KHYBER PASS & BEYOND (4#) -

Surprise: Big Change at the ISI . . .

# Lt-General Ahmed Shujaa Pasha has been appointed head of the Pakistani ISI, replacing Lieutenant-General Nadeem Taj.

# Peshawar: Abdul Khaliq Farahi, the Afghan diplomat who was abducted on Sept 22nd, was mysteriously released Monday.

# Speaking in London after meeting the PM there, Gen Petraeus said that militants in Pakistan pose a threat to that country's very existence. And he said he would help Pakistan deal with that threat. [bbc]

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