TTP Attack Pakistani Forces in Revenge for Bin Laden, Kill More than 80 in NW
13 May 2011
The Tehrik-e-Taliban on Friday claimed their first major strike in revenge for Osama bin Laden’s death as more than 80 people were killed and at least 115 were wounded in a suicide and bomb attack on FC personnel. “This was the first revenge for Osama’s martyrdom. Wait for bigger attacks in Pakistan and Afghanistan,” spokesman Ehsanullah Ehsan told AFP by telephone from an undisclosed location. It was the deadliest attack...
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Human Rights Situation in Pakistan "Deteriorated": Amnesty Report
13 May 2011
Some positive steps have been taken to empower civilian rule and curb armed militancy but the overall situation of human rights deteriorated further in Pakistan — especially in northwest and Balochistan, said Amnesty International as it launched its global human rights report 2011 here on Thursday on the eve of its 50th anniversary. Salil Shetty, Amnesty International secretary general, told The News that Amnesty stood against all forms...
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Review of Recent bin Laden Coverage, US-Pakistan Developments
13 May 2011
Pakistan — Despite mounting pressure from the United States since the American raid that killed Osama bin Laden,Pakistan’s army chief, Gen. Ashfaq Parvez Kayani, seems unlikely to respond to American demands to root out other militant leaders, according to people who have met with him in the last 10 days. While the general does not want to abandon the alliance completely, he is more likely to pursue a strategy of decreasing...
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