Category: International Affairs

Pakistan Says It Takes Taliban Chief’s Hometown

October 24, 2009 by THE POLITICUS

ISLAMABAD - The army captured the strategically located hometown of Pakistan's Taliban chief Saturday after fierce fighting, officials said, snagging its first big prize in a major U.S.-backed offensive along the Afghan border.

Elsewhere in the northwest, a suspected U.S. missile killed 14 people, but apparently missed a top Taliban figure, authorities said.    Read more

Philippines Flood Victims Try to Recover

September 28, 2009 by THE POLITICUS

Philippines Flood Victims Try to Recover
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The Philippines needs help. Please call The American Red Cross and donate at 1-800-435-7669.

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Interactive Map: Leaders of Pakistan's Militant Groups

July 24, 2009 by THE POLITICUS

Interactive Map: Leaders of Pakistan's Militant Groups
By Caroline Wadhams, Colin Cookman | July 22, 2009
Crossposted by "Center for American Progress"

Pakistan faces a formidable array of militant groups concentrated in the semi-governed Federally Administered Tribal Areas, or FATA, and Northwest Frontier Province, or NWFP, along the country’s Afghan border. This map, based on a survey of available, open-source reporting, displays major leaders of different militant groups and coalitions attacking into Afghanistan and Pakistan.    Read more