News Source: The independent
| 6 months ago
Young Pakistanis who have fled the fighting in the Swat Valley at a refugee camp in Mardan, where Jamaat-ud-Dawa operates An Islamist charity accused of links to the militant fundamentalists blamed for the Mumbai terror attacks has resurfaced at the...
News Source: Macleans
| 6 months ago
Refugees fleeing Pakistan's fight against the Taliban scuffled for relief supplies on Wednesday as the military said it had secured footholds in a northwestern valley overrun by the insurgents. The operations against Taliban militants in the Swat...
News Source: Press TV
| 6 months ago
US officials familiar with the program said on Wednesday that the US military would give Pakistani officers significant control over targets, flight routes and decisions to launch attacks under a new joint operation. "This is about building trust.
News Source: The Hindu
| 6 months ago
Jamat-ud-dawa, designated by the United Nations Security Council as a terrorist outfit in the wake of the November 2008 Mumbai attacks, has resurfaced as a charity organisation providing food and other relief to the thousands of people fleeing the...
News Source: Times Online
| 6 months ago
US officials told the Los Angeles Times , however, that Islamabad was reluctant to use the drones on its own people and had yet to ask for their use in Swat. Islamabad blamed civilian casualties from the attacks for bolstering support for the...
News Source: South Africa News
| 6 months ago
Up to 15 000 security forces are taking on about 4000 well-armed fighters in Swat, where Islamabad has ordered a battle to "eliminate" Islamist militants, branded by Washington as the greatest terror threat to the West. Military officials said exit...