Pakistan Security Brief – March 4, 2010

Top Taliban leader and Mullah Omar’s son-in-law, Mohtasim Agha Jan, arrested in Karachi; Military forces arrive in Miramshah; militants clash with security forces in Mohmand, Orakzai; security official says TTP nearly crippled; LeT deny role in Kabul bombing; FC and local law enforcement begin replacing regular army in Bajaur; Pakistan makes final decision not to hand over captured Taliban leaders; five Pakistani construction workers shot dead in Afghanistan; two injured in Balochistan explosion.



[1] “Key Taliban Political Mastermind Arrested in Pakistan,” Fox News, March 4, 2010. Available at http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,587964,00.html
“Mullah Omar's close relative nabbed in Karachi ,” Asia News International, March 4, 2010. Available at http://news.oneindia.in/2010/03/04/mullahomars-close-relative-nabbed-in-karachi.html
[2] Iqbal Kattak, “Tanks arrive in Miramshah,” Daily Times, March 4, 2010. Available at http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=2010\03\04\story_4-3-2010_pg1_1.
[4] Mazahir Tufail, “Pakistani Taliban almost crippled, on the run,” The News, March 4, 2010. Available at http://www.thenews.com.pk/daily_detail.asp?id=227103.
[6] “Paramilitary troops deployed in Damadola,” The News, March 4, 2010. Available at http://www.thenews.com.pk/top_story_detail.asp?Id=27609.
[7] “Pakistan refuses to hand over Taliban big guns to US,” The News, March 4, 2010. Available at http://www.thenews.com.pk/top_story_detail.asp?Id=27592.
[8] “Pakistani workers killed in Afganistan attack,” BBC, March 4, 2010. Available at http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/south_asia/8548815.stm.
[9] “Explosion in Turbat injures two security personnel,” Dawn, March 4, 2010. Available at http://www.dawn.com/wps/wcm/connect/dawn-content-library/dawn/news/pakistan/provinces/04-turbat-explosion-qs-06.
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