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 called […]
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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 the militant […]
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Posted by Christopher Allbritton on April 14, 2009 at 10:33 am +0000 · Leave a Comment
As you read this, I’m probably on a plane to DC to attend the Jamestown Foundation’s conference, “Pakistan’s Troubled Frontier: The Future of FATA and the NWFP.” The breakout speakers include Ahmed Rashid, Imtiaz Ali (a former Knight Fellow like myself) and David Kilcullen, author of “The Accidental Guerrilla: Fighting Small Wars in the Midst of […]
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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 the tribal […]
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Pakistan's Civil War
Posted by Christopher Allbritton on May 28, 2009 at 3:10 pm +0000 · 3 Comments
It is now clear the ISI building in Lahore was the target of Tuesday’s deadly blast. Tehrik-i-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) has claimed responsibility for the blast yesterday that killed at least 30 people and wounded more than 200.
“We have achieved our target. We were looking for this target for a long time. It was a reaction to the Swat […]
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