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Pakistan’s Islamist Militia Ansar Ul-Islam And Its Fight For Influence
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Taliban, IMU form Ansar al Aseer to free jihadist prisoners
The video featured Adnan Rasheed, a dangerous Pakistani jihadist who was freed in a jailbreak last year; Yassin Chouka, a wanted German commander in the Islamic Movement of Uzbekistan; and Abdul Hakeem, a previously unknown Russian IMU member.
Afghanistan
Pakistan ends blockage for 3,700 Afghan containers
Afghanistan
Top Afghan commander: If UK leaves Afghanistan, Taliban will return to launch global jihad
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Pakistan to build amusement park in Osama bin Laden town
Pakistan
Thirteen security personnel, 12 Taliban fighters, and 10 civilians were killed after the Taliban launched an assault on a checkpoint in Lakki Marwat. The Taliban killed two more soldiers in an IED attack in Arakzai.
Afghanistan
Pakistan Fines Afghan Traders $50m for Stalled Containers
Pakistani military calls HRW report ‘a pack of lies,’ and ‘fabricated’
The HRW report provoked an undiplomatic response from the Pakistani military and ISI.
Taliban suicide assault team hits Pakistani military camp
Thirteen Pakistani military personnel, 11 civilians, and 12 Taliban fighters are reported to have been killed. The Taliban said the attack was carried out to avenge the deaths of two senior commanders killed in recent US drone strikes.
Pakistan
A suicide bomber killed 22 civilians in an attack outside of two mosques in Hangu. Six Pakistanis were killed after mortars fired from Afghanistan struck in South Waziristan.
Afghanistan
As NATO Prepares for Afghan Withdrawal, Uzbekistan Seeks War’s Leftovers
Suicide bomber kills 22 in attack near Pakistani mosques
The bomber detonated close to two nearby mosques, one Shia and one Sunni, in Hangu. The attack may have been carried out by the Movement of the Taliban in Pakistan, the Lashkar-e-Jhangvi, or both groups.
Pakistan
‘Admitting you are a secularist can get you killed in Pakistan’
Sidelined Pakistani Taliban commander back in good graces
The reconciliation between Faqir Mohammed and Abu Bakr, the new emir in Bajaur, shows that the Movement of the Taliban in Pakistan is far from defeated and disorganized, as the Pakistani government has claimed. The Taliban’s leaders were able to convene the shura, send a delegation to Bajaur to mediate the dispute, and organize the reconciliation of the factions in the tribal agency.
Afghanistan
Drone Strike Lawsuit Raises Concerns on Intelligence Sharing
Afghanistan
Afghanistan, Macedonia Big Movers In Press-Freedom Index
Pakistan
The Pakistani military claimed it killed 33 Taliban and Lashkar-e-Islam fighters in airstrikes in Khyber and Arakzai tribal agencies. The Taliban, which has been battling the rival Ansarul Islam in Khyber, denied the Pakistani military’s claims.
Afghanistan
ISAF willing to help provide election security
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Pakistan still global jihad hub
Pakistan
In Former Taliban Sanctuary, An Eerie Silence Takes Over
Pakistan
Fifty-three people were killed after the Movement of the Taliban in Pakistan and Ansarul Islam clashed in Khyber’s Tirah Valley. Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa’s information minister called for peace talks with the Taliban.
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Pakistan – ANP asks govt to disclose Abbottabad findings
Afghanistan
Afghan MOI Downplays Security Forces Joining Insurgents
Pakistan
Zero Dark Thirty will not be shown in Pakistan cinemas
Pakistan
Two policemen, including a Deputy Superintendent of Police, and two civilians were killed in a bombing in Karachi. Pakistan admitted to holding more than 700 terrorism suspects without charging them with crimes.
Pakistan
Desecrations alarm Pakistan’s Ahmadi sect
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American Mumbai plotter to be sentenced in Chicago
US adds wanted Saudi al Qaeda leader to terrorism list
Ahmed Abdullah Saleh al Khazmari al Zahrani, who is better known as Abu Maryam al Zahrani, is thought to be based in Pakistan and has been spotted in Iran.
Pakistan
Pakistan’s first anti-blasphemy telefilm premiered
Pakistan
The Taliban executed a “US spy” who they claimed is responsible for the drone strike that killed mullah Nazir in South Waziristan. The Taliban’s spokesman vowed that his group would attack a Hindu group in Kashmir.