Pakistan starts huge offensive against Taliban
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By: onlycasperman
This week, Pakistan's interior minister said that military operations carried out against the Taliban in the Swat valley, and North and South Waziristan had "broken the back" of the Taliban.However, South Waziristan is home to an estimated 10,000 Taliban fighters and it was here that Hakimullah Mehsud, the new Taliban leader, ...
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Law and Order in Pakistan Gets Worse as Schools are Shut across the ...
Islamabad, Pakistan- Millions of children and university students across the country stayed home Wednesday and are expected to for the rest of the week following fresh bomb attacks a university in Islamabad. Children as little as first graders all the way through Phd candidates in both government as well as private schools across the country got ...
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Spate of attacks leaves 20 dead, 29 injured in Lahore - PAKISTAN
By: tmchgee
LAHORE: Teams of gunmen attacked three security sites on Thursday in Lahore, killing a total of 20 people and leaving at least 29 injured. One of the attacks, on the Elite Police Academy on Bedian Road, lasted into Thursday afternoon before security forces killed the five attackers and freed a family they were holding hostage, police said. ...
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Gunmen, Bombers Hit 5 Sites in Pakistan; 38 Die
By: dustgeer
ISLAMABAD, Oct. 15 -- Pakistan came under a deadly, staccato series of attacks Thursday that left at least 38 people dead and raised questions about the ability of the nation's security and intelligence agencies to thwart a rising Islamist insurgency.The attacks began about 9 a.m. in Lahore, the bustling capital of the Punjabi heartland, with what ...
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- News Source: Guardian Unlimited | about 1 month agoPakistan pushes into Taliban stronghold Fierce militant resistance reported as 30,000 army troops backed by warplanes and artillery advance into South Waziristan Pakistan said it killed 60 militants and lost 11 soldiers as an attack force of 30,000...
- News Source: Asian Wall Street Journal | about 1 month agoPakistan embarked on a risky offensive aimed at crushing one of the Taliban's and al Qaeda's main strongholds and initial reports trickling out of the unforgiving region Sunday indicated soldiers were making advances, despite stout resistance from...
- News Source: Chicago Tribune | about 1 month agoSixty militants and five Pakistani soldiers have been killed in South Waziristan since the army launched a weekend offensive, the military said on Sunday. "In the last 24 hours, reportedly 60 terrorists have been killed in operation Rah-e-Nijat,"...
- News Source: News 24 | about 1 month agoPakistani forces pounded Taliban positions with heavy artillery on Sunday, pressing a major operation in South Waziristan for a second day and reportedly killing up to 20 militants. The rugged district is part of a tribal belt on the Afghan border...
- News Source: Toronto Star | about 1 month agoVehicle with child flees military offensive in South Waziristan Oct. 17, 2009. The Pakistan army has started a ground assault in its remote, mountainous region of South Waziristan, opening a high-profile battle against Islamic militants in an area...
- News Source: Time of India | about 1 month agoPakistan forces exchanged heavy fire with Taliban militants on Sunday, a day after launching a long-awaited offensive aimed at bringing the writ of state to lawless tribal lands on the Afghan border. The offensive on the global Islamist hub of South...
- Blog Source: www.huffingtonpost.comMIR ALI, Pakistan — The Pakistani army says 60 militants have been killed in the first 24 hours of a major operation against the Taliban close to the Afghan border. An army statement said Sunday that six soldiers had been killed over the same ...
- Blog Source: blog.taragana.comPakistan has largely beaten back a Taliban insurgency in Swat in recent months and intelligence officials say the country is preparing a major offensive against al-Qaida and Taliban in their stronghold in South Waziristan. ...
- Blog Source: www.techlondon.co.ukFierce fighting has broken out as Pakistan's army launched an air and ground offensive against Taliban militants in the South Waziristan area.Officials said 30000 troops, backed by artillery, had moved into the region where Pakistan ...
- Blog Source: reactionradio.netPakistani soldiers attacked militant bases in the main al-Qaida and Taliban stronghold along the Afghan border Saturday as the nuclear-armed country launched.
- Blog Source: www.theepochtimes.comMany al Qaeda and Taliban members fled to northwest Pakistan after U.S.-led troops ousted the Taliban in Kabul in 2001 and the region has become a global hub for Islamist militancy. The offensive could be the army's toughest test since ...
- Blog Source: www.vosizneias.comThe offensive in South Waziristan follows months of airstrikes intended to soften up militant defenses that have also forced tens of thousands of civilians to flee. The full-scale operation also comes after two weeks of militant attacks ...
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