UK Aid to Help Pakistan Recover from Conflict
19 November 2009
'UK Aid to Help Pakistan Recover from Conflict', UK Department for International Development, 19 November 2009
EXCERPT: "The UK will provide new emergency humanitarian aid and rebuild businesses and agriculture for millions of people affected by the recent conflict in Pakistan. DFID will help hundreds of thousands people in the North West Frontier Province, and South Waziristan in the Federally Administered Tribal Areas. This investment will...
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Stabilizing India-Pakistan Relations
19 November 2009
'Stabilizing India-Pakistan Relations', Henry L. Stimson Center, 18 November 2009
EXCERPT: "Mumbai has suffered four mass casualty attacks since 1993, when the stock exchange and other targets were bombed, killing over 250 people. In 2003, the financial district was again struck by bomb blasts that killed over 50 individuals, and in 2006, terrorist attacks directed against mass transit killed and injured nearly 1,000 commuters. The November...
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Nuclear Fallout Rocks Pakistan
19 November 2009
, Asia Times Online, 20 November 2009
EXCERPT: "Sharp differences between Pakistani leaders over safeguarding the country's nuclear arsenal are placing increasing pressure on the embattled administration of President Asif Ali Zardari. Zardari is already seriously at odds with the military establishment over dealing with the Taliban-led insurgency and there is a strong likelihood that his government will face...
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Courthouse Suicide Bomb in Peshawar Kills At Least 19
19 November 2009
'Pakistan Suicide Bomb in Peshawar Kills At Least 19', Christian Science Monitor, 19 November 2009
EXCERPT: "A bombing at a courthouse has left at least 19 people dead and dozens injured after a suicide attack in Peshawar, Pakistan. Although no one has claimed responsibility for the attack, government officials are blaming the Pakistani Taliban. This latest attack comes as the Pakistani military continues its major offensive...
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The Military Offensive in South Waziristan and the Pakistani Nexus of Global Terrorism
19 November 2009
'Road to Salvation? The Military Offensive in South Waziristan and the Pakistani Nexus of Global Terrorism', The Elcano Royal Institute // Real Instituto Elcano, 17 November 2009
EXCERPT: "The authorities in Pakistan have launched a military offensive in South Waziristan in an effort to neutralise the threat that Therik e Taliban Pakistan and al-Qaeda and its affiliated groups pose for the political stability and social cohesion...
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