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We must keep in mind that just because a few Arabs or Uzbeks are operating within our country does not mean all Arabs or Uzbeks are against Pakistan. These are just the few that happen to be recruited by RAW....as soon as I saw the word "Uzbek" on the side of taliban I knew this was an unnatural Indian/Karzai/ US brokered alliance.

Is it just apparent to me?

Who knows, many times Israeli's pose as Arabs. It's not hard to get a fake passport and plant misleading information on yourself.
 
Kharian

Not necessarily - recall IMU and Qari Tahir Yuldash - Uzbek contingents are among the fiercest, barbaric in their cruelty, fighters in the AQ allied units.
 
Kharian

Not necessarily - recall IMU and Qari Tahir Yuldash - Uzbek contingents are among the fiercest, barbaric in their cruelty, fighters in the AQ allied units.


I also know of many Uzbeks who served Pakistan faithfully in all 3 wars and most notably during the Soviet incursions. The Uzbeks that are AQ allied are an enemy to Uzbekistan and everyone else as well. We've all concluded by now that AQ and taliban are a menace to society and have no right in representing other Muslims or nations with their miscalculated and barbaric actions.
 
Missile attack from drone kills 13 in Pakistan

ISLAMABAD, Pakistan (CNN) -- A missile fired from a drone aircraft killed at least 13 people and wounded five others Friday in a village in northwest Pakistan near the Afghan border, according to Pakistani intelligence sources.
The missile strike happened in a region of Pakistan that is rife with Islamic extremism. Previous missile strikes there have targeted members of al Qaeda and suspected Taliban militants.

Two missiles hit the North Waziristan village of Tola Khel, near the main town of Miranshah, early Friday, according to Allah Zaman, a security official in Miranshah.

A missile attack on the compound of a key Taliban commander in northwestern Pakistan Monday killed 25 people, including the newly appointed al Qaeda chief in Pakistan, Abu Haris, a guard who was also wounded in the attack told CNN Tuesday.
 
Bastards, they are enemies of humanity!

Taliban behead two abducted police recruits

September 12, 2008. HANGU: The Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) has killed two of the 30 police recruits kidnapped near Hangu a week ago, officials said on Thursday. Beheaded bodies of the two recruits were found in the Shahoo Wam area and officials of the Police Training Centre (PTC) Hangu identified them as Irshad and Azizur Rehman. According to the officials, a letter found with the bodies warned that the other captives would face a similar fate if the government did not release the Taliban arrested in Darra and other areas. Meanwhile a bomb blast damaged the house of former NWFP minister Ghaniur Rehman and provincial assembly member Atiqur Rehman late on Wednesday. staff report
 
Rawalpindi, September 12: Namaz-e-Jinaza of Major Asad Akbar, who embraced shahadat on Thursday in Bajaur was held at his native village Qasmi in district Mardan. He was laid to rest with full military honours.
Major Asad was fighting gallantly and went close to militants’ location, on 11 September at Tang Khata, in Bajaur, to evict them from the area. Meanwhile, his own location came under heavy fire in which he embraced shahadat.
Major Asad Akbar was commissioned in 25 Punjab Regiment on 22nd April 2000. He had a brilliant Military career. He is survived by his wife and a one month old son.




Major Asad Akbar, Punjab Regiment who embraced shahadat in Bajaur on Thursday. (12-9-2008) Photo ISPR
 

* Jets and helicopters pound Taliban bunkers​

KHAR: At least 85 ‘heavily armed’ terrorists were killed in an air and land offensive in Bajaur Agency on Friday, a Frontier Corps (FC) statement said.

In an encounter with terrorists at Inayat Qila, the troops backed by air, killed 60 terrorists and destroyed 16 vehicles, said the press statement issued by the Media Cell at the FC headquarters.

During a heavy exchange of fire with terrorists in the area around Loyesam, Combat Aviation killed another 25 and destroyed five vehicles, said the statement.

Helicopter gunships and jets pounded rebel bunkers in the Rashakai, Kerala and Taang Khata areas, 10 kilometres northwest of Khar.

