Pakistan asks Indian to share intelligence on Manmohan’s statement on Taliban

October 2nd, 2009 ISLAMABAD - The Taliban militants are planning to carry out suicide bombings across Pakistan to avenge the death of their chief Baitullah Mehsud who was killed by the security forces in April, a media report said citing intelligence sources. Mehsud was killed in a US drone attack in South Wazirisitan.

September 29th, 2009 ISLAMABAD - At least 13 Taliban militants were killed in two suspected US drone attacks in Pakistan's lawless region near the Afghan border Tuesday, intelligence officials said. The first attack took place at around 9.30 a.m.

September 25th, 2009 ISLAMABAD - A suspected US unmanned aircraft fired two missiles at a militant hideout in Pakistan's ungoverned tribal region on the border with Afghanistan, killing at least 12 people, intelligence officials said Friday. The attack took place Thursday just before midnight in Dandy Darpa Khel village near Mir Ali town of the North Waziristan tribal district, where Taliban and Al Qaeda fighters have havens.

September 20th, 2009 ISLAMABAD - India and Afghanistan have covertly aided the outlawed Tehrik-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP), Geo TV reported Sunday quoting an official report. It said that 23 arrested militants of the group allegedly confessed they had links with Indian and Afghan intelligence agencies.

September 15th, 2009 ISLAMABAD - Pakistan has once again urged India to share evidence regarding its claims that certain Pakistani terror groups are planning to carry out attacks across India once again. "We have repeatedly requested the Indian government to share with us whatever information it has in this regard, The Daily Times quoted a Foreign Office spokesman, as saying.

August 23rd, 2009 ISLAMABAD - Pakistani intelligence agencies believe the new Taliban chief named by the militant group Saturday is a look alike brother of Hakimullah Mehsud and not the real one, the Online news agency reported. Taliban in order to save their image are giving the impression that Hakimullah Mehsud is alive, while the truth is the man, also called by the same name, who has been selected as the new chief of Teherik-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) is his look alike brother, the report said citing intelligence sources.

August 18th, 2009 ISLAMABAD/NEW DELHI - A day after Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh said terror groups based in Pakistani territory were plotting attacks against India, Pakistan Tuesday said it couldn't take such remarks lightly and asked New Delhi to share information on such threats. "If the (Indian) prime minister says something like this, we can't take it lightly," Pakistan's Foreign Minister Shah Mahmood Qureshi told reporters on the sidelines of an official function in Islamabad.

August 18th, 2009 NEW DELHI/ISLAMABAD - As Pakistan asked India to share information on fresh terror threats, New Delhi Tuesday said unless Islamabad takes credible action against the 26/11 suspects, it will be "extremely difficult" to resume meaningful talks. India also underlined that it has already "shared solid proof of possible terror attacks" from the Pakistani territory.

June 22nd, 2009 ISLAMABAD - Pakistan's Interior Minister Rehman Malik has asked the Taliban to leave the country, as Pakistan's military's offensive would not stop until every insurgent is eliminated from the nation's soil. The Daily Times quoted Malik, as saying, that Pakistan had long said 'no' to the Taliban, and now they must leave Pakistan, adding that the Taliban were neither Muslims nor Pakistanis.

June 11th, 2009 ISLAMABAD - Pakistan Foreign Minister Shah Mehmood Qureshi has admitted that speculations about involvement of Indian Intelligence agency, the Research and Analysis Wing (RAW) in terrorism inside Pakistan were only random inferences. Talking to media persons at the Multan airport, Qureshi said there are several 'hidden forces' behind the persistent pandemonium in Pakistan.

May 28th, 2009 ISLAMABAD - The Taliban have claimed responsibility for the suicide bomb attack in Lahore Wednesday that killed at least 23 people, a US-based Islamic militant monitoring group has said. The SITE Intelligence Group said that the Tehreek-e-Taliban militants made the claim in a statement posted on Turkish jihadist websites, Geo TV reported Thursday.

May 24th, 2009 ISLAMABAD - The Taliban has threatened Pakistan President Asif Ali Zardari, Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani and other top Pakistan Peoples' Party (PPP) leaders, saying they would face dire consequences if the military offensive is not discontinued immediately. In a letter to the PPP Information Secretary Fouzia Wahab, the Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) warned that the country's leadership would be targeted if the operation against them is not stopped.

April 9th, 2009 ISLAMABAD - After establishing their writ over the Swat Valley, the Taliban is looking to take Islamabad under its grip. According to The Nation, a Taliban commander has warned that the outfit would take their war to the capital city to retaliate against the continuous US drone strikes against them.

April 8th, 2009 ISLAMABAD - President Barack Obama's special envoy to Pakistan and Afghanistan, Richard Holbrooke, has expressed dissatisfaction over the shallow US intelligence about the creation and recruiting powers of the Taliban in Afghanistan. "I am deeply, deeply dissatisfied with the degree of knowledge that the United States government and our friends and allies have on this subject," the Dawn quoted Holbrooke, as saying.

February 13th, 2009 ISLAMABAD - At least 26 people were killed Saturday when a suspected US drone fired two missiles on a militant hideout in Pakistan's northwestern tribal region, an intelligence official said. Seven people were also injured in the attack in South Waziristan, a known sanctuary of Taliban and Al Qaeda militants launching cross-border attacks on international troops in Afghanistan.