29 June 2011
He built Pakistan's nuclear bomb and is accused of having sold his knowledge to Libya and Iran. Since 2004, Abdul Qadeer Khan has been under a state of house arrest. In an e-mail interview, he now explains why he accepted sole blame for the accusations at the time and points a finger at the Pakistani army.
Spiegel Online: Recent attacks on a naval base in Karachi, Pakistan, which resulted in the deaths of 16 people, show that extremists are posing...
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Summary of Recent Security Incidents
27 June 2011
At least 12 people have been killed after a police station in northwestern Pakistani came under attack from suspected Taliban fighters. Three explosions sent plumes of smoke into the air at the Kolachi police station in the Dera Ismail Khan district during the assault, which prompted a standoff on Saturday. Ten policemen were killed and another five wounded in the assault. Two of the attackers were also killed. Ahsanullah Ahsan, a spokesman for the...
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Terrorist Attacks on Military Installations Underscore Risk to Nuclear Arsenal: Report
14 June 2011
Recent terrorist attacks on military installations suggest the “safety and security of nuclear weapons materials in Pakistan may very well be compromised,” says an article published in the Combating Terrorism Center’s magazine, Sentinel, at the U. S. Military Academy West Point. “A frontal assault on nuclear weapons storage facilities, which are the most robustly defended elements of Pakistan’s nuclear weapons cycle,...
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Tehrik-i-Taliban Leaders Threaten Attacks on US Targets Abroad
09 June 2011
A senior commander from Pakistan's Taliban, an ideological ally of al-Qaida, has said the movement plans to attack US targets abroad to avenge the death of Osama bin Laden. The Tehrik-i-Taliban Pakistan (TTP), or Taliban Movement of Pakistan, first threatened to avenge Bin Laden immediately after the raid by US special forces in the northern Pakistani town of Abbottabad on 2 May in which the al-Qaida leader was killed. Since Bin Laden's death, militants...
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Hangu Bazaar Suicide Attack Kills Dozens
27 May 2011
At least 28 people, four policemen among them, were killed and 55 injured when a suicide bomber exploded his vehicle at a checkpoint in Hangu bazaar on Thursday. Officials said the pick-up was laden with 450kg of explosives. It was detonated by the bomber as soon as he reached the police post. The nearby official residence of the district coordination officer, offices of the Hangu police chief and the special branch, the city police station, 17 shops,...
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Mumbai Conspirator Alleges "Close Alliance" between ISI and Lashkar-i-Taiba at Chicago Trial
24 May 2011
A confessed Pakistani-American terrorist took the stand in a Chicago courtroom on Monday and described a close alliance between Pakistan's intelligence service and the Lashkar-i-Taiba terrorist group, alleging that Pakistani officers recruited him and played a central role in planning the 2008 Mumbai attacks. David Coleman Headley's long-awaited testimony at the start of a trial with international repercussions resolved one question at the outset:...
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Pakistan 2020, A Vision for Building a Better Future: Report
18 May 2011
Preventing Pakistan from further deterioration will require a long-term commitment from the government of Pakistan, the United States, and other international stakeholders to promote genuine reform. According to a report by the Asia Society Pakistan 2020 Study Group, this commitment must be enshrined in a comprehensive package of policies aimed at promoting sustainable constitutional democracy, credible and effective rule of law and law enforcement,...
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Summary of Recent Security Incidents
17 May 2011
The death toll from a double suicide bombing targeting a police training centre in northwest Pakistan has risen to 98, police said on Tuesday. Pakistan's Taliban said they carried out Friday's attack on the paramilitary Frontier Constabulary (FC) police training centre in Shabqadar town in revenge for the death of Osama bin Laden earlier this month. "The death toll has now risen to 98," Peshawar city police chief Liaqat Ali Khan told AFP. He said...
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US Begins Trial of Pakistani Man Accused of Mumbai Involvement
11 May 2011
The Chicago trial of a Pakistani man accused of helping to plot the deadly Mumbai attacks opens next week amid a diplomatic crisis which could worsen if evidence of Pakistan’s involvement is revealed. Pakistan is already trying to deflect mounting suspicion of official complicity with terrorism in the wake of the May 2 US raid which killed Osama bin Laden in an urban compound only 55 kilometers (35 miles) from Islamabad. The world’s most...
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Pakistan: Violence vs. Stability - Net Assessment: Report
09 May 2011
As the events surrounding the death of Osama Bin Laden make all too clear, Pakistan is passing through one of the most dangerous periods of instability in its history. This instability goes far beyond Al Qa’ida, the Taliban, and the war in Afghanistan. A net assessment of the patterns of violence and stability indicate that Pakistan is approaching a perfect storm of threats, including rising extremism, a failing economy, chronic underdevelopment,...
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