Drone Strikes Push Weakened Qaeda to Cities; AQAP Named Top Threat
25 August 2010
Al Qaeda Shifting to Pakistan's Urban Areas, Daily Times, 25 August 2010
EXCERPT: "Al Qaeda is gradually shifting its base from the unsafe and spy-infested tribal belt of Pakistan ? which is under the radars of virtually all intelligence agencies ? to more secure, urban areas of the country, which according to a Western diplomat, are 'immune to drones', Daily Times has learned. The drones had been so central to the current ...
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Flooding Disrupts Supplies for NATO in Afghanistan
25 August 2010
, The New York Times, 25 August 2010
EXCERPT: "The immense floods that have inundated sections of Pakistan and cut roads and railways have also disrupted the main supply lines for United States and NATO military forces in Afghanistan. Trucks carrying United States military vehicles under blue tarpaulins were caught in a 30-mile traffic jam on the main highway from the southern port of Karachi...
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Indian, Afghan Ministers Discuss Pak, Regional Security
25 August 2010
India, Afghanistan to Ensure Terrorists are Denied Safe Havens, Sify News, 25 August 2010
EXCERPT: "With Pakistan trying to influence the outcome of the Taliban integration plan, India and Afghanistan Wednesday joined hands to ensure that terrorist and extremist groups targeting the violence-torn country and the region are denied safe havens and sanctuaries. External Affairs Minister S.M. Krishna held delegation-level talks...
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