waziristan news
Your Search Returned 500 tagged news reports
Four killed in US drone strike in Waziristan
Karāchi :: Pakistan | 3 months ago
Credibility
Four suspected militants have been killed in a US drone strike in the Babar Ghar area on the border of North and South Waziristan Agency, official intelligence sources said. The drone fired two missiles on a house which left four people, believed to
Tags:
15 militants killed in Pakistan
Karāchi :: Pakistan | 4 months ago
Credibility
At least 15 militants were killed Thursday when Pakistani fighter jets targeted their hideouts in the country's northwest tribal region, a media report said. The jet fighters pounded five houses believed to be the hideouts of Taliban militants in
Tags:
8 militants killed in Orakzai shelling
Islamabad :: Pakistan | 4 months ago
Credibility
At least eight militants were killed and several others wounded when jet fighters shelled their hideouts in upper Orakzai Agency. Sources said that fighter planes pounded the hideouts of militants in Ghanjo Lando and Kamar areas. Eight militants were
Tags:
Afghanistan mortars kill five in Pakistan ...
Peshawar :: Pakistan | 4 months ago
Credibility
Mortar shells fired from Afghanistan on Friday killed five people in South Waziristan tribal district, Pakistani officials said. "The shells hit five people near Angoor Adda, around three kilometres from Afghanistan border, and killed them," said a
Tags:
Six Pakistanis killed in shelling from Afghanistan
Wazīrābād :: Pakistan | 4 months ago
Credibility
Local Urdu TV channels quoted official sources as saying that around 30 mortar shells were fired from the Afghan side of the border...The identities of the victims were not known, and it was also not clear who fired the shells, the report said. In
Tags:
Spy games turn deadly in Pakistan's lawless regions
Wazīrābād :: Pakistan | 4 months ago
Credibility
Though the Taliban [ Images ] have mercilessly targeted the CIA's spies, locals living in the desperately poor border region between Afghanistan and Pakistan still provide information to the American agency to earn some money, reports Tahir Ali T he
Tags:
Spy suspects held
Lahore :: Pakistan | 4 months ago
Credibility
Military Intelligence arrested the Indians near the Pakistan Rangers headquarters a week ago. During interrogation, they revealed that three Pakistanis had helped them cross the border. Today, police arrested the Pakistanis in Hudiara village and
Tags:
CLIFFORD MAY: D.C., Hollywood have thorny relationship
Karāchi :: Pakistan | 4 months ago
Credibility
D.C., Hollywood have thorny relationship Posted January 18, 2013 at 12:01 a.m...Earlier this month, Mullah Nazir, a Taliban and al-Qaida commander, was killed by an American drone strike in South Waziristan, a tribal area of Pakistan. Also recently
Tags:
Helicopter shelling in N Waziristan kills five suspected militants
Peshawar :: Pakistan | 4 months ago
Credibility
Shelling by Pakistan Army's gunship helicopters in North Waziristan tribal region's Mir Ali area killed five suspected militants, DawnNews reported on Thursday. Gunship helicopters targeted several suspected militant hideouts in different areas on
Tags:
Taliban chief asks outfit to abide by peace pact
Karāchi :: Pakistan | 4 months ago
Credibility
Pakistani Taliban chief Hakimullah Mehsud has directed his men in the northwest tribal region to abide by a peace accord with the government, a media report said Sunday. The pact was struck with the authorities by North Waziristan Taliban chief Hafiz
Tags:
