US Treasury Designates Three Senior Leaders of Pakistani Terrorist Groups
03 December 2010
Treasury Designates Three Pakistani Terrorists, U.S. Department of Treasury, 2 December 2010
EXCERPT: "The U.S. Department of the Treasury today designated two of Pakistan's most wanted terrorists: Lashkar-e Jhangvi (LJ) senior leader Amanullah Afridi for acting for or on behalf of LJ and LJ chief operational commander Mati ur-Rehman for acting for or on behalf of LJ and al-Qa'ida. Treasury today also designated a third individual,...
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Russia, India and UAE Involved in Baloch Insurgency: WikiLeaks
03 December 2010
MPs Told Russia, India and UAE Involved in Baloch Insurgency, The Express Tribune, 3 December 2010
EXCERPT: "According to the WikiLeaks cable, a draft of a presentation shared with the US by National Security Adviser Mahmud Ali Durrani stated that Pakistan had not allowed the US to conduct cross-border operations. Parliamentarians were also told that India and Russia were involved in the insurgency in Balochistan. [Ahmed Shuja] Pasha...
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India-Afghan Trade: Lucrative Source of Income for Taliban
03 December 2010
India-Afghan Trade: New Corridor Promises High "Returns" for Taliban, The Express Tribune, 3 December 2010
EXCERPT: "The opening up of trade between Afghanistan and India via the Torkham border will open another lucrative window of opportunity for the Taliban to fill their coffers, a high-ranking customs official told The Express Tribune. The Afghanistan-India trade will be launched from January 1 next year. he official,...
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Germany Mulls over Alleged Drone Killing of German Citizen
03 December 2010
US Drone Attack Raises Uncomfortable Questions for Germany, Spiegel Online, 3 December 2010
EXCERPT: "A US drone attack in Pakistan in October is thought to have killed a German citizen. [...] When a German citizen is killed in a foreign country under mysterious circumstances, one might expect an outcry from politicians and the media. But the case of B?nyamin E., a German of Turkish descent who is believed to have died in Pakistan on...
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