According to Dawn News, terrorists were moving to Mohmand Agency and Lower Dir with some of them taking refuge in camps for the locals who had fled the area because of the military operation.

The government has deployed regular army to the stepped-up offensive following a failed attempt by the paramilitary forces to take control of Loyesam, a stronghold of the Taliban near the Afghan border.

“There is no let-up in the offensive. The terrorists are under attack from all sides and the sky,” said a Khar resident. staff report/agencies/daily times monitor
 

* Jets and helicopters pound Taliban bunkers​

KHAR: At least 85 ‘heavily armed’ terrorists were killed in an air and land offensive in Bajaur Agency on Friday, a Frontier Corps (FC) statement said.

In an encounter with terrorists at Inayat Qila, the troops backed by air, killed 60 terrorists and destroyed 16 vehicles, said the press statement issued by the Media Cell at the FC headquarters.

During a heavy exchange of fire with terrorists in the area around Loyesam, Combat Aviation killed another 25 and destroyed five vehicles, said the statement.

Helicopter gunships and jets pounded rebel bunkers in the Rashakai, Kerala and Taang Khata areas, 10 kilometres northwest of Khar.

According to Dawn News, terrorists were moving to Mohmand Agency and Lower Dir with some of them taking refuge in camps for the locals who had fled the area because of the military operation.

The government has deployed regular army to the stepped-up offensive following a failed attempt by the paramilitary forces to take control of Loyesam, a stronghold of the Taliban near the Afghan border.

“There is no let-up in the offensive. The terrorists are under attack from all sides and the sky,” said a Khar resident. staff report/agencies/daily times monitor

WHO are these people? Are they Pakistani nationals? If yes, then attack is not going to help, you kill hundred, other thousand will be ready to fight. I feel frustrated when get to know Muslims are killing Muslims in a scenario when whole world is against Muslims.
When Muslims are getting killed in an Islamic nation, then you can say its biggest failure of that nation. You can not even say that hundreds of thousand people are terrorists, its ideological corruption and going to be very harmful for nation.
 
WHO are these people? Are they Pakistani nationals? If yes, then attack is not going to help, you kill hundred, other thousand will be ready to fight. I feel frustrated when get to know Muslims are killing Muslims in a scenario when whole world is against Muslims.
When Muslims are getting killed in an Islamic nation, then you can say its biggest failure of that nation. You can not even say that hundreds of thousand people are terrorists, its ideological corruption and going to be very harmful for nation.

It was foreseen that this would happen to our people. Freemasons running the show in Muslim nations, first in Arab world, then Turkey now Pakistan. Baysharam leaders.
 
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* Jets and helicopters pound Taliban bunkers​


12 Sep 2008
By Paul Eckert, Asia Correspondent

WASHINGTON, Sept 12 (Reuters) - Pakistan uses F-16 fighters to support a campaign against border militants and needs upgrades to be able to fly at night, a Pakistani official said on Friday.

The official underlined equipment needs and listed recent achievements fighting al Qaeda and Taliban insurgents ahead of a U.S. congressional hearing next week that will examine the utility of F-16s in U.S. ally Pakistan's war on terrorism.

Pakistan has flown nearly 100 missions during three weeks in August that produced some 500-550 Taliban casualties.

"These missions have been very focused, and since air power is always effective, the Taliban are very much upset about this and have retaliated," said the official, speaking on condition of anonymity.

"This campaign will last for some time," he told a small group of reporters.

The House of Representatives Foreign Affairs Subcommittee on the Middle East and South Asia will hold a hearing on Tuesday and grill Bush administration officials on the F-16 program with Pakistan and its utility in counterterrorism operations against al Qaeda and Taliban extremists.

The title of the hearing -- "Defeating al Qaeda's Air Force: Pakistan's F-16 Program in the Fight Against Terrorism" -- betrays lawmakers' skepticism and belief that Pakistan wants the advanced fighters to deploy against rival India, an analyst said.

In July, two senior Democratic Party lawmakers asked the Bush administration not to shift $226.5 million in U.S. counterterrorism aid to Pakistan to upgrade Pakistani F-16 fighters, saying they feared the plan diverted cash from more urgent counterterrorism efforts.

