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Posts published in “Day: June 27, 2009

Expanding war: edit in The News, June 27

The first targeted suicide bombing has killed two soldiers in Muzaffarabad. Till now, Azad Kashmir had not been caught up in the bitter war between militants and the military being fought in Pakistan. The attack on an army vehicle has dangerous implications. The Kashmir area has a sizeable military presence, given its disputed status with India. The potential for attack is immense. Such a development could also bring extremist forces still based in Kashmir into…

AJK govt urged to reign in cleric: By Yassir Rasheed in the Dawn, June 27

KOTLI, June 26: An Afghan national, who has performed as a prayer leader in different mosques of Azad Kashmir, has been a cause of sectarian tension in the state. Recently, he provoked, through his fiery and enticing speeches, some local youths to attack members of a minority sect in the Sensa tehsil of the Kotli district, locals told Dawn. They added that after the attack the members of the minority religious sect had to close…

Two soldiers killed: Baitullah’s suicide foray into AJK

By Tariq Naqash in the Dawn, June 27 MUZAFFARABAD, June 26: Two soldiers were killed and at least three others injured in a suicide bombing here on Friday. The banned Tehrik-i-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) claimed responsibility for the first suicide attack in Azad Kashmir. The early morning blast in army barracks in Shaukat Lines caught security personnel unawares, although “they had been on alert for four months”, a police official said. According to witnesses, a bearded…