DC Circuit Court finds Gitmo detainee was no ‘Forrest Gump’
A three-judge DC Circuit Court panel overturned a lower court’s ruling that would have granted freedom to Guantanamo detainee Uthman Abdul Rahim Mohammed Uthman.
A three-judge DC Circuit Court panel overturned a lower court’s ruling that would have granted freedom to Guantanamo detainee Uthman Abdul Rahim Mohammed Uthman.
Insurgents use Iraq war model missiles in Afghanistan
India and Pakistan to establish counter-terrorism hotline
First time ISAF mentions the TTP being a target of a raid.
A large Taliban force attacked the district center in Waygal today and drove out Afghan police. The Taliban claim to have kidnapped 13 police and seized large amounts of weapons and ammunition.
Russia, US have cooperation potential in Afghanistan: diplomats
A colonel and a captain were among the Frontier Corps troops killed in an ambush in the Atakhel area of the Pakistani tribal agency of Khyber.
In Afghanistan, spring could prove test of anti-Taliban effort
The group was established by the Haqqani Network and Hafiz Gul Bahadar to root out so-called US spies that aid in the US’ Predator campaign in Pakistan.
The Taliban claimed credit for the suicide attack that killed 20 Afghan road workers in the Bermel district in Paktika province.
40 Afghans kidnapped by insurgents
Taliban cut cellphone service in Helmand
Pakistan – Spring thaw means the return of terror operations
Thousands of Afghan Taliban laying down arms: US
Cold water from the Taliban
Five policemen in Hangu were killed as the Taliban continue their terror campaign in the regions surrounding the provincial capital of Peshawar.
Reconciliation to be based on Afghan Constitution
Afghan president urges Taliban not to burn schools but to join peace talks
Central Asia stands to gain as NATO shifts supply lines away from Pakistan
Fears for foreign aid after Afghan handover of control
Qari Zia Rahman said that al Qaeda and the Taliban have jointly decided to attack US and Afghan forces to retaliate for the March 17 Predator strike in Datta Khel.
Taliban assassination campaign impedes governance
This report from The Express Tribune on the Pakistani government opening negotiations with the Movement of the Taliban in Pakistan is the first I’ve seen in the press. I’ve heard rumors of this from US military and non-military intelligence officials, and it does seem to fit with other related news reports. Pakistan has started peace […]
The so-called spies were killed for aiding in the controversial March 17 Predator strike in Datta Khel.
Afghanistan’s oppressed Hazaras dread Taliban return
Despite the public protests by top Pakistani political leaders and General Kayani over last Thursday’s US Predator strike that killed more than 30 (or 40 depending on which report you reference) people in North Waziristan, and vague threats to shoot the aircraft down, the unmanned hunter-killers continue to fly over the tribal agency. Dawn reports: […]
The raid targeted four Islamic Movement of Uzbekistan commanders. ISAF has struck in the district of Burkah in Baghlan province four times this month.
Is the Pakistani military considering shooting down the CIA-operated unmanned US Predator and Reaper strike aircraft that roam the skies over Pakistan’s tribal agency of North Waziristan? Two reports over the past 24 hours, from STRATFOR and The Express Tribune, are giving that impression. First the STRATFOR report: Citing unconfirmed reports, STRATFOR Pakistani sources said […]
The tribal leaders in Pakistan’s Taliban-controlled agency made the threats against the US after holding a press conference in Peshawar.
Taliban employs modern weapons in ‘war of words’