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Action against terrorists should begin in Pakistan: US experts
16 hours ago ago from Inditop
Washington, Feb 9 (Inditop.com) With the US intelligence community warning of a new terrorist attack in the next six months, two leading security experts suggest that preventive action should begin in Pakistan that remains the locus of terrorism. Bruce Riedel, a former Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) officer who advised President Barack Obama on his Afghanistan Pakistan strategy said that for several years after 2002, Al Qaeda seemed ...
Related contentTaliban confirm Hakeemullah’s death
13 hours ago ago from Jazba Blog
Taliban confirmed on Tuesday that Tehreek Taliban Pakistan Chief Hakeemullah Mehsud had died of injuries sustained in a US drone strike, ending weeks of speculation over his fate while Noor Jamal has been named as the new Acting Taliban leader. Taliban sources based in the Aurakzai tribal region told a Private TV channel that 28-year-old Mehsud was severely injured in a drone attack in Shaktoi area of North Waziristan Agency on January ...
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6 hours ago ago from PakRockerX | Pakistan's National Blog
2007-2009, the era at the end of the Bush Administration and the beginning of the Obama Adminstration was the time period where the most vile venom was spewed against Pakistan for almost all quarters of the American government and media. There were daily stories and think tank reports on how evil and bad Islamabad was. This was also the time when Delhi used its lobbies to add to the vitriol. Delhi itself tried to threaten Pakistan will all ...
Related contentTaliban Leader In Pakistan Dead: Second Leader Killed In Six Months
9 hours ago ago from Chandler's Watch
Pakistani Taliban confirm leader's death Hakimullah Mahsud was injured in a missile strike by a U.S. drone last month. He is the group's second leader killed in six months. Reporting from Islamabad, Pakistan The Pakistani Taliban confirmed Tuesday that their leader, Hakimullah Mahsud, died from injuries suffered in a U.S. drone missile strike last month, an attack that forces the insurgency to find a new leader for the second time in ...
Related contentAl Qaeda core leadership living in Pakistan: US report
21 hours ago ago from Sindh Today – Online News
Washington, Feb 9 (IANS) Al Qaeda has evolved into a diffused global network with its core leadership living in northwest Pakistan, where it continues to train operatives, recruit, and disseminate propaganda, according to a new US Congressional report. Al Qaeda has evolved into a significantly different terrorist organization than the one that perpetrated the September 11, 2001, attacks, the Congressional Research Service (CRS) ...
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Speculation Intensifies Over Pakistan Taliban Leader's Death
7 hours ago ago from Wall Street Journal
Speculation that the leader of the Pakistan Taliban has died from wounds sustained last month in a U.S. missile strike intensified Tuesday with midranking Taliban fighters saying their chief was dead even though the militants' spokesman issued a fresh denial. European Pressphoto Agency An October 2009 photo of Hakimullah Mehsud Pakistani military and intelligence officials also said they couldn't confirm the death of ...
Related contentPakistan Is Said to Pursue Role in Afghan Talks - NYTimes.com
1 hour, 25 minutes ago ago from The New York Times
ISLAMABAD, Pakistan Pakistan has told the United States it wants a central role in resolving the Afghan war and has offered to mediate with Taliban factions who use its territory and have long served as its allies, American and Pakistani officials said. I.S.A.F. via Associated Press Gen. Ashfaq Parvez Kayani and Gen. Stanley A. McChrystal met in December in Kabul, Afghanistan. Related Times Topics: Pakistan ...
Related contentLaura Flanders: The F Word: Lifting the Veil on US Troops in Pakistan
12 hours ago ago from Huffington Post
"The deaths of three American soldiers in a Taliban suicide attack on Wednesday lifted the veil on United States military assistance to Pakistan." So began a Feb 4th piece by Jane Perlez in the New York Times . But even all these days on, it's been a very discreet unveiling. Lest we forget, US servicepeople are not supposed to be dying in Pakistan. It's not Iraq, it's not Afghanistan. There's no agreement for combat troops to operate. ...
Related contentPakistan Retakes Key Town From Taliban - NYTimes.com
23 hours ago ago from The New York Times
ISLAMABAD, Pakistan The Pakistani military has retaken the key town of Damadola, in the Bajaur area of the tribal belt, where the army has been fighting Taliban militants for more than a year, military and local officials said Monday. Anwarullah Khan/Associated Press Pakistani soldiers entered a village during an operation in Bajaur on Feb. 2. The military retook the key town of Damadola over the weekend, officials said. ...
Related contentSources: Pakistani Taliban leader is dead
20 hours ago ago from CNN - World
Sources: Pakistani Taliban leader is dead In this file photograph taken on November 26, 2008, Pakistani Taliban leader Hakimullah Mehsud speaks to a group of media representatives in the Mamouzai area of Orakzai Agency. STORY HIGHLIGHTS Pakistani Taliban leader Hakimullah Mehsud is dead, three Taliban sources say Mehsud dies while on his way to a treatment center in Karachi Authorities have been looking ...
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