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Afghan leader assails Pakistan for Taliban support
KABUL, Afghanistan: The Afghan president says Taliban insurgents ”can’t move a finger” without Pakistani support. Hamid Karzai spoke in an interview with the BBC that aired on Friday, the 10th anniversary of the US invasion. However, Karzai insists he doesn’t mean to reprimand Pakistan but is simply saying what both nations already know in the…
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US Senate ties all Pakistan aid to terror crackdown
Piling up pressure on Pakistan, the US Senate Appropriations Committee passed a bill that makes all US financial assistance to the Government of Pakistan privy to conditions of cooperation against the Hqqani network and other terror groups associated with al Qaeda. According to a statement issued by the committee, the Senate passed the Department of…
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Around 26 Shia pilgrims killed in Quetta
QUETTA: Gunmen opened fire on a bus in Pakistan’s southwestern province of Balochistan in a suspected sectarian attack on Tuesday, killing around 26 Shia Muslim pilgrims traveling to Iran, police said. Four assailants attacked the bus carrying more than 50 pilgrims near Mastung town around 50 km (30 miles) from the provincial capital of Quetta.…