More Taliban Leaders Arrested in Pakistan
18 February 2010
Taliban "Shadow Governors" Arrested in Pakistan, The Associated Press via NPR, 18 February 2010
EXCERPT: "Pakistani authorities, aided by U.S. intelligence, said Thursday they have apprehended more militant chiefs following the capture of the Afghan Taliban's No. 2 figure - arrests that together represent the biggest blow to the militant organization since the U.S.-led invasion in 2001. The roundups, which could still be...
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Twin Bombings Kill Dozens
18 February 2010
Pakistan Militant Group Attacked by Suicide Bomber, BBC News, 18 February 2010
EXCERPT: "At least 15 people have been killed and more than 100 injured in a suicide bomb attack on a militant gathering in north-western Pakistan, officials say. The bomber had blown himself up among pro-Taliban militants meeting in a compound by a crowded market selling hashish, a witness told the BBC. Customers at the market were among those killed and...
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India's Focus on Security Detrimental to Talks: Pakistan
18 February 2010
India Security Focus Would Limit Talks: Pakistan [interview], Reuters India, 18 February 2010
EXCERPT: "Talks with nuclear-armed rival India will not make the required progress if New Delhi insists on focusing on security, Pakistan said on Thursday, touching on one of the most contentious issues between the Asian neighbours. Top officials in the foreign ministries of the two countries are to meet in New Delhi on Feb. 25 after India...
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Central Asians in Armed Islamist Movements in Afghanistan and Pakistan
18 February 2010
[pdf], China and Eurasia Forum Quarterly via the Human Security Gateway, 1 December 2009
EXCERPT: "The specter of a force of close to five thousand Uzbek Islamic militants throughout the Tribal Areas of North and South Waziristan was presented to a Pakistan senate committee in September 2009 by Senator Muhammad Ibrahim Khan, while Pakistan...
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Al-Qaeda and Affiliates
18 February 2010
[pdf], Congressional Research Service via the Federation of American Scientists, 5 February 2010
EXCERPT: "U.S. officials remain concerned that Al Qaeda terrorists operate with impunity on Pakistani territory, and that the group appears to have increased its influence among the myriad Islamist militant groups operating along the Pakistan-Afghanistan...
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