Pakistan Security Brief

Pakistan Security Brief – June 17, 2010

Pakistani army confirms 40 Frontier Corps soldiers missing; 38 militants, 10 soldiers killed in Bajaur Agency; Taliban publically executes alleged murderer; Pakistan seeks U.S. helicopters; U.S. links Haqqani Network in North Waziristan with attacks in Afghanistan; Pakistan’s Prime Minister says long-term cooperation with U.S. is necessary; China says nuclear deal with Pakistan meets international obligations; reports suggest full-fledged operation in Punjab; intelligence reports allege militants provided cell-phones in Punjab prisons; two tribal leaders killed by gunmen in Mohmand Agency; Pakistan’s President says action to be taken to quell violence in Karachi; U.S.  requests access to “bin-Laden Hunter.”

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[1] “Pakistan hunts for troops missing after Taliban attack,” BBC News, June 17, 2010. Available on http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/world/south_asia/10339963.stm
Mushtaq Yusufzai, “54 FC soldiers remain missing from Mohmand,” The News, June 17, 2010. Available on http://www.thenews.com.pk/top_story_detail.asp?Id=29523
Manzoor Ali Shah, “35 soldiers go missing in Mohmand Agency,” The Express Tribune, June 17, 2010. Available on http://tribune.com.pk/story/21880/35-soldiers-go-missing-in-mohmand-agency/
[2] “38 militants, 10 soldiers killed in Bajaur clashes,” The News, June 17, 2010. Available on http://www.thenews.com.pk/top_story_detail.asp?Id=29525
[3] “Taliban execute man in public in North Waziristan,” Daily Times, June 17, 2010. Available on
http://dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=2010\06\17\story_17-6-2010_pg1_8
[4] “Pakistan asks US to provide copters to root out militants,” Dawn, June 17, 2010. Available on http://www.dawn.com/wps/wcm/connect/dawn-content-library/dawn/news/pakistan/04-pak-copters-us-rootout-militants-qs-09
Sami Abraham, “Halt in supply of US military equipment hampering war against terror, says Haqqani,” The News, June 17, 2010. Available on http://www.thenews.com.pk/daily_detail.asp?id=245556
[7] “China says Pakistan nuclear deal 'peaceful',” BBC News, June 17, 2010. Available on http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/world/south_asia/10340642.stm
“Pakistan nuclear plants for peaceful use: China,” Dawn, June 17, 2010. Available on http://www.dawn.com/wps/wcm/connect/dawn-content-library/dawn/news/world/03-pakistan-nuclear-plants-for-peaceful-use-china-ss-01
“U.S. concerned over China-Pakistan nuclear deal,” The Hindu, June 15, 2010. Available on http://beta.thehindu.com/news/article457698.ece
 “China defends Pakistan nuclear cooperation as 'peaceful',” Geo News, June 17, 2010. Available on http://www.geo.tv/6-17-2010/66875.htm
[8] “Operation launched in Punjab: reports,” The Express Tribune, June 17, 2010. Available on http://tribune.com.pk/story/21928/operation-launched-in-punjab-reports/
[9] “Jailed terrorists using cell phones,” The Express Tribune, June 17, 2010. Available on http://tribune.com.pk/story/21848/jailed-terrorists-using-cell-phones/
[10] “Two anti-Taliban elders killed in Peshawar,” The Express Tribune, June 17, 2010. Available on http://tribune.com.pk/story/21511/two-anti-taliban-elders-killed-in-peshawar/
[11] Shamim-ur-Rahman , “President Zardari vows to stop Karachi killings,” Dawn, June 17, 2010. Available on http://www.dawn.com/wps/wcm/connect/dawn-content-library/dawn/the-newspaper/front-page/zardari-vows-to-stop-karachi-killings-760
[12] “US seeks access to arrested Osama-hunter,” Geo News, June 17, 2010. Available onhttp://www.geo.tv/6-17-2010/66874.htm

 

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