Army Blockades Anti-Taliban Tribe in Kurram over "Internal Security Concerns"
27 October 2010
Pakistan Army Blockades Anti-Taliban Tribe in Kurram, BBC News, 26 October 2010
EXCERPT: "Pakistan's military has blockaded a strategically important district in the country's north, sealing in a fiercely anti-Taliban tribe. The Turi people have been keeping Taliban militants out of Kurram tribal district, near the Afghan border. Many in Kurram suspect the government is pressurising the Turis to meet Taliban demands to cross...
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Drone Strikes Kill up to Six in North Waziristan: Officials
27 October 2010
, AFP, 27 October 2010
EXCERPT: "US drone strikes killed up to six militants in Pakistan's tribal belt on Wednesday, targeting the extremist Haqqani network and a compound harbouring foreign fighters, officials said. The Taliban and Al-Qaeda-linked faction is one of the toughest opponents of US troops in Afghanistan and was suspected of playing a role in a December 30 suicide...
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Taliban Resilient Largely Due to "Access to Safe Havens in Pakistan"
27 October 2010
, The Washington Post, 27 October 2010
EXCERPT: "An intense military campaign aimed at crippling the Taliban has so far failed to inflict more than fleeting setbacks on the insurgency or put meaningful pressure on its leaders to seek peace, according to U.S. military and intelligence officials citing the latest assessments of the war in Afghanistan. [...] U.S. officials...
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Growing Number of Turks Joining Al-Qaeda
27 October 2010
Analysis: Al Qaeda Fishes for Turks Seeking Jihad, Reuters, 27 October 2010
EXCERPT: "Turks have been bit part players in al Qaeda's global jihad, but a recent security scare in Europe pointed to a small but growing number in Germany and Turkey who have joined militant ranks in Pakistan. Muslims from many parts of the Islamic World went to Pakistan during the jihad to end the Soviet occupation of Afghanistan in the 1980s. There may...
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