Aid Workers Bracing for Possible New IDP Influx
26 January 2010
Aid Workers Bracing for Possible New IDP Influx, IRIN News, 26 January 2010
EXCERPT: "Aid agencies are preparing for an influx of a possible further 150,000 internally displaced persons (IDPs) in northwestern Pakistan in 2010, according to the UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) and other agencies. Manuel Bessler, head of OCHA in Pakistan, told IRIN: 'The moment we have the 'Green Light' from the...
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Kashmir Border Skirmish as India Marks Republic Day
26 January 2010
Border Skirmish as India Marks Republic Day, AlertNet, 26 January 2010
EXCERPT: "Celebrations were held under heavy security across India after recent hijack warnings and a spike in separatist violence in Kashmir, as well as border skirmishes between India and Pakistan. The border firing began shortly after midnight, the latest in recent security flare-ups between the South Asia rivals that have added to tensions, heightened by the 2008...
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Quetta in Chaos as Police Riot, Demand Raise
26 January 2010
Quetta in Chaos as Policemen Demand Increase in Salary, DAWN, 26 January 2010
EXCERPT: "Police personnel resorted to near-mutiny over the issue of increase in salary on Monday, disrupting the life in the city. Policemen resorted to firing in the air, torching tyres on main city roads and forcing shops and markets to shut down. City-wide traffic was disrupted after tyres were torched on the Sariab Chowk, near the hockey ground, Governor's...
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Former Pakistani Spy: US Must Talk to Taliban Chief
26 January 2010
Pakistan's Former Spymaster: US Must Talk to Mullah Omar, McClatchy, 26 January 2010
EXCERPT: "The U.S. must negotiate a political settlement to the Afghanistan war directly with Afghan Taliban leader Mullah Mohammad Omar because any bid to split the insurgency through defections will fail, said the Pakistani former intelligence officer who trained the insurgent chief. Omar is open to such talks, asserted retired Brigadier Sultan...
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Pak's Complex Relations with Militant Groups Hinder Afghan Success
26 January 2010
Success in Afghanistan Hindered by Pakistan's Dangerous Balancing Act, Deutsche Welle, 26 January 2010
EXCERPT: "Pakistan's complicated relationship with Islamic militant groups, its internal and external strategic aims and its need for Western aid and support is hindering progress in the fight against the Taliban in Afghanistan... Pakistan has long been seen as the key to success against the Taliban insurgency. While the Taliban...
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