Veiligheidsfunctionarissen melden dat Amerikanen een aanval met een onbemand vliegtuigje hebben uitgevoerd op een kamp van militante moslims in de Pakistaanse regio Zuid-Waziristan aan de grens met Afghanistan. Hierbij zijn zeker 8 mensen gedood.
In de NRC:
http://www.nrc.nl/buitenland/article2217058.ece/Pakistaanse_militanten_door_raketaanval_gedood
maandag 20 april 2009
dinsdag 14 april 2009
Taliban verenigen zich met militanten in Punjab in Pakistan
Opstandelingen van de Taliban gaan samenwerken met plaatselijke militante groepen om hun weg te vinden in Punjab, de provincie waar meer dan de helft van de bevolking van Pakistan woont. (Met bijzondere foto’s in The New York Times uit Punjab).
"United Militants Threaten Pakistan’s Populous Heart" (The New York Times: This article was reported by Sabrina Tavernise, Richard A. Oppel Jr. and Eric Schmitt and written by Ms. Tavernise.
According to The New York Times, “Taliban insurgents are teaming up with local militant groups to make inroads in Punjab, the province that is home to more than half of Pakistanis, reinvigorating an alliance that Pakistani and American authorities say poses a serious risk to the stability of the country.”
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/04/14/world/asia/14punjab.html
Punjab
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The Punjab is by far the country's most populous region and is home to the Punjabis and various other groups.
Neighbouring areas are Sindh to the south, Balochistan and the North West Frontier Province to the west, Pakistani-administered Azad Kashmir, Jammu and Kashmir and Islamabad to the north, and India to the east.
The main languages are the Punjabi, Urdu, Saraiki, Potowari and Pashto. The provincial capital is Lahore. The name Punjab literally translates from the Persian words Pañj (پنج) , meaning Five, and Āb (آب) meaning Water.
Thus Punjab can be translated as (the) Five Waters - and hence the Land of the Five Rivers, referring to the Jhelum, Chenab, Ravi, Beas and Sutlej these five rivers are all the tributaries of the Indus River. The province was founded in its current form in May 1972.
The province is populated by over 81 million people.
Enkele ontwikkelingen in en uit Pakistan
Londen: toename terreur vanuit Pakistan (NRC)
http://www.nrc.nl/buitenland/article2209691.ece/Londen__toename_terreur_vanuit_Pakistan
Aanvallen Taliban in Afghanistan en Pakistan (Wereldomroep)
http://antilliaans.caribiana.nl/news/international/6255174/Aanvallen-Taliban-in-Afghanistan-en-Pakistan
Pakistan pakt vijfde verdachte aanslagen Mumbai (Elsevier)
http://www.elsevier.nl/web/Artikel.htm?contentid=230489
Pakistan akkoord met invoering sharia (De Morgen) (in noordwesten van het land)
http://www.demorgen.be/dm/nl/990/Buitenland/article/detail/817902/2009/04/13/Zardari-akkoord-met-invoering-sharia-Swatvallei.dhtml
"United Militants Threaten Pakistan’s Populous Heart" (The New York Times: This article was reported by Sabrina Tavernise, Richard A. Oppel Jr. and Eric Schmitt and written by Ms. Tavernise.
According to The New York Times, “Taliban insurgents are teaming up with local militant groups to make inroads in Punjab, the province that is home to more than half of Pakistanis, reinvigorating an alliance that Pakistani and American authorities say poses a serious risk to the stability of the country.”
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/04/14/world/asia/14punjab.html
Punjab
.jpg)
The Punjab is by far the country's most populous region and is home to the Punjabis and various other groups.Neighbouring areas are Sindh to the south, Balochistan and the North West Frontier Province to the west, Pakistani-administered Azad Kashmir, Jammu and Kashmir and Islamabad to the north, and India to the east.
The main languages are the Punjabi, Urdu, Saraiki, Potowari and Pashto. The provincial capital is Lahore. The name Punjab literally translates from the Persian words Pañj (پنج) , meaning Five, and Āb (آب) meaning Water.
Thus Punjab can be translated as (the) Five Waters - and hence the Land of the Five Rivers, referring to the Jhelum, Chenab, Ravi, Beas and Sutlej these five rivers are all the tributaries of the Indus River. The province was founded in its current form in May 1972.
The province is populated by over 81 million people.
Enkele ontwikkelingen in en uit Pakistan
Londen: toename terreur vanuit Pakistan (NRC)
http://www.nrc.nl/buitenland/article2209691.ece/Londen__toename_terreur_vanuit_Pakistan
Aanvallen Taliban in Afghanistan en Pakistan (Wereldomroep)
http://antilliaans.caribiana.nl/news/international/6255174/Aanvallen-Taliban-in-Afghanistan-en-Pakistan
Pakistan pakt vijfde verdachte aanslagen Mumbai (Elsevier)
http://www.elsevier.nl/web/Artikel.htm?contentid=230489
Pakistan akkoord met invoering sharia (De Morgen) (in noordwesten van het land)
http://www.demorgen.be/dm/nl/990/Buitenland/article/detail/817902/2009/04/13/Zardari-akkoord-met-invoering-sharia-Swatvallei.dhtml
zaterdag 11 april 2009
UN expresses concern over killings of top Pakistani provincial leaders of Quam Dost Committee
The United Nations voiced its serious concern over the killings of three leaders from Balochistan province, the largest in Pakistan, calling for immediate investigations into their murders.
