Peshawar: Over 100 Killed in Market Attack
28 October 2009
'Clinton's Goodwill Trip Marred By Pakistan Attack', NPR, 28 October 2009
EXCERPT: "The thrust of Secretary of State Hillary Clinton's three-day visit to Pakistan is to build and repair fragile relations with a country the U.S. sees as a critical ally in the fight against Islamist extremism. But just hours after Clinton's arrival in Pakistan on Wednesday, word came of the powerful car bomb attack at a market in the...
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The Security Situation in Balochistan
28 October 2009
'The Situation in Balochistan', Institute for Defence Studies and Analysis, 5 October 2009
EXCERPT: "The security situation in Balochistan is deteriorating. That explains why Prime Minister Gilani was keen to have Balochistan included in the Sharm el-Sheikh joint Indo-Pakistan statement. This was an effort to deflect attention from the worsening situation in Balochistan. In the last one year, over four hundred attacks on Baloch...
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The War in Warizistan: Operation Rah-e-Nijat
28 October 2009
'The War in Warizistan: Operation Rah-e-Nijat Week 1 Analysis', Iran Tracker // American Enterprise Institute, 23 October 2009
EXCERPT: "The Critical Threats team has prepared a briefing on the ongoing ground operation in Waziristan, examining the timeline of events leading to the operation, the Pakistani force breakdown, the Tehrik-e Taliban Pakistan (TTP) structure and key players, the role of other players, the details of...
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