Failed Counterinsurgency Strategy Leads to Rising Number of US Terror Plots: Report
21 June 2010
Failed Strategy to Halt Pakistan-Based Militant Groups Has Helped Lead to Rising Number of U.S. Terror Plots, RAND Corporation, 21 June 2010
EXCERPT: "The rising number of terrorist plots in the United States with links to Pakistan?most recently the failed car-bombing in New York City?is partly a result of an unsuccessful strategy by Pakistan and the U.S. to weaken the range of militant groups operating in Pakistan, according to a new...
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Pakistan Violates Kashmir Ceasefire Ahead of Talks: India
21 June 2010
Firing on India-Pakistan Border Ahead of Peace Talks: Army, Sify News, 21 June 2010
EXCERPT: "India accused Pakistan on Monday of violating a ceasefire along the de facto border in disputed Kashmir days before top foreign ministry officials of the two nations are due to meet in Islamabad. Indian Foreign Secretary Nirupama Rao will meet her Pakistani counterpart Salman Bashir on Thursday as the two nations look to build on a...
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21 June 2010
Pakistan Troops Die in Clashes with Taliban in Orakzai, BBC News, 21 June 2010
EXCERPT: "Pakistan's military says at least three soldiers have been killed in clashes with Taliban militants in the troubled tribal region of Orakzai. Security officials told the BBC that fighting started after the Taliban ambushed a military convoy. At least 13 militants were also killed, the army says. There is no independent confirmation of the claims....
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