Tag: Terror

LAHORE - Pakistan's refusal to launch a military operation in North Waziristan to eliminate terrorist sanctuaries on its northwest border may have created a magnet there for hundreds of fighters, which has a positive side for the US, according to a report in the New York Times (NYT).
The report said that a growing number of senior US intelligence and counterinsurgency officials were of the opinion that by bunching up there, insurgents were ultimately making it easier for American

NEW DELHI - India has hit out at Pakistan for pursuing terrorism as an "instrument of state policy", saying such a strategy was "flawed and self-defeating".
Indian Foreign Secretary Nirupama Rao, who is likely to meet her Pakistani counterpart Salman Bashir in Thimphu on the sidelines of a SAARC committee meeting, said "Some countries presume that they can pursue terrorism as an instrument of state policy without risks to themselves or to their standing in the international

LAHORE - A series of bomb blasts and terrorist attacks in Lahore over the past few years have left permanent marks on the city, as physical features of all important buildings and educational institutions have changed completely owing to security measures, Pakistan Today has learnt. The city, known as the country's cultural capital, now seemed familiar with terrorist attacks and bomb blasts. The physical appearance of important buildings and educational institutions still shows a

NEW DELHI - Asking Pakistan to fulfill its assurances of disbanding the terror infrastructure on its soil, India Tuesday said it was willing to go "more than half the way" to hold peace talks with the neighbour but terrorism could "not be shoved" under the carpet. External Affairs Minister S.M. Krishna, during an interaction with visiting journalists from eastern European countries, said India was "looking forward" to Pakistan addressing its core concern regarding terrorism and

NEW DELHI - A growing scandal over Hindu militants linked to bombings in India has highlighted how the ruling Congress party and the main opposition are increasingly exchanging bitter barbs ahead of key state elections this year.
Congress, stung by graft allegations and food inflation that have hit its approval ratings, hopes to gain the initiative over the Bharatya Janata Party (BJP) after a report linking alleged Hindu militant bombers with its ideological parent organisation.

ISLAMABAD - Hailing Pakistan's role in the process of reconciliation and integration for peace in Afghanistan, German Foreign Minister Guido Westerwelle said on Saturday that the solution to the crisis in Afghanistan is political and not military. "We support the process of integration and reconciliation for peace in Afghanistan. It is our common interest to have stability there," German Foreign Minister said while answering questions of reporters in a joint press conference with

LAHORE - The Punjab police are dragging their feet into investigations into 33 bomb blasts and suicide attacks that occurred in various cities over the last two years while 12 such incidents have been left untraced.
From January 1, 2009, to December 31, 2010, the Punjab Police registered 61 cases of bomb blasts and suicide attacks.
These include attacks on Sri Lankan Cricket Team, GHQ (Rawalpindi), Parade Lane Masjid (Rawalpindi), Data Darbar (Lahore) and two suicide

WASHINGTON - A number of legal cases held in US federal courts caught world attention in 2010, including two high-profile terror trials linked directly to Pakistan-born nationals.
While some argued that legal proceedings relating to terrorism should be conducted by military tribunals, most of these trials took place in New York Civil courts.
One such trial that remained in the media for weeks was that of Pakistani neuroscientist Dr Aafia Siddiqui, when a jury of New Yorkers

COPENHAGEN - The Danish intelligence agency PET said on Wednesday it had arrested four men suspected of preparing a terror attack against the Danish daily Jyllands-Posten, which published the caricatures of the Prophet Mohammed.
"These arrests have successfully stopped an imminent terror attack, where several of the suspects ... were going to force their way into the (building which houses the Jyllands-Posten newspaper) in Copenhagen and kill as many people as possible," PET head

NEW DELHI: Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh has said that friendly ties with Pakistan could only come when Islamabad ensured its soil was not used for "terrorist" activities against Indian targets. Relations have been strained between the nuclear-armed neighbours since 166 people were killed in 2008 attacks in Mumbai blamed on the outlawed Laskhar-e-Tayyaba (LeT), which is based in Pakistan.
"We want friendly relations with Pakistan. But we know this will be possible only

ANKARA: Fighting terrorism requires a comprehensive approach and a joint strategy by the international community, Prime Minister Yousaf Raza Gilani said on Tuesday.
"Terrorism is a phenomenon that knows neither faith nor frontier. In our region, it has roots in the cold war dynamics of the last century... its reach is both global and regional. No state can address this menace alone nor will military means suffice as confronting it requires a concerted, comprehensive and

KABUL: Prime Minister Yousaf Raza Gilani on Sunday said the common threat of terrorism faced by Pakistan and Afghanistan could be tackled by improving economic and trade relations.
The prime minister was talking to the speaker of the Afghan Lower House of parliament, Muhammad Younas Qanooni, during a meeting at the Presidential Palace.
He said the improvement of economic relations could lead to development, as well as change in the life of people, forming a basis to prepare

LAHORE: Indians and Afghans are in involved in recent terror attacks at different important places in different cities, said Capital City Police Officer (CCPO) Muhammad Aslam Tareen on Friday.
He was addressing a press conference at Police Lines Qila Gujjar Singh on the arrest of five alleged terrorists for involvement in the attack at the 15/ISI office on May 27, 2009. The attack claimed the lives of 10 civilians and 19 Federal Investigation Agency office bearers.