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 Pakistan Suicide Bomber Kills 7 

Blast in northwest kills civilians, police officers

Associated Press Associated Press Nov 28, 08 8:16 AM CST
(AP) - A suicide car bomber killed seven people in Pakistan's restless Northwest Frontier Province, the AP reports. The chief of police in the town of Bammu said the attacker rammed an explosives-laden vehicle into a police car patrolling the town's streets today. Four police officers and three civilians died in the blast, and several other people were wounded. More »

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Resilient Taliban Drives Pakistan to Brutal Tactics

200,000 displaced in tribal regions as state battles militants

New York Times New York Times Nov 11, 08 8:17 AM CST
(Newser) - In the lawless Northwest Frontier Province, the Pakistani army has been fighting the Taliban for 3 months for control of just a sliver of land. State forces had expected the battle to be a cursory victory, but the Taliban is stronger and more deeply entrenched—literally, in a network of tunnels that allows them to store arms and move undetected—than commanders expected. The New York Times reports from the mountainous region, where Pakistan has resorted to scorched-earth policies to rout the Islamic militants. More »

More about:  Pakistan • Taliban • Islamic militants • North West Frontier Province • Pakistan army • counter insurgency

In Pakistan, US Moves From Ground to Air

CIA turns to airstrikes after land operations draw protest

New York Times New York Times Oct 27, 08 7:07 AM CDT
(Newser) - The US has recalibrated its antiterror campaign in Pakistan, backing off ground raids via the Afghan border and intensifying its CIA-led airstrikes against militants. The Pakistani government had lodged bitter complaints about the ground operations, the New York Times reports, which were seen as a violation of the country's sovereignty. The US has in response sharply increased its Predator airstrikes, notching 18 since August. More »

More about:  Pakistan • al-Qaeda • CIA • airstrike • North West Frontier Province • Predator

 Red Cross: 
 Pakistan Now a War Zone 

Tribal areas become war zone as government steps up assault on militants

New York Times New York Times Oct 3, 08 6:12 AM CDT
(Newser) - Pakistan's escalating confrontation with the Taliban has plunged the country into full-scale war, the New York Times reports. A quarter of a million people have fled the fighting as the Pakistani army attacks the militants in tribal areas on at least three fronts, and 20,000 have flooded in desperation over the border into Afghanistan. "This is now a war zone," warned a Red Cross spokesman. More »

More about:  Pakistan • al-Qaeda • Taliban • Pakistan militants • refugee • tribal areas • North West Frontier Province • Swat Valley

Pakistan Army Fires on US Troops Trying to Cross Border

Tensions high as shots rebuff helicopters

BBC BBC Sep 15, 08 9:13 AM CDT
(Newser) - Pakistani soldiers fired shots into the air to prevent American troops from crossing the border from Afghanistan into Pakistan, according to officials in the region. The BBC reports that 9 US helicopters landed at around midnight on the Afghan side of the border, and troops then tried to enter into South Waziristan, part of Pakistan's lawless northwest. More »

More about:  Pakistan • Afghanistan • Taliban • North West Frontier Province • Pakistan army • South Waziristan

After 7 Years, New Tactics to Find bin Laden

Shift to targeting other al-Qaeda leaders in hopes of picking up trail

Washington Post Washington Post Sep 10, 08 7:57 AM CDT
(Newser) - Seven years after the attacks on the World Trade Center and the Pentagon, the US has no bead on Osama bin Laden, believed to be hiding out in Pakistan's lawless northwest. Frustrated by the lack of progress, American and Pakistani officials have shifted their strategy to target other top al-Qaeda leaders, the Washington Post reports, stepping up the use of drone spy planes to bombard the mountainous region. More »

More about:  Pakistan • US military • Osama bin Laden • 9/11 attacks • Afghan border • North West Frontier Province • Predator • spy drones

 Pakistan Hospital Bomb Kills 23

Shia mourners killed in volatile northwest province

Guardian (UK) Guardian (UK) Aug 19, 08 7:20 AM CDT
(Newser) - Twenty-three people died today and another 20 were wounded in a suspected suicide bomb attack in a Pakistani hospital. The blast took place in the North West Frontier Province, the highly volatile region bordering Afghanistan. The explosion took place as Shia Muslims were mourning the death of a leader, who had been shot and whose corpse had been transported to the hospital. More »

More about:  Pakistan • suicide bombing • hospital • suicide bomber • sectarian violence • Shia • North West Frontier Province • Shiite militants

ANALYSIS

Musharraf's Exit Leaves Alarming Power Vacuum

Washington frets as nuclear nation
steps into unknown

New York Times New York Times Aug 19, 08 4:46 AM CDT
(Newser) - Pervez Musharraf was once Washington's most important ally in the Muslim world, but the general-turned-civilian president of Pakistan had become an increasingly unreliable partner in the combat against Taliban and al-Qaeda insurgents, writes the New York Times . Now that Musharraf has resigned, the US will have to work with Pakistan's squabbling, distracted coalition government, which has shown even less interest in fighting the rebels. More »

More about:  Pakistan • al-Qaeda • terrorism • Pervez Musharraf • Taliban • nuclear facilities • North West Frontier Province • US-Pakistan relations

Taliban Use Marble Business to Fund Fighting

Takeover of Pakistani quarry shows group's growing power

New York Times New York Times Jul 14, 08 8:55 AM CDT
(Newser) - One of Pakistan's most prized national assets is a marble quarry that sat shuttered by government deadlock and tribal squabbles until the Taliban took over the site by force. Now, as gleaming white stone rolls out of the quarry, the New York Times sneaks into the region to discover how the Taliban have extended their reach and solidified their operations in recent months, as the Pakistan military has pulled back. More »

More about:  Pakistan • Taliban • Afghan border • North West Frontier Province

Islamic Militants Now Migrating to
Pakistan to Fight

Lawless northwest becomes haven for region's extremists

New York Times New York Times Jul 10, 08 5:34 AM CDT
(Newser) - Pakistan, rather than Iraq, has become the preferred destination for foreign fighters looking to join Islamic militant organizations, reports the New York Times . Websites are increasingly encouraging migrating Sunni extremists to go to Pakistan and Afghanistan, where they can join a "winning fight," rather than participate in the waning Iraqi insurgence, according to American intelligence officials. More »

More about:  Pakistan • Islamic militants • Afghan border • North West Frontier Province • Sunni extremism • foreign fighters

Leaderless Pakistan Drifts Toward Chaos

Infighting, confusion imperil battle
against militants

New York Times New York Times 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 »

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

35 Dead in Suicide Bombing at Pakistan Funeral

Service for police superintendent targeted

Associated Press Associated Press 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 the region, rife with conflict between authorities and pro-Taliban forces. More »

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

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