Monday, October 22, 2012

Pakistani army strategy in question after attacks

Pakistani army strategy in question after attacks

Pakistani army strategy in question after attacks

Posted: 22 Oct 2012 10:06 AM PDT

In this Thursday, Oct. 18, 2012 photo, A Pakistani police officer stands guard outside the school of Pakistani shooting victim Malala Yousufzai, in Mingora, Swat Valley, Pakistan. The Taliban's horrific attack on a female teenage activist in this scenic corner of Pakistan's northwest was the latest in a series of assassination attempts by militant sleeper cells in the area over the last year. The insurgents activated their networks in the Swat Valley to take advantage of the army's decision to reduce its presence, raising questions about the military's ability to hand over control to civilian authorities in areas where it has fought the Taliban, a fundamental part of its counterterror strategy. (AP Photo/B.K. Bangash)The Taliban's horrific attack on a female teenage activist in this scenic corner of Pakistan's northwest was the latest in a series of assassination attempts by militant sleeper cells in the area over the last year, each carried out with targeted shots to the head.

Afghan police say man killed wife for wanting job

Posted: 22 Oct 2012 09:58 AM PDT

A man in a western Afghan city has confessed to stabbing his wife to death to prevent her from taking a job outside the home, police said Monday.

South Korean activists send leaflets to NKorea

Posted: 22 Oct 2012 05:25 AM PDT

Police officers stand guard to block trucks containing anti-North Korea leaflets on a road in Paju near demilitarized zone, South Korea, Monday, Oct. 22, 2012. South Korea has banned activists from launching propaganda leaflets to North Korea after North Korea threatened to attack.(AP Photo/Ahn Young-joon)South Korean activists floated balloons carrying tens of thousands of anti-Pyongyang leaflets into North Korea on Monday, eluding police who had disrupted an earlier launch attempt due to threats from North Korea.

Weakened, al-Qaida in Afghanistan tries comeback

Posted: 22 Oct 2012 06:49 AM PDT

FILE - This July 22, 2012 file photo shows U.S. Gen. John Allen, top commander of the NATO-led International Security Assistance Forces (ISAF) and US forces in Afghanistan gestures during an interview with the Associated Press in Kabul, Afghanistan. A diminished but resilient al-Qaida, whose 9/11 attacks drew America into its longest war, is attempting a comeback in the country's mountainous east even as U.S. and allied forces wind down their combat mission and concede a small but steady toehold to the terrorist group. (AP Photo/Musadeq Sadeq, File)A diminished but resilient al-Qaida, whose 9/11 attacks drew America into its longest war, is attempting a comeback in Afghanistan's mountainous east even as U.S. and allied forces wind down their combat mission and concede a small but steady toehold to the terrorist group.

South Korean activists banned from flying leaflets

Posted: 22 Oct 2012 02:24 AM PDT

Police officers stand guard to block trucks containing anti-North Korea leaflets on a road in Paju near demilitarized zone, South Korea, Monday, Oct. 22, 2012. South Korea has banned activists from launching propaganda leaflets to North Korea after North Korea threatened to attack.(AP Photo/Ahn Young-joon)South Korea banned activists Monday from entering a border area where they planned to launch anti-Pyongyang leaflets into North Korea, an unusual move that the activists likened to surrender.

SKorean activists banned from flying leaflets

Posted: 21 Oct 2012 10:33 PM PDT

Police officers stand guard to block trucks containing anti-North Korea leaflets on a road in Paju near demilitarized zone, South Korea, Monday, Oct. 22, 2012. South Korea has banned activists from launching propaganda leaflets to North Korea after North Korea threatened to attack.(AP Photo/Ahn Young-joon)South Korea banned activists from launching anti-Pyongyang leaflets across the heavily fortified border into North Korea on Monday in an unusual move to halt their propaganda campaign.

Myanmar leader holds milestone 1st press briefing

Posted: 21 Oct 2012 05:46 PM PDT

Myanmar President Thein Sein talks during a press conference at Presidential House in Naypyitaw, Myanmar, Sunday, Oct. 21, 2012. In a display of confidence and transparency, Myanmar's reformist president held his first press conference, breaking with the closed-mouth tradition of the previous military regime. (AP Photo/Khin Maung Win)Myanmar's reformist president held his first press conference for local media in a national milestone after years of secrecy and censorship by the former military regime.
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