The horrible poisoning of a girls’ school in the remote city of Taluquan is only the latest in a growing pattern. Original post on policymic.com Comments on reddit.com
The Pakistani Taliban denied any involvement in a double bombing at the Boston Marathon that killed at least three people, spokesman Ihsanullah Ihsan said Wednesday. Original post on cnn.com Comments on reddit.com
The youngster was transferred from Pakistan to the UK for life-saving treatment after the bullet grazed her brain. Original post on india.com Comments on reddit.com
KANDAHAR CITY (PAN): Residents of several villages in the Taliban-infested Panjwai district of southern Kandahar province have launched an armed resistance against the militants, who made Kandahar their spiritual base during their regime. Original post on pajhwok.com Comments on reddit.com
U.S. military trying to track down any of the fighters and officials freed by Pakistan last year. Original post on washingtonpost.com Comments on reddit.com
International proposals to control the Internet will continue after a United Nations conference in Dubai and the U.S. should be ready to fight such efforts, lawmakers and a regulator said. Original post on bloomberg.com Comments on reddit.com
QUETTA, Pakistan (Reuters) – At least 101 people were killed in bombings in two Pakistani cities on Thursday in one of the country’s bloodiest days in recent years, officials said, with most casualties Original post on reuters.com Comments on reddit.com
A suspected U.S. drone strike killed 17 people and wounded three Sunday in Pakistan’s volatile tribal region, Pakistani intelligence officials said. Original post on cnn.com Comments on reddit.com
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – A U.S. Marine staff sergeant who urinated on dead Taliban insurgents and posed for photographs with the bodies has pleaded guilty to two charges in a military court, the Marine Corps Original post on reuters.com Comments on reddit.com
Two armed men on a motorbike gun down the head of women’s affairs for Laghman province. Original post on washingtonpost.com Comments on reddit.com
WASHINGTON (AP) — A Pentagon official says a Navy SEAL was killed during the rescue mission in Afghanistan that freed an American doctor abducted by the Taliban.Killed in the weekend raid was a member of SEAL Team Six, the same unit that killed Osama bin Laden last year. The official spoke on condition of anonymity because the official was not allowed to release the information on the record.Officials in Afghanistan say Dr. Dilip Joseph of Colorado Springs, Colo., was rescued early Sunday in eastern Afghanistan. The military says the adviser for Colorado Springs-based Morning Star Development was abducted last week and rescued after intelligence showed he was in imminent danger of injury or possible death.The Pentagon has not identified the SEAL Team Six member who was killed. Original post on ap.org Comments on reddit.com
The Taliban needs a lesson in the difference between CC and BCC: the terrorist group has leaked over 400 email addresses on its PR mailing list. Original post on thenextweb.com Comments on reddit.com
Fundamentalist militant groups sometimes fail at e-mail, too. Original post on arstechnica.com Comments on reddit.com
In a Dilbert-esque faux pax, a Taliban spokesperson sent out a routine email last week – with one notable difference. He publicly CC’d the names of everyone on his mailing list. Original post on abcnews.go.com Comments on reddit.com
The Pakistani Taliban claim responsibility for an acid attack on a college bus in northern Pakistan which left two girls with burned faces, a doctor said. Original post on cnn.com Comments on reddit.com
A German who volunteered to fight for the Taliban quit after becoming disheartened by the violence and annoyed with the group’s macho and drug-taking world. Original post on telegraph.co.uk Comments on reddit.com
UNKNOWN gunmen have killed a polio vaccinator in Pakistan’s restive southwestern province of Baluchistan, highlighting resistance to the country’s immunisation campaign, officials say. Original post on news.com.au Comments on reddit.com
Tens of thousands have rallied in Pakistan’s largest city in support of a 14-year-old girl shot and critically wounded by the Taliban for promoting girls’ education and criticizing the militant group. Original post on miami.com Comments on reddit.com
From Yahoo! News: PESHAWAR, Pakistan (Reuters) – A Pakistani schoolgirl fighting for her life after being shot by Taliban gunmen was transferred on Thursday from a hospital in a province that is a militant haven to a specialist hospital in the army garrison town of Rawalpindi. Malala Yousufzai, 14, was unconscious in critical condition after being shot in the head and neck as she left school on Tuesday, but doctors said she had moved her arms and legs slightly the night before…. Original post on yahoo.com Comments on reddit.com
Pakistanis from across the political and religious spectrum united in revulsion over the attack on Malala Yousafzai, a 14-year-old Pakistani schoolgirl and education rights campaigner. Original post on nytimes.com Comments on reddit.com
A well-known teenage activist who has campaigned for girls’ education is shot and wounded in north-west Pakistan – the Taliban said they did it. Original post on bbc.co.uk Comments on reddit.com
Documentary-maker Brent Huffman is battling to save from destruction an ancient Afghan Buddhist site, Mes Aynak, that sits on copper reserves. Original post on cnn.com Comments on reddit.com
It’s ready to make major concessions. Original post on businessinsider.com Comments on reddit.com
Officials report 15 men and two women were found murdered after mixed-gender dance party in southern Helmand province. Original post on aljazeera.com Comments on reddit.com
Unesco has decided the Bamiyan Buddhas will not be rebuilt but a group of German conservationists are pushing to change its mind Original post on bbc.co.uk Comments on reddit.com
The Taliban has released a new video offering a chilling play-by-play account of a deadly, coordinated attack on large U.S. base that climaxed with an explosion so strong the shockwaves could be felt for miles away. Original post on abcnews.go.com Comments on digg.com
In the latest act of violence against women in Afghanistan, the regional head of women’s affairs has been killed by a car bomb. Original post on rt.com Comments on reddit.com
Interview: senior Taliban commander admits insurgents must seek settlement with other political forces in Afghanistan Original post on guardian.co.uk Comments on reddit.com
The two Taliban commanders who executed a helpless 22-year-old Afghan woman because ‘they could not decide who could have her’ have themselves been put to death, it has emerged. Original post on dailymail.co.uk Comments on digg.com