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Its time the military rose from its slumber and dismantled the jihadi madrassa network in Southern Punjab. The days of using jihadi proxies to ' lord over the region' are over. The dogs have gone rabid and must be put down.

The Pakistani government was aware of a network of radical madrassas that were recruiting, indoctrinating, and training young boys and girls in Punjab province to fight with the Taliban and other terrorist groups, but failed to move against them, according to a leaked US State Department cable...

News Jang Group Khalid Khwaja was arrested in 2002 after the murder of American journalist Daniel Pearl in Karachi. Khwaja had exchanged some e-mails with Pearl just a few days before his killing. Later, Marianne, the widow of Pearl, informed investigators that Pearl contacted Khwaja through...

Agreed - people like Khalid Khawaja and Shah Abdul Aziz(whose house KK stayed at before heading to NW) have been supporting the TTP scum for a long time. Its not their ideological views but their proactive pro-TTP antics that should be treated as acts of treason. Khalid Khawaja was actively...

LOL - you are dazed and confused. TTP has no links with Afghan Taliban? Read the Asian Times article again - who do you think 'Khalifa' sahib is - its Sirajjudin Haqqani, the son of Jalaluddin Haqqani who happens to be leading one of the key factions fighting under the Afghan Taliban...

Lets assume you are right. I just have one question: Why did TTP not use its name and claim responsibility as they normally do?

Khalid Khawaja went missing in late March along with another ex-intelligence official known as Col. Imam and a filmmaker. There was no word on the fate of the two others. Khawaja's body was found on the road between Miramshah and Mir Ali, the two main towns in North Waziristan. Local TV...

I don't think he was killed by pro-TTP elements. People like Khalid Khawaja are in some ways more dangerous than the TTP thugs. Good riddance - one less ex-military TTP sympathizer for us to worry about.

Don't delude yourself. Khalid Khawaja and Col. Imam epitomise ex-military officers who sold their soul to the salafi ideology, got reverse indoctrinated, and betrayed the very state they were sworn to protect. And now, they are actively supporting the TTP and its ilk as the latter wages a...

Shah Abdul Aziz - The Terrorist MNA News Jang Group - 2009 It was quite astonishing and shocking for the security forces when couple of months ago they stopped Shah Abdul Aziz, a letter from Baitullah Mehsud was present in his car and he was travelling with a known terrorist. Now as...

Is Christmas coming early this year?? :) Col Imam and Khalid Khawaja have been known sympathizers of the TTP. While the former was a mentor to Mullah Omar and his gang of thugs, KK has been openly supporting Al Qaeda and TTP. He publicly spoke on behalf of the Salafi TTP thugs in Swat in...

DAWN PESHAWAR: A little known militant group acknowledged on Monday that it was holding two former ISI officers, Colonel (retd) Imam (Sultan Amir) and Squadron Leader (retd) Khalid Khwaja and threatened to execute them if its demands were not met within 10 days. An email sent along with...

News Jang Group By Amir Mir LAHORE: The March 8 suicide bombing in Lahore’s Model Town is believed to have been carried out by the Punjab chapter of the Tehrik-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) to avenge the killing of Commander Qari Zafar, the acting Amir of the Lashkar-e-Jhangvi (LeJ) in a US...

News Jang Group LONDON: A significant number of Pakistani Taliban have been killed or captured in ground and air attacks by Pakistani forces, says a report in The Times on Monday. “The militant command and control centers and their caches have been dismantled or captured,” Major-General Tariq...

DAWN Irfan Husain Often, I am asked by readers or friends abroad what the Taliban want. Why, they ask, are they slaughtering hundreds of innocent people wherever they can? What is their purpose? What is their agenda? The short answer is power. Other excuses for their murderous excesses...

Well - they help each other in terms of sharing funds, resources and providing sanctuaries. The AT have been known to funnel some of the drug money to the TTP. Clearly, the TTP demanding US withdrawal from Afghanistan helps the AT agenda. I believe the AT view the TTP as a useful tool for...

IMHO - a lot of the Afghan Taliban factions can be brought back into the mainstream. However the core AT group closely affiliated with AQ and led by Mullah Omar, is beyond rehab and should be eliminated - the pakistani establishment would do well to do just that.

The fact is that the TTP and Afghan Taliban have strong ideological and operational linkages, and both have been active in Afghanistan. People who say that the AT have no connection with TTP are either being disingenous or are simply unaware of the ground realities. However, the TTP and...

News Jang Group ISLAMABAD: Senator Prof Khurshid Ahmad has expressed serious concern over the practice of security agencies to pick up certain individuals without any respect for due process of law. He has also filed an adjournment motion with the secretary Senate to raise the issue of...

It makes sense for the Salafi-led TTP thugs to seek refuge in friendly regions. Somalia, Yemen are increasingly popular bases for Salafi Jihadis led by Al Qaeda, while Saudi continues to serve as the leadership hub for the Greater Salafi Jihad Network.