Warrants out for two Pak majors
A Delhi court on Wednesday issued non-bailable warrants (NBWs) against two serving Pakistani Army majors and three LeT operatives, saying terror suspect David Headley had disclosed that they were involved in terror strikes in Delhi, Mumbai and other places from 2005 to 2009.
“Accused Headley, in his statement, has categorically disclosed the involvement of these accused in the terrorist activities including that of 26/11 Mumbai attacks,” district and sessions Judge S.P. Garg said.
The court, which considered the statement of Pakistani-American Headley recorded at Illinois in the US by National Investigation Agency (NIA), did not cite the disclosure made by him, saying “they are not being discussed in detail to maintain secrecy.”
Headley was arrested by the FBI in Chicago in October last year and has been lodged in a detention centre there. The judge issued NBWs against two Pakistani officers — Major Iqbal and Major Sameer Ali along with Lashkar operatives Sajid Majid, Syed Abdur Rehman and Illyas Kashmiri.
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Holbrooke to discuss AfPak
AGE CORRESPONDENT
NEW DELHI
India and the US reviewed the situation in Afghanistan and Pakistan during the visit here by Richard Holbrooke, the US special envoy for Af-Pak. Mr Holbrooke, who arrived on Wednesday, would continue his talks on Thursday. His visit came in the backdrop of Pakistan’s increasingly prominent role in the reintegration plan of the Afghan government. In the Afghanistan Conference external affairs minister S.M. Krishna had pitched for “an Afghan-led, Afghan-owned” peace and reintegration process.
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