The Pakistani official said well-funded and well-armed militants had dug in with anti-aircraft guns that made it risky to use helicopters to support the army's fight against militant havens in the northwestern Baujur region.

Pakistani forces were "very much handicapped" by the lack of equipment to enable the F-16s to fly and fight at night, giving the militants the ability to regroup after daytime encounters, said the official.

"We are blind and they are moving at will," he said.

The debate takes place against the backdrop of long-standing U.S. criticism that Pakistan has not done enough to fight militants hiding in remote corners of that country and staging attacks against U.S. and NATO troops in Afghanistan.

The official called this criticism the "most damaging and demoralizing thing" after the Pakistan military had suffered 1,200 killed and 3,000 disabled in fours years of fighting in border areas.

"We are in this war as much as America," he said. (Editing by Xavier Briand)
 

ISLAMABAD, Pakistan (AP) — Pakistan's military killed at least 24 militants Saturday in clashes near the Afghan border where Taliban and al-Qaeda fighters are believed hiding, sending the death toll past 100 in four days of fighting.

The army has intensified ground and air attacks in an effort to flush out Taliban and local militants from the Bajur tribal region.

"Intense exchanges of fire took place throughout the day between security forces and the militants in Bajur," military spokesman Maj. Murad Khan said. "Heavy causalities were inflicted on the militants."

He had no figures. But Iqbal Khattak, a government official in the area, said security forces, backed by helicopter gunships and artillery, killed 24 militants. Khan Mohammed, an area resident, said the military was facing "unusual resistance."

Khan reported some areas were cleared of militants and the operation is continuing. He earlier said 72 militants and eight soldiers had been killed from Wednesday through Friday in the region.

Pakistan is a key ally in the U.S. war against terrorism, and Bajur is believed to serve as a safe haven for Taliban, al-Qaeda and Pakistani militants.

The region has been the site of several suspected U.S. missile attacks that have killed several al-Qaeda operatives, including close associates of al-Qaeda No. 2 leader Ayman al-Zawahri.

Although Pakistan has carried out several military operations in its tribal regions in recent years, the latest offensive in Bajur comes amid an increase in suspected U.S. missile attacks in Pakistan's tribal areas.

Pakistan has vowed to defend its territory since a U.S.-led ground assault killed at least 15 people earlier this month, prompting Islamabad to lodge a strong protest with the United States.

Pakistan's military and civil leadership and opposition parties are perturbed over reports that U.S. President George W. Bush secretly approved more aggressive cross-border operations in July.

Former Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif's party said Friday the change in policy could make it hard for Pakistan to maintain the close alliance with Washington forged by former President Pervez Musharraf.
 
US expert cautions against cross-border attacks

* Former Pentagon official says war should be ‘Pakistan’s war’

NEW YORK: An American foreign policy expert has cautioned the United States administration against repeating the cross-border attacks inside Pakistan, as this approach was not a long-term solution to terrorism.

"We need to get the Pakistanis to see this as their war, and that's going to require some major new initiatives on the American side. Commando raids and Predator strikes are not a long-term solution to this problem," said Bruce Riedel, a senior fellow at the Brookings Institution, a Washington-based think-tank.

In an interview with CFR.org, a website publication for the Council on Foreign Relations (CFR), Riedel, a former high-ranking Central Intelligence Agency and Pentagon official, said the recent US cross-border attacks from Afghanistan into Pakistan were risky, given the anti-Americanism in Pakistan. "In that kind of charged political atmosphere, these kinds of operations can easily further incite anti-Americanism," he added.

Riedel urged the administration to be "extremely cautious" in pushing for cross-border raids, "until we can get a new dialogue started". The next president, he said, should "work with the civilian government, show them we want democracy in Pakistan", and to "increase our assistance to Pakistan, especially in economic areas".

The export also stressed the need to get the Indians to work toward a Kashmir solution acceptable to all sides. He said the presence of Afghan president Hamid Karzai at President Asif Ali Zardari's swearing-in in Islamabad was a "hopeful sign". app

Daily Times - Leading News Resource of Pakistan
 
No matter how much Pakistan does, there are some blood-thirsty warmongers who’ll never be satisfied.


