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News Source: Hindustan times
| 6 months ago
In a major success against the Taliban in Pakistan's northwestern tribal belt, troops have recaptured the main town of the restive Swat valley after days of fighting, the military said today. The security forces have cleared and secured the town of...
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News Source: Voice of America
| 6 months ago
Pakistan's military says it has largely wrested control of the main town in the Swat Valley away from the Taliban. Military spokesman Major-General Athar Abbas said Saturday that government troops had taken "full control" of Mingora, although they...
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News Source: NewKerala
| 6 months ago
Another editorial, while pointing to the growing terror attacks in Pakistan in the wake of its efforts in the war against terror, said without striking at the roots of militancy in the country, "the pipeline that churns out suicide bombers and...
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News Source: Al Jazeera
| 6 months ago
Pakistan's army has gained control of the main city in the Swat valley after several days of street-to-street battles with Taliban fighters, a military spokesman has said. Major-General Athar Abbas said on Saturday that the centre of Mingora had...
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News Source: Al Jazeera
| 6 months ago
Pakistan has raised the cash reward for the capture of a Taliban leader suspected to be behind the violence in the Swat valley. The authorities on Friday said anyone who helped in tracking down Maulana Fazlullah could qualify for the bounty of 50...
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News Source: Hindustan times
| 6 months ago
But clearly, as well, the Pakistani military has taken on this fight," Gen David Petraeus, Commander of the US Central Command, told Fox News channel. He was responding to a question about the success of current military operation against the Taliban...
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News Source: Lexington Herald-Leader
| 6 months ago
Defense Secretary Robert Gates urged Europe and China to step up their involvement in rebuilding Afghanistan, saying Saturday that America alone cannot put the conflict-ridden nation back on its feet while mired in a fight against the Taliban...But...
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News Source: AKI
| 6 months ago
Pakistan's military said on Friday soldiers had cleared another militant stronghold and killed 28 militants in the past 24 hours in its offensive against the Taliban in the northwest. Seven others were also reportedly detained during the latest...
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News Source: The Sunshine Coast Daily
| 6 months ago
The interior ministry published names and mugshots of "miscreant-terrorists" from the Taliban leadership in Swat on Friday, offering 50 million rupees ($A765,000) for Fazlullah and 10 million rupees each for 15 of his bearded aides. Fazlullah led...
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News Source: The Daily Star
| 6 months ago
A series of militant bomb attacks in Pakistan aims to undermine the country's resolve to fight the Taliban but is likely only to strengthen determination to defeat the militants, analysts say. Pakistan has undertaken its most concerted effort to roll...