30 October 2009
'IDP Hosts Increasingly Wary of Undercover Militants', IRIN News, 29 October 2009
EXCERPT: "Fear and a growing wariness on the part of potential IDP hosts means some South Waziristan internally displaced persons (IDPs) are finding it hard to get accommodation in the neighbouring districts of Dera Ismail Khan and Tank. 'No one is ready to take us, because they think we are sympathetic to the militants battling government forces,'...
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Clinton Challenges Pakistanis on Al-Qaeda
30 October 2009
, The New York Times, 30 October 2009
EXCERPT: "Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton, on a visit meant to improve relations with Pakistan, strongly suggested Thursday that some Pakistani officials bore responsibility for allowing terrorists from Al Qaeda to operate from safe havens along this country's frontier. 'I find it hard to believe that nobody in your government...
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Pakistan Army Targets Key Uzbek/Taliban Stronghold
29 October 2009
'Pakistan Army Targets Uzbek Base', BBC News, 29 October 2009
EXCERPT: "Pakistani troops fighting the Taliban in South Waziristan have surrounded a key stronghold of Uzbek fighters, military officials say. They say that the town of Kaniguram - one of the largest towns in the area - is also the 'operational centre' of the Pakistani Taliban. The army says its offensive against the militants is 'making good...
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Kashmir: India to Withdraw 15,000 Troops
29 October 2009
'India Withdraws Some Kashmir Troops in Peace Gesture', Reuters UK, 29 October 2009
EXCERPT: "India is withdrawing about 15,000 soldiers from Jammu and Kashmir, a military official said Thursday, in a move aimed at boosting prospects of peace talks with the disputed region's separatist groups. India has been under international pressure in recent months to reduce tensions along its Pakistan border particularly Kashmir so...
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Peshawar: Over 100 Killed in Market Attack
28 October 2009
'Clinton's Goodwill Trip Marred By Pakistan Attack', NPR, 28 October 2009
EXCERPT: "The thrust of Secretary of State Hillary Clinton's three-day visit to Pakistan is to build and repair fragile relations with a country the U.S. sees as a critical ally in the fight against Islamist extremism. But just hours after Clinton's arrival in Pakistan on Wednesday, word came of the powerful car bomb attack at a market in the...
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The Security Situation in Balochistan
28 October 2009
'The Situation in Balochistan', Institute for Defence Studies and Analysis, 5 October 2009
EXCERPT: "The security situation in Balochistan is deteriorating. That explains why Prime Minister Gilani was keen to have Balochistan included in the Sharm el-Sheikh joint Indo-Pakistan statement. This was an effort to deflect attention from the worsening situation in Balochistan. In the last one year, over four hundred attacks on Baloch...
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The War in Warizistan: Operation Rah-e-Nijat
28 October 2009
'The War in Warizistan: Operation Rah-e-Nijat Week 1 Analysis', Iran Tracker // American Enterprise Institute, 23 October 2009
EXCERPT: "The Critical Threats team has prepared a briefing on the ongoing ground operation in Waziristan, examining the timeline of events leading to the operation, the Pakistani force breakdown, the Tehrik-e Taliban Pakistan (TTP) structure and key players, the role of other players, the details of...
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Pressure from US Strains Ties with Pakistan
27 October 2009
, The New York Times, 26 October 2009
EXCERPT: "The Obama administration is putting pressure on Pakistan to eliminate Taliban and Qaeda militants from the country's tribal areas, but the push is straining the delicate relations between the allies, Pakistani and Western officials say. The Pakistani military's recent heavy offensive in South Waziristan has pleased the Americans,...
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Transnational Ties: Islamist Terrorist Plots in UK
27 October 2009
'Islamist Terrorist Plots in Great Britain: Uncovering the Global Network', The Heritage Foundation, 26 October 2009
EXCERPT: "Data on major Islamist terrorist plots in Brit?ain reveal a physical and ideological terrorism pipeline between Britain and Pakistan. At least 27 of 87 convicted individuals were trained or sought training in Pakistan or Afghanistan. Homegrown Islamism is also a major threat: 18 individuals received...
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EU Plans to Strengthen Action in Afghanistan and Pakistan
27 October 2009
[pdf], Council of the European Union, 27 October 2009
Pakistan related information begins at page two and again at page 13.
EXCERPT: "3. The Council acknowledges the ongoing efforts of the government of Pakistan to re-establish full control over South Waziristan, as an important step in countering instability, terrorism and cross-border insurgency. The EU urges Pakistan...
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