Despite signs of souring
relations with Tehran and
strained relations with
Washington, Pakistan has
asserted that it will not
allow its territory to be
used by the U.S. for
anti-Iran operations.<More>
Suicide Attempt on Cheney
(February 27, 2007)
A Taliban suicide bomber
failed in his attempt to
assassinate visiting U.S.
Vice President Dick Cheney
in Afghanistan after bad
weather forced him to stay
back in a military base
after he concluded
discussions on the threat
of al Qaeda and the
Taliban.<More>
Cheney in Surprise Pak
Visit
(February 26, 2007)
In a surprise move, U.S.
Vice President Dick Cheney
visited Pakistan on his
way to Kabul carrying a
message from President
George Bush that Islamabad
will lose its financial
aid if it cannot manage
its border with
Afghanistan.<More>
Drug Control in Afghan
(February 26, 2007)
The Afghanistan Government
has launched a renewed
eradication campaign,
particularly in Halmand
Province which accounted
for 40 per cent of 2006's
opium yield of 6,725 tons,
to stem an estimated USD 3
billion economic
activity.<More>
US Anti-Proliferation US
Law
(January 30 , 2007)
The Democrat controlled
US Congress passed a new
law that will require
the US President to take
“punitive action”
against nations with
dubious proliferation
records or those that
cooperate with those
that proliferate.<More>
US Plans Large Afghan Package
(January 29, 2007)
The US President George Bush
is reportedly seeking
Congressional approval for
another USD 7-8 billion for
security, reconstruction, and
counter-offensive operations
including training and
policing operations against a
resurgent Taliban.<More>
US Accuses Pak of Harboring
Taliban
(January 17, 2007)
NATO troops claimed to have
killed 150 ill-equipped and
ill-trained insurgent recruits
sent to fight by Jalaluddin
Haqqani whom senior US
officials lives in Pakistan
even as there is a surge of
Taliban fighters crossing the
border to fight coalition
troops.<More>
Mush Wants Support to Fight Terror
(January 09, 2007)
State-run television reported that Pakistan President
Pervez Musharraf has called his nation to support his
policy stopping militants from using the nation as
recruitment ground for suicide members to be used by
terrorist groups for attacks world-over.<More>
Talks with Afghan Taliban
(December 23, 2006)
Afghan President Hamid Karzai is reportedly ready for
talks with the Taliban operating in his country hopeful
of including them in governance but not the Pakistani
counterpart but only if they terminate links with
Pakistan as that nation is trying to “enslave”
Afghanistan.<More>
Taliban Is a Virtual Mini
State in Pak
(December 14, 2006)
Finally, Western media has
woken up to the dangers of the
peace pact between
Pakistan and the local Taliban
in the North West Frontier
Province and the New York
Times (NYT) reported about a
resurgent Taliban supporting
Indian concern for
this development.<More>
US Upset with UK Taliban Truce
(November 21, 2006)
The US seems to have expressed “unease” with the
reported truce negotiated by the British
military in Afghanistan with tribal elders
representing the Taliban followed by a
withdrawal of British troops at Musa Qala and
restoration of the captured to local militia.<More>
“Pakistani Taliban” Claims
Responsibility
(November 10, 2006)
The Pakistani Taliban with
whom Pakistan had signed a
peace agreement owned up to
carrying out the suicide
attack on an army camp in
North West Frontier Province
in response to the airborne
attack on a Madrasa in the
neighboring Bajur tribal
district.<More>
Afghan Violence Continues
(October 24, 2006)
The NATO-led International
Security Assistance Force (ISAF)
said that its soldiers
returned fire and killed 15
insurgents in the southern
Zabul province of Afghanistan
but conceded that 2 of their
vehicles were damaged in the
conflict but suffered no
casualties.<More>
Multi-Faceted Trouble for Pakistan
(October 09, 2006)
As rumors of a coup continues to be fuelled by
weapons discoveries around President Pervez
Musharraf’s office, a grand Jirga of 95 Baloach
tribal chiefs met and decided to move the
International Court of Justice (ICJ) on their
status.<More>
India Worried About Taliban Resurgence
(September 12, 2006)
India is increasingly worried about conventional
offensive well-orchestrated operations of a
resurgent Taliban and their hold on the fight
till broken with air raids and analysts say that
these tactics bring back memories of their
ascendance in early 1990s.<More>
Pak-Taliban Peace Pact
(September 08, 2006)
