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Pakistan Told to Ratchet Up Fight Against the Taliban
20 hours ago ago from PUKHTUNKHWA TIMES
NEWYORKTIMES WASHINGTON — The Obama administration is turning up the pressure on Pakistan to fight the Taliban inside its borders, warning that if it does not act more aggressively the United States will use considerably more force on the Pakistani side of the border to shut down Taliban attacks on American forces in Afghanistan, American and Pakistani officials said. The blunt message was delivered in a tense encounter in Pakistan last ...
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15 hours ago ago from The Torch
Further to this post , Time to make a decision about attacking Taliban in Baluchistan the Americans are upping the pressure on the Paks (and it's important for the CF across from the Baluchistan border at Kandahar): The Obama administration is turning up the pressure on Pakistan to fight the Taliban inside its borders, warning that if it does not act more aggressively the United States will use considerably more force on the Pakistani ...
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9 hours ago ago from Minstrel Boy
Pakistan Told to Ratchet Up Taliban Fight - NYTimes.com : "WASHINGTON — The Obama administration is turning up the pressure on Pakistan to fight the Taliban inside its borders, warning that if it does not act more aggressively the United States will use considerably more force on the Pakistani side of the border to shut down Taliban attacks on American forces in Afghanistan, American and Pakistani officials said. The blunt message was ...
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13 hours ago ago from Dr Nasir Khan
by James Cogan, wsws.org , Dec 8, 2009 President Obama’s deployment of 30,000 additional American troops to Afghanistan will be accompanied by increased US attacks inside Pakistan. According to the New York Times , the White House is pressuring the Pakistani government to allow US forces to assassinate alleged Taliban leaders in the province of Balochistan. The US claims that Mullah Omar, the head of the Taliban, is directing the ...
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Pankaj Mishra Indian policemen standing guard after a grenade attack by suspected militants in Srinagar, Kashmir, October 6, 2009 (Yawar Nazir/Getty Images) Obama’s long speech on Afghanistan did not refer even once to India or Kashmir. Yet India has a large and growing presence in Afghanistan, and impoverished young Pakistanis, such as those who led the terrorist attack on Mumbai last November, continue to be indoctrinated by ...
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Gates: Pakistan may get more help against al-Qaida
21 hours ago ago from Good News Now
KABUL -Defense Secretary Robert Gates says the United States is prepared to give Pakistan more help fighting al-Qaida forces if its government wants it. Gates, who arrived in Afghanistan late Monday, said it is Pakistan's "foot on the accelerator" when it comes to fighting terrorists. But he said the U.S. could provide more assistance "at any pace they are prepared to accept." While Pakistan is considered one of the closest U.S. allies in the ...
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Umar Gul will not be able to turn out for the Kolkata Knight Riders Pakistan's top cricketers will miss a second straight Indian Premier League campaign after delays in securing visas for the lucrative Twenty20 tournament. The deadline for completing paperwork for the six-week tournament from 12 March was Monday, with the transfer window opening on Wednesday. IPL chief Lalit Modi said: Pakistan's players are out and will not ...
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Most of the militant groups have turned away from violence but clashes continue The Kashmir insurgency - one of the world's longest-running conflicts - began 20 years ago this week. And it was the shockwave from the fall of the Berlin Wall that gave young Kashmiris the confidence to take on the Indian state, the BBC's David Loyn says. Simmering discontent over this unfinished business left over from the partition of India in 1947 ...
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