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How 9/11 changed US foreign policy and global counterterrorism
Updated : 7 months, 3 weeks ago IST
One of the key changes in US foreign policy is a shift to counterterrorism. The US prioritised counterterrorism, launching the Global War on Terrorism, with military interventions in Afghanistan and Iraq.
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Trump signs Laken Riley Act, allows detention of undocumented migrants acc
Updated : 1 year, 3 months ago IST
United States President Donald Trump on Wednesday (local time) signed the Laken Riley Act, which mandates pre-trial detention of illegal migrants accused of theft, burglary or shoplifting, The Hill reported.
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Trump says will use Guantanamo Bay to house illegal migrants
Updated : 1 year, 3 months ago IST
United States President Donald Trump said on Wednesday (local time) that he will sign an executive order to prepare a facility at Guantanamo Bay to house deported migrants, The Hill reported.
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Pakistan military contemplating establishing internment centres in Balochi
Updated : 1 year, 9 months ago IST
The Pakistani military is contemplating new tactics, including the establishment of new internment centres in Balochistan, similar to those set up in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Afghanistan-based Khaama Press reported.
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'Guantanamo Bay' like centres likely in Balochistan, civil society opposes
Updated : 1 year, 10 months ago IST
The Pakistani Army is reportedly planning to set up internment centres in Balochistan, like those previously set up in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa.
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Pakistani Army planning Guantanamo-like centres in Balochistan: Report
Updated : 1 year, 10 months ago IST
The critics have warned that these centers, controlled by non-civilian personnel and denying access to family and legal aid, could formalize enforced disappearances in Balochistan.
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Pakistan shows no interest in rescuing 'Lady Al Qaeda', Aafia Siddiqui
Updated : 3 years, 2 months ago IST
Addressing the press conference along with Aafia Siddiqui's sister, Fauzia Siddiqui, Lawyer Clive Stafford Smith said Aafia Siddiqui, who was 'abducted' in 2003, "holds no special importance for the US" and it's the government of Pakistan that didn't do enough to bring her back, Dawn news re
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'Last' Pakistani incarcerated at Guantanamo Bay returns home
Updated : 3 years, 6 months ago IST
Saifullah, 74, has been in Guantanamo Bay detention centre since he was taken into custody from Bangkok in 2003. According to Samaa News, he was accused of having alleged links with top Al-Qaeda leadership.
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21 years on, 9/11 mastermind Khalid Shaikh Mohammed still awaits trial
Updated : 3 years, 8 months ago IST
New York [US], September 11 (ANI): Khalid Shaikh Mohammed, the mastermind of the September 11 terror attacks on the United States continues to await trial even after two decades that left 2, 977 people dead.
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Taliban appoints former Guantanamo Bay detainee to lead fight in Panjshir
Updated : 3 years, 9 months ago IST
Kabul [Afghanistan], August 22 (ANI): Taliban has appointed Mullah Abdul Qayyum Zakir as a special military commander for Panjshir province in northern Afghanistan and the Andarab district of Baghlan province.
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Man, believed to be last Afghan detainee freed from Guantanamo Bay after 1
Updated : 3 years, 11 months ago IST
Washington [US], June 24 (ANI): The United States has released a man who is believed to be one of the last Afghan detainees held inside the Guantanamo Bay military prison in Cuba, following negotiations with Washington.
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US transfers prisoner from Guantanamo Bay prison to Algeria
Updated : 4 years, 1 month ago IST
Washington [US], April 3 (ANI/Sputnik): Another detainee will be transferred from the United States Guantanamo Bay detention camp to Algeria, the US Department of Defense announced on Saturday.
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