News Source: International Business Times
| 3 months ago
Militant violence has increased in the northwest since commander Hakimullah Mehsud was appointed Taliban chief after the murder of al Qaeda ally Baitullah Mehsud in a U.S. drone strike in South Waziristan on August 5. The land mine blast struck a...
News Source: BBC South Asia
| 3 months ago
The military has been firing from helicopters to hit militants' position in the Bara area of the Khyber Agency. Ground troops are reported to be demolishing the houses and bases of militants and making arrests. Security officials say 87 militants...
News Source: Sify News
| 3 months ago
Thousands of civilians have fled a fresh military bombardment against Islamist rebels in northwest Pakistan, officials said Monday, as dozens of militants were reported dead in the push. Fighter jets and helicopter gunships began strafing suspected...
News Source: Lexington Herald-Leader
| 3 months ago
South Waziristan for months has been a focus of Pakistani air strikes and U.S. missile strikes. A CIA missile strike in August killed Pakistani Taliban chief Baitullah Mehsud. Elsewhere in the northwest, Pakistan's army is engaged in operations...
News Source: NewKerala
| 3 months ago
Troops were moving to Wana from the nearby north-western city of Dera Ismail Khan to expel militants from a local telephone exchange. More than 7,000 phone lines have gone out of service in the district after the Taliban fighters took control of the...
News Source: Dawn
| 3 months ago
Intelligence and army officials say a powerful roadside bomb has killed two Pakistani soldiers in a militant stronghold near the Afghan border. The three officials say two soldiers also were wounded Monday when the bomb went off near the convoy...