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Pakistani Taliban step up attacks in northwest
A pair of bombings in Peshawar, including a suicide attack, are the latest in a series of attacks throughout Pakistan’s Taliban-infested northwest.
Lashkar-e-Islam exact revenge for death of Taliban commander in Predator strike
Ibn Amin, from a ‘wanted’ poster released by the Pakistani government in 2009. The Lashkar-e-Islam, a Taliban-like group based in Pakistan’s Khyber tribal agency, recently assassinated four of their own after accusing them of providing the means for the US to kill a dangerous Taliban commander linked to al Qaeda. According to The News, a […]
Afghanistan
Afghan musician returns to keep a tradition alive
Pakistan
In Pakistan, even anti-violence Islamic sect lauds assassination of liberal governor
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Kidnapping crisis in Afghan province
Hizb-i-Islami
Afghan blast targets Westerners
Taliban suicide bomber kills deputy governor of Kandahar
A Taliban suicide bomber driving a motorcycle picked out Deputy Governor Abdul Latif’s car in a convoy traveling in Kandahar city.
Afghanistan
Stan McChrystal recounts US roadblocks to Taliban manhunt
Afghanistan
What they’re reading: different accounts of the Afghan war
Afghanistan
Pakistan gets role in Afghan peace talks
Afghanistan
Afghan police pledge justice for Taliban stoning
Pakistan
The Taliban in Pakistan: We’ve got a bigger problem now
Caucasus
Al-Qaeda hand in Moscow attack?
‘Foreign trainers’ active in southeastern Afghan province
“Arabs, Chechens, and Pakistanis” are supporting the Taliban in Ghazni province, while Pakistani intelligence is sabotaging security.
Afghanistan
Petraeus offers optimistic assessment of war in Afghanistan
Afghanistan
Pakistan: Former intelligence agent’s death in captivity causes unease
Afghanistan
West’s portrayal of Afghan war deceptive – group
Suicide bombers kill 16 Pakistanis in attacks in Lahore, Karachi
The Fedayeen-e-Islam, a subgroup of the Pakistani Taliban, Lashkar-e-Jhangvi, and Jaish-e-Mohammed, claimed credit for the Lahore attack.
Afghanistan
Pakistani analysts: Colonel Imam’s death shows Taliban losing control in Pakistan borders
Afghanistan
An uncharacteristically upbeat general in Afghanistan
Afghanistan
Pakistan prisoners in Afghan jails despair
Afghanistan
Pakistan – Army poised over peace broker’s fate
Afghanistan
ISAF says Taliban lead Afghan war from Pakistan and elsewhere using cell phones
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Northern lights, Part 1: A shadowy new battlefield Northern lights, Part 2: Taking on the Taliban Northern lights, Part 3: Soft Sufi, hard-rock militant
Afghanistan
Taliban and Western forces focus on Afghan district
Pakistan
Pakistan’s Godfather of the Taliban dies
Afghanistan
Victoria Cross for Australian soldier who saved his platoon by charging into a hail of bullets
Pakistan
‘Godfather of Taliban’ killed by kidnappers
US Predators strike 3 times in al Qaeda haven of North Waziristan
Thirteen “militants” were reported killed in today’s strike in North Waziristan. Also, a former senior Pakistani intelligence officer was found dead in the tribal agency.