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Pakistan Terror Attack: Siege ends after 15 hours

The siege in Karachi's naval air station ended on Monday afternoon after the brazen attack storming Pakistan navy’s key airbase in the heart of the port city of Karachi for nearly 12 hours which has left at least 12 soldiers dead, reports on TV channels said.
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Why Would Pakistan Harbor Terrorists?

Since the shocking discovery (and subsequent) assassination of al-Qaeda chief Osama bin Laden in early May in a compound in Pakistan, rumors have swirled that authorities in Islamabad have been harboring and protecting the world’s most wanted man all these years.

Bomb in Pehawar hits US consulate car

A roadside bomb exploded near US consulate vehicle carrying Americans in the northwestern Pakistani city of Peshawar, killing one local person and injuring others, an embassy spokesman told Reuters on Friday.

Taliban Kill 35 Road Workers In Ambush

The Afghan Taliban’s spring offensive against the state has taken another deadly turn, with the murder of at least 35 construction workers in an ambush in the eastern part of the country, according to reports.

Gates, Mullen Urge Congress to Keep Sending Aid To Pakistan

Despite a chorus of calls from some senior US politicians that aid to Pakistan should be halted or curtailed, Defense Secretary Robert Gates said that the U.S. should continue to financially help the South Asian nation because it remains of “significant” interest to Washington.
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Democratic Senators Urge US To Halt Aid To Pakistan

A group of senior U.S. Senators (all Democrats) are pushing the Obama Administration to halt any further aid to Pakistan until the government is convinced that Islamabad is not sheltering any more terrorists in the country and doing everything it can to stamp out Islamic militancy.

Top Al Qaeda leaders hiding in Pakistan

Pakistani security forces arrested senior al-Qaeda official Muhammad Ali Qasim Yaqub (alias Abu Suhaib al-Makki) in Karachi on Tuesday. Muhammad Ali is believed to have worked directly with al-Qaeda operatives on the lawless Pakistan-Afghanistan border.
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Al-Makki, key operative between bin Laden and al-Zawahiri

Al Qaeda’s Yemeni link Abu Sohaib al-Makki, who was arrested by Pakistani security agencies, was a “key courier” between the organization’s former head Osama bin Laden and second-in-command Aiman al-Zawahiri, a report said.

Pakistan arrests al-Qaeda operative

Pakistan security forces have arrested a senior al-Qaeda official in Karachi on Tuesday, suggesting that Islamabad may finally get serious about cracking down on terrorists operating within her borders, two weeks after the spectacular killing of Osama bin Laden by US commando forces.

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