Detention of Pakistani Informants Highlights Deteriorating US-Pakistan Relationship
16 June 2011
The Army on Wednesday confirmed media reports that it had made several detentions in connection with the US raid killing Osama bin Laden and other unspecified incidents under ‘a purge’, but denied holding any military officer. “The arrests are part of ongoing cleansing process and are not related to any single incident,” an ISPR spokesman said while commenting on a New York Times report that five persons, an Army major among...
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Murder Charges Sought in Rangers Killing as Courts Address Other Incident Inquiries
16 June 2011
A Pakistani prosecutor said Wednesday he would seek murder charges against six soldiers and a civilian remanded over the killing of an unarmed man in a public park that shocked the nation. Paramilitary Rangers shot dead Sarfaraz Shah in Karachi last Wednesday after he was accused of robbery, but his family has demanded justice, insisting he was an innocent student. The killing was filmed by a television cameraman. Public prosecutor Arshad Iqbal Cheema...
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Summary of Recent Security Incidents
16 June 2011
More than 200 militants crossed into Pakistan from Afghanistan early Thursday and attacked a border village with rockets, mortars and machine guns, killing five people and kidnapping more than 20, officials and residents said. The deadly raid underlines challenges ahead for the U.S. and Pakistan when Washington begins withdrawing troops from Afghanistan later this year. Pakistan maintains that NATO already needs more troops along the Afghan side...
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Al Zawahiri Becomes Al-Qaeda Chief
16 June 2011
Al-Qaeda has named Ayman al-Zawahiri as its new chief following the killing of Osama bin Laden, the group has said in a statement issued in the name of the group's general command. "The general command of al-Qaeda announces, after consultations, the appointment of Sheikh Ayman al-Zawahiri as head of the group," the statement, posted online on Thursday, said. US special forces killed bin Laden in a raid on the Pakistani city of Abbottabad on May 2....
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