Two Drone Strikes Kill At Least Nine Suspected Fighters in Kurram
20 June 2011
At least nine suspected fighters have been killed after US drones fired missiles at a vehicle and a residential compound in the Kurram tribal agency, in Pakistan's northwest, according to Pakistani officials. Al Jazeera's sources said that in the first of Monday's two attacks, a vehicle was hit and two suspected fighters were killed. The vehicle was attacked again but just a few minutes later, as the local tribesmen rushed to a nearby residential...
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Suspicions Rise as Pakistan Bomb Labs Empty Before Raids
20 June 2011
For the second time this month, bomb-making factories in Pakistan were evacuated shortly after American intelligence officials notified Pakistani security forces of their existence, fueling suspicions that such intelligence is being shared with insurgents. It remains unclear whether the evacuations — four of them in the past month alone — were the result of deliberate or inadvertent leaks or were planned in advance of the intelligence...
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Militants Attack Anti-Taliban Elders in Mohmand
20 June 2011
Dozens of militants have attacked the homes of two prominent anti-Taliban tribal elders close to the Afghan border, officials say. At least four were killed and four others, including one of the elders, injured in the tribal area of Mohmand. The raid on the homes of anti-Taliban elders happened in the Ziarat Masood village of Mohmand district, another area where the Taliban have been attempting to establish themselves. A group of militants stormed...
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Pakistan Hosts Largest Refugee Population: Report
20 June 2011
The United Nations sought Monday to debunk what it called ‘worrying misperceptions’ about movements of displaced people saying that developing countries hosted 80 per cent of the world’s refugees. The total number of refugees, asylum seekers and displaced persons, had not ceased to grow with the figure reaching nearly 44 million people in 2010, the UNHCR said in a report. “In today’s world, there are worrying misperceptions...
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Summary of Recent Security Incidents: Karachi
20 June 2011
Eleven people, including two activists of Muttahida Qaumi Movement (MQM), lost life in separate incidents of violence that took place in different parts of the city on Sunday. The body of a MQM activist bearing torture marks was found from Kikri Ground within the remits of Kharadar police station. The victim was identified as Feroz, son of Iqbal. SHO Ghulam Nabi Afridi said Feroz had recently shifted to Agra Taj Colony from North Karachi, adding...
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