Pakistan
The Taliban killed three policemen and five electrical workers in an attack on a power substation in Peshawar; four workers are missing. The military killed five Taliban fighters in airstrikes in North Waziristan.
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Taliban attack on power grid station in Peshawar kills 8
The attack plunged areas of the provincial capital into darkness. Four electrical workers are missing and thought to have been kidnapped by the Taliban.
Pakistan
Taliban in Karachi: the real story
Afghanistan
Afghans Failing Security Test In Badakhshan
Pakistan
Khyber Agency: LI threatens Bara tribesmen not to shelter Tirah IDPs
Pakistan
Pakistan – Prosecuting terrorists: Out of 559 cases in 2012, suspects acquitted in 414
Pakistan
The Taliban claimed credit for bombings in Bannu and Mardan that killed three people. A policemen was killed in a suicide attack in Mardan, while two people were killed in an IED attack at a political rally in Bannu.
Afghanistan
Afghanistan deny shelling Pakistan bordering regions
Afghanistan
Afghan Govt Repeats Claim of Pakistan’s ‘Unacceptable’ Demands
India
‘Legal help to Hafiz Saeed will strengthen Indian allegations’
Taliban suicide bomber kills 12 in Peshawar
Meanwhile, the Pakistani government continues to claim it has “broken [the] Taliban’s back.”
Pakistan
Taliban Terrorize Karachi as the New Gang in Town
Pakistan
Security forces killed three Taliban fighters as they attacked an outpost in Bajaur. Two security personnel were killed in a bombing in Bajaur. Pakistani security officials claimed that 9,000, including more than 3,000 security personnel, people have been killed in terrorist attacks in the past five years.
Pakistan
Campaigning in the shadow of the Taliban
Latest IMU capture indicates resiliency of terror group in Afghanistan
Raids against the Islamic Movement of Uzbekistan and al Qaeda have taken place consistently for years. Can Afghan forces maintain the tempo as NATO takes a backseat in Afghanistan?
Taliban suicide assault team strikes police HQ in eastern Afghanistan
Five policemen and eight Taliban fighters were killed after the suicide assault team penetrated security at the Quick Reaction Force headquarters in Jalalabad.
Afghanistan
Stalemate to continue: Taliban rule out talks with Karzai during Qatar visit
Pakistan
Lal Masjid’s former chief cleric wants Musharraf’s name on ECL
Pakistan
50,000 families have fled Tirrah Valley
Pakistani Taliban threaten former President Musharraf with ‘death squad’
Adnan Rasheed, who escaped from a Pakistani prison during a Taliban jailbreak one year ago, is shown with his “death squad,” which is split up in groups of “fedayeen, sniper team, special assault team, and close combat team.”
Afghanistan
US Cedes Control, Almost, on Afghan Prisoners
Iran
Pakistan as a global leader in Islamic banking and finance
Jamaat-e-Islami
Pakistan – Rise of the Right: JI, JUI-F ‘warm up’ in search of common ground
Suicide bomber kills 17 Pakistani troops in North Waziristan
The suicide bomber rammed a water truck packed with explosives into a camp run by the Pakistani military’s Frontier Works Organization.
Afghanistan
Insecurity Springs From Afghan Dam Projects
Afghanistan
A War of Attrition in Farah Province
Pakistan
US drones killed four “militants” in the Datta Khel area of North Waziristan. Eight people were killed in a bombing in Jaffarabad. The Taliban attacked US supply containers in Peshawar and Khyber.
Afghanistan
As New Drone Policy Is Weighed, Few Practical Effects Are Seen
Afghanistan
Afghan Villagers Take On Taliban in Their Heartland
US drones kill 4 ‘militants’ in Pakistan
The strike took place in the terrorist hub of Datta Khel in North Waziristan, where some of al Qaeda’s top leaders have been killed in the past.