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Three Pakistani soldiers were killed and several wounded in the past 24 hours as troops pressed a major anti-Taliban offensive in the northwest, officials said Sunday. Troops advanced further on militant positions a day after overrunning Taliban chief...
Tags: Taliban, South Waziristan, Pakistan Army, Kotkai, security forces, Bajaur
Pakistani forces backed by helicopter gunships and artillery recaptured a strategic town from Taliban militants after fierce fighting, officials said on Saturday. Kotkai town in South Waziristan has changed hands three times since the army launched a...
Tags: Pakistani Taliban, Tehreek-e-Taliban, Taliban Leader’s Hometown Captured, taliban chief, Afghanistan, Hakimullah Mehsud, strike kills, U.S, Kotkai, Bajaur
Government deadline to the Mamond tribe in Bajaur Agency for handing over the miscreants to the authorites has been ended on Monday. Fresh contingents of the forces pouring in the Bajaur tribal area ahead the imminent operation. According to reports,...
Pakistani tribesmen form their own Lashkar's to defeat the Taliban Lashkar is an armed military camp! I am impressed, I had to look it up so I could speak authoritatively on what tribe the Lashkar was and where they were from....
Tags: Pakistan, Pakistani Lashkar, armed militias, Bajaur, Dir, Buner, Swat valley, North-West Frontier province
Atleast four people have been killed by extremists in Mandal khwar area of Tehsil Khar in Bajuar Agency. It is believed that all the four persons belonged to Chitral. Political Administration have started investigation of the matter. Mean while the...
A military statement did not mention the damage caused by the air strikes but security sources said three compounds were destroyed and at least a dozen militants killed. "Terrorist training facilities and arms and ammunition dumps at Ladha and Makeen...
Tags: Pakistani Taliban, Pakistani Bollywood, Gretchen Peters Pakistan, Bajaur, Taliban Bloomberg
Pakistan A tribe in a Pakistani region where the military has fought insurgents has agreed to stop sheltering foreign fighters and hand over local Taliban leaders, authorities said.Pakistan has previously signed such pacts with tribes in its northwest...
Tags: Afghanistan-Pakistan, Pakistani, Taliban, Bajaur, Islamic Sharia, peace deals, Swat Sharia
The clash started when militants attacked a security post in the Nawagai area, a military official told the BBC. This is the first clash in the area since 23 February when a senior Taleban leader announced a unilateral truce...There has been no reaction...
Tags: Pakistan, Bajaur, Taliban, Afghanistan, bajaur regions, peace deals
We made this announcement of a unilateral ceasefire in the interest of Pakistan and our region," said Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) deputy chief Maulvi Faqir Mohammad in a 30-minute speech on his FM Radio. "We advise our people not to take action against...
Tags: Pakistani, Taliban, unilateral ceasefire, Swat Valley, Swat District Bar Association, Maulvi Faqir Mohammad, Bajaur
The Tehrik-i-Taliban Pakistan threatened on Wednesday to destroy all educational institutions in Bajaur if the government did not withdraw security forces stationed in government schools in the region within three days. Talking to reporters on phone,...
Tags: Bajaur