Pakistan Security Brief

Pakistan Security Brief – January 13, 2010

Security forces capture more TTP militants in the districts neighboring FATA; President Zardari takes action to address the recent violence in Karachi; a bomb in Tank kills at least one child and wounds five more; one man is killed in an exchange of gunfire in Quetta.



[1] “TTP’s top commander, nine others arrested in Hangu,” Dawn, January 13, 2010. Available at http://www.dawn.com/wps/wcm/connect/dawn-content-library/dawn/news/pakistan/18-ttps-top-commander-captured-in-hangu-am-02. “Police arrests nine accomplices of suicide bombers,” Dawn, January 13, 2010. Available at http://www.dawn.com/wps/wcm/connect/dawn-content-library/dawn/news/pakistan/provinces/14-police-arrests-nine-accomplices-of-suicide-bombers-zj-02.
[2] Shamim-ur-Rahman. “Zardari forms PPP-MQM peace committee,” Dawn, January 13, 2010. Available at http://www.dawn.com/wps/wcm/connect/dawn-content-library/dawn/news/pakistan/18-ppp-mqm-form-peace-committee-am-04. “Body formed to maintain peace in Karachi,” The News International, January 13, 2010. Available at http://www.thenews.com.pk/top_story_detail.asp?Id=26632. “Halt to Lyari operation ordered,” Dawn, January 13, 2010. Available at http://www.dawn.com/wps/wcm/connect/dawn-content-library/dawn/news/pakistan/metropolitan/13+halt+to+lyari+operation+ordered-za-10.
[3] “One child killed in NW Pakistan bomb: police,” AFP, January 13, 2010. Available at http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20100113/wl_sthasia_afp/pakistanunrestblastnorthwest. “Child killed in South Waziristan bomb explosion,” Dawn, January 13, 2010. Available at http://www.dawn.com/wps/wcm/connect/dawn-content-library/dawn/news/pakistan/provinces/07-child-killed-in-south-waziristan-bomb-explosion-ha-09.
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