US drone strikes slowly but surely breaking Pak Taliban's back: ExpertSeptember 17th, 2009 WASHINGTON - Experts believe that the US drones have successfully targeted Al-Qaeda and Taliban hideouts in Pakistan killing several top and most wanted extremist commanders. Analysts believe that elimination of tier two extremist leaders was very significant, as it has broken the back of the terror organization, and it would be hard for them to fill the gap.
Ominous portents of Taliban's expanding writ as it claims responsibility for POK blastJune 27th, 2009 MUZAFFARABAD - After purportedly being pushed out of the Swat and Malakand Divisions by the Pakistan Army, the Tehrik-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP), in an apparent bid to expand its regime of terror, has claimed responsibility for the suicide strike in Muzaffarabad in which two security personnel were killed and three others injured here on Friday. Claiming the responsibility for the attack, a deputy to the TTP chief Baitullah Mehsud, Hakimullah Mehsud, said the attack was in retaliation against the recent strikes carried out on its hideouts.
Taliban could spread its wings in India too: QureshiJune 15th, 2009 ISLAMABAD - Pakistan Foreign Minister Shah Mahmood Qureshi has raised fears over the Taliban's expanding writ in the country saying that the outlawed terror organization could spread its nefarious activities into neighbouring India. In an interview to a foreign newspaper, Qureshi expressed fears that the Taliban could expand its writ to regions as far as Persian Gulf.
Taliban threat looms large for "peaceful" descendants of Alexander the Great in ChitralJune 12th, 2009 LAHORE - The Kalash tribe which is considered to be the descendants of Alexander the Great's soldiers has lived peacefully in the Chitral region of Pakistan for hundreds of years without much interference, but the ever expanding writ of the Taliban is now threatening their years of peaceful autonomy. The Kalash region in Chitral has hardly felt the impact of the Taliban's expanding writ, but the fact that the Taliban has taken the neighbouring Dir district under its control is now being seen as threat to their way of life.
Taliban can never take over Pakistan: ExpertsJune 8th, 2009 WASHINGTON - Amidst world wide fears that the Taliban would take over Pakistan, and are within the striking distance from Islamabad, Pakistani analysts believe that their country would never fall into the extremists' hands. Experts said that the paranoia about Pakistan's collapse was created by the United States, which has lost its objectivity in carrying on its 'war against terror' in the region.
Women bearing brunt of Taliban's expanded writ in KarachiMay 27th, 2009 KARACHI - After establishing its control over a major part of the North West Frontier Province (NWFP) in Pakistan, the Taliban is looking to expand its control over other parts of the country , making women its prime target. In an attempt to spread panic among the people, especially females, the Taliban is now threatening young women in Karachi.
Musharraf eyeing another term in officeMay 16th, 2009 LAHORE - With the country facing one of its major crises since its inception, former Pakistan President General Pervez Musharraf is eyeing yet another term in office. "If Pakistan is in trouble and if any Pakistani, myself included, if you can see that we can do something for it, well my life is for Pakistan," General Musharraf said.
'Era of lip service is over' US tells PakistanMay 7th, 2009 WASHINGTON - The United States has once again clarified to Pakistan that it would have to counter the expanding writ of the Taliban effectively, and be very specific about what it wants to achieve in the fight against terror, as the "era of lip service was over". Talking to media persons on the sidelines of her meeting with Pakistan President Asif Ali Zardari and Afghanistan President Hamid Karzai, the US Secretary of State, Hillary Clinton said all the countries should be very specific in working out their plans to counter the terror threat.
Pakistan expanding its nuclear capability: ReportMay 5th, 2009 LONDON - Despite the growing international concerns about the safety of the nuclear arsenals in the country amid the expanding writ of the Taliban, Pakistan is expanding its nuclear capability, the Guardian reports. David Albright, former weapons inspector for the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) has claimed that two plutonium-producing reactors are nearing completion at Khushab, about 160 miles south-west of the capital, Islamabad.
'Dismantling Taliban, Al-Qaeda safe havens in Pak essential for US, World peace'April 30th, 2009 ISLAMABAD - The United States has reiterated that there is an immediate need to dismantle the Taliban and Al-Qaeda safe havens in Pakistan for the safety of the US and the world. Addressing the Senate, Chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Subcommittee for Middle-east and South Asia, Senator Tom Casey expressed concerns about the expanding writ of the Taliban in Pakistan.
Taliban's threat to overrun Pak "weighing heavily on Obama's mind"April 24th, 2009 WASHINGTON - Worried and highly concerned by the Taliban's invasion into new territories inside Pakistan, the United States has warned Islamabad that its failure to take stern action against the expanding writ of the insurgents may endanger the relationship between both the countries, as well as the US strategies in Afghanistan. According to a report in the Washington Post, US President Barack Obama is very concerned over the issue.
Taliban's 'safe havens' in Pak's heart a "doomsday scenario for India, Afghanistan and WestApril 24th, 2009 WASHINGTON - The so called 'peace deal' between the government of Pakistan and the Taliban in the Swat Valley has brought Washington and Islamabad at loggerheads, with the United States considering that the accord would only provide an opportunity to the insurgents to build terror safe havens in Pakistan's heart. US diplomats see the peace accord of the Swat Valley, which is located just 60 miles away from Islamabad, as a threat to the region, and to the western world too.
Taliban's increasing writ in Pakistan could affect India, China : JUI-F chiefApril 23rd, 2009 ISLAMABAD - Jamiat Ulema-e-Islam (JUI-F) chief Fazlur Rehman while blaming the former president Pervez Musharraf for the "civil war-like situation" in the country following his decision to join the US led war on terror has said that the fall out of the Taliban's increasing writ in Pakistan could also create trouble for India and China. Addressing the National Assembly, Rehman expressed fears of the Taliban taking over Islamabad in the near future.
Pakistan has neither will nor capacity to counter Taliban: US SenatorApril 20th, 2009 LAHORE - While Pakistan, in its effort to convince the international community, has repeatedly said that it is sincere in thwarting the rising Taliban influence in the region, the United States believes that Islamabad does not have either the will, nor the capacity to pose a challenge for the extremists. Terming Pakistan as a 'big problem', US Senator Ted Kaufman has said that the country lacks both ability and capacity to counter the insurgents from expanding their writ inside its territory.
Pak should spend on beating Taliban rather than on India hate monument: EditorialApril 4th, 2009 LAHORE - An editorial in a leading Pakistan daily has expressed its surprise that while immediate funds were needed to stop the Taliban from expanding its writ over new regions of the country, millions were being spent on a monument which marked hatred against India. According to The Daily Times, a whopping 2.5 billion rupees have been spent so far on a national monument, Bab-e-Pakistan, and on the other hand the North West Frontier Province (NWFP) chief minister Ameer Haider Hoti is crying for funds to wage war against the Taliban which on any given day could establish its writ over the province just like it did in Swat.
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