LeT now more dangerous than Al Qaeda: US expert
July 10th, 2012 - 11:12 am ICT by IANS
Washington, July 10 (IANS) With Al Qaeda on the ropes, Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT), with the help of its Pakistani backers, is now probably the most dangerous terror group in the world, ... Read more...
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Trusting Musharraf was a strategic failure: Former CIA analyst
September 8th, 2011 - 10:37 am ICT by IANS
Washington, Sep 8 (IANS) The biggest US mistake in the war against terrorism was to ignore Al Qaeda in Pakistan to invade Iraq after the September 2001 terror attacks ... Read more...
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Ghosh, Kissinger rule bestseller charts (IANS Books)
July 14th, 2011 - 10:26 am ICT by IANS
New Delhi, July 14 (IANS) Henry Kissinger's "On China" continues to rule the non-fiction category while Amitav Ghosh's "River of Smoke" is again the bestseller in the fiction list ... Read more...
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Amitav Ghosh tops fiction charts - again (IANS Books)
July 7th, 2011 - 10:19 am ICT by IANS
New Delhi, July 7 (IANS) Amitav Ghosh continues to rule the fiction category with his sequel "River of Smoke" while Henry Kissinger's "On China" is the bestseller in the ... Read more...
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Slain Pakistani scribe’s book new bestseller (IANS Books)
June 30th, 2011 - 10:02 am ICT by IANS
New Delhi, June 30 (IANS) Slain Pakistani journalist Syed Saleem Shahzad's "Inside Al-Qaeda and the Taliban" is the new bestseller in the non-fiction category this week while Amitav Ghosh's ... Read more...
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Amitav Ghosh’s ‘River of Smoke’ new bestseller (IANS Books)
June 23rd, 2011 - 9:29 am ICT by IANS
New Delhi, June 23 (IANS) Amitav Ghosh's "River of Smoke" is the new bestseller in the fiction category this week while former US Secretary of State Henry Kissinger's "On ... Read more...
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Henry Kissinger’s ‘On China’ the new bestseller (IANS Books)
June 16th, 2011 - 1:13 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, June 16 (IANS) Former US secretary of state Henry Kissinger's "On China" occupies the top slot in the non-fiction section this week while Jeffrey Archer's "Only Time Will ... Read more...
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Jeffrey Archer still rules bookcharts (IANS Books)
June 9th, 2011 - 10:24 am ICT by IANS
New Delhi, June 9 (IANS) Jeffrey Archer's "Only Time Will Tell" continues its stint at the top of the fiction section in the bestseller list while "Deadly Embrace" by Bruce ... Read more...
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Jeffrey Archer, Siddhartha Mukherjee bestsellers again (IANS Books)
June 2nd, 2011 - 10:19 am ICT by IANS
New Delhi, June 2 (IANS) Jeffrey Archer's "Only Time Will Tell" and Indian American Pulitzer winner Siddhartha Mukherjee's "The Emperor of All Maladies" continue their bestseller run in the fiction ... Read more...
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Archer, Mukherjee perched atop bestseller lists (IANS Books)
May 26th, 2011 - 10:11 am ICT by IANS
New Delhi, May 26 (IANS) Jeffrey Archer's "Only Time Will Tell" and Indian American Pulitzer winner Siddhartha Mukherjee's "The Emperor of All Maladies" continue to rule the fiction and non-fiction ... Read more...
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Jeffrey Archer continues bestseller run (IANS Books)
May 12th, 2011 - 10:11 am ICT by IANS
New Delhi, May 12 (IANS) Jeffrey Archer's "Only Time Will Tell" again rules the fiction list this week while Indian American Pulitzer winner Siddhartha Mukherjee's "The Emperor of All Maladies" ... Read more...
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Zardari believes LeT-supporter Pak Army playing double game on terror: Ex-CIA officer
April 19th, 2011 - 12:05 pm ICT by ANI
Washington, April 19(ANI): Pakistan President Asif Ali Zardari has accused the army, which covertly supports the 2008 Mumbai attacks perpetrator Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT), of playing a double game in the ongoing war ... Read more...
