Afghanistan
US bombs Pakistan —again
At least 10 militants were killed in another presumed US drone strike on Pakistan’s tribal areas. There have been an estimated 35 US strikes since last August, killing over 340 people.
Tag: Afghanistan
Afghanistan
Pakistani warplanes pound North Waziristan
Pakistani jet-fighters ran bombing raids over North Waziristan tribal region, killing seven people near Miramshah. Taliban militias have imposed a ban on any tribal councils holding peace talks.
Afghanistan
Pakistan plays Sufi card against jihadis
Pakistan’s government is establishing a Sufi Advisory Council, with an aim of combating extremism by promoting Sufism and its pacifistic vision of Islam.
Afghanistan
Pakistan: Sufi Mohammad arrested?
Militant cleric Sufi Mohammed, who brokered the failed Swat Valley peace deal, has been arrested and transferred to a “safehouse” in Peshawar, an unnamed official told Italy’s AKI news service.
Afghanistan
US bombs Pakistan —again
At least 45 were killed in a US drone strike in Pakistan’s South Waziristan region. Those killed had been attending a funeral for others killed in a US drone strike earlier in the day.
Afghanistan
US bombs Pakistan —again
Missiles fired from a presumed US drone hit a compound in Ghurlama village, near Wana, in the Birmal subdivision of Pakistan’s South Waziristan district, killing 11 suspected militants.
Afghanistan
Pakistan: Islamists blow up mosques —again
Militants bombed mosques in two cities in Pakistan, killing at least eight people, including a cleric who was an outspoken critic of the Taliban.
Afghanistan
Pakistan arrests top aides to Sufi Mohammad
Pakistan’s army said it has arrested senior associates of the radical Islamist cleric Sufi Mohammad, who brokered the failed peace-for-sharia deal in the Swat Valley.
Afghanistan
“Enhanced blast” thermobaric weapons used in Afghanistan
The UK’s Defense Ministry admitted that their pilots in Afghanistan are firing an increasing number of “enhanced blast” thermobaric weapons, designed to kill everyone in buildings they strike.
Afghanistan
Pakistan: “humanitarian catastrophe” looms in Swat Valley
The 24-hour curfew in Pakistan’s embattled Swat Valley has led to severe shortages of food, water and medicines, creating a humanitarian crisis, according to Human Rights Watch (HRW).
Afghanistan
Rumsfeld’s “renegade unit” blamed for Afghan civilian deaths
A single US Marine Special Forces group created by Donald Rumsfeld three years ago was behind at least three of Afghanistan’s worst civilian casualty incidents, The Independent reports.
Afghanistan
US bombs Pakistan —again
Apparent US missile strikes killed four militants in a Pakistani tribal area near the Afghan border. Islamabad has repeatedly protested the drone attacks as an affront to Pakistan’s sovereignty.