Afghanistan
Beheadings in Afghanistan Are Grim Reminder of Extremes of Taliban Law
Beheadings in Afghanistan Are Grim Reminder of Extremes of Taliban Law
Jemaah Anshorut Tauhid and three of its leaders, including the acting emir, who is linked to Jemaah Islamiyah’s notorious al Ghuraba cell in Pakistan, have been listed as global terrorists.
Pakistan – Thousands of tribesmen protest US drone strikes
Pakistan – Religious parties protest Quran desecration
Thirteen people were killed in a car bombing at a bus station on the outskirts of Peshawar. Pakistani military officials blamed the US, Israel, and India for fomenting unrest in Baluchistan.
US Says Pakistan Upbeat on Eventual Cooperation
Afghanistan – Taliban Is Still Strong, National Front Says
Unknown “gunmen” killed two security personnel and a civilian in an attack in Abbottabad. The Lashkar-e-Islam killed three people in an IED attack in Khyber.
Pakistan – Compensation policy sought for civilian victims of terrorism
Fury in Pakistan After US Congressman Suggests That a Province Leave
Pakistan receives US surveillance aircraft
Pakistan – Witnesses wanted: Agencies to hand over 900 terror suspects to K-P govt
Karzai claims indirect contact with Mullah Omar
Talk of peace stirs up Qaeda-Taliban tensions
Of ‘moderate’ Taliban and their willingness to ‘talk’
Pakistan – Malik says 27 terrorist groups involved in Benazir’s murder
Afghanistan to Spy on Own Troops
The Lashkar-e-Islam killed nine members of a militia in an IED attack in Khyber. Thousands of Pakistanis attended a Defense of Pakistan Council rally in Rawalpindi. Lashkar-e-Taiba head Hafiz Saeed is one of the group’s leaders.
Sinan Tekin, a Turkish national who was known as Emir Yunis, led a group of foreign fighters along the Afghan-Pakistani border.
Afghan Police Catch Terrorists Taking Children to Pakistan
Pakistan Taliban gaining more resources from kidnapping
Hafiz Saeed to protest against US drone attacks in Islamabad today despite ban
Pakistan: Khar to seek UK help against drone raids
Pakistani Taliban Turn to Kidnapping to Finance Operations
Pakistan – Despite ban, JuD, ASWJ chiefs reach Rawalpindi for rally
Afghan peace: Taliban willing to talk are killed or arrested, says Karzai
Stumbling Afghan peace talks need re-think: advisor
Thirty-four Taliban fighters, four soldiers, and four militiamen were killed during fighting in Khyber and Arakzai. The death toll in Friday’s suicide attack in Kurram has risen to 39. Police said they arrested the “mastermind” of the March 2011 suicide attack on the ISI headquarters in Faisalabad.
Talks With Taliban Without Afghan Input Would Fail, Former Spy Chief Says
NATO mistakes strengthen Taliban: Karzai