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  • July 2008

    • Pakistan: US Not Hunting bin Laden on Our Turf

      newser  |  Associated Press  |  Jul 13, 08 8:31 AM CDT

      Pakistan: US Not Hunting bin Laden on Our Turf

      Pakistan's foreign minister said yesterday that his country has no plans to allow US or other foreign troops into the country to search for Osama bin Laden and other al-Qaeda members, AP reports. Shah Mahmood Qureshi says that Pakistani troops, plus "grassroots" efforts to stop terrorism before it can begin, are sufficient measures for combating militant activity. More »

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      Pakistan  • al-Qaeda  • terrorism  • US military  • Osama bin Laden  • Pakistan militants  • sovereignty

  • June 2008

    • Karzai Warns Pakistan He'll Send Troops Over Border

      newser  |  BBC  |  Jun 15, 08 2:33 PM CDT

      Karzai Warns Pakistan He'll Send Troops Over Border

      Citing the right to self defense, Afghan President Hamid Karzai warned that his country may send troops across the border with Pakistan to fight militants who have killed Afghans, BBC reports. "When they cross the territory from Pakistan to come and kill Afghans and to kill coalition troops it exactly gives us the right to go back and do the same." More »

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      Pakistan  • Afghanistan  • Taliban  • Hamid Karzai  • Pakistan militants  • self defense  • Yusuf Raza Gillani

    • US Releases Pakistan Border Clash Video

      newser  |  Associated Press  |  Jun 12, 08 7:50 AM CDT

      US Releases Pakistan Border Clash Video

      US-led coalition forces have released a video shot from a surveillance drone showing a controversial clash on the Afghan-Pakistan border. Pakistan claims the engagement led to an airstrike that killed 11 of its troops, but the coalition says the footage proves that US and Afghan forces were simply returning fire after being attacked, the AP reports. More »

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      Pakistan  • Afghanistan  • Taliban  • Pakistan militants  • Afghan border  • spy drones

  • May 2008

    • Pakistan Truce Cedes Region to Militants

      newser  |  Associated Press  |  May 21, 08 2:15 PM CDT

      Pakistan Truce Cedes Region to Militants

      Pakistan struck a peace deal today with Islamic militants in northwestern Pakistan, the AP reports. Under the pact, the military will slowly pull out of Swat, a region along the Afghanistan border, and allow radical cleric Maulana Fazlullah to install limited Islamic law there. In exchange, the militants will recognize government authority, halt attacks, and turn over any foreign members. More »

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      Pakistan  • Pakistan militants  • Islamic militants  • Pakistan military  • Swat  • Swat Valley

    • India Locks Down Jaipur After Bombs Kill 80

      newser  |  Associated Press  |  May 14, 08 7:10 AM CDT

      India Locks Down Jaipur After Bombs Kill 80

      Police have locked down the old city of Jaipur today after seven bomb blasts killed at least 80 people yesterday, the AP reports. Police in the western Indian city suspect Islamic terrorists were behind the carnage and have imposed the curfew to prevent any retaliatory violence from the city's Hindu majority against its large Muslim population. More »

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      India  • bomb  • Pakistan militants  • peace talks  • terrorist attack  • Islamic terrorism  • Hindus  • Jaipur

    • Pakistan's New Leaders Balk at Giving US Free Rein

      newser  |  Reuters  |  May 9, 08 12:13 PM CDT

      Pakistan's New Leaders Balk at Giving US Free Rein

      If the US was hoping the new government would give it leeway to strike at al-Qaeda within Pakistan, those hopes were dashed today, as the ruling coalition said such attacks would be “counter-productive.” Pakistan had been a US ally in the war on terror under President Pervez Musharraf, but his hold on power has weakened in recent months, Reuters notes. More »

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      Pakistan  • Taliban  • Pakistan militants  • Waziristan  • Pakistan military  • US-Pakistan relations

    • Al-Qaeda Involved in Karzai Shooting Plot: Kabul

      newser  |  New York Times  |  May 1, 08 5:50 PM CDT

      Al-Qaeda Involved in Karzai Shooting Plot: Kabul

      The Afghan government today implicated al-Qaeda in the botched Sunday shooting attempt on President Hamid Karzai, the New York Times reports. Security forces captured or killed several suspects linked to the assassination plot. Among them was a man with links to militant commander Jalaluddin Haqqani, who is based in Pakistan’s border regions and has ties to al-Qaeda. More »

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      Pakistan  • Afghanistan  • al-Qaeda  • Hamid Karzai  • Pakistan militants  • Kabul  • assassination attempt  • suspected terrorists  • Afghan border

  • April 2008

    • US Hesitates to Strike Inside Pakistan

      newser  |  New York Times  |  Apr 20, 08 2:25 PM CDT

      US Hesitates to Strike Inside Pakistan

      US commanders are itching to strike tribal militants in Pakistan, but Washington fears such a move could anger Islamabad's new leaders, the New York Times reports. American intelligence officials say the region is a growing threat, and warn that militants are forging alliances with al-Qaeda. But Pakistan is in talks with tribal leaders and doesn't want them scuttled by US attacks. More »

