Topic: Hakimullah Mehsud

Pakistan Taliban leader "isolated," facing splits: report

ISLAMABAD (Reuters) - The chief of the Pakistan Taliban has been isolated from his militant group for more than a year and is rapidly losing control, a newspaper reported on Tuesday, a day after the military said it had launched an offensive in ...

Pakistan detains 'facilitator' of NY bomb plotter

Pakistani police have arrested an employee of a state Islamic body who allegedly helped New York bomb plot suspect Faisal Shahzad visit the nation's tribal belt, security officials said Thursday."Faisal Abbasi was arrested while returning from Bannu last week," a ...
The International Monetary Fund will give Pakistan $450 million in emergency flood aid, providing some relief for a government overwhelmed by the disaster and facing renewed militant violence.. Kahn said discussions with a delegation led by Pakistan's Finance Minister Abdul Hafeez ...
Bombs adds to pressure on Pakistan government. Pakistan tightened security in the eastern city of Lahore on Thursday after three bomb attacks killed 33 people and wounded 171 and pressured the U.S.-backed government already overwhelmed by floods.. Reflecting the growing ...

U.S. charges Pakistani Taliban leader in CIA killings

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. prosecutors have charged the leader of the Pakistani Taliban, Hakimullah Mehsud, in the plot that killed seven CIA employees at an American base in Afghanistan last December, the Justice Department said on Wednesday.Mehsud, believed to be hiding ...
The United States slapped Pakistani Taliban chief, Hakimullah Mehsud, with terrorism charges for his alleged role in the murder of seven Americans at a CIA base in Afghanistan. The Justice Department move came as the State Department added the Tehreek-e-Taliban to a ...

US charges Pakistani Taliban chief over CIA killings

The United States slapped Pakistani Taliban chief, Hakimullah Mehsud, with terrorism charges on Wednesday for his alleged role in the murder of seven Americans at a CIA base in Afghanistan.The Justice Department move came as the State Department added the Tehreek-e-Taliban ...

U.S. adds Pakistan Taliban to terror list

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The United States on Wednesday added the Pakistani Taliban to its list of foreign terrorist organizations and set rewards of up to $5 million for information leading to the capture of two of its leaders.The steps mark Washington's ...

US faces new terror threats, tactics out of Pakistan

The United States faces a new threat from Pakistani extremists allied with Al-Qaeda, who appear ready to wage global war with smaller-scale attacks, experts said.Even as US officials have boasted about weakening and disrupting Al-Qaeda's leadership, the terror network has ...

Pakistan link to NY bomb plot disputed: US lawmaker

US and Pakistan officials say Pakistani Taliban involvement in a failed car bomb attempt in New York's Times Square is highly unlikely, a senior US lawmaker who just visited the country said Monday.Representative Ileana Ros-Lehtinen, the top Republican on the ...