ISI Reviews Counter-terrorism Strategy
08 July 2010
ISI Boss Hints at Rethink on Counter-terror Plan, The Express Tribune, 9 July 2010
EXCERPT: "Pakistan's premier spy agency, the Inter Services Intelligence (ISI), said on Thursday it was in the middle of a 'review' of its counter-terror campaign against al Qaeda and its local affiliates as a 'readjustment' to the situation emerging in Afghanistan. 'As the American policy in Afghanistan is changing?we are doing the...
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US Terror Plot Investigation Uncovers Global Network, Pakistan Ties
08 July 2010
, AFP, 8 July 2010
EXCERPT: "US prosecutors accused top Al-Qaeda leaders Wednesday in an alleged attempt to bomb New York's subway, saying the failed plot was part of a Pakistan-based campaign against US and British cities. The indictment dramatically broadened the case in which Afghan immigrant and Colorado resident Najibullah Zazi pleaded guilty earlier this year to conspiring to set off explosions...
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Army, Tribal Leaders Offer Conflicting Views on Reconstruction Progress
08 July 2010
Army Working Towards Development of S Waziristan, The Associated Press of Pakistan via The Express Tribune, 8 July 2010
EXCERPT: "[...] In addition to completing scores of multi-purposes projects in South Waziristan by Pakistan army, developmental schemes on various sectors including education, health, communication and water are underway in South Waziristan. [...] Malik Aman Khan and Malik Allah Yar Khan on behalf of tribal people on...
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Families Claim Suspected Militants Killed in Detention
08 July 2010
Relatives Question Pakistan Army on Militant Killings, BBC News, 8 July 2010
EXCERPT: "Relatives of 23 suspected militants killed by Pakistani forces in the north-west on Tuesday said they were in custody at the time of their death. Elders in Dir district said most of the suspects were handed over to the armed forces by local village councils. The military said the men were killed in a shoot-out during a search operation in the Maidan...
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Analysis of Obama's Counter-terrorism Goals in AfPak
08 July 2010
[pdf], Pakistan Security Research Unit, 29 June 2010
EXCERPT: "The Obama administration developed in 2009 a series of goals, objectives, and metrics to measure progress in its campaigns against al-Qaeda and Taliban insurgents in Afghanistan and Pakistan (AfPak). We examine two of those in this Report: the overall goal of defeating al-Qaeda...
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