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Pakistan military stories: 21 news summaries

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US Fears Insurgents Are Eluding Pakistan Crackdown

Dubious success of campaign could affect Afghan troop decision

Nov 18, 09 8:57 AM CST
(Newser) - Pakistan's drive to oust militants from South Waziristan has been suspiciously successful, prompting US fears that the enemy is simply eluding Pakistani forces. The military, for example, recently captured Sararogha, the Taliban’s de facto capital. “It all started here,” a commander boasts to the New York ... More »

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Afghanistan • Taliban • Pakistan • Pakistan military • South Waziristan

 10 Dead as Gunmen 
 Hit Pakistani Army HQ 

Third devastating attack in a week as Pakistan readies anti-Taliban offensive

Oct 10, 09 6:39 AM CDT
(AP) - Gunmen wearing military uniforms and wielding assault rifles and grenades attacked Pakistan's army headquarters today, sparking a ferocious gun battle outside the capital that killed four of the assailants and at least six soldiers, authorities said. Two of the attackers managed to infiltrate the heavily fortified compound in the garrison... More »

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Taliban • Rawalpindi • Islamist extremists • Pakistan military

Boosted US Presence Rankles Pakistan

Military fears too many strings are attached to new $7.5 billion in aid

Oct 6, 09 1:42 AM CDT
(Newser) - The $7.5 billion aid package to Pakistan recently approved by the Senate appears to have triggered more suspicion than goodwill. Many in Pakistan, especially in the military, object that the conditions tied to the aid—which include keeping the military out of politics—are an unacceptable encroachment on national... More »

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Pakistan • Inter Service Intelligence • security contractors • DynCorp • Asif Ali Zardari • al-Qaeda • Pakistan military

 Taliban Surrenders in Swat 

Maulana Fazlullah either surrounded or arrested as Pakistani offensive continues

Sep 13, 09 12:26 PM CDT
(Newser) - A Taliban-controlled pirate radio station announced the militant group's surrender in the Swat Valley, after yet another key leader was said to have been arrested by the Pakistani military, the Telegraph reports. Though some reports claim that Maulana Fazlullah is surrounded by Pakistani forces, sources tell the Telegraph that he... More »

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Taliban • Pakistan • insurgents • Maulana Fazlullah • Pakistan military • Pakistan army • Swat Valley

ANALYSIS

Forget Pakistan's Claims: Taliban Is Only Hiding Out

Military's paltry victory gives fighters opening to reclaim stronghold

Jun 27, 09 3:45 PM CDT
(Newser) - Pakistan is crowing over its victories against militants in the Swat Valley, but the Taliban has simply retreated to fight another day, Jane Perlez and Pir Zubair Shah write in the New York Times. Pakistan, which only controls roads and urban centers, hasn't even killed one Taliban leader. "Most... More »

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Taliban • Pakistan • insurgents • refugee • Pakistan military • Swat Valley

 Bin Laden in Pakistan: CIA Head 

Finding leader remains 'major priority,' he says

Jun 11, 09 1:57 PM CDT
(Newser) - Osama bin Laden is still in Pakistan and his arrest remains a top priority for the US, CIA Director Leon Panetta said today, adding that joint operations with Pakistani forces could finally net al-Qaeda’s top leader. The CIA has Pakistani informants that keep it abreast of terrorist targets there,... More »

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Somalia • Pakistan • Yemen • Osama bin Laden • al-Qaeda • Pakistan military • Leon Panetta • CIA director

 Bin Laden Short on 
 Hiding Spots: Officials 

Pakistan offensive, troops in Afghanistan, drone attacks cut space

Jun 5, 09 9:58 AM CDT
(Newser) - Osama bin Laden has fewer and fewer places to hide these days, officials tell NPR. And “the administration smells blood,” says a former counterterror official who cites three reasons for the shrinking space: Pakistan’s Swat Valley offensive against the Taliban, "along with US activities from the... More »

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Afghanistan • Taliban • Pakistan • US military • counterterrorism • Osama bin Laden • al-Qaeda • Pakistan military • Obama administration

 Ground Troops Reach 
 Taliban HQ: Pakistan  

Refugee crisis mounts as fighting ramps up

May 12, 09 1:28 PM CDT
(Newser) - Pakistani soldiers descended on a Taliban stronghold in Swat Valley today to “search and destroy,” a military spokesman tells Reuters. Ground troops were also moving toward the remote northwest region as the military ramps up its offensive against insurgents there. Officials say 751 of the vastly outnumbered militants... More »

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United Nations • Taliban • Pakistan • refugee • Pakistan military • Swat Valley • military offensive

 As Pakistan 
 Shells Taliban, 
 500K Flee Swat 

Military bombards densely populated areas; UN warns of crisis

May 7, 09 6:55 AM CDT
(Newser) - Refugees continue to flee the Swat Valley in Pakistan, reports the Guardian, where government forces battling resurgent Taliban militants have been conducting airstrikes in heavily populated areas. The government is preparing for up to 500,000 refugees in what the UN warns is becoming a humanitarian crisis. The Washington Post... More »

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Taliban • Pakistan • refugee camp • refugee • airstrike • Pakistan military • Swat Valley

