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Pakistan's War: On the Front Line - 5 Jan 08 - Part 3 (video)
In the second part of his special series Pakistan's War, Rageh Omaar gets exclusive access to the Pakistani army in their full-scale military offensive again...
Taliban sever NATO supply line through Pakistan's northwest
Taliban sever NATO supply line through Pakistan's northwest
longwarjournal.org — Taliban commander Hakeemullah Mehsud is behind the attacks on NATO convoys in Khyber and Peshawar. Photo provided... to The Long War Journal by Bill Longley. NATO's main supply route through the Khyber Pass in the northwest has ... (more) Taliban sever NATO supply line through Pakistan's northwest
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Pakistan's intel agency behind Mumbai attack: Indian FM
longwarjournal.org — India has directly accused Pakistan's intelligence services as having a direct hand in the November 2008 terror... assault on the city of Mumbai. Foreign Secretary Shivshankar Menon said the Mumbai attack and last year's deadly suicide attack on the ... (more) Pakistan's intel agency behind Mumbai attack: Indian FM
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Pakistani Army v. the Taliban
Weekly Standard Blog — The Pakistani military is yet again on the offensive against the Taliban in the district of Swat, which is well outside of the tribal areas bordering Afghanistan. This is the third time the military has tried to eject the Taliban in the past two years. The two previous efforts ultimately failed, despite more than a division of Pakistani forces deployed in the small region. There are three reasons for past Pakistani Army failures. One, the Taliban are organized to fight in military formations and are fighting fiercely. Two, the Pakistani Army has no aptitude to fight a counterinsurgency and over relies on airstrikes and artillery to dislodge the Taliban. This causes ...

Al Qaeda's paramilitary 'Shadow Army'
The Long War Journal — At least one squad of the joint Taliban-al Qaeda Shadow Army operating in Swat. Al Qaeda has reorganized its notorious paramilitary formations that were devastated during the US invasion of Afghanistan in 2001 and 2002. Al Qaeda has reestablished the predominantly Arab ...

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US, Afghans, Pakistan see 'common threat'
Democratic Underground Latest Breaking News — Source: AFP WASHINGTON (AFP) — Afghanistan, Pakistan and the United States vowed Thursday to fight a common threat of terrorism, pledging to chart out a new strategy despite sharp differences simmering below the surface. US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton said the three countries would hold a regular dialogue after she met in Washington with the South Asian neighbors' foreign ministers for talks she called "valuable and unprecedented. Our three nations have a common goal, a common threat and a common task. And my government commits itself to our friends and to the success of this common endeavor," Clinton told reporters. She said the next trilateral talks were set tentatively ...

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