Women Become Fighter Pilots Despite Conservative Policies
08 March 2010
, AFP, 7 March 2010
EXCERPT: "[...]Pakistan is a conservative Muslim country, where the United Nations says only 40 percent of adult women are literate. Women are victims of violence and abuse, and the country still lacks a law against domestic violence. But in 2006, seven women broke into one of Pakistan's most exclusive male clubs to graduate as fighter pilots -- perhaps the most...
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Suicide Bomb Targets Military Interrogation Unit
08 March 2010
Suicide Car Bomber Strikes Pakistani Intelligence Unit, Los Angeles Times, 8 March 2010
EXCERPT: "A suicide car bombing at a building that houses terrorism investigations in Lahore killed at least 13 people and wounded 80 others Monday, the first terrorist strike to hit a major city in the country's heartland this year. The blast targeted a special investigative unit that interrogates key terrorism suspects. The entire...
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Al-Qaeda Arrest Marks Military Shift, US Doubts Remain
08 March 2010
, Asia Times Online, 8 March 2010
EXCERPT: "Pakistan has once again come up with a big fish for the United States with the arrest in the southern port city of a senior al-Qaeda operative. Although there is some confusion as to the identity of the man, the arrest again underscores the importance of Pakistan in the US's struggle in Afghanistan. [...] By Monday morning, security agencies clarified...
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Afghan Attacks on Indians May Lead to Talks with ISI, Taliban
08 March 2010
Afghan Reality: India May Talk to ISI, Taliban, IBN Live, 6 March 2010
EXCERPT: "The top levels of the government are debating opening talks with Pakistan's Inter Services Intelligence (ISI) and the Afghan Taliban to ensure India remains relevant in Afghanistan. CNN-IBN learns the precarious security situation in Afghanistan--highlighted by the terrorist attacks targeting Indians in Kabul on February 26--is prompting a...
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Gunmen Kill Local Taliban Commander: Officials
08 March 2010
, AFP, 7 March 2010
EXCERPT: "Gunmen killed a local Taliban commander in Pakistan's rugged northwest tribal region, officials said Sunday, a day after reports of the deaths of other senior Islamist leaders. Pakistan's military is locked in a number of offensives against Islamist extremists across swathes of the northwest, and officials say they are making inroads into...
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