Overview: What Have Pakistani Offensives Achieved?
27 April 2010
What Have Pakistani Offensives Achieved?, BBC News, 27 April 2010
EXCERPT: "A year ago Pakistan launched the first of a series of major military assaults against the Taliban in the country's north-west. The BBC's Syed Shoaib Hasan looks back at the anti-militant operations and how successful they have been. [...] Many people displaced by the fighting returned - only to find rubble where their homes and businesses once existed....
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Military Launches Additional Operations in FATA, NWFP
27 April 2010
Military Operation Launched in Khyber Agency, DAWN, 26 April 2010
EXCERPT: "Security forces launched an operation to root out militants from the Bara Tehsil of the Khyber Agency on Monday. Officials said that so far, 12 suspected militants had been taken into custody. According to Frontier Corps officials, a curfew had been imposed in Akakhel and other areas of the upper Khyber Agency. They add that the 12 militants who were detained...
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Anti-polio Campaign in N. Waziristan Halted Due to Security Situation
27 April 2010
Anti-Polio Campaign Put Off in North Waziristan, The News International, 27 April 2010
EXCERPT: "The government on Monday postponed the three-day anti-polio campaign in the volatile North Waziristan due to continuous curfew and tense situation in the region. Officials of the health department at the Fata Secretariat said 150,000 kids would not get anti-polio vaccines in Waziristan.The authorities had made arrangements for the campaign...
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N. Waziristan Taliban Commander Vows to Honour Truce
27 April 2010
Taliban Commander Vows to Honour Truce after Army Convoy Ambush, Earth Times, 24 April 2010
EXCERPT: "A Taliban commander whose men ambushed an army convoy two days ago in a Pakistan tribal district has vowed to uphold a seven-month-old peace deal with the government in a bid to a avert military offensive, a media report said Saturday. Warlord Hafiz Gul Bahadur has directed his fighters to refrain from attacking security forces and government...
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