Police say 2 killed after rockets hit residential area of Pakistan’s Peshawar cityPESHAWAR, Pakistan — A barrage of rockets hit a residential area of Pakistan’s northwestern Peshawar city in a brazen pre-dawn attack Tuesday, killing two civilians and wounding 10 others, police said. Pakistani Taliban deputy Hakimullah calls AP after reports he’s dead, says militants unitedDERA ISMAIL KHAN, Pakistan —Pakistani Taliban deputy Hakimullah has called The Associated Press following reports that he was killed during a clash among militants seeking to succeed the group’s leader. Pakistan worried al-Qaida may try to install its own head of country’s Taliban networkISLAMABAD — Al-Qaida wants to choose the next Pakistani Taliban leader to replace Baitullah Mehsud, a top Pakistani official said — a move that could help the terror group maintain its sanctuaries near the Afghan border. 115,458 displaced Swat families have returned home since July 13PESHAWAR - Around 115,458 displaced families from Swat, Malakand and other conflict-hit areas have returned home since the process of rehabilitation began on July 13. US, Pakistan increasingly believe Mehsud dead; reports of bloody succession feud unclearISLAMABAD —The U.S. and Pakistan are almost certain a U.S. missile strike killed the head of Pakistan’s Taliban and that his death led to a fierce power struggle among his deputies, officials said Sunday, despite claims and counterclaims as to the fate of the country’s most wanted man. US, Pakistan increasingly believe Mehsud dead; reports of bloody succession feud unclearISLAMABAD —The U.S. and Pakistan are almost certain a U.S. missile strike killed the head of Pakistan’s Taliban and that his death led to a fierce power struggle among his deputies, officials said Sunday, despite claims and counterclaims as to the fate of the country’s most wanted man. Pak unlikely to act tough on banned outfits: EditorialPESHAWAR - Even as Pakistan’s Interior Minister Rehman Malik told the National Assembly that 25 extremist organisations stood blacklisted by Islamabad for “their involvement in terrorist activities”, strict action then against remains to be seen, an Daily Times editorial says. No parliamentary resolution needed to prosecute Musharraf: Pak legal expertsPESHAWAR - There is no need to pass a new parliamentary resolution to prosecute former Pakistani dictator Pervez Musharraf and his courtiers, as a High Treason (Punishment Act) already exists, Pakistani legal experts have said. We killed 167 Taliban in two months: Dir LashkarPESHAWAR - A local lashkar (tribal militia) in Pakistan’s Upper Dir region has claimed to have killed at least 167 Taliban militants in last two months. Bus plunges into river in Pakistan; 34 people missing and feared deadPESHAWAR, Pakistan — A bus veered off a narrow mountain road and plunged into a river in northern Pakistan on Thursday, leaving about 34 people, including 26 soldiers, missing and presumed dead, authorities said. Bombings kill five militants in PakistanPESHAWAR - At least five militants were killed Monday when Pakistani fighter jets bombed Taliban hideouts in the northwestern part of the country, a media report said. Pakistan police lodge sedition charges against cleric who negotiated failed Swat peace dealISLAMABAD — Pakistani authorities lodged a criminal case Sunday against a cleric who helped negotiate a failed peace deal with the Swat Valley Taliban, suggesting the government is determined not to negotiate again with the militants. Parents reluctant to send girls back to ‘reopened’ Swat schools citing security fearsPESHAWAR - The government of Pakistan’s NWFP province has announced the opening of schools from Saturday, but most parents are hesitant about sending their daughters to the tent schools without proper security arrangements. Educational institutes in Swat to reopen SaturdayPESHAWAR - All educational institutions in the war-affected areas of Swat and two other districts in Pakistan’s restive northwest will reopen Saturday, with teachers being directed to ensure their attendance or face strict departmental action. Sufi Mohammad, two sons grilled at Peshawar jailPESHAWAR - Pakistan Intelligence authorities