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News Source: Lexington Herald-Leader
| 5 months ago
Pakistan's army has deployed troops to a stretch of the Afghan border to stop Taliban militants fleeing a major U.S. offensive in southern Afghanistan, a spokesman said Thursday...Marines plus 650 Afghan forces moved into Afghanistan's Helmand...
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News Source: Gulf News
| 5 months ago
Spokesman Major General Athar Abbas said Thursday the army was preparing for a possible movement of Taliban across the border from Afghanistan's Helmand province. Pakistan shares a 1,600-mile (2,600-kilometer) border with Afghanistan. Taliban...
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News Source: Dawn
| 5 months ago
Pakistani combat helicopters killed 28 militants from extremist group Lashkar-e-Islam during raids on hideouts in Khyber region bordering Afghanistan, the military said on Thursday. ‘At least 28 militants of Lashkar-e-Islam were killed in shelling...
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News Source: Dawn
| 5 months ago
Most Pakistanis now see the Pakistani Taliban as well as al Qaeda as a critical threat to the country—a major shift from 18 months ago—and support the government and army in their fight in the Swat Valley against the Pakistani Taliban , according...
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News Source: The Globe & Mail
| 5 months ago
The Associated Press Last updated on Wednesday, Jul. 01, 2009 10:55PM EDT M ore than 80 per cent of Pakistanis view the Taliban and al-Qaeda as critical threats to the country, an opinion poll released Thursday said, marking a turn in public opinion...
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News Source: Al Jazeera
| 5 months ago
US forces have launched a major military operation in southern Afghanistan in the first big push to drive the Taliban out of a key stronghold since Barack Obama became US president...Gaining ground Brigadier General Larry Nicholson, the commanding...
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News Source: Inter Press Service
| 5 months ago
Pakistani public opinion remains supportive of the military's fight against the Pakistani Taliban, said a new poll released Wednesday. However, Pakistanis roundly reject the U.S. military campaign in the region. University of Maryland, is being...
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News Source: Voice of America
| 5 months ago
A public opinion survey conducted by the Washington based World Public Opinon.Org shows more Pakistanis perceive Taliban and al-Qaida as a critical threat. But it also shows Pakistanis' negative opinion about U.S. policies remains unchanged. Pakistan...
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News Source: AKI
| 5 months ago
North West Frontier Province, the Taliban are switching their strategy to focus attacks on the southwest and Afghanistan. Tuesday in Pakistan's southwest Balochistan province's Qalat district is the result of newly established militant networks.
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News Source: Androscoggin News
| 5 months ago
German Envoy for Afghanistan Says Poppy Eradication Has Failed July 1 (Bloomberg) -- The German government’s special envoy for Afghanistan and Pakistan said that Afghan poppy eradication efforts have failed and are counterproductive because they...