Pakistan Retakes Key Town From Taliban: Military

Will redeploy 6K troops from Indian to Afghan border

Apr 29, 09 8:29 AM CDT
(Newser) - After deploying jets and helicopters yesterday in response to a Taliban incursion into the Buner district, Pakistan has taken back a key town, the military says. The country will also shift 6,000 troops from the Indian border to face militants along the Afghan border, said an official, a move... More »

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Afghanistan • Taliban • Pakistan • India • militant • Pakistan military • Buner • Daggar

 Pakistan Launches 
 Strikes Against Taliban 

Militant presence in Buner violates peace agreement, says military

Apr 28, 09 11:44 AM CDT
(Newser) - Pakistan has deployed troops and begun airstrikes against suspected Taliban sites in the Buner district, uncomfortably close to the capital. A military spokesman said some 500 militants are in the district, just over 60 miles from Islamabad, violating a peace agreement, the BBC reports. Meanwhile, tens of thousands have fled... More »

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Taliban • Pakistan • militant • Pakistan militants • airstrike • Pakistan military • Swat Valley • peace deal • security agreement • Buner

India Piles More Mumbai Accusations on Pakistan

Official: Pakistani military, spy elements trained attackers

Dec 6, 08 12:17 PM CST
(Newser) - Indian authorities have now accused four leaders of the Pakistani terror group Lashkar-e-Taiba of involvement with the Mumbai attacks, the Wall Street Journal reports. A lead investigator has also issued the most pointed accusation yet that members of Pakistan’s military and spy agency helped train the attackers. The charges... More »

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Pakistan • India • Mumbai • Pakistan military • Ajmal Amir Kasab • accusation

Pakistani Vigilantes
Strike at Taliban

Desperate police encourage citizens to take actions

Nov 2, 08 11:30 AM CST
(Newser) - As Pakistan’s overtaxed military and police forces wage a desperate battle against the Taliban, vigilantes are striking back at the militants on their own, the New York Times reports. Last August, citizens in a quiet farming valley hunted down and killed the Taliban fighters who murdered six policemen, lining... More »

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Taliban • Pakistan • vigilante justice • Pakistan militants • Pakistan military

 Pakistan Fires on US Choppers 

Crew and craft not damaged, but tensions rise

Sep 25, 08 10:34 AM CDT
(AP) - Pakistani troops fired at American reconnaissance helicopters patrolling the Afghan-Pakistan border today, heightening tensions as US steps up cross-border operations in a region known as a haven for extremists. Two American OH-58 reconnaissance helicopters were on a routine afternoon patrol in the province of Khost when they received small-arms fire... More »

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Afghanistan • NATO • Pakistan • helicopter • Afghan border • Pakistan military • Afghanistan war

 US Weighs Direct
 Pakistan Strikes

But unilateral action could heighten tension between countries

Aug 23, 08 1:21 PM CDT
(Newser) - Frustrated with what some see as unproductive new leadership in Pakistan and fearing a strengthening al-Qaeda, Pentagon officials are considering a unilateral mission to root out militants hiding in the country, the Los Angeles Times reports. The CIA has backed such a move for months, but some officials remain concerned... More »

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Pentagon • Pakistan • Pakistan People's Party • unilateralism • Pakistan militants • al-Qaeda • Pakistan military

Pakistan Spends US Anti-Terror Aid on Jets

Shift in counter-terrorism funding angers lawmakers

Jul 24, 08 2:58 AM CDT
(Newser) - A plan to spend US funds earmarked for anti-terrorism aid to upgrade Pakistan's F-16 jets is angering lawmakers who complain that it's a misuse of the money, the New York Times reports. The Bush administration says the $230 million will boost the jets' ability to strike at insurgents. Critics say... More »

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Pakistan • fighter jet • counterterrorism • tribal areas • al-Qaeda • Pakistan military

Leaderless Pakistan Drifts Toward Chaos

Infighting, confusion imperil battle
against militants

Jun 24, 08 5:10 AM CDT
(Newser) - Four months after historic elections in Pakistan, the nation has descended into leaderless chaos, Western diplomats and military leaders believe. The void has serious consequences for fighting militants in Pakistan's lawless northwest on the border with Afghanistan, reports the New York Times. More »

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Pakistan • Muslim League • Pakistan military • Pakistan army • North West Frontier Province • Pakistan intelligence services

 Pakistan Truce Cedes
 Region to Militants 

Government reins loosen in return for fewer attacks; West worried

May 21, 08 2:15 PM CDT
(Newser) - 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... More »

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

Pakistan's New Leaders
Balk at Giving US Free Rein

Unilateral action against terror targets would be 'counter-productive'

May 9, 08 12:13 PM CDT
(Newser) - 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,... More »

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

35 Dead in Suicide Bombing at Pakistan Funeral

Service for police superintendent targeted

Feb 29, 08 4:05 PM CST
(Newser) - At least 35 people were killed and at least 60 injured today when a suicide bomber struck a funeral in northwest Pakistan' near the border with Afghanistan, the AP reports. The funeral in the Swat Valley drew 800 mourners for a police official killed today by a roadside bomb in... More »

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Taliban • Pakistan • police • suicide bomber • suicide bombing • funeral • Pakistan militants • al-Qaeda • Pakistan military • security forces • Mingora • Swat Valley • North West Frontier Province

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