US cannot buy Pakistan’s support: senator
AFP
WASHINGTON (AFP) — A senior US senator on Tuesday expressed doubts about plans for US economic aid to Pakistan, saying Islamabad needed to prove it was …
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qM5j8Nk47pbDZwrH8k6tORFhkEO3NjA

Afghanistan, Pakistan agree to border plan: Cannon
The Canadian Press – OTTAWA
OTTAWA — The Canadian government says it has brokered a deal to improve security along the anarchic Afghanistan-Pakistan border. …
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article/ALeqM5iWNwkUcvKZOTH2MrzKfaHYb3F_9w

Pakistan’s Taliban leader threatens attacks in the US
Los Angeles Times – CA,USA
Baitullah Mahsud, who claimed responsibility for a police school assault near Lahore this week, seeks to avenge US drone strikes in Pakistan. …
www.latimes.com/news/nationworld/world/la-
fg-pakistan-threat1-2009apr01,0,1183316.story

US senator doubts Pakistan, blasts “pitiful” NATO
Reuters – USA
By Andrew Gray WASHINGTON, March 31 (Reuters) – A senior US senator said on Tuesday Pakistan should prove it is committed to fighting militancy before it …
www.reuters.com/article/latestCrisis/idUSN31420588

Baitullah Mehsud takes credit for Pakistan attacks, threatens US …
Baitullah Mehsud, the Leader of Pakistan’s unified Taliban movement, threatened to attack the US and took credit for three recent attacks in Pakistan, including yesterday’s deadly military assault on a police training center in Lahore. …
www.longwarjournal.org/archives/2009/03/baitullah_mehsud_tak.php

India asks Pakistan to take steps in Mumbai terror attack case
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news/2009/03/sec-090331-irna01.htm

Pakistan Taliban Leader Promises Attack On Washington D.C. “Soon”
By JOE GANDELMAN, Editor-In-Chief
The ever-present threat to Washington D.C. by terrorists has now gotten a bit more present: Baitullah Mehsud, the Pakistan Taliban leader who American officials fear could be an even bigger threat to the United States than Al Qaeda’s …
themoderatevoice.com/27533/pakistan-taliban-
leader-promises-attack-on-washington-dc-soon/

Pakistan Gets $500 Million Loan From World Bank – Democratic …
Pakistan Gets $500 Million Loan From World Bank. … Site search, Web search. Pakistan Gets $500 Million Loan From World Bank. Printer-friendly format · Printer-friendly format Email this thread to a friend· Printer-friendly format …
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Wave of Pakistan attacks imperil future of state
Karachi (AFP) March 30, 2009 – Monday’s assault on a police school and a wave of spectacular attacks underlines Pakistan’s weakness and the danger posed by militants to the future of the nuclear-armed nation, analysts said.
www.spacewar.com/reports/Wave_of_Pakistan_
attacks_imperil_future_of_state_999.html

Pakistan Taliban claim responsibility for Lahore raid
By Reuters
Mehsud leads the Tehrik-e-Taliban Pakistan or Movement of Taliban, Pakistan, a loose umbrella group of factions which has carried out attacks across the country, mainly in the northwest. Pakistani Taliban also have links with Afghan …
www.business24-7.ae/Articles/2009/3/Pages/Pakistan
TalibanclaimresponsibilityforLahoreraid.aspx

Pakistan: Now or Never? “ Blog Archive “ Are the Pakistan Taliban …
By Sanjeev Miglani
The reclusive one-eyed leader had in December sent emissaries to ask leaders of the Pakistani Taliban to settle their differences, scale down activities in Pakistan and help mount a spring offensive against the build-up of U.S. forces …
blogs.reuters.com/pakistan/2009/03/31/are-the
-pakistan-taliban-charting-an-independent-course/

Trend in Pakistan looking dangerous | Jay Bookman
By Jay
Watching events out of Pakistan, I’ve grudgingly come to the conclusion that before Barack Obama’s first term is over, we will probably have American troops.
blogs.ajc.com/jay-bookman-blog/2009/03/31/trend-in-pakistan
-looking-dangerous/?cxntfid=blogs_jay_bookman_blog

Pakistan court allows Sharifs to take back Punjab
Reuters – USA
By Zeeshan Haider ISLAMABAD (Reuters) – Pakistan’s Supreme Court on Tuesday suspended a ruling barring former Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif and his brother …
www.reuters.com/article/worldNews/idUSTRE52U4PN20090331

Indian PM to Discuss Taliban with Obama
Voice of America – USA
The Taliban, who are primarily ethnic Pashtuns, are active in Afghanistan and Pakistan. A US-led military operation in 2001 ousted the Taliban from power in …
www.voanews.com/english/2009-03-31-voa36.cfm

