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  • Waziristan : Militants, tribesmen call for change in US policy
    6 November 2008 par (Open-Publishing)

    Source : "The Dawn"
    ISLAMABAD, Nov 5: Militants and tribesmen on Wednesday urged US president-elect Barack Obama on Wednesday to break with his country’s divisive anti-terror strategy, but many feared there would be little change.
    Some tribal leaders said they would give Mr Obama the benefit of the doubt for now. The Jamaatud Dawa, considered a “terrorist organisation” by the United States, said a change in direction could help heal rifts with the Muslim world.
    Jamaat-i-Islami (…)

  • Afghanistan : ‘Locals supported militants in attack on US post’
    6 November 2008 par (Open-Publishing)

    Source: "The Dawn"
    WASHINGTON, Nov 5: A deadly attack on a US outpost in eastern Afghanistan in July was executed with the support of local police and government leaders as well as villagers there, according to an internal US military report.
    The report, released on Tuesday, recommended that the district’s Afghan police chief and governor be replaced, if not arrested and tried for committing crimes against the government. It also said the incident was an example of repeated problems in (…)

  • 40 killed in US Afghan wedding strike, 23 children, 10 women
    6 November 2008 par (Open-Publishing)

    Source: Pakistan Observer
    Kandahar—The US and allied forces marines doing adventurism in War-trodden country Afghanistan also shared the jubilations over the US presidential elections and gifted Barack Obama with more the 40 dead bodies of the innocent Afghan women and kids on his making way to the White house.
    The US and coalition forces jet planes ruthless bombings on a marriage party in a remote village in Kandahar province of Afghanistan on Tuesday late evening left up to 40 people (…)

  • The next U.S. president must halt missile strikes on Pakistan
    5 November 2008 par (Open-Publishing)

    Islamabad—The next U.S. president must halt missile strikes on insurgent targets in northwest Pakistan or risk failure in its efforts to end militancy in the Muslim country, the prime minister warned Tuesday. Yousuf Raza Gilani said visiting U.S. Gen. David Petraeus “looked convinced” when he warned him the strikes were inflaming anti-American sentiment but that he got no guarantee the attacks would end.
    Gilani’s remarks in an interview with The Associated Press underscore how shaping a (…)

  • US terrorism : 3 missiles fired from Afghanistan
    3 November 2008 par (Open-Publishing)

    Source : "Pakistan Observer"
    3 November 2008
    Peshawar—Three missiles were fired on Angoor Adda from Afghanistan, however, there was no loss of life. According to foreign news agencies, the missiles were fired from Paktika province of Afghanistan in the night Saturday and Sunday.
    Meanwhile, tribesmen staged a big protest in Wana against US missile attacks and violations of Pak space by US drones.
    The participants chanted slogans against US and demanded to stop the killing of innocent (…)

  • REPRESSION IN KASHMIR OCCUPIED
    2 November 2008 par (Open-Publishing)

    Yasin booked under PSA, shifted to Jammu jail
    Protests against Malik, Sumji’s detention
    By Amin Masoodi
    Source : "Kashmir Times"
    SRINAGAR, Nov 1:
    Continuing its crackdown against the separatist leaders, authorities today slapped Public Safety Act (PSA) on chairman JKLF, Mohammad Yasin Malik and care taker chairman, Hurriyat Conference (G), Ghulam Nabi Sumji and sent them to Amphala jail in Jammu.
    Following the booking of Malik and Sumji under PSA, hundreds of people in Maisuma (…)

  • Pakistan : World sees US raids as disastrous
    2 November 2008 par (Open-Publishing)

    Source : "The Dawn"
    By Ahmed Hassan
    ISLAMABAD, Nov 1: The winner of the US presidential election would be “under compulsion” to maintain good relations with Pakistan, the prime minister said on Saturday, in an attempt to ease apprehensions amidst a torrent of acerbic remarks made during the campaign.
    Addressing a news conference at the Prime Minister’s House upon return from Turkey, Mr Gilani said that the whole world was sympathetic to Pakistan for its being a victim of terrorism, and (…)

  • Bangladesh denies involvement in Assam blasts
    2 November 2008 par (Open-Publishing)

    Dhaka (Press Trust of India): Dismissing as "baseless" reports about suspected involvement of the Bangladesh-based outlawed HuJI militant group in the deadly Assam blasts, the government here has said it would never allow this country’s territory to be used to aid attacks on other nations.
    "The allegations are totally baseless and, as in the past, ... (there is) no evidence to back them up," the Bangladesh Foreign Office said in a statement issued on Saturday night.
    It said Bangladesh (…)

  • UK commander in Afghanistan resigns
    2 November 2008 par (Open-Publishing)

    Source : "Pakistan Observer"
    London—The commander of British special forces in Afghanistan, who has in the past expressed concerns about military equipment failures, has resigned, the Ministry of Defense said Saturday.
    A ministry spokesman said Major Sebastian Morley, head of the Britain’s SAS forces in Afghanistan, cited only personal reasons when he resigned Friday.
    The British newspaper The Daily Telegraph, however, reported Saturday that Morley “resigned in disgust” because (…)

  • Terrorism under false flag : an indian officer arrested
    1 November 2008 par (Open-Publishing)

    source web site: Khabrein Mumbai, Oct. 30: An embarrassed Indian Army admitted Thursday a serving Army lieutenant-colonel suspected of links to other suspects in the Malegaon and Modasa bomb blast conspiracy had "been moved to Mumbai" for questioning by the anti-terrorism squad of the Maharashtra police.
    The officer is posted at the Army Education Corps Training College at Pachmarhi, Madhya Pradesh. While the Army did not disclose his name, sources in Mumbai identified him as Lt. (…)