Pakistan
The Taliban killed two soldiers in Mohmand and a Frontier Corps trooper in Khyber, and wounded four soldiers in an IED attack in North Waziristan. Thirty-eight people have been killed in sectarian violence in Karachi in the past week.
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Pakistani forces set posts on Afghan soil
Al Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb
Algeria Attack Shows Reach of Militants
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‘Pakistan’s nukes face threat from army insiders’
Pakistan
Pakistan – Four most wanted TTP men held
Afghanistan
British Fears for Pakistan Linked to Nuclear Weapons: Analyst
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Pakistan – Manzar Imam was an anti-Taliban crusader: Police
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Pakistan – FC says militants demonising force to scare away local support
Afghanistan
CIA drone strikes will get pass in counterterrorism ‘playbook,’ officials say
Afghanistan
Taliban stay away from Dubai peace talks
Pakistan
Graft-Case Investigator Found Dead in Pakistan
New Taliban leader in South Waziristan vows to continue mission of emir killed in drone strike
A pamphlet released by the Mullah Nazir group announced that it would continue to follow in the footsteps of its slain emir, and named the top leaders of the group. Nazir has supported al Qaeda and waged jihad in Afghanistan.
Pakistan
The Taliban in South Waziristan distributed pamphlets conveying their determination to control the area and avenge the death of Mullah Nazir, who was killed by a US drone strike two weeks ago. The Taliban also said there was no disunity in their ranks, which are being led by new commander Salahuddin Ayubi.
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Pakistan – Tribesmen pile bodies outside Governor’s House in protest
Afghanistan
French anti-terror judge says ‘no choice’ but war in Mali /a>
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Central Government Takes Over Pakistan Province
Pakistan
Cleric leading thousands of protesters promises a Pakistani ‘Tahrir Square’
Pakistan
The Mujahideen Ansar, an Uzbek group, took credit for the IED attack in North Waziristan that killed 14 Pakistani soldiers. The Taliban killed three more soldiers in an IED attack in Charsadda.
Uzbek terror group kills 14 Pakistani soldiers in North Waziristan
The Mujahideen Ansar took credit for the IED attack in Razmak. The attack took place just one day after Hakeemullah Mehsud called for jihadists in North Waziristan to stop attacking the Pakistani military and focus efforts on NATO forces in Afghanistan.
Lashkar-e-Jhangvi
Spiralling violence: Quetta residents plead for army control
Hakeemullah Mehsud orders Taliban to end attacks on Pakistani military in North Waziristan: report
The emir of the Movement of the Taliban in Pakistan also said his forces would focus on fighting NATO in Afghanistan.
Afghanistan
Civil War threatens Afghanistan as NATO prepares to leave
Afghanistan
Afghan Containers Still Stranded in Pakistan, Iran
Lashkar-e-Jhangvi
Formidable power of Pakistan’s anti-Shia militants
Pakistan
The Lashkar-e-Jhangvi killed 92 people in suicide and IED attacks in Quetta. Twenty-two more Pakistanis were killed in a blast in Swat; it is unclear if the blast was caused by a bomb. US drones killed six “militants” in North Waziristan.
Al Qaeda
US drone strikes in Pakistan on rise for 2013
‘Key al Qaeda paramilitary commander’ killed in recent drone strike in Pakistan
Sheikh Yasin Al Kuwaiti, who was killed in a US drone strike on Jan. 8, was a “key al Qaeda paramilitary commander” who was “very high up the food chain,” a US intelligence official who tracks the terror group in Pakistan’s tribal areas told The Long War Journal.
Afghanistan
Concerns over Iran’s influence in Afghan media agencies
Afghanistan
Pak-Afghan border: Tribesmen flay travel document stipulation
Afghanistan
Pakistanis trucking NATO supplies to Afghanistan go on strike