Pakistan Security Brief

Pakistan Security Brief – February 23, 2010

Pakistan captured Mullah Kabir without US assistance; Pakistan is committed to the upcoming dialogue with India; Afghanistan’s Northern Alliance offers Taliban finances to strike inside Pakistan; Bajaur officials want the Mandal tribe to turn over militants; four militants killed in Kurram; peace committee members were targeted near Peshawar.



[1] Pir Zubair Shah and Dexter Filkins, “Pakistani Reports Capture of Taliban Leader,” New York Times, February 22, 2010. Available at http://www.nytimes.com/2010/02/23/world/asia/23islamabad.html?ref=asia.  Karin Brulliard and Joshua Partlow, “Afghan Taliban commander captured in Pakistan,” Washington Post, February 23, 2010. Available at http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2010/02/23/AR2010022300044.html.
[2] “'Pakistan serious on improving India ties',” AP, February 23, 2010. Available at http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20100223/wl_sthasia_afp/pakistanindiadiplomacychina. “Pakistan serious on improving India ties: FM Qureshi,” Dawn, February 23, 2010. Available at http://www.dawn.com/wps/wcm/connect/dawn-content-library/dawn/news/world/04-pak-serious-ties-india-qureshi-qs-08.
[3] Mushtaq Yusufzai, “Militant leader claims he rejected offers to explode bombs in Pakistan,” The News, February 23, 2010. Available at http://www.thenews.com.pk/top_story_detail.asp?Id=27446.
[4] “Elders asked to hand over militants to Bajaur admin,” The News, February 23, 2010. Available at http://www.thenews.com.pk/top_story_detail.asp?Id=27458.
[5] “Four militants killed in Kurram Agency blast,” Dawn, February 23, 2010. Available at http://www.dawn.com/wps/wcm/connect/dawn-content-library/dawn/news/pakistan/provinces/14-four-killed-in-kurram-agency-blast-zj-01.
[6] “Bomb blast on Peshawar’s outskirts,” Dawn, February 23, 2010. Available at http://www.dawn.com/wps/wcm/connect/dawn-content-library/dawn/news/pakistan/04-blast-peshawar-outskirts-qs-02.
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