Weapons of Mass Destruction (WMD)
January 2014 - Pakistan Special Weapons News
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- Leaked secret document records 330 US drone strikes in Pakistan Voice of Russia 30 Jan 2014 -- Secret documentation collected by Pakistani field officers gives detailed information on 330 US drone strikes that have occurred in Pakistan since 2006.
- US, Pakistan Work to Improve Counter-Terror Cooperation VOA 27 Jan 2014 -- U.S. and Pakistani officials say they are working to improve cooperation on counter-terrorism and economic development. Bilateral meetings this week in Washington follow October's White House talks between President Barack Obama and Pakistani Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif.
- Pakistani premier vows to eliminate terrorism Iran Press TV 27 Jan 2014 -- Pakistani Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif has said that his government is set to respond effectively to terrorist groups operating across the violence-wracked country.
- Pakistani helicopters pound militant hideouts in Waziristan Iran Press TV 27 Jan 2014 -- Pakistani military helicopter gunships have bombed militant positions in the country's rugged northwestern tribal region close to the border with Afghanistan, killing at least two militants and injuring several others.
- US, Pakistan Work to Mend Strained Relations VOA 24 Jan 2014 -- The United States and Pakistan are trying to start a new chapter in their long-strained relationship. The two nations will resume their Strategic Dialogue on Monday, and they are hoping to end years of acrimony over such issues as drone strikes and the raid that killed Osama bin Laden.
- Pakistan: Waziristan Strikes Are Not Start of Offensive VOA 22 Jan 2014 -- Pakistan's military has released new details about airstrikes it launched Monday in North Waziristan amid fresh militant violence that has targeted the national anti-polio campaign.
- Pakistan Military Airstrikes Target Militants VOA 21 Jan 2014 -- A renewed wave of deadly insurgent attacks in Pakistan has prompted the military to launch rare airstrikes against suspected militant hideouts in a remote tribal district that critics have long condemned as a center of local and international terrorists.
- Taliban Commanders Reportedly Targeted in Pakistan VOA 10 Jan 2014 -- The killing this week of an Afghan Taliban leader in Pakistan is focusing attention on a spate of recent killings of Taliban leaders inside Pakistan, with recriminations coming from warring sides in the conflict about who is responsible for the deaths.
- Court orders Musharraf to attend Jan. 16 court hearing Iran Press TV 09 Jan 2014 -- A Pakistani court has ordered the country's ex-military ruler Pervez Musharraf to attend a hearing later this month after his recent failures to show up over cases of bomb scares and poor health.
- Pakistani Adviser Faults US Afghan Policy VOA 08 Jan 2014 -- Pakistan's national security and foreign policy adviser, Sartaj Aziz, has criticized the United States' Afghan strategy, saying it has failed to defeat terrorism, promote economic development or create political stability in neighboring Afghanistan. He reiterated Islamabad's demand for an end to end U.S. drone strikes against suspected militants on the Pakistani side of the border.
- Musharraf's trial is Pakistans internal matter, say officials IRNA 03 Jan 2014 -- Pakistan said Friday that trial of former President Pervez Musharraf in a high treason case is the country's internal matter and the visit of any foreign dignitary has nothing to do with the issue.
- Musharraf hearing halted yet again Iran Press TV 02 Jan 2014 -- The lawyers of Pakistan's former military ruler Parvez Musharraf have walked out of a court hearing, disrupting the high-profile hearing held on treason charges.
- Musharraf, En Route to Trial, Rushed to Hospital VOA 02 Jan 2014 -- Pakistan's former leader Pervez Musharraf was due in court Thursday to face treason charges, but instead was rushed to a military hospital with complaints of heart trouble.
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