Afghanistan, Pakistan to Cooperate, Revive Jirga Process
11 March 2010
Pakistan, Afghanistan Agree to Revive Jirga Process, DAWN, 11 March 2010
EXCERPT: "Pakistan and Afghanistan agreed on Wednesday to revive the joint grand jirga process for evolving a common strategy on furthering Kabul's ?reintegration and reconciliation? plan. The decision was taken at a meeting between President Asif Ali Zardari and Afghan President Hamid Karzai. Mr Karzai, who flew in here late in the afternoon, met President Zardari...
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Pakistan's Chief Spy to Stay on Another Year
11 March 2010
Pakistan's Chief Spy to Stay on Another Year, The Globe and Mail, 11 March 2010
EXCERPT: "Pakistan's powerful spy chief has had his term in office extended, a signal of the country's increasingly firm stand against a violent insurgency and its improving strategic partnership with the West, analysts said. The decision to give another year to the head of the Inter-Services Intelligence agency, Lieutenant-General Ahmad Shuja...
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Up to 16 Militants Killed in Drone Attack
11 March 2010
, AFP, 11 March 2010
EXCERPT: "Two US missile strikes deep in Pakistan's northwest tribal belt killed up to 16 militants, with more bodies recovered from the wreckage on Thursday, security officials said. Two successive bombing raids by unmanned spy planes hit a building and vehicles late Wednesday in North Waziristan, a bastion of Taliban and Al-Qaeda-linked militants near Pakistan's...
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US Worries LeT Might Trigger India-Pakistan War
11 March 2010
US Worries Militants May Trigger India-Pakistan War, DAWN, 11 March 2010
EXCERPT: "The United States continues to worry that groups like Lashkar-e-Taiba can cause a war between India and Pakistan, a senior US military commander told a congressional panel on Wednesday. Lt-Gen Francis Kearney, deputy commander, US Special Operations Command, told the Senate Committee on Armed Services that while the United States was taking steps to prevent...
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2009 US Report on Human Rights
11 March 2010
2009 Human Rights Report: Pakistan, US Department of State, 11 March 2010
EXCERPT: "Although the civilian government took some positive steps, the overall human rights situation remained poor. Major problems included extrajudicial killings, torture, and disappearances. Collective punishment was a problem, particularly in the Federally Administered Tribal Areas (FATA), which fall under the legal framework of the Frontier Crimes Regulation...
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