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Pakistan Security Brief - June 8, 2010
Agreement reached between government and Taliban in North Waziristan; hundreds gather to watch public execution in North Waziristan of man convicted by Taliban court; 15 militants and 1 solider killed in Orakzai Agency on Monday; Punjab government accused of downplaying militant threat in order to retain its voting bloc; Prime Minister Yousuf Gilani acknowledges trust gap between Baloch people and federal government; Lal Masjid commandos seek Supreme Court intervention; U.S. Special Envoy Richard Holbrook’s Pakistan visit cancelled.
North Waziristan
The government and Hafiz Gul Bahadur-led Taliban reached an agreement on Monday in which 20 detained militants were released in exchange for allowing a security forces convoy, stranded in North Waziristan for 45 days, to proceed. The accord signals the lowering of tensions in the agency since an incident forty-five days ago in which eight soldiers were killed and several others were wounded when militants attacked an army convoy near Hamzoni village, 25 kilometers west of Miramshah. The government responded by imposing a curfew on the Miramshah-Dattakhel road and launching a crackdown on the Hamzoni tribe.[1]
Several hundred people gathered to watch the execution of a man found guilty by a Taliban court of double murder in North Waziristan on Tuesday. The Taliban brought the man, blindfolded and with his hands tied, to a soccer field in Miramshah, the central town of North Waziristan. “We asked the relatives of the deceased men to forgive, but they refused and under Islamic law it was decided that the convict be shot by them,” an unidentified militant told AFP. Local administration and intelligence officials confirmed the execution had taken place.[2]
Orakzai operation
Fifteen militants and a soldier were killed on Monday when a militant group affiliated with the Tehrik-e-Taliban Pakistan staged simultaneous attacks on security checkpoints in upper Tehsil of Orakzai Agency. According to sources, the two sides exchanged fire for over two hours. Meanwhile, security forces attacked suspected militant hideouts with heavy artillery in Mamozai, Khadezai and Manropaty areas.[3]
Punjab
The ruling Pakistan People’s Party (PPP), experts on militancy, and much of Pakistan’s media say that the Punjab government, led by Pakistan’s Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N), is denying the need for an offensive against militant groups in Punjab in order to retain the groups’ electoral support. PML-N, which is in political opposition nationally, has often denounced attacks originating in the tribal areas, but has yet to denounce similar attacks carried out by groups operating in Punjab. “I think there's definitely a very mundane desire by the Sharifs to keep these groups on board so they can use their vote banks in elections,” said Ahmed Rashid, an expert on militancy.[4]
Agreement reached between government and Taliban in North Waziristan; hundreds gather to watch public execution in North Waziristan of man convicted by Taliban court; 15 militants and 1 solider killed in Orakzai Agency on Monday; Punjab government accused of downplaying militant threat in order to retain its voting bloc; Prime Minister Yousuf Gilani acknowledges trust gap between Baloch people and federal government; Lal Masjid commandos seek Supreme Court intervention; U.S. Special Envoy Richard Holbrook’s Pakistan visit cancelled.
North Waziristan
The government and Hafiz Gul Bahadur-led Taliban reached an agreement on Monday in which 20 detained militants were released in exchange for allowing a security forces convoy, stranded in North Waziristan for 45 days, to proceed. The accord signals the lowering of tensions in the agency since an incident forty-five days ago in which eight soldiers were killed and several others were wounded when militants attacked an army convoy near Hamzoni village, 25 kilometers west of Miramshah. The government responded by imposing a curfew on the Miramshah-Dattakhel road and launching a crackdown on the Hamzoni tribe.[1]
Several hundred people gathered to watch the execution of a man found guilty by a Taliban court of double murder in North Waziristan on Tuesday. The Taliban brought the man, blindfolded and with his hands tied, to a soccer field in Miramshah, the central town of North Waziristan. “We asked the relatives of the deceased men to forgive, but they refused and under Islamic law it was decided that the convict be shot by them,” an unidentified militant told AFP. Local administration and intelligence officials confirmed the execution had taken place.[2]
Orakzai operation
Fifteen militants and a soldier were killed on Monday when a militant group affiliated with the Tehrik-e-Taliban Pakistan staged simultaneous attacks on security checkpoints in upper Tehsil of Orakzai Agency. According to sources, the two sides exchanged fire for over two hours. Meanwhile, security forces attacked suspected militant hideouts with heavy artillery in Mamozai, Khadezai and Manropaty areas.[3]
Punjab
The ruling Pakistan People’s Party (PPP), experts on militancy, and much of Pakistan’s media say that the Punjab government, led by Pakistan’s Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N), is denying the need for an offensive against militant groups in Punjab in order to retain the groups’ electoral support. PML-N, which is in political opposition nationally, has often denounced attacks originating in the tribal areas, but has yet to denounce similar attacks carried out by groups operating in Punjab. “I think there's definitely a very mundane desire by the Sharifs to keep these groups on board so they can use their vote banks in elections,” said Ahmed Rashid, an expert on militancy.[4]