Taliban Arrests Thwarted UN Talks: Eide
19 March 2010
Pakistan Arrests Halt Secret UN Contacts with Taliban, BBC News, 19 March 2010
EXCERPT: "The UN's former envoy to Afghanistan, Kai Eide, has strongly criticised Pakistan's recent arrest of high-ranking Taliban leaders. Mr Eide told the BBC the arrests had completely stopped a channel of secret communications with the UN. Pakistani officials insist the arrests were not an attempt to spoil talks. Mr Eide confirmed publicly for...
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Tribal Leaders to Hold a Jirga, Plan Anti-Taliban Strategy
19 March 2010
Pakistan Tribes Plan Anti-Taliban Strategy at Biggest Gathering, BusinessWeek, 19 March 2010
EXCERPT: "Pakistan's tribal leaders will discuss a strategy tomorrow to end support for militants, their biggest gathering since the U.S. invaded Afghanistan in 2001 and removed the Taliban from power. At least 3,000 elders representing the 20 largest tribes in North West Frontier Province and the Federally Administered Tribal Areas will hold...
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Court to Rule on Missing Pakistanis
19 March 2010
Court to Rule on Missing Pakistanis, Al Jazeera, 18 March 2010
EXCERPT: "Pakistan's Supreme Court is set to rule in a case against the government on charges that the state used the so-called 'war on terror' to secretly arrest and detain thousands of its citizens. The court began its final hearing on Thursday into charges that Pakistan's government was complicit in the disappearances of people accused of links to 'terrorism'....
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Lashkar-e-Taiba Increasingly Independent, Ambitious: Report
19 March 2010
Lashkar-i-Taiba: The Fallacy of Subservient Proxies and the Future of Islamist Terrorism in India, US Army War College // Strategic Studies Institute, 18 March 2010
EXCERPT: "A discussion of the foundation of Lashkar-i-Taiba (LeT), the development of its modus operandi, and engages in an investigation of LeT's activities in India, Pakistan, and the Kashmir region are discussed. Further, LeT's fundraising methods are touched upon, and...
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Islamabad Protest Turns Violent, UN Team Attacked
19 March 2010
Islamabad Protest Turns Violent; UN Team Attacked , DAWN, 19 March 2010
"Police in Islamabad on Friday fired warning shots and used tear gas to stop protests that started because of a bus fare increase. The protests started Thursday when students and residents blocked a key road in Islamabad's Bara Kahu neighborhood, unhappy with the 20 per cent increase in bus fares, said police official Bin Yamin. On Friday, rock-throwing protesters...
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