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By: MYousuf
ISLAMABAD, Oct 17: An air and ground offensive has been launched to flush out 1500-odd, mostly foreign, terrorists from the South Waziristan Agency which had become breeding ground for 80 % terrorist activities in the country, Director General Inter Services Public Relations (ISPR) Major General Athar Abass said on Saturday. "The ...
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Army officer, soldier killed in Pakistan capital
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ISLAMABAD – Suspected militants on a motorbike shot and killed a soldier and a senior army officer in the Pakistani capital Thursday, striking at security forces as they pressed ahead with a major anti-Taliban offensive in the northwest. The assault in Islamabad showed the insurgents are able to hit the heart of the country despite ramped ...
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By: AriRusila
"democracies make elections, elections don't make democracies" After Afghanistan's fraudulent elections President Obama's future politics in failing state is still foggy. Conflicting views of Obama's staff, escalation of War to Pakistan, lack of clear vision and strategy are not making choice easy. The rest of the world is waiting U.S. leadership ...
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By: intellectual
Recent years have seen the re-emergence of the hardline Islamic Taliban movement as a fighting force in Afghanistan and a major threat to its government. They are also threatening to destabilise Pakistan, where they control areas in the north-west and are blamed for a wave of suicide bombings and other attacks. The Taliban emerged in the ...
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- News Source: The Guardian | 4 months agoBritish troops based in Lashkar Gar are playing a supporting role, blocking Taliban supply routes. What is the aim? The marines are supposed to establish a presence in two Taliban-dominated districts in the south of Helmand province, Nawa-i-...
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- News Source: The Frontier Post | 4 months agoThe United Nations World Drug Report for 2009, released last week, revealed that even though opium production slumped 19 per cent worldwide in 2008, Afghanistan still produces 93 per cent of the world's supply, ABC reported. Afghan President Hamid...
- News Source: Rocky Mount Telegram | 4 months agoN.C. — The Marine Corps says one Marine has been killed in fighting in southern Afghanistan during a major offensive against the Taliban...William Pelletier said the Marine died Thursday during the fighting along the Helmand River valley...
- News Source: Christian Science Monitor | 4 months agoWith national elections less than two months away, the Afghan government is hoping to bring more areas under its control with the help of a new US-led military campaign. The Taliban, who hold sway over large swaths of the country, could disrupt...
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