Ahmadinejad slams presence of foreign forces in region

Daily Star 25 May 2009
Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad attacked the presence of foreign forces in the region at a summit with Afghan President Hamid Karzai and Pakistani President Asif Ali Zardari on Sunday aimed at tackling terrorism and other security problems. The three neighbors’ first such meeting, which ended with pledges of cooperation but without any specific measures being announced, took place as Pakistan and Afghanistan are battling the spread of Taliban insurgencies in their countries.

Pakistan frees nuclear smuggler and disgraced scientist Abdul Qadeer Khan

DISGRACED Pakistani nuclear scientist Abdul Qadeer Khan has been freed after spending five years under house arrest for selling atomic secrets to Iran, North Korea and Libya in the world’s biggest nuclear proliferation scandal.