Fear Grows Of U.S. Strikes In Pakistan's Baluchistan -- ReutersQUETTA, Pakistan, Oct 12 (Reuters) - U.S. assertions that the Afghan Taliban leadership is hiding in and around the Pakistani city of Quetta have raised fears among residents that American missile-firing drone aircraft could launch strikes on the area.
The United States, grappling with an intensifying insurgency in Afghanistan, has carried out 41 drone strikes in northwestern Pakistan this year after 32 such strikes last year, according to a tally of reports from security agents, officials and residents.
Pakistani officials deny that a Taliban leadership council known as the "Quetta shura" is based in the Afghan refugee camps outside the city, capital of Baluchistan province that borders violence-plagued southern Afghanistan.
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Update #1: Pakistanis say U.S. hoards intelligence -- Washington Times
Update #2: No US strikes in Baluchistan: General Kiyani -- Threat Matrix
Update #3: U.S. Push to Expand in Pakistan Meets Resistance -- New York Times
Update #4:
The United States, grappling with an intensifying insurgency in Afghanistan, has carried out 41 drone strikes in northwestern Pakistan this year after 32 such strikes last year, according to a tally of reports from security agents, officials and residents.
Pakistani officials deny that a Taliban leadership council known as the "Quetta shura" is based in the Afghan refugee camps outside the city, capital of Baluchistan province that borders violence-plagued southern Afghanistan.
Read more ....
Update #1: Pakistanis say U.S. hoards intelligence -- Washington Times
Update #2: No US strikes in Baluchistan: General Kiyani -- Threat Matrix
Update #3: U.S. Push to Expand in Pakistan Meets Resistance -- New York Times
Update #4:
Update #1: Pakistanis say U.S. hoards intelligence -- Washington Times
Update #2: No US strikes in Baluchistan: General Kiyani -- Threat Matrix
Update #3: U.S. Push to Expand in Pakistan Meets Resistance -- New York Times
Update #4: Now or never for Waziristan push? -- BBC
My Comment: It appears that American intelligence is confident in their assertions that Taliban leaders are operating from the Baluchistan territory. The Pakistanis probably now know this .... and are responding in kind. The fact that it appears that U.S. intelligence has stopped providing information to Pakistan's Intelligence Service .... an organization that has ties to the Taliban .... has only helped to foster this tension.
Update #2: No US strikes in Baluchistan: General Kiyani -- Threat Matrix
Update #3: U.S. Push to Expand in Pakistan Meets Resistance -- New York Times
Update #4: Now or never for Waziristan push? -- BBC
My Comment: It appears that American intelligence is confident in their assertions that Taliban leaders are operating from the Baluchistan territory. The Pakistanis probably now know this .... and are responding in kind. The fact that it appears that U.S. intelligence has stopped providing information to Pakistan's Intelligence Service .... an organization that has ties to the Taliban .... has only helped to foster this tension.