Pakistan Seeks SCO Membership, Cooperation Against Terrorism
11 June 2010
Narco-Money Feeding Terror: Zardari, The Express Tribune, 12 June 2010
ECERPT: "President Asif Ali Zardari on Friday called for deeper regional cooperation against extremism and terrorism and vowed that Pakistan would continue to play its key role for greater peace and stability. Addressing the 10th summit of the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO) in Uzbekistan's capital, Zardari said regional countries must also join hands to...
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Terror Groups Join Forces, Form "Networked Outfit"
11 June 2010
, Foreign Policy, 11 June 2010
EXCERPT: "On May 28, several mercenaries invaded two mosques in Lahore, Pakistan's second-largest city, and ended up mowing down nearly 100 Ahmadis, members of a breakaway sect that was officially declared to be non-Muslim in the mid-1970s. The killing was one of the boldest and most deadly in a year of bold and deadly attacks in Pakistan. And it pointed...
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US Needs "Genuine Regional Strategy": Analysts
11 June 2010
[pdf], National Defense University // Institute for National Strategic Studies, 11 June 2010
EXCERPT: "The focus on the war in Afghanistan has prevented the United States from developing a South Asia strategy rooted in the relative strategic importance of the nations in the region. India, a stable democracy enjoying rapid growth, clearly has the most potential as a strategic partner....
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Drones Kill 14 Militants in North Waziristan
11 June 2010
, AFP, 11 June 2010
EXCERPT: "US drone attacks killed at least 14 militants and destroyed hideouts in Pakistan's North Waziristan, a fortress of Taliban and Al-Qaeda cohorts on the Afghan border, officials said Friday. The twin strikes 12 hours apart struck west and east of Miranshah, the main town in the wild tribal district, where Pakistani commanders feel under increasing US pressure...
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