Taliban Lacks Capacity to Threaten US, Europe: Analysts
20 September 2010
Pakistan Taliban Threats to West Limited, Analysts Say, The Washington Times, 19 September 2010
EXCERPT: "Pakistan's Taliban militia is vowing to launch terrorist attacks in the United States and Europe, but they lack the capability to conduct global attacks on their own, according to terrorism specialists. But close links between homegrown terrorists in Western countries and Muslim insurgents in Pakistan is viewed as a potential...
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Leader's Death Sparks Fresh Wave of Target Killings
20 September 2010
Fresh Wave of Target Killings in Karachi Claims 14 Lives, DAWN, 20 September 2010
EXCERPT: "Interior Minister Rehman Malik took notice of the situation in Karachi on Monday, calling the DG Ranger and asking for a report after fresh wave of target killings in the city claimed 14 lives during the past two days, DawnNews reported. The situation turned critical in Liaqutabad, Nazimabad, Gulbahar, Malir and other adjacent areas when two...
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LeT Not at the Forefront of Flood Relief
20 September 2010
, The AfPak Channel // Foreign Policy Magazine, 20 September 2010
EXCERPT: "Within days of the onset of Pakistan's devastating floods about six weeks ago, the media began reporting that militant groups -- or their purported charity wings -- were at the ?forefront of flood relief.? Lashkar-e-Taiba has been singled out with alarm because it is the most lethal group that operates across several countries...
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Qaeda-linked Group Kills 40 Tajik Troops in Ambush
20 September 2010
Qaeda Linked Group Kills 40 Tajik Troops in Ambush, Hindustan Times, 20 September 2010
EXCERPT: "Al-Qaeda linked Islamic militants armed with automatic weapons ambushed a military convoy killing at least 40 Tajik government troops including five officers in the mountainous Rasht area, close to the Afghan border. The convoy was ambushed in the Kamarob Gorge in Rasht district, some 250 kilometres east of capital Dushanbe yesterday at...
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The Worsening IDP Crisis
20 September 2010
Pakistan: The Worsening IDP Crisis, International Crisis Group, 16 September 2010
EXCERPT: "[...] In July 2009, the Pakistani military initiated the return of an estimated 2.8 million people displaced by militancy and military operations in the Malakand region of KPK. Named Niwa- e-Seher, this return process supposedly affirmed the military's success against militant networks in Swat and other parts of the Provincially Administered...
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