Pakistan Security Brief – February 22, 2010

Top Taliban leader arrested in Nowshera; airstrike in South Waziristan kills at least 30 militants; suicide car bombing in Swat kills nine; top al-Qaeda leader killed in February 17 drone strike; CIA reportedly pushes for transfer of Baradar to US base; police stations attacked in Mansehra; two schools blown up in Mohmand; eight militants killed during search operation in Darra Adam Khel; security forces arrest militants in Hangu and Khyber; kidnapped Sikh found beheaded in Khyber; gunmen open fire on mosque in Gilgit; rocket attacks damage mills in Kohat.



[2] “Air strike kills 30 militants in South Waziristan,” Dawn, February 20, 2010. Available at http://www.dawn.com/wps/wcm/connect/dawn-content-library/dawn/news/pakistan/03-air-strike-kills-30-militants-in-south-waziristan-ss-02. “Pakistan Kills 30 in Airstrike on Militants,” New York Times, February 20, 2010. Available at http://www.nytimes.com/reuters/2010/02/20/world/international-pakistan-violence.html?_r=2&ref=asia.
[3] Lehaz Ali, “Suicide car bomb kills nine in Pakistan’s Swat,” AFP, February 22, 2010. Available at http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20100222/wl_sthasia_afp/pakistanunrestswat. “At least six killed in Swat explosion: police,” Dawn, February 22, 2010. Available at http://www.dawn.com/wps/wcm/connect/dawn-content-library/dawn/news/pakistan/provinces/18-blast-heard-in-mingora-city-of-swat-am-05.
[5] Greg Miller, “CIA is said to seek custody of a seized Taliban chief,” Los Angeles Times, February 19, 2010. Available at http://www.latimes.com/news/nation-and-world/la-fg-taliban-suspects20-2010feb20,0,1549980,print.story.
[6] Nisar Ahmad Khan, “Police stations attacked in Mansehra, Balakot,” Dawn, February 21, 2010. Available at http://www.dawn.com/wps/wcm/connect/dawn-content-library/dawn/news/pakistan/03-terrorists-attack-police-station-in-mansehra-ss-01.
[7] “Two more schools blown up in Mohmand,” The News, February 22, 2010. Available at http://www.thenews.com.pk/daily_detail.asp?id=225519.
[8] “Eight militants killed in Darra clash,” The News, February 22, 2010. Available at http://www.thenews.com.pk/top_story_detail.asp?Id=27410.
[9] “At least 34 militants arrested in Hangu,” Dawn, February 22, 2010. Available at http://www.dawn.com/wps/wcm/connect/dawn-content-library/dawn/news/pakistan/03-at-least-34-militants-arrested-in-hangu-ss-01.
[10] Ibrahim Shinwari, “Kidnapped Sikh beheaded in Tirah valley,” Dawn, February 22, 2010. Available at http://www.dawn.com/wps/wcm/connect/dawn-content-library/dawn/news/pakistan/07-beheaded-body-of-sikh-local-found-in-orakzai-ha-12. Said Nazir Afridi, “Militants behead one of three kidnapped Sikhs,” The News, February 22, 2010. Available at http://www.thenews.com.pk/top_story_detail.asp?Id=27425.
[12] “Militants attack NWFP minister’s mills in Kohat,” Dawn, February 21, 2010. Available at http://www.dawn.com/wps/wcm/connect/dawn-content-library/dawn/news/pakistan/provinces/04-militant-attack-kohat-mills-qs-08.
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