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Anti-Taliban militia commander threatens to quit, join Taliban, after Peshawar suicide attack
Dawn reports that the leader of an anti-Taliban militia in the Matni area of Peshawar has threatened to end his support for the government in the wake of yesterday’s deadly suicide attack at the funeral of a wife of a fellow militia member: The leader of a powerful anti-Taliban militia on Thursday threatened to stop […]
US Predators are killing ‘hardcore elements’ and ‘foreigners’ – Pakistani general
The commander of Pakistan’s 7 Division, which operates in North Waziristan, claimed that few civilians are killed in the covert US airstrikes in Pakistan’s tribal areas.
Pakistan
Most of those killed in drone attacks were terrorists: Pakistani military
Afghanistan
Putting Afghan plan into action proves difficult
Afghanistan
Petraeus sees military progress in Afghanistan
Afghanistan
Afghanistan: 2010 bloodiest year for a decade, UN says
Afghanistan
Gates sees war gains — but can Afghans hold them?
US Predators kill 5 in strike in South Waziristan
The strike ends an 11-day-long lull in the CIA-directed attacks in Pakistan’s tribal agencies. A compound in Mullah Nazir’s territory was the target of the attack.
Taliban claim deadly Faisalabad blast, target Pakistani intelligence
The Taliban detonated a car bomb at a compressed natural gas station today, killing more than 32 people. The target was a nearby headquarters for the Inter-Services Intelligence directorate.
Afghanistan
Taliban step up attacks in effort to destabilise region
Afghanistan
Living in fear of the Taliban
Afghanistan
A murder rattles German soldiers’ faith in Afghan allies
Afghanistan
New militia brings security, and worries, to Marjah
ISAF, Afghan forces capture another HIG commander in Khost
Coalition and Afghan special operations teams captured yet another Hizb-i-Islami Gulbuddin commander, this time during a raid in the Sabari district in Khost province. From the ISAF press release: Afghan and coalition forces detained a Hezb-E Islami Gulbuddin commander and two suspected insurgents during an operation in Sabari district, Khost province yesterday. The commander is […]
Afghanistan
Pashtun boys’ video exalts suicide raids
Al Qaeda
Assassinated Pakistani minister ‘wasn’t afraid of being killed’
Afghanistan
Afghan prison an insurgent breeding ground
Pakistan
Pakistan – Rehman Malik says he’s on Taliban hit list along with Rehman, Wahab
Pakistan
Pakistan – Lashkar threatens to stop fighting Taliban
Afghanistan
Afghans would support Taliban office In Turkey – Afghan national security advisor
Al Qaeda
Pakistan Christians bury murdered leader Shahbaz Bhatti
Afghanistan
International meeting agrees to step up Afghan political push
Jama’at-i Islami
This time, murder of Pakistan minister spurs condemnation from Islamic clerics
Taliban suicide bomber kills 9 in Hangu; 6 police killed in ambush in Khyber
The attacks are the latest in the Taliban’s renewed offensive in the central regions of Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa and the tribal agencies.
Afghanistan
‘Only UN could remove Taliban from blacklist’ – Afghan UN representative
Al Qaeda
Christians across Pakistan protest Bhatti’s killing
Afghanistan
Afghanistan – Commanders expect Taliban will try to regain lost ground
Afghanistan
Pakistan: under attack from within
Afghanistan
Afghan tells of his ordeal at the ‘center of al Qaeda’