Pakistan Security Brief –March 12, 2010 

Twin suicide bombers strike in Lahore; anti-Shia militant leaders killed in Karachi; al-Qaeda may have fewer sanctuaries in the Pakistani border region; Pakistan and Afghanistan reaffirm common goals; Pakistan’s navy tests missiles in the Arabian Sea; Maulvi Faqir Muhammad threatens more strikes on security forces; bomb in Peshawar kills four; militants target relatives of a BNP senator.



[1] Waqar gillani,“Twin Suicide Attacks Hit Military Sites in Pakistan,” New York Times, March 12, 2010. Available at http://www.nytimes.com/2010/03/13/world/asia/13pstan.html?ref=asia. Karin Brulliard, “Twin suicide bombings kill scores in Pakistani city,” The Washington Post, March 12, 2010. Available at http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2010/03/12/AR2010031201227.html. “Twin suicide attack kills 39 in Lahore: police,” Dawn, March 12, 2010. Available at http://www.dawn.com/wps/wcm/connect/dawn-content-library/dawn/news/pakistan/metropolitan/03-blast-in-lahores-ra-bazaar-ss-06.
[2] “Funeral held for Karachi Sunni Muslim cleric,” BBC, March 12, 2010. Available at http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/south_asia/8563873.stm.
[3] David S. Cloud and Julian E. Barnes, “Some U.S. officials see a growing Taliban-Al Qaeda rift,” LA Times, March 11, 2010. Available at http://www.latimes.com/news/nation-and-world/la-fg-extremist-wedge12-2010mar12,0,2270910.story.
[4] “Pak-Afghan joint declaration,” The News, March 12, 2010. Available at http://www.thenews.com.pk/top_story_detail.asp?Id=27748.
[5] “Pakistan tests missiles in Arabian Sea,” AP, March 12, 2010. Available at http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2010/03/11/AR2010031101711.html. “Pakistan tests missiles in Arabian Sea,” Dawn, March 12, 2010. Available at http://www.dawn.com/wps/wcm/connect/dawn-content-library/dawn/news/pakistan/03-pakistan-tests-missiles-in-arabian+sea-ss-03.
[7] “Bomb planted outside store kills 4 in NW Pakistan,” AP, March 11, 2010. Available at http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100311/ap_on_re_as/as_pakistan. Ali Hazrat Bacha, “Blast on Bara Road in Peshawar kills four,” Dawn, March 12, 2010. Available at http://www.dawn.com/wps/wcm/connect/dawn-content-library/dawn/news/pakistan/03-two-killed-in-peshawar-blast-ss-12.
[8] “Militants bomb BNP Senator’s relative’s home,” Dawn, March 11, 2010. Available at http://www.dawn.com/wps/wcm/connect/dawn-content-library/dawn/news/pakistan/provinces/21-militants-bomb-bnp-senators-relatives-home-sk-56.
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