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Death of 6 civilians in Pakistan sparks protest
Hangu :: Pakistan | 5 days ago
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Pakistan — Dozens of people staged a sit-in on a highway in northwestern Pakistan on Wednesday after the army accidentally hit a house with an artillery shell, killing six people, while it was attacking suspected militant hide-outs. The dead included...
Tags: Pakistani Taliban, South Waziristan, tribal area, militant hide, Pakistan, Hangu, War on Terrorism, Pashtun people, Hakimullah Mehsud, War in North-West Pakistan, Drone attacks in Pakistan, Waziristan, Taliban, Al-Qaeda, War Conflict
Militants' retaliation escalates
Islamabad :: Pakistan | 6 days ago
Credibility The Pakistani military may have scored impressive victories in its offensive against terror groups hiding in South Waziristan, but it is the insurgents who have been grabbing the headlines with their relentless, strike-at-will wave of violence, sparing...
Tags: Pakistan, Northern Taliban, tribal area, Islamabad, United States Military Academy, War in Afghanistan, Taliban, Afghanistan, Al-Qaeda, Inter-Services Intelligence, Military of Pakistan, War in North-West Pakistan, timeline of the War in Waziristan, War on Terrorism, Waziristan, War Conflict, Politics, International Security Assistance Force, Islamic Movement of Uzbekistan, Tehrik-i-Taliban Pakistan, Islamic terrorism, Islamism
Malikism behind FATA lawlessness F.P. Report
Islamabad :: Pakistan | 14 days ago
Credibility Malikism and the existing political agents system were the basic reasons behind lawlessness in tribal region...PPP leader said various bodies had been set up but no practical steps were taken to remove the backwardness of the tribal area. He lauded the...
Tags: Asif Ali Zardari, presidency asif, Asif Ali Zardari, tribal area, PPP Media Cell
Roadside bombing kills seven soldiers in Pakistan
Peshawar :: Pakistan | 23 days ago
Credibility Following the blast the paramilitary Frontier Corps pounded several hideouts of Islamist insurgents in the region with artillery, Khan added. Pakistani forces in September launched an offensive against Taliban-linked militants in Khyber, which lies on...
Tags: Pakistan, roadside bomb, Taliban, south Afghanistan, bomb kills, security forces, security men, tribal area, Kandahar, Peshawar
The evil in our midst
Islamabad :: Pakistan | about 1 month ago
Credibility Two suicide bomb blasts at an Islamic university in the capital killed six people and wounded at least 20, officials said. –Reuters Photo/Adrees Latif Depressingly, though perhaps not unsurprisingly given the beliefs of militant extremists, an educational...
Tags: Pakistani Taliban, South Waziristan, International Islamic University, Islamabad, suicide attack, pakistanis capital, suicide bombers, tribal area
Uzbek militant killed in Pakistan - security agents
Peshawar :: Pakistan | about 1 month ago
Credibility An al Qaeda-linked Uzbek militant leader was killed in Pakistan in a U.S. drone missile strike in August, Pakistani intelligence agency officials said on Friday. Tahir Yuldashev, leader of the Islamic Movement of Uzbekistan, was killed in a missile strike...
Tags: Afghan-Pakistan, Uzbekistan, South Waziristan, uzbek militants, Tahir Yuldashev, missile strike, linked uzbek, tribal area
Presidential decision widely hailed, celebration rallies held
Peshawar :: Pakistan | 3 months ago
Credibility Tehsil Jamrud to express their jubilation over reforms in Frontier Crimes Regulation (FCR) and extension of political parties act to tribal areas. In this connection a rally was held at the famous Bab-e-Khyber...Saifullah Islam Afridi, elite of the area...
Tags: tribal area, political parties
Tribal areas to get parliamentary reps
Islamabad :: Pakistan | 3 months ago
Credibility ISLAMABAD: Pakistan lifted a ban on political activities in its tribal regions on Friday, granting the areas close to Afghan border parliamentary representation for the first time in the hopes it would reduce the grip of the Taliban there. Pakistan's...
Tags: Pakistanâ, Afghanistan, tribal area
Pakistan calls on militants to surrender
Islamabad :: Pakistan | 3 months ago
Credibility ISLAMABAD: Pakistan on Friday urged Islamist militants recovering from the apparent slaying of their leader to surrender, promising that those who did would be treated fairly. The call could be a sign the government is seeking to exploit any potential...
Tags: Tehrik-i-Taliban Pakistan, Pakistanâ, Afghanistan, tribal area, Rehman Malik
Reforms package for Pakistan tribal areas
Islamabad :: Pakistan | 3 months ago
Credibility Pakistan announced an Independence Day package of reforms for its tribal areas, including lifting a ban on political activities, that it said would integrate them with the rest of the country and marginalise militancy and extremism in the restive region.
Tags: Pakistanâ, Pakistan People's Party, tribal area, Asif Ali Zardari, tribal regions, president asif, political activities, Asif Ali Zardari, prime minister, political parties
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