Pakistan Security Brief –March 11, 2010

US drones target a compound and vehicles in North Waziristan; President Karzai comments on meeting in Islamabad; Pakistani officials scheduled to visit US; chief of Ahl-e-Sunnat shot in Karachi; bomb explodes in Peshawar; Peshawar Corps Commander may relinquish post.



[1] “Drone raid 'kills 12' in north-west Pakistan,” BBC, March 11, 2010. Available at http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/south_asia/8561357.stm.  Pazir Gul, “Drone attacks kill 14 in North Waziristan,” Dawn, March 11, 2010. Available at http://www.dawn.com/wps/wcm/connect/dawn-content-library/dawn/news/pakistan/provinces/21-us-missile-strike-kills-four-in-pakistan-sk-53.
[2] “Afghanistan does not want 'proxy wars', says Karzai,” BBC, March 11, 2010. Available at http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/south_asia/8561395.stm. “Karzai tells Pakistan 'no proxy wars' in Afghanistan,” Dawn, March 11, 2010. Available at http://www.dawn.com/wps/wcm/connect/dawn-content-library/dawn/news/pakistan/03-karzai-tells-pakistan-no-proxy-wars-in-afghanistan-ss-10.
[3] Sami Abraham , “High-level Pak-US dialogue begins on 18th,” Dawn, March 11, 2010. Available at http://www.thenews.com.pk/top_story_detail.asp?Id=27719.
[5] “Four killed, 10 injured in Peshawar blast,” Dawn, March 11, 2010. Available at http://www.dawn.com/wps/wcm/connect/dawn-content-library/dawn/news/pakistan/03-two-killed-in-peshawar-blast-ss-12.
[6] Iftikhar A. Khan, “Promotion of 29 brigadiers to rank of maj-general,” Dawn, March 11, 2010. Available at http://www.dawn.com/wps/wcm/connect/dawn-content-library/dawn/the-newspaper/front-page/19-29-brigadiers-promoted-to-rank-of-majgeneral-130-hh-02.
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