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News Source: The Daily Star (Bangladesh)
| 4 months ago
Army officials, meanwhile, said a close aide of Maulana Fazlullah -- the Taliban commander in northwest Swat valley -- was killed as a 10-week-long operation against militants in the scenic region rumbled on. Military and government officials claim...
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News Source: Al Jazeera
| 4 months ago
At least nine suspected Taliban fighters have been killed in air attacks in Pakistan's northwest, police and security officials say. At least six Taliban-linked fighters were killed in North Waziristan on Sunday, while three more died in the Orakzai...
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News Source: Seattle Times
| 4 months ago
Afghanistan offensive: Taliban insurgents stepped up attacks Friday against U.S. Marines in southern Afghanistan's Helmand River valley, forcing troops in some areas to spend the day fighting instead of meeting with residents and local leaders.
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News Source: Kuwait Times
| 4 months ago
At least 26 security personnel on board a military helicopter were killed yesterday in northwestern Pakistan when it crashed due to a technical fault, security officials said. The accident occurred on the border of the semi-autonomous Orakzai and...
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News Source: Lexington Herald-Leader
| 4 months ago
Major Western countries, after applauding Pakistan's military crackdown on Islamic extremists in the Swat valley in the country's northwest, haven't pledged the money needed to resettle the population now that the fighting is mostly over, and...
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News Source: Jang.com.pk
| 4 months ago
Thirty-six persons were injured, some critically, when a lone suicide bomber rammed his motorcycle into a bus carrying employees of the Army-run Heavy Mechanical Complex (HMC) at the Peshawar Road near Chur Chowk, Rawalpindi, here on Thursday at...
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News Source: Press TV
| 4 months ago
Should Fazlullah's death be confirmed, it would be the first major success since the Pakistani army launched operations in Dir, Buner and Swat in April. The Pakistani army attacked Fazlullah's hideout in the Swat valley after they traced his call...
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News Source: The Daily Star
| 4 months ago
Pakistani security forces said Thursday that troops had killed more than 50 militants while ground and air forces battled against Islamist insurgents in parts of the northwest. Government troops are locked in battles against armed groups in parts of...
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News Source: Honolulu Advertiser
| 4 months ago
Bombs targeting police and employees of a Pakistani nuclear facility killed two people and wounded scores more Thursday - the latest attacks to hit Pakistan as it battles Taliban insurgents near the border with Afghanistan. Meanwhile, a prominent...
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News Source: Epoch Times
| 4 months ago
Pakistan—A suicide bomber on a motorcycle hit a bus carrying workers from a nuclear facility and blew himself up in the Pakistani city of Rawalpindi on Thursday, killing at least one person, police said. Pakistan has been hit by a wave of bombings...