Pakistan’s New War Games
Note: The following is a partial repost of my story that ran on Reuters India. TAMEWALI KHARIPUR, Pakistan (Reuters) — Pakistan army troops backed by fighter planes conducted a mock battle with India in the largest military exercise in 21 years, signalling that the old rival remained its biggest security threat. In a dusty yet impressive display of conventional […]
InsurgencyWatch moving to True/Slant
In the coming days, InsurgencyWatch will be moving to True/Slant, “an original content news network tailored to both the ‘Entrepreneurial Journalist’ and marketers who want a more effective way to engage with digital audiences.” (That’s what the official about page says.) It’s not a decision I’ve made lightly, but I realize that gone are the days when the […]
Terror at Islamic University
ISLAMABAD—Twin suicide blasts killed at least five four and injured at least 23 more than 40 at one of the largest Islamic universities in the world today, the seventh major terrorist attack in two weeks. The attack comes as the Pakistani Army presses its assault on South Waziristan against Taliban militants, foreign fighters and al Qaeda. Today’s […]
Pakistan’s 9/11
ISLAMABAD—Militants launched simultaneous attacks across Pakistan Thursday morning, hitting at least three police installations in Lahore, ramming a suicide car bomb into a police station in Kohat in the NWFP and attacking a school in Peshawar. At least 37 people were killed in the combined attacks. The scene in Lahore was one of mayhem, where the Federal Investigation […]
Pakistan’s Civil War Heating Up
In the aftermath of this weekend’s assault on the Pakistani General Headquarters in Rawalpindi, the Taliban hit again in Alpuri, in the Shangla district east of Mingora in Swat. According to military sources who asked to remain anonymous because they weren’t authorized to talk to the press, a 13– or 14-year-old boy walked up to an Army convoy […]
Suicide bombing kills 5 at WFP in Islamabad
The bomb that blasted through the World Food Program’s lobby at its heavily fortified office in Islamabad on Monday, killing at least three five, and wounding at least six five, was a stark reminder that the Pakistani Taliban are still a force to be reckoned with. The explosion occurred at approximately 12:15 p.m., on a leafy street in one […]
At Home with a Swat Lashkar
I just finished up a few days in Swat and while I’m working on a story about it, I thought you might like to see a few pictures I took while there. Enjoy.
Somalia’s Al Shabaab Releases Extensive Training Video
The Mujahideen Youth Movement, also known as al-Shabaab, released yesterday an extensive 48-and-a-half minute training video titled, “At Your Service, Osama.” It shows extensive footage from the Commander Abu Suleim Training Camp somewhere in Somalia — likely southern Somalia where the al Shabaab have a stronghold. IntelCenter, which obtained the tape, says the footage is almost identical […]
Mingora Shrugs Over Rumors of Fazlullah Capture
MINGORA, Pakistan – The Swat Valley’s beleaguered capital was taking a wait-and-see attitude to the rumors that Maulana Fazlullah, head of the Swat Taliban which had terrorized the picturesque valley for five years, had been captured or killed by security forces this weekend. The rumors first began appearing on Saturday night, when the NWFP governor, Owais […]
Kerry-Lugar’s First Victim
Posted by Christopher Allbritton on October 12, 2009 at 6:58 pm +0000 · 1 Comment
If true, this is total bullshit: After strong criticism on the Kerry-Lugar bill in Pakistan, the government has decided to replace Pakistan’s ambassador to the US Hussain Haqqani and the announcement in this respect is expected within the next two days. There’s nothing in the bill reasonable Pakistanis should object to, but blatant demagoguery has apparently […]
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