Jalaluddin Haqqani News
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The U.S. decision to blacklist the Haqqani Network may increase tensions with Pakistan, where the militant group has bases, substantial economic activities and ties to the country’s intelligence services.
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Secretary of State Hillary Clinton is blacklisting as terrorists the Haqqani Network, a militant group responsible for some of the deadliest attacks on Americans in Afghanistan.
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The Obama administration is likely to tell Congress that the Haqqani network meets the criteria for being declared a foreign terrorist group, three U.S. government officials said, stopping short of saying such a designation would be made immediately.
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A NATO airstrike in Afghanistan killed a leader of Pakistan’s Tehrik-i-Taliban militant group, the International Security Assistance Force said.
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In confirmation hearings last week, Richard Olson, President Barack Obama’s nominee for ambassador to Pakistan, said his top priority would be working with the Pakistanis to degrade the Taliban-allied Haqqani network.
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Secretary of State Hillary Clinton arrived in Pakistan to deliver a U.S. warning that the nation will pay “a very big price” if it fails to move against the Islamic militants staging cross-border attacks against U.S. forces in Afghanistan.
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Pakistan’s military encirclement of the country’s biggest concentration of Taliban guerrillas, which intensified this month, may fail to yield a decisive blow against the faction that is a primary target of the U.S.
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Afghan and NATO forces killed 36 guerrillas to end a wave of attacks in Kabul and three eastern provinces launched by a Taliban faction based in Pakistan, Afghan officials said today.
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Secretary of State Hillary Clinton said terrorists have operated in Pakistan for “too long,” adding to an earlier warning that the nation will pay if it fails to act against militants staging attacks on U.S. forces.
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The U.S. is running out of patience with Pakistan over its failure to crack down on the Haqqani guerrilla group, which has stepped up attacks on coalition forces in Afghanistan, Defense Secretary Leon Panetta said.
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