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News Source: The News
| about 1 year ago
Senior Minister Bashir Ahmed Bilour on Saturday said the federal government had carried out the Bara operation and the provincial government had nothing to do with that. "We believe in conflict resolution through talks and the provincial government...
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News Source: Japan Today
| about 1 year ago
Pakistan — Suspected Taliban militants ambushed a Pakistani paramilitary convoy Saturday in a restive northwestern town, killing 16 soldiers and wounding others, officials said. The convoy was heading to a fort outside Hangu district near the...
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News Source: Turkish Press
| about 1 year ago
The number of Pakistani soldiers killed in an ambush on their convoy Saturday by suspected Taliban militants has more than doubled to 16, a senior security official said. "Sixteen Frontier Constabulary soldiers were killed in the ambush and a few...
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News Source: The Boston Globe
| about 1 year ago
Pakistan— A police official says a militant ambush and subsequent shootout has killed at least six security forces and three insurgents in Pakistan's volatile northwest. The clash underscores the shaky hold Pakistan has over parts of its northwest,...
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News Source: Jang.com.pk
| about 1 year ago
The government in a few days would dismantle, at least, three security check-posts and pull back security forces from one of the militarised areas in the volatile Swat valley, militant sources told The News...The militants showed anger over the delay...
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News Source: USA Today
| about 1 year ago
Militants will start killing a group of hostages if the government does not release several insurgent prisoners within a day, a Pakistani Taliban spokesman threatened Friday. A suspected militant leader is among those the Taliban want freed. Pakistan...
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News Source: The Guardian
| about 1 year ago
Forty-seven civilians, including 39 women and children, were killed by a US air strike while travelling to a wedding in Afghanistan , an official inquiry found today...Another nine people were wounded in Sunday's attack, the head of the Afghan...
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News Source: USA Today
| about 1 year ago
A Pakistani Taliban spokesman says militants will start killing a group of hostages if several insurgent prisoners are not released by Saturday afternoon. Maulvi Umar claimed Friday the Taliban kidnapped 29 people, most of them security forces.
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News Source: The Frontier Post
| about 1 year ago
Govt taking measures for restoration of sustainable peace in Swat: Ayub F.P. Minister for Science and Information Technology Muhammad Ayub Khan has said that the present provincial government was taking concrete and effective measures for the...
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News Source: Pak Tribune
| about 1 year ago
Around 200 pro-Taliban militants surrounded a police station in restive northwest Pakistan to demand the release of suspected extremists, police said . The tense standoff was triggered after police and paramilitary forces patrolling in Hangu district...