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	<title>Breaking News &#187; Baitullah mehsud</title>
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		<title>White House says can&#8217;t confirm death of Pak Taliban chief</title>
		<link>http://blog.taragana.com/n/white-house-says-cant-confirm-death-of-pak-taliban-chief-133735/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 08 Aug 2009 00:08:05 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ani</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[WASHINGTON - The Obama Administration said on Friday that  it could not confirm that Pakistan Taliban chief  Baitullah Mehsud,  who has a 5 million dollars US bounty on his  head,  had been killed in a missile attack two days ago.

&#8220;We&#8217;ve  seen  reports that Baitullah Mehsud has been  [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Official: US increasingly confident that drone strike killed top Taliban leader Mehsud</title>
		<link>http://blog.taragana.com/n/official-us-increasingly-confident-that-drone-strike-killed-top-taliban-leader-mehsud-133722/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 08 Aug 2009 00:04:37 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Lolita C. Baldor</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[WASHINGTON — U.S. authorities are increasingly confident that top Taliban commander Baitullah Mehsud was killed in Wednesday&#8217;s U.S. missile strike in northeastern Pakistan, officials said Friday.

A senior counterterrorism official said that while the U.S. is still working on final identification, authorities now have strong indications that Mehsud is dead. The official spoke on condition of [...]]]></description>
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		<title>White House: Reported killing of Taliban chief means people of Pakistan safer</title>
		<link>http://blog.taragana.com/n/white-house-reported-killing-of-taliban-chief-means-people-of-pakistan-safer-133650/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 07 Aug 2009 22:39:34 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bureau News</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[WASHINGTON — A spokesman for President Barack Obama says the White House cannot confirm the killing of Pakistan&#8217;s Taliban chief but added that the people of Pakistan are now safer if reports are accurate.

The Taliban leader, Baitullah Mehsud (BEH&#8217;-tuh-luh mah-SOOD&#8217;), led a violent campaign of suicide attacks and assassinations against the Pakistani government. A militant [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Close aide confirms Mehsud&#8217;s death in US missile strike</title>
		<link>http://blog.taragana.com/n/close-aide-confirms-mehsuds-death-in-us-missile-strike-133468/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 07 Aug 2009 18:41:54 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ani</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[DERA ISMAIL KHAN - A close aide of Pakistan Taliban chief Baitullah Mehsud confirmed on Friday that the latter has been killed in a U.S. missile strike.

&#8220;I confirm that Baitullah Mehsud and his wife died in the American missile attack in South Waziristan,&#8221; Kafayat Ullah told The Associated Press by telephone. He would not give [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Qureshi says Pak intelligence has confirmed Mehsud&#8217;s killing</title>
		<link>http://blog.taragana.com/n/qureshi-says-pak-intelligence-has-confirmed-mehsuds-killing-133442/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 07 Aug 2009 18:21:38 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ani</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[ISLAMABAD - Pakistan Foreign Minister Shah  Mehmood Qureshi  on Friday said that country&#8217;s intelligence sources  have confirmed  the  killing  of  Pakistani  Taliban  chief  Baitullah Mehsud.

Xinhua quoted Qureshi, as saying that the government is still  in the  process  of ground verification of the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Aide says Pakistani Taliban leader Baitullah Mehsud was killed by US missile strike</title>
		<link>http://blog.taragana.com/n/aide-says-pakistani-taliban-leader-baitullah-mehsud-was-killed-by-us-missile-strike-133424/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 07 Aug 2009 18:05:41 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Munir Ahmad</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[DERA ISMAIL KHAN, Pakistan — Pakistan&#8217;s Taliban commander Baitullah Mehsud, who unleashed a fearsome campaign of suicide attacks and assassinations that made him the country&#8217;s most-wanted man, was killed in a U.S. missile strike, an aide said Friday.

