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Taliban Website: News Roundup From The Afghan Battlefield

A Taliban website in Afghanistan has published latest reports about developments on the battlefield, as filed by Qari Muhammad Yousuf and Zabihullah Mujahid, the two Taliban spokesmen for Afghanistan’s Eastern and Southern zones. The website refers to Afghan soldiers as puppets and terrorists, while U.S. and NATO troops are mentioned as invaders and terrorists. Following are some items:
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Pakistani Lawmaker: Demand For New Province A Conspiracy To Divide Pakistan

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Ahsan Iqbal, a Pakistani lawmaker and a senior leader of the Pakistan Muslim League (N) party, has described recent demands in Pakistan to carve a new province out of the southern parts of Punjab as a conspiracy to divide Pakistan, according to an Urdu daily.
Iqbal (pictured above) said: ‘‘The country is surrounded by problems; at this time, there is an urgent need for national unity. But suddenly some people who were part of the regime during the recent five years have started mischief... [by demanding a new province].’’
Iqbal’s Pakistan Muslim League (N) is the ruling party in Punjab province. He said that some leaders are unable to digest his party’s rule in Punjab province and are trying to reduce its role by calling for a division of the province.
In recent months, several politicians in Pakistan have called for creating a province comprised of southern parts of Punjab.
Source: Roznama Express, Pakistan, July 1, 2009
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Governor: Efforts To Divide Pakistan Into Pieces
Owais Ahmed Ghani, the Governor of Pakistan’s North West Frontier Province (NWFP), has said that some nations are making efforts to divide Pakistan into pieces, according to an Afghan daily.
Ghani said Russia, China, India, Turkey, Iran, Europe and four central Asian countries are involved in a game to make use of Pakistan and Afghanistan for their own interests, according to a report in the Pashtu-language newspaper Roznama Weesa.
There are some forces who want to divide Pakistan, he said, adding that he could disclose their names if he were not the governor.
The NWFP governor identified four groups of the Taliban.
The first group believes in continuing jihad in Afghanistan as it was during the Russian invasion of the country during the 1980s; the second is active in Pakistan which threatens Islamabad; the third is a group of criminals who assume the name of the Taliban but are involved in criminal activities; and the fourth is the group which is trying to create unrest in the areas which are cleared by the Pakistani army.
Owais Ahmed Ghani added that the fourth group is directly linked with the foreign nations trying to destabilize Pakistan.
Source: Wrazpanra Weesa, Afghanistan, July 1, 2009
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Indian Interior Minister: India’s Western Coast Faces Terror Threat


India’s Interior Minister P. Chidambaram has warned that the country’s western coast along the Mumbai region faces terrorist threats, according to an Indian website...
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Pakistani Army Accuses Taliban Of Slaughtering 18 Wounded Militants
The Pakistani Army has accused the Taliban militants of slitting the throats of their 18 injured accomplices in the Swat district of Pakistan’s North West Frontier Province (NWFP), according to an Urdu daily.
According to a report in the Urdu-language newspaper Roznama Express, a spokesman of Pakistan Army’s Inter-Services Public Relations (ISPR) department said military operations are continuing in the province’s Swat and Upper Dir districts.
The Pakistani security forces arrested 23 militants, while three securitymen were killed and three military officers were wounded during various operations, the report added.
In the Beha Valley of Swat district, 18 wounded militants, who could not have been taken to safety, were slaughtered on the orders of their commander, the report added.
Source: Roznama Express, Pakistan, July 1, 2009
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Roznama Islam: “Pakistan’s Nuclear Program Under Complete American Siege…’’
In an editorial, the pro-Taliban Urdu-language newspaper Roznama Islam has expressed concern over media reports that the U.S. has been providing assistance to Pakistan in order ‘‘to protect’’ Pakistani nuclear weapons.
Noting that Pakistan’s Foreign Office has denied reports that the U.S. has been providing technology to Pakistan to make its nuclear warheads reliable for operational use without further testing, Roznama Islam expressed hope that the denial was true.
The Urdu daily added: ‘‘May the denial and clarification of the Foreign Office spokesman be completely true and the above-mentioned report be false. If the report is true even to a small extent, it means that Pakistan’s nuclear program and its nuclear assets have come under complete American siege and Pakistani nation’s assets have been looted.’’
It noted: ‘‘The way the U.S. media and government are running a disciplined propaganda [campaign] against Pakistan’s nuclear program shows to what extent the U.S. can go to suspend and paralyze the Pakistani nuclear program and how secret and open conspiracies they are able to hatch.’’
The editorial continued: ‘‘It is strange that the U.S. has concerns over the Pakistani nuclear program, while on the other hand they have inked a nuclear deal with the neighboring enemy of Pakistan [India] and equipped them with dangerous weapons.’’
‘‘Pakistan is in the grip of enemies from all sides and its nuclear power, security and sovereignty, everything is at stake,’’ it concluded.
Source: Roznama Islam, Pakistan, July 1, 2009
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Indian Kashmir: Hizbul Mujahideen’s Operational Commander Killed

