Neighbouring Countries Step Up Efforts to Protect Own Interests in Afghanistan
05 November 2010
, The Washington Post, 4 November 2010
EXCERPT: "Worried that the administration is moving toward an endgame in Afghanistan - through troop withdrawals, negotiations or both - other countries in the region have stepped up efforts to protect security and economic interests that might conflict with those of the United States. President Obama has argued that the long-term...
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Drones Drive Militants Out of N. Waziristan to Other Tribal Regions: ISI Official
05 November 2010
Drones Push Taliban from a Pakistani Haven, The Wall Street Journal, 5 November 2010
EXCERPT: "A U.S. campaign of drone strikes in Pakistan is driving some insurgents from a key haven on the Afghan border into other tribal districts, where they are aggressively laying the groundwork for a new base of operations, Pakistani officials say. The militants are fleeing into regions where Pakistan's army, which refused to chase them down...
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Two Attacks on Mosques in NW Kill at Least 70
05 November 2010
, The Associated Press, 5 November 2010
EXCERPT: "A suicide bomber struck a mosque frequented by anti-Taliban tribal elders in northwestern Pakistan during afternoon prayers Friday, killing at least 67 people in one of the deadliest attacks this year. Later in the day, three grenade blasts killed three people at a mosque in another northwest area where an anti-Taliban militia was active....
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