Pakistan – Pakistan starts critical offensive against Taliban (Park Hills Daily Journal)
Pakistan starts critical offensive against Taliban (Park Hills Daily Journal)
DERA ISMAIL KHAN, Pakistan (AP) Pakistani soldiers attacked militant bases in the main al-Qaida and Taliban stronghold along the Afghan border Saturday as the nuclear-armed country launched its most critical offensive yet against insurgents threatening its stability.
Peshawar Pakistan car bomb kills 12 amid signs of Taliban dissension (The Christian Science Monitor)
Pakistan’s army kept up its offensive in South Waziristan, as a Taliban leader warned his followers not to run from the fight and a bomb in Peshawar killed 12.
10 killed in blast in Pakistan’s Peshawar: official (People’s Daily)
At least 10 people were killed Sunday in a blast in the northwestern Pakistani city of Peshawar, officials said. Information Minister of the North West Frontier Province (NWFP) Mian Iftikhar Hussain told reporters that it was a suicide attack, which also injured some 20 others. The blast occurred in a livestock market in Adizai on the outskirts of Peshawar. Local Mayor Abdul Malik and his nephew …
Pakistan: 8 killed in suicide attack in Peshawar (NDTV)
A suicide bomber struck at a packed market on the outskirts of Peshawar on Sunday, killing at least eight persons – including a local Mayor believed to be the target of the attack – and injuring 31. The attack comes nearly two weeks after a massive car bombing in the northwestern Pakistani city left nearly 120 people dead.
Seymour M. Hersh: In an unstable Pakistan, can nuclear warheads be kept safe? (The New Yorker)
In the tumultuous days leading up to the Pakistan Army s ground offensive in the tribal area of South Waziristan, which began on October 17th, the Pakistani Taliban attacked what should have been some of the country s best-guarded targets. In the most brazen strike, ten gunmen . . .
Suicide attack in Pakistan’s Peshawar city; 8 killed (Hindustan Times)
A suicide bomber struck at a packed market on the outskirts of Peshawar on Sunday killing at least eight persons, including a local Mayor believed to be the target of the attack, and injuring 31, nearly two weeks after a massive car bombing in the northwestern Pakistani city left nearly 120 people dead.
Pakistani army enters last of targeted Taliban strongholds (The Durango Herald)
ISLAMABAD, Pakistan – The Pakistani army entered the last of three militant strongholds targeted by a major offensive in the northwest on Friday, as gunmen wounded a senior army officer and a soldier in the capital.
Peshawar Suicide Bomb Kills 12, Pakistan Minister Hussain Says (Bloomberg)
Nov. 8 (Bloomberg) — At least 12 people were killed and 35 injured in a suicide bombing attack in Pakistan s Peshawar city, said Mian Iftikhar Hussain , minister of information in the Northwest Frontier Province.
Seymour Hersh: Can An Unstable Pakistan Keep Safe Its Nuclear Arsenal? (The Huffington Post)
What’s Your Reaction? In the tumultuous days leading up to the Pakistan Army’s ground offensive in the tribal area of South Waziristan, which began on October 17th, the Pakistani Taliban attacked what should have been some of the country’s best-guarded targets.
US, Pakistan negotiate nuke security deal: report (AFP via Yahoo! News)
The United States has been negotiating highly sensitive understandings with the Pakistani military about the security of Pakistan’s nuclear arsenal, investigative journalist Seymour Hersh reported in the latest issue of The New Yorker magazine.
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