Anti-Taliban tribal leader killed in northwest Pakistan
A key anti-Taliban militia commander died in a sophisticated IED attack in Hangu City. Taliban fighters operating in Khyber and Arakzai are likely suspects in the attack.
Tag Archives: Taliban
Afghanistan
Afghanistan may have to slash size of forces due to shortfall
Afghanistan
Elite Marine role in Afghanistan key to 2014 exit
Afghanistan
NATO attack on Pakistani troops not deliberate: US
Pakistan
Pakistan may summon BBC as news channel blocked
Jamaat-ud-Dawa
Jamaat-ud-Dawa vows to make Pakistan a Taliban state
Afghanistan
Pakistan army says NATO attack was blatant aggression
Pakistan
Pakistan steps up anti-US rhetoric after attack
Death squads and underresourced COIN in Khost
Insurgent intimidation remains strong in eastern Afghanistan.
Afghanistan
Afghanistan – IDLG chief opposes forced poppy eradication
Afghanistan
Pakistan boycotts Afghanistan conference
Afghanistan
US suspects NATO forces lured into deadly raid
Afghanistan
US official: Pakistan was called before NATO fired
Afghanistan
Pakistan border fire provoked NATO raid: Reports
Afghanistan
NATO Ceding More of Afghanistan to Government Control
Pakistani reactions to Mohmand strike correspond with Taliban peace demands
In peace talks with the Pakistani government, the Taliban have demanded that the government close down the NATO supply lines, end the Predator strikes, and sever ties with the US.
Afghanistan
Pakistan’s prime minister issues a warning to US
Taliban, artillery, and lies in Mohmand Agency
Pakistan’s unprecedented response to the attack in Mohmand is curious, especially given the countless reports over the past six months of Pakistani military forts shelling Afghan territory. US and Afghan officials have claimed the airstrike on Nov. 26 was in self-defense.
Jamaat-ud-Dawa
Pakistan -Third rally in a week: Prepare for jihad, Jamaat ud Dawa says
Al Qaeda
Pakistan – Negotiating with the Taliban: The attacks are on, but so are talks
Afghanistan
Afghanistan Worries After Attacks in Pakistan
Afghanistan
Afghanistan – Taliban paid £100 a month to stop fighting
Afghanistan
10 Pakistani militants killed in Kunar offensive
Pakistan orders closure of key US airbase after ISAF troops conduct cross-border attack
The Pakistani government said the Shamsi Airbase in Baluchistan should be vacated within 15 days, and ordered the closure of NATO’s supply lines to Afghanistan after US helicopters killed 28 Pakistani troops in the Mohmand tribal agency.
US helicopters kill 28 Pakistani troops on Afghan border
US attack helicopters hit a military check post in Mohmand, Pakistani military officials claimed. In response, Pakistan has shut down NATO’s supply route through the Khyber Pass.
Afghanistan
‘Mullah Omar is pushing TTP to reconcile with govt’
United States
Afghan opium production to explode as foreign troops withdraw
Taliban
US commander readying request for more troops to advise Afghans
Al Qaeda
VIEW: Talking peace with the Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan
ISAF recaptures escaped Taliban convict
Afghan and Coalition forces recaptured a dangerous Taliban military commander after he escaped from a prison in Kandahar three years ago.