The Battle For Pakistan: North Waziristan
April 19th, 2010Militancy and Conflict in Pakistan Policy Paper
North Waziristan, the second-largest of Pakistan’s Federally Administered Tribal Areas, is the most important springboard for violence in Afghanistan today, much as it has been for decades. The most important militant group in the agency today is the Haqqani Network. The legendary Afghan mujahideen commander Jalaluddin Haqqani left his [...]
Pakistan Arrests Senior Taliban Leaders
February 24th, 2010KABUL-Pakistan has arrested nearly half of the Afghanistan Taliban’s leadership in recent days, Pakistani officials told the Monitor Wednesday, dealing what could be a crucial blow to the insurgent movement.
In total, seven of the insurgent group’s 15-member leadership council, thought to be based in Quetta, Pakistan, including the head of military operations, have been apprehended [...]
Pakistani Taliban in Swat refuse to give up arms
April 16th, 2009The militants had struck a deal to relinquish their weapons in return for Islamic law in the region.
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Militants in the Swat valley of northwestern Pakistan are refusing to abandon their weapons, despite having won concessions [...]
NATO, US seek alternatives to Pakistan supply routes
April 12th, 2009Kabul, Afghanistan - Militants attacked a supply depot Sunday in Pakistan that serves Western forces in Afghanistan, increasing the pressure for US and NATO officials to find alternatives to their beleaguered supply lines.
In a predawn raid in the northwestern city of Peshawar, scores of Pakistani Taliban guerrillas torched trucks stationed at the supply terminal. The [...]
Security Up at Porous Afghan Border
February 13th, 2009The US, Pakistan Coordinate Troops to Prevent Militants From Fleeing to Either Side
Jalalabad, Afghanistan - This week’s brazen assault in Kabul underscored a major security gap for Afghanistan: its porous 1,500-mile-long border with Pakistan’s tribal areas, where militants can plan attacks and take refuge.
Wednesday’s insurgents sent [...]
Pak. Taliban Commander Killed in Mohmand?
January 22nd, 2009Pajhwok reports that the Pak. military has killed Omar Khalid. Khalid, the head of the so-called Shah Khalid group, was in control of Mohmand agency.
Khalid, whose group generally acted as the TTP (Pakistani Taliban) representative in Mohmand, was one of the highest-ranking leaders in the Pakistani Taliban movement. He was a close ally to Faqir [...]
Secret accord sheltered Al Qaeda linked militants in tribal Pakistan
June 11th, 2008Terrorism and Security Update
A newspaper in Pakistan this week disclosed the leaked details of a secret agreement between the Pakistani government and certain tribes that allows Al Qaeda-linked militants to remain in North Waziristan, a strategically important region that borders Afghanistan. The move is the latest in a series of negotiations that Western officials worry [...]
Pakistan Seeks Peace Deal With Militant Tribe
April 24th, 2008Terrorism and Security Update
Earlier this week, Pakistani authorities freed a leading pro-Taliban militant who reportedly raised an army of thousands to oppose the US-led invasion of Afghanistan in 2001. Observers say Maulana Sufi Muhammad’s release from prison heralds a new era of negotiation between militant groups and the new government in Islamabad.
Following the release, a [...]
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