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,...
President Barack Obama made clear his desire to launch attacks onto Pakistani soil early in the campaign, and in his first month since taking office it has become evident that is escalating the number and severity of the attacks using drone aircraft well beyond what...
US envoy Richard Holbrooke says that the Obama Administration is "troubled and confused" by the deal earlier this week to end the fighting in Pakistan's Swat Valley in return for the implementation of aspects of Islamic law in Malakand. "I am concerned, and I know...
The already simmering tensions in Pakistan's tribal areas took another hit today, when a suicide bomber attacked the funeral procession of an assassinated Shi'ite leader in Dera Ismail Khan, killing at least 30 and injuring an additional 65. The Pakistani army has...
While the cost of the American war in Afghanistan is bound to surge as the number of troops do, an often overlooked expense is the monthly stipend provided to the Pakistani government for its own military aid. That expense has been deferred, however, in that the US...
There has been plenty of talk over the past several months that the Pakistani government had come to some sort of secret understanding with the United States about its continued use of Predator drones to launch attacks on Pakistani soil. But with the Pakistani...
The truce agreement that aims to bring peace to the restive Swat Valley in return for the implementation of Islamic law has been popular among those who it directly effects. The militant factions in the area have been pushing for this for a long time, and the civilian...
The national spokesman for the Tehreek-e Taliban Pakistan (TTP) publicly welcomed the agreement between the NWFP provincial government and the local TTP branch of the Swat Valley regarding the enforcement of Islamic law in Malakand. Maulvi Omar added that the TTP...
