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Taliban deny plan for talks with Afghan govt

PAK NEWS — Thu, 02 Feb 2012 04:25:15 +0000

KABUL - The Taliban militia leading a 10-year insurgency in Afghanistan on Wednesday denied that they would soon hold talks with Afghan President Hamid Karzai’s government in Saudi Arabia. “There is no truth in these published reports saying that the delegation of the Islamic Emirate would meet with representatives of the Karzai government in Saudi Arabia in the near future,” the Taliban …

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Taliban deny plan for Saudi talks with Afghan govt The Taliban militia on Wednesday denied that they would soon...
Taliban in high-level talks with Karzai govt: report WASHINGTON: The Taliban and the government of Afghan President...
Second round of covert talks between Afghan govt, opponents The second round of secret talks between Afghan government...

Khar says leaked US document can be ‘disregarded’

PAK NEWS — Wed, 01 Feb 2012 19:25:12 +0000

Foreign Minister Hina Rabbani Khar said on Wednesday that a leaked U.S. military report claiming Pakistan supported the Taliban insurgency in Afghanistan can be “disregarded.” “We can disregard this as a potentially strategic leak… This is old wine in an even older bottle,” she told reporters during an official visit to the Afghan capital Kabul. The U.S. military said in a secret report the …

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NATO to adopt new strategy document at November summit: chief NATO will adopt a document on a new strategic...
Nato facilitating Taliban contacts with Afghan govt BRUSSELS: Nato-led forces in Afghanistan are facilitating contacts between senior...
‘Tangible progress’ in Afghanistan war: Pentagon After a surge of US and allied reinforcements last...

Pakistan foreign policy imported: Fazl

PAK NEWS — Mon, 30 Jan 2012 04:25:17 +0000

GUJRANWALA – JUI-F President Maulana Fazlur Rehman has said that masses in Pakistan are not satisfied with the government and Balochistan problem should be solved on political basis.
JUI-F leader was addressing a public gathering here at Sheranwala Bagh where power outages caused security problems a number of times.
Fazl said it was due to ‘flawed policies’ that insurgency was …

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Fazl vows to defeat Sindhi feudals KARACHI – Chief of Jamiat Ulema Islam (JUI-F) Maulana Fazlur...
Pakistan safe havens causing problems, says Petraeus WASHINGTON – Doubting the ‘willingness’ of Pakistan to go...
Fazl hosts opposition leaders’ meeting ISLAMABAD, March 4: Leaders of various parties sat together for...

US to shift top Taliban from Gitmo to Qatar

PAK NEWS — Tue, 24 Jan 2012 04:25:18 +0000

ISLAMABAD – The United States is considering shifting five top Afghan Taliban leaders held at Guantanamo Bay (Cuba) to Qatar as part of confidence-building measures to secure peace in the insurgency ridden Afghanistan.
Well-placed diplomatic sources told The Nation on Monday that agreement to this effect was reached between the US and Afghanistan government in Kabul during the visit of US Special …

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Taliban want US prisoners sent to Qatar, official says Afghanistan’s Taliban insurgents have demanded in negotiations with the US...
Afghan Govt agrees to reunion of Taliban prisoners with families in Qatar Political Deputy of the Afghan Foreign Ministry, Jawid Ludin, said...
Nato facilitating Taliban contacts with Afghan govt BRUSSELS: Nato-led forces in Afghanistan are facilitating contacts between senior...

Karzai, US embassy meets militant delegation

PAK NEWS — Tue, 03 Jan 2012 23:25:13 +0000

KABUL: A delegation from Hezb-i-Islami, one of Afghanistan’s militant groups, has met with President Hamid Karzai and US embassy officials in Kabul, officials said Tuesday. Led by former Afghan prime minister Gulbuddin Hekmatyar, Hezb-i-Islami is the second largest militant group after the Taliban waging a 10-year insurgency against the Kabul administration and its Nato allies. [...]

