Pakistan
Taliban attack NATO air field in Kandahar
By Katherine Tiedemann Going for broke In the third major strike against a NATO target in less than a week, late Saturday night Taliban insurgents fired rockets and launched a ground attack against Kandahar air field in southern Afghanistan, the first...
Pakistani authorities arrest 6 in NY Times Square bomb plot
Pakistani authorities have arrested six people on suspicion of ties to a Pakistani-American being held for the failed car bombing in New York's Times Square. Officials say one of the people arrested was Salman Ashraf Khan, the co-owner of a catering...
Afghan government, Taliban meet in Maldives
By Katherine Tiedemann Killing rivals At least 17 people have been killed in the last day in the southern Pakistani port city of Karachi as rival ethnic-based political factions clashed, reportedly sparked on Tuesday night when an office of the Awami...
Times Square bombing probe leads to Massachusetts, New Jersey (video)
By Suzanne Presto U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder says three people arrested Thursday in the United States may have provided funds to the Pakistani-American charged in the recent failed bombing in New York's Times Square. U.S. agents carried out raids...
Times Square bomb plot: Three Pakistani men held in Massachusetts and Maine
By Katherine Tiedemann Rounding up suspects Three Pakistani men were arrested yesterday in Massachusetts and Maine on suspicion of providing money to failed Times Square car bomber Faisal Shahzad (Wash Post, NYT, BBC, AFP, Times). All three were detained...
Pressure mounts for North Waziristan offensive
By Andrew Lebovich The fizzle heard 'round the world American officials are now saying that failed Times Square bomber Faisal Shahzad went to Pakistan to seek help with his own already-formed idea to bomb the United States (CNN, AP)...
Top U.S. officials: Pakistani Taliban behind NY bomb attempt
Two senior U.S. officials say the United States has evidence that the Pakistani Taliban was behind the failed attempt to explode a car bomb in New York City. U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder told ABC news ("This Week") Sunday investigators...
Times Square suspect inspired by Yemen cleric
By Katherine Tiedemann Follow the rupees Azam Tariq, a spokesman for the Tehrik-i-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) has again denied that his militant group was involved in training failed Times Square car bomber Faisal Shahzad, saying, "We don't even know...
Evidence for Taliban role in Times Square plot growing
By Katherine Tiedemann A melting pot Reversing initial statements, U.S. officials said yesterday that the possibility is growing that the Tehrik-i-Taliban Pakistan militant group played a role in Faisal Shahzad's failed attempt to bomb Times Square...
Times square plot may signify terrorist tactical shift
By Gary Thomas The stunning events of September 11, 2001, were a potential template for future terrorist attacks. But since then, al-Qaida and its affiliates have been unable to mount a similar encore in the United States. The foiled Times Square attack...
