Pakistan Security Brief

Pakistan Security Brief – January 20, 2010

A US drone attack in North Waziristan kills six militants; two suspected suicide bombers are arrested in Balochistan; five militants are killed in Mohmand Agency; several people are injured in two separate bomb blasts; Indian forces kill a top militant leader in Jammu and Kashmir; US Defense Secretary Gates visits New Dehli.


[3] “Five militants killed in Mohmand clash,” The News International, January 20, 2010. Available at http://www.thenews.com.pk/daily_detail.asp?id=219700.
[4] “Bomb attack injures Pakistani lawmaker,” AFP, January 20, 2010. Available at http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20100120/wl_sthasia_afp/pakistanunrestpeshawar. “MPA Aurangzeb Khan injured in Peshawar blast,” Dawn, January 20, 2010. Available at http://www.dawn.com/wps/wcm/connect/dawn-content-library/dawn/news/pakistan/metropolitan/03-explosion-near-mpas-house-in-peshawar-ss-01.  Salim Shahid, “Three injured in Jaffarabad blast,” Dawn, January 20, 2010. Available at http://www.dawn.com/wps/wcm/connect/dawn-content-library/dawn/the-newspaper/front-page/12-three-injured-in-jaffarabad-blast-010--bi-06.
[5] “Jaish commander killed in Jammu,” The Siasat Daily, January 18, 2010. Available at http://www.siasat.com/english/news/jaish-commander-killed-jammu. “Indian troops ‘kill leading Kashmir militant’,” BBC, January 18, 2010. Available at http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/south_asia/8466301.stm.
[6] “Al Qaeda could provoke new India-Pakistan war: Gates,” Dawn, January 20, 2010. Available at http://www.dawn.com/wps/wcm/connect/dawn-content-library/dawn/news/world/03-al-qaeda-could-provoke-new-india-pakistan-war-gates-ss-02.
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