Suicide Bomber Strikes Rally Celebrating Renaming of NWFP
06 April 2010
"Suicide Bomb" at North-West Pakistan Political Rally, BBC News, 5 April 2010
EXCERPT: "At least 43 people have been killed in a suspected suicide attack at a political party rally in north-west Pakistan, police say. Witnesses said the detonation occurred near the stage at the outdoor rally, attended by hundreds of people. The party targeted, the ethnic Pashtun Awami National Party, heads a coalition in North West Frontier Province. [...] ...
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US Consulate in Peshawar Attacked
06 April 2010
Five Killed in Pakistani Taliban Attacks near US Consulate in Peshawar, Los Angeles Times, 5 April 2010
EXCERPT: "Taliban militants reeling from American and Pakistani attacks launched a sophisticated raid on the heavily guarded U.S. Consulate in Peshawar on Monday, killing at least five security personnel in suicide bomb blasts and barrages of grenades and automatic gunfire. The midday attack failed to penetrate the facility in the...
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Human Rights Watch Accuses Pakistan Army of Unlawful Killings
06 April 2010
, The Washington Post, 5 April 2010
EXCERPT: "The Pakistani army has allegedly committed hundreds of retaliatory killings and other ongoing human rights abuses in the Swat Valley since the end of its successful anti-Taliban offensive there in September, threatening billions of dollars in U.S. military and economic aid to a crucial ally in the fight against al-Qaeda and the Taliban. New York-based...
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Pakistan's Attorney General Resigns
06 April 2010
Pakistan's Attorney General Resigns, BBC News, 3 April 2010
EXCERPT: "Pakistan's Attorney General Anwar Mansoor has resigned in a row with the country's law ministry. He said the government was not co-operating in the process of reopening corruption cases against President Asif Ali Zardari and other officials. The Supreme Court recently ruled that an amnesty afforded to hundreds of politicians and officials was illegal. It...
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UN Temporarily Closes Offices in Peshawar
06 April 2010
UN Closes Peshawar Offices for Two Days, The Hindu, 6 April 2010
EXCERPT: " The United Nations has decided to close its offices in Peshawar for two days in view of the suicide bomb attack on the U.S. Consulate General in the capital of the North-West Frontier Province (NWFP) on Monday. However, country spokesperson for the U. N., Ishrat Rizvi, maintained that this would in no way affect ongoing humanitarian work undertaken by various U. N....
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Military Takes Counter-insurgency Approach in Orakzai
06 April 2010
Pakistani Military Launching Counter-insurgency Operation in Orakzai Agency, The Jamestown Foundation // Terrorism Monitor, 2 April 2010
EXCERPT: "A new military offensive against the Pakistani Taliban in Orakzai Agency and Tirah Valley of the Khyber Agency appears to be in the works. It is not clear how big the forthcoming military operation will be, though it may not be of the scale witnessed recently in the Swat Valley and the South...
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Drones Force Militants to Adjust Tactics
06 April 2010
, The New York Times, 4 April 2010
EXCERPT: "A stepped-up campaign of American drone strikes over the past three months has battered Al Qaeda and its Pakistani and Afghan brethren in the tribal area of North Waziristan, according to a mid-ranking militant and supporters of the government there. The strikes have cast a pall of fear over an area that was once a free zone for Al Qaeda...
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