Updated 3/1/09 6:45 PM EST Pakistani intelligence officials confirmed today that the missile attacks on a house in Sararogha, South Waziristan Agency came from a US drone. Joint Chiefs chairman Admiral Michael Mullen declined to comment on the specifics of the...
The new Director of the CIA Leon Panetta declared yesterday that the controversial drone attacks against sites in Pakistan would continue, in spite of the growing criticism. Panetta declared that the attacks, which began under the Bush Administration, "have been...
Protests were sparked across Pakistan today when the Supreme Court decided that Nawaz Sharif, former prime minister and opposition leader, as well as his younger brother Shahbaz were ineligible to hold public offices. The ruling brought down the Punjabi Provincial...
Moving forward after an announcement earlier this week that they would agree to a permanent ceasefire, the Swat Valley chapter of the Tehreek-e Taliban Pakistan (TTP) has reportedly dismantled a number of its checkpoints in the area, and witnesses say they have seen...
Just one day after the Tehreek-e Taliban Pakistan (TTP) declared a unilateral ceasefire in the Bajaur Agency, the Pakistani security forces have now said that at the request of tribal elders they will observe a four day ceasefire in the area as well as "a goodwill...
The Tehreek-e Taliban Pakistan (TTP) has once again declared a unilateral ceasefire in the Bajaur Agency, with deputy chief Maulvi Faqir Mohammad saying it was "in the interest of Pakistan and our region." The TTP declared a unilateral ceasefire on August 24, and the...
Sufi Muhammad, the influential cleric that is the head of the Tehreek-e Nafaz-e Shariat-e Mohammadi (TNSM) as well as a major force behind the Swat Valley truce, held a press conference today to outline a 10-point plan to ensure that the peace holds. Muhammad made...
US military officials confirmed today that more than 70 military advisers have been secretly working with Pakistan's military as part of a "secret task force" training the Pakistani army and paramilitaries, as well as providing them with intelligence. The program...
Pakistan's North-West Frontier Province (NWFP) seems to have solved most of its major militancy problems when the local Tehreek-e Taliban Pakistan (TTP) chapter affirmed that it would agree to a permanent ceasefire based on last week's promise to implement aspects of...
After considerable negotiation the Swat Valley chapter of the Tehreek-e Taliban Pakistan (TTP) agreed to a permanent ceasefire in the war-torn region. The move seemed to solidify the agreement last week between the government and the powerful cleric Sufi Muhammad,...
