Pakistan Displacement Figures for 2009 at Record High: Report
17 May 2010
, DAWN, 17 May 2010
EXCERPT: "Pakistan suffered the highest number of internally displaced people in 2009 due to the Taliban insurgency and Pakistan's military response, a United Nations study showed on Monday. The number of internally displaced people worldwide reached 27.1 million individuals in 2009, the highest number since records began in the mid 1990s, said the report. Out of a...
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Taliban Kidnaps Dozens, Releases Most Later
17 May 2010
Militants Free 50 Hostages in Northwest Pakistan: Official, Reuters, 16 May 2010
EXCERPT: "Suspected militants released 50 people kidnapped on Saturday in Pakistan's restive northwest, a government official said on Sunday. Hours later, an official said Pakistani fighter jets bombed Taliban positions in the northwestern region of Orakzai, killing 32 militants and destroying 10 hideouts in several attacks, as part of the latest government...
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Fresh Clashes in Orakzai Kill 58 Suspected Militants
17 May 2010
, The Associated Press via Yahoo! News, 16 May 2010
EXCERPT: "The military killed 58 suspected militants in northwestern Pakistan on Sunday with a mix of airstrikes and ground combat, the latest violence in a months-long campaign to rout Taliban fighters from a mountainous area near the Afghan border. The Pakistani military launched the ongoing offensive in the Orakzai tribal region in...
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US Still Uses Private Spy Ring in Afghanistan, Pakistan
17 May 2010
, The New York Times, 15 May 2010
EXCERPT: "Top military officials have continued to rely on a secret network of private spies who have produced hundreds of reports from deep inside Afghanistan and Pakistan, according to American officials and businessmen, despite concerns among some in the military about the legality of the operation. [...] But interviews with more than a dozen current...
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Despite Govt's Denial, Police Report Suggests Talibanization of Punjab
17 May 2010
Taliban Are in Punjab Now - Officially, The News International, 17 May 2010
EXCERPT: "Though the provincial government is in a state of denial, the Punjab Police have officially admitted for the first time the movement of the Taliban, their network in district Jhang and southern Punjab and their fund-raising and recruitment drive in the province. The Jhang city police have filed an FIR [First Information Report], the first-ever in the...
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IMF Okays $1.13 Billion in Aid for Pakistan
17 May 2010
IMF Releases $1.13bn, Waives Two Conditions, DAWN, 16 May 2010
EXCERPT: "The International Monetary Fund (IMF) released $1.13 billion of loan to Pakistan on Saturday to help overcome its economic vulnerabilities and create room for urgent security outlays. The fund also accepted the government's request for waiver of certain conditions in the current arrangement. In return, the government pledged to levy the value added tax (VAT) from July...
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