Pakistan Security Brief –April 23, 2010

 

Security forces battle militants in Orakzai; militants ambush a convoy in North Waziristan; four alleged spies for the US were killed in North Waziristan; Baradar’s arrest leads to power struggle; killings of pro-government officials make a comeback in Swat; Pakistan’s courts are unable to handle terrorism cases.

FATA

Mullah Baradar’s arrest

Swat

Prosecuting suspected terrorists



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[2] Manzoor Ali, “Clashes in Orakzai Agency, 50 dead,” Express Tribune, April 23, 2010. Available at http://tribune.com.pk/story/8342/25-militants-killed-in-orakzai-agency/. “Twenty militants killed in Orakzai,” Dawn, April 23, 2010. Available at http://www.dawn.com/wps/wcm/connect/dawn-content-library/dawn/news/pakistan/03-nine-militants-killed-in-swat-orakzai-officials-ss-03. “26 militants, two soldiers killed in NW Pakistan,” AFP, April 23, 2010. Available at http://www.google.com/hostednews/afp/article/ALeqM5gPGiy5kxppyt2ARa-Uq9vEUuBQoA.
[3] Hasbanullah Khan, “Seven Pakistani soldiers killed in militant ambush,” AFP, April 23, 2010. Available at http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20100423/wl_sthasia_afp/pakistanunrestnorthwest. Munir Ahmed, “Pakistan army says militants kill 7 soldiers,” AP, April 23, 2010. Available at http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100423/ap_on_re_as/as_pakistan.
[4] “Taleban rift ignites power struggle over who controls the insurgency,” Times, April 23, 2010. Available at http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/world/afghanistan/article7105605.ece.
[5] Sabrina Tavernise and Pir Zubair Shah “Killings Rattle Pakistan’s Swat Valley,” New York Times, April 22, 2010. Available at http://www.nytimes.com/2010/04/23/world/asia/23pstan.html?ref=asia.
[6] Griff Witte and Karen DeYoung, “Pakistan holding thousands in indefinite detention, officials say,” Washington Post, April 22, 2010. Available at http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2010/04/21/AR2010042102658.html.
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