Source: AP
The U.S. military has conducted nearly a dozen secret operations against al-Qaida and other terrorist groups in Syria, Pakistan and other countries since 2004, The New York Times reported Sunday night.
Citing anonymous U.S. officials, the Times story said the operations were authorized by a broad classified order that then-Defense Secretary Donald H. Rumsfeld signed […]

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Source: Washington Post
Plan Bolsters U.S. Faith In Ally’s Anti-Extremist Efforts
By Karen DeYoung
Pakistan plans to arm tens of thousands of anti-Taliban tribal fighters in its western border region in hopes — shared by the U.S. military — that the nascent militias can replicate the tribal “Awakening” movement that proved decisive in the battle against al-Qaeda in […]

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Source: Bloomberg
By Tony Capaccio

Pakistan won’t be capable of rooting out terrorists based along its rugged border with Afghanistan for at least three years, according to the U.S. military.
“Safe havens” in this area for al-Qaeda and Taliban militants “have grown in recent years,” according to a report to the House and Senate defense panels.
“Deficiencies in […]

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Source: International Herald Tribune
As of Wednesday, April 30, 2008, at least 425 members of the U.S. military had died in Afghanistan, Pakistan and Uzbekistan as a result of the U.S. invasion of Afghanistan in late 2001, according to the Defense Department. The department last updated its figures Saturday at 10 a.m. EDT.
Of those, the military […]

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Source: The Hindu
Washington (PTI): The US Defence department has awarded nearly $1.5 billion contract to Lockheed Martin Corp for manufacturing of 18 F-16 C/D fighter aircrafts to be provided to Pakistan under the Foreign Military Sales programme.

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