Pakistan Taliban leader seen in video
The leader of the Pakistan Taliban, Hakimullah Mehsud, is seen in a new video which was posted on the Web today.
November 6, 2009 | Posted in Exclusive | Read More »
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Pakistani army enters final militant stronghold
ISLAMABAD – The Pakistani army entered the last of three militant strongholds targeted by a major offensive in the northwest on Friday, as gunmen wounded a senior army officer and a soldier in the capital.
November 6, 2009 | Posted in News | Read More »
Pakistani forces enter Taliban headquarters
ISLAMABAD (Reuters) – Pakistani soldiers entered the Taliban headquarters in South Waziristan on Friday, the military said, as gunmen wounded an army brigadier and his driver in a drive-by shooting in the capital.
November 6, 2009 | Posted in News | Read More »
Pakistan: Seven militants killed in fresh South Waziristan clashes
Islamabad, 6 Nov. (AKI/DAWN) – The Pakistani army has reached the strategically crucial Taliban stronghold of Makeen, Pakistani daily DawnNews reported on Friday. As battles continued across South Waziristan, the Pakistani army claimed to have killed seven militants in clashes around Ladha and Sararogha.
November 6, 2009 | Posted in News | Read More »
South Waziristan clashes kill 28 militants
ISLAMABAD: Security forces claimed killing at least 28 militants as operation Rah-i-Nijat continued in South Waziristan.
November 5, 2009 | Posted in News | Read More »
21 militants killed in Pakistan
ISLAMABAD: The Taliban stronghold of Sararogha in South Waziristan has been secured by the military as the Inter-Services Public Relations (ISPR) claims killing 21 militants over the last 24 hours in the agency. One soldier also lost his life, while two others were injured. via DAWN.COM.
November 3, 2009 | Posted in News | Read More »
Most Pakistanis back war against militants: poll
ISLAMABAD (Reuters) – A majority of Pakistanis support military action against Islamist militants although more people blame the United States for the violence than blame the Taliban, a poll released on Tuesday showed. Pakistan’s army launched an offensive against Pakistani Taliban militants in their stronghold in the South Waziristan region on the Afghan border on [...]
November 3, 2009 | Posted in News | Read More »
Suicide bomber kills 35 near Pakistan’s capital
RAWALPINDI, Pakistan — A suicide bomber killed 35 people outside a bank near Pakistan’s capital Monday, as the U.N. said spreading violence has forced it to start pulling out some expatriate staff and suspend long-term development work in areas along the Afghan border. Islamist insurgents have carried out numerous attacks in Pakistan in recent weeks, [...]
November 2, 2009 | Posted in News | Read More »
Pakistan security forces kill at least seven militants
ISLAMABAD — Security forces fighting their way through a mountainous Taliban stronghold killed at least seven militants Sunday and injured several more, officials said, while Pakistan’s foreign minister said the offensive in tribal South Waziristan should finish sooner than originally expected. As part of the government’s ramping up of its fight against the militants, it [...]
November 1, 2009 | Posted in News | Read More »
Pakistan closes in on Taliban base
Pakistani forces pressing an offensive inside the militant stronghold of South Waziristan are closing in on a major Taliban base and have killed 14 insurgents over the past 24 hours. The reported advances came as visiting US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, in a series of public appearances, saw firsthand how angry many Pakistanis are [...]
October 31, 2009 | Posted in News | Read More »
