At Least 30 Taliban Killed as Military Repels Attack on Security Post
04 March 2010
, AFP, 4 March 2010
EXCERPT: "Pakistan's military killed 30 Taliban fighters who tried to storm a security post on Thursday, while an air strike elsewhere in the northwest left seven insurgents dead, officials said. The deaths come as the Pakistani military claims to be making fresh gains against Taliban and Al-Qaeda strongholds, under US pressure to do more to stop militants...
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Pakistan-based Terror Group Exposed in Bangladesh
04 March 2010
Another Pakistan-based Terror Group Exposed in Bangladesh [op-ed], Institute for Defence Studies and Analyses, 4 March 2010
EXCERPT: "In continuing action against terror the Shaikh Hasina government in Bangladesh has arrested five Jaish-e-Mohammed (JeM) terrorists. Though this action will give a setback to terrorist groups operating from Bangladesh, it has also raised concerns about the actual scale of the operations of Pakistan-based...
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US Shifts Focus to Pakistan's Economic, Energy and Water Challenges
04 March 2010
Economy, Energy Replace Extremism as Top US Concerns, DAWN, 4 March 2010
EXCERPT: "US special envoy Richard Holbrooke has told a briefing in Washington that he sees positive developments in Afghanistan and Pakistan, to the point that his chief concern in Pakistan is not extremism. Last week, Mr Holbrooke wrapped up his second trip to South Asia this year, and his first visit to Central Asia since President Barack Obama appointed him...
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Lashkar-e-Taiba Denies Kabul Attack
04 March 2010
Lashkar-i-Taiba Denies Kabul Attack, DAWN, 4 March 2010
EXCERPT: "Militant group Lashkar-i-Taiba denied Thursday it was behind a coordinated attack in Kabul last week that killed 16 people, including seven Indians. The group, blamed by India for the siege in Mumbai in November 2008 that left 166 people dead, said it was not active in Afghanistan, in a call to AFP's office in Srinagar. 'We are not involved in any actions in Afghanistan....
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Quetta: Between Four Regions and Two Conflicts
04 March 2010
[pdf], Crisis States Research Centre // London School of Economics, 28 February 2010
EXCERPT: "Quetta straddles four significant historical regions and plays a role in two major armed conflicts - the war in Afghanistan, and the Baloch nationalist insurgency in Pakistan. The city itself has remained relatively peaceful, though a closer look reveals the...
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