News Source: Time of India
| about 1 month ago
On fourth day of the military operation in the lawless tribal region of South Waziristan, two bomb blasts went off at a university in Islamabad on Tuesday that left seven people dead and nearly 30 injured, officials said. Eyewitnesses and police...
News Source: The Hindustan Times
| about 1 month ago
Twin suicide blasts tore through a university campus in Pakistan's capital on Tuesday, killing up to five people as the military pursued a major anti-Taliban offensive in the lawless northwest. The bombing of Islamabad's International Islamic...
News Source: Christian Science Monitor
| about 1 month ago
They follow a rise in assaults that may be in retaliation for the Army's offensive in theTaliban stronghold of South Waziristan. posted October 20, 2009 at 8:24 am EST • A daily summary of global reports on security issues . Twin suicide blasts...
News Source: Al Sharq Al Awsat
| about 1 month ago
Taliban militants attacked Pakistani forces and recaptured a strategic town on Tuesday on the approach to an insurgent base in south Waziristan, security officials said. Government forces captured the small town of Kotkai, the birthplace of Pakistani...
News Source: Voice of America
| about 1 month ago
Pakistan's military says it has surrounded militants in a Taliban stronghold on the third day of an offensive in the South Waziristan tribal region. Army spokesman General Athar Abbas said Monday that ground troops backed by air support seized...
News Source: Australian Broadcasting Corporation
| about 1 month ago
The army says it has killed 78 militants as its offensive intensifies and troops push deeper into the region in search of Taliban leaders. Military helicopters have dropped thousands of letters over villages in South Waziristan. The letters urge...