Pakistan Security Brief

Pakistan Security Brief – January 25, 2010

Security forces clash with militants in the FATA and NWFP; US drone crashes in North Waziristan; Taliban kills seven ‘US spies’; militants outside Peshawar destroy a NATO fuel truck; four people killed in a suicide attack at a Tank police station; roadside bomb in Balochistan kills one and injures six.



[1] “Militant Ambush Sparks Gunfight,” AP, January 23, 2010. Available at http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052748704562504575020472768671644.html. “Security forces gun down 12 militants, nab 25 in Kurrram,” Dawn, January 23, 2010. Available at http://www.dawn.com/wps/wcm/connect/dawn-content-library/dawn/news/pakistan/18-twelve-militant-hideouts-destroyed-in-kurram-am-06. “Eleven militants killed in Kurram airstrike,” Dawn, January 25, 2010. Available at http://www.dawn.com/wps/wcm/connect/dawn-content-library/dawn/news/pakistan/03-eleven-militants-killed-in-kurram-airstrikes-ss-05.
[2] Rasool Dawar, “Officials: Suspected US drone crashes in Pakistan,” AP, January, 24, 2010. Available at http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100124/ap_on_re_as/as_pakistan. Pazeer Gul, “Drone crashes in North Waziristan,” Dawn, January 25, 2010. Available at http://www.dawn.com/wps/wcm/connect/dawn-content-library/dawn/news/pakistan/provinces/06-suspected-us-drone-crashes-in-north-waziristan-rs-05.
[3] “Taliban kill seven ‘US spies’ in North Waziristan,” Dawn, January 24, 2010. Available at http://www.dawn.com/wps/wcm/connect/dawn-content-library/dawn/news/pakistan/04-taliban-kill-six-nwaziristan-qs-06.
[4] “Militants destroy Nato fuel truck outside Peshawar,” Dawn, January 23, 2010. Available at http://www.dawn.com/wps/wcm/connect/dawn-content-library/dawn/news/pakistan/02-militants-destroy-nato-fuel-truck-outside-peshawar-ss-02.
[5] M. Irfan Mughal, “Suicide attack on Tank police station kills four,” Dawn, January 24, 2010. Available at http://www.dawn.com/wps/wcm/connect/dawn-content-library/dawn/news/pakistan/provinces/03-suicide-attack-kills-police-officer-injures-two-others-ss-06.
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