Pakistan Security Brief –April 2, 2010

Military operations continue in Orakzai; two Taliban factions clash in Orakzai; security forces kill six militants in Khyber; the Mehsud tribe to return to South Waziristan; Pakistan’s attorney general resigned; police arrest two TTP militants in Karachi; US Assistant Secretary Robert Blake discusses Pak-Iran gas pipeline; gunmen kill two in Quetta.

FATA

National government

Karachi

Pak-Iran gas pipeline

Balochistan



[1] “6 militants killed; 4 schools blown up in tribal areas,” Geo, April 12, 2010. Available at http://www.geo.tv/4-2-2010/62231.htm.
[2] “18 militants killed in Orakzai shelling,” The News, April 2, 2010. Available at http://www.thenews.com.pk/top_story_detail.asp?Id=28127. “Taliban infighting claims six lives in Orakzai,” Daily Times, April 2, 2010. Available at http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=2010\04\02\story_2-4-2010_pg7_7.
[3] Ibrahim Shinwari, “Six Lashkar-i-Islam men killed in Bara,” Dawn, April 2, 2010. Available at http://www.dawn.com/wps/wcm/connect/dawn-content-library/dawn/the-newspaper/front-page/six-li-men-killed-in-bara-240.
[4] “Mehsuds agree to return to S Waziristan,” Daily Times, April 2, 2010. Available at http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=2010\04\02\story_2-4-2010_pg1_6.
[5] Chris Brummitt, “Pakistan attorney general quits amid graft dispute,” AP, April 2, 2010. Available at http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100402/ap_on_re_as/as_pakistan.
[6] “2 TTP members involved in Swat attack arrested,” Daily Times, April 2, 2010. Available at http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=2010\04\02\story_2-4-2010_pg7_11.
[7] Anwar Iqbal, “US objects to gas pipeline deal with Iran,” Dawn, April 2, 2010. Available at http://www.dawn.com/wps/wcm/connect/dawn-content-library/dawn/the-newspaper/front-page/us-objects-to-gas-pipeline-deal-with-iran-240.
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