The three men were members of the Balochistan Quam Dost Committee, recently created by the Pakistani Government to investigate missing persons cases in the province in the South Asian nation’s east.
The UN, which expressed its sympathies to the families of the deceased, called on authorities to ensure that the committee continues its important work.
Last weekend, a staff member of the UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) was released after spending two months in captivity.
John Solecki, the head of the agency’s office in Quetta, Balochistan’s provincial capital, was abducted in an attack on 2 February that also left another colleague, Syed Hashim, dead.
Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon expressed his gratitude to the Pakistani Government, Balochi authorities and others who helped secure Mr. Solecki’s release, re-affirming the UN’s commitment to helping the people of Pakistan. (UN: 9 April 2009).
Victims
According to media reports, the activistst killed are Ghulam Mohammed Baloch, central president of the Balochistan National Movement; Lala Munir Baloch, a central leader of the Balochistan National Movement, and Sher Mohammed Baloch, deputy general secretary of the Balochistan Republican Party.
Baluchistan
Balochistan, or Baluchistan is the largest province in the country by geographical area. It constitutes most of the region of Balochistan and is named after the Baloch people.
Its neighbouring regions are Iranian Balochistan to the west, Afghanistan and the Federally Administered Tribal Areas to the north and Punjab and Sindh to the east.
The capital and largest city is Quetta. Balochistan is believed to be rich in mineral resources. It is the second major supplier, after Sindh, of natural gas to the country.
Balochistan was not a part of Pakistan when the British departed from India in August 1947. The area was annexed by force in March 1948. Since then, Pakistan’s army launched four military operations that has left thousands of Baloch killed.
The three men were members of the Balochistan Quam Dost Committee, recently created by the Pakistani Government to investigate missing persons cases in the province in the South Asian nation’s east.
The UN, which expressed its sympathies to the families of the deceased, called on authorities to ensure that the committee continues its important work.
Last weekend, a staff member of the UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) was released after spending two months in captivity.
John Solecki, the head of the agency’s office in Quetta, Balochistan’s provincial capital, was abducted in an attack on 2 February that also left another colleague, Syed Hashim, dead.
Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon expressed his gratitude to the Pakistani Government, Balochi authorities and others who helped secure Mr. Solecki’s release, re-affirming the UN’s commitment to helping the people of Pakistan. (UN: 9 April 2009).
Victims
According to media reports, the activistst killed are Ghulam Mohammed Baloch, central president of the Balochistan National Movement; Lala Munir Baloch, a central leader of the Balochistan National Movement, and Sher Mohammed Baloch, deputy general secretary of the Balochistan Republican Party.
Baluchistan
Balochistan, or Baluchistan is the largest province in the country by geographical area. It constitutes most of the region of Balochistan and is named after the Baloch people.
Its neighbouring regions are Iranian Balochistan to the west, Afghanistan and the Federally Administered Tribal Areas to the north and Punjab and Sindh to the east.
The capital and largest city is Quetta. Balochistan is believed to be rich in mineral resources. It is the second major supplier, after Sindh, of natural gas to the country.
Balochistan was not a part of Pakistan when the British departed from India in August 1947. The area was annexed by force in March 1948. Since then, Pakistan’s army launched four military operations that has left thousands of Baloch killed.
woensdag 8 april 2009
"Pakistan kan binnen een half jaar ineenstorten"
The Times of India reports in the article ‘Pakistan could collapse within six months: US expert’: “Pakistan could collapse within six months in the face of the snowballing insurgency,” according to a top expert on guerrilla warfare.
The dire prediction was made by David Kilcullen, a former adviser to top US military commander General David Petraeus.
http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/World/Pak-could-collapse-in-6-months-Expert/articleshow/4365030.cms
Times of India
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The Times of India (TOI) is a leading English-language broadsheet daily in India. The newspaper is owned and managed by Bennett, Coleman & Co. Ltd. (The Times Group) of the Sahu Jain family.
The newspaper has the widest circulation among all English-language broadsheets in the world.
In 2005, the newspaper reported that (with a circulation of over 2.4 million) it was certified by the Audit Bureau of Circulations as the world's largest selling English broadsheet newspaper.
The dire prediction was made by David Kilcullen, a former adviser to top US military commander General David Petraeus.
http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/World/Pak-could-collapse-in-6-months-Expert/articleshow/4365030.cms
Times of India
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The Times of India (TOI) is a leading English-language broadsheet daily in India. The newspaper is owned and managed by Bennett, Coleman & Co. Ltd. (The Times Group) of the Sahu Jain family.The newspaper has the widest circulation among all English-language broadsheets in the world.
In 2005, the newspaper reported that (with a circulation of over 2.4 million) it was certified by the Audit Bureau of Circulations as the world's largest selling English broadsheet newspaper.
“Video zweepslagen voor meisje uit Swat was niet echt”
Swat girl flogging video fake, official says
Gulfnews meldt: “A top government official of Pakistan's Taliban-controlled Swat region has made a surprise claim that the amateur video clip shown by television channels of a 17-year-old girl being flogged was fabricated, media reports say.”
http://www.gulfnews.com/world/Pakistan/10301597.html
Gulfnews meldt: “A top government official of Pakistan's Taliban-controlled Swat region has made a surprise claim that the amateur video clip shown by television channels of a 17-year-old girl being flogged was fabricated, media reports say.”
http://www.gulfnews.com/world/Pakistan/10301597.html
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