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Karzai to Meet With Musharraf
Karzai to Meet With Musharraf
Aug 5, 2007 6:29 PM CDT

Karzai to Meet With Musharraf

Feuding leaders will discuss quest for insurgents operating along shared border

(Newser) - Facing mounting US pressure to extinguish the Taliban and capture Osama bin Laden, dueling presidents Pervez Musharraf and Hamid Karzai will meet this week to discuss anti-terrorism efforts, CNN reports. Karzai has criticized his Pakistani counterpart for failed efforts to crack down on terrorism, but today the Afghan leader praised...

Seoul Pleads for Taliban Talks
Seoul Pleads for Taliban Talks
Aug 4, 2007 3:55 PM CDT

Seoul Pleads for Taliban Talks

Delegation arrives in Afghanistan while Afghans, Taliban search for venue

(Newser) - South Korean officials are in Afghanistan seeking direct talks with the Taliban, Reuters reports, as the terrorist group and the Afghan government bicker over a venue for their own negotiations to free the  21 remaining Korean hostages. Two male members of the church group have been killed by the kidnappers.

Obama Talks Tough on Pakistan
Obama Talks Tough on Pakistan
Aug 1, 2007 2:24 PM CDT

Obama Talks Tough on Pakistan

Antiwar Dem flexes muscles, wants new troops to Mideast

(Newser) - Barack Obama said in a speech today he’d be tougher than Bush on Pakistan, and that he'd like to see the US troops that ought to be withdrawn from Iraq redeployed in Afghanistan and across the border in Pakistan—with or without an invitation, the AP reports. The freshman...

Red Mosque Inspires Clone
Red Mosque Inspires Clone
Jul 30, 2007 8:46 AM CDT

Red Mosque Inspires Clone

Pakistani Militants take over another mosque, name it after scene of bloody siege

(Newser) - The Red Mosque has become a franchise: pro-Taliban militants have occupied a different shrine in northwestern Pakistan and renamed it after the Islamabad mosque where 102 people died after a protracted siege. The fighters also promise to build a girls' seminary to replace the one that was destroyed by Pakistani...

Musharraf Meets with Exiled Pakistani Leader

Bhutto, a former rival, could be key ally in his bid for re-election

(Newser) - Embattled Pakistani president Pervez Musharraf met with exiled opposition leader Benazir Bhutto yesterday in Abu Dhabi to rally support, sources tell CNN. The two leaders haven’t spoken since Musharraf seized power in 1999, but their reps have been talking for months.  Musharraf hopes to hang on to the...

13 Dead in Red Mosque Blast
13 Dead in Red Mosque Blast
Jul 27, 2007 8:57 AM CDT

13 Dead in Red Mosque Blast

Islamist students occupy Islamabad mosque -- again

(Newser) - Thirteen people were killed today by a bomb that rocked a hotel near the Pakistan's Red Mosque after Islamist students occupied the shrine—again—demanding the release of the mosque's pro-Taliban cleric. Workers had just finished repainting the mosque, in the wake of the bloody siege that ended in more...

Musharraf Faces Bumpy Road to Re-Election

Bhutto mounts challenge to second presidential term

(Newser) - Pervez Musharraf is facing yet another hurdle: Benazir Bhutto says she will return to Pakistan to challenge his plans for another presidential term. The exiled ex-PM tells the Sunday Times she is considering abandoning talks with the increasingly unpopular Musharraf, embarrassed last week after the country's Supreme Court reinstated the...

Pearl Sues Al-Qaeda in Husband's Beheading

Killer, major bank named in NY lawsuit

(Newser) - Mariane Pearl, widow of the Wall Street Journal reporter who was beheaded in 2002, has filed a suit in New York against Al-Qaeda for Daniel Pearl's "senseless kidnapping, torture and murder." Habib Bank—one of the biggest banks in Pakistan, which is linked to charities supporting terrorist groups—...

Twin Suicide Bombings Kill 36 in Pakistan

Attacks bring death toll to 270 this month in volatile country

(Newser) - Two separate suicide car bombs killed 36 people in Pakistan today—one struck a convoy of Chinese workers in the south, and the other hit a police academy in the north. These new attacks bring the month's death toll from conflicts with Islamic militants to 270, furthering doubts about President...

Suicide Bomber Slays 13 in Islamabad

Carnage continues in wake of Red Mosque violence

(Newser) - Thirteen people died and at least 40 were wounded in an apparent suicide bombing today in Islamabad. The attack, which occurred just before Pakistan's suspended chief justice was scheduled to speak at an outdoor rally, was the latest incident in a wave of violence that has followed last week's military...

