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October 2013 - Pakistan Special Weapons News
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- Sharif: Talks With Pakistani Taliban Are Underway VOA 31 Oct 2013 -- Pakistan has started talks with the Pakistani Taliban in an effort to end the years of violence that have plagued the country. The announcement has brought mixed reactions from lawmakers and former political leaders.
- US drone attack kills three people in Pakistan IRNA 31 Oct 2013 -- A US spy aircraft early Thursday fired missiles on a house in Pakistan's North Waziristan and killed at least three people, security officials said.
- Pakistan condemns US drone strike that killed 3 people IRNA 31 Oct 2013 -- Pakistan on Thursday strongly condemned a latest US drone strike in the country's North Waziristan tribal region which killed at least three people.
- Pakistan Criticized Over Civilian Drone Casualty Figures VOA 31 Oct 2013 -- Pakistan's government has come under severe criticism within and outside the country for providing conflicting estimates of the number of civilians killed in American drone strikes.
- Fan Changlong meets with Pakistani chief of army staff People's Daily 30 Oct 2013 -- Fan Changlong, vice chairman of the Central Military Commission (CMC) of the People's Republic of China (PRC), met with Ashfaq Parvez Kayani, the visiting chief of Army Staff of Pakistan, in Beijing on the afternoon of October 28, 2013.
- What's keeping the military in Pakistan's Swat Valley? IRIN 30 Oct 2013 -- More than four years after Pakistan's army launched a major offensive against Islamist militants in Swat Valley, close to the Afghan border, security has yet to fully return to the mountainous district, once a major tourist attraction.
- Over 2,000 people have died in drone attacks in Pakistan since 2008 IRNA 30 Oct 2013 -- Pakistani Senate was informed on Wednesday that 2,227 people have so far been killed in 317 US drone attacks since 2008.
- Pakistan probing Iran border killings: Pak charge d'affaires Iran Press TV 27 Oct 2013 -- Pakistan's charge d'affaires in Iran says Islamabad is investigating the recent deadly attack on Iranian border guards from Pakistani soil.
- Afghanistan Presses Pakistan for Details on Mullah Baradar VOA 27 Oct 2013 -- Afghanistan has stepped up demands that Pakistan explain the whereabouts of a former deputy leader of the Taliban who was reported freed recently to encourage Afghan peace and reconciliation efforts. The Kabul government said President Hamid Karzai will raise the issue when he meets Pakistani Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif in London later this week.
- Iran urges Pakistan to further control borders Iran Press TV 26 Oct 2013 -- An Iranian official urges Pakistan to boost control over its borders with the Islamic Republic after a shooting by terrorists killed at least 14 border guards in the southeast of the country.
- Iran president calls for probe into border shooting Iran Press TV 26 Oct 2013 -- Iranian President Hassan Rouhani has called for an investigation into a shooting incident in southeast Iran, where 17 border guards were killed by terrorists.
- UN: Afghan Refugees Harassed in Pakistan VOA 24 Oct 2013 -- The U.N. refugee agency is warning that Afghan refugees in Pakistan are increasingly becoming victims of extortion, illegal detention and harassment. Pakistan has taken in millions of Afghans since the Soviet invasion in 1979 and has some 1.6 million registered Afghan refugees.
- Obama, Sharif Discuss Security Cooperation, Drones RFE/RL 24 Oct 2013 -- U.S. President Barack Obama says that fighting terrorism is a joint challenge facing the United States and Pakistan.
- Pakistan's Sharif, Obama Talk of Improved Ties VOA 23 Oct 2013 -- Pakistani Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif has asked U.S. President Barack Obama to end drone strikes on his country, strikes that are widely unpopular in Pakistan.
- India accuses Pakistan of fresh cross-border attack Iran Press TV 23 Oct 2013 -- Indian government has accused Pakistani troops of attacking military posts along the de facto border which divides the disputed region of Kashmir.
- Rights Group Slams U.S. On Drone Strikes RFE/RL 22 Oct 2013 -- A new report by rights watchdog Amnesty International says that some U.S. drone strikes in Pakistan could amount to war crimes.
- US Drone Strikes May Be War Crimes – Rights Groups RIA Novosti 22 Oct 2013 -- The United States may have committed war crimes in its campaign of drone strikes on targets in Pakistan and Yemen over the past four years, killing civilians indiscriminately in its stated pursuit of terrorist targets, two prominent human rights groups said in reports released Tuesday.
- US Accused of Unlawful Killings in Pakistan Drone Strikes VOA 22 Oct 2013 -- The international human rights group Amnesty International said in a report released Tuesday that the United States "appears to have committed very serious" human rights violations with its drone program in Pakistan, some of which could even amount to war crimes. The rights group is now calling on U.S. authorities to end the secrecy surrounding the controversial program and bring to justice those responsible for civilian deaths in drone attacks.
- Pakistani PM in Washington for High-Level Meetings VOA 21 Oct 2013 -- Pakistan's Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif meets U.S. President Barack Obama at the White House Wednesday. It will be the first meeting between the two men. The Pakistani leader is expected to highlight issues that have caused friction between Washington and Islamabad in recent years.
