Pakistan Security Brief – March 1, 2010

Report indicates half of Quetta Shura now in custody; TTP releases video of Hakimullah Mehsud; suicide bomber targets police station in Karak; al-Qaeda linked militant confirmed dead in US drone strike; militants destroy NATO oil tanker outside Peshawar; police hold 70 suspected anti-state actors in Mingora; top Taliban commander killed in Swat; 17 suspected Taliban found dead in Kohat; outbreak of sectarian violence during rallies in Dera Ismail Khan and Faisalabad.



[1] Mir, Amir, “Pakistan Wipes Out Half of Quetta Shura,” The News, March 1, 2010. Available at http://www.thenews.com.pk/top_story_detail.asp?Id=27544.
[2] “Hakimullah’s New Video Fails to Clear His Fate,” The News, March 1, 2010. Available at http://www.thenews.com.pk/top_story_detail.asp?Id=27560.
[5] “Militants Blow Up Another NATO Oil Tankear near Peshawar: Police,” The Nation, March 1, 2010. Available at http://www.nation.com.pk/pakistan-news-newspaper-daily-english-online/Politics/01-Mar-2010/Militants-blow-up-another-NATO-oil-tanker-near-Peshawar--police
[6] “70 suspects held in Mingora,” Geo, March 1, 2010. Available at http://www.geo.tv/3-1-2010/60171.htm.
[7] “Senior Taliban Commander Killed in Clashes,” Dawn, March 1, 2010. Available at http://www.dawn.com/wps/wcm/connect/dawn-content-library/dawn/news/pakistan/03-senior-taliban-commander-killed-in-clashes-ss-07.
[8] Abdul Sami Paracha, “Bodies of 17 militants found in Kohat,” Dawn, February 28, 2010. Available at http://www.dawn.com/wps/wcm/connect/dawn-content-library/dawn/news/pakistan/03-at-least-17-militants-killed-in-darra-adamkhel-ss-03.
[9] “7 killed, 44 injured in DI Khan, Faisalabad sectarian violence,” Daily Times, March 1, 2010. Available at http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=2010\03\01\story_1-3-2010_pg1_4.
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