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August 2021 - Pakistan Special Weapons News
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- First WHO Health Supplies Land in Taliban-Held Afghanistan VOA 30 Aug 2021 -- The World Health Organization says an aircraft provided by Pakistan Monday delivered the first shipment of much-needed medicine and health supplies to Afghanistan since the country came under control of the Taliban.
- Pakistan army says 58% of fence along Iran border completed IRNA 27 Aug 2021 -- Spokesman for Pakistan Army says his country is determined to guard its international borders with its neighbors as situation in Afghanistan evolves adding that 58 percent of fencing work on border with Iran has been completed.
- Beijing Calls On Pakistan To Protect Chinese Nationals Following Deadly Roadside Attack RFE/RL Gandhara 21 Aug 2021 -- Beijing has asked Islamabad to take steps to ensure the safety of Chinese nationals in Pakistan following a deadly suicide attack in the southwestern province of Balochistan.
- Secretary Blinken's Call with Pakistani Foreign Minister Qureshi US Dept. of State 16 Aug 2021
- Three Militants Killed In Shoot-Out In Pakistan's Restive Balochistan RFE/RL Gandhara 14 Aug 2021 -- Pakistani security forces have killed three militants during a shoot-out following a militant attack on a security patrol in the restive southwestern Balochistan Province.
- First batch of Chinese COVID-19 vaccine through COVAX facility handed over to Pakistan People's Daily 13 Aug 2021 -- The first batch of COVID-19 vaccine that China provided to the COVAX facility was officially handed over to Pakistan during a ceremony held here on Thursday.
- China opposes any force using terrorism to seek geopolitical gains, Chinese FM says after Pakistan blames India, Afghanistan for Dasu terror attack Global Times 13 Aug 2021 -- China and Pakistan will keep strengthening security cooperation mechanisms to ensure the safety of Chinese projects, citizens and institutions in Pakistan and China firmly opposes any force using terrorism to seek geopolitical gains, the Chinese Foreign Ministry said after Pakistan announced Indian and Afghan intelligence agencies are apparently involved in the Dasu terrorist attack that killed nine Chinese nationals on July 14.
- Foreign Ministry Spokesperson Hua Chunying's Remarks on the Pakistani Government's Release of the Progress in the Investigation of the Dasu Terrorist Attack PRC MofA 13 Aug 2021
- Pakistan Scrambles to Defend Afghan Peace-Related Initiatives VOA 11 Aug 2021 -- Top civilian and security officials in Pakistan say they "are trying very hard" to persuade Afghanistan's Taliban to negotiate an end to the war with rival Afghans, pushing back against charges Islamabad is behind the Islamist insurgency's battlefield victories.
- Pakistan to host neighboring FM's on Afghan peace IRNA 09 Aug 2021 -- Pakistan, which was set to hold an Afghan peace conference last month, is now preparing to host a meeting of foreign ministers from neighboring countries, including the Islamic Republic of Iran, to help overcome Afghan crisis.
- Readout of Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin's Call With Pakistan's Chief of Army Staff, General Qamar Javed Bajwa DoD 09 Aug 2021
- Two Pakistani Policemen Killed In Attacks Claimed by Baluch Liberation Army RFE/RL Gandhara 09 Aug 2021 -- Two Pakistani policemen were killed and eight others injured on August 8 in a blast in Quetta, the capital of the country's southwestern Balochistan Province.
- Pakistani Police Kill Three Alleged Militants In Raid RFE/RL Gandhara 08 Aug 2021 -- Pakistani counterterrorism police said they killed three suspected militants in a gunbattle early on August 8 during a raid on their hideout near the eastern city of Lahore.
- No One Can Win in Afghanistan, Pakistan Warns VOA 05 Aug 2021 -- Pakistan is echoing warnings from Washington that neither the Afghan government nor the Taliban can get what they want if they insist on pushing ahead with military campaigns instead of working to reach an agreement through negotiations.
- Anti-Taliban Pakistani Political Movement Struggles to be Heard VOA 05 Aug 2021 -- When thousands gathered in a former Taliban stronghold in Pakistan's South Waziristan region to denounce the militants' actions in Afghanistan, the mass rally attracted little attention among Pakistani news networks.
- Pakistani Opposition Decries Alleged Former Militant's Spot On Ruling Party List RFE/RL Gandhara 04 Aug 2021 -- Pakistan's opposition has decried the nomination of a candidate with links to a militant Pakistani Islamist group to the legislative assembly in Pakistan-administered Kashmir with the support of the ruling Pakistan Tehrik-e Insaf (PTI) party.
- Pakistan Doesn't Have Capacity to Take More Afghan Refugees, Warns Security Adviser Sputnik 01 Aug 2021 -- The Pakistani government reportedly said that it has reached its limit and cannot accept more Afghan refugees. Pakistan's Foreign Minister Shah Mahmood Qureshi earlier in July expressed concern about miscreants trying to enter their country under the guise of being refugees.
- Pakistani Militants Attack Police Guarding Polio Vaccine Teams RFE/RL Gandhara 01 Aug 2021 -- Militants in Pakistan targeted police officers providing security for polio vaccination teams in two separate attacks on August 1, killing one and wounding another officer in the volatile Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Province, authorities said.
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