Insurgent Threat Shifts in Pakistan
Washington Post – United States
The latest attack raised new questions about the vulnerability of Pakistan, a nuclear-armed Muslim state with a weak civilian government that only recently …
www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/
story/2009/03/31/ST2009033101628.html

Terror in Pakistan: Send in the Drones? – The Plank
By tnr1.com
The New Republic has done its fair share to invent and reinvent opinion journalism in this country. And we’ve had our share of success in the blogosphere.
blogs.tnr.com/tnr/blogs/the_plank/archive/2009/
03/31/terror-in-pakistan-send-in-the-drones.aspx

Pakistan: Supreme Court lifts ban on Sharif brothers – Adnkronos …
By webinfo@adnkronos.com
(AKI) – Pakistan’s Supreme Court on Tuesday suspended its earlier ruling barring opposition leader and former prime minister Nawaz Sharif and his brother from holding elected office,…
www.adnkronos.com/AKI/English/Politics/?id=3.0.3159261423

12 die in bloody siege at Pakistan police academy | Home Other …
LAHORE (AP) – Black-clad Pakistani commandos overpowered a group of militants who had seized a police academy, took cadets hostage and killed at least six of them Monday in a dramatic challenge to the civilian government that faces US …
www.philstar.com/Article.aspx?articleId
=453811&publicationSubCategoryId=200

Pakistan grills siege suspects
By AFP
Attackers armed with guns, grenades and suicide vests stormed the training centre near Pakistan’s cultural capital Lahore unleashing nearly eight hours of gunbattles until they were overpowered by security forces. …
www.business24-7.ae/Articles/2009/3/
Pages/Pakistangrillssiegesuspects.aspx

Turkey hopes to boost Afghan, Pakistan security ties
Reuters – USA
ANKARA, March 31 (Reuters) – NATO member Turkey hopes to boost cooperation between Afghanistan and Pakistan in the fight against al Qaeda and Taliban…
www.reuters.com/article/asiaCrisis/idUSLV949613

Turkey to host summit with Pakistan and Afghanistan
Monsters and Critics.com – USA
Ankara – The presidents of Pakistan, Afghanistan and Turkey were set to hold talks in the Turkish capital Ankara on Wednesday, with the topic of security …
www.monstersandcritics.com/news/southasia/news/article_
1467960.php/Turkey_to_host_summit_with_Pakistan_and_Afghanistan_

Infidel Bloggers Alliance: Are Afghanistan, Pakistan, Mexico …
By Christine
If it is, then we ask whether its “failed” status is on a par with such other failed states as Pakistan and Afghanistan? — Even though there are those who do not subscribe to the notion that either of them is a failed state. …
ibloga.blogspot.com/2009/03/are-
afghanistan-pakistan-mexico-failed.html

Pakistan has to show visible results on 26/11 probe to hold talks …
By Sindh Today
New Delhi, Mar 31 (ANI): Prime Minister Manmohan Singh on Tuesday said that composite dialogue with Pakistan would only be possible if Islamabad shows visible results on the Mumbai terror attack probe. Talking to reporters on the …
www.sindhtoday.net/south-asia/81320.htm

By The Fault “ Blog Archive “ Pakistan’s Fatal Slumber
By Charles Lemos
Certainly, it is not easy but Pakistan has another problem more serious than stinger missiles, rocket launchers or other heavy equipment coming in. Pakistan has been destabilized for quite some by what’s being taught in the nation’s …
www.bythefault.com/2009/03/30/pakistans-fatal-slumber/

Pakistan endures a day of terror — Page 1 — Times Union – Albany NY
At least 12 are killed, scores wounded in siege of police academy.
timesunion.com/ASPStories/Story.asp?StoryID=785357&LinkFrom=RSS

Afghanistan Conflict Monitor: White Paper: US Policy Toward …
By Human Security Report Project
‘White Paper Of The Interagency Policy Group’s Report On US Policy Toward Afghanistan And Pakistan’, World Security Network, 29 March 2009 EXCERPT:“The United States has a vital national security interest in addressing the current and …
www.afghanconflictmonitor.org/2009/03/white-paper-
us-policy-toward-afghanistan-and-pakistan.html

ReliefWeb “ Document “ UN aid for Afghan refugees repatriating …
Afghan refugees seeking to return to their home country from north-west Pakistan will receive a boost when the United Nations resumes its voluntary repatriation programme this week. The UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) …
www.reliefweb.int/rw/rwb.nsf/db900sid/MYAI-7Q
N4PG?OpenDocument&RSS20&RSS20=FS

