Afghanistan
Pakistan – Religious parties to stand against restoration of NATO supply
Pakistan – Religious parties to stand against restoration of NATO supply
US embassy in Pakistan clarifies Panetta’s statement
Panetta believes Pakistan knew of bin Laden hideout
Afghan President Hamid Karzai ‘plans talks with Taliban’
Pakistan – Drone attacks linked to ‘trust deficit’ with US
Taliban Have Begun Talks With US, Former Taliban Aides Say
Seized Pirates in Legal Limbo, With No Formula for Trials
Leon Panetta concern over Bin Laden ‘informer’ Shikal Afridi
‘We will make Pakistan an Islamic welfare state’: JUI-F chief Maulana Fazlur Rehman
Pakistan – ANALYSIS: Voices from FATA and the panic
An analysis asserts there are significant limits to the alliance which allow US policy makers more room to maneuver.
Before he was killed in Waziristan in 2009, Abdullah bin Muhsin al Shahri, who was known as Abu Rawada, discussed an al Qaeda cell that operated in Gardez, Afghanistan.
Dialogue with the US: Afghan Taliban share ‘peace’ blueprint with Pakistan
Taliban diplomats arrive in Qatar
Taliban willing to compromise, Afghan negotiators say
Israelis See Iran’s Threats of Retaliation as Bluff
Thousands of NATO trucks in Pakistan backlog
Pashtuns Lament Pop Star’s Decision To Call It A Day
Panetta: al Qaeda is ‘still a real threat’
Mounir and Yassin Chouka, two Germans who are operatives in the Islamic Movement of Uzbekistan, and Mevlut Kar, an Islamic Jihad Union facilitator, were added to the list of Specially Designated Global terrorists. All three have ties to al Qaeda.
The drone war
Al Qaeda monthly: Hitteen delivered to your doorstep
Prime Minister Gilani has retracted his criticism of Pakistan’s military. The Senate called on the military to shoot down US drones. Six soldiers and 17 Taliban fighters were killed during clashes in Kurram.
Spate of kidnappings in Pakistan triggers unease
An Uzbek struggle in name only
Pakistan Rejects US Self-Defense Claim on Strikes
East Afghan frontline emerges as major hurdle
An official Pakistani military report on the Mohmand incident said US troops fired first in an intentional, “unprovoked attack,” and called a US investigation an attempt “to contort the facts and confuse the issue.” US drones killed four “militants” in North Waziristan.
Rights suffer under army power grab in Pakistan: report
Ex Pakistan intelligence chief calls for Norway agent arrests