News Source: BBC
| 8 months ago
The curfew is being suspended for eight hours, officials said. Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani has said the army would be successful in clearing the area of the militants, who have largely been controlling it. The UN says more than 800,000 people...
News Source: The Hindu
| 8 months ago
On the eighth day of the anti-Taliban military operations in Pakistan’s Swat valley, the ruling Awami National Party in the North-West Frontier Province said the security forces could not afford to lose this battle as the consequences would be dire.
News Source: Channel NewsAsia
| 8 months ago
More than 834,000 civilians have now fled a relentless military assault on Taliban holed up in Pakistan's rugged northwest, where artillery pounded rebel bastions Thursday in fierce battles. Pakistan vowed success in the 19-day campaign to rid the...
News Source: Simi Valley - Moorpark Examiner
| 9 months ago
AP Photo/Greg Baker) A man reads information at a Falah-i-Insaniat donation collection point on a street in Mardan, in northwest Pakistan, Thursday, May 14, 2009. A banned charity with alleged links to the Mumbai attacks is helping refugees fleeing...
News Source: AKI
| 9 months ago
Pakistani army chief General Ashfaq Pervez Kayani on Thursday toured the army frontlines in the northwest Swat valley, where troops are fighting Taliban militants. The army chief met field commanders and troops and observed operations being carried...
News Source: Press TV
| 9 months ago
Army sources say 54 militants and nine soldiers have been killed in Swat Valley over the past 24 hours. The army crackdown on militants has killed nearly 1,000 insurgents and dozens of troops since two weeks ago -- when the offensives began from the...