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Pakistan Arrests Osama Bin Laden's "Close Associate"
Pakistani authorities said Friday they had arrested a "close associate" of Al-Qaeda founder and mastermind of the 9/11 attacks Osama Bin Laden.
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Attack On Pak Jail Housing Imran Khan Thwarted, 3 Terrorists Detained
The Counter Terrorism Department (CTD) and the police successfully prevented an attempted attack on Central Jail Adiala, detaining three terrorists on Thursday night, reported Dawn.
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Pak Stays "Safe Harbour" For Regionally Focused Terrorist Groups: US Report
Pakistan took "modest steps" in 2019 to counter terror financing and restrain India-focused terrorist groups from conducting large-scale attacks following the Pulwama attack in February, but it remained a "safe harbor" for regionally focused terrorist groups, the US said on Wednesday.
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Pak Continues Effort To Counter Indian Influence In Afghanistan: Pentagon
United States Department of Defense quarterly report to US Congress says that Pakistan continues to harbor the Taliban and associated terrorist groups in Pakistan, such as the Haqqani Network, which maintains the ability to conduct attacks against Afghan interests.
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Pakistan's Counter-Terrorism Steps "Important But Not Irreversible": US
The Trump administration is pressing Islamabad to take "credible steps" to dismantle the terror groups operating from its soil, a top US diplomat has said, describing Islamabad's recent counter-terrorism mesaures like the prosecution and conviction of Jamaat-ud-Dawa chief Hafiz Saeed as "important but not irreversible".
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"Delegation That Epitomises The Dark Arts...": India Rips Into Pak At UN
Pakistan should stop peddling falsehoods and heal itself of its "malaise", India said on Thursday at the UN Security Council, calling it a country that epitomizes the dark arts. "There are no takers here for your malware," India's Permanent Representative to the United Nations, Syed Akbaruddin, said in a sharp message to Pakistan while criticizing ...
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India-Pak Talks Depend On "Islamabad's Seriousness" To Counter Terror: US
The US would like to see India and Pakistan have a "constructive conversation" leading to better relations, but that would depend on Islamabad cracking down on terrorism, according to a top US diplomat for South Asia.
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"Pak Intelligence Agencies Didn't Know Bin Laden's Hideout": Ex-CIA Chief
Former Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) Director General David Petraeus has said that he is "convinced" that the Pakistani intelligence agencies did not know Osama bin Laden was in Pakistan, countering Prime Minister Imran Khan's claims that the ISI provided a lead to the CIA that helped the US track down and kill the terror group al-Qaeda's chief...
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Weeks After Ban Announcement, Hafiz Saeed's Outfits Still Operate In Pak
Mumbai terror attack mastermind Hafiz Saeed-led Jamaat-ud-Dawa and its wing Falah-e-Insaniat Foundation have not been banned by Pakistan despite its announcement about 14 days ago. The two terror outfits continue to be only in the list of groups under watch, according to Pakistan government's National Counter Terrorism Authority (NCTA).
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What Happened At Balakot? Unreleased Satellite Pics May Prove India's Case
Five days after India announced it had crossed the Line of Control to bomb the main training camp of terror group Jaish-e-Mohammed in Balakot in Pakistan, the government has yet to release any images of what was hit.
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Pak Cops Sacked For Fake Encounter Of 4 In Car; 3 Children Survived
Pakistani authorities on Tuesday sacked the head of the Punjab Counter Terrorism Department (CTD) after a probe into a weekend shootout revealed that three members of a family were killed in a fake encounter on a highway.
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PM Modi, US Vice President Discuss Terrorism, Pak In Singapore: 10 Points
Prime Minister Narendra Modi and US vice president Mike Pence, who met in Singapore today, discussed countering terrorism. PM Modi said that the mainstreaming of 26/11 mastermind Hafiz Saeed in Pakistan should be a matter of serious concern not just to India and the US but to the international community. The two leaders met on the sidelines of the ...
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US Slams Pakistan For Taking Off Hafiz Saeed's Outfits From Terror List
The United States said on Tuesday that the recent removal of the ban on terrorist Hafiz Saeed-led Jamaat-ud-Dawa (JuD) and Falah-i-Insaniyat Foundation (FIF) runs counter to Pakistan's commitment to the Financial Action Task Force or FATF, and would jeopardise the country's ability to meet its commitments to fight terrorism under the UN Security Co...
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International Delegation In Pak To Hold Meet On Terror Financing
A second team of the Financial Action Task Force (FATF) is in Pakistan to hold meetings with top officials to discuss the measures taken by the country to counter money laundering and terror financing after it was added in the 'grey list' for providing monetary assistance to terrorists.
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Trump's Counter-Terror Strategy Lists Lashkar-e-Taiba As A Threat To US
The new National Strategy for Counter-terrorism released by the White House in Washington has identified two Pakistan-based terrorist groups - Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT) and Tehrik-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) - along with Boko Haram as a potential threat to the United States.
