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• Mushtarka Dushman Hi Mutahid Karay Ga By Orya Maqbool Jan
• America Hai Kya?? By Nazir Naji
• Army Leadership Apna Kirdar Ada Karay By Haroon Ur Rasheed
• Rabbani Ki Halakat Kay Khatarnak Nataij By Saleem Safi
• Sirajuddin Haqqani Dares America To Attack North Waziristan
• Haroon Warns US Of Dire Consequences If Pakistan Attacked

Mushtarka Dushman Hi Mutahid Karay Ga By Orya Maqbool Jan Posted: 23 Sep 2011 10:00 PM PDT

America Hai Kya?? By Nazir Naji Posted: 23 Sep 2011 09:57 PM PDT

Army Leadership Apna Kirdar Ada Karay By Haroon Ur Rasheed Posted: 23 Sep 2011 09:55 PM PDT

Rabbani Ki Halakat Kay Khatarnak Nataij By Saleem Safi Posted: 23 Sep 2011 09:53 PM PDT

Sirajuddin Haqqani Dares America To Attack North Waziristan Posted: 23 Sep 2011 09:50 PM PDT ISLAMABAD: While the United States, ever more strident, is ratcheting up pressure on Pakistan to snap its "ties with the Haqqani network", the group's chief Sirajuddin Haqqani on Friday warned Washington against any military adventure in the North Waziristan tribal agency. Speaking to Reuters by satellite phone from an undisclosed location, Sirajuddin said he'd look forward to a US ground attack in North Waziristan. "The United States will suffer more losses [in North Waziristan] than they did in Afghanistan," he said. Still, he doesn't take chances, especially with overhead drones a constant worry – 57 drone strikes have peppered the region so far this year, according to the New American Foundation, a think tank that keeps a database of such attacks. Some 55 members of his family, including his brother, have been killed in such attacks. According to the New American database, at least a quarter of the drone attacks since 2008 have targeted the Haqqanis. "I always avoid travelling in a motorcade of armed fighters, as it puts your life in danger," he said, adding that is also why he doesn't wear a turban or carry a gun. Yet he is far from being a desperate fugitive on the run. He acknowledges that Haqqani fighters now number around 15,000, making it probably the largest force among the Taliban warlords. He also moves easily across the border to areas of eastern Afghanistan where the Haqqanis are entrenched. He even mediates disputes among the Taliban and takes part in their meetings in Afghanistan. "His word is enough," said Mahmood Shah, a former Pakistan intelligence official who monitored militants for years. The forbidding terrain of Waziristan, which forms an ill-defined border with Afghanistan, is also his ally. "There are certain houses and villages where the bathroom is in Afghanistan and the bedroom is in Pakistan and this creates some issues," Interior Minister Rehman Malik told Reuters. "That no-man's land, that is not (in the) control of Pakistani forces or Afghan authorities or the US forces." The Haqqani's power and influence in Afghanistan is such that they are indispensable to any settlement of the decade-long Afghan conflict, America's longest war, experts say. "If there is to be a meaningful cessation of hostilities, the Haqqanis will have to be part of the peace process," said Vahid Brown, an expert on Islamic militancy and author of a new book, "Fountainhead of Jihad: the Haqqani Nexus". Sirajuddin is one of the world's most wanted men with a $5 million bounty on his head. He said he discovered that while listening to the Voice of America. "I don't know why, but I could not sleep that night," he said in Thursday's interview. "In the morning, I tuned into a Pashto-language broadcast of the Voice of America and came to know about this. "I have chosen the path of jihad and I know very well about the hardships and fruits of this path." Published in The Express Tribune, September 24th,  2011.

Haroon Warns US Of Dire Consequences If Pakistan Attacked Posted: 23 Sep 2011 09:47 PM PDT KARACHI: Pakistan Ambassador in UN Abdullah Hussain Haroon warned that if Pakistan would be attacked then the reaction would be counter productive, Geo News reported Saturday. The Ambassador was giving interview to an Indian television and said that Pakistan has sacrificed a lot in the war against terrorism, therefore, the accusations against Pakistan should come to an end. He further said that the issues should be resolved through dialogue and that there are no permanent friends and foes of the US in international politics.

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