The U.S. put a $5 million bounty on his head in March. Increasingly, American missiles fired by unmanned [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Pakistan security forces rescue children forcibly recruited by Taliban</title>
		<link>http://blog.taragana.com/n/pakistan-security-forces-rescue-children-forcibly-recruited-by-taliban-122990/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 28 Jul 2009 22:25:35 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Asif Shahzad</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[ISLAMABAD — Security forces have rescued several children forcibly recruited by the Taliban, allegedly to be used as fighters or suicide bombers, and there could be hundreds more of them, officials said Tuesday.

The claim came as a suicide car bomber rammed his vehicle into a checkpoint in Pakistan&#8217;s North Waziristan tribal region, causing an explosion [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Pakistan probes Taliban links of hardline cleric who brokered failed Swat peace deal</title>
		<link>http://blog.taragana.com/n/pakistan-probes-taliban-links-of-hardline-cleric-who-brokered-failed-swat-peace-deal-121728/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 27 Jul 2009 19:07:01 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Riaz Khan</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[PESHAWAR, Pakistan — Pakistani authorities are detaining for one month an Islamist cleric who brokered a failed peace deal with the Taliban in the Swat Valley to investigate whether he inappropriately aided the militants, officials said Monday.

Sufi Muhammad was arrested Sunday, indicating the government won&#8217;t try to strike another peace deal with Taliban fighters in [...]]]></description>
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		<title>20 dead in clashes between security forces and militants in restive northwest Pakistan</title>
		<link>http://blog.taragana.com/n/20-dead-in-clashes-between-security-forces-and-militants-in-restive-northwest-pakistan-114852/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 20 Jul 2009 21:20:16 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Riaz Khan</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[PESHAWAR, Pakistan — Clashes between security forces and militants have left 20 people dead in northwest Pakistan over the past 24 hours, officials said Monday, in the latest violence in the troubled region.

The deadliest fighting took place in the northern Swat Valley, where the army is wrapping up an offensive against Taliban militants. The military [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Intelligence officials say suspected US missile strike kills 3 militants in NW Pakistan</title>
		<link>http://blog.taragana.com/n/intelligence-officials-say-suspected-us-missile-strike-kills-3-militants-in-nw-pakistan-106028/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 11 Jul 2009 01:33:18 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ishtiaq Mahsud</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[DERA ISMAIL KHAN, Pakistan — A suspected U.S. missile strike hit a Taliban communication center in the country&#8217;s northwest late Friday, killing at least three people and wounding three more, intelligence officials said.

The attack was the fifth in two weeks by attributed to American unmanned drone aircraft targeting Pakistani Taliban leader Baitullah Mehsud and his [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Mehsud buying, selling children to use them as suicide bombers: Pak Army</title>
		<link>http://blog.taragana.com/n/mehsud-buying-selling-children-to-use-them-as-suicide-bombers-pak-army-102492/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 08 Jul 2009 13:31:07 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ani</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[LONDON - Pakistan, for the first time has admitted that the Tehrik-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) chief Baitullah Mehsud is virtually running a factory of suicide bombers, and using small children for the purpose.

The Inter Services Public Relations (ISPR) spokesperson, Major General Athar Abbas said that Mehsud buys and sells children as young as 11 years old [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Orakzai chopper crash, a heavy blow to Pak Army before S.Waziristan offensive</title>
		<link>http://blog.taragana.com/n/orakzai-chopper-crash-a-heavy-blow-to-pak-army-before-swaziristan-offensive-99158/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 04 Jul 2009 14:08:36 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ani</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[ISLAMABAD -  Friday&#8217;s helicopter crash in which 26 security personel were killed in the Federally Administered Tribal Areas&#8217; (FATA) Orakzai Agency, is being seen as a serious blow to the Pakistan Army ahead of the its planned all out offensive against the Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) chief Baitullah Mehsud in South Waziristan.

The ISPR may have [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Pakistani official says a military helicopter crash in northwest kills 26 security personnel</title>
		<link>http://blog.taragana.com/n/pakistani-official-says-a-military-helicopter-crash-in-northwest-kills-26-security-personnel-98884/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 03 Jul 2009 23:15:59 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Asif Shahzad</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[ISLAMABAD — A military official says 26 security personnel have been killed in a helicopter crash in northwestern Pakistan.

