Pakistan Security Brief – June 21, 2010

Drone strike kills al-Qaeda leader in North Waziristan; fighting continues in Orakzai; helicopter gunships target militants, security forces repel attack on security checkpost in Mohmand; three militants killed in Swat; roadside bomb kills one policeman in Dera Ismail Khan; two Levies recruits killed in Lower Dir; Special Representative Holbrooke says al-Qaeda network “severely degraded” due to US-Pak efforts; Prime Minister Yusuf Raza Gilani says Pakistan will abide by sanctions against Iran; new national security strategy highlights importance of engagement with Pakistan; State Department dismisses report linking Afghan Taliban with ISI; top TTP commander Asmatullah Mehsud arrested in Karachi; Jundullah militants free Ashura bombing suspects at Karachi courthouse; Taliban presence expanding in Karachi; militants try to derail train in Quetta; one soldier killed in roadside bomb blast, two men gunned down in Quetta.

 

FATA

 

Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa

 

US-Pakistan Relations

 

Karachi

 

 Balochistan

 


[1] Pir Zubair Shah, “Missile in Paksitan Kills 16 Militants,” New York Times, June 19, 2010. Available at http://www.nytimes.com/2010/06/20/world/asia/20pstan.html. “Al Qaeda man among 16 killed in drone attack,” Dawn, June 20, 2010. Available at http://www.dawn.com/wps/wcm/connect/dawn-content-library/dawn/news/pakistan/14-suspected-us-missile-kills-three-in-north-waziristan-zj-06. Haji Mujtaba, “U.S. missile strike kills 12 in northwestern Pakistan,” Reuters, June 19, 2010. Available at http://www.reuters.com/article/idUSTRE65I0DV20100619?feedType=RSS&feedName=worldNews&utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+reuters%2FworldNews+%28News+%2F+US+%2F+International%29.
[2] “Militant ambush kills three Pakistan soldiers,” AFP, June 21, 2010. Available at http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20100621/wl_sthasia_afp/pakistanunrestnorthwest. “70 militants killed in Upper Orakzai,” Express Tribune, June 21, 2010. Available at http://tribune.com.pk/story/22699/70-militants-killed-in-upper-orakzai/. “20 militants killed in Orakzai blitz,” The News, June 21, 2010. Available at http://www.thenews.com.pk/top_story_detail.asp?Id=29581.
[3] “Copters kill four militants in Mohmand,” The News, June 21, 2010. Available at http://www.thenews.com.pk/top_story_detail.asp?Id=29585. S. Hassan Mehmood, “Air strikes kill 24 militants in Mohmand,” Dawn, June 21, 2010. Available at http://www.dawn.com/wps/wcm/connect/dawn-content-library/dawn/the-newspaper/front-page/air-strikes-kill-24-militants-160. “Six rebels killed in Mohmand,” Frontier Post, June 20, 2010. Available at http://www.thefrontierpost.com/News.aspx?ncat=ts&nid=4516&ad=20-06-2010.
[4] “Three militants die in Swat,” The News, June 21, 2010. Available at http://www.thenews.com.pk/top_story_detail.asp?Id=29585. “Six killed in Orakzai/Swat clashes,” Express Tribune, June 20, 2010. Available at http://tribune.com.pk/story/22494/six-killed-in-orakzai-swat-clashes/.
[6] Mohabat Shah, “Two Leview recruits killed in Timergara,” The News, June 21, 2010. Available at http://www.thenews.com.pk/daily_detail.asp?id=246302.
[10] “‘US cooperation with Pakistan unprecedented,” Daily Times, June 20, 2010. Available at http://dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=2010\06\20\story_20-6-2010_pg7_21.
[12] Imran Ayub, “Jundullah frees Ashura accused from court,” Dawn, June 20, 2010. Available at http://www.dawn.com/wps/wcm/connect/dawn-content-library/dawn/news/pakistan/metropolitan/03-explosion-outside-karachi-city-courts-07. Imran Ayub, “Suspicion falls on police connivance in militants’ escape,” Dawn, June 21, 2010. Available at http://www.dawn.com/wps/wcm/connect/dawn-content-library/dawn/the-newspaper/local/escape-of-jundullah-militants-from-court-suspicion-falls-on-police-connivance-160. “Agencies hold police responsible for Karachi incident,” The News, June 21, 2010. Available at http://www.thenews.com.pk/daily_detail.asp?id=246317. Azim Ali, “Provinces asked to try terror suspects in jails,” The News, June 21, 2010. Available at http://www.thenews.com.pk/top_story_detail.asp?Id=29584.
[13] Orla Guerin, “Karachi faces growing Taliban menace,” BBC, June 19, 2010. Available at http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/world/south_asia/10354433.stm.
[14] Shahzad Baloch, “Narrow escape for Chiltan Express,” Express Tribune, June 20, 2010. Available at http://tribune.com.pk/story/22504/narrow-escape-for-chiltan-express/. “Train passengers escape explosion on track,” Geo, June 19, 2010. Available at http://www.geo.tv/6-19-2010/66971.htm.
[15] Shahzad Baloch, “Army convoy attacked with bomb in Quetta,” Express Tribune, June 21, 2010. Available at http://tribune.com.pk/story/22725/army-convoy-attacked-with-bomb-in-quetta/. “FC man killed, 14 hurt in Quetta blast,” The News, June 21, 2010. Available at http://www.thenews.com.pk/top_story_detail.asp?Id=29583. “Two killed, one injured in Quetta firing,” Daily Times, June 21, 2010. Available at http://dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=2010\06\21\story_21-6-2010_pg7_10.
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