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Musharraf plans to downsize the ISI

Pakistan president General Parvez Musharraf has told his close aides and top corps commanders that the strength of the ISI will be chopped from sixteen thousand staffers in forty-six desks to nine tho..Read More

Pakistani mobile phone link to London bombing

One of the four London suicide bombers made numerous calls to astolen mobile phone in Pakistan up to three days before the July 7 attacks.Pakistani officials say they have traced the stolen phone afte..Read More

ISI agent arrested in Punjab

Delhi Police has arrested an alleged ISI agent from Punjab, four days after another suspected operative of the Pakistani intelligence service was nabbed in the capital.Mohd Ramzan (53) was arrested fr..Read More

Plot to attack Jewish and military facilities; Pakistani held

New York, Aug 17. (PTI):A Pakistani national has been arrested in connection with an investigation into a possible plot to attack Jewish and military facilities in California on September 11 to coinci..Read More

28 Taliban killed in Afghanistan fighting

Kandahar, Aug 16. (AP): More fighting across southern Afghanistan has left 28 suspected Taliban rebels dead as violence rages on in the countdown to crucial legislative elections next month, officials..Read More

Chechens, others, new terror trainers in Pakistan Occupied Kashmir

10 August 2005: Failed or reduced terrorist infiltrations this summer in Jammu and Kashmir are partly on account of a shortage of instructors in mushrooming militant training camps in Pakistan-occupie..Read More

US wants Peshawar corps commander out for aiding taliban

9 August 2005: The United States has put pressure on Pakistan to change its Peshawar corps commander, Lieutenant General Safdar Hussein, and some of his subordinate officers, alleging that they were a..Read More

Pakistan minister met Mullah Omar on Musharraf's directive

Islamabad, Aug 9 (IANS) Pakistan's former interior minister Moinuddin Haider has admitted he thrice met Taliban chief Mullah Omar on President Pervez Musharraf's directive to seek Osama bin ..Read More

An FAQ on Pakistani Madrassas

Frequently Asked Questions (and their answers) on Pakistani Madrassas, their origins, their growth, historical perspectives and their links to terror. Detailed information also on the role Pakistani M..Read More

British police insist on Pakistan link to 7/7

London, Aug 5 (IANS) British investigators hunting for the mastermind of the July 7 suicide attacks are looking at the role of two Pakistan-based terrorist groups - Jaish-e-Mohammad and Lashker-e-Taib..Read More

No madrassa cleanup in Pakistan, after all

It fits the familiar pattern. Gen Musharraf goes on national television and makes grand promises. And the next day, his sidekicks do their best to dilute those promises and begin a process that render..Read More

The Other Militants: Lingering Baluchi Nationalism

Following the bombings in London and Egypt, Islamabad faces increased international pressure to address militant activities within Pakistan. While government officials have confirmed reports that the ..Read More

The Pakistan Connection

It is almost a truism to say that when a terrorist attack takes place in a Third World country, Western powers and the Western media dismiss it as an example of the internal tensions that beset that c..Read More

Another infiltration bid foiled, Pakistani intruder among two killed in Kashmir border

Jammu, July 26 (PTI) The army has foiled an infiltration bid in Poonch district and shot dead a Pakistani intruder and a militant in separate incidents in Rajouri district of Jammu and Kashmir, offici..Read More

Two infiltration bids foiled in Kashmir, 10 terrorists killed

Srinagar, July 25 (PTI) Ten ultras, including five Pakistani intruders, were killed as security forces foiled two infiltration bids along the Line of Control (LoC) in Jammu and Kashmir, where a hideou..Read More

Daniel Pearl's killer turns his prison guards

Omar Saeed Sheikh, a hijacker of Indian Airlines flight IC-814 and killer of Daniel Pearl, is officially on the death row in Pakistan. This is the man who epitomises the links between Osama bin Laden,..Read More

Osama Bin laden has strong base in Pakistan

Washington, Jul 21 (PTI) Osama bin Laden, high on the global wanted list, and the al Qaeda have a strong base in Pakistan, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh has indicated. "I think there is no doubt abou..Read More

Lashkar-E-Toiba becoming more visible in Bangladesh

The Lashkar-e-Toiba decided to shift terror operations from Jammu and Kashmir to states in the interior in December 2004, and the Ayodhya attack was planned with weapons delivered from Nepal and the t..Read More

Musharraf and his Taliban 'pals'

The signs are unmistakable: America's "war on terror" is in jeopardy in Afghanistan, although the locus of the renewed Taliban-led efforts seems to be across the border in Pakistan.
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All roads in war on terror lead to madrassas in Pakistan

London, July. 17 (PTI): British dailies today described Pakistan as "the epicentre" of Osama bin Laden\'s unremitting campaign of terror against the West as it was revealed that three of the Lond..Read More