An operational commander of militant group Hizbul Mujahideen has been killed in a showdown with a rival militant commander in Pirpanjal Hills of southern Kashmir, according to a Hindi-language daily...
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Afghan FM: Foreign Envoys Must Respect Afghanistan’s Sovereignty

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Afghan Foreign Minister Dr. Rangeen Dadfar Spanta has urged friendly nations to respect Afghanistan’s sovereignty and to hold their meetings with Afghan politicians and presidential contenders after informing the government, according to an Afghan daily.
Dr. Spanta’s statement comes just days after Afghan President Hamid Karzai’s office criticized U.S. diplomats in Afghanistan for holding talks with various political leaders and presidential contenders.
The Afghan foreign minister said he had sent four official letters to the political representations of foreign countries in order to coordinate their meetings with any organization through the foreign ministry, according to a report in the Afghanistan Times.
The minister described the friendly countries as guests and added that the guests have to respect the national integrity of Afghanistan.
Source: Afghanistan Times, Afghanistan, July 1, 2009
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Suicide Bomber Kills 6 People Near Afghan-Pakistan Border

A suicide bomber struck at a security checkpoint in the town of Torkham, situated on the Afghanistan-Pakistan border, killing six people, according to Pashtu dailies...
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Afghan Minister Calls For Disarming Illegal Private Security Guards

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Afghanistan’s Interior Minister Mohammad Hanif Atmar, during a visit to the southern Kandahar province, has called for disarming private militias or armed guards working for private security firms, according to an Afghan website.
Currently, there are thousands of illegal militias working with different private security companies of which many are not even registered with the government.
The minister added: ‘‘We respect the sacrifices of militias, but the way they work cannot be accepted. We should root them out.’’
Source: www.pajhwok.com, Afghanistan, June 30, 2009
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Baluchistan: Car Bomb Explosions Kill Four People

Four persons were killed and 11 injured in a car bomb explosion in the Sorab area of the Kalat district in Pakistan’s Baluchistan province, according to a Pashtu daily...
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Probe Report Of Babri Mosque Demolition By Hindu Extremists Submitted
In India, a government-appointed panel probing the 1992 demolition of the Babri mosque in the northern Indian town of Ayodhya by Hindu extremists has submitted its report 17 years after it was set up, according to an Urdu daily.
The Liberhan Commission, whose tenure was extended 48 times, submitted its report to Prime Minister Manmohan Singh on Tuesday.
The December 6, 1992 demolition of the Babri mosque led to riots between Hindu and Muslim communities in India, most singularly when Mumbai was rocked by a series of bomb blasts in early 1993, masterminded by underworld don Dawood Ibrahim, who now reportedly lives in Pakistan.
The Liberhan Commission report prompted opposition Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) to declare its commitment to building a Hindu temple at the disputed site in Ayodhya, an issue that once polarized India.
Several BJP leaders, including its prime ministerial candidate Lal Krishna Advani, are blamed to have incited a crowd of Hindu extremists to attack the Babri mosque in Ayodhya.
The Liberhan Commission’s report is yet to be tabled in the Indian parliament.
Source: Roznama Munsif, India, July 1, 2009
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15 Taliban Militants Killed In Baghlan Province

Afghan security officials said they have killed 15 Taliban and injured 13 others in the country’s northern Baghlan province, according to an Afghan daily...
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