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en-us2009-11-08T08:27:39-05:00Suicide bomber kills anti-Taliban leader, 12 others near Peshawar
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The attack killed a mayor who had raised a militia to battle the Taliban.Bill Roggio2009-11-08T08:27:39-05:00Iraqi forces search for Qods Force agents
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Security officials in Al Kut have launched a search for four known Iranian Qods Force operatives.]]>Bill Roggio2009-11-07T02:28:43-05:00Pakistani Army enters key Taliban town
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Soldiers have begun to clear the town of Makeen, where slain Taliban commander Baitullah Mehsud based his operations.Bill Roggio2009-11-06T14:11:39-05:00Two US paratroopers missing in western Afghanistan
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Two US paratroopers from the 82nd Airborne Division went missing during a resupply mission. Twenty-five Coalition troops have been wounded during a search for the soldiers.Bill Roggio2009-11-06T11:45:27-05:00US Army major behind Fort Hood murders expressed sympathy for Islamic terrorists
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Major Nidal Malik Hasan, the US officer who killed 11 soldiers and wounded 31 more during a shooting spree, likened suicide bombers to a soldier diving on a grenade and, according to a former co-worker, supported attacks against US troops at home and abroad.]]>Bill Roggio2009-11-05T21:50:00-05:00Army retakes fort in South Waziristan
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The Ladha Fort was abandoned by the Frontier Corps during the summer of 2008 after the Taliban besieged the region. The Army said 28 Taliban fighters have been killed during fighting over the past day.Bill Roggio2009-11-05T10:22:55-05:00US kills 4 in North Waziristan airstrike
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Unmanned aircraft targeted al Qaeda and Taliban operatives in the Mir Ali region.]]>Bill Roggio2009-11-04T21:09:32-05:00Pakistani troops enter another Taliban-held town
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Heavy fighting has been reported in Ladha as soldiers have entered the Taliban stronghold. Two suicide bombers were killed in Hangu.Bill Roggio2009-11-04T16:59:39-05:00Pakistan captures two Taliban strongholds in South Waziristan
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The military said the towns of Kanigoram and China are secured and that Sararogha is in the process of being cleared. The Taliban claim to have conducted strategic withdrawals from the region and to be preserving their forces to fight "a long war."]]>Bill Roggio2009-11-03T11:21:06-05:00Suicide bomber kills 34 Pakistanis in Rawalpindi
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The blast took place in a high-security area populated by hotels and military installations. The government has offered bounties for Taliban leaders.Bill Roggio2009-11-02T07:35:49-05:00Pakistani Army surrounds major Taliban strongholds in South Waziristan
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The military said Makeen and Sararogha are now surrounded while troops have cleared half of Kanigoram.Bill Roggio2009-11-01T20:34:42-05:00US moves on domestic jihadis
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A high number of terrorist plots have been disrupted in the US this year. Several of the Islamists who have been detained have been traced back to Pakistan's tribal areas.]]> Wes Bruer2009-11-01T16:10:21-05:00Haqqani Network, al Qaeda, behind attack on UN guesthouse in Kabul
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The attack was a joint operation between the Haqqani Network and the Lashkar al Zil. Siraj Haqqani and Ajmal, a senior Lashkar al Zil commander, have been implicated by Afghan intelligence.Bill Roggio2009-11-01T08:54:55-05:00Fighting spreads in Pakistan's northwest
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In Khyber, seven Pakistani troops were killed in an IED attack. In South Waziristan, 21 Taliban fighters and two soldiers were killed as the military closes in on Sararogha. And in Arakzai, 12 Taliban were killed in strikes.Bill Roggio2009-10-31T08:15:39-05:00Pakistani troops advance on Uzbek stronghold in South Waziristan
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Soldiers are close to surrounding the town of Kanigoram, the scene of two Predator strikes this year. The passport of an al Qaeda operative involved in the 9/11 attacks has been found by the military at a camp in Sherwangi.Bill Roggio2009-10-29T22:52:54-05:00