Pakistani officials claimed that Abu Zaid al Iraqi, al Qaeda’s financier in Pakistan, and “Punjabi” terrorists were killed in yesterday’s Predator strike in South Waziristan.
Afghanistan peace council seeks release of Guantanamo Bay prisoners
Provincial leaders in the eastern Afghan province of Kunar, including the governor and the provincial chief of police, are claiming that a joint US and Afghan clash in Kunar province claimed the lives of upwards of 65 people. The five-hour-long battle took place late last week in the Ghaziabad district in Kunar after ISAF attack […]
Imam was killed last month for spying
Increased US drone strikes in Pakistan killing few high-ranking militants
The strike is the first since Jan. 23, and ends a long pause in attacks against al Qaeda and the Taliban in Pakistan’s tribal areas.
Hakeemullah Mehsud, the leader of the Movement of the Taliban in Pakistan, is seen on the video, directing the execution. Pakistani officials recovered Imam’s body in Mir Ali, North Waziristan.
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The Pakistani Taliban emir is seen directing the execution of Colonel Imam on videotape released to the Pakistani press. The tape confirms that Hakeemullah was not killed in an early October 2010 Predator strike.
US-Taliban talks
Clinton sees Pak-US ties in limbo; urges reforms
The Taliban fighters were killed during a four-hour-long engagement with a US air weapons team.
The suicide bomber appears to have been targeting the provincial governor. Women and children were among those killed.
Afghan imams wage political battle against US
Afghan women fear losing safe houses
US-funded militia in Helmand province to be expanded
No refuge from fear in Afghanistan, even at prayer
The current pause in strikes is the third-longest since the US ramped up strikes in Pakistan’s tribal areas in 2008.
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Afghan security officials repelled the assault on the provincial police headquarters in Kandahar. The Taliban also launched other small-scale attacks against police in the provincial capital.
Pakistan TV dramatizes fight against terrorism
Commander says rule of law needed to stop Taliban
Afghan government says prisoner directed attacks
The failure of Pakistan’s ‘clear and hold’ strategy
Afghan proposal would clamp down on women’s shelters
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