Human Rights Violations Prevalent in 2009: Amnesty Report
27 May 2010
[pdf], 27 May 2010
EXCERPT: "Millions of Pakistanis suffered abuses as a result of a sharp escalation in armed conflict between the government and armed groups. Pakistani Taleban and other anti-government groups targeted civilians throughout the country, while security forces used indiscriminate and disproportionate force and carried out suspected extrajudicial...
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27 May 2010
, AFP, 27 May 2010
EXCERPT: "Less than half of residents in both the Indian and Pakistani zones of Kashmir favour independence as a solution to end unrest in the disputed Himalayan region, a survey said Thursday. Conducted by British academic Robert Bradnock, the independent survey found that 44 percent of people in Pakistani-administered Kashmir favour independence, and 43 percent in...
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Training Suicide Bombers: Profile of Qari Hussain Mehsud
27 May 2010
The Pakistani Taliban's Suicide Bomber Trainer: A Profile of Qari Hussain Mehsud, Critical Threats, 25 May 2010
EXCERPT: "Qari Hussain Mehsud (typically referred to as Qari Hussain) built his ruthless image around one activity?the training and indoctrination of suicide bombers. As a senior commander in the Tehrik-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP), Hussain is in a position to organize and indoctrinate aspiring militants in suicide missions....
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Swat Taliban Leader Rumoured Killed in Afghanistan Attack
27 May 2010
Fazlullah Reportedly Killed in Clash: Afghan Police, DAWN, 27 May 2010
EXCERPT: "A top leader of Pakistan's Taliban may have been killed in a clash with Afghan forces near the border, a senior Afghan police officer said on Thursday. Maulvi Fazlullah, the head of a Taliban faction in the Swat Valley, was reportedly killed along with six of his comrades in the Barg Matal district of Afghanistan's Nuristan province, which lies close to the...
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Ethnicity, Poverty Seen as Drivers of Karachi Violence
27 May 2010
Ethnic Violence Stalks Karachi, IRIN News, 27 May 2010
EXCERPT: " A wave of ethnic violence pitching Pashtuns (originally from the northern Khyber-Pakhtoonkh?wa province) against Muhajirs (descendants of people who migrated to Pakistan after Partition in 1947) in Karachi has resulted in at least 34 deaths since 19 May. Both groups are linked to political parties, adding a further complication to the violence, which has taken the form...
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