Fighting, peace talks resume in Swat; military demoralized
The Pakistani military is holed up in compounds as the government seeks to cut a deal with Taliban leader Mauluna Fazlullah.
Monthly Archives: October 2007
Pakistan
Pakistan: Bhutto plans to leave the country
Al Qaeda
Exiled Somali Islamist leader backs insurgents
Taliban surrounded in Afghanistan’s Kandahar and Helmand provinces
Over 200 Taliban are believed to be surrounded in a district near Kandahar City, while Afghan and NATO troops are trying to turn a Taliban leader in the stronghold of Musa Qala.
Europe
A Spanish court handed out mixed verdicts on the March 11 Madrid bombing case. Twenty-one of the 28 defendants received guilty charges, only three were charged with conducting mass-murder attacks. Rabei Osman, an Egyptian who bragged about plotting the attacks, was acquitted.
Pakistan
Fighting has resumed in Swat. Four soldiers were killed an IED attack in Bannu, while four were wounded in an IED attack in Mir Ali in North Waziristan. Six were wounded in a bombing at an NGO office in Battagram. Dara Adam Khel is becoming a Taliban safe haven. The Supreme Court directed the government […]
Iran
US to face ‘quagmire™ if attacks Iran: IRGC commander
Lebanon
Syria denies plotting young Hariri assassination