Pakistan Court Lifts Ban on Politician
New York Times – United States
By JANE PERLEZ ISLAMABAD, Pakistan — The Supreme Court overturned an order barring one of Pakistan’s most powerful politicians from holding office Tuesday, …
www.nytimes.com/2009/04/01/world/asia/01sharif.html?hp

Rampage in Pakistan Shows Reach of Militants
New York Times – United States
MANAWAN, Pakistan — The attackers hopped over a crumbling brick wall, wearing backpacks and belts with dangling grenades. They were young and wore beards, …
www.nytimes.com/2009/04/01/world/asia/01pstan.html

‘War on terror does us no favours’
BBC News – UK
After gunmen killed scores of police cadets in an audacious attack on a police training academy, people across Pakistan discuss whether the ‘war on terror’ …
news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/south_asia/7972055.stm

Pakistan group claims police attack; makes demands › Japan Today …
The militant group that claimed responsibility for the assault on a police academy said Tuesday it will carry out more…
www.japantoday.com/category/world/view/pakistan
-group-claims-police-attack-makes-demands

Bloody terrorist attack on police academy rattles Pakistan …
By Worldfocus
A group of gunmen stormed a police academy in Lahore on Monday, triggering a bloody eight-hour siege in Pakistan’s second largest city and raising even deeper concern about security in that vital nation.
worldfocus.org/blog/2009/03/30/bloody-terrorist
-attack-on-police-academy-rattles-pakistan/4692/

No Place to Hide
By Andrew Exum
The new Obama strategy for Afghanistan and Pakistan is thus better described as a “counter-haven” strategy then a counter-terrorism strategy. (I must credit a conversation I had with counter-insurgency theorist-practitioner David …
www.tnr.com/politics/story.html?id=
2588efeb-f1a5-46e6-ba5c-e8137fa9ea07

Zardari Seeks Regional Anti-Terrorism Plan After Raid on Police
Bloomberg – USA
By Khalid Qayum and Paul Tighe March 31 (Bloomberg) — Pakistan’s President Asif Ali Zardari called for a regional strategy to fight terrorism as the …
www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=2060
1091&sid=aijyh0GDK4NA&refer=india

Pakistan receives $500 mln from World Bank
Reuters – USA
KARACHI, March 31 (Reuters) – Pakistan received $500 million from the World Bank, the central bank said on Tuesday. “We have received $500 million from…
www.reuters.com/article/latestCrisis/idUSSIN169040

Pakistan needs global help to fight terrorism: US | Sindh Today
By Sindh Today
Washington, March 31(IANS) Calling Monday’s attack on a police training academy in Lahore as an attack on Pakistan’s institutions, the US has said its stood ready to help Pakistan which needs international support in fighting terrorism.
www.sindhtoday.net/pakistan/81153.htm

Rampage in Pakistan Shows Reach of Militants
New York Times – United States
Emilio Morenatti/AP Police officers who had been taken hostage were freed at a police training school on the outskirts of Lahore, Pakistan, on Monday. …
www.nytimes.com/2009/03/31/world/asia/31pstan.html?em

Zardari ends central rule in Punjab to calm politics
Reuters – USA
The end of central rule, known as governor rule, will pave the way for Sharif’s Pakistan Muslim League (Nawaz) party, or PML-N, to reinstall its government …
www.reuters.com/article/topNews/idUSTRE52T3QP20090330

Focusing on Afghanistan and Pakistan
New York Times – United States
President Obama’s strategy review for Afghanistan and Pakistan, unveiled last week, finally focuses the government’s attention and resources where they are …
www.nytimes.com/2009/03/31/opinion/l31afghan.html

20 dead as gunmen storm Pakistan police academy – Politics …
By neeraj.gangal@itp.com ( AFP )
Gunmen battle with Pak security forces just weeks after targetting Sri Lankan cricket team.
www.arabianbusiness.com/551027-20-dead-
as-gunmen-storm-pakistan-police-academy

Minister urges Pakistan to unite
BBC News – UK
Pakistan’s interior minister has urged the country to unite against insurgents after gunmen launched a deadly attack on a police academy in Lahore. …
news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/south_asia/7973334.stm

Petraeus: Military Reserves ‘Right of Last Resort’ for Threats …
FOXNews – USA
David Petraeus, head of Central Command, says the US needs to build trust with Pakistan. (AP Photo) The US military will reserve the “right of last resort” …
www.foxnews.com/politics/first100days/2009/03/30/petraeus
-military-reserves-right-resort-threats-inside-pakistan/