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Militants reject Pakistani army's claim
Karāchi :: Pakistan | 5 days ago
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The militants said on Wednesday that they had voluntarily withdrawn to the mountains to tap the army in the area. They promised to continue their guerilla war against the army. Earlier on Tuesday, Pakistani commanders said that troops had captured most...
Tags: security forces, South Waziristan Agency, Sararogha Axis, Taliban, Kurram Agency, tribal regions, Pakistan Army, Pakistan, Karāchi, Islamism, War on Terrorism, Second Battle of Swat, Operation Black Thunderstorm, Waziristan, War Conflict, Politics, Federally Administered Tribal Areas, Operation Rah-e-Nijat, Baitullah Mehsud, Mehsud, Al-Qaeda, Orakzai Agency, Orakzai, Kohat, Israeli-Palestinian conflict, War in North-West Pakistan, Bajaur Agency, Kurram Valley, War in Afghanistan, South Waziristan, Swat Pakistan, Maulana Fazlullah
Struggles Loom in Pakistan Battle Zone
Islamabad :: Pakistan | 6 days ago
Credibility Troops from the Pakistani army are pressing deep into a tribal region along the Afghan border as they try to defeat one of the country's most powerful Taliban factions. But commanders say the bulk of the estimated 10,000 militants who were believed to...
Tags: Pakistan Army, Pakistani Army, South Waziristan, Tehreek-e-Taliban, Sararogha Brigadier Shafiq, tribal regions, Athar Abbas, general athar, large number, major general, Pakistan, Islamabad, Al-Qaeda, War on Terrorism, War in Afghanistan, Tehrik-i-Taliban Pakistan, War in North-West Pakistan, Politics, Taliban, Waziristan, Islamic terrorism, War Conflict, Wana Pakistan, Operation Rah-e-Nijat, Baitullah Mehsud, Islamism, Taliban insurgency, FBI Most Wanted Terrorists, Drone attacks in Pakistan
Civilians recruited in push against Taliban
Islamabad :: Pakistan | about 1 month ago
Credibility The army says it has killed 78 militants as its offensive intensifies and troops push deeper into the region in search of Taliban leaders. Military helicopters have dropped thousands of letters over villages in South Waziristan. The letters urge local...
Tags: Pakistani Taliban, South Waziristan, Islamabad, tribal regions, taliban militant, Kotkai
'Guantánamo Swede' arrested in Pakistan
Islamabad :: Pakistan | 2 months ago
Credibility According to Sveriges Television (SVT), it was Ghezali, along with two other Swedes and several other foreigners, who was arrested by police in Pakistan on suspicions the group had ties with the Al-Qaeda terrorist network. We confiscated a laptop and...
Tags: Pakistan, Al-Qaeda, tribal regions, roadside bomb, South Waziristan Agency
Suspected US missile kills 5
Wazīrābād :: Pakistan | 2 months ago
Credibility MIR ALI: A suspected U.S missile struck a Pakistani militant stronghold near the Afghan border late Monday, killing five people, officials and a resident said. The missile hit a compound in Machi Khel village in the North Waziristan tribal area a region...
Tags: Pakistani, North Waziristan Agency, South Waziristan Agency, tribal regions, Taliban, Machikhel, roadside bomb, drone strike, Wana, Tehsil Mirali
Tribal leader killed in SWazirstan
Peshawar :: Pakistan | 3 months ago
Credibility Staff Report PESHAWAR: Five men, including a tribal leader, were killed in South Waziristan on Sunday. The victims were relatives of Taliban commander Naek Mohammad. Official sources told SAMAA that tribal leader Sardar Serwar Khan was on his way to Wana...
Tags: Pakistani Taliban, Tehrik-e-Taliban Pakistan, Baitullah Mehsud, Hakimullah Mehsud, Pak Taliban, Hakeemullah Mehsud, Pakistan Taleban, tribal regions, tribal elder, TTP
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
Pakistan army copter crash toll 41
Islamabad :: Pakistan | 4 months ago
Credibility Staff Report ISLAMABAD: Forty-one soldiers have been confirmed dead in a helicopter crash. Official sources said that the army helicopter MI-17 was on its way to Peshawar from Parachinnar with the men. As it crossed Aurakzai Agency's Chapri Ferozkhel...
Tags: helicopter crashes, Peshawar, Orakzai Agency, Pakistan Army, Pakistani, NW Pakistan, tribal regions, army helicopter, technical fault, security personnel
Deadly helicopter crash in Pakistan
Islamabad :: Pakistan | 4 months ago
Credibility It is not clear how the crash took place, although officials said the most likely explanation was a technical failure. The BBC's Mike Wooldridge in Islamabad says it is understood the MI-17 helicopter had been flying back to Peshawar from the northern...
Tags: Taliban, helicopter crashed, Orakzai, tribal regions, drone attack, taliban claim, Afghanistan, South Waziristan Agency, Pakistan, technical fault
Pak Army rejects media claims against spies
Rāwalpindi :: Pakistan | 7 months ago
Credibility Staff Report RAWALPINDI: The allegations levelled in a section of the international media about the ISI are totally baseless and malafide, said a spokesman of the Pakistan Army's ISPR Sunday. Pakistan's commitment to fighting terrorism can be judged from...
Tags: Afghanistan, Pakistani, Barack Obama, Mohmand Agency, Mr. Obama, Will Obama, security forces, Afghan National Army, Hamid Karzai, tribal regions
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