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 of […]
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 Ghani, […]
Hakimullah Mehsud also dead?
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. Some […]
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
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Baitullah Mehsud Rival Gunned Down
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 […]
No Winners in Somalia
Somalia has become the war that nobody can win, at least not right now.
None of the factions — the moderate Islamist government, the radical Shabab militants, the Sufi clerics who control some parts of central Somalia, the clan militias who control others, the autonomous government of Somaliland in the northwest and the semiautonomous government of Puntland […]
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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