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Pakistan
Twenty Taliban fighters and three soldiers were killed during fighting in Arakzai. The Taliban killed a member of a police committee in Peshawar, and killed a security official and bombed a girls’ school in Bannu.
Pakistani Taliban confirm death of deputy emir in drone strike
Spokesman Ihsanullah Ihsan said that Waliur Rehman was indeed killed yesterday in a drone strike in North Waziristan. Rehman was wanted by the US for involvement in terror plots, including the failed Times Square bombing.
Al Qaeda
After vowing transparency, US mum on drone killing
Pakistan
Pakistan – Study reflects school textbooks need to be free of religious discrimination
Pakistan
US drones killed seven people in the first strike in Pakistan in six weeks. Waliur Rehman, the emir of Taliban forces in South Waziristan, is rumored to have been killed but the reports are unconfirmed. Polio vaccination aid workers were pelted with stones in Hangu.
US launches first drone strike in Pakistan in 6 weeks
The strike in North Waziristan killed seven people in an area administered by the al Qaeda-linked Haqqani Network. Senior Taliban commander Waliur Rehman is rumored to have been killed. The program had been put on hold for “political considerations.”
Pakistan
The Taliban killed a police chief and and four policemen in an IED attack in Shangla, the son of a peace committee in a bombing in Swat, and a female anti-polio aid worker in a shooting in Peshawar. Security forces detained 14 suspects in the Peshawar attack. The WHO has suspended polio vaccinations in Peshawar.
ISAF targets al Qaeda leader in Kunar
The target of the raid was a senior al Qaida leader who serves as an operations chief, trainer, and facilitator in the east.
Pakistan
UK Police charge 2 British Pakistanis with endangering PIA aircraft
Turkistan Islamic Party touts suicide bombings in Afghanistan
In recently released propaganda, the al Qaeda-linked group claimed two suicide attacks in Afghanistan and identified several fighters who have been killed in the country since 2007.
Afghanistan
Interior Ministry Blames Networks Within Pakistan For Kabul Blasts
Pakistan
Taliban have got it
Pakistan
Too early to react to Nawaz’s talks offer: Taliban
Pakistani Taliban claim credit for deadly attack in Quetta
Movement of the Taliban in Pakistan spokesman Ihsanullah Ihsan “proudly” claimed responsibility for today’s deadly bombing in Quetta, Pakistan that killed at least 11 members of an elite police unit.
Al Qaeda
US Acknowledges Killing 4 Americans in Drone Strikes
Pakistan
One Drone Victim’s Trail From Raleigh to Pakistan
American killed in US drone strike, US Attorney General says
Jude Kenan Mohammed was the eighth member of Daniel Boyd’s terror cell in North Carolina. He traveled to Pakistan in 2008, was arrested, skipped bail, and is thought to have traveled to Pakistan’s tribal areas. He may have been killed in a strike in 2011 that occurred in an area controlled by the Haqqani Network.
Afghanistan
In Afghanistan, Hezb-i-Islami Takes Its Extremism Into Politics
Pakistan
Debate Aside, Number of Drone Strikes Drops Sharply
Afghanistan
Drones: Myths And Reality In Pakistan – International Crisis Group
Belgium
Drone strikes have ‘minimal’ impact on militant recruits: Report
Afghanistan
Afghan peace lost in transition worries
Afghanistan
Taliban aims victory after NATO pullout from Afghanistan: Azimi
Taliban suicide bomber assassinates senior politician in Afghan north
The head of the provincial council in Baghlan province and 13 others were killed by a Taliban suicide bomber who was dressed as a policeman.
Pakistan
Sherry Rehman urges end to drone strikes
ISAF targets al Qaeda facilitator in eastern Afghanistan
The International Security Assistance Force has balked at mentioning al Qaeda in press releases since the end of January.
Hizb-i-Islami Gulbuddin suicide bomber in Kabul kills 6 Americans, 9 Afghans
The Taliban’s spring offensive promised a renewed focus on suicide attacks targeting ISAF forces. Today’s suicide bombing in a residential area also injured 39 Afghan civilians.
Afghanistan
Afghanistan – TAPI pipeline to spur regional uplift: US
IMU suicide bomber targeted top police commander in Quetta
The Islamic Movement of Uzbekistan said yesterday’s attack, which killed eight people, was executed by a man whose daughter carried out a suicide bombing last year.