The UN Assistance Mission in Afghanistan (UNAMA) reported that an investigation by its human rights team found that some 90 civilians were killed, including 60 children, during operations carried out by international and Afghan military forces on Aug. 21 in… Read moreUN: air-strike in Afghanistan killed 90 civilians
At least 20 people were injured in a bomb blast at a pro-autonomy rally in Pakistan’s Baluchistan province Aug. 26. Officials said a bomb rigged to a parked motorcycle detonated near the rally’s stage in the town of Jaaferabad, leaving… Read moreWho is behind Baluchistan terror?
Afghanistan’s interior ministry says US-led forces killed 76 civilians in an Aug. 20 operation—directly contradicting the US military, which said 30 suspected Taliban died. “Seventy-six people, all civilians and most of them women and children, were martyred during the operation… Read moreAfghanistan: “scores” dead in US raid
A Los Angeles Times report, “US debates going after militants in Pakistan,” mostly quotes unnamed US officials as saying direct intervention in Pakistan is being viewed with greater seriousness as the country spins out of control. One attributed quote is… Read morePakistan: US mulls intervention, terror escalates
A suicide blast outside the emergency ward of a hospital crowded with Shi’ite Muslim mourners in Pakistan’s volatile northwest killed at least 27 people, including two police. The Pakistani Taliban claimed responsibility for the blast in Dera Ismail Khan, NWFP…. Read morePakistan: more sectarian terror
Pakistani warplanes and helicopters bombed Lowi Sam and other areas of the Bajaur Tribal Agency near the Afghan border Aug. 10, forcing thousands of people to flee their homes. Witnesses said seven people were killed and dozens of houses were… Read morePakistan: thousands flee Bajaur fighting
At least 10 were killed in a battle between two rival groups in the Mohmand district of Pakistan’s Mohmand Federally Administered Tribal Areas (FATA) July 19. Hundreds of supporters of Baitullah Mehsud, leader of the Tehrik-e-Taliban—popularly known as the Pakistani… Read moreConfused warfare in Pakistan’s Tribal Areas
The US military and NATO force in Afghanistan (ISAF) say the July 17 raid against “high-priority Taliban targets” in Herat province led to the deaths of two key insurgent tribal leaders—identified as Haji Nazrullah Khan and Haji Dawlat Khan—and a… Read moreAfghanistan: US bombs civilians —again?
With all eyes on the Tribal Areas, the insurgency in Pakistan’s bordering Baluchistan province continues. A roadside bomb wounded seven security personnel and two passers-by in Mastung district July 15. (AP, July 15) On July 4, an eight-year-old beggar was… Read morePakistan: who is behind Baluchistan terror?
Barack Obama proposes the US deploy 10,000 more troops to Afghanistan to fight insurgents even as he pledges to remove troops from Iraq, plugging the proposal in a New York Times op-ed, “My Plan for Iraq.” (NYT, July 14) Meanwhile,… Read moreAfghanistan, Pakistan: already at war?
An investigation by Afghanistan’s President Hamid Karzai has confirmed reports that a US air strike in the Deh Bala district of Nangarhar province July 6 killed 47 members of a wedding party, including the bride. The investigation found that 39… Read moreKarzai confirms US air-strike on wedding party
At least 20 were killed July 12 in fighting between Pakistani security forces and Taliban insurgents following an attack on an army convoy near Zargari, North-West Frontier Province. The violence came during an unannounced, one-day visit to Pakistan by Adm…. Read morePakistan vetoes Pentagon force