The official says the incident took place Friday and that a technical fault was to blame.
The official spoke on condition of anonymity because he was not authorized to release the information to the media.
Earlier, Pakistan&#8217;s army spokesman [...]]]></description>
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		<title>UN formally opens probe into assassination of former Pakistan PM Bhutto</title>
		<link>http://blog.taragana.com/n/un-formally-opens-probe-into-assassination-of-former-pakistan-pm-bhutto-96725/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 01 Jul 2009 21:48:09 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Chris Brummitt</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[ISLAMABAD, Pakistan — The United Nations formally began a six-month investigation Wednesday into the slaying of former Pakistani Prime Minister Benazir Bhutto, a process that the government hopes will lead to her killers being brought to justice.

The three-member U.N. commission is being led by Chile&#8217;s U.N. Ambassador Heraldo Munoz, a dissident during the dictatorship of [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Pakistan&#8217;s dangerous double game on war on terror exposed</title>
		<link>http://blog.taragana.com/n/pakistans-dangerous-double-game-on-war-on-terror-exposed-94607/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 29 Jun 2009 20:35:05 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ani</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[LONDON - The recent killing of Taliban leader Qari Zainuddin,  who  had  been  staying in  a  compound  provided  by Pakistan&#8217;s  ISI security agency, has uncovered a complicated  and dangerous  double  game  that  Pakistan  has  been  playing,  The [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Swat operation nears end, says Gilani</title>
		<link>http://blog.taragana.com/n/swat-operation-nears-end-says-gilani-93763/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 28 Jun 2009 04:19:15 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ians</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[KARACHI - Pakistani Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani said the military operation in the Swat Valley is nearing end as the top rung militants there have been killed and the government would now focus on the development of the region, the Online News Agency said Saturday.

He made the remarks while inaugurating a Textile City here. [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Pakistan police kill 5 suspected Taliban militants in shootout in southern city of Karachi</title>
		<link>http://blog.taragana.com/n/pakistan-police-kill-5-suspected-taliban-militants-in-shootout-in-southern-city-of-karachi-93401/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 27 Jun 2009 12:15:05 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bureau News</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[KARACHI, Pakistan — Police killed five suspected militants Saturday in a nighttime raid on a Karachi apartment housing insurgents loyal to the Pakistani Taliban leader blamed for a wave of suicide attacks, a top official said.

City police chief Waseem Ahmed said officers found a large quantity of weapons and explosives in the apartment. He said [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Taliban bombs girls&#8217; school in South Waziristan</title>
		<link>http://blog.taragana.com/n/taliban-bombs-girls-school-in-south-waziristan-92590/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 26 Jun 2009 14:52:29 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ani</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[PESHAWAR - In what may be seen as a show of defiance against the military which has launched a major offensive against the Tehreek-e-Taliban chief Baitullah Mehsud in the region, the Taliban has blown up a girls&#8217; school in South Waziristan.

The incident took place in Shin Warsak town situated about 13 kilometres away from Wana, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Officials: Suicide bomber kills at least 2 soldiers in Pakistani part of Kashmir</title>
		<link>http://blog.taragana.com/n/officials-suicide-bomber-kills-at-least-2-soldiers-in-pakistani-part-of-kashmir-92524/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 26 Jun 2009 11:28:47 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ryan Lucas</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[ISLAMABAD — A suicide bomber blew himself up early Friday near an army vehicle, killing at least two soldiers in the first such assault in Pakistan&#8217;s part of divided Kashmir, the military said, marking a possible escalation in the militant campaign against security forces.

The attack took place in Muzaffarabad, the region&#8217;s capital. The military said [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Pak   Army  readying fresh &#8216;operational  plans&#8217;  against  Mehsud following rival&#8217;s assassination</title>
		<link>http://blog.taragana.com/n/pak-army-readying-fresh-operational-plans-against-mehsud-following-rivals-assassination-91743/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 25 Jun 2009 18:42:07 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ani</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[ISLAMABAD - The Pakistan military is preparing new &#8216;operational plans&#8217; against the Tehreek-e-Taliban chief Baitullah Mehsud.

