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September 16, 2016

Pakistan may be building new nuclear site: analysts
Islamabad (AFP) Sept 16, 2016
Pakistan, estimated to have the world's fastest-growing nuclear stockpile, could be building a new uranium enrichment complex according to commercial satellite imagery analysed by Western defence experts. The construction of a new site, based in the town of Kahuta some thirty kilometres (miles) east of Islamabad, provides fresh evidence of how Pakistan is seeking to boost its atomic arsenal - a goal which is inconsistent with the principles of the Nuclear Suppliers Group the country is seeking to j ... read more

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