Pakistan is once again coming under fire, literally, for serving as a safe haven for Afghan Taliban forces using the ill-defined border region as a base from which they launch attacks on NATO/ISAF/Afghan forces inside Afghanistan. Below are incidents and conflicts involving the NATO/ISAF mission in Afghanistan and Pakistan. See also http://www.historyguy.com/wars_of_pakistan.htm Video of…
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Osama bin Laden Biography
Osama bin Laden and his Al-Qa’ida Terrorist Organization Osama bin Laden (March 10, 1957-May 1, 2011) was the mastermind behind the 9/11 terrorist attacks on the United States, is reported to have been killed by U.S. forces in Islamabad, Pakistan on May 1, 2011. The evening of May 1, 2011, President Obama announced that…
Pakistan hits Taliban
Pakistan says army airstrikes kill 12 militants | Seattle Times Mobile. Here is the link <a href=”http://community.seattletimes.nwsource.com/mobile/?type=story&id=2013227153&”>http://community.seattletimes.nwsource.com/mobile/?type=story&id=2013227153&</ Posted from WordPress for Android
American Drone Attack on Pakistan Kills 80 but Misses Mehsud
An American drone attack apparently killed 80 people in Pakistan’s turbulent and rebellious border country, but the chief target, Jihadist leader Baitullah Mehsud, escaped. The drone attack struck a funeral held for a Taliban leader killed in an earlier drone strike that same day. The drone strikes today were the 19th and 20th drone…
New web page on Pakistan’s Taliban War
New page on the war between the Pakistani government and the Taliban rebels. “Throughout late 2008 and into the spring of 2009, the Taliban continued to make advances further into Pakistan itself. In April, the Taliban expanded out of the Swat Valley into the Buner region, a mere 60 miles from the Pakistani capital of…
Taliban Advances; Pakistan in Mortal Danger
On April 22, 2009, Secretary of State Hillary Clinton referred to the military advance of the Pakistani Taliban out of the Swat Valley that has been ceded to them by the weak Pakistani government by stating that this situation in Pakistan formed an “existential threat” to Pakistan and a “mortal threat” to the world, and…
Barack Obama Formulates New War Strategy Toward Afghanistan and Pakistan
President Obama’s Afghanistan Strategy (2009) On March 27, 2009, President Obama, flanked by Secretary of State Hillary Clinton and Secretary of Defense Robert Gates, announced his new strategy toward the war in Afghanistan and Pakistan. Below are the video of the President’s announcement and the text of President Obama’s announcement. To see this page, go to: http://www.historyguy.com/obama_afghanistan_strategy_2009.htm
India and Pakistan Clash at Border Again
India and Pakistan, two nuclear-armed neighbors who have already fought three major wars and several minor wars against each other, exchanged fire across their mutual border in the Kashmir region. See the article below from http://www.iht.com/articles/ap/2009/03/21/asia/AS-Kashmir-Shooting.php for more information: Indian troops were fired upon across the heavily fortified frontier in the Himalayan region…