Pakistan Taliban Afghanistan News 20th Oct 2009

Pakistan targets key Taliban town The army said it had secured the heights around Kotkai, the home town of top Taliban leader Hakimullah Mehsud. Up to 100000 civilians have fled the conflict.

Iran threatens revenge against Britain over bombing ... where Pakistani forces are currently in all-out conflict with the Taliban . Both Pakistan and Iran have in the past been accused of aiding the Taliban .

An insurgency swells, but Pakistan focuses on India

Govt rules out talks with terrorists He said the Taliban strongholds in South Waziristan were not adjacent to Pakistan's border with Afghanistan.

Bloody conflict looms in Afghan north ... its allies has been focused on containing the Taliban insurgency in the south and east along the border with Pakistan , though unsuccessfully.

In a move to isolate Tehrik-e- Taliban , Pakistan Army Chief Gen Ashfaq Parvez Kayani has appealed to the Mehsud tribe.

Q. and A.: Held by the Taliban It also reveals the extent to which the Taliban has, with impunity, colonized a swath of Pakistan .

Pakistan suicide bomb kills 12 The two-week-old Taliban onslaught has rocked Pakistan , killing more than 160 people and exposing gaps in the intelligence and security apparatus.