TTP Dy Commander's killing and US strategy

By Saud Mehsud DERA ISMAIL KHAN, Pakistan (Reuters) - Pakistani Taliban militants have chosen a new deputy commander to replace their second-in-command who was killed in a U.S. drone strike in the North Waziristan region, sources in the militant ...

Waliur Rehman came to the limelight in 2009, when reports of rifts between him and Hakimullah Mehsud appeared after then Tehrik-e-Taliban Pakistan chief Baitullah Mehsud was killed Reuters Islamabad: The death of Waliur Rehman, the deputy chief of the ...

Hakeemullah and Waliur Rehman Mehsud, before the Pakistani Army launched the South Waziristan offensive. The Movement of the Taliban in Pakistan's top spokesman, Ihsanullah Ihsan, confirmed today that Waliur Rehman, the group's deputy leader ...

In his post on the drone killing of Waliur Rehman Mehsud earlier this week, Jim noted that CIA has sworn revenge for the 2009 Pakistani Taliban supported suicide attack on CIA's base in Khost. Sure enough, one of the things Press Secretary Jay ...

an office in Doha (Qatar). This is the first official Afghan representation since 2001. In July 2001, the United States broke off their oil negotiations with the Taliban in Berlin and declared war. One month later, Washington and London ...

Despite President Barack Obama's recent call to reduce the United States reliance on drones, they will likely remain his administration's weapon of choice. Whereas President George W. Bush oversaw fewer than 50 drone strikes during his tenure, Obama ...

Kahar Zalmay describes the strained relationship between the former TTP deputy, who was killed in a drone strike last week, and fiery TTP leader HakimullahMehsud The death of TTP Deputy Chief WaliurrehamnMehsud in a drone strike last week is the ...

Newly-elected Pakistani PM Sharif faces a number of challenges. But experts say the biggest one is how to convince the US to stop drone strikes against militants in the country's northwestern tribal areas. During the run-up to the May 11 ...

New Delhi, June 8 (ANI): In a country not really used to an orderly and smooth transfer of civilian political power, there was justifiable jubiliation in Pakistan when Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) leader Nawaz Sharif, took oath as Prime ...