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Leaked NATO Report Alleges Pakistani Support for Taliban
The BBC reports today that a classified NATO report leaked to the news organization "fully exposes for the first time the relationship between the Pakistani intelligence service (ISI) and the Taliban."
February 1, 2012
Is the Obama Administration Becoming More Transparent about Drones?
In a rare break with the usual silence regarding the CIA's covert drone program, President Obama yesterday defended the controversial strikes that target suspected Al Qaeda and Taliban leaders abroad.
January 31, 2012
New Reports Say Al Qaeda Leader Killed in Recent Drone Strike
Sources now say the target of resumed U.S. drone strikes in Pakistan's tribal areas was Aslam Awan, an "external operations planner" for Al Qaeda who was planning attacks against the West.
January 20, 2012
Drone Strikes Resume, Rumored To Kill Top Pakistani Militant
It's an arresting sight: A Pakistani Taliban commander confidently rolls into a village in an American Humvee his forces have just captured. He turns to the journalists he has come to address and delivers a stark warning.
January 19, 2012
Why Isn't Pakistan Prosecuting Mumbai Suspects?
It’s been more than three years since the 2008 Mumbai terror attacks — a slaughter carried out by Pakistan-based terrorist group Lashkar-i-Taiba that left 166 dead, including six Americans — but there is still little to show that its masterminds in Pakistan are being held accountable.
January 10, 2012
What Kind of an Ally Is Pakistan?
As the U.S.-Pakistan relationship continued to descend to new, new lows over the past year, the U.S. has become increasingly vocal in expressing frustrations with its supposed ally in the fight against terror -- and vice versa.
January 3, 2012
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The Secret War
Inside the deepest front in America's war against Al Qaeda and the Taliban: Pakistan
January 3, 2012
CIA Drone Program in Pakistan Reportedly "On Hold" as Relations Deteriorate
Drone strikes in Pakistan are "on hold" at the moment, U.S. intelligence officials involved in the CIA drone program told the Long War Journal Monday, out of fear the strikes would further harm the fragile relationship. But this isn't the first time this has happened.
December 14, 2011
How the Drone War Plays Out in Pakistan's Tribal Areas
Almost every single known U.S. drone strike in Pakistan has taken place in the country’s isolated, underdeveloped tribal areas. Off limits to most, evidence of America’s operations here is scant, but recently published photos of what appears to be the aftermath of the strikes raise important questions.
December 12, 2011
Live Chat: Unraveling the Headley Mystery
Join a live chat with ProPublica's Sebastian Rotella, FRONTLINE's Tom Jennings and guest questioner Praveen Swami from The Hindu. The chat begins at 11 am on Wed 11/23. You can leave a question now.
November 23, 2011
Building and Rebuilding the Chabad House
It's the tucked-away target that David Coleman Headley cased for the Pakistani terrorist group Lashkar-i-Taiba. Here's more on the history of Mumbai's Chabad House, a chronicle of what happened there during the 2008 terrorist attacks and how the family members of those killed are moving forward.
November 22, 2011
Slideshow: An American's Path to the Mumbai Attacks
David Coleman Headley isn't a household name in the United States, but given his role in the 2008 terror attacks in Mumbai he is now as well known to Indians as Osama bin Laden is to Americans.
November 22, 2011