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U.N. raises security level in Pakistani
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ISLAMABAD, Pakistan (AP) — The United Nations raised its security level for the Pakistani capital after the Sept. 20 truck bombing of Islamabad’s Marriott Hotel, U.N. officials said today.
The move underlines the deteriorating situation in Pakistan, which is under intense U.S. pressure to combat Islamic militants behind rising attacks at home and in neighboring Afghanistan.
U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon approved the move after the world body’s agencies in Islamabad recommended it earlier this week, three officials told The Associated Press.
They said it also applied to the neighboring city of Rawalpindi and areas near the Afghan border.
The officials spoke on condition of anonymity either because they are not authorized to speak to the media or did not want to go on record before an expected official announcement from U.N. headquarters in New York.
The move underlines the deteriorating situation in Pakistan, which is under intense U.S. pressure to combat Islamic militants behind rising attacks at home and in neighboring Afghanistan.
U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon approved the move after the world body’s agencies in Islamabad recommended it earlier this week, three officials told The Associated Press.
They said it also applied to the neighboring city of Rawalpindi and areas near the Afghan border.
The officials spoke on condition of anonymity either because they are not authorized to speak to the media or did not want to go on record before an expected official announcement from U.N. headquarters in New York.
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