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Pakistani supply routes from the port of Karachi to landlocked Afghanistan are vital for Western forces battling a resurgent Taliban...A Pakistani government official in the region said supplies through the Khyber had been suspended indefinitely after...
Tags: pakistan, militants, khyber, supplies, police, killed, war, tribal, Pakistani, Afghanistan
Leader of a Pakistani religious party on Sunday warned of protest demonstration in the Pakistani capital of Islamabad if the government failed to stop military operations against Taliban in the country's tribal region and settled district....
Security forces backed by helicopter gunships, tanks and heavy artillery on Tuesday launched the operation in the rugged Khyber tribal area near Jamrud, the gateway to the famed Khyber Pass linking Pakistan and Afghanistan...Local administration chief...
Tags: militants, afghanistan, khyber, supplies, Pakistan-to-Afghanistan, taleban, killed, security forces, Jamrud, Khyber Agency
The security forces pounded militants' positions in Ghandi area and destroyed several hideouts. Two persons were also arrested during the operation," local Geo TV channel said. U.S. troops in Afghanistan and launched operation against militants who had...
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US-led forces in Afghanistan, preventing supply trucks from crossing into the country. Islamabad said Tuesday that the service via the historic Khyber Pass has been suspended over 'security reasons'. The move comes as Pakistani security forces launched...
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Troops backed by helicopter gunships and tanks began an operation early on Tuesday, a local administrator said. There has been a spate of hijackings and attacks on vehicles carrying crucial overland supplies to US and Nato troops fighting the Taleban.
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Afghanistan was caught in the crossfire of a family feud in Pakistan on Friday and three people in the truck were killed, according to a local official. The incident, which happened in Pakistan's Khyber tribal district, involved fighting between two rival...
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Officials Wednesday said the grenades missed the convoy and hit the house in Pakistan's Khyber tribal district. This is the latest in a string of attacks on convoys heading for the Khyber Pass, the main route into Afghanistan along the mountainous border.
Police officials told the Daily Times that there were no casualties or damage in the attack, but the NNI news agency said on Friday that a 'dozen or more' containers were destroyed after 10 rockets were fired at the terminal on Ring Road. NNI said police...
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U.S. forces have sharply increased the number of airdrop supply missions in Afghanistan in the past three years, as roads have become more dangerous and allied troops have established remote outposts. The number of airdrops has increased to 800 this year...
Tags: supplies, khyber, pass, pakistan, attack, Afghanistan, Khyber Pass, Nato