Anti-Taliban Tribal Leaders Assassinated
27 November 2009
, The Associated Press, 27 November 2009
EXCERPT: "A key anti-Taliban tribal leader was assassinated Friday in a roadside bombing, the latest in a series of attacks against pro-government militias in the Afghan border area of northwestern Pakistan. Elsewhere, authorities found the bullet-riddled body of another tribal elder who was seized from his home late Thursday in an attack...
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Militants Regroup in Northwest, Army Responds
27 November 2009
'Pakistan Taliban Regrouping Outside Waziristan', Los Angeles Times, 26 November 2009
EXCERPT: "Since the Pakistani army launched a long-awaited offensive last month to destroy the Taliban in South Waziristan, many militants have fled to nearby districts and begun to establish new strongholds, a strategy that suggests they will regroup and remain a potent threat to the country's weak, U.S.-backed government. Pakistani Taliban...
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Balochistan: Unrelenting Insurgency
27 November 2009
'Balochistan: Unrelenting Insurgency', South Asia Intelligence Review, 23 November 2009
EXCERPT: "Despite the reduced levels of violence, the insurgency continues to simmer, with a steady stream of bomb and rocket attacks on gas pipelines, railway tracks, power transmission lines, bridges, and communications infrastructure, as well as on military establishments and Government facilities. While there have been at least 126 bomb...
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The Multiple Fronts in the Fight Against Taliban
27 November 2009
, The Economist, 26 November 2009
EXCERPT: "In what may be the biggest victory of a seven-year-long, and mostly dismal, army campaign, 30,000 troops have advanced into most of the militants? main stronghold, in neighbouring South Waziristan, from whence their leaders fled. It seems to be an impressive effort. For the second time this year?after the Pakistani Taliban's inaugural thumping in...
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Prioritize Pakistan: NATO Parliamentary Assembly
27 November 2009
'Pakistan Should Be Higher on the Agenda of the International Community, Says NATO PA Report', NATO Parliamentary Assembly, 17 November 2009
EXCERPT: "The importance of Pakistan for regional and international security should not be underestimated, according to a report prepared by the NATO Parliamentary Assembly. Both NATO and the EU should engage more closely with Pakistan and neighbouring countries to help prevent the spread...
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