“ The Obama administration decided this week to blacklist the Pakistan-based Haqqani network as a terrorist organization. The group is implicated in many of the deadliest attacks against U.S. troops in Afghanistan and the blacklisting will allow U.S. authorities to target the group’s sources of funding. But the move was opposed by some within the administration who worried it would further damage relations with Pakistan and undercut efforts to negotiate with the Taliban. Also this week, a Pakistani Christian girl who was held in custody for more than three weeks after being accused of desecrating a Quran was released on bail. The prosecution of the 14-year-old, who supporters say has Down’s Syndrome, has attracted international scrutiny to Pakistan’s harsh blasphemy laws.
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— Joshua E. Keating, What You Missed While You Were Live-Tweeting the Conventions via Foreign Policy (via arielnietzsche)
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