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Books on Pakistan top bestseller lists (IANS Books)
March 3rd, 2011 - 1:00 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, March 3 (IANS) Indian journalist M.J. Akbar's "Tinderbox: The Past and Future of Pakistan" continues on top of the non-fiction section of the bestseller list for the seventh ... Read more...
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“Jihadist nuclear-armed Pak worst nightmare for India, US, world”: Riedel
February 17th, 2011 - 3:18 pm ICT by ANI
Washington, Feb 17(ANI): A jihadist takeover in Pakistan- which is a "real possibility today"- would have devastating consequences not only for the country but the entire world, and particularly for India, ... Read more...
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US must end ‘world’s most dangerous place’ Pakistan’s double game on terror: Book (Part-1)
January 8th, 2011 - 1:41 pm ICT by ANI
Islamabad, Jan 8 (ANI): Pakistan is the most dangerous place on earth, and should be US President Barack Obama's top national-security priority, says a new book by a former CIA officer."It ... Read more...
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Jihadist takeover in Pakistan “a real possibility”: Terrorism expert
November 13th, 2010 - 1:45 pm ICT by ANI
Berlin, Nov 13 (ANI): Pakistan is a highly volatile and combustible country right now, and is at a risk of having a coup from inside the military by jihadist sympathizers, a ... Read more...
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Pak wants to control Afghan govt or West’s reconciliation process with Taliban: Riedel
November 13th, 2010 - 1:11 pm ICT by ANI
Berlin, Nov 13 (ANI): Pakistan does not want direct negotiations between the Taliban and the Afghan government or the West, as it wants the process to be under its control, a ... Read more...
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US fears deluge will allow terrorists to play havoc with its Pak policy
August 19th, 2010 - 1:50 pm ICT by ANI
Washington, Aug.19 (ANI): The devastating floods in Pakistan , which have been stamped as the country's worst in the last 80 years, has hit the Obama administration's strategy concerning the 'problem ... Read more...
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WikiLeaks expose: Intelligence gathering to get tougher
August 3rd, 2010 - 2:21 pm ICT by IANS
Washington, Aug 3 (IANS) The WikiLeaks expose of over 90,000 uncensored intelligence documents is likely to lead to more controls in intelligence gathering in war-ravaged Afghanistan, says an expert.
Bruce Riedel, ... Read more...
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Pakistan’s ‘double game’ prompts call for US policy review
July 27th, 2010 - 8:25 pm ICT by IANS
By Arun Kumar
Washington, July 27 (IANS) Revelations about what the US media called "Pakistan's Double Game" of providing Afghan militants "A Sanctuary for Terror" while taking billions in aid from the ... Read more...
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Al Qaeda’s first English website suffers technical glitches
July 2nd, 2010 - 4:35 pm ICT by ANI
Washington, July 2 (ANI): Al Qaeda's first English website suffered an inauspicious launch with glitches making only the first three of the 67 pages legible yesterday.According to the New York Post, ... Read more...
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Hard for US to avoid “inevitable pressure” to target Pak in case of new terror attack
May 26th, 2010 - 2:09 pm ICT by ANI
Washington, May 26 (ANI): The United States has given a blunt message to Pakistan that it would be under "inevitable pressure" to take immediate and stern action if a successful terror ... Read more...
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Next big terrorist attack on US will be postmarked ‘Pakistan’: CIA analyst
May 15th, 2010 - 9:46 am ICT by IANS
Washington, May 15 (IANS) A former CIA analyst, who helped President Barack Obama formulate his Pakistan-Afghanistan policy, sees "a very serious possibility that the next mass casualty terrorist attack on ... Read more...
