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Al Qaeda priority: Western targets

Jul. 31, 2009
Between late July and early December of 2008 four members of a Belgian-French group returned to Europe from the Pakistan-Afghanistan border region.
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Pakistani militants kill 8 police officers

ISLAMABAD, Pakistan, March 8 (UPI) -- Eight tribal police officers were slain in a gun battle with suspected Pakistani Taliban militants near the Afghan border, officials said Sunday.

Rockets kill nine in Pakistan

ISLAMABAD, Pakistan, June 23 (UPI) -- A clash between coalition forces in Afghanistan and the Taliban killed nine civilians across the border in the North Waziristan tribal region of Pakistan.

Musharraf: Taliban entering from Pakistan

ISLAMABAD, Pakistan, Feb. 2 (UPI) -- Pakistani President Pervez Musharraf said Friday Pakistani border security forces are known to have allowed Taliban militants to enter Afghanistan.

Pakistan to mine Afghan border

ISLAMABAD, Pakistan, Dec. 26 (UPI) -- Pakistan's foreign minister said the country would plant land mines along its border with Afghanistan to prevent terrorist movement across the frontier.

Afghanistan blames Pakistan for insurgency

KANDAHAR, Afghanistan, Dec. 12 (UPI) -- Afghanistan's president blamed Pakistan Tuesday for the continuing Taliban insurgency, saying the neighboring country was still harboring the Islamist group.

U.S. 'spy' beheaded in Pakistan

MIRAMSHAH, Pakistan, April 17 (UPI) -- Residents of the tense border region between Afghanistan and Pakistan found the headless body of a man in a market area, officials said.

Afghanistan urges Pakistan beef up border

ISLAMABAD, Pakistan, Feb. 16 (UPI) -- Afghanistan has asked Pakistan to detain 150 alleged Taliban suspects living in Pakistan and accused of attacks in Afghanistan.

Pakistan increases troops on Afghan border

ISLAMABAD, Pakistan, July 8 (UPI) -- Pakistan has said it is sending an additional 4,000 troops to its border with Afghanistan to stop Pakistan-based militants from disrupting Afghan elections. The Afghan government has criticized Pakistan in the past for failing to prevent militants from en

Musharraf: Bin Laden alive, along border

AUCKLAND, New Zealand, June 17 (UPI) -- Pakistani President Pervez Musharraf said Friday he believes al-Qaida leader Osama bin Laden is still alive and on the Afghan-Pakistan border.

Pakistan high security risk

ISLAMABAD, Pakistan, May 14 (UPI) -- Terrorist threats to U.S. and western interests in Pakistan remain high, says a travel warning issued Friday.
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President Obama awards the Presidential Medal of Freedom in Washington
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President Barack Obama awards the the Presidential Medal of Freedom to singer/songwriter Bob Dylan during a ceremony in the East Room at the White House in Washington on May 29, 2012. The Medal of Freedom is our NationÕs highest civilian honor, presented to individuals who have made especially meritorious contributions to the security or national interests of the United States, to world peace, or to cultural or other significant public or private endeavors. UPI/Kevin Dietsch