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Pakistan: U.S. not hunting bin Laden on its turf
Summary from multiple countries, from articles in English
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NEW YORK - Pakistan's top diplomat said Saturday there are no U.S. or other foreign military personnel on the hunt for Osama bin Laden in his nation, and none will be allowed in to search for the al-Qaida leader. (article 4)
In an interview with The Associated Press, Pakistani Foreign Minister Shah Mahmood Qureshi said his nation's new government has ruled out such military operations, covert or otherwise, to catch militants. (article 4)
On Saturday, Pakistan's army spokesman stuck to earlier statements implying that foreign or Afghan forces fired mortar rounds he said wounded eight Pakistani security forces and two civilians. (article 7)
Six mortar shells fired from across the Afghan-Pakistani border fell near a Pakistani post on Thursday in the South Waziristan tribal region, a known sanctuary for al Qaeda and Taliban militants. (article 2)
Musharraf then moved to crack down on the media, lawyers, social activists, and secular and religious political opponents. (article 10)
More foreign fighters, including al-Qaeda militants, are operating in Pakistan's tribal region than before, America's top soldier has said. (article 3)
WASHINGTON - American military and intelligence officials say there has been an increase in recent months in the number of foreign fighters who have traveled to Pakistan s tribal areas to join with militants there. (article 1)
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Pakistan, Pakistani, Tribal, Musharraf, Afghanistan |
Source articles
- Militant Gains in Pakistan Said to Draw Fighters (nytimes.com, 07/10/2008, 862 words)
- Pakistan protests to U.S. over Afghan border (Washington Post, 07/12/2008, 423 words)
- US military in Pakistan warning (BBC News, 07/11/2008, 232 words)
- Pakistan: U.S. not hunting bin Laden on its turf (msnbc.msn.com, 07/12/2008, 468 words)
- The Troubled Afghan-Pakistani Border (Washington Post, 07/12/2008, 250 words)
- Rebels blamed for Afghan attack (BBC News, 07/12/2008, 164 words)
- NATO: Militants sparked border clash (Washington Post, 07/12/2008, 406 words)
- Bangladesh's unwanted people (BBC News, 07/11/2008, 742 words)
- Pakistan's Tremors Worry India (Washington Post, 07/12/2008, 163 words)
- Pakistan's Institutions and Civil Society (Washington Post, 07/12/2008, 837 words)
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