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NEWS ABOUT: Quetta

Quetta stories: 5 news summaries

Taliban Widens Afghan Attacks From Pakistan Base

Forces controlled from Pakistan respond nimbly

Sep 24, 09 10:52 AM CDT
(Newser) - The Afghan Taliban leadership operating out of Pakistan has surprised the US military by countering its offensive in southern Afghanistan with a shrewd expansion into the north and west of the country. “They’ve outmaneuvered us time and time again,” an intelligence official tells the New York ... More »

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Taliban • Pakistan • US military • Quetta • Mullah Omar • Afghanistan war • military offensive • Stanley McChrystal

 US May Strike 
 Deeper Into Pakistan 

Drones may target Taliban sanctuaries beyond tribal areas

Mar 18, 09 1:44 AM CDT
(Newser) - The Obama administration is considering expanding its covert war in Pakistan beyond tribal areas to strike Taliban havens in regions under the central government's control, reports the New York Times. US commanders believe the Taliban, under the leadership of Mullah Omar, is operating out of sanctuaries in Baluchistan—which borders... More »

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Taliban • Pakistan • Baluchistan • Baitullah Mehsud • Predator • Quetta • Mullah Omar

 Pakistan Quake 
 Kills 135, 
 Toll Rising 

6.4 quake collapses thousands of huts; death toll expected to soar

Oct 29, 08 4:02 AM CDT
(Newser) - A 6.4 quake rocked southwest Pakistan early this morning, killing more than 135 people, AFP reports. Pakistan has sent troops to the region to provide assistance and expects the death toll to rise steeply. Most of the deaths were in remote villages in the Afghanistan border region, where mud... More »

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Pakistan • Baluchistan • disaster zones • Quetta • earthquake

Police Gas Pakistan Lawyers

Protests supporting sacked chief justice turn violent

Feb 21, 08 6:32 AM CST
(Newser) - Police in Pakistan fired tear gas at a rally of about 100 lawyers in Karachi as the country's deposed chief justice, still under house arrest, roused supporters across the country on a smuggled mobile phone, calling for the incoming government to reinstate him and his colleagues. The justice, whom President... More »

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Pakistan • Pervez Musharraf • Karachi • Iftikhar Mohammed Chaudhry • Nawaz Sharif • Lahore • Asif Ali Zardari • Pakistan lawyers • Quetta

Taliban: Korea Paid $4M Ransom

Commander says Seoul paid millions to release hostages

Feb 7, 08 9:40 AM CST
(Newser) - The Taliban released 21 South Korean hostages five months ago only after Seoul paid at least $4 million in ransom, a senior insurgent commander now claims. Contrary to South Korea's official denial to Newsweek that money changed hands, the commander said freeing the missionaries without recompense "would not have... More »

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Afghanistan • Taliban • South Korea • Korean hostages • missionaries • ransom • Quetta

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