Pakistan Security Brief –April 28, 2010

 

Suicide car bomber targets checkpoint near Peshawar; militants attack security forces in North Waziristan; security forces kill seven militants in Orakzai; eight militants detained in Kohat; security forces battle militants on the Buner-Swat border; South Asia has a higher number of terrorist attacks than any other region; India claims Lashkar-e-Taiba is planning attacks in its country.

FATA

Khyber-Paktunkhwa

Terrorism in South Asia



[1] “Suicide car bomb kills four Pakistani police,” AFP, April 28, 2010. Available at http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20100428/wl_asia_afp/pakistanunrestnorthwest. Izaz Mohmand, “Five policemen killed in Pakistan car bomb attack,” Reuters, April 28, 2010. Available at http://www.reuters.com/article/idUSTRE63L3G420100428.
[2] “Two soldiers killed in North Waziristan clash,” Dawn, April 28, 2010. Available at http://www.dawn.com/wps/wcm/connect/dawn-content-library/dawn/news/pakistan/03-two-soldiers-killed-in-north-waziristan-clash-ss-05.
[3] Hussain Afzal, “Officials: Army kills 7 insurgents in NW Pakistan,” AP, April 28, 2010. Available at http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100428/ap_on_re_as/as_pakistan.
[4] “Eight militants held in Darra search operation,” Dawn, April 27, 2010. Available at http://www.dawn.com/wps/wcm/connect/dawn-content-library/dawn/news/pakistan/provinces/16-eight+militants+held+in+darra-hs-03.
[5] “Three militants killed, 10 surrender in Swat,” Express Times, April 28, 2010. Available at http://tribune.com.pk/story/9518/ten-militants-surrender-in-swat/.
[6] Lolita C. Baldor, “Terrorist attacks spike in Pakistan, Afghanistan,” AP, April 28, 2010. Available at http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100428/ap_on_go_ca_st_pe/us_global_terror/.
[7] Iftikhar Gilani, “‘LT making efforts to carry out attacks within India’,” Daily Times, April 28, 2010. Available at http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=2010\04\28\story_28-4-2010_pg7_9.
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