ISI Officers "Pressing" Taliban to Fight US and Allies in Afghanistan: Officials
07 October 2010
Pakistan Urges On Taliban, The Wall Street Journal, 5 October 2010
EXCERPT: "Members of Pakistan's spy agency are pressing Taliban field commanders to fight the U.S. and its allies in Afghanistan, some U.S. officials and Afghan militants say, a development that undercuts a key element of the Pentagon's strategy for ending the war. The explosive accusation is the strongest yet in a series of U.S. criticisms of Pakistan,...
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US Accused of Exaggerating Terror Threat in Europe
07 October 2010
Barack Obama Accused of Exaggerating Terror Threat for Political Gain, The Guardian, 7 October 2010
EXCERPT: "A US terror alert issued this week about al-Qaida plots to attack targets in western Europe was politically motivated and not based on credible new information, senior Pakistani diplomats and European intelligence officials have told the Guardian. The non-specific US warning, which despite its vagueness led Britain, France and...
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Double Bombing Kills Eight at Sufi Shrine in Karachi
07 October 2010
, AFP, 7 October 2010
EXCERPT: "Eight worshippers including two children were killed in twin bomb blasts Thursday at a packed Sufi shrine in Pakistan's southern port city of Karachi, officials told AFP. Senior police official Hamid Parhial gave the toll, adding that 65 people were also injured, and said it was a suspected suicide attack. The bombs exploded at the entrance...
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Govt Keeps Afghan Border Closed Despite US Apologies
07 October 2010
, The Washington Post, 7 October 2010
EXCERPT: "Pakistan kept a key border crossing into Afghanistan closed to NATO convoys Thursday, despite U.S. apologies for a fatal airstrike that killed or wounded six Pakistani soldiers and prompted the blockade. In a news conference in this capital [Islamabad], Foreign Ministry spokesman Abdul Basit said Pakistan was still considering whether...
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