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Afghan Vice Presidential Candidate Survives Ambush
Kabul :: Afghanistan | 4 months ago
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Officials in northern Afghanistan say one of Afghan President Hamid Karzai's running mates in next month's election has escaped an ambush by militants. Officials say gunmen fired on a motorcade carrying former Vice President Mohammad Qasim Fahim in Kunduz...
Tags: Afghanistan Strikes Taliban Truce, Local Taliban, Hamid Karzai, Hamdi Karzai, badghis provinces, Badghis, president hamid, Seyamak Herawi, northwestern badghis, afghans governing
Pakistan army chief in Swat Valley
Islamabad :: Pakistan | 10 months ago
Credibility The army chief was also briefed about the latest development by operation commanders and reviewed the progress. The visit comes two days after Pakistani lawmakers warned the government that the insurgency was spilling from restive Swat valley over to...
Tags: Pakistani Army, Pakistan Peoples Party, army chief, Local Taliban, swat valley, seven militancy, taliban militancy, Ashfaq Parvez Kayani, Parvez Ashfaq Kayani, militancy killed
TTP threatens suicide attacks in Karachi
Karāchi :: Pakistan | about 1 year ago
Credibility Mohammad and spokesman Maulvi Omar addressed a news conference at Inayat Kalley town in the Bajaur Agency where they threatened to launch suicide attacks in Pakistan's major cities, including Peshawar, Islamabad, Rawalpindi, Lahore and Karachi, if what...
Tags: Karachi, suicide attacks, Tehrik-i-Taliban Pakistan, Local Taliban, spokesman maulvi, Bajaur Agency, press conference
Forces kill 10 militants in Hangu
Hangu :: China | about 1 year ago
Credibility The security forces have killed 10 suspected militants in Hangu district in a major operation, the army said Friday. Five soldiers were also injured during the operation launched in the district against local Taliban on July 16, the army spokesman Major...
Tags: hangu, Hangu DCO, security forces, local taliban
Taliban detain two journalists in Mohmand
Islamabad :: Pakistan | about 1 year ago
Credibility Taliban in Mohmand Agency on Friday detained two journalists working for The New York Times along with a local Pakistan People�s Party leader in Lakaro tehsil of the tribal agency. Pir Zubair Shah, a local correspondent for the newspaper and photographer...
Tags: Taliban in Mohmand Agency, Journalists Pakistani Taliban, Mr. Pir Zubair ShahWazir, Pakistan Taliban, tribal regions, local journalists, The New York Times, NW Pakistan, Mr. Akhtar Soomro, Local Taliban
JI leader slain; six found dead in...
Hangu :: China | about 1 year ago
Credibility The local Taliban in Ghilji area of Orakzai Agency shot dead six alleged kidnappers on Tuesday after they refused to quit their anti social activities while in Swat the security forces killed a local Taliban commander and in Khyber Agency JI local leader...
Tags: pakistan, cia, local taliban, Taliban
Militants kill 4 policemen in Pakistan ambush
Islamabad :: Pakistan | about 1 year ago
Credibility The attack happened on Sunday night (local time) in Matani, near Peshawar, the capital of North West Frontier Province bordering Afghanistan, senior police investigator Nasirul Mulk said. "The militants hid near a gas station and opened fire on the police...
Tags: Tehrik-i-Taliban Pakistan, Pakistani, peace deals, Rehman Malik, local taliban, prime minister, Interior Ministry, Afghanistan, constitution avenue, Interior Affairs
Taliban allow girls to attend schools
Karāchi :: Pakistan | about 1 year ago
Credibility Local Taliban have agreed to allow female education and protect government employees in Safi area of Mohmand Agency. This was announced by a jirga of tribal elders after a meeting with a Taliban delegation on Monday. Leader of the 10-member jirga Abdul...
Tags: taliban, mohmand, Local Taliban, cia, Mohmand Agency
Pakistan goverment reaches deal with Taliban militants
Karāchi :: Pakistan | about 1 year ago
Credibility 5 Peshawar: Pakistan's government reached an agreement with Taliban militants in the country’s northwest on Wednesday, promising to “gradually” pull out troops from the region. The deal came one day after the United States warned Pakistan against negotiating...
Tags: pakistan, Pakistanï, Pakistani Army, peace deal, Taliban, school, girl, local taliban, taliban militancy, reserves judgment
Taliban kill Pak soldier over spying
Wazīrābād :: Pakistan | about 1 year ago
Credibility The body of Feroze Khan was found lying in an open area outside Naurak village in the restive North Waziristan district, a security official said, AFP reported. "The body had bullet wounds and its severed head was lying nearby," the official added. A...
Tags: Pakistani, North Waziristan, tribal area, outside naurak, bullet wounds, Naurak, Afghanistan, taliban kill, waziristan district, local taliban
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