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Pakistan Arrests Osama Bin Laden's "Close Associate"
Pakistani authorities said Friday they had arrested a "close associate" of Al-Qaeda founder and mastermind of the 9/11 attacks Osama Bin Laden.
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Attack On Pak Jail Housing Imran Khan Thwarted, 3 Terrorists Detained
The Counter Terrorism Department (CTD) and the police successfully prevented an attempted attack on Central Jail Adiala, detaining three terrorists on Thursday night, reported Dawn.
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Pak Stays "Safe Harbour" For Regionally Focused Terrorist Groups: US Report
Pakistan took "modest steps" in 2019 to counter terror financing and restrain India-focused terrorist groups from conducting large-scale attacks following the Pulwama attack in February, but it remained a "safe harbor" for regionally focused terrorist groups, the US said on Wednesday.
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Pak Continues Effort To Counter Indian Influence In Afghanistan: Pentagon
United States Department of Defense quarterly report to US Congress says that Pakistan continues to harbor the Taliban and associated terrorist groups in Pakistan, such as the Haqqani Network, which maintains the ability to conduct attacks against Afghan interests.
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Pakistan's Counter-Terrorism Steps "Important But Not Irreversible": US
The Trump administration is pressing Islamabad to take "credible steps" to dismantle the terror groups operating from its soil, a top US diplomat has said, describing Islamabad's recent counter-terrorism mesaures like the prosecution and conviction of Jamaat-ud-Dawa chief Hafiz Saeed as "important but not irreversible".
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"Delegation That Epitomises The Dark Arts...": India Rips Into Pak At UN
Pakistan should stop peddling falsehoods and heal itself of its "malaise", India said on Thursday at the UN Security Council, calling it a country that epitomizes the dark arts. "There are no takers here for your malware," India's Permanent Representative to the United Nations, Syed Akbaruddin, said in a sharp message to Pakistan while criticizing ...
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India-Pak Talks Depend On "Islamabad's Seriousness" To Counter Terror: US
The US would like to see India and Pakistan have a "constructive conversation" leading to better relations, but that would depend on Islamabad cracking down on terrorism, according to a top US diplomat for South Asia.
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"Pak Intelligence Agencies Didn't Know Bin Laden's Hideout": Ex-CIA Chief
Former Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) Director General David Petraeus has said that he is "convinced" that the Pakistani intelligence agencies did not know Osama bin Laden was in Pakistan, countering Prime Minister Imran Khan's claims that the ISI provided a lead to the CIA that helped the US track down and kill the terror group al-Qaeda's chief...
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Weeks After Ban Announcement, Hafiz Saeed's Outfits Still Operate In Pak
Mumbai terror attack mastermind Hafiz Saeed-led Jamaat-ud-Dawa and its wing Falah-e-Insaniat Foundation have not been banned by Pakistan despite its announcement about 14 days ago. The two terror outfits continue to be only in the list of groups under watch, according to Pakistan government's National Counter Terrorism Authority (NCTA).
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What Happened At Balakot? Unreleased Satellite Pics May Prove India's Case
Five days after India announced it had crossed the Line of Control to bomb the main training camp of terror group Jaish-e-Mohammed in Balakot in Pakistan, the government has yet to release any images of what was hit.
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Pak Cops Sacked For Fake Encounter Of 4 In Car; 3 Children Survived
Pakistani authorities on Tuesday sacked the head of the Punjab Counter Terrorism Department (CTD) after a probe into a weekend shootout revealed that three members of a family were killed in a fake encounter on a highway.
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PM Modi, US Vice President Discuss Terrorism, Pak In Singapore: 10 Points
Prime Minister Narendra Modi and US vice president Mike Pence, who met in Singapore today, discussed countering terrorism. PM Modi said that the mainstreaming of 26/11 mastermind Hafiz Saeed in Pakistan should be a matter of serious concern not just to India and the US but to the international community. The two leaders met on the sidelines of the ...
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US Slams Pakistan For Taking Off Hafiz Saeed's Outfits From Terror List
The United States said on Tuesday that the recent removal of the ban on terrorist Hafiz Saeed-led Jamaat-ud-Dawa (JuD) and Falah-i-Insaniyat Foundation (FIF) runs counter to Pakistan's commitment to the Financial Action Task Force or FATF, and would jeopardise the country's ability to meet its commitments to fight terrorism under the UN Security Co...
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International Delegation In Pak To Hold Meet On Terror Financing
A second team of the Financial Action Task Force (FATF) is in Pakistan to hold meetings with top officials to discuss the measures taken by the country to counter money laundering and terror financing after it was added in the 'grey list' for providing monetary assistance to terrorists.
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Trump's Counter-Terror Strategy Lists Lashkar-e-Taiba As A Threat To US
The new National Strategy for Counter-terrorism released by the White House in Washington has identified two Pakistan-based terrorist groups - Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT) and Tehrik-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) - along with Boko Haram as a potential threat to the United States.
