Deadly Suicide Attacks Strike Northwest Pakistan
19 April 2010
, AFP, 17 April 2010
EXCERPT: "Two suicide bombers dressed in burqas struck a crowd of displaced people collecting aid handouts, killing at least 41 and wounding more than 60 on Saturday at a camp in northwest Pakistan. The bombers struck minutes apart in the Kacha Pukha camp on the outskirts of the garrison city of Kohat, a registration centre for people fleeing Taliban violence and Pakistani...
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Zardari Signs Constitutional Reforms
19 April 2010
Pakistan's Constitutional Reform Introduces Sweeping Changes, Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty, 19 April 2010
EXCERPT: "In a ceremony in the Pakistani capital, President Asif Ali Zardari transferred some of his key powers to Prime Minister Yousaf Raza Gilani after signing into law the 18th amendment to Pakistan's 1973 Constitution. 'For me to have signed into law this bill that seeks to undo the undemocratic clauses introduced...
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Militancy and Conflict Across the FATA and NWFP
19 April 2010
The Battle for Pakistan: FATA and NWFP - Militancy and Conflict Across the FATA and NWFP, New America Foundation, 19 April 2010
EXCERPT: "The universe of militants in Pakistan's Federally Administered Tribal Areas (FATA) and North-West Frontier Province (NWFP) is far more diverse than commonly understood. Although there are important ideological and historical commonalities among the fighters, militant groups have very different...
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Taliban Exploit Shi?a-Sunni Divide in Kurram Agency
19 April 2010
Taliban Exploit Shi'a-Sunni Divide in Pakistan's Kurram Tribal Agency, The Jamestown Foundation, 17 April 2010
EXCERPT: "Pakistani authorities have failed miserably in controlling the persistent violence. During the last two years, the roads in Kurram agency have remained closed and people have been trapped in their areas. The Shi?a community as a whole and some Sunni tribes like the Mangal in Upper Kurram find it extremely difficult...
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Militants Demand Prisoner Exchange for Missing Ex-ISI Officers
19 April 2010
Militants Release Video of Former ISI Officers, DAWN, 19 April 2010
EXCERPT: " Videos of two former ISI officers, who went missing last month, were released by unknown militants in the tribal areas of Pakistan on Monday. Col (retd) Amir Sultan, widely known as Col. Imam and Squadron Leader (retd) Khalid Khawaja went missing in the tribal areas last month while they were accompanying a journalist to assist him with a documentary on militants....
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