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Taliban, US wrestle for the upper hand By Syed Saleem Shahzad KARACHI - On the face of it, there is no basic change in the situation on the ground in the war theater in Afghanistan and Pakistan. The United States-led war machine is the same, the pattern of the Taliban's attacks is the same and ...
Partnership for Progress
Partnership for Progress
americanprogress.org — Advancing a New Strategy for Prosperity and Stability in Pakistan and the Region By Caroline Wadhams ,... Brian Katulis , Lawrence J. Korb , Colin Cookman | November 17, 2008 Download the full report (pdf) Pakistan lies at the nexus of one the world's ... (more) Partnership for Progress
Is Pakistani Intelligence Involved in the Terrorist Attacks in India?
weeklystandard.com — In some ways, today’s terrorist attacks in Mumbai (Bombay), India are unremarkable. India has been repeatedly attacked... in recent years. Pakistani and Kashmiri based terrorist groups, as well as so-called homegrown terrorists, kill up to hundreds ... (more) Is Pakistani Intelligence Involved in the Terrorist ...
Al Qaeda operative Rashid Rauf reported killed in North Waziristan strike
Al Qaeda operative Rashid Rauf reported killed in North Waziristan strike
longwarjournal.org — Rashid Rauf. Click to view. Today's early morning airstrike by unmanned US Predator aircraft in Pakistan's Taliban-run... North Waziristan tribal agency is said to have killed senior al Qaeda operative Rashid Rauf and another al ... (more) Al Qaeda operative Rashid Rauf reported killed in North ...
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Beware Of Working With Pakistan's ISI
Weekly Standard Blog — ... , elements within Pakistan's dysfunctional Inter-Services Intelligence agency (or ISI) continue to support the Taliban and al Qaeda inside Afghanistan. The ISI also supports the extremists inside Pakistan. U.S. intelligence and the leadership of the ISI plan to dismantle the extremist support network inside Pakistan, according to the Asia Times. The main targets are former ISI chief Lieutenant General Hamid Gul, who is considered the father of the Taliban, and Squadron Leader Khalid Khawaja, a retired ISI official: ...

Pakistan, US coordinate strikes against the Taliban
The Long War Journal — ... Operation Lionheart was launched just as a report of increased cooperation between the US and Pakistan’s Inter-Services Intelligence agency, according to a report in the Asia Times. ...

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