Newly released intelligence files on Mohamed Merah indicate he had been identified as a dangerous Islamist for well over a year before he killed seven people. And an audiotape suggests he trained for jihad in Pakistan and was working for al Qaeda in France.
NDS officials arrested a heavily armed Haqqani Network cell in Kabul that was planning to attack the Afghan Parliament, the Afghan Presidential Palace, and the Afghan Second-Vice President. It is the second such raid in Kabul since August 1.
Exclusive: Afghan officials met key Taliban figure in Pakistan
Operation in North Waziristan
Pakistan – US must seal Afghan border for NWA push: Pak official
Taliban Attacks Rise During Ramadan: Sediqi
Pakistan confirms talks with Afghanistan on Taliban releases
Pakistan – Islamic financing facility: Standard Chartered steps up for PIA
Two soldiers and nine Taliban fighters were killed during a clash in Dir. The Taliban killed a special forces soldier and bombed a girls’ school in Mohmand. Security forces detained a top aide to Swat Taliban Mullah Fazlullah during a raid in Nowshera, and three “terrorists” in Quetta.
Pakistan – Persecution forces 60 Hindu families to migrate to India
Afghanistan – Pakistani Insurgents Trying to Infiltrate Northern Borders
Ustad Ahmad Farooq, al Qaeda’s spokesman for Pakistan, said that jihadists must “pay special attention to targeting American and NATO supply lines” in order to help their “Afghan brothers.”
Pakistan swelling nuclear arsenal to counter India, says US Congressional report
TTP threaten Imran Khan over Waziristan march
Pakistan – 20 NATO containers cross Chaman border
A Pakistani military official claimed that operation “Tight Screw” is putting the “squeeze” on the Haqqani Network and other terror groups in North Waziristan.
A monthly cartoon that tackles the issues of the war. This month’s topic: NATO’s supply lines from Pakistan to Afghanistan.
The pair of suicide bombers hit Western soldiers as they were going to a meeting of the provincial council.
‘Sticky bombs,’ like those used in Iraq, now appearing in Afghanistan
Afghan reconciliation: Pakistan may release ‘former chief of Quetta Shura’
Exclusive: US sweetens Taliban prisoner proposal in bid to revive peace talks
The Pakistani military denied reports that it would be launching a joint operation with the US against militants in North Waziristan. In Khyber, five Lashkar-e-Islam militants, including a commander, died while handling their own explosives , and five Taliban fighters were killed by IEDs. Parked NATO containers in Chakri were deemed a security risk.
Is terror not far away from Swat Valley in Pakistan? Taliban consolidating to recapture Swat
Mansur al Harbi runs an al Qaeda training camp in Afghanistan, and helps foreign fighters enter the country. He has close ties to top al Qaeda leaders, including Saif al Adel.
Afghanistan – Pak Army officers accused of aiding Nuristan rebels
Afghan Commerce Minister Wary of Antagonizing Pakistan
Pakistan – Ensuring well-being: Women NGO workers demand better security
A Mafia in FATA: Haqqanis and Drones
Taliban Launch Co-ordinated Attacks in Eastern Afghanistan
Pakistan accuses Afghanistan of backing Taliban enemy