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Overseas, an Enemy That May Mutate and Even Grow
May 9th, 2010 - 1:18 pm ICT by ANI
Washington, May 9 (ANI): The bungled car bombing attempt in Times Square with suspected links to the Pakistani Taliban has resulted in Washington and the Obama Administration being confronted by a ... Read more...
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Headley confession shows close Al Qaeda, LeT ties: NYT (Lead)
March 26th, 2010 - 5:21 pm ICT by IANS
Washington, March 26 (IANS) Pakistani-American terror suspect David Headley's confession about his involvement in the Mumbai terror attack reveals the close relationship between Al Qaeda and Pakistan's Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT) group, according to ... Read more...
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Headley story shows close Al Qaeda, LeT links: NYT
March 26th, 2010 - 11:57 am ICT by IANS
Washington, March 26 (IANS) Pakistani-American terror suspect David Headley's confession about his involvement in the Mumbai terror showed in clear contours the close relationship between Al Qaeda and the Pakistani militant group ... Read more...
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Experts wary of Pak’s ‘double game’ behind US’ back
March 5th, 2010 - 3:12 pm ICT by ANI
Washington, Mar.5 (ANI): The Pakistan Army's 'successful' offensive in restive tribal regions of the country and the recent arrests of top militant commanders in Karachi and from other parts of the ... Read more...
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Arrest of crucial Taliban figures reflects mysterious shift in Islamabad’s policy: NYT
February 23rd, 2010 - 4:48 pm ICT by ANI
Islamabad, Feb. 23 (ANI): While Pakistan's motive behind the recent arrests of top Taliban leaders Mullah Kabir and Mullah Baradar remains unclear, the shift in Islamabad's policy towards the Taliban is ... Read more...
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Nabbing Baradar could alter Pak’s calculus, deal blow to Afghan Taliban: NYT
February 19th, 2010 - 1:47 pm ICT by ANI
Washington, Feb.19 (ANI): The capture of Afghan Taliban deputy chief Mullah Baradar in Karachi could not only alter Pakistan's calculus about the volatile region, but also deal a blow to the ... Read more...
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Mullah Baradar’s arrest, a shift in Pak’s policy?
February 17th, 2010 - 12:22 pm ICT by ANI
New York, Feb.17 (ANI): The arrest of Taliban's second in command, Mullah Abdul Ghani Baradar, marks a strategic change in Pakistan's policy, and analysts believe that it may also prove to ... Read more...
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Hakeemullah’s successor would be more ruthless, revengeful: Pak intelligence official
February 11th, 2010 - 5:07 pm ICT by ANI
Washington, Feb.11 (ANI): While speculation still surrounds the Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) chief Hakeemullah Mehsud's death, analysts believe the extremist chieftains death would hardly have any effect on the banned extremist organisations ... Read more...
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Action against terrorists should begin in Pakistan: US experts
February 9th, 2010 - 7:23 pm ICT by IANS
By Arun Kumar
Washington, Feb 9 (IANS) With the US intelligence community warning of a new terrorist attack in the next six months, two leading security experts suggest that preventive action should ... Read more...
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Hakeemullah’s death, a battle won but no precursor to winning war: Riedel
February 3rd, 2010 - 5:12 pm ICT by ANI
Washington, Feb.3 (ANI): While mystery still surrounds the Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan chief Hakeemullah Mehsud's death in a US drone strike earlier this year, former CIA official and one of President Barack Obama's ... Read more...
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Taliban overhauling image to win public support, allies: NYT
January 21st, 2010 - 2:38 pm ICT by ANI
New York, Jan.21 (ANI): Seeking to regain popular support and deepen their presence in Afghanistan, the Taliban is reportedly undergoing an image makeover.According to the New York Times, Taliban spiritual leader, ... Read more...
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US expert predicts tumultuous time for ‘unstable’ Pak in 2010
January 14th, 2010 - 6:05 pm ICT by ANI
Washington, Jan.14 (ANI): The year 2010 would bring with itself a number of new problems for Pakistan and the situation in the country is going to get worse, a top US ... Read more...
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