Af/Pak & Other News (5/12/2013)

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Singh, Karzai congratulate Nawaz on winning elections:

http://dawn.com/2013/05/12/singh-karzai-congratulate-nawaz-on-winning-elections/



Four Turks held hostage in Afghanistan by Taliban freed:

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-22502148



Top U.S. Diplomat Says Afghan Forces Taking Security Control:

http://www.rferl.org/content/afghanistan-william-burns-security-control/24983618.html



US Marines pack up in Afghanistan as Taliban wages spring offensive:

http://worldnews.nbcnews.com/_news/2013/05/12/18152503-us-marines-pack-up-in-afghanistan-as-taliban-wages-spring-offensive?lite



USAF pushes English language training for Afghan Air Force:

http://www.janes.com/products/janes/defence-security-report.aspx?ID=1065979004&channel=defence






Turkey nabs nine bombing suspects with alleged ties to Syria's spy
agency:

http://www.csmonitor.com/World/Latest-News-Wires/2013/0512/Turkey-nabs-nine-bombing-suspects-with-alleged-ties-to-Syria-s-spy-agency?nav=87-frontpage-entryNineItem





Israel grounds drone fleet after plane brought down by fault:

http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2013/may/12/israel-grounds-drone-fleet-fault





Egyptian interior minister: Al Qaeda cell plotted suicide attack
against Western embassy:

http://www.longwarjournal.org/archives/2013/05/egyptian_interior_mi.php





G.O.P. Pushes for More Details of Benghazi Attack:

http://www.nytimes.com/2013/05/13/us/politics/gop-pushes-for-more-details-of-benghazi-attack.html?pagewanted=all





World War II’s Strangest Battle: When Americans and Germans Fought
Together:

http://www.thedailybeast.com/articles/2013/05/12/world-war-ii-s-strangest-battle-when-americans-and-germans-fought-together.html





Never too late: Nazi hunters tirelessly pursue 50 elderly Auschwitz
war criminals:

http://worldnews.nbcnews.com/_news/2013/05/12/18148965-never-too-late-nazi-hunters-tirelessly-pursue-50-elderly-auschwitz-war-criminals?lite





Electrically Powered Ion Tiger Drone Set 48 hour Flight Record:

http://defense-update.com/20130512_electrically-powered-ion-tiger-drone-set-48-hour-flight-record.html