News Source: AKI
| about 1 month ago
The Pakistani army has reached the strategically crucial Taliban stronghold of Makeen, Pakistani daily DawnNews reported on Friday. As battles continued across South Waziristan, the Pakistani army claimed to have killed seven militants in clashes...
News Source: Simi Valley - Moorpark Examiner
| about 1 month ago
AP Photo/Naveed Sultan) Displaced Pakistani tribal people, who left their villages due to heavy fighting between security forces and militants in Waziristan, wait for relief supplies in Dera Ismail Khan, Pakistan, on Wednesday, Nov. 4, 2009. The...
News Source: India Abroad
| about 1 month ago
A total of 21 militants were gunned down around Makeen. The military's claim came hours after two motorcycle-borne gunmen shot and wounded Brig Suhail and his driver shortly after he left his home in Sector I-8/4 of Islamabad [ Images ]. Sources...
News Source: NewKerala
| about 1 month ago
Five hideouts were destroyed and two militants were killed in a fierce battle. Fighter jets, gunship helicopters and heavy artillery pounded the positions of the militants. The Taliban guerrillas were fleeing to neighbouring North Waziristan, Kurram...
News Source: Sify News
| about 1 month ago
Pakistan Defence Minister Ahmad Mukhtar has said that once it flushes out the extremists from South Waziristan, the military may launch an offensive in North Waziristan too. Speaking on a private television channel during a programme, Mukhtar said...
News Source: Dawn
| about 1 month ago
The tactics adopted by the army high command have beaten the Taliban on their own ground — descend from the ridges, command the heights and do not advance via roads. Four months of planning, with close coordination between the army and the air arm,...