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Nato nabs Haqqani militant leader in Afghanistan KABUL: Nato says coalition troops have captured a leader of...
Karzai meets would-be child suicide bombers KABUL: Afghan President Hamid Karzai met a group of would-be...
Gulbuddin Hekmatyar’s brother released Tuesday, 13 Jan, PESHAWAR: Shahabuddin Hekmatyar, younger brother of Hizb-i-Islami...

Over 560 ISAF troops die in Afghan war in 2011

PAK NEWS — Sat, 31 Dec 2011 18:25:10 +0000

KABUL: Foreign troops fighting in Afghanistan continue to pay a high toll, with more than 560 killed in 2011, the second highest number in the 10-year war against the Taliban-led insurgency. Commanders from the Nato-led International Security Assistance Force (ISAF) say violence is declining following the US military surge which saw an extra 33,000 troops [...]

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Seven Nato troops killed in Afghan blasts KABUL: Seven soldiers from the Nato-led International Security Assistance Force...
Man in Afghan army uniform kills two Nato troops: ISAF A man wearing an Afghan army uniform on Thursday shot...
Two US troops killed in Afghan attack Two US soldiers were killed in an attack in...

No Taliban at Bonn means limited hopes for peace

PAK NEWS — Sun, 04 Dec 2011 10:25:11 +0000

KABUL: The Taliban’s boycott of the Bonn conference on Afghanistan, 10 years after they were absent from its precursor, raises grave doubts about what progress it can make towards peace, experts say. The leaders of the country’s brutal, decade-long insurgency will not attend Monday’s much-heralded international talks in Germany, saying the meeting will “further ensnare [...]

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Lorgat hopes Indo-Pak clash will bring about peace “Certain countries, when they play, it's romanticism, it's massive...
Pakistan to boycott Bonn Conference .. .. Pakistan has decided not to attend an international...
Afghan Taliban threaten to kill anyone talking peace KABUL: Scribbled notes from Taliban leader Mullah Mohammad Omar...

3 Afghan police die in attack by 5 suicide bombers

PAK NEWS — Thu, 10 Nov 2011 16:25:22 +0000

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Five suicide bombers attacked a local government office in eastern Afghanistan Thursday, starting a gunbattle that left three Afghan police dead and two others wounded, officials said. Three suicide bombers blew themselves up at the entrance to a compound in Zumat district, a hotbed of the insurgency along the Pakistan…

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Suicide bombers attack Afghan governor’s compound Bursts of gunfire were heard soon after reports that gunmen...
Two police dead in Afghan suicide attack: ministry At least two policemen were killed and one was wounded...
10 people including 3 suicide bombers killed in Kabul attack .. .. Ten people including three suicide bombers were killed...

Taliban chief asks militants not to harm civilians

PAK NEWS — Fri, 04 Nov 2011 21:25:05 +0000

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Taliban leader Mullah Mohammad Omar says his fighters need to protect Afghan civilians from harm so that the insurgency can maintain good relations with the population. The death of civilians is on the rise in the 10-year-old war between the Taliban and Afghan and U.S.-led coalition forces. The U.N. says…

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Five civilians killed in Afghan firefight: Nato KABUL: Five civilians, two of them children, were killed...
Former Afghan Taliban group commander assassinated at home by militants Taliban commander Mullah Abdullah who joined government two months...
Afghan Taliban threaten to kill anyone talking peace KABUL: Scribbled notes from Taliban leader Mullah Mohammad Omar...

Indian army says not ‘correct’ to revoke Kashmir law

PAK NEWS — Fri, 04 Nov 2011 17:25:24 +0000

SRINAGAR: A top Indian army official says harsh emergency laws in Indian-administered Kashmir should not be revoked until Pakistan ends its “interference” in the revolt-hit region. India has long accused Pakistan of fuelling the insurgency in its part of Kashmir, a charge Islamabad denies. The nuclear-armed rivals each hold part of the scenic Himalayan region [...]

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Eight militants killed in battles in Indian Kashmir SRINAGAR: Indian security forces killed eight militants on Friday...
Two police shot dead in Indian Kashmir Suspected separatist militants attacked a patrol in Srinagar, killing...
New violence as Indian experts arrive in Kashmir SRINAGAR: Three experts appointed by India to lead a...