The US was secretly flying unmanned drones from the Shamsi airbase in Pakistan's southwestern province of Baluchistan as early as 2006, according to an image of the base from Google Earth. The image is no longer on the site but was obtained by The News, Pakistan's English language daily newspaper.
http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/world/asia/article5762371.ece
zaterdag 21 februari 2009
zondag 15 februari 2009
Tientallen doden bij aanval VS op Pakistan
U.S. Airstrike Kills 30 in Pakistan
Two missiles fired from American drone aircraft killed more than 30 people, including Qaeda and Taliban fighters, near the Pakistani border with Afghanistan on Saturday. The missiles struck three compounds, including one where the leader of the Pakistani Taliban, Baitullah Mehsud. Mehsud was not among those killed.
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/02/15/world/asia/15pstan.html?partner=rss&emc=rss
Two missiles fired from American drone aircraft killed more than 30 people, including Qaeda and Taliban fighters, near the Pakistani border with Afghanistan on Saturday. The missiles struck three compounds, including one where the leader of the Pakistani Taliban, Baitullah Mehsud. Mehsud was not among those killed.
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/02/15/world/asia/15pstan.html?partner=rss&emc=rss
donderdag 12 februari 2009
Aanslagen in Mumbai werden gedeeltelijk voorbereid in Pakistan
Pakistan has admitted for the first time that the November attacks on India's financial hub Mumbai, in which 179 people died, were partly planned in Pakistan.
Pakistan has registered a criminal case against six men held in custody and two others still at large, Rehman Malik, the country's interior ministry chief, said on Thursday.
http://english.aljazeera.net/news/asia/2009/02/2009212131817895219.html
Pakistan has registered a criminal case against six men held in custody and two others still at large, Rehman Malik, the country's interior ministry chief, said on Thursday.
http://english.aljazeera.net/news/asia/2009/02/2009212131817895219.html
De buitenlandse politiek voor Obama en Pakistan
Obama's biggest foreign policy challenge? It's Pakistan
Pakistan , convulsed by a growing al Qaida -backed insurgency, hamstrung by a ruinous economy and run by an unpopular government that's paralyzed by infighting and indecision, is critical to U.S. efforts to stabilize Afghanistan , thwart the spread of nuclear weapons and prevent tensions with neighboring India from escalating into a nuclear showdown.
http://news.yahoo.com/s/mcclatchy/20090207/wl_mcclatchy/3162640
Pakistan , convulsed by a growing al Qaida -backed insurgency, hamstrung by a ruinous economy and run by an unpopular government that's paralyzed by infighting and indecision, is critical to U.S. efforts to stabilize Afghanistan , thwart the spread of nuclear weapons and prevent tensions with neighboring India from escalating into a nuclear showdown.
http://news.yahoo.com/s/mcclatchy/20090207/wl_mcclatchy/3162640
woensdag 28 januari 2009
Shaukat Tarin: "US slashes Pakistan anti-terror funding"
Pakistan says Washington has denied it funds that had been promised to fight terror by cutting aid to the country by $55 million.
Pakistan's Finance Advisor Shaukat Tarin said Monday that the US had "changed the format" for money released under the Coalition Support Fund (CSF).
http://www.presstv.ir/detail.aspx?id=83821§ionid=351020401
Pakistan's Finance Advisor Shaukat Tarin said Monday that the US had "changed the format" for money released under the Coalition Support Fund (CSF).
http://www.presstv.ir/detail.aspx?id=83821§ionid=351020401
zaterdag 24 januari 2009
Observations and Pakistan and Islamabad
Pakistan, officially the Islamic Republic of Pakistan, is a country located in South Asia and borders Central Asia and the Middle East. The capital is Islamabad.
The country is bordered by Afghanistan and Iran in the west, India in the east and China in the far northeast. Tajikistan also lies adjacent to Pakistan but is separated by the narrow Wakhan Corridor. In recent times, Pakistan has been called part of the Greater Middle East.
It has a 1,046 kilometre (650 mile) coastline along the Arabian Sea and Gulf of Oman in the south.
The region forming modern Pakistan was home to the ancient Indus Valley Civilisation and then, successively, recipient of ancient Vedic, Persian, Indo-Greek and Islamic cultures.
The area has witnessed invasions or settlement by the Aryans, Persians, Greeks, Arabs, Turks, Afghans, Mongols and the British.
It was a part of British Raj from 1858 to 1947, when the Pakistan Movement for a state for Muslims, led by Muhammad Ali Jinnah and the Muslim League resulted in the independence and creation of the state of Pakistan.
Pakistan comprises the provinces of Sindh, North-West Frontier Province, Punjab, Balochistan and Kashmir.
With the adoption of its constitution in 1956, Pakistan became an Islamic republic. In 1971, a civil war in East Pakistan resulted in the independence of Bangladesh.
Pakistan’s history has been characterized by periods of economic growth, military rule and political instability.
Pakistan is the sixth most populous country in the world and has the second largest Muslim population in the world after Indonesia.
The country is a founding member of the Organisation of the Islamic Conference, South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation, Developing 8 Countries, G20 developing nations and the Economic Cooperation Organisation.
It is also a member of the United Nations, Commonwealth of Nations, World Trade Organisation, Shanghai Cooperation Organisation, G33 developing countries, Group of 77 developing nations, major non-NATO ally of the United States.
Next to this Pakistan is a nuclear state.
The country is bordered by Afghanistan and Iran in the west, India in the east and China in the far northeast. Tajikistan also lies adjacent to Pakistan but is separated by the narrow Wakhan Corridor. In recent times, Pakistan has been called part of the Greater Middle East.
It has a 1,046 kilometre (650 mile) coastline along the Arabian Sea and Gulf of Oman in the south.
The region forming modern Pakistan was home to the ancient Indus Valley Civilisation and then, successively, recipient of ancient Vedic, Persian, Indo-Greek and Islamic cultures.
The area has witnessed invasions or settlement by the Aryans, Persians, Greeks, Arabs, Turks, Afghans, Mongols and the British.
It was a part of British Raj from 1858 to 1947, when the Pakistan Movement for a state for Muslims, led by Muhammad Ali Jinnah and the Muslim League resulted in the independence and creation of the state of Pakistan.
Pakistan comprises the provinces of Sindh, North-West Frontier Province, Punjab, Balochistan and Kashmir.
With the adoption of its constitution in 1956, Pakistan became an Islamic republic. In 1971, a civil war in East Pakistan resulted in the independence of Bangladesh.
Pakistan’s history has been characterized by periods of economic growth, military rule and political instability.
Pakistan is the sixth most populous country in the world and has the second largest Muslim population in the world after Indonesia.
The country is a founding member of the Organisation of the Islamic Conference, South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation, Developing 8 Countries, G20 developing nations and the Economic Cooperation Organisation.
It is also a member of the United Nations, Commonwealth of Nations, World Trade Organisation, Shanghai Cooperation Organisation, G33 developing countries, Group of 77 developing nations, major non-NATO ally of the United States.
Next to this Pakistan is a nuclear state.
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