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Video Shows CIA Bomber’s Connection to Taliban in Pakistan
The Taliban in Pakistan recently released a video with Humam Khalil Abu-Mulal al-Balawi (the suicide bomber who killed several CIA agents...
Jan 10, 20101 min read
Britain to Provide Aid Package to Pakistan
Britain has agreed to deliver an aid package worth $83 million to Pakistan’s government. Gordon Brown, Britain’s prime minister, stated...
Dec 4, 20091 min read
Troop Deployments to Begin in 2-3 Weeks
Secretary of Defense Robert Gates announced that troop deployments in accordance with President Obama’s new strategy in Afghanistan will...
Dec 3, 20091 min read
Reactions to President Obama's Afghanistan Speech
Yesterday evening, President Obama’s address at West Point confirmed that the US will send 30,000 more troops to Afghanistan. The...
Dec 2, 20092 min read
UK Calls for Pakistan to Improve Counter-Terror Measures
Prime Minister Gordon Brown recently made a statement imploring Pakistani officials to step up efforts to locate Osama bin Laden and...
Nov 30, 20091 min read
US Defense Contracts Funding the Taliban
One contract between the Department of Defense and six Afghan trucking companies is worth $2.2 billion, or 10% of the Afghan GDP....
Nov 27, 20091 min read
Suspected U.S. Missile Attack Kills 8 in North Waziristan
In what was believed to be a U.S. Predator drone airstrike, several militants were killed when a missile hit a stronghold...
Nov 20, 20091 min read
At Least 19 Killed, 51 Wounded in Suicide Blast near Peshawar Court
On Thursday November 19 an attacker set off explosives at the entrance to a court complex in northwestern Pakistan near the Afghanistan...
Nov 19, 20091 min read
No End in Sight for Violence in Pakistan
Bombings in Pakistan continued Sunday when an explosion took at least six lives in front of a police station in Badh Ber, just south of...
Nov 16, 20091 min read
Blast Kills Seven, Injures 35 in Peshawar
A suicide car-bomber hit Pakistan’s intelligence agency in the northwestern province of Peshawar, killing at least seven people and...
Nov 13, 20091 min read
Al-Qaeda relying on Taliban in Afghanistan
US intelligence reports are indicating that al-Qaeda has become increasingly dependent on Taliban factions in recent months. Some...
Nov 12, 20091 min read
Secretary Clinton Says Pakistani Army Must Press Into North Waziristan
When asked if she thought the Pakistani army should expand its current offensive in South Waziristan into North Waziristan, Secretary of...
Nov 11, 20091 min read
Taliban Continues Attacks in Pakistan
A suicide bomber killed at least twelve people in northern Pakistan early Sunday morning. The Taliban took credit for the attack, which...
Nov 9, 20091 min read
Brother of Afghan Leader is Said to be on C.I.A. Payroll
Today, the NY Times report that Afghan President Hamid Karzai’s brother, Ahmed Wali Karzai, has been receiving payments from the C.I.A....
Oct 28, 20091 min read
UN Workers Killed in Afghanistan
The UN has suffered the dealiest attack on the organization in 50 years. On Wednesday suicide bombers raided a guesthouse in Kabul that...
Oct 28, 20091 min read
Car Bomb Explodes in Pakistani Market
A bomb exploded today in a crowded woman’s market in Peshawar, Pakistan. Al Jazeera reported today that almost 90 people were killed...
Oct 28, 20091 min read
CFR's Dan Markey and the Prioritization of Pakistan
While numerous pundits debate the pros and cons of escalation in Afghanistan, some political leaders, including Vice President Biden,...
Oct 27, 20091 min read
10 populous locations in Afghanistan to be Protected by U.S. Troops
Although President Obama has yet to make a formal decision, sources say that more U.S. troops will be sent to Afghanistan. Increased...
Oct 27, 20091 min read
War Gaming Afghanistan
The US Department of Defense modeled the outcomes of the two most likely Afghanistan options available to President Obama this month. The...
Oct 26, 20091 min read


Pakastani Army Captures Taliban Stronghold
The Pakistani army announced today that it has recaptured Kotkai, a city in southern Waziristan (read more at NYTimes.com). The capture...
Oct 24, 20091 min read
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