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Analysis: Hard reality as US pushes Pakistan

15 hours ago ago from LOATAY.COM - Pakistan News,India News,Afghanistan News and Loatay Update!

Dec 20 10:47 ISLAMABAD Pakistan will not go as far as Washington wants, and there's nothing the U.S. can do about it: That's the sobering reality as the U.S. tries to persuade a hesitant Pakistan to finish off the fight against terrorists. Expand the current assault against the Taliban? Pakistan has made clear that will happen only on its own terms. U.S. officials acknowledge that so far they haven't won the argument that militants who ...

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US forces mounted secret Pakistan raids in hunt for al-Qaida

3 hours ago ago from Photomaniacal

Former Nato officer reveals secret night operations in border region which America kept quiet American special forces have conducted multiple clandestine raids into Pakistan's tribal areas as part of a secret war in the border region where Washington is pressing to expand its drone assassination programme. A former Nato officer said the incursions, only one of which has been previously reported, occurred between 2003 and 2008, ...

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Strategic Balochistan becomes a target in war against Taliban

3 hours ago ago from Photomaniacal

Look around Balochistan, and you may not see much. Pakistan's largest province is also its poorest and least inhabited – an expanse of rocky deserts and ramshackle villages where hardy tribesmen live by ancient laws. But to outside eyes, Balochistan's barren sands glisten with hidden value. Mining companies eye its natural riches: vast and largely untapped reserves of copper, natural gas and possibly oil. Criminals see easy money: the ...

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US faces harsh reality with Islamabad

15 hours ago ago from Pakistan News With Pakistan Ideology

Anne Gearan Analysis: Hard reality as U.S. pushes Pakistan. Washington s diplomatic dance with Islamabad has limits in terror fight. ISLAMABAD Pakistan will not go as far as Washington wants, and there s nothing the U.S. can do about it: That s the sobering reality as the U.S. tries to persuade a hesitant Pakistan to finish off the fight against terrorists. Expand the current assault against the Taliban? Pakistan has made clear ...

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Marjorie Cohn: Obama's Af-Pak War Should be Considered Illegal

7 hours ago ago from Huffington Post

President Obama accepted the Nobel Peace Prize nine days after he announced he would send 30,000 more troops to Afghanistan. His choice to escalate the war may not have been what the Nobel committee envisioned when it sought to encourage him to make peace, not war. In 1945, in the wake of two wars that claimed millions of lives, the countries around the world created the United Nations, a system to "save succeeding generations from the ...

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In Afghanistan, U.S. Success Depends On Karzai : NPR

1 day ago ago from NPR

Search hear continuous streams 24-Hour Program Stream NPR News and Shows hear the latest news [4 min 45 sec] Latest NPR Newscast In Afghanistan, U.S. Success Depends On Karzai December 21, 2009 Audio for this story from Morning Edition will be available at approx. 9:00 a.m. ET ...

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Hamid Karzai's Challenge

11 hours ago ago from Washington Post - U.S.

Will a surge of American soldiers turn the tide in Afghanistan? Or will the United States endure a defeat similar to the one suffered by the Russian Army not so long ago? In the wake of President Obama's decision to send an additional 30,000 young men and women to fight Al Qaeda and the Taliban in Afghanistan, all eyes are on Afghan President Hamid Karzai--who now suggests America's withdrawal timeline might be flexible. The Obama ...

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Amid Scrutiny, Karzai Defends Cabinet Picks

19 hours ago ago from The New York Times

KABUL, Afghanistan President Hamid Karzai , whose cabinet nominations are under scrutiny by both Afghans and Western countries that aid Afghanistan , sought to reassure the world on Sunday that his proposed ministers were professionals rather than political favorites. Majid Saeedi/Getty Images President Hamid Karzai said that many nominees were new. He emphasized that the list he sent to Parliament for ...

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