US to smack terrorist label on Nigerian militants


According to the officials US government is expected to properly apply a foreign terrorist label today to three alleged foremost figures of the violent Nigerian militant group Boko Haram. The action by the State and Treasury departments follows increasing pressure on the Obama government to take stronger action beside Boko Haram.
Today’s expected action, involves applying the terrorist designation to three men supposed to be central figures in the set. Boko Haram increasingly is seen as an effective risk to Nigeria, the continent’s the majority crowded state and major oil producer, and as part of mounting arc of Islamist extremist groups stretching across northern Africa.The State Department has been underneath pressure to act alongside Boko Haram for months.
In January, Lisa Monaco, the Justice Department’s top national security officer, sent a letter to the State Department arguing that the Nigerian group met the criteria for a foreign terrorist listing because it either engages in terrorism that threatens the United States or has an ability or intention to do so.

Afghanistan: press Pak on terror havens


Afghanistan is anticipated to utilize the most recent round of wide-reaching talks on its expectations Thursday to move up strain on Pakistan over aggressive safe havens ahead of the disappearance of foreign troops.
Previous year, US military Chief Admiral Mike Mullen described the network as a veritable arm of Pakistan's Inter-Services Intelligence organization.
According to Najib Mahmood, a political science lecturer at Kabul University I believe the Afghan government will seize the opportunity in this conference to put extra pressure on Pakistan to contract with this difficulty more critically. Pakistan established that Foreign Minister Hina Rabbani Khar would be present at Thursday's meeting and reiterated it was doing all in its control to battle terrorism and Islamist fanaticism.

Uzbekistan: Eyewitness inspection of Rail explosion Site Discounts Terrorism assert

An eyewitness examination of the late-2011 rail bridge explosion in Uzbekistan blast site, located in a remote part Uzbekistan not far from the Uzbek-Tajik frontier, indicates that the incident likely was not the work of terrorists.
The mid-November explosion at a rail bridge severed southern Tajikistan's rail connection to the outside world. After a few days of silence, state-controlled Uzbek media characterized the event as a “terrorist act.
Since the incident, authorities in Tashkent have refused Dushanbe’s offers of assistance to repair the bridge.While Tashkent seems to rest behind a wall of silence, local officials are somewhat more talkative.They likewise haven't commented on when the bridge will become operational again. Hundreds of freight wagons loaded with food and other essentials are reportedly waiting to pass over the damaged rail en route to Tajikistan.