed female college students on a bus, then a suicide assault team struck a hospital where the wounded were taken.
Afghanistan
Foreign insurgents preparing for major Nuristan attack
Afghanistan
Afghanistan Supports Pakistan’s Stance on US Drone Strikes: Karzai
Pakistan
US drones & lawlessness in N. Waziristan
Pakistan
Pakistan – ‘Blasphemous magazine’: FIR registered against Ahmadi owners
Pakistan
Three Attacks in Pakistan Spotlight a Nation’s Rifts
Al Qaeda facilitator targeted in eastern Afghanistan
The al Qaeda facilitator who was targeted in Nangarhar is known to relay messages for senior al Qaeda leadership and provide financial and logistical support for terrorists operating in Afghanistan.
Pakistan
Police in Islamabad arrested Abdullah Umar, an al Qaeda operative who is thought to have been behind the murder of the prosecutor who was investigating the assassination of former Prime Minister Benazir Bhutto as well as terrorists involved in the 2008 attack on Mumbai, India. Security forces in Chaman captured a “militant” and seized suicide […]
India
India call violation of Pakistan airspace technical
Afghanistan
Sentence goes on for Pakistani detainees in Bagram
Afghanistan
US defeat in Afghanistan will lead to regional instability
Pakistan
Pakistan threatens to ban Google unless it cleans up YouTube
ISAF targets al Qaeda leaders in Kunar
Over the past several days, ISAF launched five raids against two senior al Qaeda leaders and two al Qaeda-linked Taliban commanders in Kunar and Nuristan provinces.
Local Taliban commander killed in latest drone strike in Pakistan
Mutaqi was reportedly preparing to lead fighters across the border to wage jihad in Afghanistan. The Obama administration has claimed that drone strikes would be conducted only against targets that pose an “imminent threat” to the US.
Pakistan
The minister of state for foreign affairs castigated a US Embassy official for a drone strike, and called the US attacks a “violation of Pakistan’s sovereignty and territorial integrity.” Yesterday’s drone strike in North Waziristan killed six “militants.”
Pakistan
Substantial plans: ‘Pakistan Army to be withdrawn from Swat’
United States
US Internet spying foiled plot to attack NY subways – sources
US drones kill 6 in North Waziristan
The strike is the first in the Shawal Valley, a known terrorist haven, since late 2012. An unidentified “high value target” is reported to have been killed.
US adds al Qaeda explosives expert to list of global terrorists
Abd al Hamid al Masli, a Libyan, is a “key improvised explosive device (IED) facilitator” who operates in Waziristan. He temporarily served as the head of al Qaeda’s military committee, likely after Abdullah Said al Libi, the former head of the Lashkar al Zil, was killed in a drone strike.
Pakistan
Window Closes For Pakistani Peace Talks With Taliban
Pakistan
Nawaz Sharif, the head of the Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz, has been sworn in as prime minister. Sharif immediately called for the US to end drone strikes in Pakistan’s tribal area. In the past he has called for negotiations with the Taliban.
Afghanistan
Afghanistan – MoI Seeks UN’s Help to Handle Pakistan
Afghanistan
Engineer-turned-militia leader takes on Taliban
Missing context on the tribal ‘Awakening’ in Panjwai
Recent coverage of the grassroots uprising against the Taliban in Kandahar province fails to account for a long-running tribal feud.
Suicide bomber kills 10 Afghan students, 2 US soldiers
The suicide bomber targeted a US and Afghan Local Police patrol as it passed by a high school in Paktia province. The US has stepped up raids against the Haqqani Network in Paktia.
Pakistan
Pakistan – Other side of ‘targeted operations’