Sources  privy  to the military said that the  plan  against  the Taliban chief had to be &#8216;readjusted&#8217; after the death of  Mehsud&#8217;s rival commander Qari Zainuddin.
Military  officials rejected the notion that  Zainuddin&#8217;s [...]]]></description>
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		<title>A look the deadliest US missile strikes in Pakistan</title>
		<link>http://blog.taragana.com/n/a-look-the-deadliest-us-missile-strikes-in-pakistan-91003/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.taragana.com/n/a-look-the-deadliest-us-missile-strikes-in-pakistan-91003/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 25 Jun 2009 01:37:17 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bureau News</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[Unmanned U.S. drone aircraft have fired missiles at suspected militant targets in Pakistan&#8217;s tribal region dozens of times in the past two years. Here are details of some of the deadliest attacks, based on information from Pakistani officials:

—June 24, 2009: Four suspected U.S. missiles strike a funeral procession at Makeen in South Waziristan for a [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Pakistan says Swat cleared of Taliban</title>
		<link>http://blog.taragana.com/n/pakistan-says-swat-cleared-of-taliban-90810/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 24 Jun 2009 21:38:22 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ians</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[ISLAMABAD - The Pakistan government Wednesday claimed that the entire Malakand division, including Swat, in the country&#8217;s restive northwest had been cleared of the Taliban, but this seemed to be at variance with the military that indicated that its operations against the militants were far from over.

Interior Minister Rehman Malik told the National Assembly that [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Missile death toll at 55 in Pakistan, reports dismissed that Taliban head had close call</title>
		<link>http://blog.taragana.com/n/missile-death-toll-at-55-in-pakistan-reports-dismissed-that-taliban-head-had-close-call-90415/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 24 Jun 2009 14:48:16 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Munir Ahmad</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[ISLAMABAD, Pakistan — The head of Pakistan&#8217;s Taliban attended a funeral shortly before a suspected U.S. missile strike that killed about 55 people, two intelligence officials said Wednesday, but a top Taliban aide denied that the leader had a close call.

Baitullah Mehsud, accused of plotting suicide bombings and the assassination Tuesday of his chief rival, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Killing   Mehsud  would  deal  a  body-blow  to  Pak   Taliban&#8217;s effectiveness: Experts</title>
		<link>http://blog.taragana.com/n/killing-mehsud-would-deal-a-body-blow-to-pak-talibans-effectiveness-experts-89806/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 23 Jun 2009 23:34:29 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ani</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[WASHINGTON - The Pakistan Army has  claimed  that its  Swat offensive has been successful with scores  top  Taliban leaders  being killed, but the fate of Swat Taliban chief  Mullah Fazalullah and the Tehreek-e-Taliban (TTP) chief Baitullah Mehsud is still under wraps.

Now,  the  Pakistan security forces have [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Discovery of militant camp in northwest Pakistan may hold clues to fight against Taliban</title>
		<link>http://blog.taragana.com/n/discovery-of-militant-camp-in-northwest-pakistan-may-hold-clues-to-fight-against-taliban-88939/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 23 Jun 2009 02:06:31 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Rohan Sullivan</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[GHAR-I-HIRA CAMP, Pakistan — Deep in the tunnel, a small wooden cabinet is the only piece of furniture, a syringe still in its plastic wrapper and a disposable razor scattered on the shelves. A pair of sky-blue pants lies on the rocky ground by the remnants of a threadbare sleeping mat.

&#8220;This was their safest haven,&#8221; [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Taliban, Al Qaeda could spread globally: Zardari</title>
		<link>http://blog.taragana.com/n/taliban-al-qaeda-could-spread-globally-zardari-88547/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 22 Jun 2009 16:32:03 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ians</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[WASHINGTON - The Taliban and the Al Qaeda could spread in other parts of the world if they were not defeated in Pakistan and Afghanistan, Pakistani President Asif Ali Zardari has warned.

