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December 2017 - Pakistan Special Weapons News
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- Pakistan Warns US Against Unilateral Military Action on Its Soil VOA 28 Dec 2017 -- Pakistan has warned the United States against undertaking any "unilateral" military action on its soil and rejected as baseless accusations of "inaction" against the Haqqani Network plotting deadly attacks in neighboring Afghanistan.
- India Says Family Of Man Charged With Spying In Pakistan Was Mistreated RFE/RL 27 Dec 2017 -- India denounced Pakistan on December 26 over the treatment of the family of an Indian man sentenced to death for spying, saying they had been harassed during a visit -- a charge Pakistan called "baseless."
- Pakistan Rejects Claims Convicted Indian Spy Will Be Executed VOA 21 Dec 2017 -- Pakistan is rejecting reports authorities plan to execute an Indian death row prisoner soon after arranging a meeting with his relatives next week in Islamabad.
- Pakistan Accuses US of Exporting War, Instability to South Asia VOA 18 Dec 2017 -- Pakistan is accusing the United States of "exporting war" and "perpetual instability" in South Asia, and of "speaking Indian language" in bilateral dealings.
- Militants attack church in Pakistan, kill 9 Press TV 17 Dec 2017 -- A militant attack on a church in the southwestern Pakistani city of Quetta has left nine people dead and more than 40 others wounded.
- Several Killed as Gunmen Assault Pakistan Christian Church VOA 17 Dec 2017 -- At least two heavily armed suicide bombers Sunday assaulted a crowded church in Quetta, southwestern Pakistan, and killed at least nine worshipers from the minority Christian community.
- Pakistan Reports Rare Progress in Tense Ties With Afghanistan VOA 14 Dec 2017 -- Pakistan and Afghanistan have agreed for the first time to place "liaison officers" at each other's military headquarters for better security coordination, and Islamabad is awaiting a formal response from Kabul to its proposal for opening a wide-ranging bilateral dialogue.
- Tillerson: Terror Group Ties Could Cost Pakistan Territorial Control VOA 13 Dec 2017 -- The United States has warned Pakistan it could lose control of its territory unless Islamabad abandons ties with terrorist groups operating in the country that are growing in "size and influence."
- China Touts Anti-Corruption Drive to Promote 'Clean Corridor' With Pakistan VOA 11 Dec 2017 -- China has stressed the need for Pakistan to guard against "external interferences" and prevent domestic "disturbances" for promoting the construction of massive infrastructure and energy projects under a multi-billion dollar bilateral economic corridor.
- Over 300 militants surrender in southwestern Pakistan: Officials Press TV 10 Dec 2017 -- More than 300 militants across the southwestern Pakistani province of Balochistan have surrendered over the past few months, officials say.
- Pakistani air force ordered to shoot down intruding US drones Press TV 09 Dec 2017 -- Amid frayed Washington-Islamabad ties, Pakistan has ordered its air force to shoot down any drones violating the country's airspace, including those of the US military, which are deemed responsible for a high number of civilian deaths in the Asian state.
- Change needed in Pakistan's religious schools, says army chief Press TV 07 Dec 2017 -- Pakistan's army chief has called for reforms in the country's religious schools, known as madrassas, saying they need to modernize.
- Pakistan Ambassador Urges Cooperation with Afghanistan on Border Security VOA 07 Dec 2017 -- The Pakistan-Afghanistan border must be secured to keep terrorists from crossing "at free will," Pakistan's ambassador to the U.S. says.
- Pentagon Chief: Pakistan Must 'Redouble' Efforts to Fight Extremism at Home Sputnik 04 Dec 2017 -- US Secretary of Defense James Mattis has urged Pakistani leaders to "redouble" their efforts against militant and terrorist groups operating out of their country. The US has accused Islamabad of weakness in its response to Islamic extremism, a charge to which Pakistan has taken exception.
- Mattis Tells Pakistan to 'Redouble' Efforts to Confront Militants, Terrorists VOA 04 Dec 2017 -- U.S. Secretary of Defense Jim Mattis urged Pakistan on Monday to redouble its efforts to confront militants and terrorists operating within the country, emphasizing "the vital role" Islamabad can play to work with Washington to facilitate a peace process in Afghanistan.
- Days After Release, Alleged Terror Mastermind Announces His Party's Election Bid in Pakistan VOA 03 Dec 2017 -- A Pakistani Islamist leader who has been accused of masterminding terrorist attacks in India says his group will take part in national and provincial elections in 2018.
- Mattis Says Won't 'Prod' Pakistan During Visit VOA 03 Dec 2017 -- U.S. Defense Secretary Jim Mattis says he does not plan to "prod" Pakistan, but expects it adhere to its promises to combat terrorism, as he embarks on his first visit to Islamabad as Pentagon chief.
- India Alarmed By China's Plan to Deploy Warships in Pakistan's Gwadar Port Sputnik 01 Dec 2017 -- The planned deployment of Chinese warships at the Gwadar port in Pakistan threatens to make India's worst fear come true. India suspects that China has been increasing its naval presence in the Indian Ocean region as part of a larger strategy to encircle India.
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