US Designates Three Haqqani Network, Taliban Leaders as Terrorists
22 July 2010
Treasury Targets Taliban and Haqqani Network Leadership: Treasury Designates Three Financiers Operating in Afghanistan and Pakistan, US Department of Treasury, 22 July 2010
EXCERPT: "The U.S. Department of the Treasury today designated three key leaders and financiers for the Taliban and its affiliated group the Haqqani Network, for supporting acts of terrorism and for acting for or on behalf of the Taliban or the Haqqani Network....
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Mosque Attacks Aim to Exploit Sectarian Rift, Follow Qaeda Strategy
22 July 2010
Islamists Exploit Sectarian Shrine Rift in Pakistan, The Washington Times, 21 July 2010
EXCERPT: "[...] Multiple suicide bomb attacks on Pakistan's most sacred Muslim shrine in Lahore, the country's cultural capital, have exposed this rift between the nation's two largest Islamic sects. Members of the Barelvi sect, which esteems shrines, have condemned adherents of Wahhabi, which regards historic sites as idols that should...
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LeT Seeks to Destabilise South Asia, ISI-Taliban Links a Problem: Holbrooke
22 July 2010
, AFP, 22 July 2010
EXCERPT: "Top US diplomatic and military officials warned Thursday of fresh attempts by militant groups to push nuclear-armed rivals India and Pakistan into a military conflict. The chairman of the US Joint Chiefs of Staff, Admiral Mike Mullen, said he feared extremists would attempt another operation similar to the 2008 Mumbai attacks in order to goad...
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IDPs with Disabilities Lack Proper Facilities, Care
22 July 2010
Life Tough for an IDP, Tougher Still for a Disabled IDP, Irin News, 22 July 2010
EXCERPT: "[...] Life is as hard for most of the disabled at the five remaining IDP camps in Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa, which OCHA said house some 105,000 people. 'For those who are old or have problems with their mobility, it's hard to get to the sanitation areas or to move beyond their tent blocks,' Faiz Uddin, a volunteer at Samarbagh Camp for IDPs...
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Army Chief Granted a Three Year Extension
22 July 2010
, The New York Times, 22 July 2010
EXCERPT: "The government granted a three-year extension to Pakistan's army chief on Thursday, an extraordinary move that reflected his enormously powerful influence in a country with a potent mix of Islamic insurgents and a history of military takeovers. The extended appointment of the army chief, Gen. Ashfaq Pervaiz Kayani, had been rumored for some time...
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