At a covert forward operating base run by the US Joint Special Operations Command (JSOC) in the Pakistani port city of Karachi, members of an elite division of Blackwater are at the center of a secret program in which they plan targeted assassinations...

As violence rises in Afghanistan, the power balance between insurgent groups has shifted, with a weakened al-Qaeda relying increasingly on the emboldened Taliban for protection and the manpower to carry out deadly attacks, according to U.S. military and...

Al-Qaida is losing its influence because of a shortage of funds, while the Taliban is thriving on the proceeds of criminal activities, according to analysis by the US treasury. David Cohen, the department’s assistant secretary for terrorist...

Reporting from Washington - The U.S. military commander in Afghanistan says he has evidence that factions of Pakistani and Iranian spy services are supporting insurgent groups that carry out attacks on coalition troops. Taliban fighters in Afghanistan...

Afghanistan’s deputy chief of intelligence has been killed in a suicide attack in Laghman province, east of Kabul, officials say. Abdullah Laghmani and at least 21 other people were killed in the attack on a mosque in the town of Mehtar Lam. A...

Taliban fighters have been issued with a code of conduct booklet on how to be a good holy warrior. The 13-chapter guide, entitled Taliban 2009 Rules and Regulations, tells its militants to avoid unnecessary suicide bombings and civilian...

The body of Mohammed Sajad lies buried in the sandy soil of the village cemetery, beneath a lonely Pakistani flag that flies crisply in the sweltering air. He died, his father explains, a soldier’s death, shot in the back after his Pakistani army...

Pakistan says it is close to beating the Taliban in the Swat Valley, but battlefield success alone does not equal victory: Militant commanders are still at large, local governments and police forces have been decimated and millions of residents are...

Suspected suicide attackers detonated a car bomb Wednesday that destroyed a police building and sheared walls off a nearby office of Pakistan’s top intelligence service. About 30 people were killed and at least 250 wounded in the attack in Lahore,...

Strange that none of the INDIAN media (TV or Print) have picked this up at all. Or have they been deliberately ignoring it? Have a look at the attached pictures of one of the terrorists. Notice the orange thread / band on his right hand. Tying a red...