Lashkar-e-Taiba Establishing Presence in Bangladesh, Nepal and Sri Lanka
22 October 2010
Lashkar-e-Taiba and the Strategy of "Encircling" India, The Jamestown Foundation // Global Terrorism Analysis, 21 October 2010
EXCERPT: "Recent developments in three of India's neighbors have demonstrated the expanding regional presence, reach and influence of the Pakistan-based Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT) organization. Going well beyond its Kashmir roots, reports suggest the movement is now establishing a presence in Bangladesh,...
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Pakistan Urges US to Intervene in Kashmir Dispute
22 October 2010
, The Associated Press, 22 October 2010
EXCERPT:"Pakistan called Friday for President Barack Obama to intervene in its longstanding dispute with India over the Himalayan region of Kashmir, the cause of two of the three wars the nuclear-armed rivals have fought. Pakistani Foreign Minister Shah Mahmood Qureshi made the unusually blunt appeal for Obama to seek a resolution of the dispute...
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Bombs Strike Military Patrol, Mosque, Kill Nine in Northwest
22 October 2010
, AFP, 22 October 2010
EXCERPT: "Bomb attacks killed six Pakistani soldiers and three civilians Friday, hitting a military patrol and worshippers at a mosque in the northwest dogged by Taliban and Al-Qaeda-linked violence. The attacks followed a three-month lull in violence since Pakistan suffered catastrophic floods in late July that affected more than 20 million people and an area the size...
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Army Units Linked to Abuses Will Lose US Aid
22 October 2010
, The New York Times, 21 October 2010
EXCERPT: "The Obama administration will withhold training and equipment for about a half-dozen Pakistani Army units that are believed to have killed unarmed prisoners and civilians during recent offensives against the Taliban, according to senior administration and Congressional officials. The cutoff of funds is an unusual rebuke to a wartime ally, and...
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