Pakistan Rebukes Afghanistan as Dir Siege Continues into Third Day
03 June 2011
Pakistan issued a sharp diplomatic rebuke to Afghanistan on Thursday after hundreds of Afghan Taliban militants crossed over into its territory, attacked Shaltalu checkpoint in the northwestern district of Upper Dir and sparked a long and fierce gun battle. At least 27 security personnel and three civilians were killed in a battle with the intruding militants, officials said. Some 45 militants were also killed in a joint operation of the paramilitary...
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US to Significantly Cut Aid to, Military Presence in Pakistan
03 June 2011
The top US military officer has acknowledged "very significant" cuts to US military numbers in Pakistan, saying US-Pakistan ties need time to heal. Adm Mike Mullen, head of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, said some of the US troops, mostly trainers, would remain. Pakistan asked the US to reduce its troop presence after US special forces killed Osama Bin Laden last month. The raid sparked deep anger in Pakistan, further damaging already strained ties with...
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Pakistan "Evidently is Increasing its Capabilities" of Nuclear Deterrence in Case of Indian Response to Terror Attacks
03 June 2011
Pakistan's test launch last month of a new short-range ballistic missile, when added to its quickly growing arsenal of lower-power nuclear weapons, indicates the South Asian country is seriously readying to use its nuclear deterrent should war break out again with India, the Times of India reported on Sunday. Federation of American Scientists Nuclear Information Project Director Hans Kristensen said the nuclear-capable Hatf 9 missile appears to be...
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Summary of Recent Security Incidents
03 June 2011
Four more youngsters were killed in separate incidents in the Lyari area on Wednesday bringing the death toll to 10 in three days of violence in the strife-hit neighbourbood, police said. Although guns fell silent by Tuesday evening following intense firing and armed clashes between two rival ethnic communities in Lyari, violence returned to the locality within hours and a teenage boy was shot dead in the early hours of Wednesday. “The first...
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