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News Source: Times Online
| 5 months ago
A US missile attack killed at least nine militants at a South Waziristan training camp yesterday ahead of a planned ground offensive by the Pakistani Army on the mountainous tribal region. Two or three pilotless American aircraft fired at least four...
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News Source: Pak Tribune
| 5 months ago
At least 9 militants were killed while 2 other injured when CIA-operated US drone fired four guided missiles in northwest of Wana, headquarter of South Waziristan. According to Private TV Channel, the incident happened in an area of Shallam, situated...
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News Source: India Abroad
| 5 months ago
Local residents said the drone struck at two different places, including a base of Pakistani Taliban [ Images ] commander Wali alias Malang Nazir. The areas targeted are controlled by Taliban leader Mulla Nazeer, who has been blamed for carrying out...
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News Source: CNN
| 5 months ago
A suspected drone strike on Pakistan's border with Afghanistan killed five to seven people Thursday, intelligence sources said. The attack took place about 18 km (11 miles) west of Wana in South Waziristan. The area is thought to be under the...
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News Source: BBC
| 5 months ago
At least five people have been killed in an airstrike on suspected militant targets in Pakistan's tribal region of South Waziristan, local officials say. Pilotless US drone aircraft are thought to have carried out the attack in which missiles were...
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News Source: NewKerala
| 5 months ago
Dawn TV said the drone fired four missiles in the Shahalam area of South Waziristan, and one of the missiles hit a militants' training camp. According to Geo TV, the missiles struck a base of Taliban commander Wali (only the first name was given) in...
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News Source: Gulf News
| 5 months ago
Shahab Ali Shah, the top administrative official in the South Waziristan tribal area, says the missiles hit the villages of Gharlamai and Nandaran, about six miles (10 kilometers) west of the Wana bazaar area. He says it's unclear if the dead are...
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News Source: Press TV
| 5 months ago
The attack hit an area 20 km (12 miles) from Wana town in South Waziristan, where Washington claims al-Qaeda-linked and pro-Taliban rebels on the run are holed up. "Four missiles were fired," an intelligence official told AFP on condition of...
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News Source: The Hindu
| 5 months ago
Pakistan said on Tuesday it had decided “in principle” to take military action in South Waziristan against Beithullah Mehsud and his Taliban fighters and had begun preparing the ground for it. Military spokesman Major-General Athar Abbas told...
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News Source: News 24
| 5 months ago
Pakistan braced for militant reprisals on Monday as the army conducted softening-up operations ahead of an assault on the stronghold of Pakistani Taliban leader Baitullah Mehsud, one of al-Qaeda's main allies. Military experts see the showdown in...