News Source: The independent
| about 1 month ago
Pakistani troops and the Taliban fought fierce battles yesterday in the militant stronghold of South Waziristan near the Afghan border, with both sides claiming early victories. A Taliban spokesman vowed they would fight to "our last drop of blood"...
News Source: Jang.com.pk
| about 1 month ago
The US-led Nato forces vacated more than half a dozen key security checkposts on the Afghan side of the Pak-Afghan border just ahead of the major Pakistan Army ground offensive (code named: Rahe Nijaat) against Taliban-led militants in the volatile...
News Source: The Scotsman
| about 1 month ago
Taleban militants defending their stronghold in the first 24 hours of an offensive aimed at lawless lands on the Afghan border. The army said 60 militants and five soldiers had been killed in attacks on the global Islamist hub of South Waziristan.
News Source: Christian Science Monitor
| about 1 month ago
All the major terrorist networks attacking US forces in Afghanistan operate from other areas of Pakistan...None of the three terror groups singled out as the greatest threat to American troops – according to the commander of US forces in...
News Source: BBC South Asia
| about 1 month ago
It has deployed thousands of troops and a vast array of weaponry for what it knows is a crucial battle for future of the Pakistani state. But despite all these measures, it increasingly appears that traditional factors in this remote mountainous...
News Source: Kuwait Times
| about 1 month ago
Taleban and Al-Qaeda-linked militants are striking deeper than ever inside the nuclear-armed Muslim nation of 167 million, exacerbating US security fears as the war deteriorates across the border in Afghanistan. Coordinated assaults Thursday against...