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Pakistan closes border crossing to NATO traffic

The political agent in Khyber suspends shipments into Afghanistan after a rash of hijackings. Security in Khyber deteriorates.


US targets compound in North Waziristan

Twelve people, including five "foreigners," are reported to have been killed in the latest airstrike in Pakistan's tribal areas.


Iranian diplomat kidnapped in Peshawar

The Taliban are penetrating high-security areas and have intelligence on the movement of foreign diplomats and aid workers.


Taliban murder US citizen, launch suicide attack in northwestern Pakistan

A US aid worker was shot outside of his home in Peshawar; a suicide bomber detonated outside a high school in Charsadda,


Suicide bombing kills 3 in Peshawar

The targets of the attack appear to have been the chief minister and the governor of the Northwest Frontier Province.


A Profile of Mangal Bagh

Manzar Zaidi takes an in-depth look at the chief of Khyber agency's Lashkar-i-Islam.


Taliban hijack NATO convoy in Pakistan

Baitullah Mehsud's fighters parade a captured US Humvee through Khyber after seizing 13 containers filled with NATO supplies.


Report: US aircraft strike in Pakistan's Khyber agency

US fighters and artillery targeted Taliban fighters in hot pursuit after Afghan forces along the border were attacked.


US Predators strike al Qaeda camp in North Waziristan

Up to 14 killed in the first cross-border attack in Pakistan's tribal areas in one week. Three of al Qaeda's top 20 leaders have been killed in recent strikes, said General Petraeus.


Suicide bomber strikes at Pakistani tribal meeting in Bajaur

Twenty-two tribal members were killed and more than 45 were wounded in the attack on the Salarzai tribal meeting. The Salarzai have raised local militias to fight the Taliban.


Taliban suicide attack kills seven in Pakistan's northwest

The attack is the fifth suicide bombing in 10 days that targeted the police and the paramilitary Frontier Corps in the Northwest Frontier Province.


Suicide attack in South Waziristan threatens government's truce with Taliban

Eight paramilitary troops were killed in the attack on a Frontier Corps checkpoint. The bombing comes two days after Mullah Nazir escaped a US Predator strike.


Senior al Qaeda leader thought killed in North Waziristan strike

Officials believe Abu Jihad al Masri was one of several al Qaeda operatives killed in yesterday's strikes in North and South Waziristan. He is the leader of the Egyptian Islamic Group, sits on al Qaeda's Shura Majlis, and serves as an operational and intelligence chief.


US Predators strike again in Waziristan

Six "foreigners" and one Taliban operative are killed in today's second airstrike that reportedly targeted Islamic Movement of Uzbekistan chief Tahir Yuldashev and Mullah Nazir in South Waziristan. Nazir is said to have been wounded in the strike.


US strikes kill al Qaeda operatives in North & South Waziristan

Abu Kasha served as a key link between al Qaeda's Shura Majlis and the Taliban, as well as involved in al Qaeda's external operations. Khalid Habib is also reported to have been killed in an Oct. 16 airstrike.


Senior Taliban commander reported killed in US strike

Unconfirmed reports indicate Haji Omar Khan, a senior Taliban leader who has strong ties to Mullah Omar, has been killed in the Oct. 26 strike.


US targets Taliban "facility" in South Waziristan

The strike is the third in inside tribal areas run by Baitullah Mehsud this year.


Taliban attack tribal meeting in Swat

Seven local tribal members are killed and more than 60 are kidnapped. The attack highlights the shortcomings of Pakistan's tribal strategy.


Report: Taliban spokesman claimed killed in Bajaur

Unconfirmed reports from Bajaur say Tehrik-i-Taliban spokesman killed in Bajaur offensive. Military claims victory in Taliban-controlled region that it claimed to control twice during the past several months.


Pakistan on the Taliban: "Dialogue must now be the highest priority"

A unanimous 14-point resolution passed by parliament on extremism in Pakistan stresses talks and fails to mention a counterinsurgency plan for the turbulent northwest.