have started interrogation of theTehreek-e-Nifaz-e-Shariat-e-Muhammadi (TNSM) chief Sufi Mohammad and his two sons Rizwanullah and Ziaullah at the Central Prison here, The Daily Times reports. In 1991 case in Pakistan, US terror suspect nearly lost a hand and a foot in Islamic courtPESHAWAR, Pakistan — Nearly two decades ago, an Islamic court sentenced Daniel Patrick Boyd to lose a hand and foot as punishment for robbing a bank in Pakistan’s rough-and-tumble northwest. From high school lineman to Islamist ‘Sword of God,’ mixed picture emerges of alleged jihadistRALEIGH, N.C. — When someone in the Raleigh area needed a sheep or goat slaughtered according to Islamic law, Daniel Boyd was the man to see. Pressure forces Taliban chief into talks with PakistanPESHAWAR - Taliban chief Baitullah Mehsud, whose grim rule in Pakistan’s tribal district of South Waziristan is marked by suicide bombings and throat-slitting, has contacted the government through mediators for peace talks, official and tribal sources say. Sufi Mohammad to be tried only after adequate proof against him is gathered: ANPPESHAWAR - Tehrik Nifaz Shariat-e-Muhammadi (TNSM) chief Sufi Mohammad would only be tried after adequate evidences are gathered against him, an Awami National Party (ANP) leader has said. 200 boys groomed as suicide bombers rescued in PakistanPESHAWAR - Two-hundred boys, who were being trained at a secret location to carry out suicide attacks, were rescued by the security forces in northwest Pakistan, a media report said Monday. Pak investigators begin interrogation of Sufi MohammadPESHAWAR - Investigators in Pakistan have begun interrogating Sufi Mohammad, a day after he was arrested for making anti-government statements. Pakistan probes Taliban links of hardline cleric who brokered failed Swat peace dealPESHAWAR, 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. Pakistan arrests influential pro-Taliban cleric who brokered failed Swat peace dealISLAMABAD — Police arrested an influential pro-Taliban cleric on Sunday who had brokered a failed peace deal in northern Pakistan’s troubled Swat Valley, an indication the government will no longer negotiate with militants. Taliban leader Sufi Muhammad arrested in PakistanPESHAWAR - In a major development, Pakistani police on Sunday claimed to have arrested Sufi Muhammad, the chief of Tehreek-e-Nifaz-e-Shariat-e-Muhammadi (TNSM), along with his two sons-Rizwanullah and Ziaullah for fomenting violence and terror. Case of US al-Qaida recruit may point terrorism fight toward civilian legal systemNEW YORK — When the American-born al-Qaida recruit Bryant Neal Vinas was captured in Pakistan late last year, he wasn’t whisked off to a military prison or a secret CIA facility in another country to be interrogated. AP Sources: American informant was ‘gold mine’ of al-Qaida secretsNEW YORK — When the American-born al-Qaida recruit Bryant Neal Vinas was captured in Pakistan late last year, he wasn’t whisked off to a military prison or a secret CIA facility in another country to be interrogated. TNSM chief Sufi Mohammad resurfaces in PeshawarPESHAWAR - After being mysteriously declared missing at the start of the military offensive in the Swat and Malakand Divisions, the ehreek-e-Nifaz-e-Shariat-e-Muhammadi (TNSM) chief Sufi Mohammad has reportedly resurfaced in Peshawar. Taliban claims Fazlullah is alive, vows to continue ‘jihad’PESHAWAR - The Taliban has rejected reports about its Swat commander Mullah Fazlullah being seriously injured, and has vowed to continue its ‘jihad’. ‘Reconstruction of offensive-hit Swat will take three years’PESHAWAR - As the World Bank and the Asian Development Bank continue with their damage assessment of the Swat region following the offensive against the Taliban, Pakistan has estimated that the reconstruction process of the militancy-hit region will take three years. Military: More than 56 militants killed in clashes in northwest PakistanPESHAWAR, Pakistan — Three days of clashes between security forces and militants in northwest Pakistan near the Afghan border left more than 56 militants and six soldiers dead, the military said Tuesday. |
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