Pakistan Security Brief – May 27, 2010

Pakistani Taliban commander is reported killed in eastern Afghanistan; White House officials demand that Pakistan make “real progress” against Tehrik-e-Taliban; U.S. provides $228 million reimbursement to Pakistan for counterterrorism activities; Pakistan’s Chief of the Army Staff meets with General McCrystal and President Karzai in Kabul; 40 militants are killed during operations in the Orakzai Agency; Taliban militants kill pro-government tribal leader and his family in the Bajaur Agency;  four people murdered in targeted killings in Balochistan; Pakistan eases YouTube ban.

Pakistani Taliban leader reported killed in Afghanistan

Pakistan-US Relations

FATA

Swat

Balochistan

  • Four people were killed in separate incidents on Wednesday in Balochistan. In Turbat district, unidentified gunmen opened fire at a barbershop, killing a barber and a passerby. Meanwhile an army officer was killed in Khuzdar district when two motorcycle riding gunmen intercepted a passenger van and pulled the officer out before shooting him. Also on Wednesday, a policeman was killed in Dera Murad Jamali when unidentified gunmen shot him in the district’s Somer Khan area.[8]

Bhutto Assassination

YouTube ban


[1]Karen Brulliard,  “Afghans say Pakistani Taliban commander may be dead,” The Washington Post, May 27, 2010. Available at http://www.washingtonpost.com/wpdyn/content/article/2010/05/27/AR2010052701012.html?wprss=rss_world/asia
Amir Shah, “Pakistan Taliban Commander Rumored Dead,” Time, May 27, 2010. Available at http://www.time.com/time/world/article/0,8599,1992234,00.html
[4] “COAS visits Afghanistan, meets Karzai, Gen McCrystal,” Pakistan Observer, May 27, 2010. Available at http://pakobserver.net/detailnews.asp?id=33278
[5] “Security forces kill 40 militants in Orakzai,” Geo Television, May 27, 2010. Available at http://www.geo.tv/5-27-2010/65647.htm
[6] “Taliban kill tribal elder, wife and son in Pakistan,” AFP, May 27, 2010. Available at http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20100527/wl_sthasia_afp/pakistanunrestnorthwest
[7]  “Two more militants killed in Swat,” The News, May 27, 2010 http://www.thenews.com.pk/daily_detail.asp?id=241555
[8] “Target killing claims 4 lives in Balochistan,” Daily News, May 27, 2010. Available at http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=2010\05\27\story_27-5-2010_pg7_2
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