Civilian Deaths Spike in Afghanistan and Pakistan: NCTC Report
28 April 2010
Pakistan, Afghanistan Make South Asia Terror Capital, DAWN, 28 April 2010
EXCERPT: "Increases in terror attacks in Pakistan and Afghanistan triggered a spike in the number of civilians killed or wounded there last year and pushed South Asia past the Middle East as the top terror region in the world, according to new figures compiled by a US intelligence agency. Thousands of civilians ? overwhelmingly Muslim ? continue to be slaughtered...
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Militants Strike in North Waziristan and Peshawar
28 April 2010
, AFP via Yahoo! News, 27 April 2010
EXCERPT: "A suicide car bomb attack hit a Pakistani police checkpoint on the outskirts of Peshawar before dawn Wednesday, killing four police and wounding 10 people, including a woman, police said. The attacker struck close to the control post in Tir Bala village, on the main road from Pakistan's northwestern capital to Mohmand, one of seven districts...
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Demilitarization, Self-determination Urged for Balochistan
28 April 2010
The Baloch People Have a Right to Self-Determination, openDemocracy, 27 April 2010
EXCERPT: "The Human Rights Commission of Pakistan (HRCP) is urging the complete demilitarisation of the rebel province of Balochistan, as a precondition for a negotiated political settlement to end six decades of economic neglect, ethnic persecution and military repression by successive governments in Islamabad. [...] Echoing the criticisms of Baloch...
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After Pune Bombing, Details on the Karachi Project Emerge
28 April 2010
[pdf], CTC Sentinel, April 2010. Article starts on page 6.
EXCERPT: "[...] According to information revealed by [David] Headley, who played a key role in the 2008 Mumbai terrorist attacks, the Karachi Project was reportedly conceived in 2003 after the closure of the Inter-Services Intelligence's (ISI) Forward Section 23 wing in Pakistan-administered Kashmir. The...
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