- Pakistani president describes US drone strikes as problem in ties IRNA 21 Oct 2013 -- Pakistani President Mamnoon Hussain has termed attacks by American spy aircraft in the country's tribal regions as a problem in bilateral relationship.
- Pakistani PM Sharif Starts US Visit VOA 20 Oct 2013 -- U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry met with Pakistan's prime minister at the start of Nawaz Sharif's four-day visit to Washington.
- Report: US to release $1.6 billion in aid to Pakistan Iran Press TV 19 Oct 2013 -- The Obama administration is quietly releasing more than $1.6 billion in frozen military and financial assistance to Pakistan, ahead of the prime minister's visit to the White House this week.
- Minorities under pressure in Pakistan IRIN 17 Oct 2013 -- Being a member of an ethnic or religious minority in Pakistan brings with it inherent risks - something dramatically illustrated in Peshawar last month when a bomb attack on a church killed at least 85 people.
- Indian Army personnel killed in Pak firing IRNA 15 Oct 2013 -- An Army personnel was killed night when Pakistani troops opened fire at Indian forward posts in Balakote sub-sector along the Line of Control.
- Pakistani troops open fire on forward areas along LoC in Jammu IRNA 15 Oct 2013 -- In the seventh ceasefire violation in less than a week, Pakistani troops opened fire on forward areas along the Line of Control in Poonch district, prompting Indian troops to retaliate.
- Pakistans Musharraf interrogated over Islamabads mosque operation IRNA 15 Oct 2013 -- Police in the Pakistani capital has interrogated former military ruler Pervez Musharraf over the military operation on the Islamabad’s "Lal Masjid" and a nearby religious school in 2007.
- Pakistan army fully capable of curbing Taliban: Gen. Kayani Iran Press TV 12 Oct 2013 -- Pakistan's army chief, General Ashfaq Pervez Kayani says the country's powerful military is capable of effectively using force against the Taliban.
- Pakistan Government Slow on Key Military Appointments VOA 11 Oct 2013 -- The Pakistani government has been slow in making key military leadership appointments.
- Musharraf cant be stopped from leaving Pakistan: Court IRNA 11 Oct 2013 -- A Pakistani court on Friday ruled that former President Pervez Musharraf cannot be stopped from leaving Pakistan.
- Pakistan's ex-President Musharraf arrested in Islamabad mosque operation case IRNA 10 Oct 2013 -- Pakistans former military President Pervez Musharraf was formally arrested for ordering military operation on Islamabad's Lal Masjid during his tenure which led to the killing of around 100 people including madrassa students.
- Pakistan Re-arrests Ex-President Musharraf VOA 10 Oct 2013 -- Police in Pakistan have rearrested former military president Pervez Musharraf, a day after he was granted bail in other cases that apparently had paved the way for ending his six months of house arrest.
- Pakistan top court grants bail to former military ruler Iran Press TV 09 Oct 2013 -- Pakistan's Supreme Court has granted bail to former military ruler Pervez Musharraf in the case of the death of a Baloch rebel leader.
- Pakistani parties mulling peace talks with Taliban Iran Press TV 05 Oct 2013 -- More than a dozen Pakistani political parties have gathered to discuss the possibility of peace talks with militant groups operating across the violence-wracked country.
- Pakistan says will opt for talks with Taliban IRNA 04 Oct 2013 -- Pakistan top security adviser has defended the government's policy to initiate dialogue with the Taliban for peace.
- Pakistan Wants Talks With Insurgents Despite Attacks VOA 03 Oct 2013 -- Despite a recent series of bloody militant attacks in the country’s northwest, Pakistan insists it is determined to pursue peace talks with Islamist insurgents to bring an end to the violence.
- Pakistani, Indian military officers to reduce border tensions IRNA 03 Oct 2013 -- Pakistani and Indian military officials will meet soon to explore options to lessen border tensions in the disputed Kashmir region.
- Rein in US terror drones, Taliban tells Islamabad PressTV 03 Oct 2013 -- Pakistani militants say US assassination drone strikes on the country’s tribal areas must stop before they consider starting peace talks with Islamabad.
- 15 Killed As Taliban Attacks Rival Commander's Home RFE/RL 03 Oct 2013 -- Members of the Pakistani Taliban have attacked the home of rival militant commander Mullah Nabi Hanafi in northwestern Pakistan, with at least 15 persons killed in the battle.
- Suicide attack on militant leader’s center kills 12 in Pakistan IRNA 03 Oct 2013 -- A suicide attack on a center of a Pakistani militant commander killed at least 12 people in the country’s tribal region.
- Terror attacks increased by 40pc after APC IRNA 03 Oct 2013 -- An unprecedented hike in anti-state violence has been observed in Pakistan during last month, says a report issued by Conflict Monitoring Center of security.
- Afghan refugees in Pakistan wait for reforms IRIN 03 Oct 2013 -- With repatriation efforts proving less successful than the Afghanistan government and humanitarian organizations had hoped, there have been parallel attempts to improve the conditions for refugees in Pakistan.
- Pakistani Taliban Offers Cease-Fire RFE/RL 02 Oct 2013 -- The hard-line Pakistani Taliban (Tehreek-e Taliban Pakistan) has offered to honor a cease-fire if the government declares a truce first.
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