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Wazīrābād :: Pakistan | 2 months ago

Credibility Credibility of 5

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

Peshawar :: Pakistan | 2 months ago

Credibility Credibility of 5

Troops were moving to Wana from the nearby north-western city of Dera Ismail Khan to expel militants from a local telephone exchange. More than 7,000 phone lines have gone out of service in the district after the Taliban fighters took control of the exchange...

Tags: NW Pakistan, roadside bomb, South Waziristan, Khyber Agency, U.S, Wana, Taliban, Khyber House

Posted by: Rashid  | 

Peshawar :: Pakistan | 3 months ago

Credibility Credibility of 4

Three groups of Taliban in South Waziristan Agency have chosen Ikhlas Khan alias Waziristan Baba as the new Ameer of Abdullah Mehsud group on Wednesday. New Ameer Ikhlas Khan alias Waziristan Baba is 42 years old, he joined Abdullah Mehsud three years...

Tags: WANA, Pakistan, Taliban, Organization, New, Waziristan, Forces, Afghanistan, Killing, Benazir Bhutto

Islamabad :: Pakistan | 4 months ago

Credibility Credibility of 5

At least five people have been killed in an airstrike on suspected militant targets in Pakistan's tribal region of South Waziristan, local officials say. Pilotless US drone aircraft are thought to have carried out the attack in which missiles were fired...

Tags: Pakistani Army, South Waziristan, Battle Against Pakistan, Taliban, S. Waziristan, Baitullah Mehsud, Wana, using drones, taliban militants

Bannu :: Pakistan | 6 months ago

Credibility Credibility of 5

The fighting started when fighters loyal to militant commander Mullah Nazir attacked security positions near Wana, South Waziristan's main town. Pakistani troops ceded control to militants after a 2004 peace deal was agreed in Waziristan. This is the...

Tags: South Waziristan, Wana

Islamabad :: Pakistan | 7 months ago

Credibility Credibility of 5

Sharia laws in Swat and six other districts of the province's Malakand division would fall through as Zardari had refused to ratify it...In an editorial, however, The News wondered about the rationale behind the peace accord. "These are men who have no...

Tags: Pakistan, Afghanistan, Richard Holbrooke, Kohat Cement Factory, Mr. Holbrooke, Taliban, Swat Valley, Wana, Asif Ali Zardari

Peshawar :: Pakistan | about 1 year ago

Credibility Credibility of 5

Eight personnel of the Frontier Corps (FC) were killed and five others injured when a suicide bomber rammed his explosive-laden van into a checkpost in South Waziristan Agency (SWA) on Sunday. Sources said a suicide bomber driving a Hiace van packed with...

Tags: waziristan, attack, drone, South Waziristan, suicide bomber, suicide attack, Wana, check post

Islamabad :: Pakistan | about 1 year ago

Credibility Credibility of 5

The attacker struck at Zalai check post, located 20 km west of South Waziristan Agency's main town Wana, at 9.30 a.m., an official of the local political administration said. Witnesses said the bomber drove his explosive-laden car into the heavily guarded...

Tags: south waziristan, South Waziristan Agency, Pakistan, check posts, bomber killing, Frontier Corps, Wana, U.S, suicide attack, tribal regions

Posted by: alihamza  | 

Peshawar :: Pakistan | about 1 year ago

Credibility Credibility of 5

PESHAWAR: Pakistani security forces and Wazir tribesmen Tuesday shot down a CIA-operated US Predator plane near Angoor Adda, in South Waziristan Agency (SWA) but AFP reported that the plane crashed. Official and tribal sources informed this correspondent...

Tags: US, Drone, South Waziristan, Angoor Adda, FATA, Pakistan, NWFP, Pakistan Army, WANA, Miramshah, Birmal, Shakai, Mirali

Posted by: alihamza  | 

Bannu :: Pakistan | about 1 year ago

Credibility Credibility of 5

Hamid Mir, a Pakistani journalist and editor, reveals shocking update from FATA. Hamid claims there is no operation against Taliban or Al Qaida but against the poor people of FATA and that the territory west of Bannu is "lost" and no longer a part of...

Tags: FATA, Hamid Mir, WANA, Balochistan, NWFP, Pakistan, NATO, Taliban, GEO, Bannu, Kohat, Asif Ali Zardari, Rehman Malik

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