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Afghanistan: what to make of the Taliban commander's reported arrest
Pakistanis and Afghans are divided over what to make of the reported arrest in Karachi of the Afghan Taliban’s top military commander and deputy to Mullah Omar himself, writes Jonathan Miller.
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The sting in the tail of the fight against the Taliban
Alex Thomson blogs about the fight against the Taliban as military commander Mullah Baradar is reportedly arrested in Karachi.
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Pakistan: the cost of combating the Taliban
My Pakistani journalist friend was clear. “This is the first serious effort by the Pakistani army since 9/11 to eliminate the Taliban.” In other words, the military assault to oust the militants from Swat shows that Pakistan’s strategic thinking has changed. An intelligence contact reinforced the point. “It may have been America’s war in the…
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Pakistanis love the media, even if their govt doesn't
LAHORE, PAKISTAN – One of the joys of working in Pakistan is that people here love the media. There are dozens of Pakistani newspapers and TV channels and every other Pakistani, it seems, is – or thinks he is – a journalist. Of course the government – like most governments – wants to restrict or…
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Lahore: Pakistan feels the impact of Taliban war
MARDAN, PAKISTAN – The Taliban said they would take revenge for the attacks on them in the Swat valley, and they might do it anywhere in Pakistan. It seems they have been as good as their word. This morning, we were in Mardan visiting refugees from the fighting in Swat when we heard about the…
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Searching for a strategy to combat the Taliban
Jets and helicopters are bombing Taliban forces in Pakistan’s Swat valley and the timing can hardly be coincidental. Thousands – possibly hundreds of thousands – of Pakistanis could be fleeing their homes this week onwards, as their President, Asif Ali Zardari, is in Washington trying to convince lawmakers he is serious about taking on Taliban…
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Pakistan: inside Taliban-controlled Swat
They worry this is the tip of the iceberg. Swat used to be called the Switzerland of Pakistan. A tidy, idyllic valley where the elite used to ski, the surroundings themselves so beautiful as to make you feel rested. But today, that’s all changed. About two years of intense clashes between the army and militants there…
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Pakistan: inside the 'Taliban generation'
If you’re the sort of person who lies awake at night worrying that the Taliban might get their hands on nuclear weapons, probably best you avoid watching Dispatches on this channel tonight. News correspondents all too often end up reporting the incremental ratcheting up of a problem. It’s startling to be confronted with the big…
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‘We are with you’: new allies for Islamic State
The Pakistani Taliban is reported to have pledged to send fighters to support the Islamic State group in the fight against the “enemies who are united against you”.
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Pakistan: students and police killed in attack on university
Militants open fire on students and staff at a university in Charsadda, in north-west Pakistan, killing at least 19 and injuring scores more.
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Bomb blasts kill 14 people at churches in Lahore
Fourteen people are killed and nearly 80 wounded after bombs explode outside two churches in Lahore, Pakistan. A Taliban splinter group has claimed responsibility.
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Cage: human rights advocates or apologists for terror?
A Muslim group is under fire after claiming that Mohammed Emwazi or ‘Jihadi John’ turned to violence after being harassed by the British security services. What do we know about Cage?
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Islamic State forces target Afghanistan’s Helmand province
Afghanistan’s Helmand province is the latest area to be targeted by Islamic State, who are offering wages to Taliban fighters who volunteer to join.
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Al-Qaeda loses second key member in as many days
Omar Farooq dies in a drone strike a day after another senior member of the Islamist terror network is shot dead by the Pakistani military.
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Malala meets schoolgirl campaigners in Nigeria
Pakistani campaigner Malala Yousafzai visits Nigeria to campaign on behalf of the schoolgirls abducted by rebel group, Boko Haram.