&#8220;Pakistan and the world community cannot afford defeat in the war against terror,&#8221; Zardari wrote in The Washington Post Monday.	 	
Zardari also asked for [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Police say 7 militants killed by citizens militia in northwest Pakistan</title>
		<link>http://blog.taragana.com/n/police-say-7-militants-killed-by-citizens-militia-in-northwest-pakistan-88096/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 21 Jun 2009 17:13:19 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Paul Alexander</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[ISLAMABAD — A citizens&#8217; militia trying to drive out the Taliban killed seven militants in a two-hour clash in Pakistan&#8217;s troubled northwest, police said Sunday, as the president claimed the entire country backs the battle against the extremists.

Ejaz Ahmed, police chief in the Upper Dir region, said another militant was wounded in the fighting late [...]]]></description>
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		<title>38 Taliban killed as Pakistani Army continues operations</title>
		<link>http://blog.taragana.com/n/38-taliban-killed-as-pakistani-army-continues-operations-87680/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 20 Jun 2009 20:05:01 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ians</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[ISLAMABAD - Pakistani security forces have killed 38 Taliban - the bulk of them in the South Waziristan agency along the border with Afghanistan - the military said Saturday as its offensive against the militants continued for the 55th day.

During the last 24 hours (to Saturday afternoon), 38 terrorists were killed and six were apprehended, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Suspected US missile strike kills 5 in Pakistan, while bomb kills 8 elsewhere in northwest</title>
		<link>http://blog.taragana.com/n/suspected-us-missile-strike-kills-5-in-pakistan-while-bomb-kills-8-elsewhere-in-northwest-81124/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 14 Jun 2009 15:28:18 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ishtiaq Mahsud</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[DERA ISMAIL KHAN, Pakistan — A suspected U.S. missile strike killed at least five people Sunday in a tribal region where Pakistan&#8217;s top Taliban commander is based, intelligence officials said, breaking a lull in such attacks and posing a test for growing anti-Taliban sentiment in the country.

The strike came as violence raged elsewhere in the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Officials say clashes in Pakistan tribal area kill 23; odds of a new offensive rising</title>
		<link>http://blog.taragana.com/n/officials-say-clashes-in-pakistan-tribal-area-kill-23-odds-of-a-new-offensive-rising-78215/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 11 Jun 2009 13:43:49 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ishtiaq Mahsud</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[ISLAMABAD — Dozens of militants attacked three army posts in a tribal region that serves as the primary base for Pakistan&#8217;s Taliban chief, triggering shootouts that left 20 insurgents and three soldiers dead early Thursday, intelligence officials told The Associated Press.

The clashes in South Waziristan, a rugged, remote region along the Afghan border where al-Qaida [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Pakistan military says troops rescue dozens abducted by militants in tribal area</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 02 Jun 2009 11:24:10 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Nahal Toosi</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[ISLAMABAD — Troops manning a checkpoint Tuesday rescued dozens of students, teachers and staff from a boys school who had been taken captive by militants in the northwest, the Pakistani military said.

The brazen abduction in North Waziristan on Monday was part of a string of militant actions in Pakistan&#8217;s tribal belt, some of which the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Pakistani military lifts curfews in more Swat towns; fighting flares in nearby tribal region</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 01 Jun 2009 18:43:02 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Rohan Sullivan</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[ISLAMABAD — Pakistan&#8217;s army said it lifted curfews Monday in several parts of the Swat Valley as it hunted Taliban militants in the region, while insurgents killed two soldiers in a tribal region that could be the next front in the northwest military offensive.

Elsewhere in the volatile region bordering Afghanistan, a bomb blast killed at [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Pakistani military says Taliban fled Swat&#8217;s main town; fighting has displaced about 3 million</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 31 May 2009 00:21:17 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Rohan Sullivan</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[ISLAMABAD — The Taliban have fled the Pakistani army&#8217;s advance on the main town in the Swat Valley, delivering the military a strategic prize in its offensive against militants in the country&#8217;s northwest, commanders said.

