Fast, Cheap and Out of Control?
Stepping away from insurgencies and kidnapped reporters for a moment, the Open Source Center has a translation of an Aug. 31 interview between Pakistan’s nuclear Fu Manchu, A.Q. Khan, and Nadeem Malik of Aaj News Television out of Karachi. In it, Khan reveals details of the panic in Pakistan in the mid-1970s after India tested a bomb, sparking a crash […]
Rockets hit NW Pakistani city; militants attack - The Associated Press
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Rockets hit NW Pakistani city; militants attack
The Associated Press Rocket attacks are extremely rare in Pakistan’s cities, although Taliban militants often target security outposts in the countryside with heavy weapons. … 27 Taliban militants arrested in tribal Pakistan Pakistan troops kill 17 militants after brazen attack Pakistan arrests 29 militants in northwest area |
US relents its pressure as Pakistan prevails in bilateral interaction - Xinhua
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US relents its pressure as Pakistan prevails in bilateral interaction
Xinhua Drone attack, according to media reports couple of days ago, eliminated Baitullah Mehsoud, leader of Tehrik-e–Taliban Pakistan,(Taliban Movement of … Despite Zardari’s mea culpa, ‘Jihad’ continues unabated The Wagah syndrome: Pakistanis accuse India of terror ties Will India, Pakistan stop playing pot and kettle? |
Clinton Offers Assurances to Somalis - New York Times
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Clinton Offers Assurances to Somalis
New York Times “No doubt that Al Shabab wants to obtain control over Somalia and use it as a base to influence and infiltrate surrounding countries,” she said. … Extremism thrives in Somalia |
Taliban kill Pakistan militia leader: officials - AFP
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Taliban kill Pakistan militia leader: officials
AFP PESHAWAR, Pakistan — Taliban stormed the home of a pro-government Pakistani militia leader and killed him Wednesday as clashes between troops and Islamists … INDIA–PAKISTAN: Taliban Face Another Mutiny Pakistan Injects Precision Into Air War on Taliban Pakistani Pledge to Rout Taliban In Tribal Region Is Put on Hold |
Rumor: Fazlullah May Be Dead
This is highly speculative, but various media are reporting that Swat Taliban commander Maulana Fazlullah may have been killed in a gunship attack.
Mystery surrounds the fate of a top-level Taliban occupant of a hilltop bunker in village Datta Khra, between the former Taliban stronghold of Kabal and Shamozai, which was completely destroyed in a gunship helicopter attack last Friday […]
Pakistan's Civil War
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 […]
Pakistan Claims 700 Taliban Dead? Yeah, right.
Color me skeptical, but Pakistani Interior Minister Rehman Malik is claiming Pakistan’s offensive in the NWFP has killed 700 Taliban fighters.
“More than 700 militants have been killed during the last four days. Fifty-two Taliban fighters were killed in Swat in the last 24 hours,” he said. He said the operation would continue till the last Taliban […]
Taking the Eyes Off the Ball
Posted by Christopher Allbritton on June 16, 2009 at 7:11 am +0000 · 1 Comment
Both Nicholas Schmidle, author of “To Live or to Perish Forever: Two Tumultuous Years in Pakistan,” and Andrew Exum (Abu Muqawama, yo) are warning that expanding the Pakistan military operation, currently pushing back the Taliban from the Swat Valley, to Waziristan right now is likely a big mistake.
Schmidle’s concerns are logistical and practical:
… it is unrealistic […]
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