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 […]

Afghanistan : Vietnam as … ?

A good friend of mine who asked to remain anony­mous, but who is very smart and wise on such things, quib­bled with my Viet­nam anal­ogy. With his kind per­mis­sion, it is reprinted below: A good post, though I have to offer one quib­ble: I hold that all com­par­isons of Afghanistan to Viet­nam are de facto false without […]

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 Pak­istanPress Trust of India


Pak­istan troops kill 17 mil­i­tants after brazen attackDAWN.com
Pak­istan arrests 29 mil­i­tants in north­west areaXin­hua
آكي -Sakaal Times
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OC soldier dies from crash in Afghanistan - San Jose Mercury News

Newzjunky.comOC sol­dier dies from crash in AfghanistanSan Jose Mer­cury NewsA sol­dier from Orange County has died of injuries he received in Afghanistan. The Depart­ment of Defense says 20-year-old Army Spc. Matthew KS Swan­son of …Lake For­est sol­dier d…

Dispatches From Afghanistan: No Young Soldiers - FOXNews

Dis­patches From Afghanistan: No Young Sol­diers­FOXNews­Michael Yon, an inde­pen­dent jour­nal­ist and for­mer Green Beret, is in Afghanistan report­ing on the war against Al Qaeda ter­ror­ists and the …and more »

Afghanistan Commander Walks Back Comments on Taliban Successes - NewsHour


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Afghanistan Com­man­der Walks Back Com­ments on Tal­iban Suc­cesses
New­sHour
He said in Monday’s call that the Pak­istan Tal­iban remain united despite gov­ern­ment reports that there is infight­ing. He also insists that Pak­istani Tal­iban
Mr. Pres­i­dent, about your war …Min­neapo­lis Star Tribune


Weigh­ing Cost and Con­science in AfghanistanNew York Times
Win­ning in AfghanistanBuf­falo News
Mon­day Morn­ing -TheNewsTribune.com -New York Times
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Feared Taliban Leader Killed, But Military Strategy is Not the ... - Religion Dispatches


Aljazeera.net
Feared Tal­iban Leader Killed, But Mil­i­tary Strat­egy is Not the
Reli­gion Dis­patches
The ties to al Qaeda are thin, espe­cially among the Pak­istan Tal­iban. Most of the lead­ers are war­lords and oppor­tunists, and much of their sup­port comes
Report: Pak­istan Nuclear Facil­i­ties Attacked at Least Three Times FOXNews


Life, death and the Tal­iban: Blow­backReuters
US pres­sure on Pak­istan relentsDaily Times
The Hill -Amer­i­can Con­ser­v­a­tive Mag­a­zine -Reuters
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Baitullah Mehsud May Be Dead

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 […]

Taliban kill Pakistan militia leader: officials - AFP


Telegraph.co.uk
Tal­iban kill Pak­istan mili­tia leader: offi­cials
AFP
PESHAWAR, Pak­istanTal­iban stormed the home of a pro-government Pak­istani mili­tia leader and killed him Wednes­day as clashes between troops and Islamists
INDIAPAK­ISTAN: Tal­iban Face Another MutinyStrat­egy Page


Pak­istan Injects Pre­ci­sion Into Air War on Tal­ibanNew York Times
Pak­istani Pledge to Rout Tal­iban In Tribal Region Is Put on HoldWash­ing­ton Post
Reuters -New York Times -New York Times
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Influx of Afghan Taliban Worries Pakistan - CBS News

Influx of Afghan Tal­iban Wor­ries Pak­istan
CBS News
“To the best of our knowl­edge, Tal­iban move freely across the bor­der. Some­times the Afghan Tal­iban, the Pak­istan Tal­iban coor­di­nate, some­times they don’t.
Pak­istan raises con­cern over US Afghan offen­siveThe Asso­ci­ated Press


Pak­istan demands US intel­li­gence, ammu­ni­tionAFP
Pakistan’s ‘mock war’ on Tal­ibanThe Aus­tralian
Wash­ing­ton Post -New York Times -Voice of Amer­ica -Telegraph.co.uk
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