Trouble flared elsewhere in the volatile region, however, as Taliban fighters clashed with the military in various parts of the South [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Pakistani military prepares for South Waziristan showdown</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 26 May 2009 19:25:45 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ians</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[ISLAMABAD - Buoyed by its successes against the Taliban in the northwest, Pakistan&#8217;s military is intensifying its fight against the militants in South Waziristan agency and is moving up tanks and heavy artillery.

Quoting sources, Dawn said Tuesday that sporadic clashes between militants and troops were continuing in South Waziristan for the fifth day.	 	
The sources [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Baitullah Mehsud getting tough competition from tribal rival</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 11 May 2009 15:48:03 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ani</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[WASHINGTON - Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan chief Baitullah Mehsud faces an emerging rival from his local tribe in northwestern Pakistan and the power struggle could distract his Taliban militants along the border with Afghanistan from their spring offensive against US and allied troops.

Mehsud commands one of the three major pockets of Taliban fighters in Pakistan and his [...]]]></description>
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		<title>US drone attack in Pakistan kills five</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 09 May 2009 17:17:33 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>DPA</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[ISLAMABAD - A suspected US missile strike near Pakistan&#8217;s border with Afghanistan Saturday killed at least five people, an intelligence official said.



Missiles believed to have been fired from US-operated pilotless aircraft targeted an abandoned government school in the Sararogha area of the South Waziristan tribal district.


The building was allegedly being used by local Taliban militants [...]]]></description>
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		<title>PAF offensive kills 20 militants in FATA, claim officials</title>
		<link>http://blog.taragana.com/n/paf-offensive-kills-20-militants-in-fata-claim-officials-31246/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 20 Apr 2009 17:38:47 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ani</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[ISLAMABAD -  At  least  twenty  militants   were reportedly  killed in an offensive launched by the  Pakistan  Air Force  (PAF) in the Orakzai region of the Federally  Administered Tribal Areas (FATA), Pakistan military officials have claimed.

According to the Dawn, PAF jets and helicopter gunships  [...]]]></description>
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		<title>US mulling extending drone strikes to Balochistan: Report</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 08 Apr 2009 16:26:55 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ani</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[WASHINGTON -  Notwithstanding the threat from Tehreek-e-Taliban (TTP) chief Baitullah Mehsud the United States is planning to extend Predator drone strikes to Balochistan, a reports has claimed.

According to The New York Times, the Obama Administration is planning to extend missile attacks to Balochistan also, unless Pakistan takes stern action against terror hideouts and training [...]]]></description>
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		<title>&#8216;Teenage suicide bombers don&#8217;t act out of religious fervour&#8217;</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 07 Apr 2009 21:47:40 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ians</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[ISLAMABAD - The teenage suicide bomber of the kind who struck at a Shia mosque in Pakistan&#8217;s Punjab killing at least 24 people, including four children, did not act out of religious fervour &#8216;but under coercion or brainwashing&#8217;, an editorial in a leading English daily said Tuesday.



Another editorial welcomed the &#8216;change&#8217; in that the interior [...]]]></description>
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		<title>No terrorist group behind New York shootout: Police</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 05 Apr 2009 03:42:42 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Arun Kumar</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[WASHINGTON - No terrorist group was behind the shooting rampage at an immigration services centre in New York State where a lone gunman killed 13 people and then shot himself, police said Saturday.



Reports of a tie to a terrorist group aren&#8217;t true, Binghamton Police chief Joseph Zikuski said in a televised press conference.


Pakistan&#8217;s top Taliban [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Nine  militants enter Punjab to carry out Manawan  like  attack: Pak intelligence</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 04 Apr 2009 17:37:42 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ani</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[ISLAMABAD - Days after intelligence agencies  warned that over a dozen terrorists have entered Islamabad and Lahore in the  garb of religious preachers, intelligence sources  have  now revealed  that  nine militants have sneaked into Punjab  and  are planning  to  carry  out attacks similar to [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Mehsud&#8217;s  threat  to target White House is  credible:  Terrorism experts</title>
		<link>http://blog.taragana.com/n/mehsuds-threat-to-target-white-house-is-credible-terrorism-experts-24336/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 01 Apr 2009 19:29:07 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ani</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[WASHINGTON - The threat given by  Pakistan  Taliban commander  Baitullah Mehsud to target the White House  and  other important  places in the United States must be  taken  seriously, terrorism experts have said.

