Baloch Liberation Army Claims Killing of 16 Punjabi Settlers
16 August 2010
Baloch Liberation Army Claims Responsibility for Attacks on Punjabis in Balochistan, Daily News & Analysis, 15 August 2010
EXCERPT: "The Baloch Liberation Army (BLA), a separatist group, has claimed responsibility for the killing of 16 Punjabi-origin people in ethnic violence in the insurgency-hit southwestern Balochistan province of Pakistan. The BLA said it attacked the settlers from Punjab in two separate incidents in Balochistan's...
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Musharraf Will Not Return to Pakistan for Party Launch
16 August 2010
Musharraf Not to Come to Pakistan This Year, Daily Times, 16 August 2010
EXCERPT: "Former president Pervez Musharraf, now residing in England, will not visit Pakistan on the launch of his newly-formed party, the All-Pakistan Muslim League (APML) in September as decided earlier, Daily Times learnt on Sunday. According to sources close to the former president, Musharraf had decided to steer his party from London as its headquarters...
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Heading Towards a Taliban Takeover of Afghanistan: Report
16 August 2010
Heading Towards a Taliban Takeover of Afghanistan, The Middle East Media Research Institute, 16 August 2010
EXCERPT: "As U.S. troops begin to withdraw from Afghanistan in July 2011, an emerging fragile Afghan state under Hamid Karzai appears to be headed for a likely takeover by the Taliban. Three major forces will impact the situation in Afghanistan: Pakistan, the U.S., and to a lesser degree India and Iran. An internal and regional...
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Afghan Refugees Mull Return Home After Floods
16 August 2010
Afghan Refugees Mull Return Home After Pakistan Floods, AlertNet, 15 August 2010
EXCERPT: "Floods ravaged tens of thousands of Afghan refugees who have been living in Pakistan for decades after fleeing Soviet occupation and civil war. Now as they survey kilometers of flattened mud and brick houses in a refugee camp in northwest Pakistan, some contemplate returning to an Afghanistan still gripped by violence. [...] Millions of...
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