Explosives Smuggled In from Afghanistan: Interior Minister
25 November 2010
, AFP, 25 November 2010
EXCERPT: "Pakistan said Thursday that most of the explosives used in bomb attacks on its territory were smuggled from Afghanistan but insisted it was limiting the cross-border movement of insurgents fighting US troops. 'All these IEDs (improvised-explosive devices) are actually being transported from Afghanistan to Pakistan,' Interior Minister Rehman Malik told...
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Zardari Faces Pressure over Asia Bibi's Death Sentence, Blasphemy Law
25 November 2010
, The Washington Post, 25 November 2010
EXCERPT: "Pakistan's president faced mounting pressure Thursday to weigh in on the fate of a Christian woman recently sentenced to death for blasphemy, a case that has drawn the attention of the Vatican and sparked street protests in this Muslim-majority nation. In a report delivered to President Asif Ali Zardari...
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Afghanistan, Iran and Pakistan Strengthen Anti-drug Trafficking Initiative
25 November 2010
Afghanistan, Iran and Pakistan Strengthen Anti-drug Trafficking Initiative, UNODC, 25 November 2010
EXCERPT: "The Afghan, Iranian and Pakistani Ministers for drug control have adopted measures to strengthen their cooperation in addressing drug trafficking at the annual meeting of the UNODC-facilitated Triangular Initiative in Islamabad, Pakistan, earlier today. The Minister of Counter Narcotics of Afghanistan, Mr. Zarar Ahmad Moqbel...
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US Designates LeT-linked Charity as Terrorist Group
25 November 2010
US Treasury Designates Lashkar-e-Taiba's Charitable Front as Terror Group [blog], The Long War Journal, 24 November 2010
EXCERPT: "The US Treasury Department has targeted a charitable front for the Pakistan-based Lashkar-e-Taiba and three senior leaders of the terror group by designating them as global terrorists. The Lashkar-e-Taiba receives support from Pakistan's military and its intelligence service. Today under Executive...
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Militants Use Karachi as Operational Hub
25 November 2010
International Jihadists Use Karachi as Hub, Spiegel, 25 November 2010
EXCERPT: "Without the port of Karachi, the NATO mission in Afghanistan would be almost inconceivable. The heavily guarded containers of war materials, sand-colored Humvees, food and gasoline stand in endless rows on the piers. Almost 80 percent of military supplies for the International Security Assistance Force (ISAF) pass through Karachi. The logisticians of terror...
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