Mehsud  told a foreign news agency on Tuesday that soon he  would launch  [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Pak Taliban chief threatens &#8220;spectacular&#8221; strike in Washington that will amaze the world</title>
		<link>http://blog.taragana.com/n/pak-taliban-chief-threatens-spectacular-strike-in-washington-that-will-amaze-the-world-23861/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 31 Mar 2009 18:17:17 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ani</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[DERA ISMAIL KHAN - The Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) chief Baitullah Mehsud has warned of a spectacular terror strike on Washington in the near future.

&#8220;Soon we will launch an attack in Washington that will amaze everyone in the world,&#8221; Mehsud told a foreign news agency over telephone, Fox News reports.
Mehsud also claimed responsibility for Monday&#8217;s terror [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Taliban claims responsibility for Lahore attack</title>
		<link>http://blog.taragana.com/n/taliban-claims-responsibility-for-lahore-attack-23740/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 31 Mar 2009 15:11:09 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ians</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[ISLAMABAD - The Taliban has claimed responsibility for the attack on a police training academy in Lahore Monday, a media report said Tuesday.



Baitullah Mehsud, leader of the banned Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan, confirmed that his group carried out the attack but did not give details, said Geo News TV channel.


A group of heavily armed terrorists Monday stormed [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Taliban leader says US troops in Afghanistan &#8220;absolute target&#8221;</title>
		<link>http://blog.taragana.com/n/taliban-leader-says-us-troops-in-afghanistan-absolute-target-19849/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 20 Mar 2009 17:44:08 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ani</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[LAHORE - Taliban leader Maulvi Nazir has said that the  US  troops stationed in Afghanistan  were  &#8220;absolutely&#8221;  the group&#8217;s target.

&#8220;We  have  readied suicide bombers for them. They  cannot  escape us,&#8221; Maulvi Nazir told ABC News in an interview, sitting in front of the mountains that separate [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Suspected US drone attack kills six in Pakistan</title>
		<link>http://blog.taragana.com/n/suspected-us-drone-attack-kills-six-in-pakistan-7687/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 14 Feb 2009 06:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Xinhua</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[ISLAMABAD - At least six people were killed and eight injured in a suspected US drone attack in northwestern Pakistan Saturday, Dawn TV reported.



The suspected drone fired two missiles at a house in Jangry area of Lada tehsil of South Waziristan tribal area bordering Afghanistan, said the report.


The targeted house was located in an area [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Zardari suppressing Benazir probe: PPP leaders</title>
		<link>http://blog.taragana.com/n/zardari-suppressing-benazir-probe-ppp-leaders-7475/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 27 Dec 2008 06:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ians</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[LONDON - Pakistani President Asif Ali Zardari may be suppressing the investigation into the assassination of his wife Benazir Bhutto, a British newspaper reported Saturday quoting members of his own ruling party.



&#8216;It is intriguing why the government has not even ordered any investigation into Ms Bhutto&#8217;s killing,&#8217; Safdar Abbasi, a senator belonging to the Pakistan [...]]]></description>
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		<title>India wants Pakistan to act against terror, rejects war hysteria</title>
		<link>http://blog.taragana.com/n/india-wants-pakistan-to-act-against-terror-rejects-war-hysteria-10450/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.taragana.com/n/india-wants-pakistan-to-act-against-terror-rejects-war-hysteria-10450/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 23 Dec 2008 06:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Manish Chand</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[NEW DELHI/ISLAMABAD - With Pakistan denying any link to the lone surviving Mumbai attacker, India Tuesday cautioned against &#8216;creating war hysteria&#8217; and asked Islamabad to address the real issue of &#8216;dismantling the terror machine&#8217; in that country.



Taking a long-range view, New Delhi also indicated its preference for diplomatic options by asking the international community to [...]]]></description>
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