Posted by Christopher Allbritton on September 1, 2009 at 10:42 am +0000 · Leave a Comment
Now this is just weird. A Pakistan News is reporting that newly named leader of the Tehrik-i-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) is also dead, and that an interview given to BBC earlier was actually his brother. The report goes on to suggest that Hakimullah was killed in in the infighting after the death of Baitullah Mehsud in early August. […]
Posted by Christopher Allbritton on August 7, 2009 at 2:59 pm +0000 · Leave a Comment
From Stratfor: Pakistani Intelligence sources have confirmed Baitullah Mehsud’s death, Pakistani Foreign Minister Shah Mehmood Qureshi said Aug. 7, Dawn News reported. Baitullah Mehsud, the leader of the Tehrik-i-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) insurgent group, along with one of his wives and six bodyguards were killed in a missile attack Aug. 5. Reuters reported that the TTP leadership […]
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Posted by Christopher Allbritton on August 7, 2009 at 12:26 pm +0000 · 1 Comment
ISLAMABAD — If confirmed, this would be a huge victory in the fight against takfiri militants in Pakistan: U.S. and Pakistani authorities were investigating whether Pakistani Taliban chief Baitullah Mehsud, who has led a violent campaign of suicide attacks and assassinations against Pakistan’s government, was killed in a CIA missile strike. A Pakistani official said Friday that reports of […]
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Posted by Christopher Allbritton on June 23, 2009 at 1:21 am +0000 · 1 Comment
ISLAMABAD — Hoo, boy, talk about Propaganda of the Deed. Early this morning, Qar’i Zainuddin Mehsud, who just days ago spoke out publicly against Tehrik-i-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) leader, Baitullah Mehsud, was shot dead by his own bodyguard. AfPax Insider had a scoop in wait, with a 14-minute interview with the old jihadist, who had decided that his […]
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Posted by Christopher Allbritton on April 22, 2009 at 11:33 am +0000 · Leave a Comment
A Pakistani Army spokesman said the peace agreement between the militants and the government had given Taliban fighters a chance to regroup — as predicted here. This also follows on the heels of the announcement this weekend by the leader of Tehrik Nifaz-i-Shariat-i-Muhammadi (TNSM), Maulana Sufi Muhammad, in which he denounced Pakistan’s government, Supreme Court, constitution and parliament as un-Islamic and called for sharia to be implemented throughout Pakistan.
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Posted by Christopher Allbritton on April 13, 2009 at 6:48 am +0000 · Leave a Comment
There can be no question the Pakistani state is coming under increasing strain from militants, its political system and its international relations. The question is, Where is its breaking point and what can be done to prevent it? And if it comes, then what? Militant pressures A largely takfiri and Pashtun insurgency has been spreading out of […]
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Why Pakistan's Delaying its Waziristan Push
Posted by Christopher Allbritton on August 19, 2009 at 1:18 am +0000 · 3 Comments
Well, not to say I told you so, but … Pakistan will need months to prepare for a ground offensive against the Taliban in their South Waziristan stronghold on the Afghan border, a senior army commander said on Tuesday, citing equipment shortages. … “It’s going to take months,” and possibly beyond the coming winter, [Lt. Gen. Nadeem] Ahmed said, when […]
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