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July 2021 - Pakistan Special Weapons News
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- Attacks On Chinese Workers In Pakistan Raise Regional Security Questions For Beijing RFE/RL Gandhara 30 Jul 2021 -- An attack by gunmen on two Chinese workers in Pakistan on July 28 is the latest in a string of incidents that has left Beijing reevaluating how best to protect its citizens and interests in the country, which has become strategically important as the centerpiece of its multibillion-dollar Belt and Road Initiative (BRI).
- Pakistani Foreign Minister Says Chinese Workers Targeted By 'Enemies' RFE/RL Gandhara 30 Jul 2021 -- Pakistan's foreign minister has blamed "enemies of Pakistan" for targeting workers at major Chinese-funded infrastructure projects after two attacks in which Chinese workers were killed or injured.
- Pakistan PM: 'US Really Messed It Up in Afghanistan' VOA 28 Jul 2021 -- Pakistan's prime minister says that America's accelerated troop exit from Afghanistan has left Washington with no "bargaining power" for arranging a peace deal between warring Afghans.
- Pakistan's Imran Khan says US 'really messed it up' in Afghanistan Press TV 28 Jul 2021 -- Pakistan's Prime Minister Imran Khan has questioned the United States' rationale behind the invasion of Afghanistan in 2001 by stressing that the Americans "really messed it up in Afghanistan."
- Pakistan's PM Imran Khan Says US 'Really Messed It Up' in Afghanistan, Prepared for Taliban Win Now Sputnik 28 Jul 2021 -- On Wednesday, Pakistan opened the Spin Boldak crossing with Afghanistan, despite the border outpost still being controlled by the Taliban*. According to Reuters, over 100 trucks carrying supplies have already crossed over from Pakistan into Afghanistan. Islamabad has often been accused of backing the Taliban against the Afghan government.
- PM Imran Khan's Party Wins Elections in Pakistani-Controlled Kashmir VOA 27 Jul 2021 -- Prime Minister Imran Khan's PTI party has won the legislative elections in Pakistani-controlled Kashmir, held Sunday, with a comfortable majority. The election commission announced the results Monday.
- Dozens Of Afghan Soldiers Flee Into Pakistan Amid Taliban Advances RFE/RL Gandhara 26 Jul 2021 -- Pakistan's army says 46 Afghan soldiers crossed the border and were granted refuge in the country after losing their positions to advancing Taliban militants.
- Pakistan Repatriates Afghan Soldiers Who Crossed Border in Face of Taliban Attack VOA 26 Jul 2021 -- Pakistan said Monday it "amicably" repatriated dozens of Afghan soldiers and police personnel to authorities in Afghanistan a day after they had crossed the border, apparently fleeing advances by Taliban insurgents.
- Pakistani Officials Arrive In China Following Rare Diplomatic Clash RFE/RL Gandhara 24 Jul 2021 -- Pakistan's foreign minister and intelligence chief arrived in China for a two-day visit following a rare diplomatic clash between the two allies over the cause of a recent bus explosion that killed several Chinese workers in the South Asian nation.
- Pakistan Reportedly Deploys Troops Along Afghan Border as Tensions Increase Sputnik 24 Jul 2021 -- Earlier this week, the Taliban claimed that it now controls nearly 90 percent of Afghanistan's border areas, including with Tajikistan, Uzbekistan, Turkmenistan, and Iran. Afghan forces are currently involved in an intense fight with the Islamist insurgent group to retake the entire Spin Boldak district at the Pakistan border.
- US Ships Moderna Vaccine to Pakistan Amid Delta Variant Surge VOA 23 Jul 2021 -- As Pakistan deals with a surge in COVID-19 cases due to the delta variant, the Biden administration is sending 3 million doses of the Moderna coronavirus vaccine Friday, set to arrive in the country Sunday.
- Trade-Hindering Turmoil On Afghan-Pakistan Border Is Just Part Of Problem RFE/RL Gandhara 23 Jul 2021 -- Despite allegations of a massacre near a border crossing between southern Afghanistan and Pakistan, foot traffic is resuming across this normally bustling trade and travel crossroads in South Asia.
- Pakistan urges UN to probe India's use of Israel's Pegasus to spy on Imran Khan Press TV 23 Jul 2021 -- Pakistan has urged the United Nations (UN) to investigate whether India has spied on Prime Minister Imran Khan using the Israeli Pegasus spyware.
- Afghan, Pakistani Officials Lash Out As Tensions, Insecurity Mount RFE/RL Gandhara 22 Jul 2021 -- A war of words between Pakistan and Afghanistan has escalated dramatically on social media and reverberated up the political ranks, threatening a diplomatic breakdown and highlighting security concerns in the region.
- Pakistani Prime Minister Among World Leaders Possibly Targeted By Israeli Spyware RFE/RL Gandhara 21 Jul 2021 -- The fallout from an investigation into the use of an Israeli firm's Pegasus spyware deepened on July 20 as it emerged that more than a dozen current or former world leaders appear to be among thousands of potential targets.
