Taliban Step Up Attacks in South Waziristan
20 October 2010
Taliban Step Up Attacks in South Waziristan [blog], The Long War Journal, 20 October 2010
EXCERPT: "The Taliban have stepped up attacks on the Pakistani Army in South Waziristan after the group's leader recently vowed to continue fighting the Pakistani government. Over the past week, the Movement of the Taliban in Pakistan has killed eight Pakistani Army soldiers and captured one more, in two separate strikes. In addition, other...
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Karachi "Shuts Down" amid Rampant Violence; Govt Says No Need to Send in Army
20 October 2010
, AFP, 20 October 2010
EXCERPT: " Pakistan said Wednesday there was no need to send the army into Karachi to bring the country's biggest city under control after politically motivated killings left more than 70 people dead in days. The teeming city of 16 million is the country's economic capital, home to its stock exchange and an Arabian Sea port where NATO supplies...
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US, Pakistan Conduct Strategic Dialogue, Aim to Overcome Recent Tensions
20 October 2010
, AFP, 20 October 2010
EXCERPT: " The United States and Pakistan meet Wednesday in a new bid to smooth out an uneasy partnership, with Washington ready to offer fresh military assistance despite worries in India. The three-day talks are the latest round of a 'strategic dialogue,' an initiative by President Barack Obama's administration to show a skeptical Pakistani public that...
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Expanding US Operations in Pakistan Taking a "Serious Toll" on Al-Qaeda: CIA Chief
20 October 2010
, AFP, 20 October 2010
EXCERPT: "The CIA's expanding operations in Pakistan have taken "a serious toll" on the Al-Qaeda network, the spy agency director, Leon Panetta, has told US media. But he said it remained unclear whether the effort had prevented a possible terror plot against European cities, the Los Angeles Times quoted him as saying Tuesday. Panetta did...
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