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Musharraf Admits Secret Deal With Taliban Backfired

ANI | Posted 11.29.2009 | World

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LAHORE: Ex-Pakistan president Pervez Musharraf has admitted that his government's secret agreement with the Taliban had backfired. The Taliban had mi...

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Taliban Widen Afghan Attacks From Base In Pakistan

nytimes.com | ERIC SCHMITT and MARK MAZZETTI | Posted 11.24.2009 | World

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WASHINGTON �" Senior Taliban leaders, showing a surprising level of sophistication and organization, are using their sanctuary in Pakistan to stoke ...

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Pakistan's Poverty Bomb and the Hypocrisy of Elite Classes

Saad Khan | Posted 11.22.2009 | World

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Pakistan is one of those unfortunate countries where the elite classes have virtually taken over every aspect of life and have left no breathing space for the public.

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Sher Muhammad Qasab, Alleged Pakistan Taliban Commander, Arrested

DAWN.COM | Posted 11.16.2009 | World

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ESHAWAR: Pakistan said soldiers Wednesday arrested a third man from a list of most-wanted Taliban commanders in the Swat valley that offered hundreds ...

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Keep Al Qaeda in Our Crosshairs

Amb. Marc Ginsberg | Posted 11.11.2009 | World

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Obama has a very tough decision to make: whether or not to accept the troop level increase recommendation from his field commanders under mounting pressure from some prominent Congressional Democrats to reject it.

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How Afghanistan Can Avoid Becoming Another Vietnam

Mark Juergensmeyer | Posted 11.10.2009 | World

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Recently we convened a workshop of senior scholars of South Asia studies and asked them to evaluate the US role in the region. They agreed upon the following five principles as the bases for formulating a new policy

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Pakistan Drone Attacks Kill At Least 10

Al Jazeera English | Posted 11.08.2009 | World

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At least 10 people have been killed after a suspected US drone fired missiles into Pakistan's North Waziristan region, Pakistani intelligence has said...

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Pakistani Women: The Islamic Militants' New Target

Saad Khan | Posted 11.08.2009 | World

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The urban lower- and middle-class of Pakistan is fast becoming a hostage to Islamists. In recent years, numerous Islamic organizations have been set up, many of which cater to average Pakistani urban women.

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Pakistani Forces Kill 35 Militants In Khyber Raids

AP | RIAZ KHAN | Posted 10.17.2009 | World

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PESHAWAR, Pakistan — Government forces destroyed four militant bases and killed 40 insurgents Tuesday in a new offensive near Pakistan's famed K...

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Pakistani Army Kills 45 Taliban; Border Reopens

AP | ZARAR KHAN | Posted 10.16.2009 | World

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ISLAMABAD — Pakistani soldiers killed at least 45 Taliban militants in scattered gunbattles across the northwestern Swat Valley after a suicide ...

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Waliur Rehman, Pakistani Taliban Leader, Calls Obama "Our Foremost Enemy"

The Huffington Post | Susan Ryan | Posted 09.26.2009 | World

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Waliur Rehman, one of Pakistan's Taliban leaders, has said Obama is the group's "foremost enemy", McClatchy reports. Rehman told AP that the Pakistan...

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Pakistan Military Accused Of Summary Executions After Dozens Of Bodies Found

The Guardian | Mark Tran | Posted 09.25.2009 | World

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Pakistan's security forces are under pressure to hold an inquiry after being accused by human rights groups of summarily executing suspected militants...

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3 Pakistan Terrorist Attacks Prevented, Taliban Aide Zaid Mustafa Captured

AP | ASIF SHAHZAD | Posted 09.24.2009 | World

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ISLAMABAD — Pakistani authorities arrested 13 Islamist militants in separate raids that police said Monday foiled major terrorist attacks and pr...

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Hakimullah Mehsud: Ruthless New Pakistan Taliban Leader Named

AP | ISHTIAQ MAHSUD | Posted 09.23.2009 | World

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MAKEEN, Pakistan — Pakistani Taliban fighters are committed to helping the fight in Afghanistan and consider Barack Obama their "No 1 enemy," a ...

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Pakistani Taliban Names New Leader

CNN | Posted 09.22.2009 | World

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Taliban official Hakeemullah Mehsud has been selected the new head of the Pakistani Taliban, a local Taliban commander in Pakistan's federally adminis...

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Not Building the Afghan State, Protecting the United States

Jonathan Morgenstein | Posted 09.20.2009 | World

Clearly, we would prefer the Afghan government take on this mission, but until they can do so themselves, in order to prevent more American civilian deaths, we must do it ourselves.

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Pakistan Taliban Caught In Power Struggle After Leader Killed

BBC NEWS | Posted 09.20.2009 | World

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A major power struggle appears to have broken out between the diverse militant factions that make up the Taliban in Pakistan....

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Baitullah Mehsud Is Dead, Says Captured Taliban Spokesman Maulvi Umar

AP | KAY JOHNSON | Posted 09.18.2009 | World

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ISLAMABAD — The Taliban claimed responsibility for two weekend suicide bombings in the northwestern Swat Valley, saying Monday the blasts were a...

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Hakimullah Mehsud's Bases Pounded By Pakistan, 12 die

AP | HUSSAIN AFZAL | Posted 09.13.2009 | World

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PARACHINAR, Pakistan — Helicopter gunships pummeled a key Taliban commander's bases in Pakistan's northwest, killing at least 12 insurgents Thur...

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Asking Pakistanis, When?

Betwa Sharma | Posted 09.12.2009 | World

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Why have Pakistanis endured decades of bad politics and their violent consequences? Why do they watch their leaders play a foolhardy game with the Taliban? Can they not do more?

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Baitullah Mehsud Strike Approved By Obama

The Huffington Post | Posted 09.12.2009 | World

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President Obama himself gave U.S. security operatives the green light to strike Baitullah Mehsud, according to CNN. The leader of Pakistan's Taliban...

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CON GAMES: Jihad's Gathering Storm

Michael Conniff | Posted 09.11.2009 | World

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When Al Qaeda destroyed the twin towers of the World Trade Center on September 11, 2001--nearly eight years ago--most Americans, like President George...

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Baitullah Mehsud's Death Raises Questions About Tehrik-i-Taliban Pakistan's Stability

Ahsan Butt | Posted 09.11.2009 | World

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For once, Asif Zardari can prove useful to Pakistan. He must remind Pakistanis that it was his wife that was killed by Baitullah in the midst of a vicious campaign of violence to destabilize Pakistan in the years of 2007 and 2008.

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Pakistan: US Missile Kills 10

The New York Times | PIR ZUBAIR SHAH and SABRINA TAVERNISE | Posted 09.11.2009 | World

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ISLAMABAD, Pakistan -- An American missile hit the Mehsud tribal region of South Waziristan on Tuesday, claiming at least 10 lives in the same area wh...

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Pakistani Public Turns Against Taliban (VIDEO)

GlobalPost | Posted 09.10.2009 | World

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By Charles M. Sennott With Photos By Seamus Murphy | GlobalPost It was out of the refugee camps in Pakistan's northwest frontier province that the ...

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