News Source: Press TV
| about 1 month ago
Pakistani security forces have claimed early victory in their anti-militant offensive in South Waziristan, killing at least 20 pro-Taliban insurgents. Islamabad forces, backed by artillery, helicopters and fighter jets struck militants' hideouts...
News Source: BBC
| about 1 month ago
The army said it had secured the heights around Kotkai- the home of Qari Hussain, the man reportedly responsible for training Taliban suicide bombers. The military also dropped leaflets from helicopters urging local tribesman to rise up against the...
News Source: Washington Post
| about 1 month ago
Pakistani soldiers surrounded militant hideouts and seized heavy weapons in the Taliban-riddled hills of South Waziristan on Monday, military officials said. On the third day of a major ground and air offensive to root out Islamist insurgents,...
News Source: Asian Wall Street Journal
| about 1 month ago
Abbas said that the roughly 30,000 soldiers taking part in the operation had made significant progress, despite the presence of about 10,000 battle-hardened Pakistani and foreign militants, many of whom had taken up well-defended positions in the...
News Source: Pakistan Chronicle
| about 1 month ago
Eight militants including a militant commander have been killed and several others wounded as operation ‘Rah-e- Nijat’ is on in South Waziristan. According to sources, clashes continued between security forces and militants in Khesor and...
News Source: United Press International
| about 1 month ago
The Pakistani Taliban allegedly launched a fundraising effort in the Federally Administered Tribal Areas to prepare for a long fight with government forces. Sources to Pakistan's Dawn newspaper said the Pakistani Taliban was asking local tribal...