Official: Women among 32 dead in Pakistan clashes

By ZARAR KHAN – 2 hours ago

ISLAMABAD, Pakistan (AP) — Security forces backed by helicopter gunships and heavy artillery struck suspected militant hide-outs in northwest Pakistan, killing 32 people, including three women, an official said Monday.

The attack Sunday came in the latest round of a bloody military offensive that has reportedly killed hundreds of people in recent weeks in the Bajur tribal region bordering Afghanistan.

Bajur is a suspected hide-out of al-Qaida leader Osama bin Laden and one of the regions the U.S. fears is a safe haven for al-Qaida and Taliban fighters involved in attacks in Afghanistan.

The Pakistani military operation in Bajur comes amid tension with the U.S. over whether the Muslim nation is doing enough to root out insurgents from its territory and whether the U.S. should pursue its own unilateral strikes there.

Senior government official Iqbal Khattak said most of the dead Sunday were alleged militants but at least three were women. The information is difficult to confirm independently because of the region's remote and dangerous nature.

Security forces have used helicopter gunships, fighter jets and heavy artillery to attack suspected militant positions in various areas in Bajur, Khattak said.

In a statement late Sunday the military said ground forces had secured "areas up to Khazana and Nasirabad" and were advancing toward Loi Sam, a key focus of the operation.

The government said late last month that it would cease military operations in Bajur for the Muslim holy month of Ramadan, but reserved the right to retaliate against insurgent activities.

Army spokesman Maj. Gen. Athar Abbas said factors including persistent militant mortar attacks and threats to pro-government tribes prompted the military to restart its operation.

"It may take long, but this issue has to be resolved once and for all," Abbas said. "It may take a long time. We cannot just hand over this area to the Taliban."

A series of suspected U.S. missile strikes and an American-led ground assault in Pakistani territory in the northwest in recent days have prompted official protests from Pakistan's military and government.

Although Pakistan has vowed to defend its territorial integrity and publicly denounced U.S. incursions, top officials have indicated they would prefer to resolve the conflict through diplomatic means.

Pakistani President Asif Ali Zardari is expected to discuss the incursions with British Prime Minister Gordon Brown this week.

The Bajur operation in August forced a reported 300,000 people to flee to neighboring regions, but the announcement of a Ramadan halt in fighting led many to return. Now, people are again fleeing.

One resident, Abdul Malik, was heading Sunday to the Dir area north of Bajur with his wife and three children. He said they were trying to return to the relief camp they'd vacated upon hearing of the Ramadan suspension.

"This is more fierce fighting than before, and we don't know who is killing whom, as no big figure has been killed as yet, only innocent civilians," Malik said.

Associated Press writer Habib Khan in Khar contributed to this report.
 
A good terrorist is a dead terrorist! :cheers: for our troops!

Pakistan troops kill 19 Al-Qaeda linked militants: official

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KHAR, Pakistan (AFP) — At least 19 Al-Qaeda linked militants were killed Wednesday when Pakistani fighter aircraft bombarded their hideouts in a tribal region near the Afghan border, a security official said.

The casualties were in the rugged Bajaur region, where Pakistani troops launched a major offensive against Islamic militants last month.

The operation has left more than 800 people dead, mostly militants, and also displaced 260,000, officials said.

"Fighter jets bombarded militant hideouts Wednesday, killing 19 rebels and wounding 16 others," a security official told AFP.

"Helicopter gunships also shelled bunkers dug up by militants in Rashakai, Zarmandi, Kossar and Banda areas," the official added.

The casualty figure could not be independently verified.

Pakistan's tribal regions have been wracked by violence since thousands of Taliban and Al-Qaeda rebels sneaked into the country after the US-led invasion of Afghanistan in late 2001.

US and Afghan officials have claimed that militants use the mountainous region to launch cross-border attacks on international troops based in Afghanistan.

Violence linked to Pakistan's role in the "war on terror" has claimed the lives of more than 1,200 people in suicide and bomb attacks across the country in the past year.
 
I found this video interesting. Is that an accredited journalist and news source?

 
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