Pakistan
Pakistan playing cynical game with CIA contractor, says official
Monthly Archives: February 2011
ISAF statement on the withdrawal from Pech Valley
US Army Sergeant David M. Pooler, of 1st Platoon, Able Company, 2nd Battalion, 503rd Infantry Regiment, 173rd Airborne Brigade Combat Team, scans the area across the Kunar River as he provides security in the Noorgal district of Kunar province, Afghanistan, May 1, 2010 as part of a community development council meeting. US Army photo by […]
Afghanistan
Afghanistan – ISAF plans ‘better targeting’ of insurgents in border regions
Afghanistan
‘Increasing Taliban violence mirrors government weakness’ – Afghan opposition leader
Pakistan attempts to trade CIA contractor for convicted al Qaeda operative Aafia Siddiqui
ABC News reported today that Pakistan attempted to exchange CIA contractor Raymond Davis for convicted al Qaeda operative Aafia Siddiqui. This should come as no surprise, as speculation about a possible prisoner exchange first appeared in the Pakistani press just days after Davis’ arrest. ABC News reports: The government of Pakistan offered to trade a […]
Pakistan
Police arrested 45 people whose phone numbers were on Raymond Davis’ cell phone. Pakistan attempted to trade Davis for convicted al Qaeda operative Aafia Siddiqui.
Afghanistan
The Taliban killed four ISAF soldiers in attacks in the south, east, and west, and executed two Afghan contractors in Kandahar. Security forces captured a Taliban commander in Kandahar.
Afghanistan
The CIA and Pakistan’s ISI: on the high ground