Pakistan Bans 23 Militant Outfits
06 July 2010
Pakistan Bans 23 Militant Outfits, The Times of India, 6 July 2010
EXCERPT: "In the wake of twin-suicide blasts on the shrine of Data Ganj Baksh in Lahore, Pakistan has banned 23 militant organizations, except Jammat ud Dawa (JuD), which were operating under new names after having been outlawed by the previous military regime and put the name of JuD chief Hafiz Saeed on the Exit Control List (ECL). The Punjab government has directed...
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Top Pakistani-Taliban Commander Killed
06 July 2010
, AFP, 5 July 2010
EXCERPT: "Pakistan said Monday that a Taliban commander with a 234,000-dollar price on his head had been killed in a shootout with soldiers in the country's notorious North Waziristan region. The military said Ameerullah Mehsud was one of the top commanders in the Pakistani Taliban, the group blamed for some of the deadliest bomb attacks of a three-year campaign that has killed...
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Police Struggle to Battle Militants in Pakistan
06 July 2010
, The New York Times, 5 July 2010
EXCERPT: "In Pakistan's heartland of Punjab, the front line force against the surge in Islamic militant attacks is a poorly equipped, incompetent and corrupt police. And that's only part of the problem. Police complain powerful Pakistani intelligence agencies fail to share crucial information, while the province's government remains reluctant...
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Security Forces Fail to Stop Influx of Militants in S. Waziristan: Jirga
06 July 2010
, DAWN, 4 July 2010
EXCERPT: "The political administration and elders of Ahmadzai Wazir tribe have failed to reach a consensus about the presence of foreign and non-local militants in South Waziristan Agency. Sources said that a jirga of elders, convened by Political Agent Shahab Ali Shah on Saturday over the thorny issue of presence of militants in the tribal region, remained inconclusive. About 120...
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CIA and Pakistan Locked in Aggressive Spy Battles
06 July 2010
, The Washington Post, 6 July 2010
EXCERPT: "A Pakistani man approached CIA officers in Islamabad last year, offering to give up secrets of his country's closely guarded nuclear program. To prove he was a trustworthy source, he claimed to possess spent nuclear fuel rods. But the CIA had its doubts. Before long, the suspicious officers had concluded that Pakistan's spy agency,...
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Govt Fails to Curtail Violence in Balochistan
06 July 2010
Govt Fails to Curtail Violence in Balochistan, Sify News, 6 July 2010
EXCERPT: "Six years old Rabia is the latest casualty which has shocked Quetta, the capital of Pakistan's Balochistan province, where target killings, road side bomb blasts, land mine explosions, attacks on police check posts, trains, gas pipelines and electricity lines have become a routine affair now. [...] 'The insurgency is still on the rise. This...
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