Haqqanis part of Taliban: Mullah Sangeen
Sangeen is on the US’s list of designated terrorists for his close ties to al Qaeda.
Tag Archives: Pakistan
Afghanistan
Despite Possible ‘Reset,’ Pakistan Keeps Afghan Border Closed To NATO
Afghanistan
No comment on Mullah Omar’s claim: US
Al Qaeda
Karachi’s new terrorist groups
Pakistan
Pakistan’s Slow-Motion Coup
Afghanistan
Taliban prisoner release: a premature, dangerously naive move
Pakistan
The Movement of the Taliban in Pakistan executed 15 Frontier Corps soldiers who were captured late last month in Tank, and freed 17 hostages who crossed the border from Afghanistan. Security forces arrested a Taliban commander and three fighters who are accused of conducting attacks in Karachi.
Pakistan
F-16 supply to Pakistan to continue, says US
Pakistan
50% drop in drone strikes as Pak-US ties plunge
Afghanistan
Afghan Leader, Karzai, Warily Accepts US-Taliban Talks
Pakistani Taliban execute 15 Frontier Constabulary personnel
The 15 troops were captured on Dec. 22 after the Taliban overran a fort in Tank. The execution was carried out to avenge the death of a senior Taliban leader who was killed in Khyber last weekend.
Pakistan
Pakistan – Army’s militant rehabilitation programme hits snags: PIPS report
Finland
Finland to close embassy in Pakistan
White House denies deal to release Taliban leaders
The White House denied a report that said the US had agreed to release five Guantanamo detainees as part of a quid pro quo deal with the Taliban. The denial does not rule out the possibility that the five Taliban commanders will be freed in the future.
Are the top 2 Pakistani Taliban leaders ‘at each other’s throats’?
Hakeemullah Mehsud and Waliur Rehman Mehsud have long been the subject of rumors of conflict; one such false report in 2009 claimed they killed each other.
Pakistan
Taliban U-turn : Will keep attacking Pak
Pakistan
Husain Haqqani interview: ‘If I leave my house, I fear I will be killed’
Pakistan
Security forces killed 11 Taliban fighters during airstrikes in Kurram; seven militants were killed during infighting in Khyber. Five people were killed in bombings in northwestern Pakistan.
Taliban releases statement on negotiations
The Taliban confirmed it is in talks to set up an office in Qatar.
Pakistan
Pakistan’s febrile politics: Open spats
Afghan Taliban announces new ‘political office’ in Qatar
The Taliban is planning to open a new “political office” in Qatar as part of nascent peace talks with the US. The Taliban continues to demand the release of “high risk” detainees from Guantanamo as a prerequisite to the talks. The Taliban detainees all have extensive ties to al Qaeda.
Al Qaeda remains entrenched in Pakistan’s tribal areas
Al Qaeda’s role in the formation of the Shura-e-Murakeba demonstrates that the group is still a significant player in Pakistan’s tribal areas.
Al Qaeda brokers new anti-US Taliban alliance in Pakistan and Afghanistan
The Shura-e-Murakeba embraces all of the major Taliban groups in North and South Waziristan, including the Haqqani Network, the Movement of the Taliban in Pakistan, and groups led by Mullah Nazir and Hafiz Gul Bahadar.
Al Qaeda
The Taliban’s pound of flesh
Pakistan
Remembering Salmaan Taseer
Pakistan
Eight suspected militants were killed in the Galju area of Arakzai. Security forces pounded insurgent hideouts in Upper Arakzai, killing 10 militants in an ongoing operation. The Movement of the Taliban in Pakistan vowed to stop “killing innocent people and kidnapping for ransom in Pakistan” but also to continue carrying out suicide attacks and fighting […]
Afghanistan
Pakistan, US assume less cooperation in future
Pakistani troops kill dangerous Taliban commander
Qari Kamran was responsible for the the murders of scores of Pakistani soldiers, policemen, and civilians in the northwest.
Afghanistan
Year In Review: War On Terror Shifts To Pakistan
Afghanistan
NATO supply route blockade: Rangers asked to take possession of US cargo