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September 6, 2012 Special Dispatch No. 4935

Pakistani Nuclear Facilities In The Town Of Dera Ghazi Khan Cordoned Off Following Taliban Threat

September 6, 2012
Pakistan | Special Dispatch No. 4935

"Following 'serious' security threats from the homegrown Taliban, the Army and Punjab police have deployed heavy forces at one of Pakistan's largest nuclear facilities, in Dera Ghazi Khan (DG Khan)....

"Besides the deployment inside and around the nuclear installation, three divisions [of Pakistan Army] in South Punjab have also been asked to launch a crackdown against banned outfits.... 'DG Khan houses one of the largest nuclear facilities in the country and has faced the first-ever serious security threat from the Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP),' said a high ranking military officer currently serving at the installation." ...

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