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Second child contracts polio in Waziristan since Taliban ban
Wazīrābād :: Pakistan | 2 days ago
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A second child has contracted polio in a restive Pakistani tribal region near the Afghan border after the Taliban banned vaccinations there nearly a year ago, a UN official said Thursday. The first polio case was detected in the North Waziristan
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Op-Ed Contributor: The Forgotten Victims of Obama's Drone War
Wazīrābād :: Pakistan | 2 days ago
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Instead, a few days after his inaugural address, a C.I.A. -operated drone dropped Hellfire missiles on Fahim Qureishi's home in North Waziristan, killing seven of his family members and severely injuring Fahim. He was just 13 years old and left with
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15 killed as van gas cylinder blows up in Pakistan
Wazīrābād :: Pakistan | 13 days ago
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At least 15 people were killed and four others injured Sunday when the gas cylinder of a passenger van exploded in Pakistan's northwest tribal region, a media report said. The passenger van carrying over 20 people was on its way to Bannu from
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First polio case in Pakistan's Waziristan since Taliban ban
Wazīrābād :: Pakistan | 19 days ago
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May 6, 2013 (AFP) -A child has contracted polio for the first time in Pakistan's militant-infested tribal belt since the Taliban banned vaccinations a year ago, a UN official said Monday. "The new case has been detected in North Waziristan where we
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Govt doubles allowances of Fata elders, tribes
Peshawar :: Pakistan | 24 days ago
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Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Governor Engineer Shaukatullah has increased the Lungi and Mawajab allowances of elders and tribes in the Federally Administered Tribal Areas (Fata). President Asif Ali Zardari had made the announcement to increase the allowances
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Three soldiers die after being swept away by torrential rainwater
Bannu :: Pakistan | 1 month ago
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Three soldiers have died when gushing rainwater swept them away as they were pulling a vehicle stuck in a drain near Frontier Regions Bannu, official sources said. Military officials confirmed the soldiers died when a vehicle they were pulling out
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The Taliban's boy commandos: Children as young as FIVE show off their horrifying arsenal of weapons at terror training camp
Islamabad :: Pakistan | 1 month ago
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Sitting in long lines as if on a school outing, they struggle to lift deadly AK-47s as they are made to fire off a flurry of rounds, their tiny bodies getting knocked back by the recoil. Others grapple with pistols as they are brainwashed into waging
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Bomb kills four soldiers in North Waziristan ...
Islamabad :: Pakistan | 1 month ago
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A roadside bomb targeting a military convoy on Sunday killed four army soldiers and wounded four more in a northwestern tribal area near the Afghan border, officials said. The blast was triggered by remote control in Mirali town in North Waziristan
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Jirga warns of ending peace deal
Peshawar :: Pakistan | 1 month ago
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A local jirga in North Waziristan Agency has said it will end a five-year-old peace agreement with the government if curfew in the tribal region is not lifted by April 24. The agency remained under curfew for the sixth consecutive day on Sunday. The
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Militants said religious and political parties in Waziristan will be on their target
By Umar Daraz wazir Miranshah:22-4-13, A spokesman of mujahedeen-e-Ansar militant group Abu baseer said on telephone to media from un disclosed area that all parties either political or religious in north Waziristan agency for coming
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