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US Predators kill 5 ‘militants’ in South Waziristan strike
The attack took place in Wana, an area controlled by Taliban and al Qaeda commander Mullah Nazir. Ilyas Kashmiri was among those killed.
German jihadi killed in Afghanistan, claims Islamic Movement of Uzbekistan spokesman
Miqdad, a German citizen who is also known as “Abdullah the Essen,” was killed while fighting US forces in Baghlan in April 2011. He wanted “to kill Germans.”
Afghanistan
Afghan suicide bomber ‘spent six years in London’
Afghanistan
US commander voices concern on impending Afghan drawdown
Afghanistan
Petraeus vows to keep civilian deaths to minimum
Afghanistan
A poppy harvest in Helmand, undeterred
Al Qaeda leader and bin Laden associate captured in northern Afghanistan
The al Qaeda commander, who was captured in Balkh province, was “a Pakistan-based attack planner” and accompanied Osama bin Laden in Afghanistan in 2001.
Al Qaeda
AP sources: US, Pakistan partnership on mend
Pakistani military denies report of NATO incursion into North Waziristan
The ISPR said “there was no violation by any NATO helicopters in North Waziristan Agency” as reported on May 30.
Al Qaeda
Bin Laden raid gets little credence in conspiracy-minded Pakistan
Hizb-i-Islami
US trolling for Taliban to open talks
Pakistan
How Pakistan’s nuclear weapons could be jeopardised
Afghanistan
Afghan judge whips man for drinking alcohol
Pakistani general dismisses ‘media hype’ over North Waziristan operation
Meanwhile, Pakistani officials said that any potential operation in North Waziristan would be limited in scope.
Taliban launch attack on Pakistani police outpost from Afghanistan
More than 200 Taliban fighters attacked a police station in Dir from across the border in Kunar province. Twenty-three security forces personnel have been reported killed.
Afghanistan
Why are there no indigenous political parties in Pakistan’s tribal areas?
Pakistan
Pakistan is seen readying attack on Taliban militants
Pakistan
WikiLeaks: Pakistani intelligence ‘continues to offer support to terrorist groups’
ISAF targets Taliban leader of al Qaeda cell based in Quetta
The Taliban commander is associated with the Mullah Dadullah Front, a radical Taliban subgroup closely linked to al Qaeda.
Afghanistan
Nato risks becoming ‘occupying force’ in Afghanistan: Karzai
NATO will become ‘occupying force’ if airstrikes don’t end: Afghan president
“Afghan history is witness to how the Afghans deal with occupying forces,” Karzai said.
Al Qaeda
Plan for operation in N. Waziristan finalised: Mullen
Afghanistan
Afghanistan withdrawal: no significant pull out, says senior British general
NATO
ISAF ‘really needs night raids’ despite Karzai opposition
Afghanistan
Stirring up the hornet’s nest in Pakistan’s northwest
A US raid captures Taliban in North Waziristan?
Five Taliban or Haqqani Network fighters were grabbed in North Waziristan, according to unconfirmed reports.
Al Qaeda
Osama bin Laden’s cover ‘was blown by one his closest allies’
Taliban claim attacks in western Afghan city of Herat
The Taliban detonated a car bomb in the city while a suicide assault team attacked the Italian-manned Provincial Reconstruction Team base.
Is Pakistan going to attack the Taliban in North Waziristan?
According to The News, the answer is yes, but the operation would be limited in scope.