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Pak security agencies on high alert after Taliban prepares hit list of 300 US agents
Pakistan intelligence inputs have found that Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan chief Baitullah Mehsud has prepared a hit list of around 300 high-profile figures, including political leaders, perceiving them as American agents. ANI
NWFP CM warns of use of force against Taliban
North West Frontier Province (NWFP) Chief Minister Amir Haider Hoti on Monday warned that his government would be forced to resort to force against the Taliban if they refused to come forward for talks. ANI
Pak Taliban gives 5-day ultimatum to NWFP govt to resign or face consequences
The NWFP government was not sincere in checking lawlessness in tribal areas and it should resign within five days or be ready to face the consequences, said the Tehrik-i-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) headed by Baitullah Mehsud. ANI
Pak lady TV producer aghast at ferocity of good Muslims
A Pakistani lady TV documentary producer was aghast at the peoples behaviour immediately after she had finished shooting a talk-show in Karachi in which Tehrik-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) chief Baitullah Mehsuds recent advances were being discussed by a group of fighters. ANI
Pak wont allow anyone to search for Osama in its territory, says foreign minister
Pakistan Foreign Minister Mehmood Qureshi has said that no one was sure if Al Qaeda chief Osama bin Laden was hiding in Pakistans territory, and that, in case Pakistan gets actionable information about Osamas presence inside its territory, it would take immediate unilateral action to apprehend him without allowing anyone else to search for him. ANI
Local Taliban militants kill 17 Pak troops
Twenty-five people, including 17 troops, four civilians and five militants, were killed and several others injured when the local Taliban ambushed a convoy of the security forces near the Zargari Bazaar in the troubled Hangu district of North West Frontier province. ANI
Pak on alert after Taliban warn of reprisals against military campaign
Pakistan has reportedly stepped up security around its airports, government buildings and diplomatic missions, after Islamic militants warned of reprisals against Islamabads military campaign targeting Taliban strongholds around Peshawar, the Capital city of NWFP bordering Afghanistan. ANI
Pak Taliban leader Mehsud suspends peace talks
Pakistan Taliban commander Baitullah Mehsud has suspended peace talks with the government after paramilitaries launched an offensive against militants threatening Peshawar on three fronts. ANI
Fall of Peshawar to militants eminent: NYT, other dailies
The fall of Peshawar, the provincial capital of Pakistans North West Frontier Province (NWFP) to heavily armed Islamic militants is eminent, say experts and locals of the area. ANI
Peshawar isnt Srinagar that we want to capture it: Baitullah Mehsud
Pakistan Taliban leader Baitullah Mehsud has said that his outfit cannot dream of capturing or damaging Peshawar, as has been done by militants and insurgents in Srinagar, the summer capital of Indian-administered Kashmir. ANI
Baitullah Mehsud threatens to scrap all peace accords with Pak Govt.
The chief of the Tehrik-e-Taliban Pakistan, Baitullah Mehsud, has threatened to end all peace talks and scrap accords with the Pakistani Government if it does not stop its action against the Taliban, including military operations in the settled areas of the North West Frontier Province (NWFP) and the Federally Administered Tribal Areas (FATA). ANI
US struggling to maintain ties with Pakistan
The U.S. is struggling to establish a good relationship with Pakistans democratically elected government, according to officials in Islamabad and Washington. ANI
U.S. doubts Pakistans resolve to fight militants on border
The United States has once again expressed doubts over a Pakistani pledge to fight militants along its border with Afghanistan amid escalating violence in that region. ANI
For Karzai, its battle for survival
Afghanistan President Hamid Karzai seems to be a man in hurry. His strongly worded warning to Pakistan that Afghan and NATO forces will not hesitate to pursue the Taliban into Pakistan territory to destroy terrorist nests on the other side of the border in self- defence has provoked a huge uproar in Islamabad, besides causing political undercurrents within Afghanistan. ANI
Karzai says his hot pursuit remarks not aimed at Pak govt
Afghanistan President Hamid Karzai has said that his Sundays statement of launching attacks on Pakistani soil to raze off terrorist sanctuaries was not targeted at Pakistan as a nation, but was limited to fighting out the menace of terrorism in the Pakistans tribal areas bordering Afghan border. ANI
US missile strike kills one in S. Waziristan
Unmanned US drones fired three guided missiles at a house in the Makeen area of South Waziristan in Pakistan, killing one person, a private television channel reported. ANI
Afghanistan brands Pak peace moves with extremists destructive
Afghan President Hamid Karzai has reportedly told Pakistan Foreign Minister Shah Mahmood Qureshi that Islamabads peace moves with Taliban extremists could have destructive consequences for both nations, and emphasised on the need for a strong fight against such groups. ANI
New peace pact to ensure Pak Armys withdrawal from Mehsud areas in S Waziristan
If a draft of a proposed peace pact is to be believed, Pakistan Army will withdraw completely from the Mehsud areas of South Waziristan after Taliban commander Baitullah Mehsud frees the remaining captured Army and paramilitary soldiers. ANI
Rice conveys her concerns over tribal peace deals to new Pak envoy
US Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice has conveyed US concerns to Pakistans newly appointed ambassador to the US, Husain Haqqani about the recent peace deals Pakistan government had entered into with terrorists in tribal areas along the Afghanistan border. ANI
Gilani urges West to change failing tactics on terror
Pakistan Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani has called on the U.S. and NATO to review its counter-terrorism policy in the region. ANI
Pak swapped two dreaded Taliban militants for its envoy Azizuddins release
To secure the safe release of Pakistani Ambassador to Afghanistan Tariq Azizuddin and 35 Army officials, the Pakistan government had released two dreaded Taliban militants - Mullah Obaidullah Akhund and Mullah Mansoor Dadullah around two weeks back, besides hundreds of other militants. ANI
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