04 January 2011

Pakistan Releases Top Al Qaeda-linked Terrorist Leader, The Long War Journal, 4 January 2011

EXCERPT: "A senior Pakistani terrorist linked to al Qaeda and the country's intelligence service has been released from 'protective custody.' Qari Saifullah Akhtar, the leader of the Harkat-ul-Jihad-al-Islami (HUJI, or the Movement of Islamic Holy War), was released in early December after being taken into protective custody in August 2010. HUJI is...

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04 January 2011

, AFP, 2 January 2011

EXCERPT: "Afghan efforts to broker peace with the Taliban enter a new phase this week with the first scheduled visit of envoys to Islamabad, part of a growing recognition that the process hinges on Pakistan. Afghanistan's ex-president Burhanuddin Rabbani takes a group from President Hamid Karzai's High Council for Peace to neighbouring Pakistan Tuesday for talks with President...

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04 January 2011

, The Washington Post, 3 January 2011

EXCERPT: "The second-largest party in Pakistan's ruling coalition said Sunday that it would defect to the opposition, greatly imperiling the U.S.-allied government by leaving it without a parliamentary majority. The surprising move by the Muttahida Qaumi Movement, which dominates this southern metropolis [Karachi], prompted President...

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04 January 2011

, The New York Times, 4 January 2011

EXCERPT: "The governor of Pakistan's most important and populous province was assassinated by an elite police guard in Islamabad on Tuesday, plunging the already unstable national government into an even deeper crisis. It was the highest-profile killing of a Pakistani leader since Benazir Bhutto was gunned down at a political rally three years ago....

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