Sectarian Clashes Kill Seven
01 March 2010
Sectarian Clashes Kill Seven in Pakistan, AFP via The Sydney Morning Herald, 28 February 2010
EXCERPT: "Pakistani authorities slapped a curfew on a restive northwestern district on Sunday after clashes and gun fights left at least seven people dead at a religious procession, officials said. Sectarian violence erupted on Saturday in the town of Paharpur in Dera Ismail Khan district, as hundreds of Muslims rallied to celebrate Eid Milad-un-Nabi,...
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Fatal Suicide Blast at Police Station
01 March 2010
, AFP, 27 February 2010
EXCERPT: "Three people were killed and more than 20 injured on Saturday when a suicide bomber rammed a van packed with explosives into a police station in northwest Pakistan, police said. 'The attacker detonated his pick-up van at the gate of the main police station in Karak town' of North West Frontier Province, local police chief Sajid Mohmand told AFP....
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Key Swat Taliban Commander Killed
01 March 2010
, AFP via Yahoo! News, 1 March 2010
EXCERPT: "A Taliban commander has been killed in a clash with security forces in Pakistan's Swat valley, where the military claims to have quelled an Islamist uprising, officials said Monday. Mohammad Alam Binouri, who had a 10-million-rupee (117,000-dollar) reward on his head, was killed in the gun battle in Madyan town in the mountainous...
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Taliban "Routed" in Raids on Border Camps
01 March 2010
"Invincible" Taleban Routed in Raids on Border Camps, Times Online, 1 March 2010
EXCERPT: "Significant leaders of the Pakistani Taleban have been killed or captured in an onslaught of frontier ground and air attacks, a Pakistani general has told The Times. 'The militant command and control centres and their caches have been dismantled or captured,' said Major-General Tariq Khan, one of the country's most experienced...
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Islamic Scholar to Issue Anti-Terrorism Fatwa
01 March 2010
Prominent Muslim to Issue Anti-Terrorism Fatwa, AlertNet, 1 March 2010
EXCERPT: "A prominent Islamic scholar is to issue a 600-page religious edict denouncing terrorism in London on Tuesday in what he says is a bid to persuade young Muslims to turn their backs on extremism. The fatwa from Muhammad Tahir ul-Qadri, a leading figure who has promoted peace and interfaith dialogue for 30 years, echoes edicts condemning extremism issued by...
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