Pakistan announced that it had arranged a peace pact
with the Taliban is seen by many as an admission by the
Pakistan Army of its inability to control the region by
brute force methods it employs against opponents and
having lost hundreds of soldiers.<More>
Scores of Taliban Terrorists Killed
(August 21, 2006)
Afghani officials say that their forces assisted
by North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO)
aircraft and artillery killed 71 Taliban
terrorists in Southern Afghanistan where there
is a resurgence of Taliban activity and
bloodiest clashes since their ouster in 2001<More>
NATO Set to Take Over Afghan Security
(August 01, 2006)
In its most ambitious mission in Asia, the North Atlantic Treaty
Organization (NATO) has taken control of security operations in
insurgency-ridden southern Afghanistan to stop the Taliban with new tactics
and approach.< More>
Coalition Forces Kill 70 militants
(July 12, 2006)
Coalition forces in Afghanistan
followed an air-raid on a
terrorist hideout which killed 40
Taliban terrorists with a land
raid on a different hideout
killing another 30 terrorists in
the volatile Halmand province in
Southern Afghanistan but the claim
is unverifiable.<More>
Large Operation Kills 150 Taliban
(June 28, 2006)
Afghan and coalition forces launched Operation Mountain
Thrust, a major anti-Taliban operation 2 weeks ago,
killing 149, wounding 32, and capturing terrorists
described by Afghanistan as “enemies of peace and safety
of our people.”<More>
Taliban Offers Truce to Pak
(June 26, 2006)
A rebel 'commander' of the new Pakistani Taliban running
wild in Pakistan offered truce to allow elders to broker
a settlement after months of fierce fighting "as the
government wants to set up a tribal jirga (council of
elders) here.”<More>
US Claims Self-Defense in Afghanistan
(June 01, 2006)
US Army claimed that its troops opened fire in
self-defense on the worst ever anti-American riot
after being shot at by the crowd and was unable to pin
down the actual casualty numbers.<More>
50 Taliban Dead, Riots against US
(May 30, 2006)
US Planes bombed a mosque in Halmand in Southern
Afghanistan killing 50 Taliban terrorists including
several unspecified Taliban leaders; the Taliban has
not responded to this claim.<More>
Afghan Taliban Attack Leaves 105 Dead
(May 19, 2006)
Afghanistan saw the worst militant
attack since 2001 with a large Taliban
force attacked Government forces in a
small town in Halmand province leaving
over 105 dead of which 40 were militants.<More>
ITBP Protects BRO in Afghanistan
(April 6, 2006)
The Indo-Tibetan Border
Police (ITBP) will provide the Army’s Border Roads
Organization (BRO) security from Taliban and al Qaeda
while they construct the crucial road linking Zalranj
to Delaram to link Iran with Afghanistan.<More>
Coalition Force Inflicts Damage on Taliban
(March 31, 2006)
A strong Taliban force attacked a coalition base in
Halmand province of Afghanistan shortly after midnight
using mortars, rocket-propelled grenades, and small
arms. <More>
New Taliban Threatens to Consume Pak
(March 29, 2006)
The Pakistani establishment is increasingly nervous
about the rise of a group calling itself the
"Pakistani Taliban" and reports say that they rule
large swathes of tribal land in Waziristan.<More>
Troops Kills 15 Taliban Terrorists
(March 23, 2006)
Afghanistan said its troops killed 15 Taliban
terrorists looking to crossover from Pakistan. <More>
Suicide Bomber Kills 13 in Kandahar
(February 10, 2006)
A lone suicide Taliban terrorist exploded a bomb
outside the police headquarters in Kandahar, killing
13 people and injuring 14 others.<More>
Taliban Riot in Afghan Jail
(February 27, 2006)
About 1,300 Taliban and al Qaeda prisoners, protesting
against a uniform regime separating political and
criminal prisoners, rioted in Afghanistan taking over
the control block of the main jail at Pul-e-Charkhi.<More>
16 Taliban Terrorists Killed
(February 06, 2006)
About 200 Taliban terrorists attacked an Afghan police
convoy killing three policemen in Southern Helmand
province. <More>
Afghanistan Accuses Pak of Support to Taliban
(January 20, 2006)
Afghanistan has once again accused Pakistan of
providing shelter, training, funds, and material to
Taliban and al Qaeda suicide bombers to sabotage
progress.<More>
Taliban Burns Co-Ed School
(January 10, 2006)
Suspected Taliban gunmen burnt down a co-ed school in
Khandahar. This attack preceded by several others are
forcing the closure of many schools.<More>
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