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News Source: Christian Science Monitor
| 5 months ago
As the Pakistani military zeros in on Taliban leader Baitullah Mehsud in South Waziristan, it is trying to break a pattern in which initially successful operations have lost ground, allowing militants to regain their strength. Previous operations to...
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News Source: NewKerala
| 5 months ago
Addressing security personnel in South Waziristan where the army has launched an extensive operation against the Tehreek-e-Taliban chief Baitullah Mehsud, General Kayani stressed that the insurgents would be eliminated, and the government's writ...
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News Source: Jang.com.pk
| 5 months ago
There was no prominent militant commander among the 60-plus people killed in missile strikes by a US drone on funeral prayers in the violence-stricken South Waziristan on Tuesday. People who helped in shifting the injured to hospital in Miramshah in...
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News Source: Simi Valley - Moorpark Examiner
| 5 months ago
AP Photo/Fareed Khan) Pakistani police officers escort detained aides of Pakistani Taliban leader Baitullah Mehsud, center faces covered, as they leave after a court appearance in Karachi, Pakistan on Wednesday, June 24, 2009. What appeared to be the...
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News Source: Lexington Herald-Leader
| 5 months ago
Here are details of some of the deadliest attacks, based on information from Pakistani officials: -June 24, 2009: Four suspected U.S. missiles strike a funeral procession at Makeen in South Waziristan for a militant killed in a strike earlier the...
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News Source: Seattle Times
| 5 months ago
Pakistan — The assassination of the leader of a renegade Pakistani Taliban faction by one of his own men Tuesday underscores a growing rift in the ranks of the rebel group as it braces for an impending army assault in the volatile northwest. Qari...
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News Source: Times Online
| 5 months ago
A US drone fired at least three missiles at a Taleban training camp in the Makeen area of the tribal region of South Waziristan, killing at least seven militants, including a commander called Niaz Wali, according to local officials. A drone then...
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News Source: Hindustan times
| 5 months ago
The attacks came hours after a militant leader who had defected from Pakistani Taliban head Baitullah Mehsud was assassinated by an "infiltrator" in the adjoining district of North West Frontier Province. A pilotless aircraft on Tuesday fired three...
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News Source: BBC
| 5 months ago
Kandahar, Quetta Kandahar has the symbolic importance of being the spiritual centre of the Taliban movement and also the place of its origin. The supreme Taliban leader, Mullah Mohammad Omar, made the city his headquarters when the Taliban came to...
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News Source: The independent
| 5 months ago
A Taliban leader who had emerged as a potential rival to Pakistan's most wanted militant has been assassinated by a guard, alleged to have been planted by the feared Baitullah Mehsud. Qari Zainuddin was shot several times by one of his own guards...