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Islamabad : Pakistan | about 1 month ago  
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  • Security forces stand guard outside a building, the site of a bomb blast, at the International Islamic University in Islamabad
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  • Residents fleeing a military offensive against the Pakistani Taliban enter Dera Ismail Khan from South Waziristan
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  • Security forces measure a hole made by an explosion at the site of a bomb blast at the International Islamic University in Islamabad
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  • Residents fleeing a military offensive against the Pakistani Taliban sit on top of a vehicle while entering Dera Ismail Khan from South Waziristan
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  • Security forces survey the site of a bomb blast at the International Islamic University in Islamabad
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  • U.S. Army General David Petraeus stands near Pakistan Prime Minister Yusuf Raza Gilani in Islamabad
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  • Boys crowd the back of a truck while fleeing a military offensive against Taliban militants in Dera Ismail Khan
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  • A policeman pushes journalists back from the scene of a bomb blast at the International Islamic University in Islamabad
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  • Pakistan and U.S. government officials speak at the prime minister's residence in Islamabad
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  • Pakistan has vowed to target Taliban leaders and deal a killer blow to the Islamists
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  • Rescue workers defuse a fire at the site of a bomb blast at the International Islamic University of Islamabad
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  • A man ties a rope around his family's belongings on top of a truck as they flee the military offensive against the Pakistani Taliban from South Waziristan near Dera Ismail Khan
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  • Security officials look through a hole made by a bomb blast at the International Islamic University in Islamabad
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  • U.S. Senator John Kerry (D-MA) speaks to Interior Minister of Pakistan Rehman Malik in Islamabad
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  • A child looks out of the front windshield of a vehicle while fleeing a military offensive against Taliban militants in Dera Ismail Khan
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  • Members of a bomb disposal team survey the site of a blast at the International Islamic University in Islamabad
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  • U.S. Senator John Kerry (D-MA) meets with Pakistan Prime Minister Yousaf Raza Gillani at the prime minister's residence in Islamabad
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  • A member of a bomb disposal team collects fragments with a magnet from the site of a bomb blast at the International Islamic University in Islamabad
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  • A family crowds the back of a truck while fleeing a military offensive against Taliban militants as they enter Bannu
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  • Members of the bomb disposal team place body parts, collected from the site of a blast, upon a desk in a classroom at the International Islamic University in Islamabad
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  • U.S. Senator John Kerry (D-MA) introduces his delegation after meeting with Pakistan Prime Minister Yousaf Raza Gillani at the prime minister's residence in Islamabad
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  • The shadow of a bomb disposal team member falls on the site of a blast as he takes photographs at the International Islamic University in Islamabad
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Security forces stand guard outside a building, the site of a bomb ...
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 local tribal leaders to support the army's efforts...
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  • 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...
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  • Blog Source: www.washingtonexaminer.com
    Western officials say South Waziristan is also a major sanctuary and training ground for al-Qaida operatives. The mountain-studded region has been under near-total militant control for years and is considered a likely hiding place for ...
  • Blog Source: al-darb.blogspot.com
    Pakistan cuts deal with anti-American militants. Amid an assault on Pakistan's pro-Taliban and al-Qaeda strongholds, the country's military has apparently reached a deal with two powerful anti-US tribal chiefs to stay out of the battle. ...
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