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      Pakistan  • Afghanistan  • al-Qaeda  • CIA  • Pakistan militants

  • March 2008
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  • January 2008

    • Teen Busted in Bhutto Killing

      newser  |  Associated Press  |  Jan 19, 08 9:39 AM CST

      Teen Busted in Bhutto Killing

      Pakistani authorities have arrested a teenage suspect in the assassination of Benazir Bhutto, reports the AP. The 15-year-old said he was part of a five-person team sent to Rawalpindi by Baitullah Mehsud, a militant tribal leader affiliated with al-Qaeda and the Taliban, a senior Pakistani intelligence official said. A spokesman for Mehsud denied the allegation, which he called "propaganda." More »

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      Pakistan  • al-Qaeda  • Benazir Bhutto  • assassination  • Pakistan militants

  • December 2007

    • Phone Call Ties al-Qaeda to Bhutto Killing

      newser  |  Associated Press  |  Dec 28, 07 2:24 PM CST

      Phone Call Ties al-Qaeda to Bhutto Killing

      The Pakistani government offered the transcript of an intercepted phone call today as evidence that the Benazir Bhutto's murder was the work of Baitullah Mehsud, an extremist linked to al Qaeda and the Taliban, the AP reports. In the transcript, Mehsud congratulates an operative for a "spectacular job" in the suicide bombing, saying, "They were very brave boys who killed her." More »

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      Pakistan  • al-Qaeda  • Benazir Bhutto  • assassination  • Pakistan militants  • riots

    • Bloody Pakistan Mosque Blast

      newser  |  Reuters  |  Dec 21, 07 3:10 AM CST

      Bloody Pakistan Mosque Blast

      A suicide bomber has killed at least 50 people praying in a mosque in northwestern Pakistan. The bomber blew himself up in the middle of a crowd saying Eid prayers. Former interior minister Aftab Sherpao is believed to have been the target, and reportedly survived the attack. An attempt on his life in April killed 28. More »

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      Pakistan  • terrorism  • suicide bombing  • Pakistan militants  • Islamic militants

    • Suicide Bomber Kills 10 Recruits in Pakistan

      newser  |  Reuters  |  Dec 17, 07 8:49 AM CST

      Suicide Bomber Kills 10 Recruits in Pakistan

      A suicide bomber killed 10 army recruits today near a Pakistani military school in the first major attack since Pervez Musharraf lifted emergency rule Saturday, saying that the government had “broken the back” of insurgents in the northwest. The school in Kohat was attacked regularly until Musharraf declared martial law on Nov. 3, citing widespread violence and an unruly judiciary. More »

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      Pakistan  • Pervez Musharraf  • suicide bomber  • Pakistan militants  • suicide attack

  • November 2007

    • Suicide Blasts Rock Rawalpindi

      newser  |  Washington Post  |  Nov 24, 07 5:45 AM CST

      Suicide Blasts Rock Rawalpindi

      Two suicide bombers struck within minutes of each other in the Pakistani garrison city of Rawalpindi today, killing up to 35 people and adding fuel to the political crisis that grips Pakistan. An explosives-laden van rammed a bus carrying Pakistani intelligence agents, leaving it a charred hulk. Another bomber hit a nearby army checkpoint almost simultaneously, the Washington Post reports. More »

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      Pakistan  • Pervez Musharraf  • suicide bombing  • Pakistan militants  • Islamic militants  • suicide attack

    • 40 Taliban Militants Killed in New Pakistan Battle

      newser  |  Associated Press  |  Nov 21, 07 4:22 AM CST

      40 Taliban Militants Killed in New Pakistan Battle

      Dozens of Taliban militants have been killed in new fighting in northwest Pakistan, reports AP. Pakistani security forces moved into the Swat valley in the latest battle against supporters of hardline Islamic cleric Maulana Fazlullah, who is calling for Islamist rule in the area. Militants from Afghanistan have been crossing the border to join his rebellion. More »

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      Pakistan  • Taliban  • Pakistan militants  • Islamic extremists  • Maulana Fazlullah

    • US Aims to Enlist Tribes in Pakistan

      newser  |  New York Times  |  Nov 19, 07 8:20 AM CST

      US Aims to Enlist Tribes in Pakistan

      The US military would like to enlist Pakistani tribesmen in the fight against the Taliban and al Qaeda, importing the strategy that's been used successfully in Anbar province in Iraq. The classified proposal would see more American military trainers heading for Pakistan—where we have only 50 troops now—and financing for a tribal paramilitary force to bolster resistance to Islamic militants, reports the New York Times. More »

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      Pakistan  • Bush administration  • al-Qaeda  • Pervez Musharraf  • Taliban  • US military  • Pakistan militants

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