Weapons of Mass Destruction (WMD)
August 2016 - Pakistan Special Weapons News
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- F-16s help strengthen bond between US, Pakistan air forces AFNS 31 Aug 2016 -- Pakistan Air Force F-16C/D aircraft traveled more than 7,700 miles to participate in Red Flag 16-4 here from Aug. 15-26.
- Pakistan, Afghanistan agree to reopen Chaman border crossing Press TV 31 Aug 2016 -- Pakistan and Afghanistan have agreed to reopen a key border crossing that was closed for almost two weeks.
- Pakistan to Get Eight New Attack Subs From China Sputnik 30 Aug 2016 -- The Chinese government will supply eight modified diesel-electric attack submarines to Pakistan by the year 2028.
- Rights Activists Demand Pakistan Criminalize Enforced Disappearances VOA 30 Aug 2016 -- Rights defenders are demanding Pakistan immediately criminalize the practice of enforced disappearances they say has caused years of agony to thousands of families across the country.
- Raid on Seminary in Pakistan Detains 100 Suspected Afghan Militants VOA 28 Aug 2016 -- Pakistani security forces have raided a madrassa, or Islamic seminary, in the southwestern city of Quetta and rounded up around 100 Afghan nationals for suspected links to militant groups, officials said.
- Afghanistan-Pakistan Border Closing Costing Locals, Traders VOA 24 Aug 2016 -- Hundreds of long-haul container trucks lined the street or crowded the dusty open yards on both sides of the Wesh-Chaman border crossing between Afghanistan and Pakistan Wednesday.
- Eleven militants killed in Pakistan's restive northwest Press TV 18 Aug 2016 -- Pakistan's military forces have killed about a dozen militants in the country's restive northwestern tribal region along the border with Afghanistan.
- UN rights chief appeals to India and Pakistan for 'full and unhindered' access to Kashmir UN News 17 Aug 2016 -- Expressing deep regret at the failure of Indian and Pakistani authorities to grant the United Nations Human Rights Office (OHCHR) access to Indian-administered Jammu and Kashmir and Pakistan-administered Kashmir respectively, the UN rights chief today voiced concern about recent allegations of serious violations and reiterated a request for access to the region.
- Airstrikes Near Afghan Border Kill 14 Militants, Pakistan Says VOA 16 Aug 2016 -- Airstrikes near the Pakistan-Afghanistan border have killed at least 14 militants and wounded 11 others, Pakistan's military said late Tuesday.
- India Accuses Pakistan of Ceasefire Violations First Time in 4 Months Sputnik 14 Aug 2016 -- According to local media reports, India accused Pakistan of violating the ceasefire in Kashmir for the first time in four month.
- India Ready for Dialogue With Pakistan, Demands to Stop Supporting Terrorists Sputnik 14 Aug 2016 -- Ministry of External Affairs spokesman said that India welcomes dialogue with Pakistan but demands that Islamabad put an end to its support of terrorist organizations.
- Pakistan invites Iran, Turkey to hold int'l naval exercise IRNA 13 Aug 2016 -- Pakistan is scheduled to hold an international naval exercise AMAN-17 in North Arabian Sea from February 10-14 next year, according to Pakistan Navy.
- Pakistan Hopeful, Afghanistan Skeptical of Reviving Taliban Peace Talks VOA 13 Aug 2016 -- A top Pakistani official is expressing optimism about restarting the stalled Afghan peace talks, but there are no signs that Kabul is ready to rejoin the process.
- India blames Pakistan for rise of tension in Kashmir Press TV 12 Aug 2016 -- India blamed Pakistan Friday for the rise of tension in Indian-controlled Kashmir as pressure mounts on New Delhi to cool down the situation.
- Pakistan: Intelligence Cooperation Deal With Afghanistan Can Help Counter Terrorism VOA 12 Aug 2016 -- Pakistan is calling on Afghanistan to help create a formal intelligence-sharing deal so that the countries can better address allegations that their spy agencies are involved with anti-state violence on both sides of their shared border.
- Pakistan Ready to Work Out Bilateral Agreement on Nuclear Test Ban With India Sputnik 12 Aug 2016 -- Pakistani prime minister's Adviser on Foreign Affairs Sartaj Aziz said that Pakistan is ready to consider the transformation of its unilateral moratorium into the bilateral agreement with India on banning nuclear testing.
- Pakistan-based Rebel Leader Warns India Over Kashmir Violence VOA 11 Aug 2016 -- The head of a Pakistan-based militant group fighting Indian rule in Kashmir has warned that his followers will storm the cease-fire line that divides the region unless New Delhi ends its current wave of violence against Kashmiris.
- In Bloody Attack, Pakistan's Lawyers Targeted for Greater Impact VOA 08 Aug 2016 -- The suicide bombing in Pakistan's southwestern city of Quetta on Monday that killed 70 people may have targeted the legal community in order to multiply the impact of the attack, according to some lawyers and analysts.
- Suicide Attack Kills Dozens At Hospital In Pakistan RFE/RL 08 Aug 2016 -- A suicide bomber has killed at least 70 people at the main gate of a hospital in Quetta, Pakistan, where lawyers had gathered to honor a prominent colleague who was shot dead earlier the same morning, authorities said.
- Police Say Dozens Killed After Deadly Bomb Hit Pakistan Hospital VOA 08 Aug 2016 -- A powerful suicide blast in a hospital complex in the southwestern Pakistani city of Quetta Monday killed more than 60 people and wounded at least 160 others, witnesses and police said.
- Pakistan Faces Doubts on Curbing Terror Front VOA 08 Aug 2016 -- The Pakistani government says it wants to introduce a new counter-extremism policy. But as Monday's bombing in Quetta shows, Pakistan has a long way to go to stop the carnage that has plagued the country, analysts say.
- Pentagon Blocks $300 Million in Military Aid for Pakistan VOA 04 Aug 2016 -- The Pentagon has withheld $300 million in military aid to Pakistan, according to U.S. military officials.
- Pakistan Brushes Aside Skepticism of Anti-terror Campaign VOA 04 Aug 2016 -- Pakistan again brushed aside U.S. skepticism of its anti-terror efforts Thursday, saying Pakistani security forces are attacking militant groups without distinguishing between "good and bad" terrorists.
- Pakistani chopper crash-lands in eastern Afghanistan, occupants feared captured by Taliban Press TV 04 Aug 2016 -- A Pakistani helicopter has crash-landed in Taliban-controlled territory in eastern Afghanistan, with all passengers and crew feared captured by the militant group.
- Israel, Pakistan, UAE to join drill in US Press TV 03 Aug 2016 -- Israeli, Pakistani, and Emirati warplanes are to partake in aerial warfare simulations to be held in the United States.
- Pakistan Leans Toward Curbing Activities of Group Linked to Gulen VOA 02 Aug 2016 -- Pakistan assured Turkey on Tuesday it is exploring legal measures against educational and other institutions linked to Fethullah Gulen, whose followers Ankara blames for last month's abortive coup.
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