Military Operations Trigger Taliban Reprisal Attacks in Mohmand: Analysis
28 February 2011
"The ongoing anti-Taliban offensive in Pakistan’s Mohmand Agency has triggered a humanitarian emergency in the Federally Administered Tribal Areas (FATA) as well as the prompting of Taliban militants to carry out revenge attacks against security forces beyond the zone of operations. Thousands of civilians have fled the region since late January as search and sweep operations continue, accompanied by heavy aerial bombing, artillery fire and...
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ISI Demands Data on CIA Contractors in Pakistan
28 February 2011
"Pakistan’s chief spy agency has demanded an accounting by the Central Intelligence Agency of all its contractors working in Pakistan, a fallout from the arrest last month of an American involved in surveillance of militant groups, a senior Pakistani intelligence official said Friday. Angered that the American, Raymond A. Davis, worked as a contractor in Pakistan on covert C.I.A. operations without the knowledge of the Pakistanis, the spy agency...
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Sectarian Conflict and Conflict Transformation in Pakistan: Report
28 February 2011
"This study is about Shia-Sunni conflict and the postconflict restoration of peace in Pakistan. It sets case studies of two 'contested cities' - Jhang and Gilgit - within a wider national and international framework, examining the historical roots of sectarian conflict, the trajectory and nature of the violence, and the restoration of a relative calm. It draws on existing analyses of sectarian conflict in Pakistan and case studies of the two cities...
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Balochistan Lawyers Strike over "Kidnappings"
28 February 2011
"Lawyers across the Pakistani province of Balochistan are on strike to pressure the authorities to take action over a series of alleged abductions. Two judges went missing in eastern Balochistan on Saturday night, local officials in Naseerabad district say. Last week two lawyers from the regional capital disappeared in the area. Two others have been missing for months. Lawyers say the men were kidnapped. It is not known who is responsible but kidnaps...
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