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Pakistan— An explosion struck the office of an aid organization in northwestern Pakistan near the Afghan border on Saturday, wounding a security guard, police said. It was the ninth attack in two weeks in and around Peshawar, the largest city...

Thu, 19 Nov 2009 02:50:45 GMT Font size : A missile fired by a US drone has killed at least four people and injured five others in Pakistan's tribal region, officials say. Pakistani officials confirmed the casualties of the Wednesday...

At least eight members of the peace Jirga were shot dead while several were injured when armed insurgents ambushed a convoy of tribal elders here at Khasor area of Janikhel on Thursday. The tribal elders were on their way to...

The attack took place in Norak village, about 18km (12 miles) from Miranshah, the province's main town. Officials said the missiles targeted the compound of local tribesman Musharraf Gul...North and South Waziristan are known havens of al-Qaeda and the Taliban....

The blast struck in Kohat district, close to Pakistan's tribal regions. North-western Pakistan has been hit by a string of deadly attacks over the past few weeks. An attack at the weekend on the military headquarters in Rawalpindi that was...

Pakistani military planes pounded militant hideouts in South Waziristan for the second straight day, killing several people, military officials said. CNN, quoting the military and a local Taliban leader, reported eight people died in the Wednesday attacks in Gorgoray.

After all, it was this kind of politics that had led to the disintegration of the country in the early 70s with the secession of East Pakistan and the birth of Bangladesh. Unless they were Shia, however, and thus seen...

Army files journalists into tribal mountain region to show front line of battle against Taliban militants A Pakistani soldier crouches as a helicopter takes off on top of Kund mountain near Kotkai village in South Waziristan. Helicopter gunships buzzed across...

According to the statement here, search and clearance operations are continuing in Swat and Malakand. In Swat as many as 11 suspected terrorists voluntarily surrendered themselves to security forces in Hazara near Kabbal. A terrorist, brother of terrorist commander Yousaf...