Resurgent Al-Qaeda Poised to Strike US

New report says terror group poses 'persistent and evolving threat'

(Newser) - Al-Qaeda’s mounting presence in Iraq may lead to an attack on US soil within the next three years, a new intelligence report finds. The group’s Iraqi affiliate is building resources, animating Sunni extremists, and recruiting new members. The document also says that Hezbollah and non-Muslim radical groups pose...

New Report Shows Al Qaeda Strenghtening

Classified intelligence claims Al Qaeda nearing pre-9/11 power

(Newser) - A new National Intelligence report reveals Al Qaeda has rebuilt, strengthened by their ability to operate freely along the Pakistani border, and is approaching an operational capability level not seen since just prior to 9/11. The still-classified report makes clear that there's no credible intelligence on any specific terror targets,...

Death Toll in Red Mosque Siege Tops 80

Commandos clear compound after 8-day standoff, 35-hour battle

(Newser) - Soldiers completed the takeover of the Red Mosque early today, removing the final militants who had occupied the Islamabad compound during an 8-day siege. At least 80 were killed and 33 wounded in the past week, including 50 radicals and 10 soldiers in the climactic 35-hour final assault. "Now...

Mosque Siege Ends; Cleric Dead
Mosque Siege Ends; Cleric Dead
Jul 10, 2007 9:22 AM CDT

Mosque Siege Ends; Cleric Dead

Crossfire takes out militants' leader

(Newser) - Pakistani army troops stormed Islamabad's Red Mosque early today, ending the siege that had dragged on for over a week and killing at least 50 militants and their leader, the highest-ranking cleric still within the compound. The interior ministry told the Times of London that Abdul Rashid Ghazi was attempting...

Troops Storm Pakistan Mosque Compound

After fierce firefight, 20 children brought to safety

(Newser) - The Pakistani military stormed the Red Mosque in the early hours of Tuesday morning, a week after the army surrounded the building. Peace negotiations broke down earlier in the day, the BBC reports, after the Islamic militants holding the building demanded full amnesty in exchange for the release of the...

Radicals Kill Pakistani Colonel
Radicals Kill Pakistani Colonel
Jul 8, 2007 11:00 AM CDT

Radicals Kill Pakistani Colonel

Mosque crisis continues, as Islamic students remain barricaded inside

(Newser) - A Pakistani colonel leading an attempt to breach the walls of a mosque where Islamic students are holed up has been shot and killed, the BBC reports. Since last Tuesday, when the standoff began, 20 people are believed to have died. Pakistan's President Musharraf has said the Islamic fighters "...

Red Mosque Holdouts Vow to Die
Red Mosque Holdouts Vow to Die
Jul 6, 2007 7:41 AM CDT

Red Mosque Holdouts Vow to Die

Pakistani government halts assault to allow women to escape, but rejects anything but unconditional surrender

(Newser) - The militant cleric in Islamabad's besieged Red Mosque who yesterday suggested a negotiated surrender today said he and his followers would martyr themselves, after the government refused to negotiate. Nineteen people have been killed since the stand-off began four days ago; several hundred students are estimated to remain inside the...

Hundreds at Pakistani Mosque Surrender

Troops seal off area around radical outpost

(Newser) - About 700 students have agreed to leave Islamabad's Red Mosque under pressure from Pakistani police surrounding the compound, the BBC reports. Several thousand people, including students as young as 10, remain inside the radical mosque after a clash between security forces and dissidents yesterday killed 10 and wounded 140.

Pakistan Mosque Battle Kills 9
Pakistan Mosque Battle Kills 9
Jul 3, 2007 4:35 PM CDT

Pakistan Mosque Battle Kills 9

Islamic students clash with security forces in shootout; 140 wounded

(Newser) - A heavy gun battle between Pakistan's government and armed students at a radical mosque has left nine dead, the BBC reports. The melee lasted throughout the day as soldiers traded fire with militant students at Islamabad's controversial Lal Masjid, or Red Mosque. Among the dead were three female students, a...

Taliban Could Engulf Pakistan
Taliban Could Engulf Pakistan
Jun 30, 2007 10:04 AM CDT

Taliban Could Engulf Pakistan

Musharraf warned that militants are moving beyond tribal border areas

(Newser) - Al-Qaeda and the Taliban have a foothold in remote regions of Pakistan that could explode into a takeover of that volatile country, the Times reports. A leaked memo from Pakistan's interior ministry warned military president Pervez Musharraf that Taliban fighters active on the Afghanistan border are spilling into the country...

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