- Pakistan Divided Over Taliban Victories In Afghanistan RFE/RL Gandhara 19 Jul 2021 -- The Taliban's rapid victories in neighboring Afghanistan have once again highlighted deep divisions within Pakistan, where some are celebrating the hard-line Islamists' expanding territorial control while others warn of increasing homegrown violence and extremism.
- U.S. Envoy In Islamabad Amid Tensions Between Afghanistan, Pakistan RFE/RL Gandhara 19 Jul 2021 -- U.S. special envoy to Afghanistan Zalmay Khalilzad has met with political and military leaders in Pakistan amid a further worsening in relations between Kabul and Islamabad.
- Afghanistan recalls ambassador to Pakistan over 'security threats' after daughter kidnapped Press TV 19 Jul 2021 -- Afghanistan has recalled its ambassador from Islamabad over "security threats," after the envoy's daughter was briefly kidnapped in the Pakistani capital.
- Afghanistan Recalls Diplomats From Pakistan Over Kidnapping of Envoy's Daughter VOA 18 Jul 2021 -- Afghanistan said Sunday it has asked all of its diplomats in Pakistan to return to Kabul until Islamabad addresses "all security risks" to them and brings to justice those behind last week's brief abduction of the Afghan ambassador's daughter.
- Announcing the U.S. – Afghanistan – Uzbekistan – Pakistan Quad Regional Support for Afghanistan-Peace Process and Post Settlement US Dept. of State 16 Jul 2021 -- Representatives of the United States, Afghanistan, Pakistan, and Uzbekistan agreed in principle to establish a new quadrilateral diplomatic platform focused on enhancing regional connectivity.
- Pakistan Refuses to Host Additional Afghan Refugees VOA 13 Jul 2021 -- Pakistan's government said it has reached its limit and cannot accept more Afghan refugees as the threat of violence looms in Afghanistan.
- Pakistani Prime Minister Defends China's Political Model And 'All-Weather Friendship' With Beijing RFE/RL Gandhara 13 Jul 2021 -- Pakistani Prime Minister Imran Khan has come under fire from politicians and commentators for his praise of China's autocratic one-party system, which he said offered a better model for countries compared to electoral democracy.
- Secretary Blinken's Call with Pakistani Foreign Minister Qureshi US Dept. of State 09 Jul 2021
- Pakistan Closes Key Border Crossing With Afghanistan, Citing COVID-19 Concerns RFE/RL Gandhara 06 Jul 2021 -- Pakistan has closed a key border crossing with Afghanistan, without giving a time frame for its reopening.
- Pakistan PM Downgrades His Security Detail as Islamabad Struggles to Repay International Debt Sputnik 06 Jul 2021 -- In March, Pakistan entered a $6 billion loan agreement with the International Monetary Fund (IMF) in a bid to provide relief to its ailing economy, which is faced with an unusually high debt-to-GDP ratio. However, Pakistan has complained that the terms attached to the IMF loan are "tough", as they call for harsh austerity measures.
- Two Indian Army Personnel Arrested for 'Leaking' Hundreds of Classified Documents to Pakistan Sputnik 06 Jul 2021 -- The Indian Army asked its personnel to delete around 50 mobile applications from their phones last year to avert spying attempts by adversaries. There have been incidents where soldiers have been honey-trapped by foreign intelligence agencies and coaxed into divulging information.
- Three Pakistani Soldiers Killed By Militants Near Afghan Border RFE/RL Gandhara 05 Jul 2021 -- Three Pakistani soldiers have been killed and another one wounded in a militant attack in the North Waziristan tribal district, near the Afghan border, in the latest spate of attacks on security forces and government officials in the area, a senior security official said.
- Pakistan confirms 1,228 new COVID-19 cases People's Daily 04 Jul 2021 -- Pakistan on Saturday reported 1,228 new COVID-19 cases and 29 deaths, the National Command and Operation Center (NCOC) said on Sunday.
- Pakistan Alleges India Plotted Recent Bombing; No Comment From Delhi VOA 04 Jul 2021 -- Pakistan said Sunday it had "concrete evidence and intelligence" linking rival India to a car bombing that killed three people and injured 22 others last month in the eastern city of Lahore.
- US Donates 2.5 Million Doses of COVID-19 Vaccine to Pakistan VOA 02 Jul 2021 -- The United States delivered a batch of 2.5 million doses of the Moderna coronavirus vaccine to Pakistan Friday as part of the 80 million doses Washington is donating to countries around the world.
- Pakistani Army Warns Of Blowback In Crackdown On Afghan Taliban RFE/RL Gandhara 02 Jul 2021 -- Pakistan's top military leadership has warned members of parliament that an army crackdown against militants of the Afghan Taliban group inside Pakistan could result in blowback, lawmakers say.
- Pakistan Intel Chief Gives 8-Hour Briefing on Afghanistan VOA 01 Jul 2021 -- Senior Pakistani military and intelligence officials told members of Parliament during a closed, eight-hour briefing Thursday that they are losing influence over the Taliban and building up border defenses for fear of increased violence in neighboring Afghanistan once the U.S. withdrawal is complete.
- Pakistan's Religious Minorities Say They Were Undercounted in Census VOA 01 Jul 2021 -- Religious minorities in Pakistan claim the country's long-delayed census, released by the government in May, appears to have undercounted them.
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