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A suspected US missile strike has killed at least eight militants in north-western Pakistan, officials said, the second attack this week in an area believed to hold many insurgents who fled from an army offensive elsewhere in the Afghan border region....
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The security forces have arrested 27 terrorists including one local commander while 16 others surrendered voluntarily in parts of Swat and Malakand. Tuesday,seven terrorists voluntarily surrendered to security forces at Bar Shaur while four others at...
Tags: Pakistani Taliban, U.S, North Waziristan, South Waziristan, use drone, Afghanistan, missiles strike, drone attack
They say Iran also agreed on ways to improve monitoring at the Natanz nuclear enrichment plant. Enriched uranium can be used for civilian nuclear power or to make atomic bombs. The west fears Iran wants to develop nuclear weapons but Tehran insists its...
Tags: Pakistani, northwest Pakistan, Iran, North Waziristan, security forces, Russian, missiles strike, tribal region
A top Pakistan Taliban commander has claimed to have replaced leader Baitullah Mehsud, but denied the warlord's death as the succession Thursday remained shrouded in mystery and rumour. American and Pakistani officials believe Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan...
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KANDAHAR: NATO and U.S. forces said they had carried out an air strike in southern Afghanistan, but denied allegations by villagers on Wednesday that the four dead were civilians killed in their sleep. Angry residents brought the bodies to the provincial...
Tags: Pakistani Taliban, Baitullah Mehsud, Afghanistan, afghans village, Kabul, taliban chief, missiles strike, taliban leaders, Kandahar, foreign troops
US missile strike kills wife of Pakistan Taliban leader Missile hits house of Baitullah Mehsud's father-in-law, killing Mehsud's wife and two militants, officials say The wife of the Pakistani Taliban leader Baitullah Mehsud has been killed in a US missile...
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Staff Report NORTH WAZIRISTAN: At least five people were killed in US Drone attacks in North Waziristan on Friday. According to official sources, a Drone strike in village Bahadur Kaley in Tehsil Garryoom killed at least five people. Locals told SAMAA...
Tags: U.S, NW Pakistan, Pakistani, North Waziristan, missiles strike, strike kills, intelligence officials
Curfew relaxation has been announced for different areas of Swat in northwest Pakistan, local media reported on Monday. According to Swat media center, curfew has been relaxed from 8:00 a.m. (0200 GMT) till 6:00 p.m. (1200 GMT) in Khawazakhela, Madeen,...
Tags: Pakistani Taliban, Tehrik-e-Taliban Pakistan, Baitullah Mehsud, South Waziristan Agency, U.S, Afghanistan, chief baitullah, taliban chief, missiles strike, drone attack
ISLAMABAD: A U.S. drone strike in Pakistan's South Waziristan region killed 10 militants and wounded seven on Friday, Pakistani intelligence agency officials said. The missiles were fired in an area controlled by Pakistani Taliban leader and al Qaeda...
Tags: Pakistani Taliban, South Waziristan Agency, Baitullah Mehsud, missiles strike, Afghanistan, al-Qaeda, taliban leaders, leaders baitullah, area controlled, drone attack
A missile fired from inside Pakistan has hit a mosque near a US military base in Afghanistan killing at least three civilians and injuring four others, police said. Abdul Qayum Batizoi, the Khost province police chief, said that four or five rockets had...
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