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:: The Restive Af-Pak |
Pakistani military to focus on Baitullah Mehsud's Taliban group
Islamabad, June 15: The Pakistani military will train its guns on Taliban commander Baitullah Mehsud, a suspect in the assassination of former prime minister Benazir Bhutto, once the operations against the militants in the North West Frontier Province (NWFP) are concluded, the provincial governor said late Sunday.
Pakistani army chief flies combat mission against Taliban
Islamabad, June 15: Pakistani Army chief Gen Ashfaq Parvez Kayani Monday flew a combat mission against the Taliban, riding as the co-pilot in an F-16 jet for an aerial overview of the offensive against the militants in the country's restive northwest.
New US general takes NATO command in Afghanistan
Kabul, June 15 (DPA): US General Stanley A. McChrystal took command of NATO forces in the country Monday amid an upsurge of attacks by Taliban-led insurgents nearly eight years since their ouster.
Security forces kill 35 Taliban in Pakistan's northwest
Islamabad, June 14: Fighter jets and helicopter gunships were pressed into action as Pakistani security forces killed at least 35 Taliban in the country's restive northwest Sunday, the military said.
25 killed as Taliban intensifies attacks in Afghanistan
Kabul, June 14 (DPA): Twenty-five people, including four civilians, were killed in the latest round of violence in Afghanistan this weekend, with rebels intensifying their attacks in an attempt to disrupt upcoming presidential elections, the country's interior minister said Sunday.
Pakistan has shifted forces from Indian border: US general
Washington, June 13: Pakistan has shifted forces from the Indian border to the west as it now sees very clearly the existential threat posed to their country by the extremists, said a top US general.
Pakistani warplanes bomb Baitullah Mehsud's stronghold
Islamabad, June 13: Pakistani warplanes bombed a stronghold of Taliban leader Baitullah Mehsud in the South Waziristan tribal region Saturday morning, media reports said.
Afghan patience wanes as conflict escalates
Jaji (Afghanistan), June 9 (DPA): "Afghanistan received billions of dollars for reconstruction, but teachers here had no salary in five months, and we have no healthcare - it's like we are living in a coma," a Pashtun elder complained to US military officers to murmurs of agreement from his fellow villagers.
Afghan patience wanes as conflict escalates
Jaji (Afghanistan), June 9 (DPA): "Afghanistan received billions of dollars for reconstruction, but teachers here had no salary in five months, and we have no healthcare - it's like we are living in a coma," a Pashtun elder complained to US military officers to murmurs of agreement from his fellow villagers.
US offers help for Pakistan's anti-Taliban operations
Washington, June 9: The US has thrown its full weight behind Pakistan's anti-Taliban military operations in its restive northwest, with two officials saying Washington would provide whatever assistance was required for their successful conclusion.
Pentagon concedes 'problems' in Afghan airstrike
Washington, June 9 (DPA): The Pentagon investigation into a US airstrike in Afghanistan last month that killed scores of civilians has concluded there were "problems" with how the attack was carried out, a spokesman has said.
Pakistani security forces kill 27 Taliban
Islamabad, June 9: Pakistani security forces have killed 27 terrorists and captured 22, the military said Tuesday as its operations against the militants in the Malakand division of the country's troubled northwest entered its 45th day.
Pakistan's army, air force chiefs visit Swat
Islamabad, June 8: Pakistan's army and air force chiefs Monday visited Mingora, the largest town in Swat in the restive northwest that has just been cleared of the Taliban, even as the military operations against the militants entered their 44th day.
Another aide of radical cleric Sufi Muhammad held
Peshawar, June 9: Another aide of radical cleric Sufi Muhammad, who had brokered a controversial peace deal with the Taliban in Pakistan's troubled northwest and whose violation prompted the military to launch a major offensive against the militants, has been arrested but there is no word about the cleric's whereabouts.
Taliban changing tack as religion no longer working: Editorial
Islamabad, June 8: The killing of two aides of radical cleric Sufi Mohammad who had brokered a controversial peace deal between the Taliban and the North West Frontier Province (NWFP) government points to a change in the militants' tactics as religion no longer seems to be working for them, an editorial in a leading English daily said Monday.
How the Taliban has turned extortion into a gold mine
Kabul, June 7 (DPA): Creating an Islamic emirate and getting rid of all the infidels. Those are the declared goals of Afghanistan's Taliban militants. The war of the self-styled religious warriors, who have been resisting tens of thousands of foreign solders, does not come cheap.
Pakistani villagers rise up against Taliban, kill 11
Islamabad, June 7 (DPA): Hundreds of people have risen up against Taliban fighters in a district in Pakistan's northwestern region, killing at least 11 as troops continued operations against the militants elsewhere in the region, officials and media reports said Sunday.
60 percent of Swat's schools destroyed: UN
Islamabad, June 6: Sixty percent of the schools in Swat in Pakistan's restive northwest, where the military is currently focussing its anti-Taliban operations, have been destroyed, the UN says, quoting government officials.
Radical cleric Sufi Muhammad's deputy killed in rescue bid
Islamabad, June 6: The Pakistani military seemed to be speaking in twin voices Saturday on radical cleric Sufi Muhammad, whose deputy was killed in a blotched rescue attempt by the Taliban in the country's restive northwest, saying he was not in their custody.
NATO soldier among 19 killed in Afghan violence
Kabul, June 6 (DPA): A NATO soldier was killed in an attack in southern Afghanistan, while three civilians, two Afghan soldiers, three private security guards and nine Taliban militants were killed elsewhere in the country, officials said Saturday.
40 killed in NWFP mosque blast
Islamabad, June 5: (IANS) Forty worshippers were killed in a blast at a mosque in Pakistan's restive northwest Friday, an official said.
Three towns in Pakistan's northwest cleared of Taliban: Minister
Islamabad, June 5: Three towns in Pakistan's restive northwest have been cleared of the Taliban, Interior Minister Rehman Malik said Friday as the military operations against the militants entered their 42nd day.
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