Mufti Assad, the emir for Kunar, and his deputy, Yusuf, were killed in the Aug. 3 airstrike in the Watahpur district. Both al Qaeda leaders were Pakistani citizens. Fatah Gul, an al Qaeda facilitator who ran training camps, was killed in a separate strike.
US thinktank reveals Haqqani, Pakistan nexus
Pakistan – ‘Islamic banking growth is impressive’
Security forces detained five Taliban fighters who were planning sectarian attacks in Multan and three “terrorists” in Lakki Marwat. Pakistan has reopened the Khyber crossing to NATO supplies.
The al Qaeda-linked Islamic Movement of Uzbekistan has announced the death of its emir, Abu Usman Adil, in a drone strike in Pakistan in April, and named Usman Ghazi to replace him. Adil was responsible for ramping up the IMU’s activities in Afghanistan.
Afghan lawmakers vote to dismiss security ministers
In Afghanistan, US Packs War Gear for the Movers
After years of promising military operations in North Waziristan, and failing to deliver, Pakistani officials want you to believe Pakistan is going to take on the Haqqani Network.
Pakistan’s extremists whip up frenzy over Burma’s Muslims
Pakistan gets $1.1 bn CSF money from US
US officials fear that one of the Haqqani Network’s complex suicide assaults will eventually succeed in killing a number of Americans, and then Pakistan and the Haqqanis would need to be dealt with.
Theocracy planned on Afghan-Tajik border
Pakistan – Nurses ‘poisoning’: Christians call for inquiry
Taliban cheers reopening of NATO supply line
Pakistan and US sign troop supply deal
US and Pakistan sign NATO Afghan convoy deal
Pakistan, US ink MoU on NATO supplies
Afghanistan’s Neighbours Seek to Disrupt Development Projects, APPF Chief Says
Kunar Rocket Attacks are Attempt to get Afghanistan to Recognise Durand Line
Haqqani Network Threatens US-Pakistani Ties
Pakistan – NATO supply remains suspended
Pakistan to push for intel share at US talks
Seven “militants,” including six Uzbek fighters, were killed in a drone strike in North Waziristan. The Taliban killed one person in a bombing outside a movie theater in Manshera, and bombed a girls’ school in Swabi.
The drastic decline of Pakistani minorities
ISI, CIA chiefs to meet in August: drone attacks will be main agenda
ISAF spurns Pak notifications on border crossings
Afghan Official says Pakistan Supports Insurgents
The strike took place in Mir Ali, a known terrorist haven where the Islamic Movement of Uzbekistan, and the Islamic Jihad Group, an IMU splinter group, are based.
‘Secret’ tunnel connecting India, Pakistan unearthed in J&K
Pakistan and US trade barbs over Taliban havens