Another Top Taliban Leader Arrested in NW
22 February 2010
Another Taliban Leader Arrested, The Globe and Mail, 22 February 2010
EXCERPT: "Another top Taliban leader has been arrested in Pakistan, the latest in a string of blows to the insurgency's top command. Maulavi Abdul Kabir, a one-time governor of eastern Afghanistan before the overthrow of the Taliban regime, was arrested in northwest Pakistan, Afghan government and Taliban sources confirmed to The Globe and Mail. He is believed...
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Deadly Suicide Attacks Strike Army, Police
22 February 2010
Blast "Kills Five" in Main City in Pakistan's Swat, BBC News, 22 February 2010
EXCERPT: "At least five people have been killed and many others injured in a bombing in Mingora, the main city in Swat region in north-west Pakistan, police say. Television footage showed black smoke billowing into the air and cars destroyed by the blast in a market. The target of the attack appeared to be an army convoy - two of those killed...
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Air Strike Kills 30 Militants in NW
22 February 2010
Pakistan Kills 30 Militants in Air Strike, Reuters, 20 February 2010
EXCERPT: "A Pakistani air strike killed 30 militants in mountains on the Afghan border Saturday, the military said, as one of NATO's biggest offensives against the Taliban continued in Afghanistan itself. Pakistani security forces launched a major campaign against the al Qaeda-backed Pakistani Taliban in their main haven of South Waziristan in October...
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Kidnapped Sikh Beheaded in Khyber
22 February 2010
Kidnapped Pakistani Sikh Beheaded in Khyber Region, BBC News, 22 February 2010
EXCERPT: "A Pakistani Sikh has been beheaded after being kidnapped in the country's tribal north-west, officials say. Jaspal Singh was seized while travelling in Khyber district a month ago. His body was found on Sunday. Earlier reports that a second kidnapped Sikh, Mastan Singh, had been beheaded are not confirmed, officials now say. Unidentified gunmen...
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Pakistani Responses to the Drone Campaign
22 February 2010
Pakistani Responses to the CIA's Predator Drone Campaign against the Taliban and al-Qaeda, The Jamestown Foundation // Terrorism Monitor, 19 February 2010
EXCERPT: "Conventional wisdom in the West seems to have coalesced around the notion that the CIA's airborne assassination campaign against al-Qaeda and the Taliban in Pakistan's remote FATA (Federally Administered Tribal Areas) is driving Pakistanis to new levels of anti-Americanism....
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Preview: India-Pakistan to Meet on Thursday
22 February 2010
Preview: India, Pakistan Meet After Year of Living Dangerously, AlertNet, 22 February 2010
EXCERPT: "The first official talks between India and Pakistan since the Mumbai attacks offer a tiny step to stability in South Asia, but the recent bombing in Pune shows the nuclear rivals' ties may be as fragile as ever. The two nations' foreign secretaries - their top diplomats - will meet on Thursday with a foreboding sense in India...
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