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In view of the situation in Swat, at least 500,000 people can migrate from that area. Camps are being established for them," Mian Iftikhar Hussain, North West Frontier Province's information minister, said. The military had earlier ordered neighbourhoods...
Tags: Pakistani, offing pakistan, Mingora, Barack Obama, peace deals, Swat Valley, security forces
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
The Taleban announced a 10-day truce on Sunday and a 30-strong militant team has concluded the deal in Peshawar. Once one of Pakistan's most popular holiday destinations, the Swat valley is now mostly under Taleban control. Thousands of people have fled...
Tags: Pakistani, islamic law, Sharia Officials, Stephen Smith, India, peace deals, Islamabad, taliban fighters
A landmine blast hit a convoy on Pakistani troops in the country's tribal region on Monday and injured eight soldiers, officials said. The injured were taken in a helicopter to a military hospital in Bannu, a major city at the edge of the tribal region...
Tags: tribal region, Pakistan, North Waziristan, peace deals
If Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice is worried that Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama is complicating the Bush administration's foreign policy with freelance campaign diplomacy, she isn't showing it. In her first public comments about...
Tags: Israeli West Bank, Condoleezza Rice, Pakistan, settlement construction, peace deals, West Australian, Afghanistan, Barack Obama, bank settlement
Whatever solution is found should ensure the country has a free and independent judiciary, she stressed. Arbour also expressed concerns over the government's support for negotiating peace deals with militants in restive tribal areas. This is while the...
Tags: Pakistani, Louise Arbour, human rights, peace deals, independence judiciary, U.N., judicial crisis
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
However, he noted the Western troops in Afghanistan remained a legitimate target. "We are Muslims and the enemy of infidels. We will continue our jihad (holy war) in Afghanistan as long as the foreign allied forces are there,'' Mohammed stated. Mohammed...
Tags: pakistan, taliban, Pakistani Taliban, Tehrik-e-Taliban Pakistan, Tahrik-e-Taliban Pakistan, Afghanistan, military, war, peace deals, foreign minister
A top Taliban leader on Thursday vowed to target the US in revenge for an alleged missile strike that killed several people in a tribal region, a threat that bodes ill for the new government's efforts to negotiate peace deals with militants.
Tags: fired, Damadola, tribal regions, northwest Pakistan, missiles strike, taliban leader, Bajaur, vows revenge, Afghanistan, peace deals