Source:Bloomberg
By James Rupert

Pakistan says a two-month-old battle on its Afghan border has killed as many as 1,000 Islamic militants and is the new focus of its war against the Taliban. Cross-border attacks by U.S. forces may jeopardize that fight, according to tribal leaders and government officials.
“For us, the Taliban and America are the same,” said […]

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Source: AFP
Any future terror attack against US interests would most likely be carried out by Islamic militants based in Pakistan’s restive tribal belt bordering Afghanistan, the top US military official said Tuesday.
Admiral Michael Mullen, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, told a press conference that tribal groups with ties to Al-Qaeda in Pakistan’s federally […]

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Source: AFP
PESHAWAR - Dozens of Islamic militants attacked a security checkpost in northwestern Pakistan early Sunday, leaving three security personnel and at least one militant dead, police said.
Fierce fighting erupted after up to 60 insurgents armed with rocket launchers and machine guns attacked the checkpost in Mattni village, on the outskirts of Peshawar, senior police […]

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Source: The New York Times
By VICTORIA BURNETT
MADRID — Intelligence agents on Sunday were sifting through evidence collected during a weekend crackdown on a group of suspected Islamic militants who the police say were plotting an attack on Barcelona.
The police arrested 14 men and raided several apartments, two mosques and a bakery in Barcelona, the […]

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